BT community is dying?

[Swepsycho]

If you compare the smaller community orientated trackers, as well as the BT section here at FST,you notice a huge difference in activity to what it once was.The lack of activity has been noticed by many, and a couple of threads (on various torrent sites) have popped up discussing what could have lead to this.There might be many factors involving.Back in the days when old BT users "retired", there were always new people to take their places.New people have always kept coming, keeping community trackers and this BT section active,that doesn't seem to be the case anymore.Some say it's so easy to get music and movies nowadays, in a legal way, and hence there is no "new generation" to takethe "retired" bittorrenters' place.My opinion to why there's little to no activity is simply because BT is boring.Why is it boring? BT used to be a "game" with all the traders, anti-traders, torrent-invite sites,high level trackers, global bans and all the drama.With the rarity list gone, and the "rare" trackers dead (uk-t, ftwr, sct) BT users no longer have any "dreams to chase". :(The exclusiveness and mystique is long gone! Because, let's face it, getting into those "rare" trackers was all that mattered for thoseactive "community lovers". Once they managed to collect all trackers, they "retired".But today all community trackers are more or less dead because their once very active members no longer have a reason topost crap in forums, chat in irc and "make friends" (in order to obtain invites) since there are no longer any "rare" trackers to get into.

[Artemis]

If you compare the smaller community orientated trackers, as well as the BT section here at FST,you notice a huge difference in activity to what it once was.The lack of activity has been noticed by many, and a couple of threads (on various torrent sites) have popped up discussing what could have lead to this.There might be many factors involving.Back in the days when old BT users "retired", there were always new people to take their places.New people have always kept coming, keeping community trackers and this BT section active,that doesn't seem to be the case anymore.Some say it's so easy to get music and movies nowadays, in a legal way, and hence there is no "new generation" to takethe "retired" bittorrenters' place.My opinion to why there's little to no activity is simply because BT is boring.Why is it boring? BT used to be a "game" with all the traders, anti-traders, torrent-invite sites,high level trackers, global bans and all the drama.With the rarity list gone, and the "rare" trackers dead (uk-t, ftwr, sct) BT users no longer have any "dreams to chase". :(The exclusiveness and mystique is long gone! Because, let's face it, getting into those "rare" trackers was all that mattered for thoseactive "community lovers". Once they managed to collect all trackers, they "retired".But today all community trackers are more or less dead because their once very active members no longer have a reason topost crap in forums, chat in irc and "make friends" (in order to obtain invites) since there are no longer any "rare" trackers to get into.
That's so sad it's almost funny. It is probably unintentionally the best summation of what was wrong with bt for years, and now that there are no superleet rare trackers to chase after it's boring and nobody wants to play the game any more....
Thats really sad......
You mean the same 20 people won't post in every forum and high five each other and spam the shit out of the irc channels as well (different people every 6 months but the same moronic spam).
There won't be threads all over the place any more that (fill in the blanks ala MoRbIdAnGeL please please please * tracker is my only wish..... it is my dream)......
Gee I'm really going to miss all of that.

I'll still talk to the same people I always have though, the ones who were there from the start, the ones who are there for the community, not for the limelight or any perceived rarity or anything else.

[mjmacky]

If you compare the smaller community orientated trackers, as well as the BT section here at FST,you notice a huge difference in activity to what it once was.The lack of activity has been noticed by many, and a couple of threads (on various torrent sites) have popped up discussing what could have lead to this.There might be many factors involving.Back in the days when old BT users "retired", there were always new people to take their places.New people have always kept coming, keeping community trackers and this BT section active,that doesn't seem to be the case anymore.Some say it's so easy to get music and movies nowadays, in a legal way, and hence there is no "new generation" to takethe "retired" bittorrenters' place.My opinion to why there's little to no activity is simply because BT is boring.Why is it boring? BT used to be a "game" with all the traders, anti-traders, torrent-invite sites,high level trackers, global bans and all the drama.With the rarity list gone, and the "rare" trackers dead (uk-t, ftwr, sct) BT users no longer have any "dreams to chase". :(The exclusiveness and mystique is long gone! Because, let's face it, getting into those "rare" trackers was all that mattered for thoseactive "community lovers". Once they managed to collect all trackers, they "retired".But today all community trackers are more or less dead because their once very active members no longer have a reason topost crap in forums, chat in irc and "make friends" (in order to obtain invites) since there are no longer any "rare" trackers to get into.

That was a pretty boring opening post.

[anon]

Swepsycho's suddenly using near-perfect grammar? What's going on here? :huh:

[Swepsycho]

@Artemis thanks for opinion...why sad? @Mjmacky go back in lounge... @anon copy paste only change *** to FST

[anon]

@anon copy paste only change *** to FST

That settles it. I feel bad for thinking you had improved all of a sudden now...

[A]

Idoleyes was right all along... scary stuff.

[Intr4ns1t]

Well, the original poster of that first post was pretty spot on, but there are still a few people that use BT, they just don't need to chase after dream sites anymore. It's become much easier to accommodate the desires of the average user and with the increased use of seedboxes, most torrent sites have much better speeds than they used to. I still get all my media from BT, but I'm perfectly happy getting all my files for free, damn netflix.

[IdolEyes787]

Idoleyes was right all along... scary stuff.

Weirdly I'm right more times than not even if it isn't immediately apparent.

Case in point I immediately pegged you for a cunt.

@Swepsycho .Once the mask has come off it's sort of pointless to put it back on and pretend no one noticed trolltard.

[mjmacky]

@Mjmacky go back in lounge

The insistence that I be relegated to the lounge is not my failure to be on topic, but rather everyone else's failure to understand me. What's more boring than bt drama talk, is talking about the existence of bt drama talk. It applies to most things.

[mlindsay]

BT is not dead, it's just that there is no reason to chase private sites. :) I use public sites exclusively and I get an averate of 1500 kbs speed and there is hardly any movie I haven't been able to find. Occasionally I will find a rare torrent with only 1 or 2 seeds, and then I just live with the 30kbs speed or download it with usenet in that rare instance. If BT were dead, why is it that there are always more people viewing the BT section of this fourm vs the usenet section of the forum ? :)
Unless of course you mean the " community " specifically, in which case I can find lots of user comments and ratings on sites like KAT, isohunt and the pirate bay, in fact, it's one of the reasons I like the big pubic sites.

I meant to write public sites, not pubic sites :lol: I'm sure there are lots of those as well but that's another forum.

[PastTense]

mlindsay: What posters are saying is a major advantage of the private trackers is freedom from legal hassles (for example law suits). Why do you list isohunt as a site you go to? I am certain that FST ran some posts a while back about isohunt getting into legal trouble and henceforth deciding to list only legal (non copyright infringing) torrents.

[Cabalo]

@Swepsycho, I agree with nearly every point in your post.
Welcome back, btw.

[mlindsay]

mlindsay: What posters are saying is a major advantage of the private trackers is freedom from legal hassles (for example law suits). Why do you list isohunt as a site you go to? I am certain that FST ran some posts a while back about isohunt getting into legal trouble and henceforth deciding to list only legal (non copyright infringing) torrents.

The reason I list that site is because I can find tons of movies ( yes including the infringing types ) and it seems to be a good resource. All of the major torrent sites comply with takedown requests ( well, I guess TPB doesn't ) but it doesn't mean that you can't find that same movie or album on another file by another uploader. I also think you would be hard pressed to find any major torrent site without legal issues, but it doesn't seem to stop most of them :)
Lawsuits I guess are becoming more of a concern, but I think it's mostly the major uploaders under the gun, I have personally never heard of anyone I know getting sued for downloading.

[1000possibleclaws]

I find if anything I use torrent sites more, but talk about them and participate in their forums less. It does seem like the smaller trackers are having less discussions, but maybe it's my perception because the topics are in large perpetually the same.

[manker]

It's fairly obvious why the private BT sites are much quieter now than they were several years ago - and it's nothing to do with activity.
There are more people using bit-torrent now that ever before.

The reason is dilution.
There now way more private BT sites than there used to be and most of them have just as much content as any other. At least non-specialised content such as the latest movie and tv releases - which is what 80% of BT users want. This means that they're easier to get into and that the formerly 'hard to get' sites are emulated way down the food chain so they don't seem so special any more. Users are now happy with the sites they have and don't care so much about the elites.

Supply and demand. The supply of private torrent sites has increased, so the demand for them has decreased.

[anon]

Why do you list isohunt as a site you go to? I am certain that FST ran some posts a while back about isohunt getting into legal trouble and henceforth deciding to list only legal (non copyright infringing) torrents.

Isohunt did use to redirect people from the US to a "lite" version of the site, but it appears they don't do that anymore, and they certainly do not refrain themselves to offering legal torrents only.

