Non-Trader
I have only made 3 trades in my life, the third one i was scammed so i stopped trading once and for all. Haven't traded ever since. I'm against excessive trading only.
i'll answer when you'll learn how to name a topic.
yeah i ' m not trader and i don't trade
I'm not a trader right now, but honestly I was one, in that time I traded to get FTN invite. After that I don't trade anymore, just sometimes like to help ppl with the invites/accounts giveaways
I have never traded invites or accounts, and I never will. The invite system, as I understand it, was devised so that torrent site members in good standing could select like-minded individuals and conscientiously bring them into the community. Quid pro quo trades, by their very nature, bypass that selection process entirely and bring to the community individuals who became members for no other reason than their willingness to part with a possession--irrespective of how they came to possess it. That is the crux of the problem, as I see it. Those who scammed their way into memberships of high level trackers are more likely to sell out their community and, deliberately or inadvertently, bring harm to that community. This is by no means an indictment against everyone who has ever traded an invitation. There are many, many honorable people who would respect what is fair and proper in making these transactions. They would in all likelihood, be excellent candidates for membership in any site with which they fit in. The problem is that it is very hard to know the character of a person, if the only reason to give them an invitation is what is to be received in compensation. I believe this to be one of the main reasons that most torrent sites disapprove of this practice. My further understanding is that giving away one's account and password removes other layers of protection by conveying privileges that members are supposed to prove themselves in order to gain. That is why most, if not all, sites will ban members and people who invited the first member who traded away the account. Of course, it goes without saying that most of us sought out FST because we engaged ourselves in activities that were, shall we say, "ethically flexible" in the first place.
It is a little misleading, but w/e idc.
I don't trade, and don't care enough about any specific community to be against trading for it degrading the integrity of a userbase. I join sites for the content, not the community. I know there are allot like me out there, although they don't want to admit it.
...now I'll never get into FSC
Last edited by $we; 01-03-2008 at 09:55 PM.
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