@d0m1n1k:
Wait…are you saying you can find out what videos a user on this site has been uploading? That's what I'm implying from, "If there were a user who has uploaded a lot of torrents from a particular studio and you were to message him requesting a particular video from that studio, that would not be spam.". I was not aware that kind of information was available. Almost all torrents that I see have an anonymous uploader.
No, as far as I know that information is not available. I was just using that as an example.
So users who have thanked or commented on torrents that are by the same studio is basically what I'm thinking for your question, "What makes you think they are most likely to have the video you want?". For the question of, "Why wouldn't they have already uploaded them?
" well just because you have a video doesn't mean you'll upload it of course. For example, perhaps a user has downloaded the video I want from a torrent that was available on here but that torrent has since been removed from this site. Or maybe that user doesn't have that video downloaded, but is aware of that video existing somewhere online. Or maybe that user was not aware of the exitence of that video and will now purchase the video online to share with me on here. I could come up with other reasons but those are some off the top of my head.
Messaging multiple people looking for particular videos just because they thanked someone in the comments for posting a torrent would be spam because you would be sending the same message to multiple people without any real reason to think they might have and be willing to upload the videos. If someone mentioned in the comments on a torrent that they were adding the video to their treasured collection of that particular type of videos and you asked them to share their videos, that would not be spam. Again, my opinion, and others might disagree.
Apologies if this is a stupid question, but is there a quick way to find the moderators to ask about this?
A moderator posted just above stating to use the Porn Request board, not PMs.
@d0m1n1k:
Are there consequences for messaging users like this? What are they?
I don't see a rule against spamming, but the one time I received a spam PM, the spammer was banned. I would think doing something a moderator told you not to do could also get you banned but I don't see an actual rule against that, either. Generally if you are asking if it is okay to do something you're not sure about and the people in charge say not to do it, it's best not to do it. :police: