Tropical FF Pet Peeves
- Thread starter steelhealr
- Start date
debiasir
fancy goldfish rule!!!
many may not have heaters as there is no need for heaters within the tank. my last tropical never had a heater!
@ombomb
Fish Gatherer
Any post about Bettas or livebarers...
dull dull dull
dull dull dull
Dwarfs
Fish Connoisseur
OP
OP
nmonks said:
....as it was said in the Wizard of Oz, we want to be phila.....phila.....phila.....DOH...good deed do'ers.....
SH
bunlet
New Member
People that use their own urine to fishless cycle a tank.
I'm pretty happy. Good forum etiquette is something that is quite slack everywhere really, and includes:
Be clear in your thread titles
Don't be abusive
If you don't know, don't pretend you do
Keep it on topic
Use clear English, and spellcheck it if you can't spell
Use the search button
I don't know a forum where that doesn't apply, and where to some degree each of them get ignored.
In terms of this particular forum, people who don't have any idea what they are talking about giving advice is an issue. The beginners section is the worst for it. I appreciate that beginners go there to ask questions, and want to help others so then reply in other threads in the section, but it's not necessary. Avoiding clouding the issue with a misleading half true post is more helpful than trying your best without being sure.
It might be nice to have some sort of knowledge/credibility based ranking system rather than a post count based one, as has been suggested. Having said that, if you hang about you learn who is worth listening to and who is a muppet irrespective of post count, so it's not a problem for anyone who frequents the board.
Be clear in your thread titles
Don't be abusive
If you don't know, don't pretend you do
Keep it on topic
Use clear English, and spellcheck it if you can't spell
Use the search button
I don't know a forum where that doesn't apply, and where to some degree each of them get ignored.
In terms of this particular forum, people who don't have any idea what they are talking about giving advice is an issue. The beginners section is the worst for it. I appreciate that beginners go there to ask questions, and want to help others so then reply in other threads in the section, but it's not necessary. Avoiding clouding the issue with a misleading half true post is more helpful than trying your best without being sure.
It might be nice to have some sort of knowledge/credibility based ranking system rather than a post count based one, as has been suggested. Having said that, if you hang about you learn who is worth listening to and who is a muppet irrespective of post count, so it's not a problem for anyone who frequents the board.
ncjharris
Fish Addict
- Joined
- Oct 29, 2004
- Messages
- 733
- Reaction score
- 1
Just quickly off topic, is it not a little presumptuous of us to assume everyone will/can write in English? I know that English is the accepted language for most things, but what’s the easiest way for non-English speakers?
On a few other websites I frequent they offer a 'Thank this person' feature, whereby if someone writes a post that is helpful/crucible, you can click it and it produces a tally of the most thanked people. Don't know if Invision allows this feature?
Well we're on an English speaking forum, so it's probably fair game to assume people can/will write in English.
English spelling and grammar checkers are still available to foreign speakers. The fact that someone is not a native speaker does not absolve them of the responsibility to be as clear as they possibly can be.
I'm sure that should a non-mother tongue English speaker either mention in their post or their profile that they are not a fluent English speaker (as they frequently do), then allowances would be made.
Don't get me wrong, everyone makes mistakes and that's fine (and you'd expect more from someone learning the language and that's also fine), but making your best effort is important as a point of general forum etiquette.
Miss Wiggle
Practically perfect in every way
general peeve's
people using txt speak all the time
bad manners
the kids outside my house playing football (not related to anything i know but they're ball just hit my window! )
on the subject of people replying saying agreed, i think that's quite helpful, if i ask a question I won't take the first reply as gospel, but if a few people say the swame thing you can generally assume it's pretty much right.
