'Thank You' Hack is Back

[Stupify]

There are some new rules for the hack now:

• In threads less than 48 hours old, Thank You's are required from everyone before being able to grab an NZB
• A leecher (see next point) must post a Thank You in any thread before they are able to grab the NZB
• Those labelled as leechers are those with an NZB Grab:Post ratio greater than 20:1. (for every 20 grabs you make, 1 NZB should be posted).

Was thinking of few tweaks on this perhaps

• Those with NZB Grab:Post ratio greater than 10:1. will NOT be required to post a Thank You in threads.
• Those with NZB Grab:Post ratio greater than 20:1. only need to post in threads less than 24 hours old.
• Those with NZB Grab:Post ratio less than 20:1 only need to post in threads less than 48 hours old.
• Threads older than 48 hours will not require any Thank You posts.

OR something simpler possibly

• Those with NZB Grab:Post ratio greater than 10:1. will NOT be required to post in threads.
• Those with NZB Grab:Post ratio less than 10:1 MUST post a Thank You in all threads.
  (Could be limited to ONLY threads less than 48 hours and none needed beyond that)

This may create a little more insentive to post NZB hopefully.
Would think no need in anyone having to post in threads beyond 48 hours...

[luminortm]

what sort of nzb's are we looking for?

do you just want people to post say every movie or tv show that appears in alt.bin.divx or alt.bin.tv ?

Nono, preferably you should download the file first to make sure it's real, and works.
I guess stuff from big groups like reloaded doesn't need to be tested, it should work.

[rcg.]

Mind you this maybe an outdated thread but I must comment on the thank you hack.

It blows and should have never been implemente. I should't have to post and thank you to get an nzb. :naughty:

And I've been trying to keep up with any and every scene release.

P.S. - I've been peeved about the nzb file size limit. It makes it hard to upload HD-DVD's and even some regular DVD's. Could this be taken off at least for FST NZB POSTERS.

The idea is good, but the method needs work.

I hate having to scroll down, post "thanks", wait for page to load, click 1 to go back to first page, wait again, then download. :dabs:

How about a system like Supertorrents uses, where a button is pushed and a thanks is added?

[talongirl57]

The idea is good, but the method needs work.

I hate having to scroll down, post "thanks", wait for page to load, click 1 to go back to first page, wait again, then download. :dabs:

How about a system like Supertorrents uses, where a button is pushed and a thanks is added?

I PM'ed an admin a few weeks ago and asked for the same thing but it was too much work.
It also kills the ability to discuss or ask questions about a release when you have to have all those "thank you" posts.

[shivy]

I'm starting to think that there is a NZB file in here somewhere :P

[ora shinchan]

Hopefully everyone caught the joke I was making about the Thank You Hack. I was speaking sarcasticly on the subject. The thank you hack makes no difference to a user like myself but MultiForce does bring up a good point.

It does kill the ability to discuss or ask questions about a release when you have to have all those "thank you" posts.

I like to check on my posts to make sure none of the users are having problems with it but the thank you hack does make it difficult and time consuming.

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Hopefully everyone caught the joke I was making about the Thank You Hack. I was speaking sarcasticly on the subject. The thank you hack makes no difference to a user like myself but MultiForce does bring up a good point. I like to check on my posts to make sure none of the users are having problems with it but the thank you hack does make it difficult and time consuming.

I don't mean to dismiss being able to add commentary, I think it's vital that downloaders are able to do so. But look at the current system - Does anyone read the commentary like they do at a tracker? Of course not. I always read a bit of the commentary of a torrent to see if there are any problems with it, etc.

My suggestion was not to remove the comments in lieu of a different "thanks" hack, but to add it.

For example:

[§§Mad Banke®§§]

i love the idea of the thank you hack depending on your stats but i've notice that if you post an nzb in an excisting thread like i do with the tv episodes it doesn't count on your stats ( well it didn't when i did it just now).

[Kr@zy kitty]

The Thank You hack has been re-enabled, but not as it was before.

For those that don't know what the 'Thank You hack' is, it's a peice of code installed in the NZB section that makes it so leechers must post in a thread (with a thank you) before they can download the NZB within it.

There are some new rules for the hack now:

• In threads less than 48 hours old, Thank You's are required from everyone before being able to grab an NZB
• A leecher (see next point) must post a Thank You in any thread before they are able to grab the NZB
• Those labelled as leechers are those with an NZB Grab:Post ratio greater than 20:1. (for every 20 grabs you make, 1 NZB should be posted).

Very nice...