Scratching an itch, I get it. Soem people will pick apart any itty bitty piece of a post just to, well, say something. sometimes, they correct you when they have no buisness, or try to tell you something because they're self-righetous. however, I have not seen any posts from John like this. I may have missed them, but as far as I can remember, there has not been someone posting comments like that in several months(except this one guy, who thinks we shouldn't have chameleons...but he's never posting much anyway)
Years ago, when I was getting back into the hobby AGAIN, I ignored this site because of people liek that. I couldn't post a bit of speculation, experimentation, or deeply thought out hypothesis wiothout somebody saying "You shouldn't do that" or "you're being cruel, and should be infected with ascaris"--I'm serious.
Recently, people have been much better about this. When Alanvines posted about crossing subspecies of jacksoinii, there was a HUGE discussion, and very little ridicule. In the end, we all got a good discussion on, and I don't think we had many posts removed at all!
What I DON'T get is why someone would say this about John. I don't think he's ever come across as self-righteous. He is very active in his posts, and he seems to do it with the reason of spreading knowledge and NOT for his own evil purposes. He IS very "visible", as in he's got a webpage--a good one--and is very active in the "community". So what? He had the time and money to invest in a page, and to write articles in the ezine? I wish I had more time and money to do the same, I'd do a heck of a job too. You should see some of the scientific papers I've written to get my zoology degree. I simply don't have the time(goes with the money thing, need money, so I work 2 jobs, hence no time)
sooo, in a way, >I< am jealous of John--that he's got such a nice site, and has written those articles--I'd LOVE to do that. But just because he's doing all this is not a good reason to snap at people. Heck, I don't even have time to keep freakin silkworms going for more than one genreation!
When someone is "getting on your nerves", just let them know. It'll keep this forum from sinking to the depths it was in a few years ago.
I think people take additional information as if it were a correction, and get offended. I learned that this is not real communication, it's reading and writing. Different rules apply to verbal and written communication, and some people will read a post, and take it the wrong way.
Years ago, > I < was the "instigator", the one who everybody used to ridicule and chastize for my abhorrent chameleon husbandry and "different" views on things. Part of that was the way I typed. I typed like I talked, and because I was from NJ, I came across as a sarcastic, mean, loud mouthed northern NJ Italian, even though I was just a sarcastic, mean-looking, loud Italian from NJ...
I have learned to remove the sarcasim from written communication, as it just don't work on the internet.
I am pretty mean looing though...people get a kick out of that. They think I am a stupid, steroid using, mean thug--until they hear me say something intelligent--throws the southerners off. they're not expecting someone like me to be smart...
As you can all clearly see, I am at work, bored, and hoppped up on some really strong black coffee. MAn I type so much when I'm bored......
Maybe I should start a column in the E-zine! They probably don't have the server space for one of my articles!