people telling you to use google, i've lost count of the times i've used it and come up with 20 different sites telling me different things and a load of irrelevant forum threads. I really struggle with it, maybe I'm just dim, but I'd rather ask a question to a group of people who all know about this sort of thing and hope a few of them have come across the specific situation before and can advise you well
being a newbie sucks too
people using txt speak all the time
bad manners
the kids outside my house playing football (not related to anything i know but they're ball just hit my window! )
on the subject of people replying saying agreed, i think that's quite helpful, if i ask a question I won't take the first reply as gospel, but if a few people say the swame thing you can generally assume it's pretty much right.
people telling you to use google, i've lost count of the times i've used it and come up with 20 different sites telling me different things and a load of irrelevant forum threads. I really struggle with it, maybe I'm just dim, but I'd rather ask a question to a group of people who all know about this sort of thing and hope a few of them have come across the specific situation before and can advise you well
being a newbie sucks too
OP
OP
Some peeve thoughts:
1) I have no problem with people saying "agreed" for the reasons stated above. If one of our members swings into a thread and leaves an educated and experienced comment, I think that single word is a confirmatory poll response.
2) Thank you responses. Hmmmm. There is no doubt that some of the avator labels, such as 'leader of the fishes', can be misleading. They do not imply an extensive knowledge of freshwater or marine aquarism. I'm not sure that volume of thank yous would either. Certainly it is a nice added forum feature. A response of thank you or clicking the radio button on Amazon.com that says 'yes, this comment was helpful', doesn't certify that correct information was given.
Should mods have a 'seal of approval' icon that can be given to members?
Is it votable? Should members be able to vote for 'TFF Leaders'? Would those labels have negative effects? Not sure. Something to think about. SH
1) I have no problem with people saying "agreed" for the reasons stated above. If one of our members swings into a thread and leaves an educated and experienced comment, I think that single word is a confirmatory poll response.
2) Thank you responses. Hmmmm. There is no doubt that some of the avator labels, such as 'leader of the fishes', can be misleading. They do not imply an extensive knowledge of freshwater or marine aquarism. I'm not sure that volume of thank yous would either. Certainly it is a nice added forum feature. A response of thank you or clicking the radio button on Amazon.com that says 'yes, this comment was helpful', doesn't certify that correct information was given.
Should mods have a 'seal of approval' icon that can be given to members?
Is it votable? Should members be able to vote for 'TFF Leaders'? Would those labels have negative effects? Not sure. Something to think about. SH
DazedNCoNfUsEd
Fish Crazy
How about some kind of point system, where only the moderators can like give out a point to someone for giving a credible or informative post. Soft of like a post count, but a point count instead. I guess it would be up to the Mods on what is justification for a point. Then you could even take away points for misleading or bad information that is given out.
ncjharris
Fish Addict
- Joined
- Oct 29, 2004
- Messages
- 733
- Reaction score
- 1
Thing with a point system, its open to interpretation and therefore a lot of arguements.
Say one mod could judge something worthy of a point for me, then you write something that in your opinion is just as good, but doesn't get anything. You'd be annoyed and want an explanation.
I think the mods have enough to deal with without people PM'ing them asking for explanations for points and also asking them to read their posts in order to secure a point.
Say one mod could judge something worthy of a point for me, then you write something that in your opinion is just as good, but doesn't get anything. You'd be annoyed and want an explanation.
I think the mods have enough to deal with without people PM'ing them asking for explanations for points and also asking them to read their posts in order to secure a point.
community begginer
Fish Crazy
the other day i entered a fish store to find that in the tnak of goldfish i was browsing in had 5 dead and decaying fish in it.
it sickens me to know that these people are meant to be so called specialists yet they cant find the time to remove dead specimens froom a tank even though that is what they do for a living.
unbeleivable.
regards community begginer.
it sickens me to know that these people are meant to be so called specialists yet they cant find the time to remove dead specimens froom a tank even though that is what they do for a living.
unbeleivable.
regards community begginer.
Similar threads
Most reactions
-
345 -
217 -
215 -
186 -
167 -
159 -
154 -
153 -
148 -
139 -
130 -
124 -
115 -
95 -
90