why do people invite others?

[puckface]

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

most of them are, also I have gotten rep points for being helpful (believe it or not).. but probably 80% are from giveaways/trades... mostly giveaways (which are evil)

But as I said before, I have no reason to hide that, I believe in full disclosure.

[Time-Traveller]

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

most of them are, also I have gotten rep points for being helpful (believe it or not).. but probably 80% are from giveaways/trades... mostly giveaways (which are evil)

But as I said before, I have no reason to hide that, I believe in full disclosure.

That's a good attitude and your right in what your saying about giveaways I reckon a lot of them just end straight back in the hands of traders anyway.

[puckface]

most of them are, also I have gotten rep points for being helpful (believe it or not).. but probably 80% are from giveaways/trades... mostly giveaways (which are evil)

But as I said before, I have no reason to hide that, I believe in full disclosure.

That's a good attitude and your right in what your saying about giveaways I reckon a lot of them just end straight back in the hands of traders anyway.

haha, the giveaway comment was sort of sarcasm, but thanks

[Funkin']

it was nice reading though i discovered nothing new .

Get used to it. He usually enjoys making topics about subjects we all already know about.

[puckface]

it was nice reading though i discovered nothing new .

Get used to it. He usually enjoys making topics about subjects we all already know about.

or making posts that he can have you banned anywhere he wants.

[PlayeR]

i just wanna point out this sentence

and don't care much about who they invite either. their benefits are rep points

group 2 is not entirely true. some users just do GA. never want something in return and they dont just hand out invites. at least they check the applicants' history, or other members also help and give info abut the invitees. yes, they would invite strangers (hey it's internet, almost everyone is stranger) but at least they trust them and make sure their invitee would use the account.


but if you are here long enough, you would go to group 3..you will stop doing public GA and only give invites in private to whom you like and trust..

[Brenya]

group 2 is not entirely true. some users just do GA. never want something in return and they dont just hand out invites.

Yeah, I think Polarbear exaggerated the risk and downplayed the degree of trust people have for other members who have access to that section.

I think many people give away for delayed compensation, but that isn't anything to deride; because that incentive isn't exclusive and may not even be primary, as someone pointed out on the first page:

I disagree with number 2. Those who do public giveaways are not always looking for rep points or invites to more sites. Many people giveaway in the spirit of sharing.

But for traders that is the exclusive motivation... material compensation (money, other invites, rapidshare premium account...).

And when that isn't even a motivation, people fall into his category three.

So maybe Polarbear needs to split up category two into two categories: one for those whose delayed compensation is primary... and those whose delayed compensation is secondary.

[johall]

why is so much emphasis put on rep points whether it be bad or good i mean that would be the last thing i looked at cause you could potentially have many rep points here for GOOD reasons (idk can you even get them for good posts etc.) and still be the biggest shithead on the planet earth and vice versa so i dont really get why those would be relevant in any way period

and to the one about number 2 with good intentions well honestly good intentions or not you could very well be giving invites to the person that could in time ruin that tracker for everyone else...id much rather your good intentions be put to helping out in other ways like maybe finding ONE true good soul to invite who it really helped instead of 5 fools who may or may not be in need and or a positive factor to the site...your good intentions could be hurting the site as much as helping it

oh and i briefly BRIEFLY read over the thread so sorry if its been said/discussed

[cinephilia]

I invite people when i feel they're sincere and really want to get in a tracker for a valuable reason. Honnestly, i prefer inviting "noobs" and educate them to torrenting (as long as they're interested in the tracker's content) than inviting one of those known users we see on every bt-related forums. Last year, i've invited a guy who knew absolutely nothing about torrenting but he was very interested in a specialized tracker i was member of. So i taught him step by step how to maintain a ratio, how to use and configure his client, how to rip, how to upload, how to reseed etc... well, it took me many time but i can tell you that it was worth it: after a year of membership, he uploaded more than 1TB and downloaded ~800GB ! well, it's his only tracker but he do not own a seedbox and have a regular connection. All that to say that it's this kind of user who makes me happy to invite people who have a real desire to get a tracker for the content, apart from its rarity or design etc...

ps: lol, many members have hidden their bt rep after this thread...

[1000possibleclaws]

i just wanna point out this sentence

and don't care much about who they invite either. their benefits are rep points

group 2 is not entirely true. some users just do GA. never want something in return and they dont just hand out invites. at least they check the applicants' history, or other members also help and give info abut the invitees. yes, they would invite strangers (hey it's internet, almost everyone is stranger) but at least they trust them and make sure their invitee would use the account.


but if you are here long enough, you would go to group 3..you will stop doing public GA and only give invites in private to whom you like and trust..

Yeah, there is also the group that hates having unused invites, and is always looking for people to pass them onto when they get them.