Posts made by viscous

@smbsmbsmb123:

you didnt answer the question, though, did you?

I never said there was any "harm" from having straight porn on the site. I said I disagreed with the decision to allow it. I didn't see any point (and on a site called gaytorrent, of all places).

@smbsmbsmb123:

@viscous:

This doesn't work in Browse mode – I'm pretty sure you see everything there.

yeah, it does, i just tested it.

@viscous:

And for the record, I also think there's too much straight porn here. In fact, I disagreed with the decision to allow straight porn at all (is there just not enough straight porn on the internet?)

and what specifically is the harm of having it here?

I still see things in Browse mode that aren't listed in Search mode. A staff member explained about a year ago that that's because Browse mode shows everything. Maybe a staff member can clear it up again.

@ndk04:

Go to your profile > then Profile Settings:

This doesn't work in Browse mode – I'm pretty sure you see everything there.

And for the record, I also think there's too much straight porn here. In fact, I disagreed with the decision to allow straight porn at all (is there just not enough straight porn on the internet?)

The Leftovers, definitely (season 1 was brilliant)
The Decalogue (Krzysztof Kieslowski series for Polish TV in the late 1980s)
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (Norman Lear's soap opera parody from the late 1970s, which I'm watching now).

The BBC series "London Spy" was excellent, especially if you like spy / mystery stories. I can't wait for the second season.

@leeniedo:

I can vouch that Bea Arthur has bigger balls than I do.

I recently watched some old episodes of the '70s TV series starring Bea Arthur called "Maude," (hxxps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9NY8R-LmIw), and I agree – Bea Arthur had bigger balls than me, too!

Quote from moderator 2222 in the above-referenced post:

Recently I found various Themed Movie torrents which is not enough to meet our Non-porn uploading rule:

Uploading rule line 6#, https://www.gaytorrent.ru/rules.php#102

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All non-porn material must be LGBTQ themed by its main plot and characters or contain a recurring LBGTQ subplot. Gay-interest, an openly gay actor or minor gay references are insufficient to meet this requirement.

Ha ha, and yet someone uploaded all seasons of "The Golden Girls" and the sequel, "The Golden Palace," and I don't remember anyone (including me) complaining. (https://www.gaytorrent.ru/browse.php?c62=1&c29=1&c43=1&c44=1&c50=1&c7=1&c48=1&c5=1&c32=1&c12=1&c33=1&c53=1&c57=1&c35=1&c58=1&c54=1&c38=1&c39=1&c45=1&c1=1&c41=1&c42=1&c28=1&search=golden+girls&incldead=1&inname=1&infn=1&orderby=added&sort=desc). I haven't seen the sequel, but I'm in the fourth season and I don't remember any major or minor gay themes. I guess we all agree The Golden Girls are really gay men?

@lilryan10788:

I want to see a porno set in the 1950's for some reason. Like a Back To The Future XXX version that would be hot!

OT, but Joe Gage's "Sex Files #21: Show Hard" has recently been posted:
https://www.gaytorrent.ru/details.php?id=6a58b0668e5d2bae42fccc738f1cb52d9cfa27288337f340

I also liked Toby Ross's "Cruisin' '57":
https://www.gaytorrent.ru/details.php?id=e768394ee7c7b89f42fccc738f1cb52d48007cff6b6fa335

Your upload amount won't increase if no one is downloading the torrents you are seeding. However, you will get bonus points (.5 point for every hour you seed at least 1 torrent), and bonus points can be exchanged for upload credit (click on the "bonus" link in the upper right of your screen to see how much).

I glanced at your profile, and you're already a member in good standing with a ratio of over 1. Just keep seeding your favorite torrents and eventually someone will download some, and you'll get bonus points, as well.

@cannonmc:

For me, the more relevant pix the better

And if we see a mess of untitled pictures in no particular order, how are we to know which are relevant?

In the second post on this thread, you yourself said "I actually don't see many bad uploads of pictures. Some I report if they are really misleading."

And in respose to my original post, Popper said it's likely just a Quick Torrent Maker quirk. It's not that moderators are approving random images - so what I assumed was not a problem, after all.

So I'm retracting my original complaint. Restricting image uploads to those who've downloaded the torrent doesn't seem to be neccesary (though it's open to debate).

To answer your question: the studio watermark may be absent / different, the lighting may be wrong (if it's something that doesn't look like it's from the film or the studio's stills), or it may be something completely off the wall (from a previous QTM upload?).

@cannonmc:

Mr Mazda, those pictures might have been relevant but unnecessary.

I respectfully disagree a little bit here. My only problem is with irrelevant pictures (which I now know may just be due to a QTM quirk). For me, the more relevant pix the better – I don't care if it's messy (or sweaty, or smelly...)

What's popular and makes "the list" has nothing to do with what's best quality with respect to any given member. Different people just have different tastes.

@Ellis:

@cannonmc:

Erm, I wasn't ignorant of it, I just never read it.

I am not really interested in what is on a list like that. I download what I fancy from the torrent list, I upload what I think some people might like from files I have that haven't been posted here.

It's not a competition for me.

Whatever…
and as typical, with you, "shit-stirrer"–I'm now accustomed to you, and your little replies to my forum posts that, for whatever reason also seem to be in some way contradictory to them; but hence your title--"shit-stirrer"/Busybody.

