A couple of things:
I really wish I could get someone to define who is in the "in" crowd and who isn't. Because, honestly, I've got no fucking clue. And every time there's one of these self-observant, navel-gazing threads, that term gets thrown out there, and I'll be damned if I know who's in or out. Long, long ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I wasn't on staff, I KNEW that I wasn't in the "in" crowd. And I was fine with that. Then, literally out of the blue, someone who was on staff at the time told me I should apply. Now I'm apparently a part of the "in" crowd even though the median feeling among members about me is "mild-to-moderate dislike". And I'm fine with that.
When I read a thread, I make it a point to read (and sometimes reread every single post), provided that it's not two sentences from someone I don't know in a serious discussion (mainly because if you can't be bothered to type more, I assume that you're just trying to artificially raise your post count, which makes me pay attention to you in a different way). So I don't directly quote you, don't get offended. I read what you had to say, but I probably agreed with most, if not all, of what you had to say.
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Originally Posted by lasareth
Why can't we have intelligent discussions, awesome moderation to prevent flame wars, and some fucking warez. Which direction do you think TFP will go if we offer intelligent discussions, a shitload of non-spam porn, flame-free discussions, and a 1-stop shop for torrents? I know TFP has been totally against this from the beginning but you have to evolve if you want to survive.
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Why don't we? Because it's illegal and will get us shut down. Limewire used to be "the shit" back in the day, but it's gone now. We've allowed some very limited torrent stuff, but we're not set up to host anything serious. And I will personally fight you tooth-and-nail to keep most of that stuff out of here because I don't think that the risk even begins to approach the rewards.
Cyn's already given everybody a really good reason why the porn has moved - IT KILLS ALL OF OUR FUNDING. Again, PayPal will drop our account(s) if they see that porn is involved. Don't like it? Blame them. There aren't many other secure services that we can use, and sending cash in the mail is a bad idea.
Finally, 9er, we've picked a direction. We're moving to it. This thread was started as more of a heads-up than anything else.