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Is CnH about Chins and Hedges or the new forum for psychological therapy? Discuss.

Personally, I enjoy this forum and most of the people on it and even the discussion (animal related)
 
The chit chat section is for just that...chit chat..whatever it may be. If you don't want to read the threads about people's person issues, you don't have to read them.
 
The chit chat section is for just that...chit chat..whatever it may be. If you don't want to read the threads about people's person issues, you don't have to read them.

And I don't. It's just a friendly debate, if people don't like the topic, they don't have to take part. :winkers:
 
What Bekks said. Although I think it's often ill-advised to post a bunch of stuff about how bad your life currently sucks or how your boyfriend is manipulating you, or what have you, as long as it's not posted in the actual animal-related sections of the forum I don't really have a problem with it. If I don't want to read it, I don't.
 
While I wouldn't say the forum is for psychological problems/ therapy it is a forum for the pet owners and if the owner has a problem and would like advice they can use the forum for that (unless the admins see an issue like earlier today)
This forum is whatever you make of it. If you choose to stay out of the chit chat and family life sections, feel free, and others may choose to overlook the forums specifically for animals.
I personally, know a lot of the members back from c-n-q and may eventually want to update them on the going ons in my life and guess what? I can do just that.
However, I do think it might be a bit unfair to not have any chins or hedgies and only use the chit chat forum, or to have the pets but never even look in the animal related threads even if you don't respond.
 
The thing about a public forum is that any member can post anything they want here within the limits of the rules. You can choose to read it or not.
If you don't read the chit chat section of the forum, why even post this? It's like instigating a problem that has already been solved.
 
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i do like how there is a certain section for what. sometimes i read about personal issues and sometimes i dont. i can always tell what it is going to be like before i decide to read it though
 
You misunderstand Bekks. Definitely not trying to instigate anything at all.

When I want to update friends on my personal life, I call them. I agree 100%, if you don't like it, don't read it. Like I said, friendly debate.
 
Who is being unfriendly? If you have a problem with what I post use the warn button instead of self-policing (which is against forum rules).

It looks as if you are instigating a thread that was closed earlier concerning someone's personal life. Plus, why does it matter if people post personal problems, etc in the chit chat/family sections if you don't even read them?

I don't see what there is to debate about exactly. The chit chat section is for chit chat, there is nothing in the forum rules that say people can't post about their personal problems.
 
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Guys stop lets get back on subject! anywho i like to read animal stories more than personal some personal i dont mind as i might post myself
 
The thing about this site that is somewhat different from most general animal forums out there is that with chinchillas, there are live animal shows all over the country that many of the members here go to and happen to meet each other person to person. So this isn't just your average ordinary online forum where most people on it do not "know" one another. I venture to say that most, if not very many, of the members of this forum have at one time met in real life, face to face. I know that while I do not have chins currently, I have indeed met a great number of the members of this site (and some people that have yet to join) at the chin shows that I did attend while I was breeding a while back. I have found it wonderful to be able to keep up with them and what's going on in their lives with the sections on the forum that permit me to do so. Otherwise, it's just a general discussion of animals and their care. This forum can be so much more than that if you allow it to be. There are GREAT friendships that can be established and kept via this or any online forum.
 
I spend most of my time in the chin section. Occasionally I will click on or respond to a post elsewhere but chinnies is what I'm all about. ;)
 
You misunderstand Bekks. Definitely not trying to instigate anything at all.

When I want to update friends on my personal life, I call them. I agree 100%, if you don't like it, don't read it. Like I said, friendly debate.

If that's the way you choose to update your friends - then so be it... For some of us, we have many friends in one place (CnH) and choose to let them all know at once what's going on in our lives. And we're just as entitled to do that as you are to pick up your phone and call your friends to update them.
 
I think it should be about Chins and Hedgies... the site is called Chins and Hedgies for a reason.

I don't think people should be posting about personal problems and I would never do so myself... unless of course, my personal problems were involving my hedgies (i.e. my boyfriend is going to law school in Cali, what do I do with the hedgies... just an example)

However, as we are a community sharing a commonality (our pets), it is nice to hear other people's perspectives on certain things and to share stories with others... i.e. Courtney's wedding dress fiasco. I'd rather hear these kinds of stories or stories about people being pregnant and having babies and getting married... stuff that doesn't need advisement. Just a congratulations and some comments on photos.

As the site stands, there is much more discussion about CnH than personal problems and I hope it stays that way... but there is a benefit to subscribing to sites like these- you subscribe primarily for what the site is there for- pet discussion, but take advantage of the fact that you can help others and other can help you- others that you may not ever meet. So judgment is not as scary.
 
If that's the way you choose to update your friends - then so be it... For some of us, we have many friends in one place (CnH) and choose to let them all know at once what's going on in our lives. And we're just as entitled to do that as you are to pick up your phone and call your friends to update them.

Well said Amanda!!

We are not just strangers posting on a forum. Here at CNH, many of us consider each other "family". Some of us have met face to face. Have shared meals together. It goes beyond just posting on a forum. We laugh together when silly things happen. We cry together when something bad happens. It's what makes this community so amazing, and a reason to keep coming back. Everyone is more then just a name on the forum.

If you don't want to read about personal lives, etc then by all means--skip over those threads. Some of the members here don't even HAVE chinchillas anymore, yet the friendships they formed THROUGH chinchillas lives on.

As a side note: For those wh would rather not see the chit chat posts : On each forum sub-heading there are up arrows towards the right. Click on it, and it will hide the forums in that catagory.
 
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I don't know that I have put much thought into it. I figure to each their own how much they want to share. Who am I to complain, it does not bother me, and if I dont like it, I just don't read it.
 
Another reason I like this forum, as well, it is like family. Family that shares perspectives, stories, pictures, etc. of the one thing we all have in common: Animals.

I also don't mind the kids pictures, weddings, talk about movies, songs, books, and so on. It is nice to share and be doted upon when someone makes a great accomplishment or gets married or has a baby.

The "I need help" threads and letting it all hang out for the world to see is just not my cup of tea. Not something I'd want to be "known" for among internet people. But most of you have met and become more than just acquaintances on a forum and that does tip the scales.

No one will ever agree on one "way" that's why we have the option to ignore it or just simply not read it.
 
If I don't want to read it I don't click on the thread. Personally I refuse to read the young teeangers my boyfriend is horrible threads. Somehow a 15 yr old's love life doesn't appeal to me I just want to tell them to move on and get over it. But that is my choice. Nothing says you have to read everything....
 
Megan- very good point.

While I have never met anyone on CnH, I talk about them like I know them. My boyfriend constantly has to hear what Nancy or Melissa said... what happened to Aero or Demon... every day in the car I have a story about someone on here... and I've never met any of you people.
 
Megan- very good point.

While I have never met anyone on CnH, I talk about them like I know them. My boyfriend constantly has to hear what Nancy or Melissa said... what happened to Aero or Demon... every day in the car I have a story about someone on here... and I've never met any of you people.

Even with not meeting people, they can start to feel like family.
 
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