Gambler wrote...
Regardless of whether it is a post requirement of 10, 20, 50, or 100, there will still be spam if people are determined to get their downloads. Looking at how fast some of you have risen through the ranks, I don't think the post requirement is going to deter these leechers.
From my experience with the other hentai forums, the first thing which members are going to ask will be along the following lines "Where have the user uploads section gone?" When we make an announcement about the new implementation, these leechers will start posting until they reach the minimum post count. In addition, I believe we will see a lot of replies from members with neither an avatar or a signature, making threads look a lot less than a genuine discussion.
Lastly, I am not sure about the mission and values of Fakku. If we started out as a free hentai [color=red][font=arial black]sharing[/font][/color] site, then I hope we remain that way. Having a minimum post count does not exactly constitute to the ideals of "free" and "sharing" in my opinion.
In short, I am opposed to the idea of a minimum post count. I am not trying to shun my responsibilities as a Mod; if necessary, I will monitor all threads in detail. I am just trying to look at things from the viewpoint of genuine hentai fans, who are at the losing end because of some "black sheep" reporting the links.
The stuff is still free from where i stand, it's not like we're charging people for it, what we're trying to do here is protect the stuff people have taken time to upload and post on the site.
Because i assure you, if some reporter find this place and starts shooting links down this place will be out of uploaders before you can say "w00t happened?"
Like i said before, im uploading games for the Fakku-people, not the leechers, fuck 'em.
If they want stuff people from this community uploaded then sit down and get involved with it.
Im not gonna risk getting my stuff deleted just cause these people want some free stuff (well it's still free, but you know what i mean)
Also, try and see this from the viewpoint from the uploaders, if links keep getting shut down with nothing done about it most of us will probably just say "Fuck this" and stop uploading to Fakku, and then you have a User Uploads-section full with dead threads and no one to upload more.
And sure, some lazy "genuine fans" will be at the loosing end, but if we don't do something about this matter before it's too late we're all gonna be at the losing end, and they won't have anything to download anyway, cuz all the links are dead.
About the spam-issue, just put up a sticky or something explaining things, and tell 'em that mindless spam will just bring you a perm-ban.
I know lots of jackasses won't take notice to the sticky and start asking anyway, but what can you do?
(Personally i'd smack their dumb asses with the banhammer)