Is it uncouth to follow Community Threads that you're not a member of?

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Now, I don't mean Community Threads for games and media you're not part of (although I do that too sometimes), but I mean the Communities that focus on non-mutable qualities like LGBTQ-GAF, Girl-GAF, Black-GAF, etc.

Awhile back, I remember a dude posting quotes from Girl-GAF in my thread complaining about the "breast jealously" trope in Japanese media, and a few people called him out on that and said it was a bit creepy and/or rude to post quotes like that from a thread intended to be a safe-space without permission from the posters. And, in general, I agree that digging out quotes from a thread like that to use in another thread without consent isn't really polite, and can come across as a bit weird.

However, personally I like to browse through the community threads like those every once in awhile just to get a different perspective on things. And I don't go posting quotes from those threads in completely different threads, nor do I ever actively participate in them because I think that crosses a line, so-to-speak, but is it weird to do that?

FYI, I'm not really active in any Community threads except TokuGAF, because truth be told I don't really care for Mega-Threads that tend to get off-topic and can become a bit inclusive, and TokuGAF is so small it avoids this so it's a comfortable place where I feel my posts don't get lost among the clutter, and I don't feel left out of the conversation, so I guess browsing through other Community threads sort of fills that gap and makes me feel more in-touch with GAF, even if I'm not always an active participant.
 
Everyone is welcome in Dennis-GAF.

And having communities where some members are barred from participating seems to me not to be in the NeoGAF spirit.

If someone enters communities with a clear intent to troll the mods will no doubt soon take notice.
 
We have a few lurkers on AnimeGAF who only ever post like once or twice and it's usually to request anime recommendations.

It isn't weird, but a member was playing like Dota 2 or something recently and somebody asked if he was the one from AnimeGAF haha
 
There are already thousands of people who lurk communities and relay what was said there to other places, so it's not something you'd be alone in

ED: You said you don't repost, so it's all good. Taking in interest in groups you might otherwise not can offer new perspectives.
 
Yes it is perfectly fine, as long as one is respectful of the said community.

For example, in the Black culture community thread, not everyone is necessarily of African descent. There are those who identify as white, latino, et cetera.

I recall that same person who quoted those people. I don't feel that's bad in the sense that this is a public forum and he was doing so to make a point, but I can understand how some might feel otherwise.
 
It's a not a private forum so you can do anything you want. It's a bit hypocritical of the sites existence to suggest otherwise. In the event someone grabs your post from a community thread you seem as "private", you're out of line because it's a public forum at that point. You don't have much ground to stand on.
 
Off topic communities are funny.

I was scared of GAF-Hop for the first year I was on this site because I would get torn apart for being a noob. I went on Asian-GAF once to see if there were any South Asians there, I don't think there were. Overall I think it has to do with people being lurkers and afraid to post in the community when most people won't mind as long as you aren't shit posting.
 
I think it's okay as long as the user is being respectful and not just trolling.

I myself lurk a few community threads that I never or rarely post in.
 
Resilient said:
It's a not a private forum so you can do anything you want. It's a bit hypocritical of the sites existence to suggest otherwise. In the event someone grabs your post from a community thread you seem as "private", you're out of line because it's a public forum at that point. You don't have much ground to stand on.
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People aren't saying "omg ban them". TC didn't ask if it was okay by the TOS, they asked if it was okay by decency standards. AKA, you can choose to do something, but that doesn't mean that it's necessarily a decent thing to do.
 
Dennis said:
Everyone is welcome in Dennis-GAF.

And having communities where some members are barred from participating seems to me not to be in the NeoGAF spirit.

If someone enters communities with a clear intent to troll the mods will no doubt soon take notice.
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I know there's no specific barring, but I feel weird actively participating in community threads that are a group I don't belong to. Like the other day I called out that Shadownet for his thread about the differences between the Knockout Game/Ferguson and Baltimore, and after I posted I sort of thought to myself, "He's in the wrong, but am I really the person to correct him?"

Like I felt I came into a thread and delivered a really clinical, detached response of a situation that I personally, while I think I have a decent understanding of compared to many people I interact with in real life, have never experienced first-hand.

Africanus said:
Yes it is perfectly fine, as long as one is respectful of the said community.

For example, in the Black culture community thread, not everyone is necessarily of African descent. There are those who identify as white, latino, et cetera.

I recall that same person who quoted those people. I don't feel that's bad in the sense that this is a public forum and he was doing so to make a point, but I can understand how some might feel otherwise.
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Resilient said:
It's a not a private forum so you can do anything you want. It's a bit hypocritical of the sites existence to suggest otherwise. In the event someone grabs your post from a community thread you seem as "private", you're out of line because it's a public forum at that point. You don't have much ground to stand on.
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It was more the subject matter of the quoted posts that I think bothered me and others, because it was woman talking about their bodies and taking those quotes out of a thread meant for them and re-posting them elsewhere I think was what came across as bad-taste.
 
Let's make neogaf a part of the dark net. You need a password for every level you go down.

Pics that make you laugh will have the rarest memes.
 
These are open forums. The idea that you need permission to quote people who post in public, regardless of the discussion, is absurd.
 
Rafterman said:
These are open forums. The idea that you need permission to quote people who post in public, regardless of the discussion, is absurd.
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Again, it's not about rules, it's about courtesy. There's a similar thing w/ Twitter - Twitter is technically an open space, but that doesn't mean that you can (or more specifically should), for instance, retweet them against their wishes.
 
It's a public forum so you really can't complain about people "outside" of the community following it. Just be mindful that some community threads exist as safe spaces for some users. (like GirlGAF or LGBT-GAF)
 
blame space said:
what if there was a subforum where lurkers couldn't read it?
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Ariana Grande Gaf?

Kisaya said:
It's a public forum so you really can't complain about people "outside" of the community following it. Just be mindful that some community threads exist as safe spaces for some users. (like GirlGAF or LGBT-GAF)
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The fact that girls need a safe space on gaf is kind of interesting. ��
 
We got safe space threads on GAF?

It's uncouth in that if you post what someone says outside of a thread you're getting them into a conversation they may have not wanted to be a part of. "Get my words out your mouth!"
 
Kisaya said:
every god damn thread
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Rule 1:
WrassleGAF is King

Rule 2:
Run far, far away from PopGAF

Rule 3:
FunkoGAF is great

Rule 4:
Despite not actually living there, I came up for the subtitle for Japan OT so it's really the best
 
I lurk wrestling gaf everyday and I haven't watched wrestling in years . I find that fourm better then the actual product. Lot of funny stuff in there .
 
Confession: as an old white guy I often go into Black-GAF to spy and report back to The High Council learn stuff.

I always feel like an intruder when I do so.
 
I think the community threads might be my favorite thing about NeoGaf. Everyone is different.


People are super nice in the Summer-Anime community thread. Just one thing guys- If your posting in that thread, put a waifu (used) on the door. They don't like people who don't give offering gifts when asking for help.
 
I think posting in the threads is fine.

You cross the line when you start to àct Luke you are that community or think that your opinions on how to approach things out weighs there's.

Also cross posting quotes is crossing the line as well. People need a place to vent with their peers.
 
Fair game to me. If you feel it isn't then a public forum like this probably isn't the place to post your darkest secrets. It may feel safe but there's probably thousands looking at all your posts. Most not even GAF members. It's just an illusion of a safe place and foolish to think otherwise. I'm off to spy on Girl-GAF now...or am I? You'll never know.
 
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