Releaselog

Think before you post a comment!

Posted on 02.07.2007 at 22:09 in Site news by Martin

I’d like to make this small announcement following recent events here at Releaselog. I received a whole bunch of emails from people complaining about crappy comments on our posts. I’m talking mostly about the Live Free Die Hard post, which went totally out of hands and transformed into the political and national arguement on the lowest level. Consider this as the last warning: we are going to delete every single offtopic, rude and intolerant comment from now on. The author of this comment will be banned forever from accessing this site. This also applies on people posting “first!” comment. There won’t be a single exception from this rule and we won’t reply to your email begging of allowing you to access the site again. Zero tolerance. Comments are here for people asking and informing about the quality and not saying that certain country is better/worse than some other country or expressing your racism concerns. So please, use your brain before you write your next comment – you will be the only one responsible for possible consequences.

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  1. David
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:13

    Good job Martin(and whoever else thats involved in this decision), I always look through comments for actual comments concerning the quality of the release and intellectual discussions, but Im always rampaged with messages on how we don’t care about history, how a country is better than others, thanks to this announcement, the comments on rlslog will be of quality and not of ignorance :)

  2. YoKo
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:13

    Totally agree, i was just wondering why didn’t you done this before?! Also, i would like to ask, if we’re requesting for crack only of the game in comments, is it ban or not?
    Also, posting some links to torrent sites or rapidshare’s ?
    It will be good if you be more precise or specific with the rules.
    Thanx in advance (hope i won’t get banned for this…) ;)

  3. wingman24
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:15

    I agree. Well said.
    This should be a site for all to enjoy.

  4. David
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:17

    @ YoKo, I think what you said are allowed, this rule here I believe is only for those morons who wish to discuss about politics and nationalities instead of what they are actually posting a comment to.

  5. XAmemiya
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:17

    Ive felt this site has needed this for a long time, Ive all but stopped reading comments because theres nothing informative there anymore, its mostly full of people leaving irrelevent comments and people who start arguing about the most ridiculous things sometimes, and I support the descision to implement this fully. If you wanna debate the current political climate or what country is the “best”, go find a forum somewhere and keep it out of here.

  6. iNCQRiT
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:21

    This is why forums have moderators.

  7. iNCQRiT
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:23

    One more thing, can’t you implent something like digg has? Like that you can burrow posts, so they are automatically hidden?

  8. lazyink
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:23

    well said folks .. quailty and nothing but !

  9. blunden
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:24

    Sounds like a great idea. Btw. this sentence of the grey text above the first comments seems a bit wierd: “Feel free to post your Think before you post a comment!” :D Just wanted to point that out since it’s very easy to miss.

  10. rabb1t staff member
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:26

    Well said Martin. Although I am no fan of censorship…in rare cases some comments are just asking to be deleted.

  11. Egyptian Mafia
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:28

    Hey Martin…thanx a lot for trying to stop the chaos….and if you want any help..you can send me an email

  12. nayab9
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:30

    rock on rlslog!
    thanks for improving the site and making it EVEN BETTER! for those of us that love it so much!

    two thumbs up!

  13. chippxero
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:32

    I’d personally prefer it if you had to have an account and log in to comment. (with the hopes that morons would be banned)

    The “first” comments piss me off as they are pointless.

    To be honest this site isn’t what it used to be i used to love coming on here and reading comments and the days posts, now i rarely come on just to see if a decent movie release has come out and then i leave, but i guess that’s what happens when something becomes a bit more popular.

  14. PRODUCT
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:34

    Censorship

    Which is exactly the same as the MPAA. If a couple of jerk-offs wanna have a debate, let them. Did you see the “Sicko” Thread ? Double Standard ?

    By the way, I haven’t seen the “Die Hard” thread. It’s hard to believe release log a site about posting illegal software, Would start threating Censorship. Its mind blowing.

    If this gets me banned, So be it. I don’t support Internet Censorship

  15. Quagmire FX
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:35

    This is a welcome change. I love checking these forums.

  16. smurphyzeke
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:39

    Awesome, hopefully this will keep some people off of here.

  17. nayab9
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:41

    product, things need to be regulated…
    everything in life needs regulation, after all we are just animals…
    im sorry you feel that way about rlslog, i hope that you do not get banned, simply because you presented your argument maturely and seem like a great person, but i do believe that it is a good thing to do this for the greater majority of us (majority is supposed to rule right? =P).

