A Respectful Goodbye

[njmac]

The topics probably could've been handled by the members of the GayWay a little better. For example:

Keep the GayWay, any gays here? thread open for macrumors members to see whos in there, who's gay, and even a little small talk and pictures.

Now when someone from the GayWay community wants to talk about something they could've started a new thread like this:
GayWay: What music do you listen to? or GayWay: I'm coming out! advice? or GayWay: Help, All my friends are straight

Then it could have been kept tidy, and if a thread was insulting or causing the mods headaches, then just that thread could've been trashed as the GayWay lives on.

By the way edesignuk, I think the new, new GayWay is here. And for the love of god, if you are not gay do not to to thegayway.com. 😱 😱 (that is not Emerson's new forum, its gay pr0n!)

edit: seperate threads could be ignored by anyone who was not interested in gayWay topics, but OTH, other non-gay macrumors members might have seen a topic that they had some advice for or learned a little something themselves that would have been lost in the mega-thread.

 

[gekko513]

guys... i'm not that bright, but i totally get the reasoning here... whats everyone elses deal?😕

I guess you can consider my situation as being similar to a dog that has had it's dog bone taken away and hasn't yet realised that the master just moved it from the carpet in the living room to the kitchen where it belongs. The situation isn't getting better when some of the other dogs that has had their bones taken away are growling at the master and the master is twisting their ears.

 

[mac-er]

And for the love of god, if you are not gay do not to to thegayway.com. 😱 😱

EDIT: confusion reins

 

[iGary]

Hmmmm, good point. But more importantly: you seem ashamed of your wintel box. Why the heck do you only have one paperweight on your desk? 😕 😕







😛 😀 😀 😀

The gay computer (the Dell) is on the floor where it belongs. 😛

 

[njmac]

So, I see how it is. It is alright for some people to accuse mods of being homophobic for closing the gay thread, but someone cannot go to that thread? That is the pot calling the kettle black.

YIKES, 😱 😱 ,no, no, no. Emerson's GayWay at austintrash.com/gayway/index.php is a great forum! I plan to check on that thread from time to time, I enjoyed the GayWay here on MR.

TheGayWay.com is a pornographic site.

 

[rdowns]

The new, improved, unmoderated (?) Super GayWay.

I stand corrected, there's a newer new gay way!

The new new, improved, unmoderated (?) Super GayWay.

Lordy, I thought gay people had a much better sense of color than that.

 

[angelneo]

So, I see how it is. It is alright for some people to accuse mods of being homophobic for closing the gay thread, but someone cannot go to that thread? That is the pot calling the kettle black.

Err... I think you have mistaken. thegayway.com is an actual pron site

 

[whocares]

The gay computer (the Dell) is on the floor where it belongs. 😛

It's not gay, it's Dull. 😛 😛 😛




Oh boy!, that was a really bad joke 😱 😱 😱 😛

 

[rdowns]

It's not gay, it's Dull. 😛 😛 😛




Oh boy!, that was a really bad joke 😱 😱 😱 😛

OT: How did you do that to your location?

Location: :noit??o?

Well, copy and paste gives me the ?'s.

 

[janey]

im trying hard not to add more fuel to ...the more subtle flaming, but..this is really annoying me...

To those people suggesting that community discussion posts should not be added to overall post count: YOU MISSED THE FREAKING BOAT

The point is not that someone's crying because he/she just lost like 40000000000 posts - making post count irrelevant in community discussions is a moot point because it was about community than about post count (as if you couldn't spam in the rumor threads already arguing with someone else?). On the other hand, it was about how the whole thing happened - not accusing anyone of being homophobic or anything, but in hindsight there were like one or two things that could have been handled differently by both the members and the moderators.

And to the mods - I'm sorry if I'm making your job harder than it should be adding my 2 cents to the conversation, but having dealt with a huge amount of **** from all sorts of people lately, I feel for ya. Get flamed and blamed and shunned no matter what you do. C'est la vie.

I don't see what the big fuss is though, everyone's over at the GayWay forums. *shrug* 😕

 

[whocares]

OT: How did you do that to your location?

Location: :noit??o?

Well, copy and paste gives me the ?'s.

You mean this: Location: :noitаɔo˩? You have to copy the html, not what you see in the browser (just like for the apple symbol).

I basically looked for the unicode characters and converted their value to a value html understands (hex->dec). I'm still looking for inverted a, t and n. I gave up looking for an inverted o 😡 😛 😛

 

[Sun Baked]

EXACTLY. There's really no need to think how to proceed 🙄 Keep the 3,000+ chit chat threads down and carry on as 'normal'.

If a large chit chat thread is about the only reason you are here these days, maybe some of the people should move onto their own site -- where their singular interests can grow unchecked.

These threads get closed ... Sometime they end cleanly, sometimes not.

Hopefully the mods will give a hint from now on that one of these thread is coming to a close.

But there really isn't a big need to make the warning either, since many of the posters will have seen these threads end time and again.

This thread had ample warning from the outside that it was coming to an end.

If the mods hadn't stepped on a lot of the threads about the "bring it back" it would have bounced back and forth like the Geek thread wasting everyones time.

As for the discussion about negating the post count in the Community Forum, that unfortunately will just toss spam into the rest of the forum.

Remember, we have a couple areas that require a specific post count to play around in.

