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- jakash, on 02/29/2008, -3/+155Why do people give noobs so much grief? I know I'm probably going to get dugg down now but we were all n00bs once upon a time, and some people are genuinely much slower and need more help. Besides, while they're new is the best time to teach people about how it is important it is to seed :D
- hextic, on 02/29/2008, -5/+49***** the RIA...wait, this is about companies PROFITING from BitTorrent? Er... Uh... RP 4 prez!!!!
- AmishRefugee, on 02/29/2008, -12/+54Its called natural selection. Those not smart enough will not survive
- signal15, on 02/29/2008, -0/+33Just download and install my new technology. It is guaranteed* to increase your speed by 800%.
* Not a guarantee. - Audacitor, on 02/29/2008, -0/+25Hmm, so the major torrent sites will change their advertising habits whenever TF points out how much they suck? I wonder what else TF can get them to do...
- druckster2002, on 02/29/2008, -9/+31Sorry, but people who click on that ***** deserve what they get.
- jonohull, on 02/29/2008, -0/+21Get more seeds.
- Schmidtopolis, on 02/29/2008, -2/+20Online natural selection.
- Jeffler, on 02/29/2008, -0/+17Send $20 to my paypal account and I'll tell you all about it...
- ShBm, on 02/29/2008, -6/+22I don't even know what ads look like anymore. Firefox/AdBlock Plus/Filterset.G updater. There ya go, newbs. No more tricks. Surf in peace.
- Tazmaster, on 03/01/2008, -2/+17Ads only generate revenue if you click them, which is something I will never do. I don't even click sponsored links in google results. So for a person like me, the ads are needlessly intrusive and distracting.
There are other ways to support a site if you choose to. Donate money or buy stuff from their store, for example. - lcmatt, on 02/29/2008, -0/+13$20! I have a one time never to be seen again offer for only $9.99 with a free E-Book, but it doesn't stop there, if you sign up now for our one time never to be seen again offer you'll also receive a free *yes free* copy of uTorrent.
- actorboy, on 02/29/2008, -4/+15Yes. God forbid bittorrent should be associated with nefarious practices.
- MaynardJK, on 03/01/2008, -2/+12Man I see some ***** up spelling and grammar on this site, but "are" vs. "our"? Come on now.
- inactive, on 02/29/2008, -2/+11Note to n00bs: Don't download ***** that experienced pirates don't use.
- muniak, on 02/29/2008, -11/+20I think scams and stuff like this are good. If someone is stupid enough to fall for it, let them and let them learn a lesson from it.
- HydrogenOxide, on 02/29/2008, -5/+13So, how would a mac user running Transmission optimize speed?
- bctrainers, on 03/01/2008, -0/+8AdBlock Plus is always a good thing to have! :)
- norman619, on 02/29/2008, -3/+10I'm sorry but the people who fall for these things are pretty stupid to begin with. There is such a thing as common sense. I had enough of it when I was a noob to spot a scam.
- urbandistrict, on 02/29/2008, -9/+16I think it's because many people don't know the difference between a newb and a lamer. While some newbs can be lamers, many newbs are progressive enough to figure things out on their own. It's are duty as progressive human being to give lamers ***** for being just that, lame.
- hello2usir, on 03/01/2008, -0/+6Computer literacy no -- but the ability to recognize or at least suspect when you're being scammed (and then avoid it) is absolutely a hallmark of intelligence.
- theseed, on 03/01/2008, -0/+5The adblock plus plugin for firefox will get rid of most picture based ads and banners though not text based ones. I can't recommend it highly enough
- dannyboy3020, on 03/01/2008, -1/+6This is Digg...where internet tough guys are dugg up, and rationality is ignored.
- inactive, on 02/29/2008, -1/+6it seems harder to fall for this ***** than not to. for anyone new to bittorrent all you would have to do is type in bittorrent clients and look at the wikipedia. anyone stupid enough to download closed source software without knowing anything about it deserves to be exploited. its not rocket science, learn about the software you install on your computer before you use it.
- inactive, on 03/01/2008, -1/+6CPM ads don't make money unless its one of those huge sites with an extremely large amount of visitors. But that deserves the question, do they need the ads?
