u/pyramidohealth

Howdy fellow seekers! I am quite annoyed and wanted to ask here whether I am justified in my annoyance. I have been a user for about 12 years now, and I have read the stickied etiquette post. But I have recently encountered constant instances of this situation in which a user is technically "sharing" but actually has their entire library locked (outside of a few songs to avoid getting auto-banned) thus they are in reality a new arrogant brand of leeches. Not sure if this is due to my tastes becoming more eclectic or if there are in fact more and more egomaniacs deluded enough to pull this crap, expecting hours of work from me just to grab an EP I want. It really sucks as a music fan that just wants a copy of their favorite tunes.

Their user profile will have a list of insane rules that appear to be the rambling of a lunatic who seems to believe their music library is the second cumming of JFK himself. As an example, I have included screenshots of such demands that I encountered today which total 5 pages of text on my phone. This particular leech believes their tunes are so valuable that in order to access them, not only does the leech demand specific tunes in exchange, they also demand that I download some program to verify that my tunes are amazing enough for their incredible library and provide proof of course. Totally sane behavior.

Basically, I want to know (1) if it is considered reasonable to use soulseek in this manner, and (2) regardless of that answer, if there is any way for me to auto-ban leeches like this. It just really rubs me the wrong way and imo goes completely against the spirit of the program.

Just imagine if every user did this... Exactly ZERO young/new music fans would be able to download anything, and the program would thus effectively die. Thoughts??

Howdy fellow orbweavers. So I made a discovery yesterday that I felt obligated to share with yall after all the great advice I've received here as I started my trackball journey a couple months ago. Using said advice, I have somehow already accumulated a Slimblade Pro, Porlei TM553 and Ploopy Adept, so you can guess how I feel about them compared to the mouses I've used for over 20 years.. I love them all for different reasons, so not sure I'll be able to return one as was the original plan. As they say- Make plans & god laughs 🔮

Sooo I was still itching to try a more hand-shaped device, but since I (1) don't like thumb balls and (2) want to use my left hand at least 50% of the time for trackballs/mice, I had resigned myself to the ambidextrous style. Until now apparently because...

I finally found a left-handed finger trackball!! This company Ergohaven made a post on here a month ago announcing the product - Trackball Royale, but don't think they even mentioned the lefty version in that post & haven't seen a single mention of it since. They are established in the split keyboard scene with their integrated trackball layouts, but not the independent devices scene, not yet anyway... It has some weirdness like the placement of thumb buttons & their use of MX keyboard switches, but I think I'll be trying one regardless for the sake of lefty. So check it out if you are looking for such a device:

https://eh.industries/shop/tproduct/767895441-971072965072-trackball-royale

I was honestly on the fence about sharing this with yall. Because if this post blows up & gets them a bunch orders, and if they have limited stock of those, then I might be shooting myself in the foot as I can't afford it for a couple weeks lol. But I ultimately decided to share anyway cause like I said yall have helped me immensely during my transition.. Also kinda want others to test it and tell me if its worth trying first 😉