What is it with 'exclusive' torrents?

[IdolEyes787]

Nice post dvdasacd, something for everyone to think about.

[Vinceftw]

care to link me to that funny post ca_aok?
If someone uploads something from me I am totally fine with not getting any credit as long as he doesnt say he did it. I also try to stay away from anything exclusive, if its not too interesting, which very rarely is the case. When a release from ths for instance hits a public tracker, I can understand, that its annoying bc it just draws too much attention.
e: thx for the link, wont go through 13 pages to find that hilarious post though, I remember I took a look at that thread before ofc.. and I am one of the guys with < 50 KB/s upspeed..

[optimist]

Yes I agree.

Ideally, the motivation behind ripping should be sharing.

But often its not really. It's an ego trip, so uploaders dislike it when their rips are shared offsite and they dont get the recognition.

Sites pander to these ego trips when they mark rips as exclusive because it keeps the uploaders happy so they get more content.

Personally, the thanks I get when I upload to a site mean a lot. But I get as much satisfaction in knowing that my rips will spread beyond the site and bring pleasure to many other people too who have never heard of my screename.

After all, the people at the site I upload to arent any less anonymous than any other people who eventually get the file at other sites.