People Who Cahnge File Names Are Bad

[crashnburn]

Initially I was going to oppose the guys who made this thread.

I download stuff and hate the way the files are named. mp3s not properly named, tagged or anything.

Documents and Apps not consistently named and dont contain the relevant information I need to decide whether or not to download.

I usually open a file check out its contents and give it a very appropiate name. I do follow a certain CLEAR naming methodology.

YES: I also downloade that bloody "Matrix Reloaded" 600+ Megs. Turned out to be some stuff I dont remember, and deleted it.

What we need is a consistent naming convention or a few different templates.

Can we not start an RFC or something of the sort ? I dont know if the W3C would be willing to host it for us. Is there one ?

Naming conventions for different types of files.

PS: When you are sharing your files it is like an "anonymous" personal collection for your "anonymous" unknown friends. Organize and name clearly.

[claudio22]

Originally posted by gLoXz 175@31 March 2003 - 01:11
damn all the poeople who do this should be kicked off of kazaa and all other P2P progs

I would suggest to implement a rating for users so at least we could know who is reliable o who isn't

[clocker]

Crashnburn...I'm not sure about your idea about conventions/templates, after all what may be convenient or useful to you may not be for me. Anyway, I think that the point of this thread is fake files, not charmingly mislabeled ones. The folks ( who ARE they?) who intentionally mislabel a file aren't going to adhere to any conventions anyway.
Claudio22... a rating system is easily doable, EBay has one and it's not terribly cumbersome. However, there is money involved there so the stakes are a lot higher. We are only risking a little time and with some of the wonderful tools available thru K-Lite even that can be conserved.
SuperKilla...WTF?

[oliverR]

i think i have a reason for people who do it, and they are stupid people... you get participation points for people d/ling ur files right, so people get some old file they dont care about and change the names to a popular file everyone wants (say whinnie the poo movie, changed to the matrix reloaded ) even tho idiots like this could just get a cheated verison or a trick what bothers no one else!! they decide stupidly to do this!

[crashnburn]

hehe.. how dumb.

WHy dont they get K-Lite and stick with the 1000-MASTER-SupremeBeing participation Level?

I seriously believe that participation does not come from your LEVEL.

It comes from your heart. Treat people who are downloading from you they way you want to be treated when downloading.

PS: It has to be a self-less community. Points system will again skew it and people will TRY harder to get around ways to get points. Just Do It. HELP PEOPLE!