ayebite wrote:Now LISTEN to me people!
---> I am not going to comment on ANY theory posted here but I like to help you all to UNDERSTAND what is going on here.
First of all: FO is not the only forum in the net. And not the largest.
Ask yourself WHAT is it that makes people post stuff in such big amount in such a short time?
WHAT can it be, huh? There is only one answer.
And that answer has MANY zeros in it. Or in other words: lots of green color. In fact MORE of those two factors than you can possibly imagine. Trust me.
Now: as I said FO is not the only forum in the world. And speaking for me I am currently active in 20-30 forums worldwide. Running "MY" threads with MY unique stuff. Those threads are DONE. They are made with love, handmade screenshots (actually REALLY handmade, not with some fucking automatic screen-making program) - but they are done. I technically would be able to post ONE lesbian teen fisting thread with 1,000 Videos - most of it in HD, all from FTV, ALS-Scan, some other sites of great quality - RIGHT now. Because I made the core thread 2 years ago and let him grow. Other people do not put much love into their posts. They put in more technical aspects - if you know what I mean. But on the other hand it is ME that runs the largest thread on EB in my section, it is ME with the 3rd highest reputation out of 53,000 members there - and not some thread maker without any love or heart just posting their links. Nevertheless I WOULD HAVE the opportunity to post about 3,000 videos RIGHT now If I wont. And I could make it look like it was my first posting of that stuff here since I always have some personal text (I really wrote some months ago) and some handmade screenshots. And I always respond to requests or questions.
The old FO I knew and loved was mostly full of posters with a degree of
modesty. But I understand your point, that you aren't one of the robot-like posters. Maybe that alone is the only requirement to be a mod here now. I still feel the majority of the new Oron crowd are though.
Saying that, you've only just joined, so who are you to lecture people who have been here since the start, and know what's lost?
ayebite wrote:b) Just want to share and be happy with it - for what reason ever.
Well yeah, but obviously for money. You're active in 20-30 forums worldwide - there would be
no reason for that if you just like sharing, posting in a handful of selected forums would do. There's no way you could dedicate enough time to writing personal replies etc in each of those. Clearly your primary goal is to earn cash.
And this is not a Rapidshare vs Oron debate - we have all been infuriated by Rapidshare's changes. It's about the core values of this community, which have shifted from a fun environment (with cash hosts banned*) to an impersonal place occupied by mostly shady businessmen.
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and yes, I am aware big posters used to be able to indirectly make a fair bit of money from RS.
liudnux wrote:We, people from old generation, understand sharing in the other way,- not thinking about ourselves, but thinking about those who wants to get our stuff.
Excellent quote