I Thought We Were Here to Help?

[sharilynn]

OMG!!! LOL!!! Just be more helpful and less condesending. That is all!! It is a legitimate complaint...I am wondering how many people with newbie questions have been driven away by this "radical" behavior. That is not what this site is for.

[Reediculous]

you can't determine somebodies mood or tone over the internet. If you ask me.... some people are just a little too sensitive. If you ask a question here your going to get an answer. And a good one at that, 99% of the time. If you stop asking question because somebody was a little short with you or put this face up after a comment Your going to be the one to miss on a lot of information. And in this hobby, you'll never stop asking questions or learning!

[wolfy-hound]

If it drives someone away for there to be one or two harsh replies in a thread FULL of helpful information, then maybe they weren't so serious in the first place. It would be nice for the internet to be populated by only the most kind wonderful folks around, but it's real life.
The thread you mention is not full of people jumping on anyone. The couple harsh replies could have been much nicer, but people also said "Hey tone it down, he came to ask".
If this site is too harsh for you, I don't suggest you visit many other ones out there, because this is a really nice forum, with good moderators.

[Reediculous]

I am wondering how many people with newbie questions have been driven away by this "radical" behavior.

not too many....

[JasonG]

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

Actually I think the one who stirred the pot was you. I read that thread again and not until you posted did it go anywhere bad.

Everyone gave great reasons why one shouldnt feed a caught house mouse, with logical thought out responses.

You were the one who mentioned PETA.....

:/

[Nate]

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

I'm sorry, I guess we really can't help you and address the issue you may have with a thread since you're not willing to post which threads you're talking about.

One other thing you may want to consider...A forum is a community made up of all different sorts of people with different backgrounds. Not one single forum out there will try to control the opinions or thoughts of ANY of its members. If someone has an opinion...well, they are certainly more than welcome to express their opinion...of course, there are some fine lines in which we have rules...noone is a aloud to trash talk, noone is aloud to be crude to one another...those are just some of our simple rules.

So..again...I ask you, please post a link to the threads which you have concerns about.

thank you

[JasonG]

If this site is too harsh for you, I don't suggest you visit many other ones out there, because this is a really nice forum, with good moderators.

[sharilynn]

I have been around the net long enough to know that wolfy...I have seen a few posts here where someone will flat out say "Im not asking a certain question, because I know how it will be responded to". If you want to see someone take care of their snake properly then help them!!

[Nate]

or if you'd rather send me a PM with the links, that will be fine as well

[Reediculous]

I have been around the net long enough to know that wolfy...I have seen a few posts here where someone will flat out say "Im not asking a certain question, because I know how it will be responded to". If you want to see someone take care of their snake properly then help them!!

Well, now i need to see some evidence of that ....I'm not calling you a liar, but we should bring out the facts. Please link up 3 of the worst threads, and we'll discuss them!