Why can't people write decent requests?!

[The_Martinator]

Writing a good request proves nothing except that you are able to write a good request.
Fact is I've seen a few people simply based on their eloquence get invited to just about everything and then turn out to be absolute turds as members.Realize that if eloquence was any measure of honesty then there wouldn't be any corrupt politicians.

And giving guidelines on how to do it only exacerbates the problem because it would be a handbook for people to fabricate to .

(Although I would by no means set it as the singular condition )Show me a whole lot downloaded ( not uploaded ) on a tracker with similar content and then at least I know that you may actually have a passing interest in what you are asking for.( of course that negates Oday trackers but they're all more or less the same anyway).

I agree, but a good written request is a good start. Of course you ask for profile links later, but I'm not even gonna bother with someone who writes: want TL invite, have seedbox unmetered, so I will seed. thx

[IdolEyes787]

I said the same thing as IdolEyes only in just a few words

I stole the idea from you and just added big words to make it boring .
True story.

[beshawn]

Writing a good request proves nothing except that you are able to write a good request.
Fact is I've seen a few people simply based on their eloquence get invited to just about everything and then turn out to be absolute turds as members.Realize that if eloquence was any measure of honesty then there wouldn't be any corrupt politicians.

Knowing somebody for a period of time is the only true measure of what you can expect out of an invitee, and even then it can be a pretty poor one. However writing a good request does at least show intelligence.

And giving guidelines on how to do it only exacerbates the problem because it would be a handbook for people to fabricate to .

I know what you mean by this, but I don't really agree. A guideline could be as simple as stating why you want the tracker, what you know about the tracker, and why you feel you deserve an invite. You can lie about your reasons, but it will be more obvious (at least it should be to many users).

That being said I've never written or filled a request here, but I do sometimes read others requests, and I'd have to agree most of them are quite poor in one way or another. That's why I chimed in on this thread.

[sez]

I love these requests for their comic relief i guess ,for example,were it not for them i wouldn't have known that invites were also known as vait and invi,so i say let them be lol

[Louie]

I stole the idea from you and just added big words to make it boring .

And whats the difference betwen this

I'll write a half of page requestthen I'll trade the account just to make you proud of me and my big big request.

and this?

Writing a good request proves nothing except that you are able to write a good request.
Fact is I've seen a few people simply based on their eloquence get invited to just about everything and then turn out to be absolute turds as members.

[IdolEyes787]

Don't really get the gist of the question but.....

You said ( to paraphrase) - I'm writing a lengthy request .If it is filled I will then turn around and trade it . SUCKER.

I said - being literate is no proof of honesty.

Mine was neither a judgment or accusation just a statement of fact.

And this part " I stole the idea from you and just added big words to make it boring ".

Was an attempt at both a joke and a compliment ( sort of)Actually it was more of a knock at my verbose style of writing which is probably neither understood or appreciated by a majority of the people here.

I don't talk like this in rl but given that I am not on a first name basis with many people here I tend to fall into this pattern of formality.

Good upbringing like.

[1000possibleclaws]

Ok, I guess you're getting tired of me by now. This is just an attempt to improve the GA/req section.

As you have probably seen I'm fairly active there, but I always find shite requests. It seems people can't write more than 2 lines of text nowadays. Now I'm not here only to troll (big surprise! ), but I haven't found anyone but 1 person worthy of an invite since I've been here (and it's been allmost half a year).

I encourage everyone to write longer requests, no matter how bad your english is. I usually don't invite people that have über l33t ratios, I invite people that use their accounts, plus I like to read.

I know I'm not alone in this, so if there's a tracker you think would be great for you, go for it and don't look at the levels, write a decent request instead.

A lengthy request only shows that the person isn't braindead or foreign. I've gotten into great places with a one line request, and the longest request I've made was probably a paragraph. I don't think essay writing skills are a necessart to be a good torrenter, and I don't think you should invite someone based on a short and to the point request either. If you know the person and trust them, give them the invite if you want to, regardless of the how well they write their request. If you don't know them then either take the risk or don't, but basing it on someones english skills isn't the best idea.

I don't know why you created this topic. If you don't like someone's request then ffs move along and ignore it. No reason to complain about it. How would telling them that if they wrote better requests they would get invites from you make anything any better? They would still be the same person who would have made the 'bad' request otherwise, none of this would make him a better torrenter.

[Louie]

Mine was neither a judgment or accusation just a statement of fact.

I can make the difference

don't talk like this in rl but given that I am not on a first name basis with many people here I tend to fall into this pattern of formality.

It's better,looks you're objective.

Don't really get the gist of the question but.....

It doesen't matter anymore,was about something else.

[The_Martinator]

Ok, I guess you're getting tired of me by now. This is just an attempt to improve the GA/req section.

As you have probably seen I'm fairly active there, but I always find shite requests. It seems people can't write more than 2 lines of text nowadays. Now I'm not here only to troll (big surprise! ), but I haven't found anyone but 1 person worthy of an invite since I've been here (and it's been allmost half a year).

I encourage everyone to write longer requests, no matter how bad your english is. I usually don't invite people that have über l33t ratios, I invite people that use their accounts, plus I like to read.

I know I'm not alone in this, so if there's a tracker you think would be great for you, go for it and don't look at the levels, write a decent request instead.

A lengthy request only shows that the person isn't braindead or foreign. I've gotten into great places with a one line request, and the longest request I've made was probably a paragraph. I don't think essay writing skills are a necessart to be a good torrenter, and I don't think you should invite someone based on a short and to the point request either. If you know the person and trust them, give them the invite if you want to, regardless of the how well they write their request. If you don't know them then either take the risk or don't, but basing it on someones english skills isn't the best idea.

I don't know why you created this topic. If you don't like someone's request then ffs move along and ignore it. No reason to complain about it. How would telling them that if they wrote better requests they would get invites from you make anything any better? They would still be the same person who would have made the 'bad' request otherwise, none of this would make him a better torrenter.

Ffs, I said it was just a good start. I never said they have to write a novel...

Your one line requests were probably grammatically correct, huh? Not to mention you're staff here and if you weren't at the time, you were active here. What about the people with 5 posts requesting, let's say Bitme? Just sayin...

[Sanka113]

Exactly, frequent posters can get away with short request for some trackers. If you're relatively unknown around here I feel that one should make a more detailed request. One that should include details on yourself, your bt history, why you want the tracker, how will you use the tracker etc. The more information you can give a potential inviter the better. Also, they may want to include things such as charm and wit to impress some people.