Originally Posted by
klink05
just a few thoughts:
ftn reminded users that they are merely guests on the site, not the gatekeepers who pick and choose which dollar amount will allow people in. unfortunately, this has it's downside, but this is a case where apparently nothing will stop the sellers and traders except for this. so those that are in, congrats, those that are not in(myself included): better luck next time. but there's a number of things being talked about in this thread that make no sense.
first of all, the level talk. it's that mentality in the first place of getting ftn because it's so rare and so many people want it that an ftn invite recently has meant nothing more than adding another inch to one's e-penis. yes, ftn is an awesome site, and it should be wanted for that, not one number is associated with in on a certain thread in a certain section.
and people saying that ftn requests are going to go away? are you kidding me? when it comes to high level trackers like that, 98% of the time, the requests are by people who know very little about the site other than "iT's SoO 1337". so i doubt it being closed for invites is going to matter at all as far as requests go because that has never stopped people from requesting sites closed before.
lastly, for all of the people saying "good call", "it's about time", etc. you are the same ones that a year ago would have been flipping shit about this and how it's unfair to good users trying to get in and how it punishes the masses for the sins of a few and whatnot. the only reason you're happy is because you're in. as i said above, i think this needs to be done, and i'm not judging people's intentions, but i'm sure at least a few care about it for no other reason than the fact that it'll be rarer.
good luck ftn staff, mods, users(the good ones) etc. hopefully in time the cheaters will be caught and the sellers will be kicked and you'll have a site that is full of people with invites not looking for profit, but looking for a sharing community that brought alot of us into torrenting in the first place.