You could also try using a text expander for a few suitable copypasta comments.
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i did that for a little but it is long, and i also often had to adjust it majorly depending on the situation. for example, some cats would be in a cared for feral colony, some would be wearing collars, some would be friendly with tipped ears (tipped ear means TNR, so friendly seems like an opposing trait), so what information i provide and what reasoning i have differs greatly depending on situation. so much so that some information is completely irrelevant for some instances but very important for others.
i could do a few different outlines for reusable comments, which maybe i’ll do at some point because then i’d just have to adjust them slightly hopefully, but i do find myself very excitable when it comes to discussing the topic and it’s easy for me to whip up cohesive comments about specific observations. a big(ger) part is that i don’t always feel its welcome. like mentioned and showcased above, many people never answer my initial questions, or they begin to ignore them. i think i might be even more poorly regarded if i begin dropping even bigger comments consistently to people, even if i can get it down to a paragraph or something. people have already expressed disinterest and annoyance to a single sentence.
Another option would be to spend time (once) crafting a journal post which covers the various situations. Then link to that in a comment. You are covered, and they can read the whys and wherefores, if they are interested.
I like to link to tiwane’s new help articles for my copypastas. He is kind (er than I am)
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very smart and not anything i’ve thought of before! thanks :)
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I agree. I’ve seen other people write good journal posts that they link to repeatedly. Saves times for them and provides feedback to other users if wanted without being a huge imposition or feeling overwhelming.
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Has their effect been compared with that of “outside” cats? A lot of people like to scapegoat outside cats, but it matters whether they are additive or substitutive, that is, whether keeping pets inside would really reduce cat predation or only replace it with predation by ferals.
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My initial vote was not wild, so it would be impossible to me to countervote twice.
I see what you are saying. If both options have the same number of votes, “wild” wins.
Exactly. And this is not correct for obviously domestic animals. There should be some means to move such observations to casual.
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