why do people invite others?

[dragoi92]

Collecting

[Magnum]

Collecting

[dragoi92]

Some member here doesnt use account
they just want to collect and i dont know the reasonw why people collect

[Time-Traveller]

You seem like a decent guy and don't take this personally which I'm sure you won't but in a word, no

No way, I don't take offense in any way. It actually proves my point sort of. You have seen my history and the such and thats fine. I get branded as a trader and thats also fine.

But, if you knew who I was on the trackers you would know that I am as good as a member as I can be on all of them, as well as active on all the forums (not just here), these are all trackers, "low level" to "high level". Also, I know for a fact that I have talked to many of you on various IRC channels and we have gotten along swimmingly. Some of us not so much, which may translate to here at times

Basically, the point is that just because of someones history you cant judge them on the type of member they will be.

Good point well made...

[nsk]

2. the public giveaways

Personally I've done a few, nothing special, but basically just to try and give back a little for what I've gained from here, nothing more.

Haven't done one for a while now though as I prefer just to do it in private if someone makes a good enough request.

[Artemis]

You seem like a decent guy and don't take this personally which I'm sure you won't but in a word, no

No way, I don't take offense in any way. It actually proves my point sort of. You have seen my history and the such and thats fine. I get branded as a trader and thats also fine.

But, if you knew who I was on the trackers you would know that I am as good as a member as I can be on all of them, as well as active on all the forums (not just here), these are all trackers, "low level" to "high level". Also, I know for a fact that I have talked to many of you on various IRC channels and we have gotten along swimmingly. Some of us not so much, which may translate to here at times

Basically, the point is that just because of someones history you cant judge them on the type of member they will be.

I do agree with you but there is of course a 'but'. The but is that the only real measure we have of each other in this virtual world is post/irc history and so looking back into someone's history is an important way to understand the user, and even the change in his attitudes over the time he has been part of the community, some start out helpful and friendly and become 'tracker whores' to get what they want then turn into arrogant assholes while others learn the error of their ways and change for the better, so post history is an important part of getting to know someone.
As IdolEyes said there shouldn't be an indelible scarlet letter and there are ex-traders I get on with and have a laugh, in fact I have even seen you around
You can break trading down into the category that trade invites to get the trackers they are after, and then they are happy, it just speeds the process up of getting into trackers.
There are some transgressions though that should not be forgiven, and there are some people that are destructive to the community. There are those who trade time and time again for the hell of it, the stockbrokers of the trading world who use the WTAW thread as currency and have absolutely zero respect or care for the tracker a/c's they are passing around like pokemon cards. These people are not to be trusted, and they are as bad as (and many times are) the same people that scam others or sell invites.
In the end like you puckface I think instead of branding someone with a label they should be taken on an individual case by case basis, but it is a persons history within the bt community which is the one true thing that they can be measured by.

[KushBlow]

Because sharing is caring? I guess. Or because they want to feel superior.

[Adam1990]

I belong to the third group. I enjoy bringing others to the sites that I am priveleged enough to have. I don't see it as much of a risk to me because I only invite people that I am 99.9% sure won't fuck me over. I invite people that either I know, or people that have done well for me if I invited them to a lower level site. I like bringing new people into the torrent world most of all, people that have no idea what WTAW is, etc.

[Time-Traveller]

Wasnt pointing you out at all, but Im sure you knew that.

But a rhetorical question, if you looked at my rep points, would you invite me anywhere?

You seem like a decent guy and don't take this personally which I'm sure you won't but in a word, no

Just re-read this bit a and some of the subsequent posts by others leading off from this and I think maybe some clarification is needed.

I never checked into your post history or your rep point history or anything like that I only answered your rhetorical question based purely on the number of rep points you had and at the time of posting I was under the false impression that rep points here were public giveaway / trader points

[Polarbear]

...I was under the false impression that rep points here were public giveaway / trader points

and that's exactly what they are.