Herculaneum is smaller and less known, but only half an hour away and even better preserved. With proper planning you can visit both sites on the same day.
The first time I visited a tour guide screamed at some teenagers doing TikTok dances in the middle of the road and the second time I saw a tour guide scold a woman letting her kid play in one of the functioning water fountains.
Sounds like some tourists don't understand the concept of respect
Good on those tour guides imo.
Good for those tour guides, it sounds like they really respect their town and don't want it to degrade into generic tourist slop. It's good to have standards of decorum and behavior and to enforce them.
Also the only place I've been where you can see archeologists at work enthusiastically uncovering new artifacts right in front of you.