Trading and/or trading???

[TheFoX]

I don't say this lightly. When reading threads here, you get to know who the contributors are (fstrulz, skizo, JA, saulin, frize etc. etc. etc.). Even if you have never seen a name before, you can still see their stats, such as join date and how many posts they have made. Strange then that a lot of giveaway winners are n00bs who have joined within the last few days of the giveaway.

I don't understand this paragraph at all.

You don't take what lightly?

The prior paragraph gives no hint to its meaning and it doesn't lead in to the following sentences.

"contributors" to what? Giveaways, trading, etc.....

Contributing to the forums here. People who add material on a day to day basis.

I am not making any assertions about their trading habits (they could be one off or wheeler dealers). I am making an assertion about their contributions to the forums here.


What I am referring to, in that paragraph, is the competitions/giveaways where someone makes a thread whereby they state that they have an account to give to one lucky person. Everyone who posts in that thread then asks to be considered for this giveaway. Ironically, the lucky winner seems to be someone who is new. With all the long termers here, you'd think that an account would be given to someone of some standing at FST, and not to a new account.

In that paragraph, I make no comment about anyones' trading status.

[phrenzy]

FST rules state : Don't trade accounts at FST for sites that strictly forbid it.Far as I know EVERY site doesn't want there accounts traded. Why is this rule NEVER enforced...

[iNSOMNiA]

This rule does apply for site like WB or FSC that regularly gives invites to our fellows FST users

[phrenzy]

This rule does apply for site like WB or FSC that regularly gives invites to our fellows FST users

Not so much WB , but i see fsc traded here....

[Roark]

Nice, I hadn't noticed that bit about giveaways till you pointed it out.

But to be honest, I don't understand the motivations of a lot of people involved in filesharing. Certainly, I don't understand the traders who trade for the sake of it, but I also don't understand why uploaders risk their axx and spend hundreds, or in some cases thousands of dollars a month for servers, don't understand site staff who spend dozens of hours a week on their sites and do nothing but complain about the users in the forums, don't understand users who donate large amounts to sites (>$50/month) instead of spending the money on servers, or, god forbid, actually buying the material they're downloading ... the list goes on. "Wheeler-dealers" are just one mystery of many.

[iNSOMNiA]

Not so much WB , but i see fsc traded here....

I'm not sure what trackers we have a deal with but if an account is caught trading the thread will most likely be trashed/locked but invites are still trade-able

[Angrod]

FST rules state : Don't trade accounts at FST for sites that strictly forbid it.Far as I know EVERY site doesn't want there accounts traded. Why is this rule NEVER enforced...

Many dont allow trading invite.

[KevinGarnet]

mhm.. brilliant essay.. but i think trading acc is really dangerous because it isn't allowed.. actually invites trading is safer and i prefer invites tradings.. acc tradings are against the rules.. FST rules forbid that..

[ghurka]

The FST rules state

Trading Accounts

* Don't trade accounts at FST for sites that strictly forbid it.
* If you do they may contact you here to follow their rules.

Read the rules of the sites your a member at and if you choose
to break them dont complain if action is taken against you.

So is this an actual rule or simply a suggestion for your own protection.

Almost all trackers have a user agreement that states

RESTRICTED ACCESS: This End User License Agreement ("User Agreement") grants you, personally and individually, a non-transferable, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, limited license, permitting access only for the use of immediately electronically displaying content retrieved from this website....

So effectively you are breaking the user agreement of that tracker if you give away or trade that account. As this seems to be a standard user agreement is it not time that all account trading was stamped out here.

[sear]

I agree that account trading is a bit of a problem as it stops people being able to get accounts they actually want to use instead of building up a huge buffer so they can trade it away (which in itself is bad for members of the site because it stops them from being able to upload enough to build their ratio).

However in all fairness I myself have benefited from duplicate accounts with some extermly nice person giving me an account with a decent buffer out of the kindness of ther heart.