The security of our users will always be our top priority. We are always working to improve this and the fact that a badly intentioned person can get into our community so easily is extremely concerning.
In the past two weeks we had to disable approximately 450 accounts which were bought from individuals that are selling invites.
The problem isn't that someone is making money making use of our invite system, the problem is that any institution or badly intentioned person can get into our private community way too easily because of this.

Effective immediately any and all permissions to invite to FileList are disabled. Starting this moment not even a SysOp/Owner can generate an invite.

The last created account is ID: 1432364. You can increment that ID by 1 to check that no one joined us after. We are a community, so we suffer together.

This problem isn't new, we always had reports of users selling invites, however the staff was taking action on case-by-case basis, punishing only those who had to be punished. However, that won't do anymore, we believe that the aforementioned limitation is the only viable solution to this problem.

We have not decided on a timeframe for how long the invites will be disabled, nor have we decided if we'll enable them at all. It might be 1-2-6 months or they might be off forever. That's still to be decided.
We are aware it is a drastic measure, which is why we kept postponing it for years. However we have reached a point which leaves us no other choice.

Please keep in mind the following:
- if you bought your invite and you report it with proofs: your account will be untouched, we guarantee that! However, the ~450 users weren't so lucky;
- cherish your FileList account. Keep the torrents seeding, value your account and access to this great community, because you might very well never be able to rejoin us if you'll do something that warrants a disable;
- there will be no more free sign-up events. I still regret the one on FL birthday. People, instead of doing a thing of common sense like notifying their close ones, they created multiple accounts for themselves. A few thousand accounts which fall under that were disabled.
- be careful with your email and password. Use only secure and good email providers (protonmail.com, gmail.com) and be sure to use a unique password for FileList!
- if you have donated for a special rank status to be able to sell invites, we are waiting for you with open arms in our support section to complain that you are unable to sell them anymore :-). I kindly remind you that donations are voluntary actions which should be made for the sole purpose of sustaining this community. We (the users) are deeply grateful to each and everyone of you that supported the site.

I think that everyone wants a safe and enjoyable environment where you can chat and get your favorite movie, TV show, music, game or whatever else you are into.

We promise we will be back soon with a lot more cheerful news.
Thank you for your support and understanding!

With love,
FileList Staff