Originally posted by UmmYeahOk@18 February 2003 - 15:09
I guess I have no choice but to keep sharing then. Sharing mp3s is cool cuz its a quick way to boost your level, and you end up seeing a lot of people downloading off of you sharing even more. Being an ex-nonsharer, I understand all the reasons for not doing so, and feel that it is your right to share or not. But I still wish that out of the the hundreds that download off me each day, that one, just one, would share. Its find to be stingey, its your right! But if everyone in the world was, we would never have things like a red cross, or a salvation army.
Heres a sick story: ...one person shared... ...He had a file, well two, I wanted. He had tons, especially tons of my own. I know, cuz I label them weird. I start downloading, then I noticed that he was continuing to download more files off of me. I was all like, yes! this is how it should work. Then he decided to allow one file to be downloaded at a time. Which was fine, I do it too. Plus it made completing one a lot faster. Then he stopped sharing at all. Couldn't check his library, or anything. He wasn't offline, how could he? He was still downloading off of me. Being a 56ker, this always happens I get a file, regardless of what size, needing a MB or two. Trying to resume for months, but never completeing cuz they found out how to stop sharing. That was the one time I actually considered cancleling the creep.
In the past we've had ratio sharing, upload the server an mp3, get one in return. But with a dial-up isp connection, you always got kicked off before you got to download. Without a constant IP, the server didn't recognize you, and you were screwed, only chance you had was to upload again. Because of my history with ratio servers I know forcing people to share is wrong. But from what Ive learn from all the filesharing progs from the past, is that this is the only way the system can work
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