People banning you on soulseek.. Classic or Dud

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donny dorko, Monday, 1 March 2004 21:27 (twenty-one years ago)

and i don't mean if you queue up the whole of someone's hard drive, but when you've got one or two tracks queued

donny dorko, Monday, 1 March 2004 21:28 (twenty-one years ago)

i dont get it either, but somehow, even then, i can't bring myself to ban them back, even the guy that actually did queue up my entire hard drive, at 0.9k.

there is a guy who has been trying relentlessly to download a ratty mixtape off me for the last 2 months. i deleted it weeks and weeks ago, because it wasn't very good. unperturbed he just continues to retry and retry. he messaged me once to ask if i could push all the other people off my queue, so that he could go to the top and download it quicker.

i still didnt ban him

gareth (gareth), Monday, 1 March 2004 21:36 (twenty-one years ago)

So, classic, obviously.

David Allen (David Allen), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I got banned yesterday halfway through downloading a Shalamar track.

Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:29 (twenty-one years ago)

dud. and i always take it personally.

tod (tod), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:35 (twenty-one years ago)

people who have dialup do it a fair bit I think.

I did it once or twice but when people got annoyed I realised the best thing to do was move the file. An extra download/upload can make everything go so much slower on dial up.

Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I ban anyone trying to d/l files whilst not sharing. That really annoys me.

stevo (stevo), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Gareth, I DLed one of your "ratty mixtapes", it's great!

@d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Banning non-sharers is classic.
Them complaining about you banning them is even more classic.
Them pretending they DO have MP3s shared or they don't know how to do it ("I'm new on here!") - classicest.

edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:49 (twenty-one years ago)

people who have dialup do it a fair bit I think.

i'm on dial-up and have never banned anyone.

don, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

fair enough, do you download much?

I can understand people on dialup doing it.

Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Can I just ask a quick qn - how many uploads does everyone here allow? I fear I may I be being stingy.

Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:54 (twenty-one years ago)

3!

Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I hate people.

Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:57 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't care about the amount of uploads. (for soulseek and dc connect) i never ban, it's a give 'n' take thing.

nathalie (nathalie), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:59 (twenty-one years ago)

i download quite a lot. i don't even look at whats being downloaded off me. my philosophy is that everything will get there in the end.

don, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:00 (twenty-one years ago)

how do you know someones banned you? their computer might have crashed, or if they are on dialup the connections probably broken. i only banned one person who tried to download a ridiculous amount of stuff at one go - don't be so greedy!

zappi (joni), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:02 (twenty-one years ago)

well, it says "satus: bnned".

i've never cared enough to check people's folders. and i don't think anyone's ever downloaded more than one or two albums from me at a time.

tod (tod), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:03 (twenty-one years ago)

that was supposed to say "banned"

tod (tod), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:03 (twenty-one years ago)

if i was downloading loads of albums off someone it'd be more understandable but when it's an E.P or just one track it fucks me off.

don, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I allow 3 uploads, plus 3 extra for those on my list. Most of my list are the odd ILMer plus people I've gotten good stuff off.

edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:08 (twenty-one years ago)

some of the times i think people ban me because i don't necessarily keep anything in my folders that the want to download off of me. i usually have +/- 600 files up for sharing, but i change them all the time. if it happens that i don't have any metal bands in my folders when i try and get Napalm Death or Morbid Angel from someone, sometimes they still ban me. i never try to ask them why, but that's my guess...

does anyone here do that?

tod (tod), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:14 (twenty-one years ago)

or is 600 files just too little? it's all i have room for.

tod (tod), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:18 (twenty-one years ago)

i have never banned anyone, but i also dont have my files available to anyone not on my userlist. [which is mostly ilxors.] anyone is welcome to msg. me and ask to be added [though with my usual 30 or 40 mp3s, it's not really worth much], and whenever i download from someone new, i always add them.

10 per, btw.

strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't do that Tod but it's happened to me - I think the Shalamar guy was one of those, he was sharing 90% francophone pop and I don't have very much of that, plus my folders are awfully sorted anyway, so I guess he just thought I was a time waster.

I think that happens more often on other file-sharing programs, from what I hear some of them get quite insular and protective.

Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)

i allow 2 uploads, plus an extra 8 for those on userlist

gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)

though with my usual 30 or 40 mp3s, it's not really worth much - TRUDAT

cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:56 (twenty-one years ago)

i ban people if they're downloading several things and they ain't sharing and i notice. whenever someone bans me i (sneaky sneaky) add them to to my userlist, wait til they're "away", login under a different name, and then just dl whatever i wanted. tha fuxx.

cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:58 (twenty-one years ago)

i allow 3 + 5 userlist, i think. something like that. i ban people if they aren't sharing and queue up like 100 files off me (which happens surprisingly often). i should put something in my user info warning them, i guess.

you should be careful blount, i believe slsk has been known to block ips of ppl usinf multiple usernames.

toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 13:08 (twenty-one years ago)

don't start no stuff won't be no stuff

cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 13:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Best banning ever - my mate started downloading the Supergran theme tune off somebody - they messaged him with "Wierdo!" and banned him.

Lynskey (Lynskey), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

tod, Tico Tico, toby:
Reading your comments makes me feel like I’m missing something. When I’m on slsk I search for stuff I want. If someone is downloading from me, what do I care about the contents of their folders, or to see if they are sharing?

pheNAM (pheNAM), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I've banned one person, and it was because they weren't sharing anything and trying to download a bootleg concert.

I got banned from one user, and have no idea why.

dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:57 (twenty-one years ago)

pheNAM totally OTM

don, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:04 (twenty-one years ago)

If someone is downloading from me, what do I care about the contents of their folders, or to see if they are sharing?

if someone downloads something unusual from me, i often go browse their files to see if they have other stuff similar to that. its a good way to discover other interesting things i think. sometimes i am then unable to download anything from them. i still don't ban them though

gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:07 (twenty-one years ago)

(x-post)

pheNAM, the only reason I care is because if I see someone downloading something particularly hard to find from me, then I can guess they are also probably sharing some good stuff. I don't often download from someone just because they are from me, but sometimes I do when I see they have a lot of good stuff to sample.

Like I said, I've only ever banned one person, and in that case it was because I suspected this was someone probably hoarding bootlegs, and not sharing - why would they do that? I guess I was turned off by it.

dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

"if someone downloads something unusual from me"

"if I see someone downloading something particularly hard to find from me"

O.K. i see your thinking...I never thought of that, and of course, I don't know how to do that - though I imagine it's pretty easy.

Like I said before, I always have an idea what track I want, and then go searching for it.

pheNAM (pheNAM), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Happened a couple of times or so, no idea why (plenty to share, never try to suck one's HD empty) so I had to ban them just on principal (bit sad really, but I do take it personally).

I don't give a toss if people don't share. And I allow 3 normal uploaders, 2 from the list.

Omar (Omar), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah I don't mind non-sharers. I've banned very few people, all of them because they were queueing 100+ tracks on a 0.1 download speed. I don't think I've done it at all since I got broadband.

Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

The only person I ever banned was some genius that thought it would be a good idea to download every song on my hard drive. I don't mind if people download an album or something like that but that was just really inconsiderate.

El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:54 (twenty-one years ago)

i've banned two people after messaging to tell them that they have had crap taste in music (then ignoring them) after they pulled that stunt on some people i like, not because i actually had an opinion on their taste in music. i may have some musical prejudices, but never would i really ban anyone for that. i don't like those bullies. it felt right to smack them with a little instant karma for left field, even if i don't have anything those people want either.

nonsharers don't bother me that much if they aren't greedy in hogging the queue.

not been banned yet to my knowledge.

badgerminor (badgerminor), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

"it does not catch 5 files
more than at the same time!
if you it will not be sharing for all
will be banished! and was this!"

Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I get scads of traffic so I usually ban people if they try to download around 3+ albums/50+ mp3s at once. Sometimes I'd try to make exceptions for people who were downloading a fuckload of stuff but also had a fuckload of good stuff I wanted, but while they were downloading the entirety of the Chemical Brothers' discography from me, they'd ban me for trying to DL 3 one-CD disco compilations. FUCK YOU, ONTO THE LIST

Nate in ST.P (natedetritus), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 17:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I was once sent a message from a guy I downloaded one song from who told me that he was banning me because I had awful taste and was sharing crap.

Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 17:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I should add that the guy was sharing mostly cheesy 70s AOR rock/contemporary country/dorky mainstream stuff. Eagles, Doobie Brothers, Shania, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Dave Matthews, Steve Miller, Celine Dion. You get the idea.

Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 17:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I was banned halfway through downloading a video once because I wasn't sharing any video files of my own (I only have two or three). Never mind the 40GB of music files I was sharing, of course.

Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 17:23 (twenty-one years ago)

People who ban me while downloading from me = classic dumbshits. I messaged one such soul to ask him to explain his conception of "sharing", and he just aborted the d/l, but didn't seem to lift his ban. His user info included a rule against anybody sharing less than 2,000 songs, so I guess that's where I failed to live up to his standards. What really matters, apparently, is how many songs somebody has that you DON'T want.

Curt (cgould), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 17:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I was just banned from downloading Lambchop's "This Corrosion."
My head's spinning, and not just residually from the shirtless Andy Gill pic from last week

Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I got banned by one guy, who I messaged to ask why, and he told me to read his profile, which I did and I conformed to all his criteria. This I told him, and he told me that if I had read the profile I would know why I was banned. Thing is, I had loads of similar stuff to is which he didn't have.

I guess some people are just twats.

Nick H (Nick H), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Then again, it might be that people's mouse slips and clicks on "Ban user" when they mean to select "Add to list".

Curt (cgould), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 20:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't know if I have ever been banned, does the message pop up in the transfer window when it happens? I've never seen that. I have never banned anyone excepting an annoying internet stalker I had.

I have a small HD but I share pretty much every mp3 on it, which is usually around 200-something at a time until I clean it out and depending on what files I am using at the time. I don't get a lot of traffic, but I'm on 56k anyway. I only ever d/l one song from a user at a time just because I feel rude queuing up more when my transfers are so slow. My max upload/download is 3 files at a time, each direction.

I've had people queue up entire live shows from me in the past, but it doesn't bother me. Share the love.

No one ever messages me on slsk either, probably because I have so few files that I look like a boring lamer.

Blood and sparkles (bloodandsparkles), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 21:06 (twenty-one years ago)

A guy banned me as I was downloading a difficult-to-find, vinyl-only Todd Edwards track. He banned me and I asked him why. He said I had to give him something good in return. I suggested Closer Musik - "Maria" (he hadn't heard of Kompakt). He downloaded half of it and said "You gotta be kidding, this is SUICIDE music! Download the Todd track, I don't want you to kill yourself!"

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 21:11 (twenty-one years ago)

i think everyone should queue the supergran track, so the guy wonders what is going on

gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 21:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Gareth - the only guy with it on there was a queue of 163 already!

___ (___), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 21:29 (twenty-one years ago)

haha, I came home to find out some guy just banned me

dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 22:31 (twenty-one years ago)

sharing music that you don't actually want people to have, c/d?

i don't think i've ever been banned, but i've only been on slsk for a few months. i've got limited upload bandwidth (usually cap it at 24k because it's a shared connection) so i've only opened 2+1 slots; when i first started i banned (& then unbanned a few minutes later) a couple kids for chewing up a slot at .1 for 10 hours at a time, but then i figured out i could just add them to my list until they were done to accomplish the same thing.

andrew s (andrew s), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:25 (twenty-one years ago)

i have just queued supergran. i am 50th in the queue for their files

gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Is the username Hawklord72?

Lynskey (Lynskey), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:57 (twenty-one years ago)

no, its oen:(

gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Found him. It's queued on both mine and my girlfriends machine

Lynskey (Lynskey), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Is this a flashmob?

N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I only ban people who queue my whole Slsk folder.

Does anybody stay online to let people finish downloading? The program slows my computer so mcuh, I never leave it running.

Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Shit, am too generous with my uploads. I allow 10 +10 for user list.

btw, what are the albums/tracks that you have which are most popular with uploaders?

For me its the basic channel cds and capleton albums....

Jacob (Jacob), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 01:10 (twenty-one years ago)

He downloaded half of it and said "You gotta be kidding, this is SUICIDE music! Download the Todd track, I don't want you to kill yourself!"

CLASSIC

tricky disco (disco stu), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 01:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I call it a classic dud. Just happened to me on my first soulseek outing. One crummy Sortilege track. Banned! And I installed VirtualPC for this? Wait til all my real tough Mac user friends hear about this -- then we'll see who wishes they were banned!! HAHAHAHA!

Sigh.

Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 03:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Classic. I ban at least 2-3 people per day. The only offenses I ban for are seeing "No files shared" or "0 total uploads allowed" when trying to browse someone DLing from me. The reason? I constantly have at least several hundred files in my outgoing queue, and I don't care to waste my bandwidth on leeches, or those "forgetful" list-only folks who DL from me without adding me to their list. I've also run into far too many list-only jerks who'll add me for as long as it takes to finish their DL from me, then remove me from their list immediately, even if I'm in the middle of DLing something from them. I have zero tolerance for list-only users. (Especially because I rip and collect high-quality LAME VBR albums, and don't have time to waste messaging everyone to be added to their list just to see if they have files better than 192kbps.)

