Dead links and file host problems - a new tool to upload files

**catymag** · 7th March 2012, 09:27 PM

I will try to explain a bit my thoughts when i read in threads downloads are slow.
No offence please.
Some weeks ago when the FBI closed Megaupload and consequently many host sites deleted all their links, we realized to had a bunch of threads with sad invalid links.
Many hosts changed their rules, so to upload files on their server should register and validate an email adress and IP.
Naturally none of our uploaders want to be traceable.
There are some workarounds but as you can guess ,uploads by proxi ,or other ways, are slow.
There are other problems : most of the hosts actually delete links made by anonymous users after 30 days.
Most of the hosts took advantage to give ,registered and premium users only, the possibility to download file quickly.
Most of the hosts dont accept uploads made by proxi.Most of the hosts scan files and delete quite at once copyrighted files.
So my question is : Better a slow download or no map to download and broken links in threads in our forum index?
So please be patient and try to appreciate our members efforts providing new maps and other maps threads links in this and in other forums.
I cant see many of these users and they're always the same ones ,many others just download and complains.

**TomTanderson** · 8th March 2012, 01:17 PM

Thanks for the explanation catymag. I particularly understand posters desires to find a solution that allows them remain anonymous!

I would certainly take this opportunity to thank all the posters who do a great job. I don't really think that people have been complaining unduly but if we give no feedback then posters aren't going to know which sites work and which don't.

I am an experienced downloader (and have contributed too). For me (and others), netload just does not work. I have tried all the links multiple times since they were posted all with the same results - a download that starts then stops after a couple of kb. Filefactory has been much better but requires a lot of patience and retries to get a free slot. I would consider a paid account but use them so infrequently and every poster seems to have a different preference.

I always think it is a great shame that using newsgroups has gone slightly out of fashion as they offer fault free downloading (although there is a learning curve to overcome to use them) and, (in my limited understanding), pretty anonymous posting.

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