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Paying to get into trackers?
- Thread starter Manic aka Miss Murder
- Start date
It is wrong on a number of issues:-
What is the justification?
So far 1. the site needs money, 2. the people getting in through payment would be better members.(would not cheat, would not trade etc)
It is rubbish....for 1. if the site needs money then it is the responsibility of the old members power users, elites , staff members and the owner himself to raise the money. Every established tracker usually has a lot of power users and elites.. why they don't come forward. After all a tracker does not need a lot of money if only a few elites would take trouble to donate -they would have no problem. On the other hand I think a noob/new comer should have no obligation or desire to donate something for the site. It is only after spending some time in a community when a member would develop an attachment towards the community...only then he would be able to donate not for some material purpose but out of loyalty and friendship. I even think it is rediculous to advertise for donations to the noobs... it is not their responsiblity but of the old members and elites of the tracker. The best strategy for a tracker is to look towards its old and established members for donations.If the elites of a tracker do not contribute how can you expect the new commers to contribute.
for 2. It is an assumption which I am afraid is not based on logic but on wishes and greed.How many good, old and reliable member of a site came through payment. You can analyse your own site members and decided how many good members came through payment. I think answer would be majority of good members came through invite or open signups. So how one can assume that only through payment method one can get good members. I would say it is doubtful whether or not you would get good members but yes a lot of good customers of stolen stuff can be won through allowing them to enter by paying some dollars.I think one should be sure whether they want customers or members.
What is the justification?
So far 1. the site needs money, 2. the people getting in through payment would be better members.(would not cheat, would not trade etc)
It is rubbish....for 1. if the site needs money then it is the responsibility of the old members power users, elites , staff members and the owner himself to raise the money. Every established tracker usually has a lot of power users and elites.. why they don't come forward. After all a tracker does not need a lot of money if only a few elites would take trouble to donate -they would have no problem. On the other hand I think a noob/new comer should have no obligation or desire to donate something for the site. It is only after spending some time in a community when a member would develop an attachment towards the community...only then he would be able to donate not for some material purpose but out of loyalty and friendship. I even think it is rediculous to advertise for donations to the noobs... it is not their responsiblity but of the old members and elites of the tracker. The best strategy for a tracker is to look towards its old and established members for donations.If the elites of a tracker do not contribute how can you expect the new commers to contribute.
for 2. It is an assumption which I am afraid is not based on logic but on wishes and greed.How many good, old and reliable member of a site came through payment. You can analyse your own site members and decided how many good members came through payment. I think answer would be majority of good members came through invite or open signups. So how one can assume that only through payment method one can get good members. I would say it is doubtful whether or not you would get good members but yes a lot of good customers of stolen stuff can be won through allowing them to enter by paying some dollars.I think one should be sure whether they want customers or members.
floridagrandma
New member
u just wasted a lot of money ermm time i mean :dry:I believe that many would pay to get what they want. And theres also a question about how much it would cost and if it's worth it. If the tracker is that good and the only way to get in unless u spend huge amout of time doing stuRAB u dont like, then hell ye, i would pay around 40$ to get access to F*N & P**** but i would not want to risk those $40 by buying it at ebay or such.
Well i guess i'm not poor and that maybe will make some of u here mad at me. But remember this: time is money, money is time.
I think there is nothing wrong if members get invites by donation but accepting payments from total strangers to get into the site could attract a lot of snitches from CopyRight organizations and could put in risk the current members. Imo, sites which sell membership don't really care about its current members.
On the other hand, donations are never enough, if donations of the month surpass the server costs you can give the surplus to release groups to buy new stuff to be ripped and shared with the community. I can't see anything bad in reward a donation with an invite or upload amount. At the end donators are the ones who keep alive the tracker.
On the other hand, donations are never enough, if donations of the month surpass the server costs you can give the surplus to release groups to buy new stuff to be ripped and shared with the community. I can't see anything bad in reward a donation with an invite or upload amount. At the end donators are the ones who keep alive the tracker.