Can we please ditch the 'Rapidshare' section...

[Pedro the Fisherman]

.....and replace it with Multiupload?

I find RS hopeless now, and gave up paying them for a poor service. Multiupload (mentioned and used a lot by some mods here) has an RS option and NO BLOODY CAPTCHA (at least at present). IMHO, it's time to move on from Rapidshare and encourage users to use Multiupload in future by renaming the forum section.

[eviltwin]

Or maybe even a section for download-services in general, and one for various links and such (i.e. the Free sites)? The mods could specify the allowed and banned filehosting-services, and encourage multiupload.

As it is now, the Rapidshare-section is dwindling because so many have stopped using rapidshare, while there is a plethora of other services to choose from. It seems pointless to keep rapidshare separate now.

[wildfire54]

I agree.Dump it.

[inquisitive]

Fileserve and Filesonic are decent too. I noticed that on Fileserve, there isn't a time limit to wait after a download if i wanted to download some more files.

[evilextreme]

I totally agree, Rapidshare is of little use anymore on this forum and multiple hosts option needs to be adopted. I've already switched to Fileserve awhile back which I find brilliant and is great for free users also. It will also let uploaders mirror files across multiple hosts, meaning when one hosts says your limit is up, you can grab the next download from a different host.

[admin]

Yes. We are considering renaming the Rapidshare forum to accept other host(s).

We have always been careful to avoid allowing hosts where uploaders get paid for soliciting downloads because that leads to a level of SPAM.

[speedy28]

5 minute waits for rapidshare sucks. megaupload works fine for free users. not sure about any kickbacks for uplaoders.

[Pedro the Fisherman]

I think the lack of new stuff appearing in what was one of my regular sections speaks volumes for the demise of Rapidshare as the leading file host on the net. I hate the 5 minute (+) wait and the fact there seems to be a delay after that, which if you click again (thinking it is not working) makes you wait another 5 minutes

[Fango]

Originally Posted by CALguy

Can I ask a question here about Rapidshare?

No. This section is for OCC support and site feedback related questions only.

Thanks

Fango

[arkadas]

Originally Posted by admin

Yes. We are considering renaming the Rapidshare forum to accept other host(s).

We have always been careful to avoid allowing hosts where uploaders get paid for soliciting downloads because that leads to a level of SPAM.

sadly this is very true.