Reddit Rant

[KilogramCham]

I don’t go on reddit for chameleons- but I do use it for axolotls and aquarium stuff. I will look at the chameleon subreddit occasionally just to see the nonsense being spread. Helping someone with their cham is basically forbidden if you’re not a mod- or follow whatever the mod does. Someones cham had some eye problems, and I asked what supplements and uvb they were using- come to find out, they’re using their multivitamin once a month. I SUGGESTED to do the multivitamin twice a month, rather than once. But nope! That’s wrong in reddits eyes! Got shut down immediately by a mod saying dusting with d3 and multivitamin once a month is fine too. So insanely frustrating. I hope people who are new owners or people doing research do not use reddit as their only source of information. Just needed to rant

 

[suprdude]

That community is just the worst. Full of misinformation. They need to read up on confirmation bias.

 

[Jodieflower]

it’s the same with other Reddit communities sadly, some are nice but most are not about different ideas/opinions. While looking on the chameleon sub for nice photos yesterday I just kept coming across sick chameleons with wrong setups and everything… it’s pretty sad going there so I don’t do it often

 

[elizaann2]

Thats really sad.

 

[JacksJill]

You might all be interested in this blog entry and the accompanying discussion thread. chameleonforums.com/blogs/critical-thinking-should-we-give-chameleons-water-cups.
P.S. I love a good rant.

 

[GoggletheVeiled]

I don’t go on reddit for chameleons- but I do use it for axolotls and aquarium stuff. I will look at the chameleon subreddit occasionally just to see the nonsense being spread. Helping someone with their cham is basically forbidden if you’re not a mod- or follow whatever the mod does. Someones cham had some eye problems, and I asked what supplements and uvb they were using- come to find out, they’re using their multivitamin once a month. I SUGGESTED to do the multivitamin twice a month, rather than once. But nope! That’s wrong in reddits eyes! Got shut down immediately by a mod saying dusting with d3 and multivitamin once a month is fine too. So insanely frustrating. I hope people who are new owners or people doing research do not use reddit as their only source of information. Just needed to rant

Well, they sound lovely... Obviously they are the experts and we are the dummies. All I can think about now is that one scene from Matilda from Wormwood. "I'm smart, your dumb, I'm big, and your little." Honestly, I can't even go on there for multiple reasons, and that is one of them.