This is very sad indeed. You are going to make things worse for FST members. You speak as if u represent everyone. You very much don't. Although i do feel sorry for the users that were banned, they own the site and can do as they like. If u owned a tracker, and paid the bills every month, u would want to be able to run it how u wanted.
If sites start to think this is how FST members act, ur going to kill its well earned reputation for helping private trackers. They filter many big sites names, out of kindness, cos they really dont need to. but things like this will get noticed by other trackers, and instead of FST being seen as the site that helps, its members will be targeted as bad torrent users who go against sites rules by trading their invites/accounts, and openly shout the sites url/name.
This could, at worst, mean that sites could start banning users simply because they are a member here at FST. not only because they were caught trading, which they have a right to do, after all its their site, their invites, and their rules. but just for being members, because this thread will get shown about and talked about in the private tracker communities, and it will get frowned upon. i use the same name here as i do in these communities. i dont offer invites to places that dont want me too. i dont need to use a different user name like other members who do trade invites to sites that dont allow it. so i dont need to worry about being banned. now some sites may start banning me just because im a member of FST, the site that openly trades invites/accounts and write urls, whose members they dont want on their sites.
This thread should be removed. not for f***, but to continue showing that FST has good members, who seed well, dont cheat, and are a valuable asset to their communities. to keep standards, and keep FST's reputation intact.
You speak for the FST staff do you? i respect ur right to trade invites here, that is the point in the invite section. but ur bringing down the name of filesharingtalk, and now ur giving the impression that ur speaking for everyone here. ur not. i know ur annoyed with f***, but dont bring down this site just because of that. it will just bring more trouble, and u will be targeted by even more sites now. dont start a war, or if u want to start one, dont take the other members here into it. vent ur frustration on some other forum, because the FST i know and love, and visit frequently, would delete this post, and any others like it.
sorry to have gone on and on, but i try to keep FST's reputation intact, and feel as though i've contributed alot here to helping with that reputation. i report posts on a daily basis to be edited to have sites full names/urls removed. not to have the thread deleted, just edited. i've been supportive of reality, and his efforts to work with private torrent communities, with TPG. this just kills all those efforts, and sends out the wrong signal.
Yes - power in numbers. Reminds me of the KKK (once again - an absurd comparison), and other types of bullies.
"She must be a witch - let's burn her!"
Everyone, go to your barns, gather the pitchforks, shotguns, nosses, whatever. We is gonna have ourselves an old fashioned hanging!
These types of people too were "defending their rights".
"offered alot to their community and they banned us for our efforts".
Clearly, you once again don't seem to understand the issues at stake.
I want to make this point clear - JUST BECAUSE YOU HACE a 1.00+ RATIO DOES NOT MAKE YOU PERFECT!!!!
The fact is that any jerk can have access to fast speeds via their ISP or a seedbox. This site is not about trying to be the fastest or the best. So just because you have this, it does not make you "the perfect user". There are plenty of people out there who have ultra-crappy speeds, and fight long and hard to maintain their ratios, but are still good people because they respect the philosophy of the site.
Not everyone is obsessed with speeds!
I have no clue about this agreement you speak of, and as an ordinary user, I really don't care. All I know is that you are acting childish. Stop trying to find excuses to justify your childish behaviour.
I agree that the ultimatum was kind of silly but I thought the original post was kind of funny because I knew FTWR would blow it out of proportion and start screaming about respect when they themselves started the whole thing, when it actually doesn't hurt FTWR very much except for their egos.
For the record I always abide by the rules and I have only traded invites on sites that allow it even though I find the whole invite-trading-ban rules a little silly since a tracker rely on invite trading to grow, not by goodwill of people giving invites for free simply because people only rarely give invites for free, not enough to establish a user base. And when they are given out it is to people with nothing better to do with their time than hanging out in filesharing communities all day, establishing a reputation. Sites should focus on getting good sharers as members rather than people who hang out in an irc room in hope of getting an invite. And that's where invite-trading comes into the picture.
Invite-trading only becomes a "problem" when user base has already been established. Certainly not enough of a problem to delete invite-trees. That is just someone going on a power-trip.
And I never have or ever will have an account at rabbit because there certainly are more interesting options available.
Well said!
Here are a few quotes that help express where I am coming from...
"The Ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
- Martin Luther King Jr
"Life consists of problems, living is solving those problems. You should live life to its fullest and never look back on the past". - Unknown
"People don't ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one good soul-satisfying emotion than a dozen facts." - Robert Keith Leavitt
"Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian" - Dennis Wholey
Can you please clarify to me how being banned has affected your life?
Are you now unable to download the digital files of your choice?
Did this ban somehow stop your computer from working?
Dude - it is not the end of the world!
This is one tracker out of who knows how many.
Let it go - move on!
The realty is that the affects of this ban are purely emotional.
You are angry, and you are lashing out.
I recommend that you hunt down some good pron, and try to release some stress!![]()
this shit is hilarious and sad at the same time
I love a good e-drama!
Sounds like you are a bunch of pussies to me. Just use the FST account you originally created, or are you all too afraid to accept the consequences of your actions? Definately know who one of you are through your typing style. Every Word In A Sentance With A Capital Letter.
LoL Grow up you bloody kids!
Thanks anyway this thread provided much amusement.
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