Advice requested for forum members that doesn't read the guidelines

[Festinger Vault]

Hello Blackhatters,

Since Oktober 2017 I am sharing you my personal collection of WordPress plugins and themes. For the users who haven't noticed the threads I am talking about, you can check them out below.

https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/m...premium-wp-themes-and-plugins-storage.995802/
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/get-any-wordpress-theme-you-need-for-free.984587/
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/get-any-paid-wordpress-plugin-you-need-for-free.980897/

In first case, I was happy to share them by uploading all requested files on ZippyShare. Unfortunately some links expired and it was a no-go to re-upload everything. That's why I switched to Mega.nz - with the luck that all links will remain in tact. After a few months, an user shared the private link on his Facebook and I was forced to make the Mega.nz private storage password protected. This change has been announced forum widely in all threads and also in the opening post.

Users who would like to receive the decryption key, are required to send ME a private message. I am happy to provide the key. At this moment, users (mostly newbies) are lazy as fuck and don't read the guidelines at all. This results in a shitload of replies in several threads with the request to send THEM the key. Also, they are very impatience because they cannot send me a private message, because of the 15 replies limit.

I am really getting sick of these lazy users that don't follow the guidelines and it makes sharing less enjoyable. Currently I am thinking to discontinue all free services I provide on this forum, if no drastically change will be done. That means, I am in need of YOUR advice how to fight this type of user. It really makes me sick of getting replies with the following content:

• Please provide me the license key for theme/plugin X.
• SEND ME A PM I CANNOT SEND PLZ PLZ PLZ.
• Can you upload a theme X??? (in a plugin thread)
• WHY DON'T YOU PROVIDE LICENSE KEYS??

Seriously, I am getting enough of these ungrateful greedy users. Guidelines are very clearly and they keep posting and posting without reading a shit. A few examples:

https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/m...-plugins-storage.995802/page-20#post-10965063
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/m...-plugins-storage.995802/page-20#post-10965181
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/m...-plugins-storage.995802/page-20#post-10965367
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/m...-plugins-storage.995802/page-21#post-10968471

All on the same day.

So please give me some advice how to handle this kind of issues with these users. I am really thinking to deactivate all decryption keys and will leave the free service for now.

Thanks in advance,
Festinger

 

[Festinger Vault]

There we go again:

 

[MisterF]

Move it into Jr VIP area instead.

 

[Zwielicht]

Hey @Festinger,

I remember you brought this issue up to me once before. Technically, we could bulk remove posts like that from your threads, but even the posts I removed from your thread here were tedious since your threads are so long.

The way it looks, there are also a bunch of people using your threads to inflate their post counts (e.g., "Thank you for the share"), so I'll have to set some time to go through them regardless.

As removing the posts from people who aren't reading the guidelines is like trimming weeds, I'm going to suggest that you include a message (similar to your message here) at the end of every one of your posts in those threads stating: "Users can now download the files using the link in the main post, but it's password protected. If you want to download the files, please drop me a private message and I will be happy to give you the password". Make it big, bold, blue, and proud so they can't miss it. Chances are these members will be looking out for your posts, so I'd imagine this could help reduce the number of posts you're getting from these members.