Rep Points... Do they really Matter

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Originally Posted by DV8type

for you to know the answer to that you have to know the member from more than a few anonymous post on a public forum.

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Would it be possible to meet a member here you think deserves an invite you have and then do some research so your confident about giving them that invite. Lets say you do a giveaway and check those that ask for the invite. Then find some who you like their posting style. Then contact them to ask if theyre a member at a mutual site. Then check their profile there and pm message them at that site to be sure its them. If members did this would you find it acceptable.

Think if a site gives invites to their members they should trust them with it. If they invite trash then thats on them and they most likely didnt do much research. The site should then choose to remove their invites or not based on any prior invites given. Though if that member has invited allot of others who have contributed to the site they should get a pass on being stripped of their invites.

The majority of invites given are not given to those we know for real but to those we know on the net. Think most bt staff is aware of that. This is why allot of sites dont have issue what you do with your invites but hold you responsible for them. This makes the most sense.

The sites that give invites for ratios or ul know it encourages members to have better ratios. Those members often want invites to give or trade to get into other sites. Dont think this is unknown to staff giving invites as a reward. It gets members to be more active.

Those that have invites in quantities should know they will appear on sites like this . To turn and ban their members for giving them is strange. Those that have issues like this most likely they shouldnt have invites. At the least have them in limited amounts...

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Originally Posted by RealitY

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Originally Posted by DV8type

for you to know the answer to that you have to know the member from more than a few anonymous post on a public forum.

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Would it be possible to meet a member here you think deserves an invite you have and then do some research so your confident about giving them that invite. Lets say you do a giveaway and check those that ask for the invite. Then find some who you like their posting style. Then contact them to ask if theyre a member at a mutual site. Then check their profile there and pm message them at that site to be sure its them. If members did this would you find it acceptable.

Think if a site gives invites to their members they should trust them with it. If they invite trash then thats on them and they most likely didnt do much research. The site should then choose to remove their invites or not based on any prior invites given. Though if that member has invited allot of others who have contributed to the site they should get a pass on being stripped of their invites.

The majority of invites given are not given to those we know for real but to those we know on the net. Think most bt staff is aware of that. This is why allot of sites dont have issue what you do with your invites but hold you responsible for them. This makes the most sense.

The sites that give invites for ratios or ul know it encourages members to have better ratios. Those members often want invites to give or trade to get into other sites. Dont think this is unknown to staff giving invites as a reward. It gets members to be more active.

Those that have invites in quantities should know they will appear on sites like this . To turn and ban their members for giving them is strange. Those that have issues like this most likely they shouldnt have invites. At the least have them in limited amounts...

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A-muthafuckin-men. :mellow:

Also, am I the only one who is disturbed to find that the one reason "rep" should actually be given, isn't even in the poll options? :dabs:

No I was wondering myself

ya correct, the main point for giving away rep point is missing

why cant we have an alternative karma system ?

+/- karma system . a + point for a helpfull post and -ve for whatever negative

Rep points mean nothing to me, but i do give them if someone is kind enough to invite me somewhere.

don't matter

every scammer can have a lot of rep points :/

More reps = Bigger e-penis.

Thats why i got 142 :D

to me, rep points show how much you have contributed to the community through the essence of bittorent giveaways or trades, but more importantly giveaways, shows your generosity to help out other users, which will reflect onto other users

I think giveaways are good. I understand that it does have its negative effects, but if everyone followed the rules exactly, then... how would anyone get into private sites?
I've had bad invitees but I like to believe a good portion of the people are generally decent. I remember what it was like starting from scratch. People took chances on me, and I'm so thankful they did.

If I have so much, and other people have so little, why not help out?

Something I don't understand: TL didn't allow any invite giveaways or trades, yet being so big, it's kind of a joke, because how could they ever control it? It just seems silly. Plus, when they had invites they gave 2 a week to PU (which isn't a hard user class to obtain.. at all.) And, generally, I'd say, when a site gives out tons of invites a month, they're pretty much asking for it. :idunno:
They closed invites to help with the problem, but the situation could have been better prevented.

Plus, when a site has just recently closed their open signups... why be so strict with invites?.. they were just open to EVERYONE.. unless they closed for privacy, but then why have invites?

I do, however, respect more secure, smaller trackers though. After all, the trackers weren't meant for masses of random people.. they put a strong emphasis on community, and I would definitely rather see someone I truly trust, a friend of mine, with very good reason get invited than someone I don't know much about.

I think anyone would behave differently with invites from each individual tracker.

Back to the topic, I don't think rep matters, but it can tell you a lot about someone, if you go looking at the comments. I think it's tacky when people ask for rep. :rolleyes: Rep should be genuine if given. Not much else I can say.. it's really not that big of a deal.

If you're a good person, you can show it without rep. :yup: