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[disneydad]

This has to be the most complicated site that I have ever been on in my life!What is a stupid torrent? What is a seed? What is a leecher? Why couldn't you have set this site up with a simplicity so even computer novices could understand?Furthermore,this is NOT even an attractive site.It is so bland.All of you that likes this site,more power to you,but as for me,I won't be back.
Go ahead and bash me if you must.I didn't come in here to hurt anyone or make anyone mad.But this site is too confusing and I am very knowledgeable on the computer,but not on this site.If I make anyone upset with my comments,I am sorry,that's not my intention.My intention is just to let it be known that this is a confusing site and I am probably not the only one that feels this way.
AS I said,I won't be back,and no,I won't bad mouth this site to others.I don't operate that way,but as for me,I won't be back.

[marni1971]

Oh dear. Some people just want things handed to them on a plate. Nearly 9000 members think otherwise.

[HauntedPirate]

I guess the FAQ - http://www.mousebits.com/index.php?page=forum&action=viewtopic&topicid=3712.msg25036#msg25036 is too difficult to understand?  It's really not that hard:

Save .torrent file to hard drive
Open .torrent file with BT client
Sit back... wait for file(s) to download
Watch/listen to files once downloaded.

[dolbyman]

leaving a bad comment on something .. but promising not to come back won't leave room for improvement on either side .. 

[jasonflz]

Oh well, at least he was polite about it.

[eyore]

Torrents are not that unusual now and, let's face it, if I can understand them...........................
I must admit that after wrestling with #Disney-central (before finding a decent GUI), I found it refreshingly easy.
Five minutes on Google gave me all I needed to know (plus a few dumb questions here at first) about bittorrents.
Oh well, as was said, you can't please everyone but we do live in "I want it NOW world, alas.
As Homer Simpson says, "if it's hard to do it's not worth doing".

[PL-7764]

I came here without the slightest clue what a "torrent" was, and yet I figured it all out and was able to operate with them efficiently (and understand the terms involved) within a week ... is it really all that hard?

Eh, you gotta be willing to learn before trying something new I guess.

[pixelated]

I can understand disneydad's frustration because I've had to explain how BitTorrent works to some friends who are very computer savvy.  He's probably accustomed to the "Click here to download" type of web sites and isn't familiar with torrent tracker sites.  Perhaps a link to a web page like this one:
HowStuffWorks "How BitTorrent Works"
in the "Downloading A Torrent (FAQ)" sticky might help future users who are new to torrents?  I read the whole article and it seems well written; it's clear, informative and easy to read.

[pepelapew]

Besides that, when I first came to the site, I didn't know a lot about torrents. Most people are very friendly here to newcomers who just ask for help. They pointed me to written things like the FAQ's and they also told me a lot about torrents and how they work. Ye have not, because ye ask not!

[nowisthetime]

well one thing that might be frustrating to disneydad is that he is still validating... and I think a user is limited in what they can do until they become fully validated.

nitt

[eyore]

well one thing that might be frustrating to disneydad is that he is still validating... and I think a user is limited in what they can do until they become fully validated.

nitt

Oh, what a good point. I reckon we missed that
I don't think he would even have been able to FIND the torrents until he was validated.
Talk about impatient! Gimme gimme gimme now now NOW - or even better, yesterday (and don't read the PC screen in case you learn something)!
Seriously, I hope he comes back when he gets the email and realises that he has to reply first, I hate the idea of an unhappy fan.

[Noodle Pants]

Just another case of Disney Selfishness. Nothing to see here. Move along.

[DisneyFanatic001]

well one thing that might be frustrating to disneydad is that he is still validating... and I think a user is limited in what they can do until they become fully validated.

nitt

Well, he obviously was able to view the torrents because he left a previous cry for help in the comments for this torrent http://www.mousebits.com/index.php?page=torrent-details&id=e4395b5530af7bd0168242a58b494e824afc276c#comments

[nowisthetime]

well one thing that might be frustrating to disneydad is that he is still validating... and I think a user is limited in what they can do until they become fully validated.

nitt

Well, he obviously was able to view the torrents because he left a previous cry for help in the comments for this torrent http://www.mousebits.com/index.php?page=torrent-details&id=e4395b5530af7bd0168242a58b494e824afc276c#comments

I do seem to recall that comment... and someone else left a very helpful reply... sure hope everything works out with him.

nitt

[nerdzyboy]

I remember the time before mousebits, there was (and still is but there isn't much happening there these days) the #disney-central IRC channel.  For computer novices, it seems to me that using torrents instead of IRC is a lot simpler.

Oh and by the way, this site is the best!  It makes me feel so much better about my Disney obsession, thank you guys!