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11-21-2008, 03:14 PM | #1 |
Love my little flowers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: In Gorgeous Montana!!!
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| Very disappointed with some YT members!!! I read a thread that a newbie (Babylola nyc) had made...regarding which puppy to choose!! What started out as her simply asking for opinions......turned into a free for all debate and attack on her... that ended with her closing her account and leaving YT!....and it WAS an ATTACK on her wanting to purchase a pup from MO! Noone can tell me different! This is very disheartening to me!! I looked at YT as a great place to find friends, advice and help...I do have serious issues with situations such as this! While giving advice is one thing...ultimately each decision is a PERSONAL one...and should be left at that! And noone was leaving it at that...facts and information were being repeated and repeated and repeated...enough already! It's a sad day when people take their advice TOO FAR and run someone OUT OF YT!!! I wonder how long it will take for me to start an unpopular thread and have everyone run me out of YT too! HEY THIS IS PROBABLY THE THREAD!!!!!
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11-21-2008, 03:22 PM | #2 |
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| I saw some of that thread too....although i didnt reply to it. It really is a shame that it came to her leaving...and she was new...someone who could really need the advice and experiences...i hope she comes back Its better some times not to reply something when you know you disagree with it then to cause an all out war on a forum so wonderful such as this place Last edited by Akbritt; 11-21-2008 at 03:23 PM. |
11-21-2008, 03:24 PM | #3 |
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| That is really sad. I didn't see the thread so I don't know what was said, but it is sad that someone was run off for asking about as puppy. |
11-21-2008, 03:24 PM | #4 | |
Love my little flowers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: In Gorgeous Montana!!!
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I completely agree 100%... As she mentioned she was getting ALOT of PM's so there were quite a few people that didn't agree with how the thread was going...I wish they would have responded in the thread...looks like she could have used a little support. I came back too late....her thread was closed and she had already left YT.
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11-21-2008, 03:29 PM | #5 |
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| I didn't reply to her thread. I'm sorry it ended up that she left...
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11-21-2008, 03:36 PM | #6 | |
Love my little flowers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: In Gorgeous Montana!!!
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What started out sweet and nice........just went way too far...i mean the thread has over 115 posts for goodness sakes! I doubt she will ever return to YT..which is sad...this is where she could have gotten lots of great help for her new baby..if she even gets one now...which as everyone knows would be her greatest loss of all!! I can't imagine my life without a yorkie or two in it!!!
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11-21-2008, 03:36 PM | #7 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Iowa
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| At the risk of being run out........I see that it happens alot. I am very uncomfortable when I read posts (and there are some going now) that simple questions are answered in such a judgemental way. DOn't get me wrong - this is a great site - great for resources, but sometimes people just want to ask some questions. Perhaps the "tough" posts should go to PM's. I see that would be a courtesy to all!
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11-21-2008, 03:37 PM | #8 |
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| I don't know. I think that people were trying to give her good advice and they were well intentioned--- but she wasn't having it so it should have been left there, I guess. I posted a few things---but I basically held my tounge during the whole thread because I didn't agree with the op at all. But YT still rocks! And everyone is very supportive and means well.
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11-21-2008, 03:37 PM | #9 |
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| Thats terrible. I saw the beginning of that thread and could tell where it was going. I try to stay away from the drama. I come to this forum because I love to look at everyones babies and to hear all of the cute stories. And also to get advice and to learn more about how others do things. I wish that everyone can just get along. I realize we all have different opinions. And we should be able to voice them, but not by attacking anyone or their beliefs. |
11-21-2008, 03:57 PM | #10 |
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11-21-2008, 03:57 PM | #11 |
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| I'm sorry she left too, though I'm not sure I agree she was "run off". She came here to ask opinions about which puppy "looked cuter", and ended up getting an overload of information/opinions about the breeder. She is firmly set on this breeder, defends her, yet has not met her nor seen her facility, the pups, parents or anything. She is basing her purchase on a photo, and considering shipping a too-young puppy, and it's no wonder several YT members felt compelled to educate her. We all just need to do that in a very delicate manner with new comers. Many of us have come here thru searching for information about Yorkies. In the process we find out much more than we knew before, and for many that info came after getting our puppy. So often we hear people say, if I'd known better I would have done it differently. Yes it's sad she left, but she left with a lot of information that may help her make a wise decision, and could be a good thing in the long run.
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11-21-2008, 03:59 PM | #12 |
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| I personally have been turned off as a new member by some of the self righteousness I've seen in this forum too. While I haven't encountered anything I've seen that would make me leave, there is way too much "my way or the highway" attitude here for comfort... There are thousands of people on this forum with an equal number of opinions, none exactly like any of the others. Of course we're going to have disagreements over training methods, pet acquisition ethics, diet, news, and breed standards. But I've seen more than one thread take a negative turn when someone presents a question or opinion and someone else gives a different opinion with the condescending subtext of, "You should do this this way because So-and-So says and this is the way I do it so obviously it's right and your opinion is wrong, wrong, wrong!!" And then a couple of people jump in on the side of the person attacking, turning it into a mugging. A little more tolerance for differing perspectives is what I think this forum could use. If somebody isn't going to answer an OP's original question without some patronizing soapbox commentary or a criticism of how they're acquiring/training/raising their dog, I think they ought to just let it go and not reply at all. Just my two cents. |
11-21-2008, 04:00 PM | #13 |
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11-21-2008, 04:05 PM | #14 |
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