I'd have to go on the side of the SHN/flacs when i've traded counting crows bootlegs circles it seems to be very frowned upon ripping to MP3 format and even says not to in many of the accompaning file. This is mainly due to what AllThatLies said about the degradation of quality as people re-rip. e.g. what if someone along the way decides to rip at lower quality along the way.
Personally I like to recieve bootlegs that are as near to the original recording as possible then if i want them in MP3 format I'll rip them myself. I'm pretty sure you can notice loss in mp3's especially after several rips.
However i'm all for samples or single tracks being put up in mp3 format as long as they don't claim to be full bootlegs and aren't traded with.
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