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https://fitgirl-repacks.site/heroskeep-the-malware-distributor/

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[–] -3 points 9 months ago* (9 children)

I know it's not easy or viable for a lot of people, but folks really should try to embrace the private tracker world if they can because it involves a lot of moderators who help prevent malware from being uploaded to begin with by having strict rules. It's not completely perfect and not everything gets caught, but it's got more safeguards than a public site without a moderation queue.

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  • [–] 49 points 9 months ago

    Actually folks shouldn't embrace the private trackers they make finding content harder, make regarded rules (like you can't seed these files on another tracker), and feed ego of moderating pricks.

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  • [–] 21 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    What do you recommend to find a private tracker? A while back, I tried to find one, but none of them were available for new users. Granted that I haven't used torrents in a while.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Opentrackers.org posts open signups. TorrentLeech is at least as good as the public ones, and it has open signups a few times per year.

    Otherwise, you can apply/interview for RED and a few others, work your way up through the ranks, and use the invite forums. This is how you get to the really big and really good trackers. But it's also a lot of time and effort, which most people don't want to do.

    You might get lucky on the open signups. Every top-tier tracker was once a tiny site with no users. If you join and contribute, they could be the next big thing, and you joined with minimal effort.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I recently tried torrent leech as my first private tracker and I'm not really happy with the experience. They discourage you from downloading older torrents (old, obscure stuff) due to it potentially tanking your ratio and it seems there's limited content available.

    They also encourage signing up for other paid services to get an invite which just kinda rubs me the wrong way.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    There is a ratio, which may be a new experience if you've only used public trackers. It's not really a big deal if you have some patience, though.

    TL (as do most ratio trackers) gives you bonus points for your time seeding, even if you have done nothing more than make it available. You don't have to upload even a single byte unless someone wants it, and you'll still get points. These points can be used to buy upload credit.

    If you simply keep seeding everything you download, and buy credits as needed, you'll quickly have more ratio than you could ever hope to burn. No need to spend money or anything.

    As for limited content, it's a general tracker. You probably have niche interests, so you would be better suited on a more specific tracker. I've almost never had issues finding anything mainstream, although quality can be a crapshoot. That's the main reason I usually use other trackers.

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