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In my experience, most of the people who are serious about torrenting don't use The Pirate Bay anyway and have long since moved to members only trackers (like D

In my experience, most of the people who are serious about torrenting don't use The Pirate Bay anyway and have long since moved to members only trackers (like Demonoid etc).

JonnieCache 14y ago
It's all mirrored on isohunt, along with most of the other public torrents on the net.
Nux 14y ago
Indeed, but TPB is vast, sometimes you don't find what you need on private trackers.
chadgeidel 14y ago
I personally have had really bad luck with private, members only tracker sites. If I don't get on the torrent within minutes of posting, I can't reach the desired 100% seeding goal. On the other hand, this is ridiculously easy to do with public tracker sites (such as TPB).
- baddox 14y ago
  This is the case with the best and most serious private trackers. If you're serious about keeping a good ratio, just get a seedbox and set up a script to download the torrents you want as soon as they're posted (most trackers have an IRC bot that announces new torrents).
- luriel 14y ago
  There is huge variability in private trackers, some are awful (Demono's adds have become unbearable), some are pretty good, like karagarga, which has lots of films I simply could not find anywhere else, legally or otherwise, and others are awesome, like what.cd.
runn1ng 14y ago
Is demonoid really members only? As far as I can say, I can browse the torrents - http://www.demonoid.me/top_torrents.php http://www.demonoid.me/top_torrents.php - search the torrents - http://www.demonoid.me/files/ http://www.demonoid.me/files/ - and download them - http://www.demonoid.me/files/download/2916572/ http://www.demonoid.me/files/download/2916572/ - without being registered or logged in. Also, I really like the phrase "serious about torrenting". :)
- sliverstorm 14y ago
  The way demonoid "members only" works is you have to log in to their website with your web browser before the tracker will permit your IP to connect.
  - runn1ng 14y ago
    Oh, OK, that is possible, I actually have no seeds from the demonoid tracker. However, DHT gets me other peers fairly quickly, so I don't really care.

In my experience, most of the people who are serious about torrenting don't use The Pirate Bay anyway and have long since moved to members only trackers (like Demonoid etc).

JonnieCache 14y ago

It's all mirrored on isohunt, along with most of the other public torrents on the net.

Nux 14y ago

Indeed, but TPB is vast, sometimes you don't find what you need on private trackers.

chadgeidel 14y ago

I personally have had really bad luck with private, members only tracker sites. If I don't get on the torrent within minutes of posting, I can't reach the desired 100% seeding goal. On the other hand, this is ridiculously easy to do with public tracker sites (such as TPB).

baddox 14y ago
This is the case with the best and most serious private trackers. If you're serious about keeping a good ratio, just get a seedbox and set up a script to download the torrents you want as soon as they're posted (most trackers have an IRC bot that announces new torrents).
luriel 14y ago
There is huge variability in private trackers, some are awful (Demono's adds have become unbearable), some are pretty good, like karagarga, which has lots of films I simply could not find anywhere else, legally or otherwise, and others are awesome, like what.cd.

runn1ng 14y ago

Is demonoid really members only? As far as I can say, I can browse the torrents - http://www.demonoid.me/top_torrents.php http://www.demonoid.me/top_torrents.php - search the torrents - http://www.demonoid.me/files/ http://www.demonoid.me/files/ - and download them - http://www.demonoid.me/files/download/2916572/ http://www.demonoid.me/files/download/2916572/ - without being registered or logged in. Also, I really like the phrase "serious about torrenting". :)

sliverstorm 14y ago
The way demonoid "members only" works is you have to log in to their website with your web browser before the tracker will permit your IP to connect.
- runn1ng 14y ago
  Oh, OK, that is possible, I actually have no seeds from the demonoid tracker. However, DHT gets me other peers fairly quickly, so I don't really care.