Terms of service question?

**EeekSnakes** · 02-25-08, 12:26 PM

-No personal attacks, cursing or bashing will be tolerated. You may argue, but please argue on the subject at hand, and refrain from personal attacks. This rule is really important as we wish to keep this a friendly place. It you don’t have anything constructive to add to the discussion, please have some respect and don’t post.
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Would this not include issues that belong on the BOI, where names are mentioned in posts, etc.?

**EeekSnakes** · 02-25-08, 12:52 PM

The first part of my post is directly from the Terms of Service already established.

"no personal attacks" to me, means names, etc.

That is what I was inquiring about.

**Caroline** · 02-25-08, 01:15 PM

Sorry I don't follow you

**EeekSnakes** · 02-25-08, 01:22 PM

don't know how I could explain it better but I will try.

Say, I had a problem with you. I come, mention your name in a post and my dissatisfation of our issue.

Would that not violate "no personal attacks"?

as opposed to saying my issue..blah blah blah.....no names.

(I'll pm you)

Cam5 · 02-25-08, 01:51 PM

(I have been trying to work through a different complicated thread so I may have missed the point.)

I hope I did not say something to offend you?

Or perhaps this is just to get people to recommit to the rules as outlined?

Either way...sounds good to me

i promise to be respectful of the other folks here who are trying to help me

**EeekSnakes** · 02-25-08, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by Cam5

I hope I did not say something to offend you?

Or perhaps this is just to get people to recommit to the rules as outlined?

Either way...sounds good to me

i promise to be respectful of the other folks here who are trying to help me

No no, I'm not offended with anything..... I was just trying to see that if naming names was considered a personal attack...

Another site I belong to, if the issue is a BOI type issue, the post is removed or names editted out.

Does that help clear it up?

this is just to get people to recommit to the rules as outlined?:

Yep yep.... just clarifying the rules as I was uncertain.

Cam5 · 02-25-08, 02:17 PM

Oh good...i went back to see where I might have erroneously posted something

That's a great question.

I really like that on this site everyone is so free with names of people they are having good experiences with!

I have even wondered about how to correctly site information to give credit where credit is due.
For example...some of the information I am 'handing out' is my own experience, some is from vets (whom I have not had the greatest affinity for so they are un-named), other posters suggestions, and a lot of the information is from breeder sites and books and e-mail conversations.

If I am more or less quoting information from a book I say that...

But I think your interpretation is also mine. That unless yo uare on the BOI and the other party knows of the issue blah blah blah...it falls under the personal attack line.

I think it is difficult enough to decipher tone from a post sometimes ...
for example on "the other" corn site I got reemed for being mean and cryptic etc etc ...
I had said "thank you" to the poster in a reply and explained that for "some reason the 'add to reputation" button did not work. So thank you for the helpful information."

Apparently they thought I was being sarcastic...someone else jumped in and explained before I could that I was just saying thank you. The poster pm'd an apology and all is well.

I shared that because by virtue of the overall environment on some other sites it gets very touchy to reply at all. And I would be very sad to see that happen here.