  18. nick
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:46

    i was just wondering how are you going to stop people from accessing this site the only way i can see is an IP ban but it is very easy to get past those, just use a proxy server and you can get on the site easy. so were you going to use IP bans or were you going to use something eles?

  19. rik
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:48

    Well said guys, good decision.

    I dont post many comments because im put of by all the crap and hissy fits etc.

    This may encourage me to post more comments

    well done lads

  20. Digitalfox
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:48

    Hello, I’m a new reader here ( only 1 month at here )and loving the site..

    And i like to read comments, because i like to know what people say about the quality, torrent’s links, etc..

    But my god, so many ” Like to flame ” type of people post things that have nothing to have with the topic..

    So yes, I’m not a guy who like to see censorship in comments, but i think in this case, i have to agree with them..

    A big thanks to the people who run this site, because it’s a good one :)

  21. vasc
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:51

    I don’t know how you do it, I used to run a blog with way less activity than this one, about 7 or 8 comments a post and those comments drove me nuts, people insulting each other, complaining about everything and nothing at the same time, insulting my editors, after a while I simple moved on, and god ridden. So a big URRA for your patience, specially Martin.

  22. slowhand
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:54

    I believe everyone in on the right track. Comments UNDER a category item should be about the item. ALL OTHER comments should be SENT somewhere else. There, apparently, is a burning desire among THIS SITES VISITORS to make comments and to be heard. Create something for them! Man, it feels as if you have something here, something big ! Take advantage of it…

  23. Q
    July 2nd, 2007 | 22:55

    “Feel free to post your …”

    maybe have this in black/blue/red instead of light grey

  24. therapix
    July 2nd, 2007 | 23:00

    iNCQRiT
    This is why forums have moderators.

    This is not a forum.

    Anyway, I’M AGAINST CENSORSHIP.

  25. Victor
    July 2nd, 2007 | 23:01

    Good job! That is something u should have done long time ago guys! Keep it up … and like #13 chippxero said, we should definately get accounts here.

  26. core.-
    July 2nd, 2007 | 23:02

    Thanks for this *sniff* I had all but stopped reading comments on here out of fear that I may get involved in one such discussion but I feel you have released me from my earthly bonds to once again read comments

    ***This comment is in no way meant as sarcasm***

    Thanks Martin and the rest at rlslog

  27. Mikael
    July 2nd, 2007 | 23:06

    About time.

  28. core.-
    July 2nd, 2007 | 23:07

    and in reply to Nick trust me, everyone knows about proxies and other ways to avoid ip bans, but if youve been around awhile if you repeatedly ban ips, all the good ones will eventually run out unless those people start buying them, in which case rlslog will have technicly won, and besides like I said, everyone here already knows it, everyone is already thinking about it, theres no need for you to state the obvious, besides that i will retire for the evening gents and keep up the good work at rlslog

  29. flos
    July 2nd, 2007 | 23:09

    i’m only worried about one thing – since i have local network and many ppl share the same ip i would be very very sad to find out that i can’t access this kick ass site because of some arse hole from my lan :|

  30. Novadj
    July 2nd, 2007 | 23:17

    Thank you so much Martin! In this case Censorship is needed because of some people that turned this site into a flame war including one person who admitted he started the Live Free Die Hard flame war on purpose. I love this site and am happy for all the free things that have come my way and I used to always look to the Comment section to see about the quality, but lately everytime I’d check out the Comments all I would see is vicious name calling about members of a certain race or cruel comment against different countries, it was getting way out of hand. I’m not one for Censorship either, but everyone needs to follow some kind of rules or then it would be ok to steal and kill. Almost every site I’ve been on as certain rules to follow…..now at least we can get back to the real issues : Downloads!!

  31. Mabs
    July 2nd, 2007 | 23:19

    I agree with the necessity of rules. I don’t like censorship, but society must have some rules, some code of action. I like democracy, not anarchy. My freedom to speak must not restrict other people’s rights.
    Some people need to learn some manners and respect others.
    Nice to see this kind of rules in RLSLOG.net.

  32. steve
    July 2nd, 2007 | 23:22

    Good decision…and keep up the good work. I just finished watching die hard four and logged in to say what a great film it was.300 jaw dropping comments later and i forgot what i was doing on the site. completely ridiculous!

  33. relentless
    July 2nd, 2007 | 23:27

    Nice post Martin!

    It’s about damn time the comments on rlslog.net are reaching the same quality level as your posts. You guys put a lot of effor into it and i enjoy browsing this log!

