I’ll admit, when I first started torrent I was not really familiar with how it worked and how important seeding was. I would just use magnet links without configuration to save the torrent and seed after completion. Well… I have finally, got myself back to 1.00 after a couple months and working to try to always seed double what I get for each torrent.
Often times I was one of the few random seeders available for some of these torrents. Friendly reminder to give back because you never know when you’re one of the rare cases that can complete someones long lost file download!
Private trackers enforce ratios, and good private trackers reward long-term seeding, which is part of why I like private trackers.
I’m very proud of my CG account that turns seventeen next month.
EDIT: No I don’t have invites, before anyone asks.
Next year account legal to drink in eu. Marking date to drink one for your account.
Yeah, this is also a problem though. I’d love to be on a private tracker as I was in the past, but once you’re out it’s just too much of a hassle to get back in.
last time I gave out an invite to an internet rando I had to check with staff if it was allowed, it was, but the person never used their account so I just wasted an invite
Limited invites to give out, scarcity mindset, I’ve been there myself, so I understand.
Buying your way into TL via seedbox promo is a solid way to get started. This won’t help for other sites but TL is miles better than all other public sites still available.
There’s a private sports tracker I’ve heard of that rewards long-term seeding. What’s cool about that is that most sports events are only relevant for a few days and then people move on, this is especially true for big fans of certain teams who want the latest event. But, if you reward people for seeding, they’ll just keep some random game or event around for months. That means that if something suddenly becomes relevant months later, you can probably still find it.
I commend you, that account is considered vintage by now. I don’t even remember what computer I was running in 2008.
I’m honestly surprised CG has survived this long. Most of the other trackers I was on from that era are long gone.
Oink’s Pink Palace gone, What gone, baconBits gone, cheggit gone… I think the only two other than CG that still exist are indietorrents and empornium. I’m old now so the porn trackers no longer appeal to me.
I just deleted a Reddit account that old haha
What’s are private teachers? How do they reward long term seeding?
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Private_trackers#What_is_a_private_tracker.3F
Thank you!
Usually they give users points of credit to download more torrents: Users that don’t seed will burn through their download credits and won’t be able to download.
Other trackers will also give you points for every hour you seed a torrent (usually X points per gigabyte per hour) which encourages seeding even if the given file isn’t as popular, or so popular that other seeders choke you out of uploading to other users.
They also offer freeleech torrents that don’t count toward your DL ratio to help stimulate the “economy.”
All this is blowing my mind. How interesting
I forgot how fantastic Demonoid was around 2008. It was a fucking utopia.
Those were the halcyon days, for sure,