On the other hand, I'm very friendly to dial-up folks who share openly, and allow them to clog up my queue to finish an album even at just 1K/sec. Sometimes I bump them back in line a bit, but I never ban anyone for the speed at which they're DLing from me.

The only time that I know of getting banned (though I'm sure many people I've banned first have reciprocated) was for trying to download a Public Enemy album from some guy who was only sharing rap/hip-hop. I guess I didn't have enough in my collection to satisfy him. Amusingly, though, the only stuff he was sharing was widely-available commercial/popular stuff. Oh, my staggering loss!

As for slots allowed...I think allowing at least 10K/sec per user is a fair rule of thumb for those on broadband. On cable, my uploads are capped at 35K/sec total, so I have 3 UL slots open to all (no extras for list), allowing an average of 12K/sec per user (often more, since there's usually one dial-up user DLing from me at around 2K/sec, allowing more bandwidth for the other 2 users).

-_- (-_-), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 03:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Being banned for having priveleges: dud.

cws (cws), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 03:40 (twenty-one years ago)

i only ban those whole download my whole mp3 folder.
i allow up to 15 d/ls at a time, i am on a really fast connection, so i dont mind and no matter how many people d/l from me i still dont lose much internet speed.

todd swiss (eliti), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 05:30 (twenty-one years ago)

y0 add me 2 tha list

y0

i added u

HELLO

brian badword (badwords), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 07:37 (twenty-one years ago)

when i was first on abt a year ago, i found a guy whose speeds were in the 20s between us, and had a bunch of post punk in one folder. i didn't realize how big it was, 3-400 songs, but i d/led the thing anyway and he banned me. i apologized, saying i was new, didn't realize, etc, and he was sort of touched and unbanned me. "thx 4 apology, most ppl r cunts." i still took the whole folder but did it 5 songs at a time, which was probably just as annoying in the end.

g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 07:54 (twenty-one years ago)

The stuff that gets downloaded most from me -

- Grime: big demand for this.
- Obscuro #1 UK singles, unsurprisingly as it took me ages to find some of them. One of the Winifred Atwells only seems to exist on slsk in one cloned form and I have a sneaking suspicion it might be the wrong tune anyway.

Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 12:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Undisputed most downloaded from me; Bootlegs. I have at least 100 of them and some dickheads queue the lot up.

Nick H (Nick H), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 13:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I share a lot of radio airchecks/audio oddities, so those are always being downloaded from me, especially the WFMU/Best Show stuff. I have 20+ Pavement/Malkmus live shows shared as well, and those tend to be pretty popular too.

Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

i use nicotine under mac ox X to access soulseek, which has a HORRIBLE queue-ing system. it doesn't work linear like soulseek on pc, it is a round robin type thing which let's each user download one song at a time, then skips to the next user. needless to say, people send me so many hate messages on why they can never finish albums. i usually just kill them with kindness and make them feel really bad. pretending you don't speak english is always funny as well.

cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

To everyone who bans because people download 'everything' in a folder: Do any of you set up only ONE share folder and throw EVERYTHING in there? Because I sometimes search for an album, find it, and just right click and hit 'download containing folder' instinctually only to find out that I suddenly have some guy’s whole My Documents folder queued or something. Yeah, I know I should look before I grab this stuff but sort your damn mp3s, man!!

original bgm, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 15:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Alan is right. Those people are fucking obnoxious. Organize yr folders, people!

Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I sort by genre, rather too broadly unfortunately but it worked at the time I set it up. Albums are rockist.

Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I have a separate folder for ABBA though because they transcend genre.

Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

each album should be in its own goddamn folder

cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)

What disturbs me more is people who share EVERYTHING. Hello? Seriously, do a search for "password.txt".

Lynskey (Lynskey), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

slsk questions:

what does VBR stand for?
when you're looking at the search results, why are some files in bold (I realize these are dl'able) and some not? Are some file non-bold because their owners aren't sharing, or what?

tobo, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

1) Variable Bit Rate - it's a way of encoding MP3s. I try and avoid it as some CD burning programs don't like it.

2) If the file is in a queue it is non-bold. If the file isn't in a queue it is bold.

What I don't understand - when you search for a file, it comes up on search, you click on it and you get "File Not Shared". How come it's in the search if it's not shared?

Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:16 (twenty-one years ago)

i think what's happening there = soulseek scans your shared folders when you load it up + that's what's used to generate search results. so if you delete a folder/file while soulseek is running, it'll still show up in searches but (obviously) it can't be downloaded. that's just speculation though.

a, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:54 (twenty-one years ago)

...that's about it, also happens if you move a folder and Slsk is still running.

Omar (Omar), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 17:48 (twenty-one years ago)

My shared folders are totally organized (I even dropped a little scratch for a tagging/renaming app), but my download folder is a complete wreck. I'm sure there's things in there I dl'ed last summer that I still haven't heard (and wouldn't even remember what they were).

Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 18:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha, I just realized the last person to ban me called me a twat in this thread. Only he got it backwards, and said that I banned him, therefore, by logic, he must be the twat.

Curt (cgould), Thursday, 4 March 2004 01:37 (twenty-one years ago)

People keeping all of their albums in one directory, unsorted, and not realising that is the reason why lots of people queue hundreds of titles: DUD!

Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 4 March 2004 03:27 (twenty-one years ago)

what geir said.

el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Thursday, 4 March 2004 06:07 (twenty-one years ago)

three weeks pass...
Sun Mar 28 21:44:34 2004 careful
Sun Mar 28 21:44:43 2004 my peoples is everywhere
Sun Mar 28 21:45:11 2004 [mad_dem_crew] uh huh
Sun Mar 28 21:45:23 2004 yup
Sun Mar 28 21:45:41 2004 [mad_dem_crew] anything else?
Sun Mar 28 21:45:48 2004 nooooope
Sun Mar 28 21:45:52 2004 just that
Sun Mar 28 21:45:54 2004 take care
Sun Mar 28 21:45:58 2004 [mad_dem_crew] good
Sun Mar 28 21:46:02 2004 good
Sun Mar 28 21:46:02 2004 [mad_dem_crew] 1
Sun Mar 28 21:46:42 2004 see you in the game
Sun Mar 28 21:46:44 2004 bye
Sun Mar 28 21:47:47 2004 later
Sun Mar 28 21:49:21 2004 [mad_dem_crew] did u realize you're still messaging me
Sun Mar 28 21:49:44 2004 sorry, was talking to one of my boys
Sun Mar 28 21:49:45 2004 [mad_dem_crew] be gone

@d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 29 March 2004 04:43 (twenty-one years ago)

The only time I get banned seems to be when I download mixtapes, and that happens maybe half the time, possibly because I don't share any hip-hop -- I don't think I have anything that there isn't already a gazillion copies of.

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 29 March 2004 11:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Someone banned me this weekend while I was trying to download Ferrara's Wuthering Heights LP. No explanation given. Hurm.

I had to ban someone else for not taking "no" for an answer when I told him he couldn't have something I'd removed from my folder.

stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 29 March 2004 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I just put those people on ignore. It's rude but sod it, I don't go on slsk for the conversation.

Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 29 March 2004 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

jody wht is yr username?

cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 29 March 2004 18:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I got banned by someone for downloading the Kak album.

I often get messages from strangers asking me to add them to my friends list so they can get priority downloading, but I just ignore them. I have to wait in the queue like everyone else does so why should I give them a break? And like Tico Tico said, I don't go to slsk for the conversation.

I do make a point to message a thank you to someone if they are sharing something cool or uncommon.

Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Monday, 29 March 2004 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the point of "friends" lists is that you might give each other a break. Besides, it doesn't necessarily add to the wait for people in your regular queue, whose position won't drop back, because the list queue runs separately.

What I don't like about "stranger" requests is the suggestion that I should go and check their files to confirm that they are worthy. The chance that I'll see something I want is no better than mousing around at random. So, I usually just add them, no questions asked, unless they're a complete ass about messaging me.

Curt (cgould), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 00:47 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, can somebody explain the "list" etiquette on $0u1$33k? I add people to my list only if I think their taste is particularly unique or overlaps greatly with mine.

I've been banned a few times with no explanation, and I'm wondering if that has something to do with it.

Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 00:53 (twenty-one years ago)

About the only such etiquette I am aware of is to add anyone you download from to your list, regardless of how you rate their overall taste. Even failing to do that shouldn't get you banned, unless you have sharing set to list only.

Also, people who like to ban don't like to issue explanations. I'm always seeing in their User Inf,o "Break my rules = BAN & NO WARNING!"

