Is the invite section dead?

**IdolEyes787** · 04-25-2010, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by ca_aok

Unbeknown to most of them however, most of these trackers and the members of FST actually look down upon and discourage reckless, public giveaways and realize that the rampant giveaway of invites, in fact, does not equate to a better member. Unable to understand quite why they aren't being invited to their favorite sites, they simply give away more invites to try to become an even more "reputable" member, only making themselves look worse.

This. As soon as I see rep points (unless it's 1 or 2) I instantly distrust the person. It either means they've been giving invites away to every idiot who wants them, or they're a trader.

I've got something like 15 rep points but only a couple for actually giving anything away and that was from when I first joined here and assumed( probably like most people new to the site do) "the way forward "was with lot a of rep points.
Since then I've hidden them and actually resorted to actively telling people not to rep me for any reason ( since it truly doesn't represent anything positive) but nonetheless they still seem to accumulate.

Probably get a couple more just for posting this.

**Tv Controls you** · 04-26-2010, 01:33 AM

Everyone here is completely over analyzing everything conducted in the BT invite section.

**IdolEyes787** · 04-26-2010, 02:33 AM

**Artemis** · 04-26-2010, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by ca_aok

As soon as I see rep points (unless it's 1 or 2) I instantly distrust the person. It either means they've been giving invites away to every idiot who wants them, or they're a trader. And since there's really no system in place to link rep points to the action that they were repped for, I'm always skeptical when I see reps with no comments, or simple "thanks", etc. I know several traders do it only via PM and so I worry that this is the case here.

You forgot 'great man'

In general though, the tone of those requesting seems far more insincere. People used to take the time to explain about why they actually wanted the tracker rather than [req]****** hook me up bro . I've also noticed a fair few traders in there trying to drum up free invites to then giveaway for rep points or for trading currency (after buffering ofc).
This general insincerity doesn't really endear me, or particularly motivate me to help them out, and I think I am not alone in feeling that way.

**sear** · 04-26-2010, 01:47 PM

There's still trading but imo in recent years there's been a lot of 'private' trading forums opening which I guess once you've made a trade with someone on one then it wouldn't be hard to get invited to. Just like with non-traders once you've been around a bit it's not hard to find yourself invited to more private places and I would assume that the more private the trading forum the less likely you are to be baited and caught by staffers. That's just my wild speculation but I think it's probably not too far off the mark.

**The_Martinator** · 04-26-2010, 04:28 PM

What about getting into sites via IRC interviews? When I started torrenting there wasn't such an option to join trackers. Now more and more trackers are doing it.

**anon** · 04-26-2010, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by The_Martinator

What about getting into sites via IRC interviews?

Sadly, that's too much work for some.

**ca_aok** · 04-27-2010, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

Since then I've hidden them and actually resorted to actively telling people not to rep me for any reason ( since it truly doesn't represent anything positive) but nonetheless they still seem to accumulate.

Probably get a couple more just for posting this.

Trader

Originally Posted by anon-sbi

Sadly, that's too much work for some.

So is writing more than 5 words in a request it seems