Should we ban thoughtless leechers?

[U2Lynne]

These are the users who actually give a d*mn about this thread and keep bumping it as if it were important:

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U2Lynne 11
direwolf-pgh 9
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dementrium 4
Hell Yeah 4
AAR.oner 4
Tubular 4
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jalew 4
rosc2112 3
Inmyheart 3
mooncusser 3
vanalan09 2
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Jetrell69 2
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BaconAerosmith 2
saltman 2
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shopkin 2
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starchild67 1
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KoolKat 1
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[GhostInTheMachine]

Originally Posted by shopkin

either enforce or remove the ratio stats

agree. no post counts / no ratio stats.
make them admin only or something.
they serve no purpose.

[U2Lynne]

Originally Posted by GhostInTheMachine

agree. no post counts / no ratio stats.
make them admin only or something.
they serve no purpose.

You can stop seeing post counts in your User CP > Options

[splumer]

There was a guest on NPR yesterday who had a new book out about how Shamu taught her all this stuff, but it was essentially how it's easier to train animals (including people) by rewarding good behavior, rather than punishing bad behavior. So maybe the answer is to reward those with high ratios. A porn BT site I use has a system set up where not only your ratio, but the amount you've uploaded gives you "forum perks" which allow you to do such things as have an avatar or post in certain forums. Oddly, my ratio there is even better than it is here, but I haven't originated anything...

[U2Lynne]

On Topic boys!!!!!

[U2Lynne]

OK, all off topic posts from this thread are being moved to The Lounge. That goes for any future ones too. And future threads.

[Jetrell69]

Bump

[paddington]

^^^ cheeky monkey

I'm really surprised that so many people are for banning anyone with ratios under 0.50. That seems really extreme to me and, I think, wuold be pretty detremental to any torrent site.

Sure, they deserve to get some flack for it just to be sure they're making an effort, but ridicule is a bit far, imho, and banning outright just for ratio is silly.

[Jetrell69]

Well, maybe putting a hold on their downloading habits until they get to like 0.8.....at least they'd have to work to get it back up their before wasting other peoples time, good efforts, and hard work.

[dasanitoyomi]

Well since joining a few days ago, I've caught unholy hell from the uppity bastards in the lounge. I understand it to a point, but I think most of it is just people thinking they're just having a laugh or something. *shrugs*

I managed to upload 3 gigs yesterday while being firewalled, and will be uploading while sleeping (which I should be doing now) and all day Sunday so....hopefully I get closer to a 1:1 ratio by Monday.

I'm kinda glad there is no ratio enforcement (aside from the assholes) so that gives me time to try to figure out the port forward thing, as I'm not really familiar with torrents.

[U2Lynne]

Originally Posted by dasanitoyomi

I managed to upload 3 gigs yesterday while being firewalled, and will be uploading while sleeping (which I should be doing now) and all day Sunday so....hopefully I get closer to a 1:1 ratio by Monday.

If you need any help with that firewall, please feel free to post in Technobabble. We've helped many people get rid of that FIREWALLED sign.

[Dead_Head_Josh]

I try to make covers and things like that....Comcast has been real strict with my usage. So how do I get around that...I try to leave stuff on all of the time and upload but only a few ever do. It won't let people leech off of me so how do I fix this. THis is why I make covers I know the ratio thing is a big deal. So how do i fix the seeding thing

[U2Lynne]

Originally Posted by Dead_Head_Josh

I try to make covers and things like that....Comcast has been real strict with my usage. So how do I get around that...I try to leave stuff on all of the time and upload but only a few ever do. It won't let people leech off of me so how do I fix this. THis is why I make covers I know the ratio thing is a big deal. So how do i fix the seeding thing

I am one of those that just asks that you contribute in some way - whichever way you can. I don't care. I encourage people to make covers, start vines, do b&ps, just share the show somehow. You will get comments regarding your ratio, but you know that you try, so just ignore the comments.

[jpc3]

Having just joined this happy band, I've been trying to catch up on history. I think that anyone participating in the wealth of music here should share any way they are able. But as has been noted throughout this thread, the more complex the methodology, the more complex the code, the greater the mips and bandwidth - not to mention the time spent monitoring and administering.

Other than someone behind the curtain knocking a true leech off periodically, perhaps an annoying lengthy reminder to wade through each time a low ratio member logs in.

I have to remember to pace myself in seeding new shows, as I have many from years of kindness from all those who ran ftp sites, recording engineers, broadcasters, etc.

But if there is anything I can do to get Lynne to bring the whip out again...

[redrobin62]

I don't know what "ul'ing" means or torrent ratios or even how to upload a torrent. What I do know how to do is remaster these tapes using Sound Forge 9 and the various noise reduction & eq'ing tools in it. I've removed the clicks & pops from the Robert Johnson collection, the hiss from Zeppelin, Heart, and Peter Gabriel bootlegs. I'd like to repost these remastered collections. Wouldn't doing that here in Trader's Den alongside the originals cause some sort of confusion? I imagine it would. I don't like to think of myself as being a thoughtless leecher. As a gift to anyone I'll gladly remaster any concert tape in their collection, as best as I can, for free.