Hi,
I've just read this thread. One thing I wanted to say off the bat, is that a lot of people just don't visit this part of the forum and so many will post to now banned uploaders. Might it not be an idea to send a general PM to everyone on something of this magnitude?
I don't post to rapidshare, I post to megaupload. When I came to this forum, I found only two services were used, rapidshare and megaupload. So I got memberships to both. Now I totally dislike what Rapidshare have done. I've written to them about it. But that is only my personal opinion.
I would have thought leaving people to post to Rapidshare if they want to would have been the fair way. If the posters don't like the new system on Rapidshare, they'll move soon enough. The trouble with outlawing it, is that users like me who have paid in advance, posters unlike me who have posted vast quantities of material and still want to, are going to clear off. All this seems to have done is damage the site. We're not just talking some small posters, we're talking some of the biggest hitters here going elsewhere.
One question, will all rapidshare posts be removed from the site?
I was worried when the site owner said he was unsure due to formopholia politiics. It's not so much politics, as us expressing our opinions? We all seem to love the site. The others, the big hitters, as I call them, are more to do with the success, than hundreds of us that primarily download. But if there's nothing left to download, people will do elsehwere.
I am bemused by the decision and hope it can be reversed. I think all of us are not happy with Rapidshare, but I do believe people should have a choice. Although I guess the counter argument is they have the choice to leave this site, which it may already be too late, many may do or will do.
And if it hasn't come across, I still love this place, but this is shocking news.
Dr Nono