Originally Posted by
Vidde @ FTN
I for once think it's immoral to sell gigs or have pay2leech, it's -almost- as bad as selling warez.
Yes, it is for the tracker and doesn't just slip into the pockets of the owners (hopefully), but it's still wrong; you're selling a way for ppl to illegally download what others have spent lots of money making. You're earning cash on somebody else's work, and that's just.. unethical imho. (Yes, a pirate talking about ethics, oh teh paradox).
Anyhow, the reason some sites do this, is because either they want to earn money on a tracker (burn in hell), OR because they're not recieving enuf cash from their members, which I belive is the cause of maybe the site, or the community to not be as good as the owners might think.
I run a site, a Norwegian site, it's the only one of its kind (small country ^^), and we've -never- had any problems at all with donations, we haven't paid a cent from our own pockets, and I don't think we ever will, if they keep it up the way they do. I also see that FTN's donation bar is always on top within the month, which means; FTN has a great community, friendly staff and excellent speeds and content, just what the users need!
I would've donated gladly myself, if my VISA card wasn't attached to an account I can't use :/
I love this site not because of their awsome speeds and great content, but also their great coding, sweet design and really really friendly staffers, as long as members.
You can have great speed and content at other sites, but communities and staffers like this/these, does NOT grow on trees, that's why I belive that FTN will never be in need of selling gigs.
If the site is great, the users -will- donate by themselves, that is at least my understanding <3
Trackers that offer pay4leech, will never ever have a supergreat community, just because they're offering such things to be able to survive.
-Vidde
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