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LOL, I think most of us know what you mean. Truthfully, there are a lot of both. There are a few on one extreme or the other and lots of us somewhere in between. BYC is much more of a social site than a poultry site, IMHO. There is nothing wrong with that and I love both aspects really. There are a number of members (as with any site) that I think just post for the sake of their post count, not for any real purpose. For that matter if I ever own a website like this (doubtful, LOL), I probably wouldn't even have a post counter if possible! To me, there is no purpose in it. There are people that have thousands of posts and quite obviously know next to nothing about poultry. Again, not that there is anything wrong with that per se. I think sometimes it might give though an illusion that someone is an authority when they aren't.
It all, in my opinion, goes back to the fact that it is hard to determine who is actually educated and/or experienced with poultry and who is simply a chatty 12 year old (again, no offense to the knowledgeable youth). It does seem to me though that some of the people that post just "for the sake of posting" tend to interject themselves into topics in which they have no business giving advice. That is just my opinion. If you are a newbie or inexperienced with poultry, how do you filter out the bad advice? It's tough. It's also hard if you do have more experience with something to convey that without people getting attitude and thinking you are being rude/arrogant. It is frustrating on both sides.
