Hi all,

Thanks for the replies and for taking my comments seriously. Maybe in my initial post I wasn't clear how frustrated I got that my uploads were trickling out – at the rates I was getting, I would have to leave my computer on for weeks to get enough U/L credit to download one movie. I can be lazy and forget to leave it running at night, but today for example I took it to work. And I use a VPN to get around internet censorship where i live, which has an undetermined effect on speed when I'm trying to do two things at once (it's  slow regardless). Excuses, I know, but still.

@cumeaternc About grabbing 20 torrents, yeah, I said 'fuck it' when my ratio went into the red and tried to grab everything I wanted before my warning expired, to figure out later how to get myself out of the hole or decide not to. Also, the feeling of urgency led me to snatch more than I wanted or needed even. This does not make me a model citizen, I know. I was frustrated.

@mgr I see the point that the ratio couldn't be reset, for the reasons you describe. And thanks for the post for the updated ratio info, though I don't think it changes my point. I guess my approach -- to state it, not to argue it -- would be that donations have the effect of minuses from the downloaded total -- 10 euros for 5 GB minused, etc. However, you say you do it your way for a reason and I respect that.

And point taken about the site being about sharing, not buying. And I really appreciate that explanation -- it is a nice explanation that there are the rules and that donating will cut in some credit but won't alter the same rules that apply to everyone.

I will look into uploading a new video, but I don't have an idea of where to get a fresh one or what would be popular. I read "Suggestions to Newbies: Getting off on the right foot" but it struck me as odd--download something that lots of other people are downloading, so other people will download it, just to get the upload credit? Don't get me wrong, I understand the logic, from the users and the site point of view. It just seemed like alot of gamesmanship as well as a high-maintenance strategy to execute.

So I donated the first time, and I just figured I would continue donate and download stuff I like (and seed the stuff I like as I download) and support the site that way. I'm not rich, and I could just as easily pay for a porn site -- but this was the first site i typed in my card number for, because i liked the overall philosophy.

Thanks for the suggestions, I want to stay with the site, and will thank about what to do next.

Morton

To Admins & Whom It May Concern,

I think gaytorrents.ru is great, and I don't mind kicking in some money now and then so I can just download what I want – I donated 10 Euros a couple months ago. I seed, but not alot of people are interested in what I have. Now my ratio is bad, and I wouldn't mind paying again.

Here's the thing -- now that I want to pay a second time, GB are actually more expensive. Sure, the the upload credits are the same price on the donate screen. But my ratio has changed. (http://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=3598.msg11121) Since I have downloaded more, paying a second time will credit the same amount of GB uploaded but actually let me download less.

It's not my place to tell the admins how to run the site, but this makes donating again a little distasteful. It also makes no sense from a business point of view. You wouldn't credit donations 5 Euros = 2 GB, 10 euros = 3.5 GB, 20 Euros = 6 GB. Who would buy more?

Yet because of the ratios, this is the situation for people donating again and again. At the start my ratio was 0.2, and 10 Euros (5GB) bought 25GB of download. Now my ratio is .35 and that same 5 GB will only buy about 15 GB. If I stick with it and my ratio gets to 0.8 then it will only buy 6 GB. I just want to support the site in exchange for the convenience of downloading what I want, but as I spend more time and money on the site, downloading will become more and more expensive.

People who paid before are more likely to pay again. It should be cheaper and cheaper if we buy more -- just like if we buy at one time. Or maybe there's a technical reason this can't be done, or maybe the admins and other users think donating users should pay more and more just like non-donating users have to upload more and more. (And like I said, I do upload but don't get alot of bites.)

Just a suggestion, but what if after donating the ration reset to some modest number for 30 or 60 days -- maybe 0.3?

Love the site, and I will try to seed more regardless. (An upload credit for the suggestion would be nice, wheter or not its taken  )

Morton