April 3rd, 2009
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 | Gnutella Admirer | | Join Date: November 14th, 2008
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Good thread Lord!  You've just said exactly what I've been thinking for ages now! I personally have plenty to say on this subject and related matters.... I've been gradually getting more and more irritated about this over the weeks (though believe me, 'irritated' is an understatement)  As if it's not bad enough that 95% of people who download from me are leeches  - the ones who DO share are far from blameless themselves! I've been noticing over time that when I browse the very small amount who ARE sharing (albeit dodgy porn and loads of foreign crap that nobody would want anyway  (no offence to anyone outside the UK before anyone starts  ), I might happen to find a few 'proper' files I rather fancy and start to download them.... only to find that once they've got the files they want from me - they go off off-line - before I'm even a third of the way through sometimes! MAN - does that get my back up!! How I LOVE the 'I'm alright Jack' attitude!! A prime example.... the other day someone was downloading files from me two at a time; ended up with about six in all. After my initial shock that someone was *actually* sharing lol, I browsed them, found some songs I wanted and started downloading them. I should've known it was too good to be true They got what they wanted, then all of a sudden that 'dreaded' 'Awaiting Sources' appeared on all my partially completed downloads.  The host appeared about 10 minutes later and when I browsed them again, the downloads I'd tried to get from them previously had mysteriously 'disappeared' from his list of files!! Nowadays I just make a note of their IP address in Filters and if they've got the bare faced cheek to visit me again, I find muchos pleasures are achieved by waiting 'til they're 99% done - then banning the greedy, selfish little sods!!   (I would've used a few choice stronger words, believe me - but I figured it wouldn't go down too well with the Mods)   |