[Swepsycho]

@idol it never came off @mjmacky write a book. @cabalo thx :) @mlindsey am not talking about big trackers + public @manker thx for sharing good point

[mjmacky]

@SweIdolmackybalolindker did you get any of that?

[Swepsycho]

@SweIdolmackybalolindker did you get any of that? listen loungetard...go back in lounge, like.

[mjmacky]

@SweIdolmackybalolindker did you get any of that? listen loungetard...go back in lounge, like.

Make me, I press you to make an effort.

[IdolEyes787]

@SweIdolmackybalolindker did you get any of that? listen loungetard...go back in lounge, like.

To anyone who is still obvious Swepsycho is not what he appears but rather a dupe account of someone with serious mental problems.
Not even interesting mental problems like mjmacky has either.

[A]

Case in point I immediately pegged you for a cunt.
It isn't immediately apparent.

@Swepsycho #BT community is dying.

[IdolEyes787]

Case in point I immediately pegged you for a cunt.
It isn't immediately apparent.



True , not until you open your mouth.

[A]

It isn't immediately apparent.



True , not until you open your mouth.
You got me confused with chavis. #BT community is dying

[Swepsycho]

what makes u think i have mental problems idol? :S

[A]

what makes u think i have mental problems idol? :S
Its obvious.

[IdolEyes787]

Other than the fact you are wearing a straight jacket you mean?

[Swepsycho]

what makes u think i have mental problems idol? :S Its obvious. is it?


Other than the fact you are wearing a straight jacket you mean? i dont wear a jacket u are largely mistaken

[A]

Its obvious. is it?
Yes

[Swepsycho]

is it? Yes :( catch you later, time to get my yearly dose of midsummer medicine

[IdolEyes787]

i dont wear a jacket u are largely mistaken

Look,there are people here still willing to play along but as I don't happen to be one of them please stop.

[Swepsycho]

i dont wear a jacket u are largely mistaken Look,there are people here still willing to play along but as I don't happen to be one of them please stop. play what? this is not a game idol... u dont have read my post also u started the insults :dry:

[mjmacky]

play what? this is not a game idol... u dont have read my post also u started the insults :dry:

Your first authentic post was:
"@Artemis thanks for opinion...why sad? @Mjmacky go back in lounge... @anon copy paste only change *** to FST"

which I only believe was original because I don't think anyone else is dumb enough to try to put that out as their own without the quotes. Basically, your first original post in this thread was just fodder.

Aren't you supposed to be making me go back to the lounge?

[theman5]

I've noticed the more specific sites I frequent at are becoming more and more active and popular, but the general/0day trackers are dying off

[Artemis]

My post that it was 'sad' was a sarcastic comment on my part since there were have been a never ending stream of new faces who gained access to certain sites then suddenly believed it made them some kind of a celebrity. They turn into brash obnoxious assholes spamming the same moronic garbage across multiple forums in the fond imagining that everyone will be vaguely entertained and that noone has seen that particular retarded comment before.
After years of this I am no longer subtle, it doesn't pay to be, for the simple reason that morons don't understand subtlety.
There are even places I no longer frequent simply because the evil horde has dumbed the fora down to the point where it is no longer worth wading through the gibberish, so I leave the spastics to it.

[KushBlow]

If you compare the smaller community orientated trackers, as well as the BT section here at FST,you notice a huge difference in activity to what it once was.The lack of activity has been noticed by many, and a couple of threads (on various torrent sites) have popped up discussing what could have lead to this.There might be many factors involving.Back in the days when old BT users "retired", there were always new people to take their places.New people have always kept coming, keeping community trackers and this BT section active,that doesn't seem to be the case anymore.Some say it's so easy to get music and movies nowadays, in a legal way, and hence there is no "new generation" to takethe "retired" bittorrenters' place.My opinion to why there's little to no activity is simply because BT is boring.Why is it boring? BT used to be a "game" with all the traders, anti-traders, torrent-invite sites,high level trackers, global bans and all the drama.With the rarity list gone, and the "rare" trackers dead (uk-t, ftwr, sct) BT users no longer have any "dreams to chase". :(The exclusiveness and mystique is long gone! Because, let's face it, getting into those "rare" trackers was all that mattered for thoseactive "community lovers". Once they managed to collect all trackers, they "retired".But today all community trackers are more or less dead because their once very active members no longer have a reason topost crap in forums, chat in irc and "make friends" (in order to obtain invites) since there are no longer any "rare" trackers to get into.

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[bijoy]

bt sites are responsable for their own downhill journey.

Again, recent strict actions & rules against file sharing does have effect on every user.