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The OIFY has a long history of existing and not existing, and over the course of almost a decade and a half it has practically become a meme in of itself on this forum. None of this has ever been about whats fair, and I wouldn't be surprised if the OIFY went away again. Garry decided he wanted to keep it and it's as simple as that.
I ain't asking for the whole section back, just that it would be nice to have a couple of the threads moved out of the OIFY, where they don't belong imo, so that bored shitposters stop ruining them. I hardly consider that an unreasonable request. At the very least it'd be nice if the spam posts were deleted, again, I don't see that as unreasonable.
according to himself he doesn't even use the forums anymore so why should what he wants for the forums matter, when instead it should the users who are active on the site should be determining its course?
So you want us to move porn threads where? to gmf? You do realize half of those threads are full of shit now that it unacceptable anywhere else on the forum, including GMF.
If you want them so bad you literally have the power yourself to make new versions in GMF. You could make a hot girls thread in GD and link/tag NSFW images instead of embedding them. You can make a SFW thread in GD with a discord link in the OP to the NSFW stuff.
There are literally multiple options still available here, none of which require their own subsection.
might =/= right, dude
are we not allowed to dislike stupid changes he makes just because he runs the forums?
it's that kind of attitude that just drives people away to other places
You are more than welcome to dislike them to your hearts content. That doesn't mean Garry has to listen to anything that any of you or us mods say, and it does not matter whether or not he's right or wrong. He reads this thread from time to time, and if he feels he needs to make a change he does.
This forum is primed for chopping block, and peoples shit attitudes is only sharpening the ax.This forum has changed MANY times since I first joined, and damn near every time people act like the sky is falling and its all going to end. Well this time that's coming very close because people can't accept the fact that this forum does not belong to them and that they're all here for the ride. Too many people here are impatient, too many people think that its a good idea to call Garry a twat for doing what he wants with his own thing, and too many people are far too short sighted when it comes to the grand scheme of things.
Garry has been trying to make what is probably the last bastion of mid-2000's golden age forums into something that will work with today's young audience that's used to things like reddit and discord. All of it is going to be a lot of trial and error, a lot of it is going to have its strong points and its weak points, and a lot of it is going to make some people happy and some people upset. Is it going to drive some folks away? Sure, That is how these things go when you're trying to do something unique but relevant to what is popular today.
For the record, I argued against the porn forum, I don't see why we need one, I'm fine with it being removed. But acting like garry is doing good development, and it's the community who doesn't understand the situation, could not be any more wrong
I'm not trying to act like the community doesn't understand the situation, nor am I saying Garry is doing good development. I'm saying that Garry is going to do whatever the hell he wants, and treating him like shit is only going to make things worse.
Garry's an adult, a successful developer, and the only one in this entire website who actually has any power over it. No matter how much you say otherwise, he could not be any less of an underdog here
All of those websites are bigger than all of us. All of those website cater to much broader audiences. All of those websites aren't owned by a single person. All of those websites are there in the interest of making money. All of those websites need to pander to their audiences if they want to keep making money.
This forum doesn't need to do any of that, nor does Garry. This is not some public square that everyone has a right to be in, if anything it's a private residence that the owner allowed all of us to go into. You are here because someone else allowed it, and they have every right to kick you out and shut it down.
Of course he does what he wants, I accept that, I don't accept that treating him badly will make things worse. Garry being a bad developer is what's going to make things worse. Whether we talk shit or don't talk shit, what happens to the site is his responsibility, and I don't like seeing it shifted on us
Look at this page, there's a single post that's negative towards him, and it isn't even the one he quoted as he threatened to delete things. Politeness has nothing to do with it, garry being unable to take any criticism is the problem
Then learn to deal with that problem, because he is under no obligation to do anything here what so ever.
This is the only way we have to deal with it, by offering feedback. Are you telling us to stop?
Oof
Hot damn I thought Garry made another change and people were complaining about it but no it's just... whatever happened here.
yeah jim that was bad, even though you undid it. never really liked your style, and this is why.
https://puu.sh/BPQwW/88b847f270.png
Yo this wasn't mod sass at all what are you on about?
There were other elements involved than just a sole post, I spoke with zukriuchen and it's resolved.
"Oh hey, there's a lot of posts in the FAQ thread lets see what's goi-"
https://i.imgur.com/zGHQb4O.gif
So Jim, you said we’re free to make NSFW threads in the GMF? Any restrictions to it?
So long as it doesn't break the rules of gold section not really, aside from what would be expected of gold members outside the OIFY (no gore, shock images, etc).
Alright cool. Bit sad our blue friends won’t be able to come visit, but there’s not too terribly many of them left nowadays. Guess I’ll rev up one when I get home then.
Cough up the
I just take issue with the way the staff handles any user feedback, its super shitty. People dont want to be treated as disposable and just popping in, making sweeping changes and then getting mad when people are upset it beyond moronic.
You're already gold! You don't need any coins. They should go to good blue users who could really use it, instead.
it was an instruction for blues to buy gold but whatever 🤷♀️
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