Curt (cgould), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 01:36 (twenty-one years ago)

seven months pass...
[sungravie] hey, why's that?
[kilkis] jumping the que and sharing hardly anything
[sungravie] i'm jumping the queue? i've donated some $ to slsk, that why. and i'm sharing as much as i can, i only have a 6gb harddrive...
[kilkis] sorry, doesnt cut it with me
[sungravie] i'm sorry god, have a nice life

willem (willem), Monday, 8 November 2004 11:06 (twenty years ago)


I banned this guy I'd been chatting to about Caetano Veloso, 'cos when I browsed his files he had all this Lolita shit...

rwillmsen (rwillmsen), Monday, 8 November 2004 11:30 (twenty years ago)

About the only such etiquette I am aware of is to add anyone you download from to your list, regardless of how you rate their overall taste.

Whaaaa? This strikes me as OTT.

Anyway, I banned someone the other day because I looked at their Info and they were all "If you don't share files, you WILL be banned" but they weren't sharing any files themselves...

Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Monday, 8 November 2004 14:08 (twenty years ago)

So touching, this honor (or dishonor) among thieves.

I can't even be bothered to waste my time looking into the profile of someone downloading from me on soulseek - or care what their tastes and collections are. Why should I? I just don't understand why this is a big issue with people. I mean, really! OK, I understand if you have dial-up and it's slowing down your computer/connection, but other than that, so what?

I have a very fast cable connection and I allow 20 uploads and have never banned anyone. I even leave the computer on all night just so someone can finish downloading the album they've been trying to get. I've never gotten complaints from anyone or weird messaging either. Or maybe they tried, and I never noticed. Like I said, why bother paying attention to any of that? I'm not on Soulseek to make friends or chat or browse others' collections - and I don't know why anyone would be.

I also am amazed that the most sought after album is Harmonia's "Deluxe". At least three people download this record in its entirety from me every single day. A shame that this is something I ripped from that shitty Germanofon vinyl transcription pirate CD. I really ought to buy the official reissue (and get to hear the last track without the scratch running through it).

Lefty, Monday, 8 November 2004 14:55 (twenty years ago)

Looking through other collections is a good way of finding new music, and checking out the info gives a greater idea of how long you will be in a queue.

Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:38 (twenty years ago)

Had to ban someone for the first time ever the other day, and I felt bad about it. Three times in a week, this person had queued up EVERY file on my HD. Messages to cease & desist went unanswered. Why would somebody do that? Could it be a bot?

briania (briania), Monday, 8 November 2004 16:01 (twenty years ago)

Or - to use the American pronounciation - a twat.

Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Monday, 8 November 2004 16:29 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, more likely. Probably clicks "download folder" on some file that's not in a sub-folder.

briania (briania), Monday, 8 November 2004 16:42 (twenty years ago)

Brian -- don't feel bad about that. I first time I banned somebody, the situation was identical to what you just described. (except it only happened once, not three times, so in fact I think you were more than patient).

MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 8 November 2004 17:34 (twenty years ago)

[sungravie] i'm sorry god, have a nice life

Just for that i'll ban that eikel, Bill. ;)

big download at the moment from my HD: Ada - Blondie, followed by M.I.A.'s Schwarzweiss actually.

Omar (Omar), Monday, 8 November 2004 17:54 (twenty years ago)

Current big d/l: Can remasters

The Miles Davis 70s stuff always seems to get attention.

Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:18 (twenty years ago)

Just for that i'll ban that eikel, Bill. ;)
yay! eikelvrije soulseek for everyone! :-)

Lefty, I've got the Harmonia albums on cd (jap brain/metronome). If you're interested I could put them in my list.

willem (willem), Monday, 8 November 2004 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Here's my little Slsk horror story.

I'm at my then-girlfriend's place. Her copy of Slsk crashes and takes all of her preferences with it, so she reinstalls the program, cues up for some files she wants to download, and, as it's getting late, we decide to turn in for the night.

Cut to the next morning, when we find out that a slsk user who:

a) had been pestering her a great deal for personal advice
and
b) was a known creep in our little circle of Web friends

had downloaded her entire C drive's worth of personal documents. We're talking school essays, personal contact and scheduling info, family photos, pics of her (both clean & naughty), pics of me (ditto), pics of the two of us (yup), AND her entire mp3 collection.

The rest of the weekend was a subdued affair.

Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Monday, 8 November 2004 22:04 (twenty years ago)

Ouch!

Can people download from the whole of your computer? I thought only the soulseek folder was shared.

