Thank you for posting this. I wrote a comment to that thread at the very end because I was so horrified and disgusted by some of the rude, disrespectful and outright mean comments said to the OP who was honestly looking for help, but it was closed before I could post. What is most facinating to me is that the moderator of that thread flat out said she didn't see anything wrong with what anyone said and that they were just "passionate and had strong opinions." You'd have to be blind (in my opinion) to not see anything wrong with what was said at times! It would not suprise me in the least if the OP of that thread is yet another casualty of people's attacks and out right meaness and leaves YT altogether. What is most sad to me is the people who are disrespectful say they are defending the dogs and the breed but you can have all the good intentions in the world and all the yorkie knowledge in the world and if you have the people skills of a WALL the breed will suffer because PEOPLE are in charge of the breed. Regardless of whether negative information needs to be said or difficult advice given it can always be done with respect towards the person who has the issue. These people (the same ones) again and again are the ones who are repeat offenders and it causes others to be scared to post and ask questions which is info that maybe a poor defenseless yorkie might depend on their owner knowing. I don't know who died and made these people head of hitting people over the head with the "yorkie bible" but it needs to stop. And then to hurl personal insults on top of that is deplorable. It doesn't help YT become the site it was intended to be at all and hopefully the moderators and admin will wake up to this problem. And stand by their own rules! Yes this is a public forum and we are all adults and can say what we like but when did that become a license to be offensive and disrespectful? When I wrote "bring change to YT" I wasn't saying all YT was bad and sucks...I was specifically talking about this handful of people (the squeaky wheels that are getting the grease) and wondering if people (like the majority of the ones who have commented in this thread) would stand up and take this forum back from them by doing what the OP did here! We can refuse to accept that kind of behavior as the norm so seriously bravo to you! There was a thread started yesterday called "nominate the nicest YT member" I think maybe a handful of people commented but for the most part it wasn't commented on! Which is seriously sad to me. The negative and attacking threads are most popular and the positive and uplifting threads die off. And interestingly enough none of the squeaky wheels did not comment in that thread at all. This is something that can change if enough people decide for themselves that they won't behave that way and will stand up and blow the whistle on other people who behave this way. You can't change anyone else but you can decide for yourself! I'm committed to making sure that I am personally encouraging, positive and at the very least even if its a negative or difficult piece of info to relay, respectful of the person who has been brave enough and consciencious enough to want the info. Again, Jeanie K thank you for being the OP of this thread! I hope your comments and this thread makes a huge difference! |