I have been in the position of reporting a cache and therefore I have been ostracized because of it. Why?
1.Apparently because I didn't do it right.
2. Everyone liked the cache.
3. It is not my business
4. All of the above
Well let's deal with this one at a time.
- Apparently because I didn't do it right
- Email the owner
- CO ignores you
- CO tells you to get lost in unpleasant language
- Make a comment on the cache page
- CO ignores it
- CO asks you to change it but refuses to fix the cache
- Everyone liked the cache
- I liked the cache too but it violates the guidelines and perpetuates copycat hides
- It is not my business
- Yes it is
- If it affects the game and where hides can be placed
- If it is damaging to the environment
- If it violates Groundspeak Guidelines
- If it violates any Park, Municipal, Regional, Provincial, Federal, etc Geocaching Policy
- Therefore affecting the game
I honestly try to be fairly subtle about anything negative I may put on a cache page. Generally it is about the cache itself and not a person. Others feel that this is the place to air their personal differences. By naming a person or organization or even alluding to them in any way that there is no doubt about who they are is a violation of the TOU's. Hence reporting to Groundspeak to have the issue resolved if the poster or CO refuses to resolve it.