Disturbing trend...

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

jamie is the expert of cats... that has already been established! :P

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ohhh well then what is wrong with my cat she is spazzing out and attacking the walls! she is a kitten of about 8 weeks or more. I'm a Big Dog person and This is my first ever cat. *you dont have to reply to this lol. Im being goofy*

Jamie and his cats... that is a littler worrying :)

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Originally Posted by Sputnik

Jamie and his cats... that is a littler worrying :)

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what's new :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: cat.... ohhhhhhh oohhhhhhhh what's new :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: cat... ohhhhh oohhhhhh ohhh ohhhhh

edited to add: oh my, i didn't know my song would be :cens0r: giggling... :P

:carouse:

I am a member of 10 forums ... I spend hours a day researching, reading, and ghosting.


While I read almost all sections in a forum I normally only post in 2. The first is feeders ... The second is about aggressive snakes. Feeders is an area where I feel comfortable ... I have screwed up most of the methods out there, tried most of the "little tricks", and developed my own methods. I do give advice in these forums ... but every now and then Adam opens my eyes to something new or a different method I havent messed up yet. I seldom post in aggressive snakes now because I learned not everyone can handle being bit 5-6 times in a row without hating their animal.

The search function ... While it works great and is used by older forum members, It's basically useless to newer members. Most people dont go into forums until they deem their problem to be an "emergency". Since they deem it as so they wont search. If their question isnt one of the first 10 threads they will ask and expect an answer. In this respect "stickys" are good ... but when you get too many they will get ignored.

Instead of referring someone to the search function it is much better to do the search ... post the links ... and tell them you found them by doing a search. This is going to make people want to stick around because you are attempting to help them. I take the most common questions I see about frozen feeders ... write an article on one of my websites, and then copy and paste info into threads and refer people to my site to answer the other related questions.

Alot of "instant experts" are the result of the pet store. While there are alot of knowledgeable pet store employees, it seems to be the least knowledgeable that spout the most info. Since that employee works in a pet store and is telling people how to care for their animals, the "instant expert" just spouts the same info he was told. The real blame lies with the pet stores not properly educating their employees.

The remaining "instant experts" are a result of the 70's book writing days. Info has changed dramatically since then ... however the cheapest books (and sometimes the best) were written then. A public library isnt going to drop $150 on a new reptile book when they can get 20 books for the same price. These "instant experts" have done their due diligence in research. They are just quoting old text and ideas.

While helpful, join date and post count really dont mean much. While someone may have 900 posts about the care of a corn snake this may be their first reply on the care and dietary requirement of Sulcatta Tortoises. Join date just means that they can remeber their password everytime their computer crashes. My nephews go in and out of "phases". Every fall they are really into their pets ... when summer comes the animals are forgotten and they come to my house ... Fall comes and they go back to my nephews. While there are middle aged people on the forums the majority of people are in their teens and 20's. I cant imagine trying to stay active on a forum while I was "attempting" to date.

In short ... the disturbing trend has been there since before Al Gore "invented" the internet. And will be there as long as 2 people are still alive. The best we can do is to show newcomers who we feel the experts are and try to direct them to the correct info that they should have.

.... My meds are starting to kick in so I better stop before I go off on more tangents.

Bryan

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Originally Posted by jessie_k_pythons

ohhh well then what is wrong with my cat she is spazzing out and attacking the walls! she is a kitten of about 8 weeks or more. I'm a Big Dog person and This is my first ever cat. *you dont have to reply to this lol. Im being goofy*

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In my expert opinion, she is a cat.

:)

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Originally Posted by jessie_k_pythons

ohhh well then what is wrong with my cat she is spazzing out and attacking the walls! she is a kitten of about 8 weeks or more. I'm a Big Dog person and This is my first ever cat. *you dont have to reply to this lol. Im being goofy*

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Feed cat to dog it will stop it from attacking the walls .Just joking here :P

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Originally Posted by jglass38

In my expert opinion, she is a cat.

:)

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:wuv: :bow: :wuv:

All hail Jamie.... the cat master :bow:


MASTER OF CATS!

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Originally Posted by Sputnik

All hail Jamie.... the cat master :bow:


MASTER OF CATS!

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That was my nickname in high school... :hokitty:

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Originally Posted by jglass38

That was my nickname in high school... :hokitty:

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Yep, saw it on the girl's locker room wall! :P