@martini20:
I would have gone immediately for a ban >:D given that the individual was deliberately trying to cheat the system and ultimately deceive downloaders. That said, I always marvel at how free of trouble and grief this site is compared to many others. This doesn't happen by accident, it's largely down to you guys who moderate it fairly.
Btw trukr, I'd like to know what step 9 is, and can I help 😉
That was my first inclination, but I was on a vacation and in an easy going mood 😕 :), but actually wanted to sleep on it and get some input too. I thought I should maybe try to be overly fair GT-style.
I ban people all the time for things I won't mention here ;), and insta-bans are definitely warranted there. I don't go out much (to the other gay torrent sites) so I don't know about their problems much, but it's nice to hear we're doing well in that department. 🙂
Well, I looked at Uwe's chart a bit differently in a joking way because there are several warning steps in between ranging from 1 day to 8 weeks to unlimited (9 in my book), but Uwe of course what Uwe wrote is correct. 🙂 Depending on the offense we're supposed to start out with either a PM warning and note in the user's profile or a 1 day to 3 days warning for more sever offenses, then escalate the warnings if it continues, usually up to 3 real warnings and ban on the forth. We're more lenient than other private trackers in almost all cases. Thanks for offering your help martini20 :), but there's nothing to help with there. You could apply for a Moderator position tho if you'd like. 😉 Just send Uwe a PM. 🙂
OK, so I noticed his terrible upload speed and wondered what sort of connection he has. Turns out it looks like he has some of the worst data caps I've ever seen. All that's available from his ISP are 5Mbps or 10Mbps download connections with either a 15GB or a 35GB data cap. Then I "caved" and changed his warning to only 2 more weeks after seeing that. ^-^ You can't really do shit with a connection like that. Wow, we'd definitely go over on the first day in this household, our 300GB cap isn't enough sometimes even while trying to be careful. I recommended he get a seedbox. So it seems it was a bad case of desperation and porn torrent withdrawals. He's been seeding the whole time and behaving at least. He'll get an insta-ban from me if he ever does that again and I get to him first tho.