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07-13-2007, 05:03 PM | #1 |
Mojo, LilyGrace & Me Donating Member Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: cuddling with my babies<3
Posts: 17,329
| PM's asking about your Yorkies??? With all the recent BS that has been happening here at YT, our home away from home......I have gotten worried about being here. I can't imagine not having YT and the members I have grown close to in my life, but geez..... How many of you have gotten PM's asking about where you got your Yorkies? I know I have a few times and never even thought about it. What can we do to make YT a safer place? Would making it a closed forum for donating members only help? I truly think it will. I pay a yearly membership to one of my homeschool forums and it seems to not have all this BS on it. I know, we are NOT suppose to share personal information because this is a website...but this is our home! How can we make it better????? Aurgh....I am just so greatly PO'ed right now!!!!
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07-13-2007, 05:08 PM | #2 |
Luv my Angel, too! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA
Posts: 9,333
| I do think that making this a donating forum would change the amount of crap that has been happening. I wouldn't have a problem with this.
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07-13-2007, 05:09 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member | i think remembering that this is the internet is what everyone needs to do if this was a closed forum there would be alot less member .........i for sure wouldnt be here |
07-13-2007, 05:13 PM | #4 |
Kyle Plus 3 Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 6,929
| Nor would I. I don't think it's fair to make people pay for people to get information. I'm pretty sure admin would never do this (as they have mentioned before) though.
__________________ Kyle (me), Britney, Brooklyn, and Coral Last edited by BubblPopElectrc; 07-13-2007 at 05:15 PM. |
07-13-2007, 05:17 PM | #5 | |
Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California
Posts: 14,776
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If it were a donating forum, I for one wouldn't be here either. Every other forum or list that I belonged to that has turned into a donating forum has diminished in members and/or completely closed down.
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07-13-2007, 05:20 PM | #6 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Georgia
Posts: 2,563
| I would definitely donate and remain a member but I would hate to see it come to that. I think that would close off a world of knowledge and information to innocent people.
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07-13-2007, 05:29 PM | #7 | |
YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canada
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Annnnnnd Nor would I, too. Just put them on your ignore list (assuming there is one...) This place has been a blessing for me. I've gotten so much information & help over here and it would DEFINITELY kill to find out it was closed, for only donating members. Not everyone is wealthy enough to donate, or moreso old enough to do so! just my opinion. Last edited by Tina_Luvs_Missy; 07-13-2007 at 05:31 PM. | |
07-13-2007, 05:39 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,890
| Maybe just making some of the more personal sections for donating members? Like leave the general discussion for people to ask questions and get answers without donating, but make the rest of the boards for donating members....yes I know I squalled like a brat when they changed the selling rules to donating members only, but this is a little different in that I feel the safety of our members and our furbabies are at risk here.
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07-13-2007, 05:40 PM | #9 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New York
Posts: 2,900
| I dont think there is anything wrong with asking someone where you got your yorkie from. We don't want them buying from stores or getting scammed and i would see it as a compliment if someone were to ask me. It is just like asking "where did u get those shoes"? I plan on donating soon and would stay if it were a closed site but people in need of quick answers when something is wrong with their baby @ 2 am, they would miss out on getting to be a part of an excellent site. jmo
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07-13-2007, 05:40 PM | #10 |
Gizzy & Kandi spoil me Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waco, Texas
Posts: 8,477
| I understand why you might want a closed forum, but I would like to make a a few comments here. Less than six weeks ago, I was a new non-donating member just learning about yorkies. Without this open forum, who knows what serious mistakes I might have made with my puppy? You think of this forum as your family and I have started to feel the same. It's a sad day when I can't access this site and see what the rest of you are up to. I know that I am a donating member now, and this doesn't apply to me, but in a way it does. The me I used to be before YT would not be the knowledgeable puppy owner I am now if not for this site. Thousands of yorkie owners simply look at this site for information, and never post. I have learned about puppy mills, nutrition, training, how to report abuse of animals, and I have learned that people all over the world can find common ground. This forum also SAVES LIVES. You have no idea how many yorkies out there have benefitted from this free, open forum. Thank you for that. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I would like to share my favorite poem with you...by Emily Dickinson If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one Pain, Or help one fainting Robin Unto his Nest again, I shall not live in Vain.
__________________ The fullness of our heart is expressed in our eyes, in our touch, in what we write, in what we say, in the way we walk, the way we receive, the way we need. -Mother Teresa ( RIP Gizmo 3/9/07-8/18/12) |
07-13-2007, 05:45 PM | #11 | |
YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canada
Posts: 326
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There is a bunch of people here who are not donating members (including myself) and they are great people, being excluded for something that can be avoided, imo, is unnecessary. | |
07-13-2007, 05:47 PM | #12 |
Luv my Angel, too! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA
Posts: 9,333
| There are always going to be trolls who post to get a rise out of folks, but this other stuff is way more serious and happening in PMs. Perhaps having the ability to PM only if you're a donating member........you would still be able to get information, make posts, ask questions - just not PM.
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07-13-2007, 05:49 PM | #13 | |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,890
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Another member has had a member here contact their breeder and made false accusations to their breeder. Also, breeders are required to post contact information in the Yorkies For Sale threads...that is very possibly unsafe as it is required for their phone numbers to be posted. Maybe instead of making it a closed forum for donating members, maybe set requirements for must have a certain number of posts to be able to use the pm function? Maybe allow breeders to NOT post their phone numbers when listing pups for sale...if anyone is seriously interested in a pup they could pm for more information or the phone number etc.
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07-13-2007, 06:03 PM | #14 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sequim, Wa
Posts: 4,541
| I have not gotten PMs asking where I got my Yorkie. I think closing this site to non-donating members could seriously hurt the health and safety of many Yorkies. Some people just cannot afford to donate. I think making the PM function and perhaps some of the boards like the breeder talk board open only to donating members might curb some of the bad stuff that has been going on of late. However, if someone really wants to go after a member, they would probably pay to become a donating member. I can't remember when I donated, if I had to give my personal contact info. If not, perhaps that should be a requirement so we can report offenders to the authorities if necessary?
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07-13-2007, 06:14 PM | #15 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: With My Beautiful Fur Babies!
Posts: 5,525
| I have gotten several PMs asking where I bought Livi...I guess because she's a parti. I never thought anything about it until a couple of days ago. I felt bad because I had someone that seems very sweet ask me and I just kind of went around the subject instead of telling her. I am sad that the board has changed recently and that I don't feel comfortable like what I did. And for the person that I did not answer your question (you know who you are)...I apologize, I guess I am just paranoid after all of the drama lately. I am not a donating member, at this point, so I guess if it changes to donating members only...I wouldn't be here either. Tammy |
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