Suggestion: Remove The Pound Pet Message Entirely

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Suggestion: Remove The Pound Pet Message Entirely

Postby ciervallorona » Sun Apr 27, 2025 3:57 pm

I'm not sure if this counts as a duplicate topic, if it does feel free to delete. i dont feel as though its a duplicate, as i am expanding on a different point, and wanted to revive the conversation about this in a way it wont get lost, and away from a place where people are being just downright cruel in the replies to people who are genuinely upset by this. I want to start this by saying I'm not trying to be rude or disrespectful in any way. I'm autistic, so sometimes the way I talk or type comes out different than how I mean it to, but I promise I'm being genuine here. this really is a genuine question to staff, though I would like to hear others thoughts too.

PLEASE be respectful.

I really don't understand why the message you receive when you trade away a pound pet is still here. I've seen countless users on this site, children and adults alike, saying over and over how genuinely distressing that message is to receive. I've actually cried real tears and fell into a depression for a little because of it, and that should not be happening on a site that's meant to be casual, fun, and relaxing.

I don't understand why trading pound pets is "frowned upon". I believe that anyone should be free to play how they want to, so long as they're not actively disturbing other players. If someone sees a pet in the pound that they know they can trade for, say, a dreamy, I don't know why that's a problem. Also, the people who are adopting pets for the purpose of trading aren't going to be deterred by that message, since they were never attached to the pet in the first place. besides, I don't understand why the use of emotional manipulation is present on a site that many, MANY children frequent.

the only people that message hurts are the the people who genuinely care about their pets. I saw a pet in the pound that I just knew my darling husband would love, so I adopted it for him, and when I sent it to him, I received that horrible, awful message, which is what sent me into that depression I mentioned earlier. The pet was always intended to go to a loving home. There is no reason why a player should be made to feel actual shame over this game.

I feel like no one is thinking about the children on this site. Children may not understand the pound "rules" fully, or may even forget which pets they adopted from the pound. I mean, adults forget too, and I know you can click on the pet to see, but that feels unnecessary. I should feel free to trade whatever of MY pets I feel like, because they are MINE. and there is definitely no reason to be hurting children like this.

all this to say, i think that message is absolutely useless, and does nothing but cause harm. I don't understand why it hasn't been removed after so many countless users have expressed genuine emotional distress over it. at this point, it kind of feels like digging heels in. idk. I don't get it, and it does nothing to stop people who never cared about owning the pet in the first place.

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Re: I Don't Understand Why The Pound Pet Message Still Exist

Postby Ashki » Sun Apr 27, 2025 4:29 pm

Hey there! There is actually a toggle to turn off pound messages now - go to your trade settings and check the box that says "Don't send me a notification PM when I'm trading away a pet from the pound" :)
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Re: I Don't Understand Why The Pound Pet Message Still Exist

Postby banned user » Mon Apr 28, 2025 12:31 am

bro I've been saying this for 13 years. All they do is make me feel bad. I go to my inbox and I'm like "Yep samon is still gone, I traded him away and I'm never getting him back"
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Re: I Don't Understand Why The Pound Pet Message Still Exist

Postby ciervallorona » Mon Apr 28, 2025 4:14 am

Ashki wrote:Hey there! There is actually a toggle to turn off pound messages now - go to your trade settings and check the box that says "Don't send me a notification PM when I'm trading away a pet from the pound" :)


i appreciate this info! ive since turned off the messages. however, respectfully, i feel as though this answer does not address many of the concerns ive outlined in the post. not to mention, children are still going to end up receiving that message before they figure out they can turn that off, and the damage is already done at that point. i still do not understand what an emotional manipulation tactic is doing on a site that many, MANY children frequent, and i still don't understand why the message hasn't just been removed entirely following numerous valid complaints, instead of making us, the users, go do the work to hide something distressing that shouldn't exist at all.
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Re: Suggestion: Remove The Pound Pet Message Entirely

Postby trickyLA » Tue Jun 03, 2025 12:23 pm

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Re: Suggestion: Remove The Pound Pet Message Entirely

Postby Lions! » Mon Sep 15, 2025 11:05 pm

Full support, it gets old so fast and it’s clogging up my messages

Not to mention if I was a younger user it would feel sorta guilt trippy. It all in all just seems super unnecessary
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Re: Suggestion: Remove The Pound Pet Message Entirely

Postby Wookieinmashoo » Tue Sep 16, 2025 10:51 pm

I really would prefer if there was a way to change the message to a simple "this pet is from the pound, are you sure you want to trade it?". I keep most pound pets and I definitely don't want to trade any cats so i still want an indicator that I'm trading a pound pet.
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Re: Suggestion: Remove The Pound Pet Message Entirely

Postby Tendo64 » Mon Sep 22, 2025 7:12 am

Support, please do correct me if I'm wrong but I heard somewhere the message was implemented because Tess personally disagreed with people trading pound pets? and if so I feel it's kinda questionable to resort to that level of emotional manipulation (talking about the pet "nearly being put to sleep" no less). You're allowed to not like it (though, I don't really understand this, because monthly pets are just as free as ones from the Pound and just as Adopted Just To Be Traded) but I don't think shaming users for not playing how you intended is right. Yes you can disable the message but that only solves the issue of when it inevitably gets annoying, not the first time someone sees it because they probably won't know about it then.

I feel like the feature is a remnant of its time and I think has run its course
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Re: Suggestion: Remove The Pound Pet Message Entirely

Postby sunlithollow » Mon Sep 22, 2025 3:54 pm

Wookieinmashoo wrote:I really would prefer if there was a way to change the message to a simple "this pet is from the pound, are you sure you want to trade it?". I keep most pound pets and I definitely don't want to trade any cats so i still want an indicator that I'm trading a pound pet.

Seconding this! I’ve just turned off the messages since I don’t really care, but if some people prefer to keep pets they got from the pound, I’d imagine that changing the message to a simpler “just letting you know” like that would be helpful for those who want that but don’t want the current message.
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Re: Suggestion: Remove The Pound Pet Message Entirely

Postby Felicity<3 » Mon Sep 22, 2025 3:56 pm

>>> But anyways, support, there's actually isn't a point of the message in my opinion, removing it is nice, but if its like a feature of CS that yall wanna keep for whatever reasons then maybe make it off by default? It'll be less of a scare for new players then


Lions! wrote:Full support, it gets old so fast and it’s clogging up my messages

Not to mention if I was a younger user it would feel sorta guilt trippy. It all in all just seems super unnecessary

you can turn the messages off read what staff said

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Wookieinmashoo wrote:I really would prefer if there was a way to change the message to a simple "this pet is from the pound, are you sure you want to trade it?". I keep most pound pets and I definitely don't want to trade any cats so i still want an indicator that I'm trading a pound pet.

Seconding this! I’ve just turned off the messages since I don’t really care, but if some people prefer to keep pets they got from the pound, I’d imagine that changing the message to a simpler “just letting you know” like that would be helpful for those who want that but don’t want the current message.

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