Vanishing torrents ...
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In relation to another thread regarding star ratings being used by users to rate a torrent not following guidelines instead of reporting it because uploader missed out on providing a screenshot.
Are users missing out on them to circumvent what is being discussed in this thread? Is this effective? I have also noticed that these torrents have generic names or a descriptive title and later on would have screenshots uploaded.
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@krad3434 Can the digital fingerprint be removed by re-encoding the videos?
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@dilemmax said in Vanishing torrents ...:
Can the digital fingerprint be removed by re-encoding the videos?
This is forbidden ...
removing invisible watermarks in media files are prohibited ...As per part of Site/General Rules:
SEE: https://www.gaytor.rent/rules.php#73 [paragraph/08] -
@john32123666 sorry, I wasn't asking for instruction. I'm only asking because I see a lot of re-encoded videos being shared and it's frustrating because some people over-inflate the quality to increase the size to improve their ratio.
I didn't even know it was possible until you mentioned the rules.
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It's a sad day when you realised you need new OF videos to have a good time in bed lol
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Yup, I've had lots of my torrents removed, one contained my favourite Luiggi from O4M scenes, another had Olaf's (one of the most difficult to find O4M models) videos, another a selection of Coroaroludo21cm JustForFans videos.
I even tried to make a "covert" torrent where I changed all the filenames to generic titles, and alluded to the cover-up in the torrent description, and within a few hours it was gone
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@dilemmax said in Vanishing torrents ...:
@john32123666 sorry, I wasn't asking for instruction. I'm only asking because I see a lot of re-encoded videos being shared and it's frustrating because some people over-inflate the quality to increase the size to improve their ratio.
I didn't even know it was possible until you mentioned the rules.
I don't think most people do it for their ratio.
From my experience, most people do it because they think it makes the video better.
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@dilemmax That I have no idea of there are likely ways. I doubt most people posting OF dumps are doing that considering some people just post 3 singular images that aren't screencaps for like 40 gigs of videos.
OF doesn't add those automatically, RFC does and their videos aren't removed as fast as some recent fansite posts.
I'm not even sure it's the issue at all.
Digital prints are mainly for finding who uploaded them, not just general removal.
Additionally the file would need to be actually downloaded to use the finger print and the action would be banning that persons account.The re-encoded videos I like are the ones that generally keep the quality and reduce the size. The ai enhanced upscaling is very hit or miss for retro videos but always cool to see for videos that don't have much bigger than like 480x480 around lol.
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Digital prints are mainly for finding who uploaded them, not just general removal.
Additionally the file would need to be actually downloaded to use the finger print and the action would be banning that persons account.well explained ...
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Each sites uses a unique id/tools when you join a membership ...
Once you downloaded their content each file is automatically marked w/ your user id ...
Once they find out any suspicious activities you will be block immediately and a letter of damages will followed ... -
Sadly still happening. There was one I wanted but it was like over 100 gigs because people just do full rips with little screenshots. I was going to download today but refreshed the tab and poof. It lasted a full day at least.
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R Rotron referenced this topic on
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@Rotron said in Vanishing torrents ...:
So for the meantime, I'm taking a vacation from sharing in the GayTor and and also hopefully this gets rid of that 1-star troller.
LOL! This comment right made me spew Diet Sprite all over the place. There are times when I log in and I see 1-stars down the board. I would say mostly, this individual despises collections of any sort. I could be OF, CB, or even collections of a specific porn star.
To have that kind of behavior is just odd. Really odd. I guess I don't get the subject of self-satisfaction in this case, but I guess it works for them if they have a shitty life or whatever. So, I'll play the role of the "good samaritan" and rate them.
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ETA: Of course, IF there was no reasoning for it.
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@djsoapbubble Yah. I really should just ignore it but I'd say WTF! I put effort in each torrent. Screen capture the video, put in the proper descriptions scrub through the video to save some screenshots, create the torrent and upload it. Those take time and then I will get a one star right away even though there aren't people who snatched the torrent yet. It's infuriating.
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@Rotron Yep that moron has been doing the 1 star rating for the past 5 years i have been here. At least we keep him busy in here in stead of him being outside his parents basement making serious trouble
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@dc2009 Hahaha I got a good laugh at that. Thank you.
