Rampant abuse on the reddit r/scorpions sub

[CRX]

I wish there was something I could do about this. These, my god, I struggle not to curse them because they are idiots, but I've had to type at length today trying to save TWO separate scorpions on reddit. And I know in the end they'll probably just ignore me because "Eww icky im not reading all of that, what a nerd". These IDIOTS purchase scorpions and try to make display cases for them not knowing they are burrowing species, and fill it with plastic plants. Or even worse the 2nd time they fill it with COMPLETELY DRY coco noir and plaster a heater onto the side. This is literal animal abuse and I hope the admins of AB know SOMETHING we could do about this, maybe contacting the subs admins. This post made me absolutely sick and I responded in kind.

 

[Smotzer]

I hope the admins of AB know SOMETHING we could do about this, maybe contacting the subs admins

We can all here on AB continue foster the community of AB and standout as the top source for proper animal and arachnid husbandry. Really the onus is on us to promote proper care and continue to grow Arachnoboards. The admins are only a few individuals out of the whole site, and they already host this site which does DO ALOT of good on this topic!

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

reddit community really is a head scratcher, pretty hit or miss. In this case a catastrophe.

 

[Brewser]

Advise Amicable Advice.

 

[viper69]

There’s no accounting for stupidity

 

[Tentacle Toast]

That lot is impervious to new information, & lack the cognition to do anything with it even if it did soak in. I've never seen people as horrendously off in the assessment of their own intelligence as the average Redditor; they are the embodiment of "the fool thinks himself a wise man," as they are about the dumbest bunch of monkeys ever sat in front of a keyboard.
I can't imagine spending time enough there to even find such posts, much less think anything offered will convince any of them to think or act differently. If anything, they've doubled down....probably labeled you some type of bigoted "ist" by now. As such, a new scorpion care page is likely in the works, with plans to make them sole moderators. Your rage, while definitely warranted, has probably condemned thousands more to the abuse, as despite the misused big words thrown about there, the only thing any of them actually understand is the direction of the little arrows.

 

[CRX]

Oh on, I've been banned from r/scorpions...

 

[MorbidArachnid]

Think the only thing that's way off base here is the type and depth of the substrate. Plastic plants aren't doing anything for the scorpion but they aren't detrimental to it's health either, heat pad on the side is correct if you're using a heat pad for supplemental heat and I think you should have some form of supplemental heat. Enclosure's also pretty big, but if they had given it enough substrate to burrow in also wouldn't be detrimental to it's health and would give it more of a gradient to thermoregulate away from the heat pad. Change the sub and add a lot more and its serviceable.

 

[CRX]

The best part is a mod got mad and rage banned me for "criticizing without providing any advice" when I literally had just spent upwards of an hour writing a post of advice and apparently the mod ignored it or didn't see.

 

[Mustafa67]

I wish there was something I could do about this. These, my god, I struggle not to curse them because they are idiots, but I've had to type at length today trying to save TWO separate scorpions on reddit. And I know in the end they'll probably just ignore me because "Eww icky im not reading all of that, what a nerd". These IDIOTS purchase scorpions and try to make display cases for them not knowing they are burrowing species, and fill it with plastic plants. Or even worse the 2nd time they fill it with COMPLETELY DRY coco noir and plaster a heater onto the side. This is literal animal abuse and I hope the admins of AB know SOMETHING we could do about this, maybe contacting the subs admins. This post made me absolutely sick and I responded in kind.

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I hate reddit and even the BTS tarantula group on facebook because the owners do STUPID things and have bad husbandary.

I’ve seen people poke A genics with a stick and put a title to grab attention. People keep aboreals in terrestrial setups and other way around, plastic stuff in their enclosures like you’ve seen, people put live plants in & keep communals. I got downvoted as hell into the minuses everytime I gave advice on T posts on reddit

Stick to Arachnoboards for tarantulas and scorpions, every other source I’ve seen have bad husbandary and some people SHOULD be doing better regarding care/husbundary. They even teach bad husbandary to new people.

 

[TheraMygale]

You have a high threshold for these kinds of things. You can put as much energy into it, youll end up losing it all.

maybe direct them here. Saying what they are doing is not adequate and we have best advice.

i go on no other places then here now. Its too infuriating.

 

[Tentacle Toast]

The best part is a mod got mad and rage banned me for "criticizing without providing any advice" when I literally had just spent upwards of an hour writing a post of advice and apparently the mod ignored it or didn't see.

Yeah, there's always a victim... there's GOT to be. That place foments SOOO much hate & division, you simply MUST fall within some variety of "us" or "them."

...maybe direct them here...

I believe that's part of the problem: they WON'T redirect here. The redditor sees themselves as genius, & thus genius in other redditors. To suggest a place other than reddit for information to a redditor is nothing shy of heresy, & is absolute proof of your bigotry.

 

[TheraMygale]

Yeah, there's always a victim... there's GOT to be. That place foments SOOO much hate & division, you simply MUST fall within some variety of "us" or "them."


I believe that's part of the problem: they WON'T redirect here. The redditor sees themselves as genius, & thus genius in other redditors. To suggest a place other than reddit for information to a redditor is nothing shy of heresy, & is absolute proof of your bigotry.

Sigh. Its a kind of immature. No matter where or who is acting like that. Its always intelligent to cross check information and consider other sources.

anyways, you won’t be seeing me spend my precious energy anywhere else then here.

 

[Tentacle Toast]

...you won’t be seeing me spend my precious energy anywhere else then here.

Definitely not for spider related information, anyways. This is by FAR the pinnacle...in English, anyways.

I've only ever visited reddit because it was amongst the top returns of a question I've queried to a search engine. Accuracy is far less valuable to that lot than appearances, that's for sure. The few times I've seen earnest debate, whoever was NOT in the majority opinion (based on absolutely nothing quantifiable, mind you), was nothing short of bullied & abused into submission, or cast out like a leper; there is no topic from which reliable information can be gleaned, across any field. It's slow motion, 24/7/365 mob mentality there, it's remarkable to observe. There, you can witness people COMPLETELY abandon truth & virtue to remain in the majority's good standing.

 

[spideyspinneret78]

I honestly avoid the Reddit tarantulas and scorpions forums because it can be so infuriating. They're both very pro-handling, even of medically significant species. One guy handling a deathstalker scorpion got a ton of upvotes and I quickly peaced out.

 

[TheraMygale]

and I quickly peaced out.

i love that. Self respect

it makes a difference. Because nothing you could have said would have made a difference.

you can bring a horse to water…

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I honestly avoid the Reddit tarantulas and scorpions forums because it can be so infuriating. They're both very pro-handling, even of medically significant species. One guy handling a deathstalker scorpion got a ton of upvotes and I quickly peaced out.

I saw someone post a video of someone getting bitten my only comment was use a catch cup … I was gone.

 

[Arachnopotamus Rex]

I honestly avoid the Reddit tarantulas and scorpions forums because it can be so infuriating. They're both very pro-handling, even of medically significant species. One guy handling a deathstalker scorpion got a ton of upvotes and I quickly peaced out.

That seems ill advised...
I could understand something in the Pandinus or Heterometrus genuses walking across a grounded hand with no issues, but handling Leiurus is just asking for trouble.

 

[darkness975]

I don't bother with reddit or discord or any of that nonsense. But apparently a lot of them over there have a lot to say about us here ...

 

[The Snark]

Mean and rude.... Go to a police forum (if you can qualify). Wall to wall bitter, opinionated, holier than thou retired cops. The mods probably ban a half dozen people a day.