Which rules in your tracker do you like/hate most ?

[wheeloftime]

I got a 1 week warning from 1 UK site for PMing someone an offer of an invite to another tracker, so go figure how they knew what was in my PM??

So add that to the list, reading my fukkin PMs!! (Private Messages, they are private for a reason!)

maybe the user whom u pm'ed reported u

No, the user told me about it and I reported him - I just thought it inappropriate pm'ing strangers with invitations to a horse porn tracker.

[PlayeR]

This isn't Soviet Russia; you're entitled to your opinion too. You should have just quoted them both and not typed anything, since that's what you basically did anyway.

LOL. What is your problem Integral? Does it bother you so much that you have to bang your head on the wall??
anyway, The rule does not say it is wrong. so I could care less about it

[Cabalo]

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waaa..i think this is the worst. How the hell is it called PM when it can be read by others? I thought PM stands for Private Message, not Public Message...

btw, what I hate are the same as squirr3l

you do know that with sql access and a simple query form you can read any messages stored at any forum ? messages are stored at a database, you are never free of them being read, it all depends on the sysops ethics.

[TP635]

PM, like email cannot be assume to be private.....

[SgtMajor]

I got a 1 week warning from 1 UK site for PMing someone an offer of an invite to another tracker, so go figure how they knew what was in my PM??

So add that to the list, reading my fukkin PMs!! (Private Messages, they are private for a reason!)

maybe the user whom u pm'ed reported u

No - he took the invites, my PM never made it to him!

I had to slip an email contact inside another PM showing "tech" help

[soulreaper]

I don't think one can "like" rules,its just something one has to obey/abide by. The rules that I particularly dislike are :-

1)Visible PMs- Now I find this quite ridiculous. If I pm a member on site and an admin sees it,it defeats the purpose of the PM plus if the PM is "controversial" then it could get you into serious trouble. I'd say,exert caution in Bitmetv especially coz you're under the scanner more often than not.

2) Trick Polls- This isn't a rule but something I'd like to see change. Banning members because they apparently didn't pick the "right" choice is immature and quite frankly it goes against community spirit. If you dont want your members to express their real opinion then wtf have a poll at all?

3)Seedbox Regulation- This isn't a rule,but I'd like to see this getting implemented.I'm not gonna discuss this in detail but rest assured ,seedboxers pretty much kill any chance of seeding back with a half-decent connection. Seeding shouldn't be a competition,it should be done with the "spirit of sharing" in mind. This is where BT has taken a wrong turn.

4)Open signup policy- I feel sites(the ones that NEVER open up) should open up(atleast once if not more) to give users a chance to enjoy their content. If Bitmetv,BCG,even Revolt opened up then why can't more quality sites open their doors? Torrenting for me is entertainment and enjoying what internet has to offer,I think torrent sites take themselves far too seriously. Eg:- AOM's highly ridiculous invite policy that expects a member to be a magician(well almost). All I'll say to them is be realistic and chill out.

5)The 1:1/hit n run- I'm not gonna discuss this in detail but know that getting 1:1 on hard to seed sites on every torrent is plain idiotic and this needs to be atleast amended if not eliminated.

Lastly, torrenting should be fun and not a burden!

[stoi]

i know i keep harping on about US is this thread but here is another one lol

1: we dont do that, so send what you like, as long as you dont get reported for doing it, and its within reason (no death threats, or this tracker has open sigups and its better that this one ever will be type shite)

2: Not once have i banned someone for voting what they voted in a poll.

3: With our SP mod, this nullifies the overseeding with SB, and what brings usually fast download speeds.

4: Yes we do it/have done it but its a pain in the ass banning all the cheaters etc.

5: again our SP system covers that, just seed the thing for awhile, and its not months and months to avoid a hit and run.

6: we try to make it fun, but a lot of members dont "get" our SP system and are just plain scared of it.

from a post by me on our forums, that not many have looked at lol

Just a very quick rant here before i go to bed.

SP system is there so you can download what you want, when you want, does not matter if it is 0 day or 2 years old. after a week or so you can come off it if you like, you do not have to seed it for months on end, waiting for another leecher to jump on, and actually upload to someone to not get a hit and run.

If everyone downloaded what they wanted, then more members would be PU/SPU because there would be more leechers to upload to, instead of members being scared to download, which is completely missing the point of the SP system.

and this, i wont download because SP only takes me to a 1 ratio, is bullshit.

What do you do on other trackers, where you actually have to upload to get over a 1 ratio, but no leechers come on. at least you get a 1 ratio on here on every torrent, just for seeding for a few days, on other trackers, you could be seeding a torrent for months, to get a 1 ratio on the thing, never mind a 2 ratio.

So all these PU and SPU, do you never download a torrent that is not brand new, just incase you get demoted on other trackers?

Or do you just download and get the hit and run, but we have the hit and run covered with the SP system, and if you do just hit and run, then your global ratio will still go down.

I just do not understand some of the silly arguments i hear against the SP system we have, if everyone understood it, and just downloaded what they wanted, when they wanted it, very few members would actually need to use the SP system for any torrent, because you would have leechers to actually upload to on nearly every torrent.

Edit: Its actually easier to get PU SPU on here than on most sites.

Download old torrent, Get SP, wait for leecher, Upload .5 of the torrent, = 1.5 ratio = PU. upload 1.05 of the torrent = 2.05 Global ratio = SPU

/end rant

[soulreaper]

Thx for reciprocating.I forgot to add to my post that BCG is probably the only site that have implemented their truly superb and unique SP system that takes care of both seedbox abusers(if you will) and hit n runners. With such a system in place a user with a mediocre connection can feel he's in the right place.
It's a pity I'm shit out of time to play games,wish there was a BCM(Blackcats-Movies?) with an SP system,now that would be out of this world!

It's nice to see owners with a realistic approach to torrenting!

[mrnobody]

zOMG OMG STAFFERS CAN SEE MY PRIVATE MESSAGES.

seriously, u guys didn't think other wise, did you?

they OWN the site, they can literally do w/e the hell they want with their site and their userbase.

That is why you are supposed to signup for those sites you trust...not every site that pops out now and then.

Putting it in a different way, nothing is truly "private". Everything you do over the interwebz, can easily be tracked,...you real life background (social security, criminal history, school records, immunizations etc) can easily be obtained by authorities. On top of that, anything you own can be taken away by government. Is that "private" enough?

editZ:

What happened with Sgt is none of my business but looks like wheeloftime already answered his situation.

And Stoi checking 3 pms in 5 year (with valid reasons) is more than fair imo. If he didn't tell you, you would have nothing to bitch about it.

[killercam101]

No posting of gore/beastiality etc. Why even make a torrent site if that material isn't allowed?