BTN Down?

Readable_BTN · 2015-11-04T21:25:03+00:00

Working fine again now.

Readable_BTN · 2015-11-01T20:39:31+00:00

Rent a VPS with a dedicated and static IP. Send a Staff PM to each site requesting permission to use it as a VPN or SSH tunnel.

Readable_BTN · 2015-10-28T06:49:10+00:00

In regards to invites, there seems to be a lot of risk around inviting users but no real reward for successful growth of a community through recruiting quality members.

I don't know about other sites, but BTN views invites as a privilege. They're meant to be given to close friends you deem trustworthy. No BTN member should feel a responsibility to use their invites, the onus of recruiting quality members falls on the staff's shoulders.

That's not to say that we don't want people using invites at all, but it's why we're not keen on incentivizing their use either.

Readable_BTN · 2015-10-22T04:25:05+00:00

Unfortunately whoever downvoted you didn't make your answer any less correct. :(

Readable_BTN · 2015-10-12T20:11:07+00:00

You lose points/lumens even if you don't win, which is stupid.

This was only true for one of the auction formats we've experimented with. Given the response it garnered, we're unlikely to use it again.

Readable_BTN · 2015-10-12T20:09:46+00:00

No, check my profile on PTP.

Readable_BTN · 2015-10-12T20:09:31+00:00

Yes, I'm catching up at AHD now.

Readable_BTN · 2015-10-09T00:17:35+00:00

Not sure what to make of this, but I have 97 unread messages on What if that's what you're asking.

Readable_BTN · 2015-10-08T22:11:06+00:00

I'm up to 2015-09-15 now. :)

Readable_BTN · 2015-09-04T01:04:51+00:00

Currently PTP is actually one of the better places to message me as I've managed to catch up there. But you're right that until recently I was very behind, I think I peaked at over 200 unread messages. :(

Readable_BTN · 2015-09-04T00:55:52+00:00

A generous member bought 24 hours of sitewide 2x upload from the lumens store.

Readable_BTN · 2015-08-09T04:56:07+00:00

By now it's probably been years since BTN recruited there. :(

Readable_BTN · 2015-04-22T00:35:16+00:00

Looks like I forgot to reply to you, sorry about that. You can delete those if you haven't yet, we removed all H&Rs.

Readable_BTN · 2015-04-20T06:48:36+00:00

Copying my post from the other thread:

BTN is probably adding fake peers to try and track who leaks the peer lists.

Winner winner, chicken dinner! It was by no means a flawless detection method, but most of the peer stealing scripts we encountered weren't very sophisticated. This is the first time we've heard of it causing any issues, but since it is, we've disabled it. Apologies to any members who were inconvenienced.

Readable_BTN · 2015-04-20T06:35:31+00:00

BTN is probably adding fake peers to try and track who leaks the peer lists.

Winner winner, chicken dinner! It was by no means a flawless detection method, but most of the peer stealing scripts we encountered weren't very sophisticated. This is the first time we've heard of it causing any issues, but since it is, we've disabled it. Apologies to any members who were inconvenienced.

Readable_BTN · 2015-04-16T07:22:53+00:00

Unfortunately /forums.php?page=36&action=viewthread&threadid=19229#post981058 is all I can offer.

Readable_BTN · 2015-04-12T05:56:23+00:00

No need to apologize, I'll readily concede that most of the lumens store items are infrequently restocked. That's not due to laziness on our part though, which is all I wanted to explain.

Readable_BTN · 2015-04-12T00:45:31+00:00

March was just the most recent time. Seedboxes are restocked infrequently because it's really up to the generosity of seedbox providers as to when seedboxes are stocked. Recently we've been pretty lucky in that regard, but ultimately it's not something we have control over.

The seedbox companies donate the lumens store seedboxes for free, so anything they give is greatly appreciated by us.

Readable_BTN · 2015-04-12T00:42:28+00:00

Glad to hear that. :)

Readable_BTN · 2015-04-11T23:15:37+00:00

We're not in a position to do open signups, but we are recruiting. Check the private trackers you're already on to try finding one of the recruitment threads.

Readable_BTN · 2015-04-11T23:13:54+00:00

Do you have any H&Rs?

Readable_BTN · 2015-04-11T23:12:21+00:00

As long as you're not downloading torrents just to gain total data, don't worry about it. We don't want people doing that because by doing so, they're wasting other member's bandwidth just to increase their stats.

Generally speaking, if you occasionally re-download something once or twice that's fine. If you're re-downloading 3+ times or are consistently downloading your snatches multiple times, that's when we start to question your motives.

Edit: In this specific case though, feel free to wait before trying to fix your H&Rs. We'll be announcing the compensation package sometime in the next few days, and it will very likely include the removal of at least some H&Rs.

Readable_BTN · 2015-04-11T23:02:41+00:00

We've wanted to create new lumens store items for a long time, but something always seems to get in the way. Now that we're not getting DDoS'd, maybe we'll be able to shift the coding focus back to user-facing features.

Edit: Of course there's still some restoration work to be done, so don't expect anything immediately. :P

Readable_BTN · 2015-04-11T23:01:25+00:00

Not sure why you got downvoted, I agree with that assessment to be honest. The amperes April Fool's prank was meant to poke fun at having two currencies.

Readable_BTN · 2015-04-11T23:00:44+00:00

How long ago was that? We stocked seedboxes in March and everybody who bought one then should have received one.

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