The Reptile 'Community'

[belfast_tom]

id like to back you up on your first comments that forum is a disgrace, if you dont agree with something said then your better not posting a reponse as they al thik they are 100% correct and ive seem members baned and deleted for doing this! then they pick on other small forums as they hate the competition!

[ratboy]

What I would personally reccommend is more groups like the Ratsnake Foundation.

A site like RFUK is mainly about fun, which is why it is popular and Livefoods was popular before it and CViewMedia before that. But the problem is diversity. RFUK basically covers every exotic species there is and as such it is too diverse.

The Ratsnake foundation is not very diverse as it covers rat snakes and nothing else. Maybe people should get together and create Retic foundations and Gecko foundations and Tortoise foundations etc. The point is that being very busy does not matter, what matters with specialist sites is that the information you get from them is top notch with articles from people who are out there and doing it and are the best in their fields.

Sod people like me as far as rat snakes go... you need people like F.T.Burbrink and Schulz allowing you to use articles they have written and people from different countries and societies writing articles for you.

Forums is just a tiny part of things, the key in my opinion is quality information and knowing where to find it.

[slither61]

Originally Posted by Herper666

i dont care who likes or dislikes me. i hate people straight out. i get on with a select few people on youtube, the others i culd give a dog sh*t about. sorry but i dont even know you and thus hate you. jut the way i am.

Hi all,

Might help if you can stop the swareing, if you don't like people then don't join forums.

slither61

[Furrag]

Originally Posted by ratboy

What I would personally reccommend is more groups like the Ratsnake Foundation.

A site like RFUK is mainly about fun, which is why it is popular and Livefoods was popular before it and CViewMedia before that. But the problem is diversity. RFUK basically covers every exotic species there is and as such it is too diverse.

The Ratsnake foundation is not very diverse as it covers rat snakes and nothing else. Maybe people should get together and create Retic foundations and Gecko foundations and Tortoise foundations etc. The point is that being very busy does not matter, what matters with specialist sites is that the information you get from them is top notch with articles from people who are out there and doing it and are the best in their fields.

Sod people like me as far as rat snakes go... you need people like F.T.Burbrink and Schulz allowing you to use articles they have written and people from different countries and societies writing articles for you.

Forums is just a tiny part of things, the key in my opinion is quality information and knowing where to find it.

I love the Ratsnake foundation. I love it. I hold back from joining though, because once I do, I'll end up flooding myself with rat snakes, and I'm not ready yet. I was trying to think of Lou's name, but as soon as you said Ratsnake foundation, 'Peaches' automatically came into my head. She's another one I'd add to such a list.

Smaller specific groups would be very good, and very beneficial. Though for the new snake owner, I think RFUK serves its purpose.

A good metaphor is computers. I can do standard stuff. To the non-PC techs, I'm a 'computer expert', when I'm nowhere near that. It's the same with snakes. Anyone with standard, advanced basic knowledge of snakes to the uneducated person is displaying a wealth of information.

[ratboy]

If there were indeed an online "Reptile Community" which I actually do not believe that there is, what we have in forums like this are breeders, hobbiests and shops basically trying to sell their stock and maybe giving out some advice while they are here </cynic> ( That's not absolutely true... but it does happen )....

But if we were an online community.... RFUK could be a portal to other reptile sites. People would meet here to have a chat and a laugh and talk about the hobby then maybe go off to their specific sites of interest for the species they keep or are interested in keeping.