  34. Jas
    July 2nd, 2007 | 23:28

    Excellent, another reason for me to support this site. Great work Martin!

  35. bajs
    July 2nd, 2007 | 23:31

    Don’t you realize how stupid ip banning is? Some might have fixed ips, but most isps rotate the ips to their customers either at intervals or at router cold boots. And what’s stopping some banned guy from accessing rlslog from a different ip or pc. But what IS gonna happen is that the more ips you ban, the bigger the chance is that honest rlslog users might end up being banned. And the plan will backfire.

  36. nordfront
    July 2nd, 2007 | 23:42

    crap, i wanted to write “first” kind of comment at this topic, but i`m late for that ;) geez, next time :D

  37. Joel Rifkin
    July 2nd, 2007 | 23:49

    Martin, you might want to consider policing your own staff…namely Mr.X…who likes to start these political arguments in the first place.

  38. nayab9
    July 2nd, 2007 | 23:54

    @ Joel Rifkin

    IMO Mr.X does nothing of that sense.

    Its the people who misinterpret and go looking for something to @#$# about that cause arguments to take place.

    I read Mr. X’s posts and i see nothing wrong with them, next thing i see people commenting and rambling on about useless nonsense just because they want to argue about something.

    @ Mabs 100% agreed, democracy chooses, the ones who dont like it, can leave, nobody is forced to be here!

  39. hibby
    July 2nd, 2007 | 23:57

    Yes, Martin I agree with this step wholeheartedly as it will keep the more ‘immature’ element at bay (racists, flamers, trolls, imposters and spoilers).

    Although, on the subject of immaturity you should also keep your own contributors (namely Mr.X) from causing problems. See the post referenced below and my comment #57 therein.

    http://www.rlslog.net/history-channel-dead-mens-secrets-hitlers-special-force-pdtv-xvid-sometv/

    BTW, I hope you still allow swearing and humourous banter, etc. in the comments as this is just part of normal conversational interaction and not meant to insult.

    Anyway, good luck as I presume there will be a fair bit of work involved initially!

  40. BaB
    July 2nd, 2007 | 23:59

    “I agree with the necessity of rules. I don’t like censorship, but society must have some rules, some code of action. I like democracy, not anarchy. My freedom to speak must not restrict other people’s rights.”

    So, you will be buying your DVDs from now on will you?
    You are part of this scene and this scene is all about not doing what you are told to do by society.

    You have decided to ignore that rule that society has given you yet you and others now want to define what I may do because you know best? Make my rules? That is a tall soapbox right there.
    I am not one of the posters who pushed the staff into this new rule, I have behaved myself but not because of any rules but because the service is a good one.

    These comments that must be cursed from this land are nothing more than an industry hazard, don’t panic.
    The place is full of free thinking individuals, not mindless drones, buying what we are told to buy, would you really want it any other way?
    The odd bad text will slip out of people like that, shit happens. Let it go and spend your time doing what this site does best rather than spending it reading comments by people and checking their views against your masters acceptable text scale.
    You can never get rid of the trolls, never happened in an open system, so why let them get to you?

    Only my two coins.

  41. Mechanism
    July 3rd, 2007 | 00:00

    I would wish this to be a “sticky” one. So it doe s not run out into tha sand, if you know what i mean.

  42. gravy
    July 3rd, 2007 | 00:10

    censorship is not what we are talking about. as the sign says “management reserves the right to refuse service to anyone at anytime.” it is entirely reasonable to limit discussion to that which benefits site visitors.

    kicking someone out of a news studio for screaming into the mic is not censorship, it’s good business. good business does not translate into a discussion about the RIAA.

    there is a certain energy about the internet that leaves people thinking they have the right to be ripe bastards because they are typing on a keyboard at a distance- never would they treat someone like that in public (well, maybe while they are in their car). it is time that the citizens of the net take a stand and treat this energy the same way we treat spam. eliminating spam is not censorship- it rids my inbox of filth. this is the same goal i believe that rslog is trying to achieve. focus, positive energy, and why you’re at it, scraping the shit off your shoe that tends to show up at certain moments is perfectly reasonable and is in no way censorship.

  43. Copter
    July 3rd, 2007 | 00:10

    Good Job :) ,
    Martin can u fix the new software sidebar?
    Or why it shows 1 month old betas?