And I too, also look to provide material that others might enjoy.

Maybe you'd have a different attitude about the list...

if any of your uploads were to get on it. :laugh:

Wow, that's just a little bit of a touchy, rude reply to what I perceive as cannonmc's simple, direct, non-threatening statement of opinion. 

@Popper:

d) Often we see pictures multiple times or from a previous upload. This might be due to QTM not clearing the picture list after an (failed) upload.

Thanks very much for that explanation, Popper. I've never used Quick Torrent Maker and it never occurred to me that it might be a QTM quirk causing this.

@kalayaan:

@viscous:

My trove of funny cat pics are at the ready. Prepare yourselves, moderators!

Whether this particular statement is written in jest or otherwise, do you think you are setting a good example on other members?

Moderators do not just approved add'l pics "randomly", there are guidelines to follow…...and if there are reports (helpdesk) on such matter, mods acts on that matter within the day

Yes, that was a joke. I appreciate the work the staff does.

However, clearly irrelevant photos do get (I assume) uploaded for bonus points regularly, and get approved by the staff. The torrent I mentioned above (https://www.gaytorrent.ru/details.php?id=a3ad5e365b771f2d42fccc738f1cb52d35e80a66dc331401) had obviously wrong photos approved, like "POW," "Recruiting," and "Reply All" covers - from MEN.com and other studios (now thankfully removed). Another movie torrent had dozens of vintage gay porn magazine covers added (they got deleted after I reported them).

So my suggestion from my first post stands. Particularly, you should make it clear that there will be serious consequences for anyone uploading these photos. Are there any consequences now?

1. The bonus points for photo uploads has been going on for years, so they could have been uploaded years ago. What incentive would the original uploader have for uploading misleading photos?

2. I see these all the time, for the very good reason that the site gives anyone the incentive to do it. Before my last computer crashed, I used to keep a list of bizarre gt.ru torrent postings for my entertainment. I still remember and enjoy the bizarre mishmash of https://www.gaytorrent.ru/details.php?id=a3ad5e365b771f2d42fccc738f1cb52d35e80a66dc331401&filelist=1#xfilelist .

My trove of funny cat pics are at the ready. Prepare yourselves, moderators!

Edit: I actually don't mean to sound rude to the staff. I very much appreciate all the work you do for me and all the members. I just don't like this one policy, and have seen problems with it for a very long time. Thanks for your responses.

Thanks for your reply, cannonmc. I also sometimes post thumbnails of files I happen to already have when there are almost no photos. One solution would let people post extra photos, but not get any kind of reward. I see, and sometimes report, what I know or what are obviously the wrong photos for torrents pretty regularly. Finally, the complaining comment on the torrent in question was only posted on Aug. 4, 2016, so the misleading photos could have been uploaded very recently (and approved by a moderator).

Letting anyone upload photos for torrents and get bonus points is an experiment that has failed spectacularly. I come across random photos that are obviously wrong all the time, and if I feel like it, sometimes I report them. This torrent, e.g. (https://www.gaytorrent.ru/details.php?id=c6e8d0a46d94d0cd42fccc738f1cb52d5256a538e3d313ba&viewcomm=218706#comm218706 ), has 8 pix from some pizza boy gangbang flick that are unrelated to the included thumbnails or the cover, yet the moderator approved them. And, no, I'm not going to bother reporting it– I'm done with that tiresome BS. I may even start uploading some random pix myself -- I'm thinking random cat pix -- because why the fuck not?

My recommendation: get rid of this altogether. Or at least only allow uploads from people who have actually downloaded the torrent. And at least temporarily ban anyone who uploads these random images.

I'm not into soft porn, but I liked the Sterek episode where Stiles and Derek finally had angry, messy sex!

hxxp://wandsinhand.tumblr.com/ThrowaDogaBone

@bdcrystal:

You know, I used to be really truly bothered by the WBC. To the point where it infuriated me. That is, until I realized that all people can be classified into 1 of 3 categories. Now mind you, this may be why people don't genereally like me.

1. You are helping me towards a goal (job related, forming a relationship or friendship, entertainment, etc.)
2. You are preventing me from achieving my goal (I'm talking directly impact you, like family hating your boyfriend, etc.)
3. If neither of the above apply, then you/your group is irrelevant and therefore have no actual impact on my life or self.

WBC,  for me nowadays, falls into 3, because not only are they not really accomplishing anything besides making themselves look like fools, they are just bothersome little shit flies that are asking for a smashing.

Here I disagree. I think WBC has been helping me towards a political goal of more GLBT acceptance for well over a decade. I don't know what country you're in, but the WBC have protested at the funerals of young soldiers killed in the USA's wars because the USA "supports sodomy" (or something), and this has made them deeply unpopular in the USA (whatever you think of the politicians who devise and carry out those wars).

Congressman Sessions:

"It was a young person’s nightclub, I’m told. And there were some [LGBT ppl] there, but it was mostly Latinos."

Well, that explains it, because LGBT people, young people, and Latinos are mutually exclusive groups.

Seriously, whenever a headline starts with "Texas Congressman," "Texas Judge," "Texas School Board Member," "Texas Governor," etc. you just know something fall-on-their-own-face stupid will follow!