I hope Adam does not mind me quoting him. But I think some things need to be addressed.

Quote Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

There's just been so much crud going on lately, I guess it's getting to me. I just want to keep things positive here and sooo many people are making things personal and ugly.
I strongly agree with Adam. I used to be a very avid poster in this forum then had to leave due to the lack of internet. I came back and it seems that at least 1/2 of the threads are riddled with pointless arguments. Very discouraging. I am mostly a lurker now. This needs to be stopped people. If I turned lurker over it, think of all of the new people that come check out this site and see all of this crud. Newbies aren’t going to ask questions if they think they are going to get yelled at. If they aren’t asking questions you can pretty much guarantee they are doing SOMTHING incorrectly with their reptiles. This used to be such a friendly web site! I think people still have good intentions but you really have to realize that perception is reality. If outsiders perceive this much arguing they are going to assume that this is what we are all about.

There have also been some complaints that the mod team is being too harsh about stopping threads. My personal opinion is that they have been too lenient. I would not object to heavier handed dealing with argumentative threads.

Anyway, I just had to get that off my chest.

PLAY NICE OR DON'T PLAY AT ALL!
Just remember that this is a FAMILY oriented web site and we are here to help people, not to be the "best herper" or the "most knowledgable".