Let's make this year in PT

[petlover]

a REALLY good one. Let's try to be even a little more outgoing and kind to newbies. Let's make more animal threads than *off topic* threads. Let's get the number of fights down, and let's take a little more time to post more pictures of our sweet pets than than talk about what to wear to so and so places. Does anyone agree with me.

[G.P.girl]

ok!

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

~~About the no more posting off topic, I think that's what makes us so unique. We can share anything with each other... Our first crush, a dying friend, pictures of ourselves. Think of another community that does that as much as we do. Posting off topic is a great virtue of us. I think posting off topic is ok, just because we are in the General forum.
~~As for fighting, let's all just make a promise to take it elsewhere. Don't make other people get involved. Just take it somewhere else, whether it be a PM, email, instant messenger, whatever! Just not here.
~~NEWBIES ARE GOOD, PEOPLE! Getting new people to our community should be a good thing, and we shouldn't be so cold to them within their first post.

Let's do it, peoples!

[petlover]

Originally posted by ILoveMyAbbyGirl
~~About the no more posting off topic, I think that's what makes us so unique. We can share anything with each other... Our first crush, a dying friend, pictures of ourselves. Think of another community that does that as much as we do. Posting off topic is a great virtue of us. I think posting off topic is ok, just because we are in the General forum.
~~As for fighting, let's all just make a promise to take it elsewhere. Don't make other people get involved. Just take it somewhere else, whether it be a PM, email, instant messenger, whatever! Just not here.
~~NEWBIES ARE GOOD, PEOPLE! Getting new people to our community should be a good thing, and we shouldn't be so cold to them within their first post.

Let's do it, peoples!

Well said Meg.

[amoore]

Petlover, I like yor ideas.

ILoveMyAbbyGirl, I like your Ideas.

[petlover]

Also, I didn't mean to NOT have off topic threads, I just meant not too have more than pet threads because than it would be more like a chit chat message board than a pet message board.

[Dogz]

Originally posted by ILoveMyAbbyGirl
~~About the no more posting off topic, I think that's what makes us so unique. We can share anything with each other... Our first crush, a dying friend, pictures of ourselves. Think of another community that does that as much as we do. Posting off topic is a great virtue of us. I think posting off topic is ok, just because we are in the General forum.
~~As for fighting, let's all just make a promise to take it elsewhere. Don't make other people get involved. Just take it somewhere else, whether it be a PM, email, instant messenger, whatever! Just not here.
~~NEWBIES ARE GOOD, PEOPLE! Getting new people to our community should be a good thing, and we shouldn't be so cold to them within their first post.

Let's do it, peoples!

I like your ideas, Meg.

[amoore]

How about just having a chit-chat thread? on the genral board, like every week start a new one,but always have one. Ok, I know, I don't come up with very good ideas. I'm just talking off the wall.LOL! You guys can hit me. Wait! Can't hit a person with glasses though. hehehe.

[Moose]

I don't understand what is wrong with off-topic threads, especially if they are the in the Other>General boards...after all, that is the purpose of all of the Other boards.

Also, I've never seen anyone be rude to a newbie right off the bat...

I'm not knocking anything you guys have suggested, I just don't think any of this has been a really big problem...nothing unusual at least.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Originally posted by Moose
I don't understand what is wrong with off-topic threads, especially if they are the in the Other>General boards...after all, that is the purpose of all of the Other boards.

Also, I've never seen anyone be rude to a newbie right off the bat...

I'm not knocking anything you guys have suggested, I just don't think any of this has been a really big problem...nothing unusual at least.

Ditto. Except for maybe the recent fights that were going on.

[Moose]

Originally posted by GoldenRetrLuver
Except for maybe the recent fights that were going on.

My thoughts exactly...

[Fox-Gal]

Good Ideas everyone.

Originally posted by Moose

Also, I've never seen anyone be rude to a newbie right off the bat...

It has happened, My first post here someone flamed me real quick, over something silly. I didn't post for awhile after that till I spent some time reading and getting to know how things work around here. I have seen one or two others also. It doesn't happen alot but it does happen and petlover is right we should try to be more outgoing and kind.

[Moose]

Originally posted by Fox-Ga
It has happened, My first post here someone flamed me real quick, over something silly. I didn't post for awhile after that till I spent some time reading and getting to know how things work around here. I have seen one or two others also. It doesn't happen alot but it does happen

Hm...I didn't know that.

[Tonya]

Yeah, I've seen a few people get attacked that were new.

[amoore]

I was attacked on my second or third post. I guess just remembering that new people don't always know that some things can"t be talked about. Kind of like when I asked my Mom about sex when I was a kid. Wow, did I ever get heck about that! But it would be nice if their questions could be answered without getting mad at them. Or send them to a help link on the subject.