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1 - Pirate bay still exists and is very much alive. 2 - Rarbg was a margin note in torrent community. There are others very much alive and better.

rg111 3y ago
> There are others very much alive and better. Can you please tell me which ones or point me to a place that does?
- skulk 3y ago
  Yes, you just have to join a certain private tracker that makes you wait for an interview. Then, once you're in, you have to seed for a bunch of time or fulfill requests that others have. Once you have gained enough reputation (which will be tracked with some weird point system), you are given access to a forum where people give out invites to their cooler secret clubs. Rinse and repeat this a couple of times and you can be in the cool kids club private trackers.
- drexlspivey 3y ago
  check the sidebar of r/trackers
tejohnso 3y ago
Please indicate which is better. Where can I click on "top 100" or similar, and instantly see a page full of recent releases with screenshots, synopsis, and comments one click away?
- imran0 3y ago
  1337x is a very good alternative.
- holoduke 3y ago
  Rutracker is the best. You need to understand some russian. But everything is there.
  - comprev 3y ago
    Google Translate is your friend here. RUTracker has excellent quality music - often complete label discographies too.
- caeda21 3y ago
  Use Usenet tbh. NZBGeek offers many of the same features that RARBG did.
- condensacion 3y ago
  You can try cloudtorrents.com
asfdgaidfhfnio 3y ago
"Better" is a matter of opinion, but it certainly isn't a "margin note". Rarbg was one of the most popular torrent sites in the world. Torrent Freak puts it as #4 most popular in the world, ahead of The Pirate Bay, though I am not sure of their methodology. https://torrentfreak.com/top-torrent-sites/ https://torrentfreak.com/top-torrent-sites/ Of those most popular sites, I think it was by far the best. It offered consistently good encodes, with about the best achievable quality for a given file size, in a variety of formats and resolutions. Its files were well-organized with a user-friendly browser and a wealth of metadata. It was possible to quickly find a good version of anything not too obscure. Compare to TPB, where searches just vomit a page of often-mislabeled files the user must comb through manually. Compare to YIFY/YTS, which uploads bitrate-starved "HD" schlock that looks worse than rarbg's 480p.
- lasc4r 3y ago
  You could search using the IMDB ID/url suffix, which almost always gave you exactly what you wanted. RIP.
- 2h 3y ago
  > Compare to YIFY/YTS, which uploads bitrate-starved "HD" schlock that looks worse than rarbg's 480p. YES. I have always wondered why YTS is popular, as the quality is always overstated and always garbage. sorry but 1 MBPS is not "HD", no matter what codec you are using.
  - BlueTemplar 3y ago
    Because HD literally means 1280×720, and there are no guarantees of quality ?
xdennis 3y ago
> Rarbg was a margin note in torrent community It was the 4th largest according to TorrentFreak: https://torrentfreak.com/top-torrent-sites/ https://torrentfreak.com/top-torrent-sites/
- SergeAx 3y ago
  I wonder why there's no LimeTorrent on this list.
- autoexec 3y ago
  Rarbg was also notable because it was public, you didn't need an account, and it was a lot more accessible (and safer) than other sites. Even TPB eventually required a bunch of JS just to see anything and they'd use that JS for shady things like crypto mining.
abwizz 3y ago
> Rarbg was a margin note in torrent community really? i very much preferred it over pb or kat
throw74775 3y ago
Better? Which ones?
- well_actulily 3y ago
  Private ones that are invite only, like PTP, BTN, RED, Bib, etc.—the public tracker community really pales in comparison.
  - FalconSensei 3y ago
    so... unless you can send us invites, your suggestions are not really useful to us
    - 5e92cb50239222b 3y ago
      Let the kid flex, will ya
    - well_actulily 3y ago
      There are still pathways into these trackers, which usually require luck or some amount of work on feeder trackers before you get an invite. I got in through the unofficial Reddit tracker BaconBits (RIP) back in the day—YMMV, but it doesn't change the fact that there are better trackers out there.
    - LeeroyWasHere 3y ago
      Unless I've known someone for a decade, they're not getting an invite.
      - FalconSensei 3y ago
        good thing I wasn't asking you then :)
      - Fordec 3y ago
        Thanks for the confirmation that "you're not really useful to us" remains a valid statement.

