FTN - Why so special?

**anon** · 08-12-2010, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by DarkestShine

As per title, why is FTN portrayed as the god of private torrent sites?

Is it?

Surely it's got to be more than just pre-times and speeds..

You forgot to throw being ratio-free and hard to get in, I think.

**ca_aok** · 08-12-2010, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

Do my best to replicate it though.
>lol
>Rofl
>Hey
> sup nigga
>greetz peeps
>Buddy!!!!!!
>lol LOL LOL

Surprisingly (although there's plenty of that sort of talk in some channels), I definitely have intelligent conversations in IRC more often than I see them here. I also find it ironic that the most intelligent posts here are generally wildly off-topic

**b3owulf** · 08-12-2010, 04:17 PM

It's not special, it's hyped. Only because invites are rare.

@ca_aok This ^^^ post is not offtopic. And I guess that's prolly the most intelligent post that could be posted ONTOPIC. The topic itself isn't too intelligent and inttellectual, and people post intelligent things here since bumping old but interesting threads isn't too good idea. In the end, the irony is kinda logical

**Quarterquack** · 08-12-2010, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by ca_aok

Surprisingly (although there's plenty of that sort of talk in some channels), I definitely have intelligent conversations in IRC more often than I see them here. I also find it ironic that the most intelligent posts here are generally wildly off-topic

Recommend me a channel that has such conversations, and I'll idle there for eternity (well, and converse when I'm at my computer, of course).

Originally Posted by chrisbeebops

Buddy.

(Most people probably won't get this.)

Tyler jokes. Get old.

**chrisbeebops** · 08-12-2010, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by ringhunter

Tyler jokes. Get old.

!timebomb's don't.

**1000possibleclaws** · 08-12-2010, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by ringhunter

Recommend me a channel that has such conversations, and I'll idle there for eternity (well, and converse when I'm at my computer, of course).

Whatcd VIP. But it's too exclusive for you

**ca_aok** · 08-12-2010, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by 1000possibleclaws

Whatcd VIP. But it's too exclusive for you

There's plenty of spam that goes on there too, but in general it's nice

Tracker channels in general, especially those on 0-day sites are particularly bad. That doesn't mean there's never a good conversation there, but there's plenty of spam thrown in as well. I dunno, personally I idle in a few genre-based music channels, there's also a channel with ~15 close friends that's nice for keeping in touch. Some channels on freenode are great for getting tech help with stuff that's poorly documented or overwhelming (I've had great help with general linux inquiries, rutorrent, ZNC, etc). Really it boils down to whether you like the people in the channel more than the actual content.

I can say I've definitely had conversations ranging from politics to religion to coding to drugs to who knows what else though, and I learn something new all the time. Now whether the hundreds of spammed news and nsfw links and 1337speak is a worthwhile tradeoff, that's up to you.

It's also worth noting that pretty much anyone I've been friendly with in the torrenting world has been met via IRC, and I don't think there were any of those so called "1337" trackers that I joined that weren't at least indirectly from someone I knew in IRC. I'm only really a forum poster on a few sites and I'm pretty particular about which forums I post in as well, so I'm not really that visible in that respect. Because of that I always try to return the favour as much as possible.