The Horse of Babylon (the pirate king), Monday, 8 November 2004 22:11 (twenty years ago)

You have to switch the Slsk preferences to a shared directory, and if memory serves, it defaults to the "My Documents" folder when you first set it up.

Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Monday, 8 November 2004 22:15 (twenty years ago)

eleven months pass...
jerks

jones (actual), Sunday, 23 October 2005 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

I don't like the "Share X files or be banned rule." My computer just doesn't have enough room for 500 songs, okay?

owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Sunday, 23 October 2005 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

i got randomly banned twice this week. well once was actually some guy trying to elt someone else download something first and I kept jumping the queue since I had privilages, and he unbanned me after I asked him what was up. the other was bullshit

kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 23 October 2005 17:18 (nineteen years ago)

having your feelings hurt by this, c/d

jones (actual), Sunday, 23 October 2005 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

i only get banned when I try to download the odd metal track from a total metalhead, probably as much for what I do have as for what I don't have(no metal obv.). I imagine they concieve of their music as ancient secret rune meant only for the "chosen" or some such, clowns. I used to ban people who're sharing nothing but now I just kill their download and if they persist I'll let them have it after a while. Not sharing anything just seems willful at this point, get some manners I say.

tremendoid (tremendoid), Sunday, 23 October 2005 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

haha it's cuz i have a broadway folder isn't it

jones (actual), Sunday, 23 October 2005 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...
what is the protocol for dealing with someone who tries to download an entire huge folder from you? There's no way I'm keeping my computer (or slsk) on for the several days it would take. I just don't want to be teh jerk about it, that's all.

tobo (tobo), Monday, 5 December 2005 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

the protocol is you got a life to live: turn it off when you want to, turn it on when you want to.

tremendoid (tremendoid), Monday, 5 December 2005 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

I shut it off mid-download all the time -- is that bad form? I mean, there is always someone downloading something, so what the hell.

Mark (MarkR), Monday, 5 December 2005 17:18 (nineteen years ago)

I do too, so what, they can get it later or elsewhere. But generally I'm really nice - won't turn it off if they have one song to go.

TRG (TRG), Monday, 5 December 2005 17:23 (nineteen years ago)

tobo: simple write them a nice message explaining that you need to shut down at some time, and (optional) welcome them to resume donwloads whenever your paths cross again.

The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Monday, 5 December 2005 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

I try not to get too hassled about it. If someone switches off while I'm downloading, I leave it queued up. Sooner or later they'll appear again and I'll get the rest of the file. It ends up being a nice surprise that way!

Niall, Monday, 5 December 2005 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

Well, I have more or less left Soulseek by now. The fact that my old incomplete downloads from Soulseek or WinMX are enough to get me kicked from Direct Connect hubs is certainly dud though.

Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

I live in shameful fear that someone might ban me if they see a smutty file in a folder (they get downloaded from time to time, and I'm not proud, damn it).

Nagging question: What does the little bird icon represent, next to the names when you are looking at the list of users in the room? Some are all tight, and some have their wings spread...

Mugged Outside the Jabberjaw, 1993 (Bent Over at the Arclight), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

"I try not to get too hassled about it. If someone switches off while I'm downloading, I leave it queued up. Sooner or later they'll appear again and I'll get the rest of the file. It ends up being a nice surprise that way!"

isn't the way it's pretty much supposed to go?

the little bird with its wings spread means the user is around, wings closed means they're away but still online/DL-from-able.

AaronK (AaronK), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

I ban people for not sharing and d/ling tonnes of shit from me. Only other reason was b/c someone had Skrewdriver mp3s.

And i always thought until recently that VBR was lower quality b/c of the folders that said LAME VBR beside the album name, like it was someone warning "hey, all i could find were these vbr files but watch out they're LAME!"

a Side-walkin' Street Wheeler (aaron ef.), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

I live in shameful fear that someone might ban me if they see a smutty file in a folder (they get downloaded from time to time, and I'm not proud, damn it).

you can choose which directories you want to share. you don't have to share your save-to folder if you don't want.

mies van der rohffle (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:54 (nineteen years ago)

I have a shitty ADSL connection, which I have to limit even more for work purposes.

Someone queues up my entire folder of People Like Us, so I cancel their downloads and send a helpful message that s/he will get far greater download speeds at peoplelikeus.org. A few hours later I get a message back saying something like "Yeah, I know THAT you idiot, I just didn't want to sit around clicking on all the track individually". Who are these fuckwits?

