Things that annoy you on here

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This place is great. I love it. But there are one or two things that annoy me. Perhaps the worst one, is when people post asking for help, but only answer those posters who tell them what they want to hear. They have made their mind up and really are just posting so everyone will pat them on the back and say they are right. When it doesn't go their way, they flounce. :rolleyes:
 
When people are accused of being trolls, or stupid because they've got a low post count. I knew an awful troll with over 10,000 posts on another site!

When people don't give enough info. "my horse is sick, help?" and it takes pages to get it out of them!
 
That drives me nuts too. Or the ones with a very brief post asking for help but no matter what anyone suggests they've tried it all despite not mentioning anything in the original post. Then they get cross with people for suggesting things they've already done!

Another of my major pet hates is the ones asking for free copies of dressage tests because they "can't find it anywhere" they're £1.50 on Dressage Diagrams, surely if you can afford to compete you can afford to pay that too? Oh and the requests for Preloved advert details. It's 10p a week, hardly breaks the bank! Grrr!

Whoops looks like I got out of bed the wrong side this morning! ;)
 
Definitely what you said!
Pictures, just because they are so hard to put up :(
I hate to say it but awful spelling/wrong word use, in particular 'brought'a horse, no you BOUGHT a horse! :D
 
Nah said:
When people are accused of being trolls, or stupid because they've got a low post count. I knew an awful troll with over 10,000 posts on another site!

When people don't give enough info. "my horse is sick, help?" and it takes pages to get it out of them!
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Yes, or when the title of the thread is so vague you have no idea what it's about. Then you click on it and find it's nothing of interest.

bikerchickone said:
That drives me nuts too. Or the ones with a very brief post asking for help but no matter what anyone suggests they've tried it all despite not mentioning anything in the original post. Then they get cross with people for suggesting things they've already done!

Another of my major pet hates is the ones asking for free copies of dressage tests because they "can't find it anywhere" they're £1.50 on Dressage Diagrams, surely if you can afford to compete you can afford to pay that too? Oh and the requests for Preloved advert details. It's 10p a week, hardly breaks the bank! Grrr!

Whoops looks like I got out of bed the wrong side this morning! ;)
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Lol. Agree with all of the things you've listed. :D

Batgirl said:
Definitely what you said!
Pictures, just because they are so hard to put up :(
I hate to say it but awful spelling/wrong word use, in particular 'brought'a horse, no you BOUGHT a horse! :D
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Yes, spelling and grammar gets on my nerves too. Though I always try never to mention it. :o
 
Lol at the spelling and grammar issues! I'm a proofreader and copywriter by trade and some of the posts on here make me cringe, however by far the worst is when I reread my own posts to find that my wonderful predictive text phone has replaced what I thought I was saying with meaningless nonsense! Plus I can't edit it, because I'm on my phone! :o
 
Biker chick, I totally agree, however I can ignore those ones, it is the obviously clueless ones that annoy me but can't point out because I would feel mean. Family example was my brother who thought that bugs where smug in their rugs! Couldn't stop laughing, he was 26 at the time :)
 
I don't really like to dwell on the negative but I get really annoyed by the arrogance of some owners on here who believe that having their horses' life ended is preferable to it being sold on because they think they're the only person in the world capable of looking after it or riding it correctly.
 
My gripe isn't specific to HHO, people are people no matter which forum they choose hang out on. Those who ask for help but then never bother to even acknowledge receipt of an offer to help with so much as a 'thanks but no thanks'.

Thinking about it, perhaps it's simply an extension to what Nah says and that it's a case of those with low post counts being put in the category of 'do not trust' when it comes to certain things, and thus they merit being blanked? :confused:

[dons flame retardant underwear :eek:]
 
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Fidgety said:
My gripe isn't specific to HHO, people are people no matter which forum they choose hang out on. Those who ask for help but then never bother to even acknowledge receipt of that offer with so much as a 'thanks but no thanks'.

Thinking about it, perhaps it's simply an extension to what Nah says and that it's a case of those with low post counts being put in the category of 'do not trust' when it comes to certain things, and thus they merit being blanked? :confused:

[dons flame retardant underwear :eek:]
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I hate it too when someone posts and gets loads of help and support, then does not even say thanks. :mad:
 
FinkleyAlex said:
I don't really like to dwell on the negative but I get really annoyed by the arrogance of some owners on here who believe that having their horses' life ended is preferable to it being sold on because they think they're the only person in the world capable of looking after it or riding it correctly.
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Except that isn't the reason. Its because they'd rather know where the horse ends up than take the risk of the horse going to an unknown future, possibly a great one, but also possibly very bad.

