On the other hand, if it was in a personal ad, perhaps she was looking for such a response. The personals are a whole different approach to interacting.

Chat has rules, the rest of the forum has rules. About the only rule I know of regarding personal ads is that they are not to be mocked. Different people use different kinds of bait to fish... and different people are fishing for different kinds of fish...

All we can do is hope that newcomers look around a bit, get involved in the community, and figure out what they want before placing a personal ad. But clearly, those who place and respond to such ads, tend to limit themselves to posting within the ads and privately. Other than one sub who responded (quite nicely) on behalf of her own master... the biggest postcount among the respondents was 4.

The intro section appears at the top of the board, the personal are quite a bit further down. I doubt there is all THAT much naivity among the posters.