I think if n00bs come looking for advice and get input from 4 or 5 people (as is typical here), and all but one are giving the same advice, the n00b will go with what the majority are saying unless s/he really didn't want advice in the first place. We all know that there is more than one way to approach just about every aspect of husbandry and still get it right -- for example, getting humidity right through water dish type and size, a mister or humidifier, live plants and misting, a humid hide, etc. All of those work and all are safe for the snake and keeper, so it's a matter of what works best for a given situation.

I think we should save the extreme reactions for when keepers are doing something unsafe for the snake such as using an unregulated, unmonitored reptile heat mat, or having an exposed heat source inside the enclosure, and otherwise just approach things in a friendly way, such as "I used to do that too, but I get much better results since I switched to doing this," or "My ball python has become a regular eater for me since I replaced his thin cardboard hides with heavier, more secure hides."

In other words, it comes down to there's a lot of ways to skin a cat and you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.