Slowness of Upload Approval
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After reading about the procedures for torrent approval, I will start uploading again. I, like hudsonjohns, would upload and wait, the last time was a music torrent, that took over 12 hours, with still no approval. I thought that I was doing something wrong in the upload procedure. So, in disappointment I would delete the torrents, that I uploaded. I've gone though this several times. I haven't had any problems with the tons of stuff I've uploaded on mininova, and other sites. Seeding would begin in as little as 10 minutes. Now that I know, the the approval procedure takes a little time, I will start to upload again. SOMETIMES IT REALLY DOES PAY TO READ THOUGH THE FORUMS NOW AND THEN. :cool2:
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You also must make sure your actually seeding the torrent, to do this check your profile by clicking on your user name at the top of the page If your not seeding we mods can not see it in our torrent approval page, after a period of time the non-seeding torrent gets deleted.
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First of all, I agree with you, approval can take awful long and when something is wrong you get a disapproval message which don't tell the exact reason.
… And yes, I know I can use "auto-approval" but I shouldn't have to. NO uploader should have to grovel to the host for approval. ...
However the Auto Approval came to me suddenly on it's own, without any need to beg, groval or ask for it >:D. Now I have more responsibility that my uploads conform with the rules ???
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First of all, I agree with you, approval can take awful long and when something is wrong you get a disapproval message which don't tell the exact reason.
The message should include the reason why it was rejected.
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The message should include the reason why it was rejected.That would be nice, but what you get is that:
It has not been possible to approve
We understand that uploading a new torrent is not always easy and appreciate your efforts. The most common reasons for not approving a torrent are because it is a duplicate or because it is a banned file.
If you need assistance, please join us in the chat, or send a message to the help desk.
Thank you for your efforts and for sharing.
moderator name
GT.ru Staff
Upload Guide []Banned Upload](http://community.gaytor.rent/index.php?topic=3592.msg11115#msg11115) Rules url=faq.php]F.A.Q.
and when I asked once a moderator after checking all those links for the resaons I was told it is a system message, which can't be edited by the moderator…
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I delete that crap and put my own message in there explaining why it was rejected.
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9h33m waiting for approval…this is sad
Edit: Passkey in the picture was removed. And asked the user to change his passkey
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You say: 'Uploaders have little to no incentive to support the site other then their desire to help other gay members'
This is exactly right, there is little incentive or appreciation here. I have been a member for only 3 months and have uploaded 250 torrents, but I can't even be given the courtesy of a reply to 3 mods I have messaged this week.
Life eh
David
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We do have several Mods "out" so that may be the reason why you not getting anything back. You can use the Helpdesk you may get a faster response.
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9h33m waiting for approval…this is sad
If you have to wait that long I would suggest what I used to do as a user. Click on staff at the top of the page and find out what Mods are online. PM one of them and ask if they can review your upload for approval. There is no Mod sitting there in the torrrent approval queue waiting for torrents to be uploaded. We all pretty much work the WHOLE tracker so you may need to get our attention every once in a while. BTW thanks for sharing on here. Please don't let one or two bad experiences detract from the great job you are doing as an uploader. You have 10 clean uploads so I have granted you Auto Approval rights. Be looking for my PM on what you need to do. Take care.
Kisses
Brandon
GT.ru StaffYou say: 'Uploaders have little to no incentive to support the site other then their desire to help other gay members'
This is exactly right, there is little incentive or appreciation here. I have been a member for only 3 months and have uploaded 250 torrents, but I can't even be given the courtesy of a reply to 3 mods I have messaged this week.
offtopic: You have AA rights so I can't imagine it was about torrent approval which is what this thread is about.
I'm pretty sure I wasn't one of the Mods you PMed. Even if it takes me a day to respond, I respond to every member who PMs me. If you have not still received the attention you need from your PM please send me a PM and I'll see what I can do to help you out. As an alternative if it is a general question you can post a helpdesk request and all the Mods can see it and respond accordingly. Finally there is almost always a Mod in the chat rooms and they do an awesome job of responding in a timely manner.
Much Love
Brandon
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Thankyou Brandon, another of the helpful, understanding, down-to-earth and compassionate mods on here with genuine concern. People like you keep me here and make my day brighter. Thankyou.
David
UK
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Have been thoroughly supported by several mods in the last few days. Very grateful for all the help and understanding on here.
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I both agree and disagree with the OP. I do think that the process is so slow… The problem I have is I work everyday (teacher), and it takes several hours in order for it to get approved (about 8 average for me so far, but only done it 4 times so far, here and sextorrents) but then I have to wait for 3-4 people to get it. So it takes at least 12 hours or more to be able to shut off my computer.
