dekgozinia Wrote:Fake files are posted more and more often.
That simply isn't true, and unless you have some behind-the-scenes stats, or more importantly, TPB Crew experience to back such a claim up, it'd be wise to refrain from posting simplistic comments. The truth is, there have always been people posting fakes on tpb (and elsewhere), and there are no more today than there were a few months (or even years) ago.
dekgozinia Wrote:would be great to have an opt-in feature to prevent black-listed user from showing up
We don't blacklist malicious uploaders, we ban them. Once a person has been banned, you won't see them or their torrents.
dekgozinia Wrote:The feature should have some smarts to black list only users that have more than # complaints.
We don't have a Complaints Department. What we do have however, as dolly cat has mentioned, is a forum
specifically for the purpose of reporting fakes/spammers - it's called the Report Torrents/Comments forum.
dekgozinia Wrote:having this feature will help everyone across the board.
No it wouldn't, and for me to explain exactly why would mean I'd have to divulge some of the finer points of our operations, so take it from me, your feature would not only
not 'help everyone across the board,' it's unworkable in the first place.
Your_Insider2 Wrote:I suggest that any new account be allowed only somewhere between 5-10 new post in one day
We don't see why we should set limitations upon legitimate uploaders just because of a few bad apples.
Your_Insider2 Wrote:While they could circumvent this it would take them more time to set up new accounts. All new accounts should be this way until they have proven to be reliable.
It doesn't take long for a dedicated trojan uploader to register multiple accounts, and takes no longer than if they only registered one account.
The issue here I think is one of personal responsibility.
Downloaders need to exercise some common sense and sound judgement
before downloading something. They should know what they are downloading and should make the effort to search whether the movie/game they're about to download has even been released. They should have some basic knowledge of different file types (see the links in our FAQ) so they know what to expect, and if they don't - then they should learn.
Just this morning I was talking to a guy on IRC who was complaining (rather than simply reporting) about a user who had uploaded around 3 pages of fake PC Games, and had tried to download one of them. The uploader had managed to upload 80-odd torrents within the space of a minute so common sense should have told this guy that the uploader was obviously a faker. Common sense should have told him that torrents shouldn't have 4000+ seeders after being uploaded 5 minutes previous. Common sense, basic knowledge of what he's downloading, and patience, should have told this guy that the game he tried to download isn't due for release until late 2016. Common sense should have prevented this guy from downloading, but it didn't, and instead of taking some self-responsibilty for his own actions, he blamed TPB and the crew.
We can only do so much at our end. Our staff and crew volunteer their time for free and deal with queries/reports as and when they can. TPB has never had 24/7 mod coverage (so there will always be fakes on tpb at some point) and we rely heavily on the army of ordinary users who use TPB every day who report the fakers to us, here on the forum, or on our IRC chan (#thepiratebay.org), and work
with us, to keep TPB as clean as possible. It's a never-ending battle between us and the bad guys: they upload fakes/malware, we ban them, another faker comes along and uploads fakes, and so on. That will no doubt continue, so it's essential to know what you're downloading, and for a site with millions of users, I think crew do a pretty good job of nuking the shite that gets uploaded every day.
