I am a boy

I'd dispute that -- you're pretending to be averse to attention, yet you continue to seek it.

And, alas, Dear Grobe, we are guilty of continually giving that attention he seeks... so... in the spirit of if-you-can't-silence-em-give-em-a-platform-to-stand-on: dadiekool, if this issue of being a man with a sexy female avatar and being confused with being a woman and getting comments from boys and men who thereby presume you to be a sexy woman, etc, etc, whathaveyou, ad nauseum, really is something you must discuss over and again to the delight of all, did you know Chess.com has a place where you can write and publish an article on any chess-related subject you choose:

http://www.chess.com/articles/post.html

Go forth, young man. Write your grievance. Explain your concerns. Garner your audience... the stage is yours.

if you notice this post has been on my  and I repeat my profile page since day one you had to seek it out  you had to make your lame ass commits about it no one put a gun to you head to make you read it . i am not concern with you or your opinion  but if you attack me be sure to get an answer

Oh, no, dadiedadiedadie dadiekool, no... an article would be so much more than a mere forum thread or a post to "your and I repeat your" profile page. A good article on this terribly important topic of your boyhood could well be deemed of such worth as to make it to the very front page of chess.com itself. Now, that would be the ultimate exposure for your concerns.

Honestly, you try to help some people, be nice, offer good honest advice and you get told to keep your "lame ass commits" to yourself. Well. Indeed.

well thank you for pointing that out you have made a simple comment on my home page front page news on chess.com  you have made the choice of avatars a concern to everyone here to play chess you have single handedly made my point of telling everyone that i am a man a real concern  thank you for your help this is a concern to everyone who doen't care about the world in general  front page story .

That poster was only stating the obvious. I'm not really sure how the set-up on this site works, but this thread was posted as a forum topic under Chess.com Community. It's not a personal blog on the home page.

As such, the thread falls into the public domain of forums, and therefore subject to public attention; and is accessible and thus commentable by anyone. It is no longer your own private property but a public forum topic open to everyone on this site. I doubt the author of a thread posted in a forum can even delete other posters' comments - only admin can do it. But not sure about this though.

So, the moral of the story is that if one posts something in public, then one has to accept the fact that the public has the right to respond. You can't fault the poster for this. This post shows on your home page as only your "Recent Activity", not your blog.

well this is different and im embarrassed that im even gonna contribute to this thread but i cant help myself...straight men of all ages, from 13-103, like pretty women and, married or not, engage in flirtation on anonomous sites...even sites devoted to chess!  so if you dont want male attention dont choose a sexy female avatar to display to the world...simple as that...if you want to keep the avatar be prepared to rebuke flirtatious behavior, period....you cant have your cake and eat it too...no offense ment that just the way i see things.

i am totally aware of how the minds of men works being one myself and when your pic is a pretty girl you can expect certain behavior from guys but what i dont understand is this if you read the name of the person "dadiekool" does this sound female to you 2nd would it be considered polite to at least ask who your talking to instead of hey baby how are you

here you would be wrong when i posted this i made sure you had to look it up under my profile I am not sure how it became part of the community billboard  that was not my intendtion what it was suppose to be was a polite notification to all that it's only a picture not really me as with all thing dealing with the game of chess the big brains got in the way and it became over analyzed.

that's why I use no human avatar lol

This topic is relevant to my interests.

I constantly keep getting chatted up by the Simpsons. No matter how many times I tell them that I am not a yellow cartoon, they see my avatar and just won't believe me!

In spite of this, I will continue to use it, and will be posting a thread about how annoying this is soon.

Good for you.

animals rock

 lolololol

 why do walk where you see such things??????????????? hummmmmmmm!!?

who is after the attention here you could of read the post and moved on you didn't have to comment you didn't have to read it for that matter

 i dont think its the male attention. i think its the male attention from the males that know he's a dude and keep on asking for his email address. the first time maybe a mistake but two times and better hummmmmm? your a fruitcake and you no it booty stabber

but aren't you misleading all the other bears out there? are you  male /female all the bears want to know  or at least tell everyone your a MAN

 thats not cool dude