Here’s the thing. Somebody created a post that suggested you weren’t honest in your business dealings and people might want to do their research about bloodlines and registries before dealing with you.
All the people (including me) who had never heard of you now have our interest piqued and are wondering whether there’s any truth to this, especially when others reply to say you are difficult to deal with or BSC.
Had you replied once, with simple factual information in response to the original question, then walked away, the thread would have been about 10 posts long and would have been forgotten by thr next day.
But instead you show up guns a-blazin’ with multiple responses that turn the thread into a train wreck in which more and more unflattering accusations get thrown out there. More and more people jump in, and you keep responding to all of them. As the thread grows and drags on, more and more people are reading it, though not commenting, because everyone loves a good train wreck around here.
And your manner of responding does nothing to repair your professional image. Quite the opposite - you’ve presented a persona here that made a number of people comment they would avoid doing business with you.
So now hundreds of people - many of whom are very well connected in the dressage world - know your name and have an unflattering opinion of you and your business. Not only will they avoid doing business with you, but when others ask for their advice / opinion about buying or breeding from your program, you won’t be recommended. When random strangers try to research your program by googling your name, this thread will show up and they may form an unflattering impression of you from your posts.
I know you feel like you’re being attacked and it’s tempting to answer each and every comment, but sometimes the smart thing is to say nothing at all. You are not doing yourself any favours here at all.
