Suggestions and Small Announcements For Improving D-Addicts

Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:32 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

A little hint: Start reading this thread at page 1 and you will understand why there won't be a ratio system on D-Addicts.

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:20 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

^ LOL

anyway, hi everyone! just want to make a little suggestion on the tech discussion section.

I have recently started using mac and still trying to get used to it. then I realised, there are probably many mac related problems people have asked, but they are all scattered around and making it harder to find a solution. like earlier I clicked on links from a post by a user, saying that the issue had been discussed before, but all the threads has been removed. they were all supposed to be similar problems that was discussed before.

so I was thinking if you could probably create a subsection or maybe even a sticky so people using mac, or platforms other than windows, can discuss their problems there and also making it easier for people to find problems that have been discussed before.

I know another user has made a suggestion like this before, so if this has been implemented please kindly point me to the right direction. if not, please consider this as an improvement to the site. it may also help to lessen unnecessary posts of the same problem.

thanks!

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:23 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I have the following suggestion:

On the upload page, add a feature where the uploader can optionally add a message/disclaimer that will be displayed when the user click the "download" link, rather than having the link automatically send the torrent. If the uploader chooses not to add a message, then the "download" link will function normally, where the torrent file will be sent immediately upon clicking the link.

When the message/disclaimer message is selected, and the user clicks "download", the message will appear, with yes/no options. If the user clicks "no", he'll be sent back to the torrent listings page. Clicking "yes" will send the torrent file to the user.

The reason for this suggestion is that several people are suggesting that despite the uploaders placing their disclaimers in the first post of the comments section, by design of D-Addicts they're just not reading it. The reason is simple - Ruroshin had to move the "download" link out of the individual torrent comments pages and onto the torrent listing page for advertising reasons. For some reason, the advertisers didn't like the link being in the comments section.

By invoking my suggestion, it gives the communications back to the uploader, so that anyone who downloads the torrent WILL see the message.

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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:01 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

First, thanks to Ruroshin and all others involved in making this such a great site! We have been able to get hours of high-quality entertainment because this site exists.

I also think that some kind of ratio should be considered, but I have read enough of this thread to understand the rationale behind the current scheme and have no wish to keep "beating a dead horse".

Things are getting pretty bad, though. I was recently the sole seed in a batch torrent where 6 leechers would not feed a lone straggler enough for him to make any progress catching up with the rest - the gap was actually getting bigger over time. I ended up backing off on my upload allocation to the torrent until I saw the straggler making at least some forward progress.

Just before that, in another batch of the same series, only the last 2 of the 11-or-so leechers I cleared before moving to the next batch bothered to stay around to help seed to the remaining leechers. (I would have quit seeding the series completely if those last 2 also left without helping.)

I have a couple of suggestions regarding batch downloads:

1. It might be helpful if the batches were limited in size to something like 4.3 GB or less. This would allow seeders to archive a RAW batch download - along with the related .torrent and subtitle files - on a single DVD, which could later easily be copied to a hard drive for seeding purposes. Keeping some of the longer series on hard drive can be quite a commitment of space - e.g. Golden Bride @ > 40GB. (I use Macs and the available space on a standard DVD after formatting is around 4.38 GB -- which I think is a little less than on a PC.)

2. It would also be nice if piece size was limited to no more than 1 MB. I downloaded a 10.9 GB batch torrent with 4 MB pieces recently (Evasive Inquiry Agency) where corrupted data was rampant - I had more than 3 GB of failed checksums - and "losing" 4 MB a shot hurts, especially when download speeds are very low. I think it took me something like 3 weeks to finally get the batch.

I think it was more like 4 GB+ of failed checksums, but I deleted the torrent file from my bt client after seeding to my usual 2:1 ratio so I can't be sure. Data flow was slow enough that I ran a concurrent batch torrent after awhile -- with no such problems.

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:57 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

For the love of God/Allah/whatever,

PLEASE INSTALL A "THANK YOU" BUTTON!!!!

I don't know why people are doing this, but they feel that flooding a 24-episode series with 24 individual "thank you's" is necessary. Hello, McFly!!!!!! NO, the uploader does NOT need 24 individual thank you's from the SAME PERSON!!!! All he needs is ONE per person.

Use your noodle, people!!!!! Maybe some common sense will pop out.

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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:20 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

^ B-b-but how would we get 500 page subtitle threads like that? Wink

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:38 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:52 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I also think it's nice for people to thank the uploaders for each individual episode. I don't see why that should be a problem...certainly not to the uploader himself/herself. How is that any different from thanking fansubbers in the subtitles forum each time a new episode subtitle is added?

Unless it's costing/causing bandwidth or server problems, I don't see why it's necessary to restrict someone from leaving a simple "thank you" every time.

Otherwise, I do find it a wise idea for a "Thank You" button to be implemented.

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:24 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:14 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Sorry - I didn't know you meant torrent pages.

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

ssih and kuro570 have the right idea... The "thank you" posts are a distraction. When you're searching through a torrent comment topic, you're going to be bombarded with a heck of a lot of meaningless "thank you" posts, when you're trying to search for someone who mentioned, for example, why the audio/video timing is off in the episode. Also, most uploaders don't actually see the quantity of the thank you's, so really only the first few thank you's have an affect on the uploaders; the rest - they're basically ignored. If, instead, they had a "thank you" total next to the total number of posts they made, then the uploaders have an actual number they can use to gauge the popularity or appreciation of their work.

And last, I'm one of probably a few people who go to main D-Addicts page, and then click "Posts since last visit." What do I see every day? Maybe five to seven new pages - of which MOST OF THE POSTS are "thank you" posts! What use is it for me to read someone else's thank you post directed at someone other than me? I have to pour through the new post pages, read every single new post, and then discover that only one full page of posts were actually of value to the general community, and not directed at one person.

The way I've been taught message boarding is this: If you're going to thank someone, or convey any other personal message that only the uploader will appreciate, you send him a private mail (PM). Message boards is for everyone! It isn't meant to be used for private messaging on a public basis.

In short:

- The "thank you" button will give the uploader or subber an actual count of thank you's.
- "Thank you" posts, or any other posts directed at one individual is a distraction to the rest of the public.
- Messages targeted at just one person should be send via PM.

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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:46 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Ah, I never get thanked much anyway so who cares??? Crying

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:51 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Implementing a "thank you" button would do wonders but I don't think sending a PM to the uploaders is going to help the situation.

Would uploaders really want their Inboxes full of thank yous from dozens of members here? Especially if uploaders like gryzze, massaru, xraymind etc post multiple torrents weekly (sometimes even daily)...

D-Addicts' message storage is quite limited and it only takes a dozen of PMS or so before the 100% quota is filled up - which sometimes block off from the more important PMs as they can't get through unless the member remembers to log in to erase older PMS.

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:15 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0