Quote Originally Posted by KellDavis View Post
Hello! My name is Kelly Davis, and I am doing an analysis of how people on ball-pythons.net create their online identity by using reading and writing. I am hoping to bring awareness to a community that I have observed from the outside and use it to further a scholarly conversation about learning through literacy in forums. I have a few questions for you to answer if you are willing! I hope to have you as a part of my study!

1. How do you earn reputation (the green rectangles under your username)/become a senior member?

There is a site FAQ on how this is done in the system. If you are asking how I did it? By posting useful (or funny) things over the course of time that others felt the need to provide positive feedback. And not being a jerk.

2. How do you use reading and writing in your threads?

Honestly I don't understand this question.

3. How have you created a personal identity on ball-pythons.net?

Very similar to the first answer. While I haven't been as active as I used to be, asking a lot of questions, offering sounds advice, being positive, being nice when arguing, and not being a jerk are how I try to represent myself.

4. How did you learn the information you know now on ball pythons?

Other keepers I have met in person, books, the internet in general, experience over time and this site of course.

5. Have you used the forum to learn any new information? If so, detail what thread and how?
Absolutely. But I couldn't point to a single thread. There are too many to remember one specifically.