new member, confused about ratio proofs
I'm wondering why people blot out so many things in their ratio proof shots? It seems like they would be easy to steal from someone else, seeing that the username is blotted out in most screens. Wouldn't it make more sense to keep the username in there? What harm does it cause to leave it in? I think for me it lends more creedence to see a screen that matches a users FST screen name. And some even blot out the decimals in the amount downloaded and uploaded, wtf?
Or maybe I'm just incredibly naive.
Anyone want to school me?
Steve
Re: new member, confused about ratio proofs
there is speed test too , i think its cool
Re: new member, confused about ratio proofs
A safety issue for the users. A lot of trackers don't want their names shown anywhere, and if a person keep their account name in the screenshot, there's always a chance they could get banned.
Re: new member, confused about ratio proofs
It's really to conceal the identity of the people posting because usually they are traders, or are doing something against site policy.
Stealing ratios can be done, but afaik isn't necessarily a problem. However, it could be done so I always tag mine with smileys, etc.
Although, I don't do it because I break site rules - it's just that you can never be too safe about revealing your account name.
Re: new member, confused about ratio proofs
The only proof for me is a profile link with certain comment. ;)
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sugam
The only proof for me is a profile link with certain comment. ;)
+1
Re: new member, confused about ratio proofs
yea, live profile links would definitely seem to be the way to go. i'm not so sure i caught whatever you insinuated by the wink? me being a n00b and all...
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wink is just a... wink ;)
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haha ok, i just was confused by what you meant exactly in "with certain comment"
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timeisaapear
haha ok, i just was confused by what you meant exactly in "with certain comment"
As everybody can sent link to other profiles you may ask them to comment a torrent, insert soemthing in the profile etc, to proof that the profile belongs to them. Of course you have to own an account in the pointed tracker which can result in a kind of inconvinience...
