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Oink was a very good music tracker. Some may call it over-moderated, but that's just the thing though - when you've downloaded something from Oink, you'd know it was a properly encoded release, otherwise it would've been deleted by staff.

On the downside, it's hardly a secret that some of the staffers at Oink were arseholes. All that cute animal avatar thing and total disrespect for the privacy of other trackers really tainted what would otherwise be an optimal resource for music on the web.

By the way, does anyone follow the news and know what's going on with OiNK himself nowadays?
 
xJohnxSmithx said:
No it was not just a torrent site and your attitude sucks towards one of the sites that has brought us to where we are today. It was all we had in the day. Nothing compared to it. Maybe you and skiz had issues with oink but thats no way to show your appreciation for the peeps that are still fighting for their lives.
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Fighting for their lives? WTF!! Is that not torrenting we are talking about?
 
Hey I am not disagreeing with the op, sure it was the best music site ever, including what and waffle put together. Even the best tracker demonoid was closed for few months due mpaa and riaa. Many other good trackers were also closed. Bad things for p2p.
But it happened a long time ago. We got new trackers so we dont have any problems. Worst thing happened to the administrator. He has the sympathy of the whole p2p world. We should feel sorry for him rather than for his tracker.
 
Bad-Day said:
Knowadays, there are thousands off trackers, no one, gets that feeling anymore, about any off them.... the only one, i have seen lately, whit a userbase, so similiar ( lack off better word ) is Filelist.

Respect -Vip-
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How is the userbase of filelist like Oink? Not really getting the comparison. Im not a member of the place but a few friends who are there tell me its kind of small and quiet. Not the same as it used to be a long time ago.
 
To the OP, pay no attention to the negativity from certain members here. If you check their post history you'll see that a lot of them make antagonistic posts to stir the crap and then sit back and laugh at those who react to it.

Those who were never a member YET think they can form opinions on it because they are on What and/or Waffles now, are ridiculous to say the least. If you weren't a member you really can't form an opinion on whether it was good or not or what the site was like (no matter how important you "THINK" you're opinion is).
 
Thanks for the references.

Whether you liked him or not, the man now faces charges for bringing us lot music for free. Let's hope he'll weather the storm.
 
Oink
What a great site that was. I had a nostalgic moment and i thought i'd share it. In a couple of days it will have been closed for 3 years. Ya mofos it's been that long. It had 180,000 members and 200,000 torrents when it was taken down.Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails frontman and music producer was a member RAB. I gotta give props to .cd and .fm, they have done fine work filling the void.
cheers

edit: my bad it has been 2 years
 
All good points except the people with dupe accounts hiding and whining,pointing fingers at others, spamming. That is out of control.



sheriff 01 said:
This is a forum for discussion and in a discussion many things can transpire whether it be for the good or not. I feel sad for you in your recent opinion of fst and wish you all the best at finding a happier place to be at. Maybe these types of forums are not for you anymore and it is best to leave.:yup:
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When one falls others takes it place and hopefully learn from the mistakes of it predecessor. If that wasn't the case we would all still be using bb, or trading floppies at parties (I know that sounds perverted but remember it none the less). Only old school filesharing I still use is usenet which has become fashion again. We progress get a little smarter and try to stay ahead. These remembrances are nice but the site that once was is best left where they are: in the past. I was an active member in oink but found its replacements just as nice. I'm just a pirate and as long as I get my music I'm just as happy. Where is all the rememberanances for napster, original winmx, kazaa before the crap it is today, bb that started it all, dcc, ftp dumps. What about the general disrespect for soul seek and edonkey. It all had its place in history and the evolution. Oink wasn't the first and won't be the last. Move with the time and enjoy it. Files will always be there to be had but to long after a dead site is pathetic. Forget it and move on. BTW I'll still be using usenet and soulseek while you youngster find the next best thing. And yes, I am sympathetic to the originators of oink and hope them the best as I do all site owners that risk their neck to get us the files we want. The rest that just rely on the work (and I don't mean artistically) of other sites to provide fodder for their own in hopes of increased donates can disappear as quickly as their secret sites appear
 
I never got to enjoy the site itself but I hope anyone facing a victimless crime is not prosecuted harshly to scare others. Hopefully they mess up the evidence like TPB :P. I hope the guy does walk out OK. The anti P2P companies/lawyers are trying to make a Rep and a dollar for themselves.
 
pro267 said:
Oink was a very good music tracker. Some may call it over-moderated, but that's just the thing though - when you've downloaded something from Oink, you'd know it was a properly encoded release, otherwise it would've been deleted by staff.

On the downside, it's hardly a secret that some of the staffers at Oink were arseholes. All that cute animal avatar thing and total disrespect for the privacy of other trackers really tainted what would otherwise be an optimal resource for music on the web.

By the way, does anyone follow the news and know what's going on with OiNK himself nowadays?
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http://oink.cd/
here you go says it plain and clear
 
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