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Have fun scem0 ...

Sort of sad that there are soo many hurt feeling about a threads end. 🙁

 

[camomac]

goodbye scem0, take care.
i didn't get to interact with you much, but i think it is sad when somebody decides to leave a place they were so comfortable spending time in.

good luck.

 

[efoto]

After reading through this entire thread, all five pages now, I see many more viewpoints than I previously saw. Many threads 'deserve' to be closed to have equal distribution of the rules, and some have been. The KK 'tar thread was dead, especially since edesign started....well never mind 😉, and The Picture Association Game was probably the single largest space-taker on the entire board (maybe not due to linked content vs. attached content)! Repeats were nearly an every-other page experience. Given the life of the game/thread, it wasn't overly surprising that it was time to come to an end.

This community is huge, and great because of it's vast member base and each person's unique input to the site. The problem is, as we gain more and more members, it becomes increasingly hard for MR staff (administration, moderation, whomever runs the show) to keep up with everything they have stated they should. You have to remember this site is run by people in their spare time (no one is professionally running this site are they? 😱 ) and thusly having a strong police force can be hard to find. Do we need more moderators? Has the sheer quantity of members/posts become too much for the current moderation staff? Perhaps, and perhaps not. The point is, we are all guests here and we need to respect what our hosts choose to do.

Some may disagree with the closing of particular threads, I for one am not happy that the KK 'tar thread closed but I see the reasoning behind it. I found it to be very fun and enjoyable to post/joke there, however I realize it spiraled away for its initial purpose and became a breeding ground for nothingness. Some of you are arguing that other threads deserve to be closed/moderated, as GayWay was, to feel that the application of rules is being equally dispersed. Perhaps that is the case. I'm not sure if moderation status is by application or invitation, but offer to help out if you feel so strongly about this. The people keeping this site well oiled can only do so much. As a strong community, we should police ourselves and let other members know when they have gone too far (either off topic or explicit content). We aren't children (most of us 🙂 ), we should take some responsibility into our own hands instead of relying on 'moddy and addy' to take care of us.

scem0 and other members who chose to leave will certainly be missed. Their unique voices and opinions cannot be replaced. I hope scem0 continues to lurk at MR, especially this thread, to see that he was well respected and will be missed. I always appreciated his comments even if I disagreed with them. Part of a strong community is vast diversity, I hope we don't loose our entire homosexual crowd over this. I value their opinions in many different topics of life and on many threads here at MR.

 

[zap2]

if you ever need another mod well i here


( goes and keeps refeshing his PM box waiting for him Mod invite😉 )

 

[cr2sh]

schem0... don' let the door hit you on your way out.

🙄

 

[Abstract]

.....is that we are concerned about an equal application of the rules around MR lately.....

I for one do not think "that" thread was closed or singled out because it was about the "G" word. It was prominent, active, and yes, a bit out of hand at times.....

I guess the way I feel, is that if there can be a Keira Knightly thread where guys can talk about banging women and where one member has nearly 200 posts attributed to it alone, then the very abrupt end to "that" thread wasn't a really fair application of the rules, in my opinion. And that is just my opinion.

As long as they kept talking about banging bony, slightly attractive english girls, then they were on topic. In fact, if they posted photos of other women and commented on whether they were as *cough*"hot" as Keira was, then it was still on topic. However, it did stray, and then closed. That thread was probably as "on topic" as the GayWay thread (on an overall level), and they were BOTH closed.

I don't think that's being unfair.

When you start talking about learning chinese in a "Gay" thread, then yeah, it's time to close up shop.

 

[Abstract]

This has bothered me as well. Would it not follow that any mention of the word "gay" in a thread at this point will be looked at as attempt to bring the Gayway back? Wouldn't that thread then get shut down? Seems to me, given the situation, that would be the case. So, in a sense, any discussion of the subject would seem to be off-limits at this point, which for me causes concern and a certain amount of disappointment.

I wish the GayWay thread wasn't closed down, as general off-topic banter in long threads is expected, and is ok with me.

However, I think you're acting like a drama-queen, and WinterMute is definitely right. That's just stirring up isht when it isn't true. Post a gay related thread and don't treat it like an instant messaging thread for homosexuals, and surely it won't be closed down.

"Oh, but now we can't post the word "Gay" because an admittedly random, and off-topic thread was closed......" Bah!!!!

 

[leekohler]

I wish the GayWay thread wasn't closed down, as general off-topic banter in long threads is expected, and is ok with me.

However, I think you're acting like a drama-queen, and WinterMute is definitely right. That's just stirring up isht when it isn't true. Post a gay related thread and don't treat it like an instant messaging thread for homosexuals, and surely it won't be closed down.

"Oh, but now we can't post the word "Gay" because an admittedly random, and off-topic thread was closed......" Bah!!!!

Please read the rest of the thread. 🙂

 

[iGary]

*snore*

 

[freeny]

Jesus! GOODBYE ALREADY!!! 171 freekin posts for a goodbye?

 

[Johnny Rico]

At least now scem0 won't be posting unwarranted straightedge comments on threads about smoking pot and drinking booze. Good riddance.

 

[edesignuk]

I think we are probably done here now. Hope the closure of this doesn't ruffle any feathers, but it's time to move on. I think everyone that wanted to say something has done so by now.