What.cd IS NOT for the casual user!!

[IdolEyes787]

And quoting my posts from 4 or more years ago shows what exactly? That I'm a total douchebag? I might be, so what, it's the internet, I don't care what people think of me.

The fact is, everyone can survive on what if they only put a little bit of effort in it.

Granted it lacked the purpose or eloquence of your " cuz ur both retards" but if nothing else it demonstrated that you really having done much growing up in those four years.

Also again I think everyone is missing the fact that the OP said "casual user". I'm sure anyone can "survive"( geez that sounds like a pleasant experience ) on any tracker if they want to put some work into it.
Btw I'm not disagreeing with how What chooses to operates,I'm sure that it wouldn't have the expansive library or be able to maintain it nearly as well if people could simply buffer up their accounts and then hit and run the fuck out of the place.

[heiska]

And quoting my posts from 4 or more years ago shows what exactly? That I'm a total douchebag? I might be, so what, it's the internet, I don't care what people think of me.

The fact is, everyone can survive on what if they only put a little bit of effort in it.

Granted it lacked the purpose or eloquence of your " cuz ur both retards" but if nothing else it demonstrated that you really having done much growing up in those four years.

Also again I think everyone is missing the fact that the OP said "casual user". I'm sure anyone can "survive"( geez that sounds like a pleasant experience ) on any tracker if they want to put some work into it.
Btw I'm not disagreeing with how What chooses to operates,I'm sure that it wouldn't have the expansive library or be able to maintain it nearly as well if people could simply buffer up their accounts and then hit and run the fuck out of the place.

So you're complaining because those running their tracker chooses to require their users to put an effort in order to be able to download free music?

That's pretty self-centered.

[Funkin']

That's pretty self-centered.

Are you a seebox user? If so, then you have absolutely no idea of how it feels to be a home connection user on that site...

Just sayin'

I was lucky and had a friend put me on his seedbox just when What was doing an only FLAC fl a couple years ago. And just like everyone else on that site with a seedbox, I raped the fuck out of those torrents to get me a few hundred gb buffer(and on that site, I don't feel bad for doing it...). But before that, I suffered just like everyone else with a home connection.

What has a fantastic library(and like Idol mentioned, if it wasn't for their strict policy most of that library would probably be unseeded), that's not debatable. But it's also not debatable that for the average casual user, with a home connection, it's incredibly hard to survive there... And if it wasn't for the fact that I got lucky during a lossless fl, I'm sure i would have let my account go inactive long ago.

Just sayin' though.

I have no doubt that some user is going to post after me saying things like "just upload unique content", or "just seed whatever you download forever", or just use "better.php". You know, the usual coming from seedbox users that have TB buffers...

Anyways, this has been discussed to death on their forums. And eventhough I understand why soulreaper made this thread, there was no reason to. It's not like anything is ever going to change over there. Which is a good and a bad thing...

[Quarterquack]

I have no doubt that some user is going to post after me saying things like "just upload unique content", or "just seed whatever you download forever", or just use "better.php". You know, the usual coming from seedbox users that have TB buffers...

I'm a home user and I barely struggle, using these very methods.

[IdolEyes787]

And I'll keep repeating the phrase "causal user" until somebody actually pays attention to it.

[orbittwz]

yeah, What.CD is not for the casual user IMO, every user must make a special effort learning the rules and share files by the rules...
took me enough time (about 4 days) learning everything, but now I'm settled in...

[IdolEyes787]

So you're complaining because those running their tracker chooses to require their users to put an effort in order to be able to download free music?

That's pretty self-centered.

Not any more self-centred than uploading a bunch of shite to total strangers that you don't give a fuck about just so it allows you to steal the next Justin Bieber album when it comes out.Or does the fact that people are inadvertently benefiting by your own desires somehow make you any the less self-centred? Does "putting in the effort " to immediately jump on every popular new torrent and use your seedbox to upload it to the highest possible ratio regardless of how that effects anyone else?
At least I don't choose to further insult people by downloading stuff that I have no personal interest in or pretending that I'm being all magnanimous by being forced to seed stuff.

Also I thought the whole idea behind filesharing was that we shared files regardless of who you are,where you live , how fast your connection happens to be or how much work you choose to put into it . I think to be able to do that without pretensions of of any kind of superiority is what being unselfish is basically all about.

[elbuitre]

its a site for techo hipsters/music nerds and that's why it's good, it would not be as extensive or well seeded if it was easy. plus they will never ban you for ratio, unless you download 10Gb while on ratio watch.

[Quarterquack]

its a site for techo hipsters/music nerds and that's why it's good, it would not be as extensive or well seeded if it was easy. plus they will never ban you for ratio, unless you download 10Gb while on ratio watch.

Bingo!

Stop calling out for the casual user. What.CD isn't a casual site. If you want to torrent music with no hassles, go join a ratio free site, or demonoid or rutracker. Even better use Soulseek or a Grooveshark/Last.fm scraper, or a Spotify account. The casual user does not care about the quality of their music. What.CD is inherently a site for the non-casual nerd. Hence, its membership pales in comparison to other music centric services online with less than 0.05% of the Internet-Connected population even knowing what What.CD is and being there.

[heiska]

So you're complaining because those running their tracker chooses to require their users to put an effort in order to be able to download free music?

That's pretty self-centered.

Not any more self-centred than uploading a bunch of shite to total strangers that you don't give a fuck about just so it allows you to steal the next Justin Bieber album when it comes out.Or does the fact that people are inadvertently benefiting by your own desires somehow make you any the less self-centred? Does "putting in the effort " to immediately jump on every popular new torrent and use your seedbox to upload it to the highest possible ratio regardless of how that effects anyone else?
At least I don't choose to further insult people by downloading stuff that I have no personal interest in or pretending that I'm being all magnanimous by being forced to seed stuff.

Also I thought the whole idea behind filesharing was that we shared files regardless of who you are,where you live , how fast your connection happens to be or how much work you choose to put into it . I think to be able to do that without pretensions of of any kind of superiority is what being unselfish is basically all about.

There are sites and trackers which are suitable for the casual file sharer, and then there is What.cd. Diversification in the bittorrent market is a positive thing. Something for everyone.

@Funkin' nope, I don't use a seedbox, but I also don't think they are altogether that bad for the private tracker scene.