Sasha (sgh), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 05:54 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

:/ just got banned by the guy who always has the stuff I want who I was trying to dl the jadakiss album from, not sure why and don't feel like finding out

prins tuomas (The Reverend), Thursday, 2 April 2009 09:45 (sixteen years ago)

Well, you could try messaging him. I mean, it could just be a soulseek error or something, you never know.

Temperamental Catstrings (Bimble), Thursday, 2 April 2009 16:17 (sixteen years ago)

two years pass...

[18:53][The Dr.] look i'm banning you altho you share your files, out of all the files you have , two tracks in each files bullshit so i'm bannin' you and ignore your ass too
[18:53][etiolate] don't ignore my ass it's great

ledge, Saturday, 20 August 2011 17:56 (thirteen years ago)

I found that changing my user name would mean I could recommence downloading from the person who did the banning, then would PM them calling them a peado/blocking them afterwards

Colin Allstations (PaulTMA), Saturday, 20 August 2011 18:13 (thirteen years ago)

People are still using Soulseek?

ArchCarrier, Saturday, 20 August 2011 20:09 (thirteen years ago)

Sure, there's lots of stuff not floating around blogs or on Spotify.

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 20 August 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago)

yup, use it all the time

my brother's a basedgod (The Reverend), Saturday, 20 August 2011 20:50 (thirteen years ago)

There's still nothing better than Soulseek for individual tracks, particularly.

Johnny Fever, Saturday, 20 August 2011 20:51 (thirteen years ago)

yeah, I'm always on soulseek.

Anyway, I only ban people who try to download ALL of my files, I find that extremely annoying.

my own private kanyes west (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 20 August 2011 20:57 (thirteen years ago)

i give ppl who do that a warning and if they don't heed, ban

dizzy gillespie plays a sax/ me, myself, i love to (max) (The Reverend), Saturday, 20 August 2011 21:09 (thirteen years ago)

barely anyone ever downloads from me

corey, Saturday, 20 August 2011 21:10 (thirteen years ago)

I only ban people who try to download ALL of my files, I find that extremely annoying.
― my own private kanyes west (The Brainwasher)

I use 'download containing folder', it seems like a few users have like 100,000 mp3s in one huge unorganized folder so wherever that happens I panic for a second then the program freezes and I get banned or both. It's annoying.

wolves lacan, Sunday, 21 August 2011 01:38 (thirteen years ago)

^That's happened to me too many times with singles that I think are in their own folder but aren't.

The Sunspots In Your Eyes Are Actually Cataracts, Mr. Rudich (AWALL), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 02:52 (thirteen years ago)

wow, flac fetishists on slsk are nazis:

i share ONLY lossless songs and mainly full DVD's

mp3 sharers need not queue here. If i see mp3's in your list you will be banned

one cd at a time and please request DVD's before queueing

you must share at least 1% of what I share.
Currently that minimum is 5350 eac logged lossless, well-organized files. If you queue only artwork, I'll assume it's for your mp3 folder and you will be automatically banned
do not make requests (except for DVD's), complain, or show any ill-will, you will be banned and ignored

sometimes i must go to user list only, so please show patience

why delonge face? (unregistered), Friday, 26 August 2011 02:10 (thirteen years ago)

If you queue only artwork, I'll assume it's for your mp3 folder and you will be automatically banned

I hate flac people with a ferocity usually reserved for genocidal maniacs, but wth? This guy takes it to another level.

Johnny Fever, Friday, 26 August 2011 02:15 (thirteen years ago)

Don't use it much anymore, just for individual songs, but wow, that's amazing--I especially love the 1% benchmark. Wonder how he arrived at that?

clemenza, Friday, 26 August 2011 02:21 (thirteen years ago)

If you queue only artwork, I'll assume it's for your mp3 folder and you will be automatically banned

the huge irony here is that all the artwork he's sharing is in lossy jpg format. I want virginal uncompressed .tifs, motherfucker, or I automatically ban your tin eyes!

why delonge face? (unregistered), Friday, 26 August 2011 02:34 (thirteen years ago)

the real life equivalent of this guy would be a record store clerk who believes vinyl is the only true way to listen to music refusing to sell some kid a Pink Floyd poster (or whatever) because me might hang it on the wall above his CD collection, god forbid.

why delonge face? (unregistered), Friday, 26 August 2011 02:40 (thirteen years ago)

Oh man, FLAC people are the worst. Especially prog-rock FLAC freaks. And especially the subset of those that are Zappa die-hards.

The actor that played Jesus made some odd choices. (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 26 August 2011 06:04 (thirteen years ago)


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