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Sorry to post here.. but what the hell happened to Spymac.com???

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TwitchOSX

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
May 2, 2002
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Southern Oregon
I log in yesterday to post the same iPod related question I posted here yesterday (to try and get some more feedback) and the site is all goofy! There are these "Girls" ads or whatever all over the homepage.. it looks nothing like I remember from before (probably havent visited in about a year).. I cant find anything.. WTF??
 
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TwitchOSX

macrumors 6502a
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May 2, 2002
508
49
Southern Oregon
Yepz =)

But its Twitch OSX now (with the space)..

Old TwitchOSX (if its still up) was screwed over by my ex.. she gave a friend my password and he edited my old account and screwed everything up.
 
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katie ta achoo

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May 2, 2005
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TwitchOSX said:
Thanks. Dunno wtf they are thinking.. but then, I never went there much anymore because it was so damned slow.
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Well, now you can post here more. We're only slow around big announcements or in the event Arn falls asleep on the server.
 
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katie ta achoo

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May 2, 2005
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TwitchOSX said:
Or spills beer on the server like over at Fark.com =)
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I have been thinking about getting into fark. I only lurk around there.. I'm just afraid I'll get my butt handed to me; I'm only a wee lass! :eek: :p
It's also kinda hard for me to just interject myself into a group. *shrug*
 
iJon

iJon

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Feb 7, 2002
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katie ta achoo said:
I have been thinking about getting into fark. I only lurk around there.. I'm just afraid I'll get my butt handed to me; I'm only a wee lass! :eek: :p
It's also kinda hard for me to just interject myself into a group. *shrug*
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You gotta get over the days where you defend your Mac is you want to be sane and browse the Tech section at Fark. I just read it for grins and giggles but I always see Twitch on the site defending Apple to their death.

Fark message boards are a brutal territory unless you know what your talking about.

jon
 
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TwitchOSX

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
May 2, 2002
508
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Southern Oregon
iJon said:
You gotta get over the days where you defend your Mac is you want to be sane and browse the Tech section at Fark. I just read it for grins and giggles but I always see Twitch on the site defending Apple to their death.

Fark message boards are a brutal territory unless you know what your talking about.

jon
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LOL... even if you dont know what your talking about they are brutal. Thats why its so fun. Gotta be able to take the "snark".. and insults and whatever else is thrown at ya.

Of course, for the wee lass' there are plenty of CAT THREADS (well.. on the TotalFark side).. but generally, as long as you dont initiate crap with others you pretty much get left alone.
 
MisterMe

MisterMe

macrumors G4
Jul 17, 2002
10,709
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USA
TwitchOSX said:
I log in yesterday to post the same iPod related question I posted here yesterday (to try and get some more feedback) and the site is all goofy! ... it looks nothing like I remember from before (probably havent visited in about a year) ... WTF??
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Things happen in a year. However, you can find the familiar Spymac forum here.
 
QCassidy352

QCassidy352

macrumors G5
Mar 20, 2003
12,066
6,107
Bay Area
I used to post at spymac, but left a long time ago (as the downward spiral began). When I went back a few weeks ago and saw what had happened (for the first time in months), I promptly deleted the bookmark and ran back to macrumors... ;)
 
Bobdude161

Bobdude161

macrumors 65816
Mar 12, 2006
1,215
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Found this on one of their recent forums why SpyMac was no longer interesting.

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I think it started with all the different and changing versions of Spymac. Site down too long at times, very slow.

Add in the rudeness of some of the UK folks and the liberals attacking everyone including themselves and there ya have it.

It was like, if you don't hate Americans, you don't hate god, and you refuse to kowtow to Muslims, you're not wanted.
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Reminds me of PSRI. lol.

But I think this is the real problem. (from same forum)
In a way, you're right, flyingcats. It was a money issue that resulted in the changes that resulted in Leapfrog...more specifically, the large money pit that Spymac had been.

Please don't look at the hosting fees advertised by GoDaddy and such and say "how expensive could it have been to run a site?" As we became popular, it became necessary to set up our own server farm, full-time staff. We had exceeded the traffic that a hosting company could handle, and the demands (yes, I use that word deliberately) of the Spymac community for speed and access required significant investment. That greatly increased our costs, but we had confidence that we'd be able to make it back in advertising and other revenue.

Well, that didn't prove to be happen. And most of our attempts to increase our income to cover the costs were greeted with open hostility. And as we had problems (some granted caused by our own mistakes, but not all), the response was "well spend more money to fix it"...from the same people who could be counted to complain if one more ad appeared or anything was done to earn money.

You want to know how to make a small fortune? Start with a large fortune and invest it in an online community.

There are a lot of legitimate things that can be said about the way we've messed up. Lots of things we wish we'd done differently. But when you see someone talking about the owners having gone money mad, please consider the possibility that their mouth isn't the orifice they're talking out of.
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flinch13

macrumors regular
Jul 4, 2004
129
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It was quite a site beforehand... macrumors, on the other hand, has remained the same for years and it WORKS.. people still visit and contribute daily. Reminds me of craigslist. Simplicity works!!
 
dukemeiser

dukemeiser

macrumors 6502a
Dec 17, 2002
529
0
Iowa
Wow, Spymac... It seems like a fond and distant memory. I believe it was Microsoft Syndrome that killed them. Bloated and tried to be everything. I can remember visiting that site everyday 5 years ago. It was exciting then: new email, gallery, community, personal webpages. I even sold an Apple sticker on their online auction! (I got paid, and the guy got his sticker, even got positive feedback). I think when they stopped posting Mac news and rumors is when I started to visit the site less and less. The newer features had me excited though, with online storage and applications to manage your Spymac world. I even paid for the Club membership. But after the Club membership expired I found out my email was also disabled; only paying members got email. Thats when I left. I think I've visited the site twice in the last 3 years.
 
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poisenedapple

macrumors member
Mar 18, 2009
35
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it made me upset too...

spymac "classic" was truly phenomenal and did not need "social networking web 2.0 etc" and I, myself, being a "classic" user,:confused: was happy with the amount of "social networking" the classic spymac had...
 
MacsRgr8

MacsRgr8

macrumors G3
Sep 8, 2002
8,316
1,832
The Netherlands
whoa... I thought Spymac had gone dead long ago....

Like MacWhispers, ThinkSecret (sadly),

MacOSRumors still seem to be there, though....totally different... but alive.
 
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JJC80

macrumors member
Apr 30, 2004
48
0
California
I use to visit the site daily back in 2001-03ish, and I returned today, and um.. yes wtf happened. :(

Sad, it used to be pretty nice back in the day.
 
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