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@ulysses, thanks for the clarification.
@d0gg0d, maybe I was wrong in assessing your past contributions, and if so—I apologize. But my stance remains the same. 95% of request fillers now exchange and share content privately.No one wants to be one of the 10 givers for 10,000 takers who never give back. No one wants to risk an account holding thousands of dollars in purchased assets because of some leech who doesn’t care about your requests.
That’s why the blog’s activity has dropped—and that’s the only reason.
As for points, we don’t need them. We share among ourselves without any points. The most important things we have are trust, respect, and mutual support.
I was never a whale but my intent was to share what I had. I also purchased stuff I figured others might not. Odd characters for example. I bundled and posted a LOT of old content.
When it became apparent people were holding content for points I purchased some items they wouldnt share and posted them to the general public.
Once its became apparent that the site was under a hostile takeover and content was being forced through a few people that decided they could run things without the need for a site front and hunters involvement I deleted my links and have only posted one item since that I can remember.
ATM I have quit my job to take care of an adopted child and am being supported by my wifes income. I also am assisting my mother during my fathers passing so on the rare occasion I have spare money its probably not going towards Daz unless its something I cant live without.
When I have spare time I will occasionally use Daz to relax and get inspiration from the contest here. I used to run them when I had points and often if I won one Id just reinvest the points into another contest. Now I feel people have mostly lost interest in contest as seen by the fact mods no longer run them. You can look at very old sections of the site and see how they stopped caring.
If mods don't care and sharers only care to trade amongst themselves the site is dead. AI hasn't helped and Im slowly lose interest to even log in anymore.
Im old school and posted to share and have fun within the community. Fk the points. Once that went away I ceased to give a fk.
My intent is to share with everyone. Sure leaching pissed me off every so often but a true pirate IMHO is about sharing. There is no way I could repay what Ive gotten over the years. Music, movies, programs, books, games, ect... and never once did anyone tell me I HAD to upload something or share something to get what I wanted. I did it because I felt the need to repay the community but it was never a requirement. Ive never once uploaded music or a movie but I have a lot. Ive occasionally photocopied RPG books for upload. I got a weird since of gratification being the first to upload a Daz item or find an old Daz item people thought was lost. It took only one person to remove that joy from this site and they are still here. The loss of a mod that used to interact with the community more didnt help. As said Ive been here a loong time and have seen the same arguments at least once every year. I think at least a few site changes "might" have been implemented from some of my suggestions.(or it could be wishful thinking)
It may not seem like I appreciate shares but thats wrong. People dont need to do anything but they decide to because its a nice thing to help out those havenots. I say thank you even when I get a gift that sux. This person didnt have to get me anything but they did. The grandma gift where she forgets your 14 and not 8. You thank her and give her a hug. Your coworker forgets you dont like vanilla cake but buys it for your birthday. You eat the cake stfu an say thank you. They didnt need to think about you but they did. Its the THOUGHT that counts. Its not how much money it costs or that you didnt like it. Someone wanted to make you happy and they didnt have to. THAT is whats lost in society today. I see it from "todays" children constantly. They dont appreciate what others do for them or what they have.
Rants mostly over but Im here mostly to talk anyway
soo.. I guess the rest of us sharers are left out in the cold because we don't share enough and are willing to share with EVERYONE and not just keeping our files to ourselves and or friends/groups ? , now I see why ppl are stopping sharing on here it's too bad this activity kills sites. 🙁
I buy stuff to share - even some assets I don't particularly want, if I see that they have been requested for a long time and no one seems to want to fill them. Having said that, I can understand why people feel that they can no longer share publicly if their generosity is being abused by other site members. There should be some code of decency amongst pirates. To use the analogy of historical piracy; while it's part and parcel of the business to plunder the merchant vessels at sea, it's counterproductive and detrimental to rob one's own crew.
Say, for example, someone fills a request for a mega bundle that costs almost $200, then logs back in later in the day or, perhaps later that week, to find that the assets have been requested again; maybe two or three more times and have been promptly filled by one of the people they had shared with initially. I'd be pissed off too. If it was done in ignorance by someone who hadn't seen the initial request, and bought the product themeselves, then fine (even though that person should have done a search first) - it's not something that was deliberatly done. But if it's done by the person who requested the item and if this person continues to do the same with every request, then I can understand why people would only want to share with members that they trust, because it is discouraging. Unfortunately, it is the thankless behaviour by those who want to amass points quickly that has led to private sharing groups and to people sharing fewer assets in general.
Even a psychopathic cannibal has some form of code hardwired into them.
I don't expect Ghandi to be posting here or the majority of lurkers to care. It is nice however to have somewhat of a decent crew on a ship if you're going to be out to sea for awhile and depending on them to make it to land.
It's more of a swap meet than a pirate site apparently. That's exactly how sites people supposedly hate are ran and why this site exists. If it's a members only club there are and have been plenty of those. The same sites that downloaded from KAT and pretended they were the original providers. Charging fees and requiring uploads.
The fundamental problem is, that however you configure a site, there are always those that look to cheat the system.
The best you can hope for is to please most, most of the time.
No matter what you do, some will be pleased & others will whinge.
I've never had that happen on any requests I've filled (though had a cantankerous exchange once)...
Just my two cents, but that switcheroo should be instant permaban. No, better yet, leave the account and freeze the "assets"; just return any credit balance to the pool and let 'em think about it. I think one is less likely to sock-puppet their way around if the account is still useable 🙂
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