    I see these:

    NEW SOFTWARE
    WinMerge v2.7.3.5
    Skype v3.2.0.158
    Maxthon Combo v1.6.1.22
    AC3Filter v1.40b
    Ultr@VNC v1.0.3
    Spybot Search and Des…

  44. warmvinyl
    July 3rd, 2007 | 00:19

    It’s about time! To many juvenile comments that have NOTHING to do with the subject. Well done Martin and etal.

    keep this site for comments about the releases Only!

    Warmvinyl

  45. Anonymoose
    July 3rd, 2007 | 00:25

    Your all completely wrong, censorship is never the answer.

    These so-called unrelated comments appeared because of the Pro-American propaganda IN THE MOVIE. Comments about the movie are unwelcome…wtf?

  46. anon
    July 3rd, 2007 | 00:28

    Hi, what about when we inform you of a release? Does that count as offtopic?

  47. chrisk
    July 3rd, 2007 | 00:33

    How about : Think before you let Drive Cleaner advertisements ruin a otherwise awesome site.

  48. BaB
    July 3rd, 2007 | 00:36

    Mr X, may your chosen idol of protection rain down good fortune on your clever head.

    Nothing wrong with having an opinion, it is the way some choose to express said opinion that gets some peoples knickers well and truly twisted.
    Would we honestly though as an answer to that decide to remove the opinion from people?
    I find a simpler solution is not to feed them, a hungry cat soon moves house.

    Glad to see you “get it” Mr X, I see a chilled and educated life in your future ;)

  49. poop
    July 3rd, 2007 | 00:56

    bah humbug at this new fascist regime, i won’t condone nor tolerate the suppression of my free speech!

  50. core.-
    July 3rd, 2007 | 01:05

    what might be smarter, would be to use registration, you have to have been registered for 1 month before you can post comments or some crap like that, but still that goes against my “I hate registering for anything” way of life, still whatever the guys at rlslog decides goes, so stop criticizing their choice to ban ip’s, I mean seriously people everyone knows how easy it is to change ips or how dynamic and fixed ips work drop the subject please,

    otherwise you guys might end up sparking another stupid topic, this is the second and last time ill post about it, talking about ip’s doesnt make you smart so ssssh

    I am going back to bed

    “What do you say we kick it a nickel ?”

  51. nel241
    July 3rd, 2007 | 01:08

    martin…”we are going to delete every single offtopic, rude and intolerant comment from now on.” Does this also go for staff who post comments that instigate this problem u speak of ? I am all for free speech but if zero tolerance means zero tolerance than should it also go fo the staff who also post comments saying that certain country is better/worse than some other country . please email me with your reply or beter yet post it here :) .

  52. noBarf
    July 3rd, 2007 | 01:09

    @ gravy

    who decides, and against what set of rules or guidelines do they decide what constitutes as ’shit on the shoe’?

    the Internet is one of the last true free speech outlets available in the world…that means taking the good with the bad…an opinion is an opinion, weather grossly wrong or blatantly right…

  53. Dream
    July 3rd, 2007 | 01:11

    any chance of only posting movies, games & shows etc. that are of some-artistic merit? lately there are tons and tons of “crappy” movies and shows being posted. i,e posted movies with ultra-low ratings or porn shows or train games doesn’t seem the “fare” most viewers come here to find. i also miss foreign [i.e not Hollywood] films.

    that being said, great job on the site. much appreciated in advance.

  54. Jeff
    July 3rd, 2007 | 01:49

    I find it quite amusing that a website which promotes illegal material such as movies, apps and music would threaten with censorship.

    Quite amusing.

  55. Robbie
    July 3rd, 2007 | 01:49

    About time!!! Well said,I don’t know how many times I’ve had to question the intelect of some individuals on here..This site is all about advising each other on what’s good as in quality wise etc,but then I always used see other people getting be-littled by the so called computer “savvy”…What’s funny is,that particular person started off the same way as the new person and surely there’s no reason to feel superior or more knowledgable that the other person…Have always considered the rlslog staff to be of high standard,and definately with these kind of decisions,they’re only a few inches from GREATNESS!!!

  56. Fango
    July 3rd, 2007 | 02:07

    It’ll only work if certain staff on this site don’t instigate it. And god forbid if the American flag shows up in the backround of some movie.

  57. Revone
    July 3rd, 2007 | 02:16

    One thing…

    The writers on this site need spellcheckers!

    Spellcheck your shit when you post a new release. I feel like I’m reading something a 12 year old wrote.

