Idk why i'm including myself in this discussion, but Joe, all he was saying is that not only did you not credit the information, but you really did make it seem as though it was your words. you said:
Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/2948695
My friend this is a subject that the hobbyist needs to find research based on hard facts that being said. In a nutshell.
The main purpose to dose organic carbon is the reduction of excess nutrients in the reef aquaria....
But you must understand this info is coming from a border line (debatable) alcoholic that loves
Vodka
When you say in a nutshell, it sounds as though you are summing it up on your own, but the biggest "mistake" you made, was saying that "you must understand this is coming form a borderline alcoholic". You saying that makes it seem as though it is in fact YOU that wrote that article. Why would you say This is coming from an alcoholic if you didn't even write it? What you should have said is " this is coming from a writer named nathanial."
And you are just being dramtaic with the whole
Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/2949457
So if you were to ask me the life cycle of ick the only way I could post the information to you would be by listing every expert who did the research and published their finding and then got permission to post it.
You can say whatever you want, but do it in your own words and don't copy paste it and not cite it. You know that you don't have cite every little thing so don't act like that's what we're asking.
And how your gonna tell Snake that you weren't being sarcastic is beyond me. If you weren't being sarcastic, then that means that you truly believe that we should have to cite every bit of info we put on this site. WHich i'm sure isn't how you feel
I'm not trying to take sides, and I have no problem w/ you whatsover, but I feel as though you were passing that info as your own (Intentionally or not, only you know) and that nitch wasn't doing anything wrong. You just got overly defensive. NOW THIS IS MY OPINION... I feel as though you probably realized what you did, and that you could have handled it differently, but you already posted the thread so instead of admitting fault, you decided to act innocent, as if you did nothing wrong. Again, that's just how I see it, maybe I'm wrong.
And Snake said that it's for the experts and that HE can't handle it. Meaning he is NOT an expert, but close to one. And you can twist words around all day, but you know that he wasn't trying to say he was an expert, nor was he trying to imply that he was better than anyone. He was merely stating that he feels as though he is an experienced reefer.
Okay, go ahead, tear me a new one.