What makes a tracker a community tracker?
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What makes a tracker a community tracker?
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I'm interested in seeing some asnwers about this question . Good thread btw.
I don't think in internet community's just people most of them don't even know each other personally and they share knowledge.
thanks Naix
anything except...
torrent sites where forum/irc is used more than tracker...coz then it's a 'tracker based forum'.
every other tracker has a community imo, that including places like ScT (the forum has a niche circle of hot headed folks lul), BCG, FSC, demonoid etc etc.
BUT for some weird reason the less user base is the stronger the community is said to be. Smaller trackers tend to have less forum/irc activity than the bigger ones but i guess the fact that small tracker size allows almost all members to know each other makes it a tighter community.
it's similar to irl communities. If less people are involved in something it's usually called 'community', like in the village side where there are less number of people the term 'community' is often thrown out. Or, if few people of same nationality are living in a foriegn country they often refer themselves as '<inserttheirnationality> community'. Another example would be group of minorities like 'LGBT community', 'community of Jazz musicans' etc.
pseudo elitism! lolz
good seeders and nice forums :)
squirr3l pretty much summed it up.
It's different for some people than others. Some people think ScL is great not because of their forums, but because of their IRC channel. I don't use IRC much so I can't talk about.
The fact reamains, that if a tracker has a small userbase, people know each other better.
Imo one of the best communities is A-L.
I am not even interested to know what makes up a community tracker any more.
What I wnt to know is why was Lew banned. I bet he tried pulling off another Basilhaydens stunt
My definition of a community tracker is one where interaction between members is >= the availble content.
Isn't it Obvious! There are alot of answers too that question and i'm only gonna tell those that come into my mind.
Either the tracker is a specificated tracker, for example, the tracker is a movie tracker or a music tracker, (then if the tracker is any good people on it wants to be in the forums)
Or, some trackers have so that u have to be active in the forum/irc to even stay on the tracker (a few 1337 trackers), kinda lame but it works!
Well.. mostly 1337 trackers have a nice community and thats because mostly of the members are 1337.
Who is Basilhaydens? The only reason that comes to my mind is mindless spamming/posting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Albo Da Kid
^someone that had 20+ accounts, a big time trader and possibly a scammer also.
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Just a quick guess, hes probably banned for spam:Quote:
Originally Posted by Albo Da Kid
http://i40.tinypic.com/jtv2g7.png
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Now lets get back on track..
not only tracking torrents, but having a portal with members, shoutbox etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lew
:yup:Quote:
Originally Posted by 0Ri0N
what tracker bans user for not using forum/irc? :ermm:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolphin
i have seen people getting banned for not using tracker but i have yet to see a ban for not participating in forum/irc.
as long as you use tracker, you should be fine. forum/irc are meant (and IS) a plus. torrentz should be (and IS) the priority.
I think I once heard a user being banned at PTN because he never or very rarely used the forums. I'm not sure if it's true, just telling you what I read...Quote:
Originally Posted by squirr3lwhat tracker bans user for not using forum/irc? :ermm:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolphin
i have seen people getting banned for not using tracker but i have yet to see a ban for not participating in forum/irc.
as long as you use tracker, you should be fine. forum/irc are meant (and IS) a plus. torrentz should be (and IS) the priority.
the name says it:
a community tracker is a tracker with a good community.
I believe that's a general misconception. I think the forums on some of these "lower level" trackers blow away the forums on these so-called 1337 trackers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolphin
Take IPT for example. A tracker that does not have a reputation for a good community, just great content. But the forums are much more active, there's more meaningful topics, and I see much less useless spam than some of these two, three, or four thousand memberbase, 1337 trackers. I'd rather spend time in forums like IPT's having actual discussions on just about anything, than rating the avatar above me or posting if I would hit that milf, at some of the forums that have actually been hyped for their communities.
I'm not saying all the so-called 1337 trackers have over hyped communities(because I'm part of two that are actually pretty great), but most of the ones I've came across are. In my humble opinion at least.
Skittles maybe? I don't know.Quote:
Originally Posted by squirr3lwhat tracker bans user for not using forum/irc? :ermm:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolphin
i have seen people getting banned for not using tracker but i have yet to see a ban for not participating in forum/irc.
as long as you use tracker, you should be fine. forum/irc are meant (and IS) a plus. torrentz should be (and IS) the priority.
It's funny that 'n00bs' often use the term '1337' :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolphin
A community tracker is a tracker with a tight userbase :)
yup, and i think that means when the members care about the site. They are helpful and are active and such.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanielleD87
http://home2.owc.net/~mojow/civic/pi...ainObvious.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by flashback3ryup, and i think that means when the members care about the site. They are helpful and are active and such.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanielleD87
smart conclusion
Aside from the comments above, a few thoughts I have on what makes a decent community tracker is one where:
On the tracker side:
The last seeder doesn't bail while someone's leeching;
Requests are filled at a reasonable speed;
People seed back 1:1 or at least for the time limit indicated in the rules;
Torrents are complete, re-seed requests are met, and nukes are kept to a minimum and flagged promptly as such
Members actually post thanks to uploaders and keep their bitching to a minimum;
On the forum side:
There's a varied help section that is actually helpful
Interesting convo happens beyond "+1" and "me too"
There's no invite-request section, as one isn't needed ;)
one tracker comes in my mind when you say this things and it's F*CQuote:
Originally Posted by kallieb
good seeders and very good forums,active users,many friends,very good staff...
Thats one of the smartest comments i've read in a loooong time!Quote:
Originally Posted by Funkin'I believe that's a general misconception. I think the forums on some of these "lower level" trackers blow away the forums on these so-called 1337 trackers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolphin
Take IPT for example. A tracker that does not have a reputation for a good community, just great content. But the forums are much more active, there's more meaningful topics, and I see much less useless spam than some of these two, three, or four thousand memberbase, 1337 trackers. I'd rather spend time in forums like IPT's having actual discussions on just about anything, than rating the avatar above me or posting if I would hit that milf, at some of the forums that have actually been hyped for their communities.
I'm not saying all the so-called 1337 trackers have over hyped communities(because I'm part of two that are actually pretty great), but most of the ones I've came across are. In my humble opinion at least.
:yup:Quote:
Originally Posted by kallieb
Very well said
Add: A place where members can feel at home and speak there mind, without fear of threats
Honestly there are too many dimensions in this issue, yet for me the most important one is that they dont delete you even if u dont log in for a year...it doesnt matter how much buffer u have, if they dont ban ya for a long time then that is community for me, i have a friend who has fsc account, and had 350 mb upload, his account hasnt been online for a year, and his account isnt deleted... on the other hand, i had a 1.5 tb buffer in tl, i was very active in irc et cetera, at first it seems awesome place to be till u get backstabbed, i informed admins of my pcs current state (it was in hp service because it was broken) they sent it back but had problem it was freezing) anyway sent it back again, i didnt log in for about 60 days, and they deleted my account, i know there is great deal of people who wants to join sites, yet this doesnt justify the attitude that they have against users... so community means caring sharing not when u are actually active but when u are not active...