rg111 3y ago

> There are others very much alive and better. Can you please tell me which ones or point me to a place that does?

skulk 3y ago
Yes, you just have to join a certain private tracker that makes you wait for an interview. Then, once you're in, you have to seed for a bunch of time or fulfill requests that others have. Once you have gained enough reputation (which will be tracked with some weird point system), you are given access to a forum where people give out invites to their cooler secret clubs. Rinse and repeat this a couple of times and you can be in the cool kids club private trackers.
drexlspivey 3y ago
check the sidebar of r/trackers

tejohnso 3y ago

Please indicate which is better. Where can I click on "top 100" or similar, and instantly see a page full of recent releases with screenshots, synopsis, and comments one click away?

imran0 3y ago
1337x is a very good alternative.
holoduke 3y ago
Rutracker is the best. You need to understand some russian. But everything is there.
- comprev 3y ago
  Google Translate is your friend here. RUTracker has excellent quality music - often complete label discographies too.
caeda21 3y ago
Use Usenet tbh. NZBGeek offers many of the same features that RARBG did.
condensacion 3y ago
You can try cloudtorrents.com

asfdgaidfhfnio 3y ago

"Better" is a matter of opinion, but it certainly isn't a "margin note". Rarbg was one of the most popular torrent sites in the world. Torrent Freak puts it as #4 most popular in the world, ahead of The Pirate Bay, though I am not sure of their methodology. https://torrentfreak.com/top-torrent-sites/ https://torrentfreak.com/top-torrent-sites/ Of those most popular sites, I think it was by far the best. It offered consistently good encodes, with about the best achievable quality for a given file size, in a variety of formats and resolutions. Its files were well-organized with a user-friendly browser and a wealth of metadata. It was possible to quickly find a good version of anything not too obscure. Compare to TPB, where searches just vomit a page of often-mislabeled files the user must comb through manually. Compare to YIFY/YTS, which uploads bitrate-starved "HD" schlock that looks worse than rarbg's 480p.

lasc4r 3y ago
You could search using the IMDB ID/url suffix, which almost always gave you exactly what you wanted. RIP.
2h 3y ago
> Compare to YIFY/YTS, which uploads bitrate-starved "HD" schlock that looks worse than rarbg's 480p. YES. I have always wondered why YTS is popular, as the quality is always overstated and always garbage. sorry but 1 MBPS is not "HD", no matter what codec you are using.
- BlueTemplar 3y ago
  Because HD literally means 1280×720, and there are no guarantees of quality ?

xdennis 3y ago

> Rarbg was a margin note in torrent community It was the 4th largest according to TorrentFreak: https://torrentfreak.com/top-torrent-sites/ https://torrentfreak.com/top-torrent-sites/

SergeAx 3y ago
I wonder why there's no LimeTorrent on this list.
autoexec 3y ago
Rarbg was also notable because it was public, you didn't need an account, and it was a lot more accessible (and safer) than other sites. Even TPB eventually required a bunch of JS just to see anything and they'd use that JS for shady things like crypto mining.

abwizz 3y ago

> Rarbg was a margin note in torrent community really? i very much preferred it over pb or kat

throw74775 3y ago

Better? Which ones?

well_actulily 3y ago
Private ones that are invite only, like PTP, BTN, RED, Bib, etc.—the public tracker community really pales in comparison.
- FalconSensei 3y ago
  so... unless you can send us invites, your suggestions are not really useful to us
  - 5e92cb50239222b 3y ago
    Let the kid flex, will ya
  - well_actulily 3y ago
    There are still pathways into these trackers, which usually require luck or some amount of work on feeder trackers before you get an invite. I got in through the unofficial Reddit tracker BaconBits (RIP) back in the day—YMMV, but it doesn't change the fact that there are better trackers out there.
  - LeeroyWasHere 3y ago
    Unless I've known someone for a decade, they're not getting an invite.
    - FalconSensei 3y ago
      good thing I wasn't asking you then :)
    - Fordec 3y ago
      Thanks for the confirmation that "you're not really useful to us" remains a valid statement.