    I agree with Jeff. Just let the people be man, without us this site wouldn’t be here.

    Peace

  58. me
    July 3rd, 2007 | 02:29

    Hei you cant ban anyone, how are u pretending to do that, everytime i login to the internet i get a new ip from isp i even use it to download rapidshare stuff without account

  59. pingspike
    July 3rd, 2007 | 02:38

    Agree to it all, provided your consistant. Making exceptions for staff mouthing off is equally not cool (infact often, worse).

  60. CRC Fail
    July 3rd, 2007 | 02:38

    @me

    They can ban static IP’s like most broadband providers use. Yours is obviously dynamic, so you can go crazy! Unless they ban a range of IP’s that includes your area.

  61. ZV
    July 3rd, 2007 | 03:18

    This site was waaay cooler in the beginning. And Martin, if your going to do this then you need to start with the root of this problem, and that is the blatant Anti-American, Pro-European Racist on your staff. Since this guy started here, the majority of the stuff he posts is Anti-American drivel mixed in with his unique brand of blatant Racism. (”Yet another Black is arrested”) It’s not fair to threaten the people that don’t agree with your contributors crap, and that’s what this Ban seems like. Your a smart guy and I’m sure you know what is wrong, fix the REAL problem, not the guys responding to it.

  62. hikaricore
    July 3rd, 2007 | 03:25

    While good in theory, the problem is when you do start IP banning folks (those with static IPs atleast) they will start using proxy servers and tor to harass and spam rlslog. The number of static IP addresses you’ll find these days are very low compared to what they used to be. You’ll end up blocking users who happen upon someone else’s Non-Static IP when their IP changes every few days/hours. So basically it’s not going to really be enforceable until you require registration. Once you do that the site becomes half of what it used to be. I’m not saying I will cause any issues myself, I just wanted to point out the issues involved in this decision.

  63. bbster
    July 3rd, 2007 | 03:26

    I also have a hard time with censoring commments. The original comment that started the “Die Hard 4″ fire was quite legitimate, regarding propaganda. It was the various obvious juvenile comments later that really fanned the flames. Namecalling, stereotyping, ect… I’m guilty of getting sucked in because of the stereotyping… are the trolls really trolls or are they just young, opinionated.?? who knows… but if a dicussion about a movie turns political, who cares… as long as those involved can be mature… this site is unique that it brings together movie lovers at all ages from all over the world… learn from eachother, show respect and give it… just my opinion… late (from Cali), cheers (to UK), abayo (to Nihon), hasta (to Espain), take off hoser (to canada), Au revoir (to france) Arrivederci (to Italy) that’s all i know off the top of my head… teach me more friends… bbster

  64. Steve
    July 3rd, 2007 | 03:44

    Censorship or not, the comment section is for Q&A about the torrent contents and availability only and not about the subject matter in the torrent. There are hundreds of websites and forums for lame “I know it all” discussions so whomever does’nt like the fact that they can no longer de-rail what is being posted then tough.

    Go cry elsewhere.

    Kudo’s for putting a foot down on spam comments. Nothing worse than funneling through crap to find out why a file is not downloading right because some jackass wants to talk about political bs.

    Steve

  65. Flavour Flav
    July 3rd, 2007 | 03:51

    Hi,

    There are some very creative individuals on the comments pages of this site, stopping them from writing here would do nothing to benefit the quality of the site.
    At the same time i would believe that barring personal insult, people should be able to say whatever they want anywhere, we can always CHOOSE to ignore them if we must.

  66. koopsta
    July 3rd, 2007 | 04:10

    68th post!

    plz dont ban me, just poking fun is all

  67. wahoo
    July 3rd, 2007 | 04:32

    I think you should have to sign up and create a name to post comments.

  68. bbster
    July 3rd, 2007 | 04:39

    One last comment… Mr.X (staff)does make racist comments and also stereotypes people. He is baiting people… otherwise trolling..
    I will not be reading anymore of his posts on principle…bbster

  69. 3/7fifer-RGR
    July 3rd, 2007 | 04:56

    Bravo Martin

    I agree 100% with hibby, and also that TOWERS OF DECEPTION pic next to the post needs to be highlighted as an example of tinder for the flames.

  70. Mike staff member
    July 3rd, 2007 | 05:04

    I did not notice anything! it is because I really don’t have any time being online anymore. But I think it’s time for those to stop posting “stupid” comments and people to begin to show some respect for the job you guys are doing.

