77horses, from the Crazy Pullets Thread :
OK, this is for the Crazy Pullets and the Crazy Cockerals. I have an announcement to make and it's serious.
Lately, the Cockerals and Pullets have been fighting a lot. I must admit that I've joined in on it in defense for the Pullets, but neither side is right. Cockerals, you are NOT better than the Pullets. Pullets, we are NOT better than the Cockerals. No one is "better" than anyone and lately all the arguing/fighting/talking about "Who is better than who" and everything has not only possibly driven our other members away, but it has spread into other threads and forums, too.
Some people are fine with it and think that it's innocent and fun...Yes, it usually is. But sometimes some of you (*not naming names*) take it a little too far and some people are not happy about it. Before we know it, the complaints about it will reach the mods and BOTH threads will be closed down for good.
This is what some people have said about it lately:
"=.= is it just me? or is anyone else tired of seeing the BYC Pullets and Cockrels(sp?) at the top non stop? i like the thread, i really do! im a pullet myself, but LORD ABOVE HAVE MERCEY! O.O slow down some? any other pullets reading this, i sorry! Dx gotta get it off my chest. makes me feel better. (i really like the Games, Jokes and Fun thingy....alot.) <--alot of my posts come from that too..."
"This is pointless and juvenile, who cares. Why are the pullets and cockerels even playing stupid mind games like that Well MINE is bigger than YOURS!? Again this is quite foolish and a waste of space and time. This has been going on for a while and it is not only getting out of control, but also more and more insulting."
Someone even started a thread to complain about it.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=354666
Now I don't mind the Pullets and Cockerals chatting and having innocent debates about things, but seriously...When it starts affecting other people in the rest of the forum, that's when I think it starts getting out of control.
Please, I'm asking you as the Crazy Pullets leader, to please keep the arguing and fighting between the Pullets and Cockerals to at least once and a while friendly debating. And that goes for both the Cockerals and the Pullets. If some of you cannot handle to do this, you will be taken off the list of this club of Pullets. And it's my responsibility to do that. For the Cockerals, whoever is the leader there will be in charge of being responsible and removing any rebellious Cockerals who continue to cause problems from the list. That's not my problem. And if it continues, either an admin/mod will close this thread down or I will do it myself.
Thank you and I'm only saying this simply to keep the mods from having to deal with any trouble and to keep it from negatively affecting other threads and other parts of the BYC community.
Very well put.
It was meant to be fun, not argumentative.
Edit: And I admit, I was a big part of the fighting.