Community - The Truth

[SAM]

I don't mean this offensively at all, but - how can you judge those sites if you're not a member on any of them?

i didn't get what you mean by this ?
but i'll answer from what i thought you meant by this comment.
there are many reviews here about all the trackers out there and you can ask old and active members here about any tracker out there and they will gladly answer all your questions.
another thing
i didn't mean by my comment that only high level trackers that have good community .
there are many other trackers which have good community too.
sitr,waffles,ipt ,sd,scl,its and many others
but i like smaller communities and secure ones

[krunktastic]

I don't mean this offensively at all, but - how can you judge those sites if you're not a member on any of them?

i didn't get what you mean by this ?
but i'll answer from what i thought you meant by this comment.
there are many reviews here about all the trackers out there and you can ask old and active members here about any tracker out there and they will gladly answer all your questions.
another thing
i didn't mean by my comment that only high level trackers that have good community .
there are many other trackers which have good community too.
sitr,waffles,ipt ,sd,scl,its and many others
but i like smaller communities and secure ones

I meant you were talking about those sites in a way that inferred tha you had them. Anyways, I do agree with you that "level" has nothing to do with the quality to community, and is entirely superfluous in representing the quality of a tracker.

[DKre8ive1]

My point of view is that most of these smaller hard to get into sites were called communities along time before the word became so cool to use. You have to understand that most people who are on these trackers have probably been around for ages and thats why sometimes it feels awkward for a new person that just start using torrents.

Also they might not be as active as the new comers, but they do hold a lot of knowledge that could benefit the younger file sharing generation and so by passing this down the line hopefully it will help it grow for the better and not the worst.

I am pretty sure sooner or later someone is going to say something bad about the communities I choose to dedicate my time too, but I could care less and you why is that because my communities are those were I have confidence in the staff and were I find members who are like minded but still are able to have disagreements with out it turning into a flame war.

At the end of day my advice to you is go out and search out what communities suit you and give them support, but at the same time you should respect the other communities even thou they didn't meet your needs.

Defined by me with the help of Dictionary.com:
com·mu·ni·ty /kəˈmyunɪti/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kuh-myoo-ni-tee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -ties.
1. a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality(filesharing), share government(sites cooperating with each other), and often have a common cultural and historical heritage(Have most likely dedicated quite a bit of time for the love of filesharing).

If it sounds cheesy oh well that my viewpoint so shoot me.

[krunktastic]

My point of view is that most of these smaller hard to get into sites were called communities along time before the word became so cool to use. You have to understand that most people who are on these trackers have probably been around for ages and thats why sometimes it feels awkward for a new person that just start using torrents.

Also they might not be as active as the new comers, but they do hold a lot of knowledge that could benefit the younger file sharing generation and so by passing this down the line hopefully it will help it grow for the better and not the worst.

I am pretty sure sooner or later someone is going to say something bad about the communities I choose to dedicate my time too, but I could care less and you why is that because my communities are those were I have confidence in the staff and were I find members who are like minded but still are able to have disagreements with out it turning into a flame war.

At the end of day my advice to you is go out and search out what communities suit you and give them support, but at the same time you should respect the other communities even thou they didn't meet your needs.

Defined by me with the help of Dictionary.com:
com·mu·ni·ty /kəˈmyunɪti/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kuh-myoo-ni-tee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -ties.
1. a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality(filesharing), share government(sites cooperating with each other), and often have a common cultural and historical heritage(Have most likely dedicated quite a bit of time for the love of filesharing).

If it sounds cheesy oh well that my viewpoint so shoot me.

I 100% agree.

I've been able to take alot away from your perspectives (everyone in this thread), from the newcomers to the guys who've been around since the beginning. I can understand that each one of you guys takes something different out of the communities, and I can understand why certain ones might be special to one person and not another. One man's wine is another man's vinegar, as SgtMajor said.

I want to say that this thread was mostly directed towards the people who obsess over tracker collecting and claim they aspire to be part of the community. I don't think this should be a valid excuse for any case, as you can't know what communities you'll want to be a part of until you join them. I know certain trackers I'm on were not what I'd thought they'd be, as far as community is concerned.

You guys have all really elucidated me as to what you guys consider a community should be. Thanks for the responses, and I'd like to hear more opinions on this.

