Great site - often used for a valid source :)
Thanks for the work you guys put into it :)
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Great site - often used for a valid source :)
Thanks for the work you guys put into it :)
didnt noticed the new changes.
thanks for the contributions of many others.
Thank you for the update. I think this is a better system overall.
Thanks for the update!
Thanks for explaining the changes!
Like the rest I've been lurking for many years so thought that I would say hello.
Originally this was one of the three site I used to get my nzbs from and now your the only one left, was truly gutted when you went down last year though that you had closed as it was shortly after the fall of nzbmatrix.
So keep up the good work and I will try to be more active in future.
No i realise why there's so many new names and comments on NZB posts (and some new names of people posting!)
Good to see al lthe extra activity.
Ditto as many people above. Been here for a while and this place is one of the better (if not best) trackers that's still alive and kicking strong.
Glad I found this post... I was wondering about the rules.
Sorry for never posting. Great site.
love the site and time put in by the moderators.
great site
understood that you want more involvement though i wouldn't say this is the best method...
great site guys thank you so much for all your work!!
You're like the 617th person to say something like that but strangely as of yet none of you have offered any suggestions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Natal
So, I'm posting my second post in order to un-n00b myself, but I gotta say:
I agree with those saying this isn't the best method. The way to 'onboard' new users and get them participating isn't to force them to pass an arbitrary threshold, it's to *make them want to participate*. How to do that, I don't know - you guys know your site better than I do - but you gotta realize that most people spamming your forums right now are basically going to post twice and then be done.
One idea: instead of a comment section where it's 90% "thanks" and "low quality", turn it into a review area. Get people participating and talking *about the content*. Give the ability to heart reviews (for the positive feedback), and start engaging people around the content.
Possibly I'm blind but I don't see anything preventing anyone from reviewing stuff and "engaging" with other people here now.Quote:
Originally Posted by sovarious
Sure the people like yourself will only post twice but I doubt any improvement to the forums,which btw you seem totally oblivious to as you speak only of the NZB section ,would make the slightest difference.
On the other hand,maybe you could prove all I say wrong and post a review or try to engage with somebody and make me eat my cynical words.
I won't hold my breathe.
They can do that already in the forums.Quote:
Originally Posted by sovarious
Another idea: make the users click through ads to get access, or make the section a donator perk. You could put your money where your mouth is. The ones who truly value the section beyond 2 post lip service will follow. The rest can find an alternative--plenty exist. It blows my mind users are still complaining about this.
good to know
Hey, sorry I'm a bit behind here, I just read the OP on this thread today. I've been offline for a couple days building a new PC! It's titties, AMD FX-8350, good ASUS mobo, 8gigs of Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3, SSD boot drive, AMD R9 270 GPU, Win 8.1 pro (bleh, I don't like it, but it sure boots up quick). It's a world of difference between this and the Core 2 Quad Q6600 with 4GB of DDR2 that I was using for a long time. Anyway, more to the point:
I'm pretty active in the NZB section, mostly posting collections (in the DVDR category mostly). However, I'm not a forum guy. I mostly just comment on the content of NZB posts or try to answer a few questions if I can. Not that the forum here at FST isn't any good, but quite frankly I just haven't ever really used it that much. I have nothing against it, I'm just not really a forum guy. Should I be doing more posts in the forum in order to adhere to these new rules?
Time for us all to start getting more involved I think.
You're already donating your time. I'd say you and the other little rascals in the nzb section are exempt.Quote:
Originally Posted by stryk
Yea I'm one of the many that only use the nzb section but don't contribute. I wouldn't mind clicking through some ads but not one of those things that make you sign up for something or answer a bunch of survey questions.Quote:
Originally Posted by jp2k5
Never really have much to say as I'm a reader more than a writer.
However, I do find it odd that posting seems to be extensive when there is a complaint of some sort.
I read somewhere that 2% of satisfied customers will take the time to share.
Guess this is one way to shake the group.
Look: you guys did the 2-post thing in order to get more participation from the visitors of your site. I get that.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
I'm saying: you're probably not really going to accomplish much. It's kinda short-sighted. The people that aren't participating (myself and the others that are the reason you did the 2 post rule) aren't participating because that's not why they came here in the first place. You're right, I'm totally oblivious to the forums, because the forums are full of random noise from random people that I just don't care about. I had fun in php forums forums 15 years ago, but at this point, I have literally ZERO interest in discussing sports on some random internet site about filesharing. It's really nothing personal, I just honestly don't care.
Frankly, if anything, I think the 2 post rule will hurt this site in the long term, not help it. Think about it this way: every person visiting the site is a potential community member, right? Some are easier to convert, some are harder. Some of us have hit the 2 post rule and are posting in order to be able to go back to the nzb section, because it's useful to us. But if you're a brand new user to the site, and haven't experienced the value first-hand, there's a higher chance that you'll see the arbitrary comment threshold and just leave. As long as a user keeps coming back, you've got a chance to convert, but if your user leaves, you've lost that chance. I think that the 2 post rule will cause you to lose people you otherwise would have converted into community members.
