Simple solutions: Lounge: Lets wipe the current Lounge and start fresh and forget all this crap. Software: Archive and start fresh (some of that info is useful).

so really then, we have a bunch of oldies ( i generalize) who understand the community aspect and a bunch of newbies who 'dont get it' ? would that be a better way of framing it?…

Wild, foot-stomping applause @ Mike and Trash80 above.

I've changed the "View New Posts" link at the top of the page to exclude the Lounge Click to expand... Seems like a good idea to me, although after all the years of my coming t…

I think you people are missing the point, what keeps the 68kmla going is the people who have knowledge of 68k and early ppc macs who come to talk about them, and then maybe some ot…

Removing The Lounge is like saying you can't discuss anything except Macs at a Mac swap meet. Mike: Yeah, those new MacBook Pros are awesome. Joe: They're pretty great. Mike: So…

There are no Intel mac forums here yet. Click to expand... Hence why that gets discussed in the Lounge.

There are no Intel mac forums here yet.

I think you people are missing the point, what keeps the 68kmla going is the people who have knowledge of 68k and early ppc macs who come to talk about them, and then maybe some ot…

Secondly, the Lounge should simply be nuked. It's one of the biggest problems with this forum - it's where people disrespect each other, post a load of stuff most of us are not int…

Exactly.

Here's my take on it: I've been here as an irregular for almost as long as anyone but the founders who broke off from the MacAddict forums to pursue their infatuation with the old …

If you think the forum is on a downhill decline, what I'd do is actually evaluate your own behavior on the forum, maybe you're not the model of forum perfection that you should be …

Access to the Lounge should be optional. It is still a part of this community, If we were to nuke the lounge imagine how many more sub-forums we would have to make. But on the othe…

I have two things to say. Firstly, this letter seems to be making things worse, not better. Secondly, the Lounge should simply be nuked. It's one of the biggest problems with this …

If you think the forum is on a downhill decline, what I'd do is actually evaluate your own behavior on the forum, maybe you're not the model of forum perfection that you should be …

As abandonware goes, to put it simply as TL said, we're a public forum, not a private club. Abandonware can be traded in private clubs because the copyright cop organizations can'…

well i have kinda been away for a wee while as far as active posting - outwith the RC channel anyway. golly whats to be said - what happened? there was always banter in each thre…

Small talk is for the feeble. Click to expand... Don't dis old Apple projects: http://www.squeak.org/About/

I joined here originally to try getting help with my old Powerbook that I have since gotten rid of. I then later came back to brag about my recent conquests, and then I found out w…

I came around to learn more about the "golden age" of macs. Small talk is for the feeble.

ProSel can switch between running programs??? I've been using it for ages and I never knew that! I guess I better RTFM Click to expand... If I've got my facts right, it can. I…

I signed up here for the vintage Mac and Apple II talk, not the parking lot talk.

I've changed the "View New Posts" link / to exclude the Lounge / and I've also disabled access to the Lounge for guests and bots Click to expand... Both splendid initiatives. …

The reason the software forum is so full of "gimme" and "here is a bunch of abandonware for download" posts is that the old software is getting harder and harder to find. If you ar…