!! FSC's 20th Anniversary !!

Woohoo, 20 f****** years !! :yikes:


We just turned 20 :grin: Can you believe it? Well, iTS real and while most sites use such an occasion for a blast from the past, we rather wanna look forward. What's the future of private torrent sites? Do they even have any? Which changes do you eggspect and/or would like to see in general for torrent sites?
Your input matters because you, the members, are what makes a site the way it is. No matter which site. So if you wanna say something in that regard, please don't hesitate to do so there:

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But of course it is an occasion where a look back is almost inevitable and after 2 decades we have a lot to look at. From humble beginnings when Retro ran the site from home all the way to today where 4k movies are nothing special anymore and things like ChatGPT might be better staffers than some people
Keep in mind that we're older than social media and smartphones hmy: Thinking about that today almost feels like a different life. Nobody cared about encryption or privacy and compared to today, the internet was a free place without censorship, global data mining and nosey operating systems and programs. In fact we might even have members who are younger than the site, or at least were young kids when FSC started.

However, not only the members make a site what it is as mentioned already but also iTS personnel. Listing them all tho would make for quite a long list so if you should be interested in that, we had a thread about it a while ago:

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The latter btw is a nice journey through FSC's history in general, not just former staffers. Fillig this announcement with quotes from there would probably be the best choice after all. But since we're no copycats ... :grin:

Another thing that's definitely inevitable on such an occasion is to mention the founder hehe. In this case however iTS well-deserved. Retro's concept for FSC stood out in more than one way. Putting the community first is a very common phrase but in most cases that's all it is: just a phrase. In case of FSC however he really meant it and implemented it comprehensively. He defended this approach even in cases where it was obvious that it had disadvantages and where others would have taken the easy way. Other community-friendly innovations like our unique ratio system and the general attitude to act in the members' favor coined the atmosphere all over the place and made (and still makes) it feel like not many others.

Switching to the not so distant past, last year to be precise, we once again had some members who stood out in one way or another and these are the candidates for our annual awards. We skipped that last year because of the circumstances but this year they're back. Even more so in the conteggst of this special anniversary. You can find all about that in the FSC Annual Awards 2024 threads:

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And last but not least, as an anniversary present, all members received 200gb upload and 200 tokens and we'll keep FreeLeech on for quite some time

Happy anniversary to all of us and to many more