Trolls
- Thread starter Holly9937
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Ok should I be nice here?ntt said:
This is advice given to help you out, if you find it offensive or it upsets you then I'm sorry. I will not sugar caot it, however.
1. Spelling, grammar, etc. A few mistakes are OK, abreviating long words/phrases(e.g. RUGF) fine, but the above should have been
"Sublime, I don't get what your problem is." Take the time to write clearly and people will take the time to answer sincerely.
2. I read another posts that said you are only 13. Is that true? If so, it is good to see someone getting into the hobby at a young age. Your age, however, does not release you from your responsibility. You need to take your fish back to a petstore. If your local store does not take them back, go to another one. If this involves having parrents/guardians drive you the next town over or whatever, then you need to find a way to reimburse them. Try, "mom, I need a ride to PetstoreX (call first to make sure they will take your fish) Saturday, I'll do the dishes after dinner for a week."
3. Do your research before you buy. You have made a mistake, and now you have the wonderful opportunity to learn from it. Stand up and be a better person. Mabey read up on some fish that will better suit your current aquarium before your trip to take back your current fish. It would be better if you could just get a nice big tank to house your current fish, but I don't think time and money are going to be on your, or your fishs' side on that one.
Rather, enjoy the few smaller(happier) fish you are hopefully going to get, and take the time to look into the needs of the fish you wish to have in the future.
4. Have a plan. Now you have found that beautiful, somethingfish, and you know it needs X gallons to be happy at it's adult size. You know it prefers to eat this type of food other than that type. You know it is going to need a good hiding space, etc. etc. et al. Now you can go buy the right tank, the right filter, heater if necissary, the right food(hope you were doing extra chores and saving your money while you were researching
) Olny then(meaning after your wonderful new tank has "cycled" ) can you go out and get that nice new oscar, green terror, or-insert-favorite-fish-here.If you choose not to take advice constantly, no one will give it to you anymore. When someone tells you you are overstocked, then you ask what other fish you can have, they will flame you. I really hope I have not discouraged you, but rather gave you some insight to help you in your fishkeeping. :hi:
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I don't know why I have given so much to this thread, but I think it might have helped, and I enjoyed it.
I read some of your posts and you do not qualify as a troll. When you didn't know the answers, but still wanted to help, you clearly stated you were no expert, or were not 100% sure. When corrected, you admitted you were wrong and learned from it(I hope).
I'm not sure who coined the phrase "trolls" first, but it is kind of a fun term to discribe the.....um........*scratch head*........trolls?pbrack said:Who came up with troll in the first place?
If ever I give out wrong info, please do correct me, but at least give me a shot before calling me a troll
I read some of your posts and you do not qualify as a troll. When you didn't know the answers, but still wanted to help, you clearly stated you were no expert, or were not 100% sure. When corrected, you admitted you were wrong and learned from it(I hope).
Dangerdoll
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I Thought this thread was going very well, in the event that ntt is not a troll he's getting some great advice from some kind people, which he can take to heart and use to his advantage. If he is a troll, it won't be hard to figure out after today.
Something I might add for newbies. Even if someone calls you a troll, just let it go and enjoy the boards. When I first came here I did a lot of things that I thought might get me banned, and figured out later that no one here wants that to happen. If you are sincere and are here to learn and teach you have nothing to fear. It's only the constant troublemakers and repeat offenders that get removed. we all have bad hair days, post incorrect information, or have someone lash out at us now and then. It all settles out if we know when to be curteous and recognize good information.
Therin lies the entire difference between a troll and someone who posted incorrect information.
dave
Holly..you just brought up something that's been a problem and people took the chance to talk about it. Kinda like a public service 
Might be an interesting stickey for people to refer to when troll discussions come up. As for coining the phrase troll...trolling, it's not unique to this board.
Might be an interesting stickey for people to refer to when troll discussions come up. As for coining the phrase troll...trolling, it's not unique to this board.
sumthin fishy said:
Trolling is a fishing term, which also describes this type of annoying internet behaviour quite well:
troll
Pronunciation: 'trOl
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English
transitive senses
3 a : to fish for by trolling b : to fish by trolling in <troll lakes> c : to pull through the water in trolling <troll a lure>
intransitive senses
2 : to fish by trailing a lure or baited hook from a moving boat
In essence, a troll baits others to react. :troll:
