I Thought We Were Here to Help?

[sharilynn]

I'm not to sure why this site is here sometimes...I mean, why on earth do A LOT of you guys jump on someone for asking a legitimate question? It happens way to much here and I find it hard to stomach. You jump on people that don't take care of their animals properly & don't bother to ask questions, so why jump on someone who is asking questions & trying? Quit being so radical and just help the newbies with questions!! Or risk scaring the newbies off to fend for themselves.

[littleindiangirl]

Hmm, any thread in particular your upset about?

[AVALover5498]

Hmm, any thread in particular your upset about?

I was thinking the same thing.

-Chris-

[sharilynn]

Wow good question...There are too many. The last posting that I just read was in husbandry, the kid that wanted to know if it was safe to feed a house mouse. Now come on... it would of been different if he had already fed the snake the house mouse already, but he asked first and got ridiculed straight away!! WRONG!! If that was me...I'd say forget those people and find information somewhere else.

[Nate]

can you post a thread please?

[JasonG]

its the nature of the forums.. every forum does this...

[sharilynn]

Thats a pretty sad nature to drive people away for wanting information.

[littleindiangirl]

I'm not really sure if creating thread ranting about what I feel is a very small and minor thing was really the way to positively make a change in this forum. It's always good to be reminded, but casting your own radical judgment on the entirety of a forum might not have the desired effect, but rather start something like an internet flame war. And we all know where those go.

Again, while each of us is entitled to our opinion, I certainly don't think the atmosphere of this site is so troubled and condescending that the validity of the site is brought into question.

There are moderators for a reason, a rep system in for a reason. Take some action with posts you find particularly distasteful and do something about it.

I urge any member to visit other reptile forums and get a feel for them. This site is definitely one of the best out there. I say that from my own experience, I'm a member of a lot of forums.

[Wh00h0069]

I agree, this does happen in threads sometimes. The best that you can do is not to worry about what others are saying, and be as helpful as you can by replying to the question being asked. If you really think that what someone says is wrong, then pm them and let them know.

[Sonya610]

It does happen to some extent on every forum, but if the site has good moderators then it happens less often. I have seen a little bit of that here but honestly not that much.

The worst part is if someone goes to far in their criticism, others (friends of the harsh poster) should calm them DOWN or rephrase things in a nicer way; not jump in and be equally as nasty to defend their friends bad behavior.