So,what I'm trying to say is: instead of putting up arbitrary barriers (click through ads, 2-comment post), focus on what you can do to improve conversions. Figure out WHY people like me don't post, and figure out ways to make it more tempting to post. I suggested reviews because I feel like it's something that would interest me. I'm in the NZB section, looking at movies, it'd be nice to see legit, community upvoted reviews at the same time. I don't know if that'd work for everyone, but it'd encourage me to get more active. I'd probably start by upvoting good reviews, then commenting on them, then maybe I'd start reviewing myself. All of a sudden, I'm an engaged community member. (And no, going to the forum isn't the same thing... remember, I'm a leecher: you need to SHOW me the interesting reviews, and CONVERT me into engaging... I'm fundamentally selfish: I'm really not going to look around much...).
That's just one suggestion: other users might convert differently, I don't know.
Anyway, I don't really have a horse in this race, and you can be unhappy with me for being blunt and honest if you like. (Btw, for what it's worth, I'm not *complaining* about the 2 post rule. I don't really care about it.. two posts are easy enough, I'm already unn00bed, it's all cool.. I'm just saying that I don't think the 2 post rule is going to do what you think it'll do).
By "you guys" I assume you mean the Blacks.Quote:
Originally Posted by sovarious
Seriously though except for the administrator who seems determined to be a law unto himself and as far as I know has yet to explain his reasoning,I can assure you that no one agrees with the new rule.
Anyway as you choose to play the "look I'm a mature adult and way above this sort of nonsense 'cause I'm grown up and now don't particularly care about anyone but myself".I would counter that by saying that I don't see much value in encouragement of the type you are suggesting as in my experience only children need to be led by the hand.
To whit if someone isn't self motivated to change, then any change is likely to be temporary. Or at least that's what they tell me at re-hab.:mellow:
Also, if hypothetically a person is so idiotic or lazy as to be daunted by making 2 simple and in the far majority of cases,empty posts ,then basically good riddance and no skin off my nose .
As far as I know there is only one person making any money off this site and ironically he's totally absent so well you're at it ,fuck him as well.
Uhhhhhh .. I guess?Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
Interesting!Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
Everyone is idiotic/lazy. Everyone is a child that needs to be led by the hand. It's a rule of the internet. Seriously, I'm not joking: people are selfish and the only reason they visit websites is because they get some personal value out of it. If 'engaged community' is the goal, you have to make *being engaged* the reason people come to your site. Right now, for a lot of us, the only reason to come here is for nzbs. If you can trick us/lead us by the hand into becoming engaged, then you're all set. The 2 post rule doesn't do that.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
HOWEVER, it seems that you've tricked me into engaging because now I'm on post number 4, when I only really had to do two! Two post rule works!!
Yeah it's amazing the effect I have on women,ma'am.Quote:
Originally Posted by sovarious
Also I totally agree that most people are inherently self-serving but seeing as I really don't want anything to do with with people who are completely self-serving I really think you need to plead your case to someone else.
Try that administrator as he seems willing to deal with cunts.
Yeah, here's exactly why I don't bother with forums anymore. (And why the 2-post rule is misguided).Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
Your 'community' is insulting and rude.
I actually spent time writing honest and constructive criticism (unlike the vast majority of people, who posted "hello" and "uhhh.." to get unn00bed) and ended up being called a cunt 4 posts in. (By the way, if I were completely self-serving, I would have just posted 'hello' and 'uhhh...')
It's been fun, back to leeching.
Apparently what I attempted to say was poorly written so misunderstood but I never called you a cunt.I was referring to what I termed the "completely self-serving people". :unsure:
I have notice though that there is a definite proclivity towards being entirely humourless involved with people who fileshare.
Forgive me for in my naivety to still be expecting otherwise.
PS Let's be honest you were merely looking for a convenient out anyway.:mellow:
Ya some dont understand this yet...Quote:
Originally Posted by sovarious
Thankyou for the info this is a great site :)
Thanks for the update. I was wondering why the nzb links were gone.
Well I would like to thank everyone for there hard work and for keeping this up and going.
Just back off vacation and the NZB has vanished? Did something happen that I missed?
And you're posting this in the very thread that explains what? :idunno:Quote:
Originally Posted by opustheperv
i know we all need to share stuff,but posting comments would clog things up in the long term i think.cheers
i wonder how much of a post is considered beyond thank you i have been a member since 2010 and i am a little teary eyed over this
Yeah thats right... Member for 4 years and this is my second post. Whoop.
Yeah, I'm not sure how I feel about this.