"Anti-Traders, Community Lovers"

[stoi]

Where is the nipple?

here

https://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/members/nipple-149177/

couldnt resist lol

[Nemrod]

The only legitimate reason I can see for anyone to want a high level tracker is that their friends are on it, in which case they'd get invited anyway. Otherwise there is no real reason to want a high level tracker at all.

A matter of taste I guess.
But to me at least, plenty of reasons have those sites for being so respected and has nothing to do with what you stated. And I don´t mind I want any top ranked tracker because that only, as a matter of fact I´ve declined being invited to some of them because they would be useless for me, but that does not necessarily means are bad, empty or dying dinosaurs.
Nobody, nothing gets so much respect and reputation for long time if it´s not built on very solid bases.

[KFlint]

gaussian curve, impressive

should i move this thread to the math section now?

[Cheeseman1208]

The only legitimate reason I can see for anyone to want a high level tracker is that their friends are on it, in which case they'd get invited anyway. Otherwise there is no real reason to want a high level tracker at all.

You've changed your tune ;-)

Yep. Our little chat showed how arrogant and selfish I am. Thanks for the wake-up call.

@Nemrod
Respect, rarity, and "community" are all the same thing if you look at it. And remember, a tracker can be well-founded and "lower level" at the same time.

@KFlint
FST has a math section??

[Nemrod]

You've changed your tune ;-)

Yep. Our little chat showed how arrogant and selfish I am. Thanks for the wake-up call.

@Nemrod
...a tracker can be well-founded and "lower level" at the same time.

I couldn´t agree more with that.
The only userbar I use is from BitSoup, and it´s not sarcasm nor irony, it´s a fact that BS is one of my 3 most loved trackers.

[danio]

The only legitimate reason I can see for anyone to want a high level tracker is that their friends are on it, in which case they'd get invited anyway. Otherwise there is no real reason to want a high level tracker at all.

Please tell me this isn't the same Cheesedude who published a pic of himself with a keyboard on his head in his requestthread for FTN?

[Cheeseman1208]

The only legitimate reason I can see for anyone to want a high level tracker is that their friends are on it, in which case they'd get invited anyway. Otherwise there is no real reason to want a high level tracker at all.

Please tell me this isn't the same Cheesedude who published a pic of himself with a keyboard on his head in his requestthread for FTN?

Nope, different guy. I heard that was just a pic he snatched off of Google images anyway

Back on topic:
Now that we've identified the issue (rarity, community, etc), how should it be dealt with properly? Obviously we as a whole will not benefit from this mindless rarity chase that has become of the BT scene. How can we get back to our roots, and just share files again? I fear that we have indeed lost our way, and that most people think of bittorrent as one giant game - like Pokemon. Who can collect them all, and more importanty, who can get the biggest and rarest trackers? I feel that this is not what we are about, and unfortunately we keep moving in that direction.

//Me goes back to looking for the FST math section...

[Presto]

People are desperate and have no idea how to join one of your fancy sites. They think you wanna hear something about 'anti-trading' or 'community love', but they don't know that they're wrong. This is the place where you should jump in and tell everyone what is it they should do or shouldn't do. Should they simply forget getting into one of these leet sites or will the good ole 'know the right person' suggestion do the trick?

[Tokeman]

Getting to know the right person is always a guaranteed way to get invited, if said person has invites that is.
I do disagree that having friends on a tracker is the only reason to want a high level site. I have no friends on most of my sites. I'm there to torrent. I use the forums to pass time. They are fun and all, but I don't go to the sites just to use the forums. I do however come here just to use the forums...

For me its about me feeling secure pirating current items. I feel with a small userbase (<3k members) statistically there is less of a chance that there is a peer that actually has the ability to get me in trouble.
JMHO of course.

[Cheeseman1208]

I feel with a small userbase (<3k members) statistically there is less of a chance that there is a peer that actually has the ability to get me in trouble.
JMHO of course.

Does that stop you from using trackers like Waffles or What for music? Or Bitme or HDBits for their various content? Don't you occasionally grab rare movies or TV shows from Demonoid or TPB?

To use the security excuse to me is hypocritical, no offense to Tokeman. Yes, it is safer to upload and snatch the newest releases from these exclusive trackers, but using sites with larger userbases at the same time really invalidates your argument.