I suppose if one isn't familiar with the ways people can misbehave, it can seem a bit harsh to read when first starting. But after time dealing with others on the net, one learns how badly some of our own can be to each other, selfishly downloading but never contributing.
While I am still a bit new to the torrent forums (not torrents in general however) I have seen the worst in other areas such as Yahoo and Google groups, several of which I moderate. The ones who bitch the most about what is posted are the lurkers that never post anything of their own, never say thank your, and as we've discovered, can be the first to have a Rapidshare file deleted by reporting it. I no longer wreck my brain trying to figure out why they act that way. I just root them out when I can to make a better experience for the other members who should not have to be subject to such abuse.
But as Sophia from "The Golden Girls" said, "I digress".
When reading the rules, I simply followed the links to learn what they were.
Some are perfectly reasonable as in the case of banned movies.
I think everyone here knows and appreciates that the easiest way for this site to close is for one dit-wad to post child porn. That hurts us all and definitely does nothing good for the Gay Cause once the details hit the news media.
I do (at the risk of sounding like a "boot-licker") want to thank the Admins for taking the time to show me how to upload a new torrent. After a year of being an active leecher/passive seeder, it's nice to go up a peg in status.
Just my "two cents". ::)
~Movieboy
