But there is a small protection. See that little box marked 'report to moderator' at the bottom right of each reply…?

But seriously, I would prefer posts to be made in existing topics if applicable, even if they are old topics.

There used to be threads in various places about how to make a request. That seems to have died down and people have settled on one thread.

But if everyone starts a new topic for an existing theme it makes it hard to keep track, especially when someone is asking about something that has been covered elsewhere.

And one of the two brought up a thread that was 2 years old. They must have been really hard up. No Pun. :crazy2:

Having just posted to a forum topic that had not been dealt with in almost a year and then reading the posts in here, I just wanted to make an observation.  Do you know how many forum topics there are that all deal with the same issues?  Take duplicate torrents for example, there are about 25 different topic links going back years that deal with this issue, something I was unaware of when I started a new topic on this. Oh, and by the way it wasn't done for points but to start a conversation on this issue and hopefully get some answers.  To be honest, I didn't even realize a member got points for posting in the forums until I had been participating in the forums for a couple of months and read about it.  Possibly if we all did a search for the issue we want to post too before starting a new topic there wouldn't be so many old links to the same issue that haven't had any activity for so long (guilty as charged) .

As I read thru the old posts regarding duplicate torrents I thought it was a shame they weren't all posted together in one forum topic, instead of spread out into 25 different topic links on the same subject, some of which are years old.  Previous points made in these duplicate forum topics were helpful to me as I read thru them.  Too bad they can't all be joined into one topic so a person doesn't need to search thru all the other forum topics on the same issue to get a complete picture!  Possibly the site could have a policy of only giving points for starting a new topic if it truly is a new topic?

I like to keep up with the forum topics I've participated in and tend to check them out if someone has added to the discussion.  As I've said earlier, I don't much appreciate the members who post an icon in a forum, but I don't jump to the conclusion that they are only after points…. maybe that's their way of saying they agree with what's being posted!  Just one persons thoughts on the issue!  :hmmm:

I don't object to forum postings but I think sometimes these people are so self-centred they don't think about the effect on other users

There is absolutely nothing wrong with posting a few comments. This thread was started because two people were posting literally hundreds of one word or one smiley replies in a very short time solely to get enough points to restore their downloading rights.

Okay wow that's totally understandable to be annoyed then lol i've seen a few of those myself just browsing the forums yikes lmao i'll be on my way then.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with posting a few comments. This thread was started because two people were posting literally hundreds of one word or one smiley replies in a very short time solely to get enough points to restore their downloading rights.

:true: and some are following that way, thinking it's okay

It was fairly obvious what he was doing (and succeeded). I think the 'punishment for a 'first offence' was suitable.

But if he does it again…

There are so many ways to have a good ratio and I don't believe that spamming the forum is one of them 

But it's the fastest one. You can bombed 600 emoji posts in order to exchang for 10GB uploading in just 2 or 3 days  :afr2: :afr2: and the points were added instantly without checking.
I wish all the best things for his keyboard, so it can type another 600 sh!t posts when its owner need ^^.

But check out the Introductions

The worst offender there did get enough points to get his download back but I also see he has been stopped from posting in the forums.

I hope he manages his account better from now so that we never see him in the forums again