- sporg, on 02/29/2008, -0/+5 Im sure Im not the only one who has developed selective vision which automatically blocks out the sides and top of torrent sites. Who falls for that crap anyway?
- SausageSmith, on 02/29/2008, -0/+5But is this not normal behavior in a capitalist society, though - whether it's the dodgy torrent client, a pointless insurance scheme that nobody truly needs or the ***** mail you get through the post telling you you just won 10 billion bucks? how does the saying go - "there's a sucker born every minute"?
As much as I despise the people who do this, I can't stray from thought - "YOU IDIOT" to those who fall for it. I find it hard to sympathize with those who seem this naive and disconnected from the ugly truth of reality.
There's ALWAYS gonna be sharks ready to capitalize on human stupidity. My advise? wise up. - inactive, on 03/01/2008, -2/+6"Ads only generate revenue if you click them"
not true. a lot of ads are cost per impression (CPM). - humperdeath, on 03/01/2008, -1/+5Whats a noob?
- dannyboy3020, on 03/01/2008, -1/+5That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. In that case, why don't we just let giant corporations run amok; taking advantage of consumers who are unable to defend themselves? These injustices are intolerable.
- norman619, on 02/29/2008, -0/+4Hint: They don't exist.
- girlpirate, on 02/29/2008, -2/+6some might argue that as humans we are part of nature and anything we do is indeed natural. The stupid must be culled from the herd, this is how its done in the age of technology.
- urbandistrict, on 03/01/2008, -1/+5LOL guilty. I would use the defense that English isn't my primary language but my Spanish isn't much better. Does this make me a lamer?
- topace3000, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3Yeah man, just like bilking old people out of their money. It's all cool as long as they're not you.
- ganlet, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3 I agree it would always be nice for torrent sites to verify torrents however ads are important, if more people (cough cough digg) paid more attention to the type of ads on their sites there would be fewer of us feeling like we had to use Adblock plus.
- renegadeafk, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3Your English is much better than a lot of native English speakers online.
lol u r such a lam3r jk lol - inactive, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3Transmission is fine.
- madeingermany, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3"ads are FOR News-servers"
where the ***** did you learn to read ? - inactive, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3Why the hell didn't you do some research before you signed up?
- rdsworks, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3What happened to the good old days when you had to have a brain to download? Mirc, newsgroups, even eDonkey took some sort of computer knowledge to get going, now my dad can go to torrentsomething.com, search and its 90% of the time gonna work.
No wonder so many people are being sued for useless file sharing... because it is so damn easy! I say let these sites exist, let the idiots pay smart computer user's to fix there computers!
digg me down, just a guy, tired of people asking him how to use "that Torrent thing" - aznedy, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3How do I get a piece of this action?
- hextic, on 02/29/2008, -7/+10So your mom deserved the crabs she got?
- topace3000, on 03/01/2008, -1/+4Man I'm such a 1337 pirate. I download everything with so much ease and shiiiiit the internet is MY bitch yo. These noob fools deserve what they get, survival of the fittest am I right? The internet belongs to US, the basement-dwelling mass-pirating nerds of the world, not your everyday schmoes who have yet to torrent more than a few albums. *****, some of them have probably never even stolen music in their lives, what gives them a right not to have malware on their computers?
- madeingermany, on 02/29/2008, -1/+4But if the ads are for News-servers they might actually be true ;)
- deviantsteve, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2Intelligence has nothing to do with sports. Athletes have pointed that out already.
- topace3000, on 03/01/2008, -2/+4Just like when burglars come into your house, shoot you, and steal your stuff. BAM! Natural selection at work, bro!
- adooga, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2I have my own adblocking system.
If a site has audible, strobing, slow loading or in other ways irritating ads, I never go back. Chances are the site is ***** anyway. - mRIpX, on 03/01/2008, -1/+3torrentfreak spam
- inactive, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2But a lot of those "noobs" go through a semi-intelligent phase, but don't give back to the community (People who turn off the application after downloads are done)
Most people count that as "noob". -
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