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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2016 0:35:06 GMT -5
So, I saw there was some "drama" circulating SimFileShare and after reading up on it I was left feeling sick to my stomach and and have removed all of my files from the site. You don't have to believe what is said on the pages below but I still want to bring to it to people's attention just to be safe.  j-mzungu.tumblr.com/post/139305776277/post139117115410-as-far-as-i-know-simfileshare(Apologies if this kind of thread isn't allowed. Feel free to lock it if necessary) |
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Post by midnightsky on Oct 3, 2016 12:45:53 GMT -5
When I saw this I was like "Wait people still don't know yet?". I thought this was a known fact and I already knew for more then half a year.
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Post by Mathcope on Oct 3, 2016 14:34:01 GMT -5
I honestly don't undestand why bringing so much drama about it... We don't know each other in the internet at all. I don't know or care about everyone's life in this community, their past, present or future. We share a hobbie that's the Sims and that's all in most of the case.
I use SimFileShare and I'm fine with it. I think that gives me what I need in that case. It works as a porpouse to host a file. I don't care about who is, was or will be their owner...
The same criteria will follow in all aspects of life. We consume a lot of products from companies lead by terrible people, but you wouldn't just do it because you disagree with that person's life. Not most of the cases. You don't even know it at .
In my case I will keep using it.. as long as I don't have any inconvenience about it. If the host isn't viable in the future I will just jump to other one more efficient, for now, that hasn't happened.
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Post by midnightsky on Oct 3, 2016 16:00:55 GMT -5
Depends on the person. There are definitly companies I don't buy from/support based on their ethnics. Same goes for SFS for me. I don't care how good a service might be because there is always an alternative. Some people continue to be horrible because they know people will continue to use their services.
Example: I am a member of an doll avatar site. There is this one person who had 4 doll avatat sites after eachother and let them all die after he screwed over the members. And would transfer all money for those websites to his own account. Yet he got away with it because people liked the avatar sites he had made.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2016 18:36:39 GMT -5
midnightsky I'm a bit slow. :p Mathcope I'm a firm believer in giving people second chances and not continuing to punish them for their mistakes, but also having been targeted and almost taken advantage of before by creeps (and moderators telling me it was my fault for trusting these individuals), I'm not going to just accept that is who is running the service and continue using it. I can't say whether or not he's continuing to "exploit" people and I'd rather not stick around to find out. It's an ideal platform to host your files on which is why I used it, but I will stop using it because I do "disagree with that person's life". Like MidnightSky said: It depends on the person. I'm not here trying to dictate to people to stop using the service. You don't have to if you don't want to. This thread only serves as a warning and I said, if that's not allowed, feel free to lock it. No one has to agree with what's said but I thought it would be the right thing to do to bring it to people's attention.
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Post by brittpinkiesims on Oct 6, 2016 0:41:46 GMT -5
This is interesting. I definitely have conflicting feelings about it. I don't agree with what the owner of S4S did AT ALL...but on the same token, I agree with Mathcope in saying that I don't really care what the host of my file sharing site does in their personal life. For all we know, Mediafire or OneDrive could be run by a "horrible person", too. We really don't know, and it doesn't actually affect any of us on a personal level.
I don't know, though. I have very conflicted feelings about it. It's a weird thing.
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Post by GeometricSims on Oct 16, 2016 14:07:01 GMT -5
Of course, it's not nice to support someone who's as vulgar as that, but on the other hand, like Mathcope said, there's really no point in avoiding things like this. We are not directly aiding the owner of the website in his crimes, we are merely downloading harmless content. I download from SFS because it's convenient- you click download and you get your file straight away. Again, referencing Math Cope's post, there are many people in the world who sell their product at a morally-corrupt cost- take famous brands, such as Nike, that are sweatshops. We still purchase/support their content. . Of course, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but in my case, I will probably still use SFS with my adblocker on (I only have my adblocker off on trusted websites, such as S4S and TSR) as downloading these files are not encouraging paedophilia and to me, that's what matters. Besides, it's a rumour. No one will truly know what's correct and incorrect from rumours. |
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Post by GeometricSims on Oct 16, 2016 14:09:46 GMT -5
However, talking about companies, sweatshops, etc, I think it's different when you don't support brands that do animal testing, such as cosmetic brands, because that is directly supporting the issue at hand. However, like I stated multiple times above, I do not believe downloading from SFS is harmful. Besides, we're not downloading directly from the owner of the website, but the content creators that upload to it, making it even more understandable. Again, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2016 2:36:23 GMT -5
People can continue to use the service if they choose. All I wanted to do was get this out there.
Anyways, this thread can be locked.
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