  71. jitter
    July 3rd, 2007 | 05:31

    I’m all for this decision. I’ve seen a lot idiot comments here lately, and general douchebaggery.

    My only concern is that you might be banning to vividly, at least if I interpret the meaning of your zero tolerance policy.
    With certain posts here in rlslog gaining high amounts of comments. There ought be false positives. For instance people with bad grammar, or posts containing subtle irony.

  72. mark
    July 3rd, 2007 | 05:43

    You could perhaps also integrate a “digg” like feature for comments, like some other blogs have done. Good comments will be rated up, and bad comments hidden.

    Or not…

  73. Gareth
    July 3rd, 2007 | 06:52

    I agree with your decision.

    Posts should be relevent, to the point and respectful of others views.

  74. QuadrupelQ
    July 3rd, 2007 | 07:20

    The comments (wel OK, and the releases) are the best thing on releaslog. I most certainly don’t come here for the ‘neutral’ posts of those ‘great’ moderators like Martin an Mr. X.

    I would say it’s only fair that we can also take action against idiotic and off-topic log entries like the “weekend-update” section Martin did a while back. The update had NOTHING to do with new releases of scene but it’s here anyway.

    Furthermore, there is of course no control on your IP bans. You can ban everybody that even dares to make a comment on your posts (it happened to me already a while back, don’t deny it), without us knowing the real reasons for it. You are providing a service, if you can’t handle it and have to start playing police, don’t do it!

    With this step you are making a big mistake. Censorship is never good, and IP banning is idiotic. Simply delete posts you don’t like, that way you ‘moderators’ can actually earn the buck. You most certainly don’t do that with your release description!

    Was this ‘on-topic’ enough for ya???

  75. lish
    July 3rd, 2007 | 07:57

    C’mon people… Internet censorship is harsh but a necessary evil… I’d be interested to see the response when these people’s kids start watching Al Q’aeda recruitment videos on Youtube…

    At the end of the day, this site is here to inform about releases and their quality… When users of the site cannot do that (without skipping through hundreds of off-topic posts) then traffic to the site is lowered…

    Do people think this is the first site to delete off-topic posts?

    And as for the ‘you can’t ban me attitude’, there are many, many techniques for blocking access to a website – IP blocking is just one – there are tracking cookies, profiling and many more… Just because a few people know how to get a new lease from their ISPs DHCP server doesn’t mean they can do ‘anything’…

    Get a book… Understand the OSI 7 model, understand the difference between layer 2 & 3 comms blah blah blah…

    Rant over – sorry to the 99% of people on here who are taking this maturely – RLSLOG is an awesome site and the peeps here give a valuable service to the scene – I hate to see that value taken away by the minority…

    :-)

  76. WingAttackGroupExIII
    July 3rd, 2007 | 08:11

    I dont agree but does it matter? I doubt it.

  77. Bendee
    July 3rd, 2007 | 08:16

    registering just for commenting would be an answer?
    or giving users ID’s manually (by e-mail / chat server / others ) with credits used for commenting. ID’s could be stored in cookies.

    Comments will be approved, and if someone comments something useful, or at least not comments likean idiot, recieves extra credit

  78. tarobaapu
    July 3rd, 2007 | 08:40

    You can implement the same system as lifehacker.com does:
    http://www.lifehacker.com/software/announcements/lifehacker-comments-faq-126744.php

  79. Bauer
    July 3rd, 2007 | 09:09

    Hypcrite. You can’t ban anyone.

  80. Jon
    July 3rd, 2007 | 09:25

    Audio : 7.6
    Video : 8.7
    Movie : 6.5

    ;-)

  81. pmsbull
    July 3rd, 2007 | 09:27

    THE PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEACH IS THAT SOME PEOPLE INSIST IN ABUSING IT !

    I STRONGLY beleive in your right to do and say what the hell you want, but we have to draw the line somewhere!

    I personally am glad that the guys who run this site are taking a stand against all the shit. This stuff is ruining Pirate Bay as we speak.

    Although the comments and pissy fights can get very funny, please keep your comments to the point : is the film any good and is the quality of the post worth downloading.

    After all, that’s what this site is for, isn’t it?

  82. modda
    July 3rd, 2007 | 09:58

    Well done guys! :)

  83. fghf
    July 3rd, 2007 | 10:25

    Rlslog makes money from advertising, why is censorship surprising?

  84. fghf
    July 3rd, 2007 | 10:29

    “the peeps here give a valuable service to the scene”

    Not true. They provide no service to the scene, valuable or otherwise. Remember, the scene is about sharing, not about providing copyrighted content for everyone freely.

  85. Lee
    July 3rd, 2007 | 10:40

    I’m really happy to hear about this new policy, I stopped reading the comments along time ago on this site. For a while now they have been extreme, rude, abusive or lacking decorum, whatever you want to call it, something I wouldn’t wish to participate in.

    Hearing that you will start moderating them makes me feel much more inclined to start reading them again.

  86. ow fuck
    July 3rd, 2007 | 10:48

    ok, i totally disagree, but i’ll think before post on the release log!

  87. Ben
    July 3rd, 2007 | 11:07

    I’m glad you’re going to start putting your foot down, it should’ve come earlier. You shouldn’t go too strict though, if a discussion about the movie evolves into a discussion on politics and is done calmly (as hard as it is to do) then they may as well, but if things start getting out of hand as bad as they did on the Die Hard post, you should just lock the comments on the post. I’d never seen such an out of control blog post. If people can’t respect the others they are talking to, then I don’t really believe they have the right to criticize anyone else. This is a good site and shouldn’t be torn down by things like this.

  88. Kilo
    July 3rd, 2007 | 11:08

    > And as for the ‘you can’t ban me attitude’,
    > there are many, many techniques for blocking
    > access to a website – IP blocking is just one
    > – there are tracking cookies, profiling and
    > many more… Just because a few people know
    > how to get a new lease from their ISPs DHCP
    > server doesn’t mean they can do ‘anything’…

    You would need to ban a hell of a lot of proxy services in order to stop people posting comments here.
    If you wanted to ban access to releases that simply isn’t possible with the setup you have here.

    > Get a book… Understand the OSI 7 model,
    > understand the difference between layer 2 & 3
    > comms blah blah blah…

    Blah blah blah indeed. You’re posting on a blog. Get a web browser and have a look at some others. You couldn’t go 5mins without getting a referral to a proxy reader that circumvents any network blocking you think is possible.

  89. Futtbucker
    July 3rd, 2007 | 11:10

    First off kids, the threat of a ban is utterly useless. The prevelance and accessibility of free proxies makes it pointless.

    Second, “right to free speech” and “censorship” is completely irrelevant. This is a privately ‘owned’ space, making the owner the only person who can decide whether they will allow such speech to be censored/monitored. YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHTS HERE. If you don’t like it, leave, that is your ONLY recourse (aside from the obvious bitching and whining you’re guaranteed to do).

    Third, everyone get a fucking clue. The sheer volume of ignorance and utter lack of intellect everywhere on rlslog is staggering and a perfect example of why the internet requires a minimum intelligence test before being allowed to access it. This is simply unavoidable on sites that pander those with interests in the related content, so get used to it. Any attempt to somehow retard this behaviour is going to be utterly fruitless and simply an exercise in futility. Perfect example: 4chan. It simply cannot be done.

    Lastly, “the scene” is nothing more than children screaming and yelling about their e-penis. Nothing more. Any claims otherwise are laughable.

    FB

  90. Kaptein Sortebill
    July 3rd, 2007 | 11:10

    Nice…. Honour among theives, I like it! ;o)

  91. Kilo
    July 3rd, 2007 | 11:14

    > I STRONGLY beleive in your right to do and say
    > what the hell you want, but we have to draw the
    > line somewhere!

    On a blog that line is generally switching off comments. Either you do that or you don’t.

    > Although the comments and pissy fights can get
    > very funny, please keep your comments to the
    > point : is the film any good and is the quality of
    > the post worth downloading.

    When you provide more authoritive ratings and samples for releases such comments would appear to be redundant. There doesn’t appear to be a reason to keep them.

  92. lol
    July 3rd, 2007 | 11:26

    This whole thing is moronic. It’s a fight RLSLOG can only lose, no matter what they do. They ban IPs? They risk banning fair users or new users that end up getting a banned IP, and as the ban-list grows the only thing RLSLOG ultimately does is limit their user potential. They demand registration? You’ll definitively lose out on fair comments because not everyone bothers signing up. You enforce strict moderating? It’ll be a mess with some of the already trigger happy moderators on this site (some of my friends got banned for just disagreeing with this site for Pete’s sake! Some of the people on RLSLOG are huge ego-trips that gets pissed off for nothing).

