Thank You Hack

Thanks are always appreciated and only takes a little bit of time. If I use it, then I leave thanks and I feel everyone should. It is almost the difference between a contributor and a leecher.

Only other suggestion I would have would be that once you leave thanks that it wouldn't send the NZB to the top of the list like on regular threads. This would aid on determining the age of the nzb and for those who don't have a long retention would help them out.
 
ANother idea that I thoguht of which doesn't actually help with the thanks posts but could help get the amount of nzbs posted is to have a system where you need to post 1 thread in the nzb section for every 15 or so nzbs that you get.
 
Ive discussed a middle ground with rossco for the Thank You hack that may be better perhaps...

Members will not be required to post to grab if
  • The thread already has 10 posts in it.
  • Theyve made 4 posts in the NZB Section in that day.
  • If they have posted 1 NZB in the section in that day.
As for the sorting of threads rossco is going to try and make some sort of hack for the section so that users can select if they want to view by last post or by thread start time.
 
At first when I went to dl a nzb and it went to a reply post, I was a little irritated. But then I realised what was going on and I feel that a Thank You should be required.

Hell yeah, you guys are great for this and deserve all the thanks you can get.

If a little post of gratitude is too much to ask for from someone, then maybe they don't really deserve to get anything. Maybe that's a bit harsh, but when people take time out of their day to post these things for the benefit of people they don't/hardly know, then yeah, give them a little thanks.
 
can we have a system that automatically categorizes all the nzb content into games, movies, music...like in some of the torrent sites seen?

I am not against thank-yous, it's just a bit silly to impose such a hack system just to make the posters feel good. Besides a lot of these posts are either old movies or just crap movies, i've never seen other stuff on there, like porn or good piece of music or a good application...

i think we should have some sort of categorization system in place where every kind of content has its own place.

gets kinda boring to browse the nzb section after seeing the old stuff floating around with stupid thank-you posts...keeps coming back on top...
 
I generally post a wee thank you when I use an nzb. It's only manners.

However I have no objection to a system which requires it. It's a decent idea and offends no-one.

I have seen a wee "thank you" button on torrent sites. One click and it adds your name to a list of appreciative members.

It's all good, anything to help this section of the forum is a great idea.
 
mammlouk said:
My only thing is that I like to check quality and get a good DL before posting in a thread, that way if I have issues I can alert others.
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You can always just use the edit feature on your post later or just make an additional one...
 
JunkBarMan said:
Is there anyway to make it so the newest posted nzb file are at the top and not the newest topics posted in? While I think a thank you should be in order, I don't think we should have to sort through the topics daily.
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Well I had mentioned to rossco that it would be nice if you could choose to view by last post or by thread starter and he mentioned he thought that was alread built which when I looked it is. Just go to the bottom of the page and select to view by Thread Starter and you should be all set...

EDIT: Thread starter appears to be the name of the posters not the time.
I guess a little further look into this may be need then.
 
If you read though this thread were looking into how you can sort by Thread Start Time so members will have the option to see posts by when they were created. As for catagories weve also discussed having something similar to the torrent sites as youve mentioned. Also as for the Thank You part if you read my post above it will be adjusted to try and make a middle ground with it...
 
The requiring of a thank you post for an nzb is crap.

If it must be done, automate the post so it just automatically shows up in one thank-you message that says something like 'The following users have enjoyed this post:' and the list of downloaders.
 
RealitY said:
Well I had mentioned to rossco that it would be nice if you could choose to view by last post or by thread starter and he mentioned he thought that was alread built which when I looked it is. Just go to the bottom of the page and select to view by Thread Starter and you should be all set...

EDIT: Thread starter appears to be the name of the posters not the time.
I guess a little further look into this may be need then.
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Later I can see if I can add another option to those that will sort by thread start time.
Not sure if it should be that by default in the NZB section or not.:unsure:
 
rossco said:
ANother idea that I thoguht of which doesn't actually help with the thanks posts but could help get the amount of nzbs posted is to have a system where you need to post 1 thread in the nzb section for every 15 or so nzbs that you get.
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I'm not so keen on that one. There are plenty of chaps who want others to use their nzbs and just want a wee bit of recognition for it. Why force me to learn how to do it, then hunt them down (when others do it faster and better).

I say let those who want to do it do it. Let the rest of us appreciate their efforts. It's symbiotic.
 
james_bond_rulez said:
can we have a system that automatically categorizes all the nzb content into games, movies, music...like in some of the torrent sites seen?

I am not against thank-yous, it's just a bit silly to impose such a hack system just to make the posters feel good. Besides a lot of these posts are either old movies or just crap movies, i've never seen other stuff on there, like porn or good piece of music or a good application...

i think we should have some sort of categorization system in place where every kind of content has its own place.

gets kinda boring to browse the nzb section after seeing the old stuff floating around with stupid thank-you posts...keeps coming back on top...
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I do agree that it would be nice to be able to browse by category.

I do not agree with you saying that all most of the files are crap. For some people it is exactly what they are looking for.

Also, if you'll remember the NZB post guidlines, there is no porn posting allowed. I completely agree that there are plenty of other places to search for that.
 
I think it's silly to be prompted to say thanks or give comments before actually downloading. How do you know it's good until you've downloaded it? Either way, I'll say thanks. :D
 
JPaul said:
I have seen a wee "thank you" button on torrent sites. One click and it adds your name to a list of appreciative members.

It's all good, anything to help this section of the forum is a great idea.
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Sounds like a very nice idea. I'll take it.
 
RealitY said:
As Ive mentioned rossco is working on something that will allow you to sort the section by "Thread Start Time" instead of "Last Post" which will accomplish what you want. Also rossco will be adding something to remove items older tthan 50 days...
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I like that around 50 days becuase Giganews as I use has up to 57 days retention on multipart binaries. Not syaing that is 100% but I have downloaded files that are 30 and 40 days old and they where as complete as they should.

When it comes to the thank you thingie, I like it, because I'm downloading alot (not just getting NBZ's from here though) and I'm very happy that people are making stuff more accessible. It is not always so easy to remember the work people do to get this done when I'm downloading everything, so it will be kinda reminder for me to show my appreciation for their work.

Keep up the good work guys :D
 
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