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@dc2009 @Rotron Oh, wow. This has been going on for 5 years?
Well, I will continue to play the role of "Good Samaritan". As I can only speak for myself, the process can be a strenuous task to get everything together (I blame my research experience for this horrific trait), lol!
Going back to the topic, the vanishing torrents are becoming really bad. As aforementioned, getting everything together in order to upload can be very time-consuming. I hardly know anything about "spyder-wares" or whoever it's called, but to receive a notification is a bummer because as I said, it's time-consuming!
OR, if members don't get one of these notifications, then they'll receive a 1-star rating courtesy of the troll whose gracious gift keeps on giving, lol! I guess in this case, perhaps we're in a Catch-22 situation. I wish things would improve, but if this has been going on for 5 years, it doesn't seem possible. But like I said, I hardly know how these things work out.
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I don't know about 5 years but here are my observation if it's helpful. something like this happened exactly a year ago and if followed similar pattern. somewhere in early September of 2021 there was a similar wave of torrent takedowns. In fact it was kind of worse, looked like a full on purge of fans content. it gained traction through autumn and people then noticed it too, you can probably find that thread. Just like now it got really bad through November, when torrents sometimes disappeared minutes after getting uploaded. The dialogue on the forum was similar to this one, some newer members were confused, prophesized the end of the world to the site, theories about bots sweeping this place, also dominant theory was that it was an actual person, no one was actually sending those DMCAs, but it was a specific mod tasked in controlling the situation. some user even theorized that he was an American living on a west coast based on the patterns and timings of deletions. An interesting development happened on American thanksgiving weekend, the crazy takedown wave suddenly stopped as if it never was. People in the thread theorized that the mod was having a thanksgiving holiday and will return after the weekend but nothing happened. I remember being quite happy after seeing the first torrents of December 2021, OF content and rips were posted as usual, and weren't taken down the very next day, the fan sites category wasn't targeted anymore. For some time I thought that it was too good to be true but no for a year everything was back to normal, from December all the way to September 2022. I started posting again after hiatus carefully categorized content, with description and everything. When the similar wave started now I was hoping there would be a similar pattern and it will all end in the end of November, my prediction almost came true when after this thanksgiving weekend the takedowns stopped and lots of OF content was posted in the last three days. But nope, this Monday the strict takedowns resumed. The last time everything turned nice again in the first day of December, if the situation will continue like this then I don't know. If this will be a new status quo of the site that would be a bummer, because after uploading terabytes of stuff I guess I will take a more passive role. This is all I remember about last years wave and my observations. There were of course always some studios that weren't allowed here, but nothing like this. Hope this is not permanent and December would be calmer.
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@djsoapbubble Thank you for being a Good Samaritan. I also do it for torrents I see or download that there really is no reason to have 1 star.
At the moment in my case, I still have not gone back to mainstream uploading of individual episodes or new titles but I still upload the completed set of titles I have already started here a few days after they have ended. But of course this does no good for the community here and people will leave if they don't see a steady stream of individual titles they are interested in and would prefer to go to a better venue. This is counter productive to what I am aiming for.
I have not given up though and am still waiting for better days.
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@forthepaul @rotron Yeah, I think maybe what I'll do is just lay back a while. I mean, my ratio is more than fine, and when I post things, I don't give a poot about my ratio, lol! I really don't. That is not why I share so openly. I do it out of kindness, even though what I'm doing is illegal. I don't have to if I don't want to.
I have a friend of mine who posted a lot of torrents this past weekend, and he didn't receive any notifications at all about copyright infringement. What is today? Wednesday? It was really bad yesterday. I vaguely remember Monday, lol!
Going back to @forthepaul's post, that's interesting. Since I vaguely remember Monday, I don't think I experienced my torrents being taken down. Then again, I don't really post "Only Fans" content. Sweetie, if that camera ain't movin' and doing zoom-ins and zoom-outs, I am not interested. Unless it's Boomer Banks, in which case I draw the line. Hey, Boomer! I wuv U! Call me.
Where was I? Oh, yeah. The missing torrents and the 1-star rating ogre. I think I'll take a brief vay-kay and lay low. Now I see why one member bitched about how there's nothing new and current. Instead (and this is how he coined or phrased it), everything is pre-COVID. Sheesh. That was harsh.
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