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Are the right people aware that trying to include an image in a torrent upload is generating an error again? At the time of posting this, the last new torrent upload showing was three hours ago.
This appears to be the same issue as a couple of days ago.
@vaylon I'm sure you'll get advocates for all of the major clients, and likely a few few for the less well known ones, but for me, it's qBittorrent. I love the "tag" facility, which is clear, simple to use, and helps me keep things organised.
I used uTorrent for a long time, but wouldn't willingly go back.
Old site or new site? In lists or on a torrent's description page? If lists, which viewing mode or is it all of them? Pictures which were previously permanently displayed or only revealed on hover?
A more detailed description of precisely what the issue, ideally accompanied by a screenshot or two, will more likely result in being able to offer advice on how to overcome it.
Personally, I have nothing but praise and thanks. 
I've dabbled a little in website design. That was hard enough when there was no baggage and no-one trying to use things before I'd finished designing and implementing them. What it was like to do so here on a live site with a long history would likely make me want to run away and hide!
Sure, there are one or two minor things that I personally don't like. But I bet there are other members who like it immensely while hating what I feel is brilliant. The words "eggs" and "omelettes" spring to mind, along with the phrase "Rome wasn't built in a day". I'm sure there are more minor tweaks to come.
Can I make a plea to those members who don't like things? Don't just say "I don't like it" or "It's rubbish." WHY don't you like it? WHAT is rubbish? It's fairly hard to address things if you don't know what those things are, so give specific reasons and examples.
In the meantime, @joker, my sincere thanks and admiration for what you've achieved!
@DeepSeaTide Interestingly, Albo hasn't been online since a day after his post here, so I'll try to answer for him. If I've read that wrong and I'm stepping on toes, apologies in advance.
First thing: Yes, a VPN is kinda essential as it hides who you are so protects you against legal action by copyright holders.
[Side note: If you don't yet currently have a VPN but plan to, try to find a provider that offers "port forwarding". It's not an absolute requirement to torrent, and few VPNs offer it, but it's a good feature to have. I won't go into why here, so I don't overload you with information!]
How are you currently downloading your torrents? Whichever app you use is often referred to as your 'client'. qBittorrent is one popular client, but there are others such as uTorrent and Transmission. Which is best for you depends a lot on your device, your operating system, and things like that. Personally I do prefer qBittorrent over other apps.
Whichever client you are using to download ("leech") should just as readily upload ("seed"). Once you have fully downloaded a torrent you cease to be a "leecher" and become a "seeder", for as long as you keep the torrent running and you have all of those files available, with their names and file types, etc., unaltered.
At this point, you get to two different seeding states: Availability and actual seeding. You get a small amount of bonus points here just for having them available should anyone want them. You get direct credit for the volume you actually "seed" (upload).
So to maximise what you upload, others need to want download it. A good way to ensure this is to grab new torrents, or newly freeleeched torrents. The advantage of the latter is that whatever you download doesn't count against your ratio. Once you've got them you can seed for as long as you like, but if your storage space is limited it's best to delete them once no-one else is downloading them from you, and replace them with newer torrents there's a demand for.
I may be explaining things you already understand, so I'll stop there. If anything is still unclear, or there's something you think I've missed, feel free to ask.
@jokuihmemies I'm guessing he's referring to the fact that one particular member has a hangup about Asian BL shows, and consistently rated them one star whenever they appeared. Often, before they'd even been downloaded once. This led to at least one member I know of deciding not to bother uploading them any more, and may have affected others similarly. Although, it made me want to upload MORE, just to give him the finger.
There's a new "Report this" button specifically for ratings, so hopefully that antisocial behaviour will be a thing of the past.
@arrgh30 Unfortunately, most of the BL stuff I uploaded here came from "another-gay-torrent-site-that-probably-shouldn't-be-named-here" that was taken down recently, so my main source of new material has gone. Daily Motion is my only source now (oh, and maybe YouTube) and what's there doesn't tend to be that good quality, and most have only hard coded English subtitles.
It's a type of TV or film drama standing for "Boys' Love". It's a term most often associated with Asian output, especially Korean and Japanese.
It's a story where two male characters (usually the main characters) fall in love. There are a lot of standard tropes. which most follow. They're actually shows that have a high female teen following in those countries. They seem to have a fascination with the idea of two handsome guys falling in love! Many TV and movie stars in those countries get their 'big break' through starring in a main or major role in one of these types of drama.
There's rarely any actual guy-on-guy action, at least in those I've seen so far, though some people have told me otherwise, especially in some Thai stuff apparently. They're mainly about the lead-up to becoming a couple, with some holding hands and a kiss or two as the highlight.
If you want to see a sample, and also want a laugh, I recommend "I Became the Main Role of a BL Drama", which is in many ways a parody of such shows, incorporating nearly every trope that's out there. It's extremely funny. At least I found it so.
