I really like this post. I joined last year because I wanted to get into growing peonies and have experienced the condescending, rude, and snarky comments by a few members. It's refreshing to see a post like this. I still ask my questions and post my posts and to this day I still get a few comments where the intention is questionable. It's hard to continue to be a contributing member in that circumstance. I thank the kind people in that forum who answer questions, as other new questions by others have helped me as well.