I just uninstalled Coldblooded. I have noticed that it is becoming more like Facebook. Putting people down, rude comments, post that are not true from being unexperienced or un educated people. Just wondering if anyone else has noticed or done the same thing.
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I have also started to notice that. Along with what you said, it also seems to be becoming a place people use for some free advertising and it makes me a bit sad how many of those appear to be unhealthy
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Yeah, like the person who came for you for suggesting a tub from Target as a cheap enclosure, and then claimed that ball pythons wonāt thrive if you donāt spend hundreds of dollars on their setup. 
I mostly just like looking at the pictures. But Iāve definitely seen some stuff that has reminded me of why I gave up on social media years ago.
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I havenāt used it much at all since it launched, always seemed to me like the whole point was just to be the new home for the herp folks of FB, down to the design itself.
It doesnāt add anything new, doesnāt have anything that makes me want to be active there, there arenāt any features that make it superior to any of the social media platforms out there aside the fact that it caters to the hobby. Itās kind of like how some āreptileā products are just rebranded everyday things that neednāt have been.
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While being 3x the price of course! That special reptiles sand that abolutely isnāt play sand is special and needs to be $20!!
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Iāve been calling it āreptile Facebookā from day oneā¦
Especially with the number of profile pics that seemed to be thirst trap photosā¦
And having some people make sexist remarks, like when two gals won a giveaway. 9_9
Or someone who was DMing random gals about a starting a relationship.
The thing that miffed me was the people working with hots just casually posting freehandled animals with no little disclaimer or anything. Especially when things like the new keepers or uneducated see themā¦ I worry about the next US Ark post about hots getting loose or biting someone.
Iāll pop on to post every now and then
ā¦ Or to scroll a bit and comment on something here or thereā¦which last time was trying to explain something very common to someone who hadnāt known.
Sucks that some of the extremists popped up to complain about tubs too.
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Yeah, I noticed and was bothered by that too.
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Yeahā¦ I have absolutely no problem with people being responsible and posting freehandled hots with like, āthis animal is one I worked with extensively, please donāt try this at homeā or whateverā¦
But a photo captioned like, ājust chillingā with a viper around your neck? Ugh.
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This is one thing that Coldblooded really falls short on. At least here on the MRC, we have defined guidelines on what is accepted and what is not.
A good example is no feeding photos allowed because of how it can be used against us. With Coldblooded, the TOS is incredibly vague, gives no examples, and Iām not even sure what level of moderation goes on, if any, outside of anything being reported (which, imo, you cannot rely solely on users to report content at all times). This is the entire user conduct section. Not a single example of prohibited behavior or posts.
Thereās currently a feeding photo in the latest posts on Coldblooded.
Whatās the point of the rules here if all it takes for someone to gather evidence of keepers being irresponsible or doing things that may reflect badly on the hobby is to go to an affiliated site and just trawl postings?
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I have seen someone I reported get suspended. But only because it was one of those āball python for rehomingā scam users.
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At least they take down scammers.
I did just report a post myself and noticed thatās another issue. All you can do is report, you canāt actually make a note as to why youāre reporting, itās a simple binary: report/unreport.
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Yeah when these first started popping up I was just like āumm, whaaat?ā Not that I am a prude or offended by it, I just didnāt get it. Is this really the forum to flaunt your stuff and seek validation? I remember someone posted a picture of a womanās naked ass stuck up in the air with a snake crawling down the crack of her ass. Are we really doing that here? I guess it was artsy? 
Hah.
I post and comment occasionally but Iāve given up on trying to give advice anywhere. Too many loud mouth my way is the only way types out there these days. FB is horrible. Iāll never share my opinion because there is always some key board warrior waiting to jump down your throat and tell you that you are wrong because they have a single piece of anecdotal evidence that proves their point.
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i believe that it was actually 2 vipers. Like why only put one snake the can kill you when you can put two instead! 
That was one of the absolute worst things I have seen over on CB. It was even worse that I was scrolling on my school Chromebook in the middle of class after finishing my work. I was so lucky I was in the back of the class. 
But either way; why canāt people keep that kind of stuff to themselves?
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This is one of the things about that kind of content that really bothers me. The site is technically all ages, thereās no mention of age in the TOS at all. What is CB doing to protect users, especially younger users, from NSFW content, if anything?
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Itās so weird. Like ā¦ Go to tinder or Grindr.
I have done NSFW art for commissions and suchā¦ But thereās a place for that and CB is not it. XD
And yeahā¦ Thatās such a sucky situation for you Logar.
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Iām sadly disappointed with CB. I did understand that the plan was always to be more loosely regulated than the community here. That said, I confess that Iām more than a bit bothered that itās ā¦ whatever it is. Too much garbage, too much negativity, too much bad behalf, too much inappropriate material, too much junk. Too much like the other social media sites I avoid for all of those reasons.
I donāt understand the logic for its affiliation with MM. Thatās above my pay grade, but I find it sad.
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And since talking about it had me curiousā¦went browsing a little
I just went and hit report on a post that definitely looks like a scam.
User with 2 posts. One is an AI gen or filter portrait. The other, a raffle for real money. PM for the payment link.
Like. If this is somehow NOT a scamā¦ Still technically not something you can legally do on most websites. Since raffles are considered gambling.
Edit: @caryl
Totally understandable to feel that way. I think it may have had good intentions originally. Especially with how overrun with scammers the actual FB reptile groups are. Seriously itās disgusting thereā¦ But CB has definitely been let down and poorly rolled out.
If it had been given more time to bake and not just be a Facebook reskin and given a proper set of rules and admins/mods, it could have had potential
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Iāve just avoided it entirely. I donāt use any social media. Theyāre all way too toxic and tend to host way too much inappropriate content. Like @armiyana said, thereās a place for that kind of content, and a website that should be suitable for any age range isnāt the place for it.
I feel like a lot of the community here has slowed down significantly in the last few months, I just assumed the vast majority of people went over to CB, but maybe Iām wrong.
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Oh yikes! I donāt venture onto CB because Iām perfectly content with the content format here on MM, but now I WONāT be headed over there at all. I scroll MM while in class too, and even though there arenāt any minors in my classes, thatās still not something anyone wants to pop up!
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Im pretty much a scroller over there, just looking at pictures with an occasional comment. Mostly comment on the tarantula photos though.
I do report posts quite often. Especially those with inappropriate language/content.
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