• zahel@cosmere.xyz
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    For those asking “private trackers what’s that?”

    /r/trackers (on the bad site I know) has a lot of info

    For those who may be interested in getting into private trackers, you should start with Myanonamouse.net in my opinion. They do an interview on the irc which is easy and you can join that way https://www.myanonamouse.net/inviteapp.php

    It is a tracker for ebooks/audiobooks/comics that is easy to maintain a ratio on (via their generous bonus point system) as long as you are a decent seeder.

    Once you’re on the site for a few months you can access the invite forum which can get you access to other private trackers. Think of it like a ladder.

    Torrentleech (a general private tracker) occasionally has open signups throughout the year.

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      I’m on multiple private trackers, and they all hosted the infected version (they’ve been taken down now). Private doesn’t make it safe, especially when people are using automated tools to be the first to upload a torrent.

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        I didn’t say anything about that and don’t disagree but private trackers definitely have less of it due to their content having more scrutiny and standards.

        Nothing is perfect. My comment only strived to let people know about private trackers as I saw multiple people ask about it.

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        I’ve been on private trackers since demonid went down. Its the only way to sail, I’ve had zero issues and the content is heavily moderated for quality.

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          seems like an unreasonable amount of hassle i always found everything i needed on public trackers

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            No kidding. I pirate for the convenience of downloading whatever I want. I’m not interested in joining the cool kids club by trying to keep up with what’s freeleech and stress about how to maintain a ratio lest face their wrath.

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              I’ve never stressed over my ratio

              Public trackers are great for when everything you’re looking for is common or freshly released/uploaded.

              Ppl looking for niche content, it’s not gonna be on public trackers.

              Also the main benefit of private vs Public is that you can find a 10-15 year old torrent of some niche content and it will still be actively seeded.

              With public trackers, there is less retention of seeders, even more so for less common content.

              Public trackers often end up with tons of dead torrents with 0-1 seeders after a couple years pass.

              And on a private tracker there is incentive to keep old torrents alive. On public there is none. Ppl grab and run.

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                If you don’t mind me asking, do you think it would be possible to keep a an account on a few of these chillest private trackers without a seedbox? The main reason I’ve been avoiding private trackers for years now is that from the way people talk, those are a necessity.

                Things get downloaded in an orderly manner and seeded forever(in a much slower rate that I’d like but), it’s just that Seedboxes are mostly a US and Europe run service and my country’s currency can’t handle that lol

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                  some private trackers economies are easier than others and let you benefit off seed TIME rather than upload amount, so as long as you actively seed you still can gain points to gather buffer, etc. So yes it is possible.

                  Also depends on your internet speeds. I don’t use a seedbox and have done just fine, though I’ve had the luck of having had 300 mbps -> 500 mbps -> gigabit ethernet within the last 5 years.

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                    Thanks for answering me, my current Internet is very good overall with downloads, but slower with uploads, I’ll figure that out and keep an eye on how the ratios of my current seeds are doing before doing anything. I’ll also look into the ones with seeding time. Thanks again!

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            Then that just means everything you’re looking for is common or freshly released/uploaded.

            Ppl looking for niche content, it’s not gonna be on public trackers as often.

            Also the main benefit of private vs Public is that you can find a 10-15 year old torrent of some niche content and it will still be actively seeded.

            With public trackers, there is less retention of seeders, even more so for less common content.

            Public trackers often end up with tons of dead torrents with 0-1 seeders after a couple years pass.

            And on a private tracker there is incentive to keep old torrents alive. On public there is none. Ppl grab and run.

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          I like private trackers but they sometimes have arbitrary limitations on some clients and I don’t like that

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      The best way to get invites is to make friends with as many people on irc as possible