Is it really that hard to take time out to say thanks and maybe rate the torrent

smbsmbsmb123

Thank you button is just below the download button…..try it, it won't bite and it won't numb your finger. It will bring smile to uploaders

yeah, that assumes that you actually watch the stuff you download right away. which i for one almost never do. so no rating from me most of the time. and thanking them for uploading alone seems rather pointless and arbitrary.

cannonmc

As someone who has posted stuff here which never got any thanks, points or comments, I can assure you thanks are appreciated by me.

If I don't watch a download straightaway I don't use the category vote until I've watched it. That way I know from my download list which ones I haven't thanked.

And thanking people for uploading is far from pointless. I have known prolific posters on other sites and on usenet give up because they couldn't see the point of using their time and bandwidth for a, literally, thankless task.

(PS Apart from not getting any thanks my last upload was deleted after some weeks and dozens of snatches )

smbsmbsmb123

i guess i didnt make myself clear enough. what i meant was that i find thanking by default to be a pointless activity. however, if people think differently im sure it only takes a few minutes to code a script that would automatically add anyone who clicks on the link/downloads the file to the thanking list.

cannonmc

No, nothing EVER EVER automatic, please. I have argued against even a 'thanks' button on another site.

Thanking people is NEVER a 'pointless activity'.

If someone goes to the bother of going through the torrent list, clicking on a torrent page, downloading the torrent, is it really asking too much to pause for a second or two to click on a button, not even write something, to say thanks?

What on earth would be the point of an automatic script? The uploader would be even more disheartened to know that the only thanks he was getting was from a piece of code.

At least if I get no reaction to an upload I know no-one liked it or could be bothered

smbsmbsmb123

i really dont get the difference. you ask people to do something they cant be bothered with. but automating that is somehow wrong. so nagging is awesome, but using technology to solve imaginary issues - not so much?

brianboru72

I think the problem with full automation of the process is that it makes the "thanks" so trivial as to be meaningless.

Something is of worth only if there is a bit of effort -even a minimal one- to give it some meaning. At least with how it is now you know that if someone thanks you they meant to take the extra step to show some gratitude.

cannonmc

I think brianboru sums it up nicely

I think, I may be wrong, smbsmbsmb doesn't understand what is being said.

If people can't be bothered, that's one point. Automating the thing that people can't be bothered with sounds silly.

I am not nagging, I don't want automation. If you don't want to say thank you, that is your choice but please don't expect the site to automatically do the job you should do out of courtesy.

It's just I was brought up to say thank you if someone did something for me, whether it was to open a door or post a torrent

kaeyresky

haha, on that note maybe thanks are more in order for the people who made the content that has been stolen in the first place, but no one thanks them either ;D. I know thats a bit of a dickhead point to make, I do really hope we can all be kinder to each other : )

kalayaan

Don't make "Thank you" button a rare usage….. That "click" would be really appreciated by the uploaders

cannonmc

thanks are more in order for the people who made the content

You make a good point. I say thank you to the original poster if I have copied it from somewhere else.

smbsmbsmb123

@cannonmc:

I think, I may be wrong, smbsmbsmb doesn't understand what is being said.

i understand very well, thank you. youre not listening to me, though. you are not saying people actually giving a shit would be nice, you actively nag them into doing something that they obviously dont and wont care about. which makes the whole thing an exercise in futility. you cant nag people into caring, two millennia of catholic church is the perfect proof for that.

smbsmbsmb123

@cannonmc:

You make a good point. I say thank you to the original poster if I have copied it from somewhere else.

that wasnt the point he was making. he was talking about the people who actually created the content youre consuming. uploading/copying/repackaging does not fit that category.

cannonmc

Unlike some people I knew exactly the point he was making. I knew the point I was making.

And no, I'm not listening to you because you are dealing with a different subject

Now pack it in, I'm off to sit in the sun

Bluesurfer

@smbsmbsmb123:

@kalayaan:

Thank you button is just below the download button…..try it, it won't bite and it won't numb your finger. It will bring smile to uploaders

yeah, that assumes that you actually watch the stuff you download right away. which i for one almost never do. so no rating from me most of the time. and thanking them for uploading alone seems rather pointless and arbitrary.

In your profile their is a list of all torrents you have downloaded and once you do view the torrent it is SO EASY to go to your list, click on the link and say thanks. Personally I don't care if people give me seed points for my torrents as I receive them I give them away to members torrents I have downloaded, viwed and think it deserves some seed points to encourage them to continue posting good torrents. And by the way, by giving a thank you it is easy to check if this is a torrent you have already downloaded just in case you cannot remember all the torrents you have downloaded already. Just a thought…. :thankyou:

Bluesurfer

@smbsmbsmb123:

@kalayaan:

Thank you button is just below the download button…..try it, it won't bite and it won't numb your finger. It will bring smile to uploaders

yeah, that assumes that you actually watch the stuff you download right away. which i for one almost never do. so no rating from me most of the time. and thanking them for uploading alone seems rather pointless and arbitrary.

Even if you haven't watched the download it's nice when members are thanking us for uploading the torrent and encourages us to continue uploading more even without the seed points and I would disagree that it is pointless and arbitrary to say thanks. Just a thought! ;D

cannonmc

Bluesurfer, you hit the point exactly

wrestling82

I rate all but only thank those I truly appreciate…and forget that sometimes. I prefer ratings over thanks on mine.

unpleased

@cannonmc:

Couldn't agree more

Could I give you a thumbs up and add to your reputation

Reputation later - I'm over my limit apparently for now

Uhmmm maybe this is off topic (or maybe not).
How does reputation work ?

cannonmc

Reputation doesn't 'work' - it does nothing, gives no privileges. But sometimes it is nice to make a comment. You can view your reputation comments in your forum profile.

aadam101

The reason people don't say thanks or rate torrents is because the button are in inconvenient locations. If they were in a different spot you would see a lot more people use them.