RapidShare will delete free users' data over 5GB tonight

Post by whyleyc » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 5:10 PM UTC

StavrosK wrote: post #21

whyleyc wrote: post #20

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Thanks for providing an interesting data point. I had a few questions I was wondering if you might be able to answer ? 1. How did you deal with existing free users already exceeding your new limits ? (and how did they react) ? 2. Did you see a measurable increase in upgrades after doing this ? 3. Did you see a measurable decrease in free users of the service after doing this ? Thanks.

1. I store the limit as a field on each user's profile, so you get to keep the limit you signed up with (grandfathering). Users don't mind (obviously), and if I ever increase the limits, I just increase them for everyone. Storage is expensive, but it's not that expensive that I need to retroactively reduce old users' limits. I have also needed to cull unused accounts (of free users who haven't logged in in months). T…

Post by TheOv3rminD » Wed, Mar 20, 2013, 1:49 AM UTC

dcc1 wrote: post #6

Why does anyone use that piece of turd? http://filecloud.io/ has more features and hell even has bitcoin option for us geeks