OP, people saying they're being bullied when they aren't really annoy me. Real bullying is horrid and the term is being totally devalued by people being over sensitive.
 
FinkleyAlex said:
I don't really like to dwell on the negative but I get really annoyed by the arrogance of some owners on here who believe that having their horses' life ended is preferable to it being sold on because they think they're the only person in the world capable of looking after it or riding it correctly.
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I agree with Flame. After working for the RSPCA and seeing and hearing of many other horrendous lives of horses I prefer mine to be dead than maybe passed from pillar to post. That said it does depend on the horse; I have sold horses but if theres any doubt about the future as in these seriously bad economic times then I prefer to PTS at home. A senior vet I was speaking to recently agrees with me. He says far too many people keep aged or problematic horses and dogs going when they could have PTS and given a younger unwanted animal from a rescue place a chance of a good home.
 
Horsesforever1 said:
People asking for ideas for horse names and then never telling you what they decided to call the horse in the end.
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Oops. That's me :o

In the end I decided to be a massive geek and so Nitty is now Lindalino. It's a city from Gulliver's Travels, written by Jonathan Swift. Geddit?!
 
Flame_ said:
OP, people saying they're being bullied when they aren't really annoy me. Real bullying is horrid and the term is being totally devalued by people being over sensitive.
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Just as in 'cruelty' there are degrees of bullying. Bullying on a forum is very mild compared to bullying at school or the workplace where peoples lives can be destroyed, but that does not mean it does not exist.
 
Batgirl said:
Definitely what you said!
Pictures, just because they are so hard to put up :(
I hate to say it but awful spelling/wrong word use, in particular 'brought'a horse, no you BOUGHT a horse! :D
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Please i beg you, tell me how to post pictures, it never seems to work. Also will admit I'm guilty of spelling problems, i try my best but have dyslexia and sometimes no matter what i do the words don't seem to look right.
 
Really vague titles for threads are annoying, I I tend to skip them now, after looking at numerous threads "help needed" to find out they're not sure what colour numnah to get etc...
 
I can overlook typos and minor spelling issues, but a complete absence of punctuation and grammar drives me insane. I also get wound up by common, stupid errors like "brought/bought", "should of/should have", "laminitus" etc. Even for dyslexics, how hard is it to learn that the "itis" suffix refers to inflammation? The rest is just poor English rather than spelling so no excuses at all for it in my humble opinion!
 
The people who post pictures of their animal doing everything from breathing to standing still. Weekly. Sometimes twice weekly.

ETA - Also am I the only one who just went out and bought their horse and she turned out to be normal, sane, never been hobbled, beaten, eaten, starved, one leg removed?

Sometimes I think there is a bit of the old Monty Python Yorkshire Men going on on this forum - for example

'my horse were so badly beaten wi' a club wi' nails stickin' out before she were even born and when she were still in 'er mother's stomach. When she were 3 days old, she had all her legs chopped off but managed to somehow keep her feet, she were then tied to a trailer for seven years before she were even five and she had nowt to eat until she were four.'

Anybody who doesn't know this sketch - check out Youtube!
 
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I'm usually pretty tolerant but there was a post the other night where the owner referred to her horse as a 'spastic'. Totally unacceptable and I hope it got reported. (I'm not sure how to do this or I would have done it myself)
 
LeneHorse said:
I'm usually pretty tolerant but there was a post the other night where the owner referred to her horse as a 'spastic'. Totally unacceptable and I hope it got reported. (I'm not sure how to do this or I would have done it myself)
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You click on the triangle below their user name. :)
 
black_horse said:
Then dont read them :S

Its just an internet forum...no one is forcing you and if it annoys you that much, then maybe you shouldnt be on here?

Alternatively, user ignore...fantastic feature.
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Why so personal BH? I haven't felt the need to pick up on anybody else's personal dislikes on this thread. I thought that this is what the thread was for; to say what annoys you on here. Am I missing something? :(

Why would you suggest that I shouldn't be on here? Am I not just like everyone on this thread who has posted that we get annoyed about something? Grrrrr.
 
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