Luckies - It’s not necessarily the talking about the candy, it’s the questioning whether someone is real or not, or that someone suspects they are a troll.

There have been people that I and others suspected, but we did our homework before even suggesting that they may have ulterior motives.

If I was this person and I was for real, I’d wouldn’t come back to this site after the “welcomes” they’ve received by some people.

This used to be the warmest, kindest, friendliest place to be if you were a newcomer. Now (I think since the whole “Jessica” thing and the Jiminy thing) we are all suspicious of any newcomers. I know there have been several new posters that lied, but to assume that all new people are fakes or trolls is just wrong and sad. I do find myself being suspicious but I keep it to myself, or PM friends about it. I don’t post it in the newcomer’s thread until I’m sure. That’s just rude.

Imagine back to your first visits to Pet Talk. Were people nice and friendly, or mean spirited and calling you a troll? If had been called a troll or made fun of because of my dialect, I wouldn’t have stayed.