Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
One would not think other users could see your Point History or other info, but apparently they can. See for yourself:
https://zonegfx.com/forums/topic/providers-vs-leechers/#post-1612360
On at least two occasions, the OP posted the point histories of at least two users. That was the part that gave me a slight case of the Red Ass.
All that said, after reading thru these two threads, amid all the venom spitting, I realized there were those who were chill, funny and even those going out of their way to try to be kind in their responses to posts that were anything but. I found myself smiling and laughing at at a few of the comments and after thinking about it a bit, wondered if I haven't been missing out.
It would be very easy for someone to get the 'wrong idea' about those of us who actually spend real money to buy points since I read through the entire previous thread, and a decent chunk of this one, before it was even mentioned, leaving me thinking WTF? about that point.
No, I don't upload and don't often participate in the forums. I have been very time-limited for the past 2-3 years and the time I do have I don't want to spend doing that. Instead, I visit daily, get my points, and have purchased points several times in the past. I prefer to try before I buy, will download several items, then actually buy the one I end up using to avoid getting stuck paying for shit content, like I did last month when I bought a figure that was supposed to be G8 compatible, but where no other clothing items G8 or otherwise will fit to it.
Yes, I log in daily and collect my points. Yes, I use them AND I buy more when I need them. Label me how you will. That doesn't bother me unless that label is accompanied by several paragraphs where the poster characterizes me, someone they do not even know, as not only community scum, but scum in general. Their words say much more about them than they do about me, but it's still unacceptable behavior for someone who is supposed to be a member of a "community" and unacceptable that they remain a part of said "community" when they attack others in such a personal and unfair way.
All the reduction in points will do is to curb my visits which will, in turn, deny whatever ad revenue might be gained from said visit as well as future point purchases. As things stand now, it's won't even be worth my time to visit and will ensure that I won't participate in forums or content exchanges in the future when my time constraints ease.
Aside from that, I certainly do not like the fact that other members can openly see my point history. As far as I'm concerned, it's done of their damned business especially since, in my case, it's also a record of actual financial transactions which are nobody's business aside from me and the site admins. In the previous thread, the OP copied and pasted the point histories of other members to make a point. What would stop him from conveniently removing the line items indicating I had actually PURCHASED a share of the points he was so rabid about, just to make his point? So, on this site, what other parts of my profile are public? My Inbox? My email address? Hell, my PASSWORD? My point is that other members should be able to access only the parts of my profile necessary for the social functions of the community! I build websites as part of my job and have NEVER in all my years of doing so ever seen a valid justification for exposing a user's details to that degree! I'd like to hear ONE valid reason why public disclosure of my point history is vital to the functioning of this site or community! Right now, it simply allows other users to play 'policeman', then judge and jury based on that information. If my upload-to-download ratio is an issue, that's an issue between me and the site admins, as the site admins are the only ones with the ability to effectively do anything about it. All anyone else can do with it is use it to bitch, judge, defame, deride, then bitch some more and cause needless drama everywhere! THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE!
The time will soon come where my time isn't as in demand and I'd hoped that I could be more involved here. But as things stand, I'm not so sure that's going to happen and I'm definitely going to be thinking twice before clicking that Buy Points button again! It won't be a big loss, I'm sure, since this "community" will have one less 'scum-ass' to put up with when he hits the road and takes his measly chump change with him.
