Cobra

[wilomn]

Yup. This exact thing happened to me. I tried using the search function, but couldn't find the exact answer/detail I wanted. Tried doing a web search too, no success. So I posted a question to this forum. I got a half-answer and was told to "Use the search function." I tried stating I did, and asked for more detail. No answer. Other questions i've posted got very few answers, or if I needed to ask for more clarification or detail, got no further replies.

SO basically I learned, don't ask questions on this forum unless you are a long-time, well-respected, well-loved member and part of the "in crowd", or else you won't be taken seriously.

Great welcome to the forum.

Only reason I stuck around really is to see what *I* could offer (mostly in terms of rats, since I consider myself a beginner when it comes to snakes). But if *I* ever have another question or a problem, i don't think I could really ask it here.

This is unfortunate. However, I think you're only partly right. What seems like a long time on The Net, maybe a day or three, may not be so long in the real world where people live and work. Some, like me, work for ourselves and spend too much time online, others don't have that extravagance and so aren't here all that often. Members cycle in and out, active members slow down, get busy, just don't want to deal with it, a myriad of reasons, all good, all valid, but of no solace in your situation.

Some fall through the cracks. Sometimes more than once. Hence the need for some, not necessarily in an organized gang, er group, to keep an eye on newer members and see how they're being treated.

Every once in a while I sort of pick someone and sort of follow there posts just to see if help can be offered, or even needed. I suspect I am not alone in this. In fact, I suspect there are others who make this much more of a habit than I do.

If I, personally, see one of your posts go unanswered, as I have seen others go, I'll chime in and see if I can't at least help you figure out which mod to ask.

Nothing is perfect, but we can improve that which displeases us.