Does this seem familiar to you?

[catmandu]

My Dear Mother,used to say that Idle Hands are the Devils Workshop,and once again she was proven to be 100% Right!

[Snickerslove]

If trolls are mean and your calling them "Trolls" then you must be a troll Your calling people names and that's rude and mean so you all are Trolls!

[catnapper]

Originally posted by Snickerslove
If trolls are mean and your calling them "Trolls" then you must be a troll Your calling people names and that's rude and mean so you all are Trolls!

Nobody was calling anybody Trolls - we were saying that they seem to be out in force around here lately. The word and definition Troll has been around for a long while. It is not something we are naming people.

We can only assume that a new member is a pet lover, but when they've posted a few times and the majority of those posts are troublesome, we start to assume they are trolls. If a new person comes on, is truly a pet lover, but is mis-identified as a troll, then they need to take a look at their posts and see that their wording might be seen as argumentative.

A few of our dear members have had rocky starts, but thats because this might have been their first forum and didn't know that a certain "ettiquette" must be followed. Such as, when you are new, introduce yourself. Talk about your pets so people get to know you. Don't just jump into any old thread and start trouble when nobody else on the board has no clue who you are, what you know, what you do, etc. We will jump in to "protect" our existing members from harassment. We have enjoyed a peaceful community here and want to protect the peace.