@ianfontinell Pretty sure he meant kicking someone in the balls is seen more as an exciting offer than a threat, in some circles!
@kail1029 That sounds great. Some thoughts, meant | offered constructively!
Do check as much as you can for obvious duplicates before uploading a torrent. They'll just get zapped, usually pretty quickly, meaning your efforts in that case have been for nothing. When considering if something is the same format, note that .mkv and .mp4 are considered the same.
Could any of what you have be considered "niche"? As you'll have seen, there's an awful lot of general stuff here for people to choose from, but if you have something more unusual there are bound to be eager leechers. Maybe upload a single file, or a small collection, and add a note in the description or as a comment like "Do you like this?" to see if you've chosen a winner, then offer more if you've got them.
Don't upload too much at once. Strike a balance between being a valued contributor to the community and making sure your own ratio reaps the benefits. While you're already uploading at your maximum speed most of the time, don't add new stuff just because you've seeded for the required forty-eight (twenty-four?) hours. Wait till activity on what you've already uploaded dies down, then add a new torrent if you want. That way, you'll get the maximum benefit from each torrent you share.
As an Englishman, living in England, and happily|proudly displaying far more than a hint of Englishness, I've never once been on the received end of hatred because of that, nor seen or heard of others encountering it.
Given the ridiculousness of that statement, one has to question whether the rest of this is equally well informed.
@frostycab I think I may have to Either that, or write my own database. My spreadsheet nearly broke Excel, and now in Linux Calc looks at it for a while then goes off and sulks!
I, too, am a great fan of lists. Though I do prefer mine a little more detailed so a wider variety of searches are possible.
This is usually followed by some close up shots of the semen dripping out, and sometimes also followed by the top then recommencing fucking the bottom.
@warped I suspect this is a little too precise for general advice on how to find exactly what you're looking for. It's a bit like looking for videos where the guy is wearing blue socks, when most people only tag it "socks". Hopefully, though, other members may be able to point to specific examples.
@socksfucker Like @ianfontinell, I don't understand your question, even after you've had a second go at explaining it. The ratio has changed - if it has - because people are uploading more (or less) straight porn. What "other" site, and what relevance is it .... ahhhhh.
Maybe it has just clicked!
There seems to be two separate issues, unless Carnal Plus have a huge catalogue of str8 material, which may affect the likelihood of some being posted here.
Are you're saying that the presence of Carnal Plus material here may increase the likelihood of them taking action against this site, assuming it was them that initiated things against the "other" site? Or is this not what you meant?
If not, it would really help if you could rephrase your question / statement in a way that avoids ambiguity.
@warped Isn't the term for this "creampie"?
@proulx Absolutely! Many are quick to dismiss the value of Seed Bonus Points simply for keeping torrents available should someone want them. I'm currently on about 7000 SBPs. Sure, some of these have been kindly gifted to me by members who appreciated one of my uploads, but the vast majority are from seeding torrents.
Of course, there's a cap - I think it's about 40 points per day - but it adds up surprisingly quickly, and as you say it's a service to other members who might want to grab a torrent you're seeding.
It's worth thinking about which torrents you continue to seed. You get the same bonus seeding a torrent that has no other seeds as you do seeding one with 100. Of course, 100 seeders suggests lots of people have wanted it, so it's more likely that others will too, but it also means you'll likely only get a small share of the traffic. Seeding one with only one or two other seeders, it might not be grabbed so often but when it is you'll likely get a far larger slice of the pie.
Or try Audiobookbay if you haven't already. I don't remember needing an invite to sign up, though that was many years ago. The link is to the site at .ws, but it's also at .nl and .is. Just do a search on Google for its current iterations if the link doesn't work,though I've just tried it and it does for me.
If you like a paranormal / fantasy / humour combination, Alice Winters would be good place to start in my opinion. Most are short series - three or four sequential books normally.
"Vampire Related Crimes" and The Hitman's Guide" are two such that I've listened to recently, and had me laughing out loud throughout. The latter isn't paranormal, it's kinda crime related...as the series title suggests.
@thundra You can't request them. They're covered by the same "No requests!" rule as goes for videos, and doing so may lead to a temporary ban ... or even a permanent one for repeat offenders.
But searching "Audiobooks" in this forum brings up only two other threads. And as they're from 2010 and 2013, I think we can safely assume they're now dead.
How about making THIS that thread? At the time of writing, you're still able to change the title. How about "Audiobook Recommendations and Discussions", or something like that. (Just think it's a good idea to get "request" out of the title)
@Boilovesgayp Probably wouldn't have helped if you had searched. You look, and look, and look for hours and find nothing. You decide to post your own version of the question. About ten seconds after you've hit "Enter" you stumble on exactly the old post that would have answered it! 