Since I have a family, I can't leave my computer on uploading porn while I leave (I can't trust a 11 year old to NOT mess with the computer). So essentially I have to wait for a day off to upload something.
HOWEVER I understand why it is the way it is. While I do think 10 is high (when someone's uploaded 5 good videos they are probably okay, but maybe better safe than sorry), I do appreciate the fact that I have yet to download a file here that's a dummy/fake/virus. We also have an extensive library, good seeders, but mostly we have a qualitative library. In which I mean 2GB files instead of LQ. So overall the positives greatly outweigh the negatives. If we had immediate posting we'd all be waiting in the comments for people saying "Real file" or "fake". We'd have lots of random miscategorized files (don't you appreciate being able to search bears and not see a bunch of twinks or vice versa?).
As for it taking a long time for a mod to check something. I'm guessing gaytorrents pays very little (if they do at all) for a full time mod. So I just can't be mad at someone for doing a voluntary job... Especially since this is a free site. C'mon, one video you've downloaded already saved you about $19.95 it would've cost to buy it...
So I'll just keep on uploading on my day offs until I reach 10, and then submit auto approval. And be mad at myself if I make a mistake at #9 or #10 and have to start over xD
Someone said, 'Uploaders have little to no incentive to support the site other then their desire to help other gay members' and I was sort of shocked to see they said that as a negative thing... I don't know, the world out there is so homophobic and nonsupporting sometimes that "help other gay members" seems to me to be more than enough. It took me long enough to start uploading, (I've downloaded 382 GB), but I just saw it as a way to help out people after being helped for so long. I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I get happy when I see people downloading my files, like I've done something nice for a community that's been extra awesome to me.
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After one has uploaded a torrent, it should be seeded. Only then it will appear in our approval list and a moderator will review it.
If it is not seeded, it will fall back into a secondary list. It may be (but not must), that a moderator will send you a message to seed it. As soon as you restart seeding, it will reappear in the first list.
This means after some time (a few hours) of waiting for approval, if one stops and retakes seeding the evening or the next day, it is still there. Only if after 3 days no moderator was seen seeding it and it was not reviewed, it will be deleted.
Of course it is much preferable if the seeding is continuous, it assures that when ever a moderator got free time (we work, too) it is seen as waiting for approval.
If one can predict not being able to seed a torrent in one rush, it is possible to indicate seeding hours (with time zone information, please) and interupt seeding. Every body leecher and staff understand that there are many reasons for not having it's PC runing 24 hours a day and multiple days. It's nearly unavoidable on big torrents, e.g. full DL DVD.
Note that this is not optimum for the original seeders share ratio, because while he's off line, the others will share between each other what they got already. -
I said this in an earlier post but I think it bears repeating….If you need a quick approval try these two things. First, click on the Staff link at the top of this page. If you see a green "light" by a mods name he is probably online and available. PM that mod and ask him to review your torrent for approval. There are so many areas to this site that a mod may be in the forums or reviewing Auto Approved torrents to ensure they are correct. The second thing is to hop in the Chatroom. There is almost almost always a mod in there.
BTW: Mods receive no pay.
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We find several rule breakers, improperly titled torrents, fakes, duplicates, etc during the approval process too. Quality aside, we wouldn't need an approval process if we could rely on everyone to follow the rules.
I'm guessing gaytorrents pays very little (if they do at all) for a full time mod. So I just can't be mad at someone for doing a voluntary job…
Aint that the truth.
We don't get paid at all and don't get any special perks either, all we get is work. We all work here because we love this site, it's just a hobby.We do need more mods from different time zones or who are here at different times than our current torrent approving staff. Not everyone on the staff does approvals, and the ones that do may be away for one reason or another occasionally (school, work, personal matters, vacationing, etc).
This thread is still valid if anyone is interested; http://community.gaytor.rent/index.php?topic=275.0
BTW: Brandon's suggestion of PMing a mod who is working on the site does work ;), I've done it myself when I was a regular user and was surprised at how fast my torrent got approved.
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BTW: Brandon's suggestion of PMing a mod who is working on the site does work Wink, I've done it myself when I was a regular user and was surprised at how fast my torrent got approved. Smiley
Pull more mods into the chatroom please!
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BTW: Brandon's suggestion of PMing a mod who is working on the site does work Wink, I've done it myself when I was a regular user and was surprised at how fast my torrent got approved.I am here far more often than I care to admit to myself ;D and I am always willing to help with a quick torrent approval to make any uploaders life easier !!!
Just a PM away…..
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