    The best solution has already been posted above. Remove the comments sections all together. And make a forum or something elsewhere, if you wish to have some sort of RLSLOG “community”.

  93. cempaka
    July 3rd, 2007 | 11:26

    Mighty big job for moderators.
    I would appreciate the effort, very much.
    Its not censorship.
    Everyone has the right to post their opinions
    - with proper manners / decent languange
    - in the right place, certain place is ‘designated’ for certain
    purpose. Be sensible.
    CHEERS

  94. lost art
    July 3rd, 2007 | 11:56

    @lish:”And as for the ‘you can’t ban me attitude’, there are many, many techniques for blocking access to a website – IP blocking is just one – there are tracking cookies, profiling and many more… Just because a few people know how to get a new lease from their ISPs DHCP server doesn’t mean they can do ‘anything’…”

    No, there are not many efficient ones. Tracking cookies – i bet you mean just normal cookies. They are just cookies, and yes – you can get rid of em with click of a button.

    No you dont have to get new ip from dhcp, you can just use other ips to connect this site.

    “Get a book… Understand the OSI 7 model, understand the difference between layer 2 & 3 comms blah blah blah…”

    This is what i dont understand. It didnt help you to think about 2 minutes before posting. And wouldnt tcp/ip-model with 5 layers be more suitable examble ?

    But as for the decision to remove and ban posts here is something i can understand, but i would advice to reconsider that.

    “Comments are here for people asking and informing about the quality”

    But in many earlier posts, you have stated to “see the quality for yourself” and i totally agree with that. But i think there cant be made any good conversation about that.

    There are though some important posts about concering the release, but i think you have a pretty massive task to delete posts now here ? Wild guess, but this might even feed some trolls even more.

  95. Down with Bush
    July 3rd, 2007 | 12:06

    This RLSLOG guy must be kidding himself if he thinks hes going to be able to ban people. This site romotes the use of illegal actions by linking to their other site – newtorrents.info

    ROFL The guy doesn’t have a leg to stand on. What a warped sense of morals.

  96. fghf
    July 3rd, 2007 | 12:27

    Futtbucker, get your definitions straight kid. Censorship can exist in a privately owned space. This is a publicly accessed site, but the public’s ability to share information is being restricted – that’s censorship. And everyone has rights, regardless whether they’re in a private space or not. Personally I don’t mind reading comments that I don’t agree with. I can handle that. Seems like censorship is just for over-sensitive people.

    For rls reviews I use vcdquality – rlslog doesn’t compare and improving the comments section won’t change that fact. Rlslog is just a warez site with some quality control. So I don’t see the problem with people having arguments or discussions in the comments section. People that don’t like to read all that can skip it. Choice is a good thing.

  97. Jeff
    July 3rd, 2007 | 13:34

    @ fghf

    Your comments are the exact reason why this thread was made in the first place.

    You uneducated, American knucklehead!

  98. Sykgaffel
    July 3rd, 2007 | 14:07

    I don’t really see the point of deleting comments. Nobody forces you to read the crap that gets posted, takes so little time scrolling past it. IP-banning is not going to work very well as others have explained.

    But if you guys insist on removing posts and banning users, you should take a look at your own staff first. (Mr. X)

  99. kåte kuk & fitte sammen sitte
    July 3rd, 2007 | 14:19

    Wait… why don’t the stupid rlslog people think about this for a sec. WHAT IS THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM? Anyone thought of that? why is there so much bullshit comments? why are so many writing crap or pissing other people off??? wait… could it be… could it possibly be… THAT SO MANY OF THE RELEASE POSTS ARE CRAP. C*R*A*P. SHITTY MOVIES, SHITTY GAMES, SHITTY TV SHOWS. Maybe if there was more quality release posts, there would be better quality comments & discussion. (And yes I would rather have less posts, maybe even some days without any posts at all,than all the stupid shit that is posted).

    Thank you & have a nice day.

  100. nonamo
    July 3rd, 2007 | 14:59

    I agree with the post above. I hate all these crappy released. Whatever happen to all the quality releases!!!!!!

    PLEASE at least put a leash on some of your writers (im looking @ you Mr X) or gimmie the option to filter this crap.

    I dont really give a shit about the Nazis or iPhone, i studied germany and the world wars for 6 fucking years at school, and the iPhone i can go to some other useless tech blog.

    Im here solely for QUALITY DVD RIPS, GAMES, an APPS. Not CRAP TV i can go to tv-links.co.uk and watch.

    Rant over…..

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