Edit: Grammar

[grimms]

TL is a disappointment when it comes to community but once again it's great for content. I think a mix of great content, great users, with a great thriving community is what makes a tracker special. Not just some list with levels. You raise a good point though.

[stoi]

Hard for me to comment as im only a member of BCG.

I will be the first to say, we have a good community, but we can always make it better. but we do have a lot of members where English isnt their first language, but its a rule that English has to be wrote in the forums, so a hell of a lot probably dont post because of this reason.

also, we are a very specialised tracker, we probably have members that are not "that" intersested in games, but have joined for the odd 1 or 2 they can download.

you have to take into account the comments on the torrents as well, as a lot of members just post in there and not even bother with the forums regarding specific problems.

I have just had a look, and we get an average of 600 posts a day, 100 topics a day made.

But the XBOX 360 forums have been viewed 168,000 times in just a matter of months (since october), so that shows me that ppl go in there to see if there are answers to their questions, and usually there are so they dont need to post anything.

we do have forums for Movies/TV/Music and Anime, but as we are a games only tracker they dont get used that much.

But then you just have to look on FST, probably the quietest forum on here is the games forum. so i think that speaks for itself, a lot more people are more interested in Anime/Movies/TV/Music than there ever will be in Games, or at least talking about them anyway.

[TheFoX]

When I hear the phrase, 'I want to join because of the community', it does make me laugh...

In the broadest sense, a community is a collection of people (village, town, country, site etc.).

A village is a community, as is a town. The bigger the community, the more segmented it can become.

Also, a community can have other boundaries. In Swindon town, we have the Scottish community, the Irish community, the Chinese community and other such divisions. It's a bit like the various clubs on FSC.

Needless to say, a man of Christian upbringing would probably feel uncomfortable being in a Muslim community, and vice versa. Thankfully, we do have communities that have various mixes in them, which provides variation.

Even with the simple communities offered by forums, it is not everyone's cup of tea. Why does someone feel at home at one forum, yet not at another? What is the deciding factor whether someone becomes involved in a community or not?


It's very much like makes of cars. Some people prefer Fords, some prefer Mercedes, some prefer BMWs, some prefer Volvo, etc., etc. How do you measure choice?

I love the FST forums, and the banter that goes on here (not all is healthy). I know many here, and at other sites, who I would call quality acquaintances (people I virtually trust). There are some here I would invite without a second thought to a tracker community.

I feel at home at FST, as I do at several other places. Yet there are other places I don't feel at home at. How do I justify my feelings? I can't...

To summarise, stereotyping communities as communities, is foolish. Just because someone hears that XXX has a good community does not necessarily mean that they will fit it. It may not be their cup of tea...

[pandabear]

What i find weird is people say they are community users, but they still come here asking for invites. If they are truely community users, they will be good friends with alot of people and invites will be quite simple to get.

That aside, the community i enjoy the most atm has to be FST, its just a lot of fun reading the threads here, and a lot more interesting then a few of the hyped "community sites". Except for bcg of course That site has crazy interesting forums, if you are into gaming. I could read some of those threads for days.

[SAM]

well,
some people are really community lovers but language sometimes stand as obstacle in their way to communicate with others.
sometimes someone wrote something in English when i translated in my native language i got offended but later i found out he was just joking .
so making friends with different people from other countries is not that simple

[Cabalo]

i speak for myself, community is not one of my top interests when joining to a generalist tracker but it does work for me in specialized trackers, like hardware, games, ebooks , etc...
and i believe no one can say in advance that he wants a tracker because of its community, because if you haven't been there yet, how can you know?

it's just like if i said i want to move to kansas city cuz people there are more friendly... how the fuck would i know?

i'm registered on several forums and i find myself participating at only those one that mean something to me, like filesharing or xtremesystems , though at the latter i read more than i write, cuz you go there mostly to learn with some gurus.
here i spent my first months reading mostly and getting to know how things work around here before deciding if i actually enjoyed here or no. and as a bit of 1337 spam can be made around here, i felt comfortable.

So, i feel that many requests for invites based on "me-loves-da-community-long-time-will-suck-for-five-dollah-to-get-in" sound a bit fake, or at least, not completely honest.
but hey, it's an argument like any other to get there. And it hurts no one to say that.