What grinds your gears? Most annoying Reefer forum behaviors.

[Forsaken77]

The folks who post pictures of hitchhikers and it either looks like they were driving past their tank at 90 miles an hour, or they were standing in their kitchen, 30 feet away, or just don't know how to focus their camera. Drives me nuts....and the worst part is that I still try to take a guess of what this blurred pinhead might be. :mad:

While that is true, and funny, it's not always the posters fault, except far away shots. Most people don't use DSLR cameras because of phone cameras. For some reason, my phone has a very hard time focusing on things in my tank. It can't tell the difference between foreground and background in a water environment where many things are moving. Usually the best way, for me, to get the thing to Focus, is to stand back a bit. So that's why I try to avoid taking pics of my tank, and my phone isn't a point of sale either.

Plus, there are sooo many picture settings, I don't have the time to look up what everything does.

But we do the best we can with the info provided

 

[flsalty]

While that is true, and funny, it's not always the posters fault, except far away shots. Most people don't use DSLR cameras because of phone cameras. For some reason, my phone has a very hard time focusing on things in my tank. It can't tell the difference between foreground and background in a water environment where many things are moving. Usually the best way, for me, to get the thing to Focus, is to stand back a bit. So that's why I try to avoid taking pics of my tank, and my phone isn't a point of sale either.

Plus, there are sooo many picture settings, I don't have the time to look up what everything does.

But we do the best we can with the info provided

Well...if someone is too lazy to figure out their camera phone, technically it is their fault

 

[Forsaken77]

Well...if someone is too lazy to figure out their camera phone, technically it is their fault

Nothing to do with laziness. Comes down to time and priorities. Going through 100 different settings on a phone just for the camera isn't one of them. I put most on auto and the friggin thing doesn't focus right on an aquarium. Just because someone doesn't do something doesn't automatically mean it's because they're lazy.

 

[Katrina71]

I really hate when somebody thinks they are too smart or too experienced to help explain something to a newbie like me. You know, the snarky answers. The truly wise reefers remember being new and that there is more than one way to have a successful tank.

 

[puffy127]

People who try to "save" fish from "evil petco" yet end up killing it because they do not know what they are doing.

 

[Luno]

I just transferred here after receiving a ban on rc. So two things. . .

- a mod can have a political view but no one else can

- lounge behavior derailing proper threads with childish antics

 

[Katrina71]

People who try to "save" fish from "evil petco" yet end up killing it because they do not know what they are doing.

Yea, but at least they are trying for the right reasons. Trying at all is pretty dang cool.

 

[Luno]

It's easier to distinguish a problem (fish disease, coral pest, hitchhiker, etc.) if the pic is taken under white light than blue lighting.

Just sayin'

This x1000 I notice the fb groups are horrible for this

 

[Newb73]

When mods delete a perfectly funny 80s bangers post for no identifiably intelligent reason

 

[Tahoe61]

When mods delete a perfectly funny 80s bangers post for no identifiably intelligent reason

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[LbulletM]

When you get a warning for self censoring.

100% my fault (it IS in the rules that I hadn't read), but when I first joined last year I got a warning because I changed a swear to x***x format instead of letting the system take over for me - which I didn't know it would at the time. Was trying to be responsible and got dinged for it. I understand that it is a family forum, but sometimes it can get a little overboard.

BUT, I'm appreciative of it, because this is my favorite forum on the internet. 99% of people are respectful here, and I'm sure that's mostly due to, in part, the strict monitoring. Crazy how the mods are everywhere at once!

 

[McArcher]

People who ask for input and then take it personal when they get it! I always have liked constructive criticism, it's how I grow!

This X 1,000.
And they get snarky and then insult you for having the nerve to think they didn't already know what you just told them.

 

[tj w]

People who always seem to have input on all subjects and are very defensive if you don’t agree... did I say I [emoji173]️R2R!

 

[AngryOwl]

I really hate when somebody thinks they are too smart or too experienced to help explain something to a newbie like me. You know, the snarky answers. The truly wise reefers remember being new and that there is more than one way to have a successful tank.

Most people or big youtubers actually just started as experts right away... so its understandable your questions are beneath them and you should be patronized for it;Playful

 

[KJAG]

Individuals who express exasperation about high priced collector pieces, when the solution of “just don’t buy it” is afforded to all who dwell in the realm of free market capitalism.

 

[NY_Caveman]

LOL. I love this one. Happened today. First guy created an account just to ask a question that had already been answered in the thread. I gave him the answer anyway to be nice. Then the very next post, another brand new member, same question I just answered. "Dude, look up!"



https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/the-first-black-friday-sales-are-here.334265/page-10#post-4206278

 

[Zack K]

I was actually thinking about this when heared mr. Paletta talking about making friends in the hobby. Like dude how? Most of us are socially akward as ... and just want to move on with their lives after buying or selling a frag hahah. Just my experience.

Love the people on here though I doubt any of you lives nearby. Actually talked to some really cool people who even helped me out over the phone once.

No doubt! Got to know Adam from Battlecorals! Turns out he’s right Down the road. This could get budget ugly real fast.

 

[bdejong1112o]

People who do not update threads with the final results. You know the ones that start something like Help, my fish are dying, then a thread with lots of good advice and information that ends with the OP stating they will go do it............ then nothing. Did it work, did they survive, did they all burst into flames from the bad advice? Just search stringy poop and see how many just end with the advice for what to do....

Or threads that ask for advice to solve a problem, any problem. Lots of good input, then dead thread disease strikes again and there is no closure on if any of it actually worked or not.

People always say search and the answers are already out there but are they really? Questions are out there, lots of advice but for me I want closure and an update on how it all worked out.

 

[Sea MunnKey]

Most annoying is ... not willing to read entire thread, only to ask ..."didn't read entire story but where, how, any idea?" Always hoping for someone to reply with an answer ...

 

[AngryOwl]

People who do not update threads with the final results. You know the ones that start something like Help, my fish are dying, then a thread with lots of good advice and information that ends with the OP stating they will go do it............ then nothing. Did it work, did they survive, did they all burst into flames from the bad advice? Just search stringy poop and see how many just end with the advice for what to do....

In that example I pretty much always assume their fish died.