Two fundamental types of trackers

**1000possibleclaws** · 03-20-2011, 06:15 AM

If you hadn't noticed already, there isn't really two types of sites. 'Type one' could be interchangeable with words such as 'successful' or 'efficient', and type two could be replaced with 'not successful', 'destined to fail', 'using the protocol very inefficiently'.

If you think a successful site belongs in my 'Type Two', I'll just reword the OP until I see fit.

and before this heads into nonsense community rambling,
-FTN has very good pretimes and it may have a good community but its not central. Many users take advantage of the smart uploader filtering and sleek browse page without ever touching 'community'
-HDBits its at its peak right now not because of its exclusiveness, but because it has worked it way up there over the years by being functional and doing what it does best
-UK-T had great 0day times and respectable numbers, its renowned community was hardly a crutch
-CN: well I've never been a member so I can't speak with complete confidence, but I've always had the impression their major decisions and improvements since day 1 have been good ones, despite the questionable PR in the past. I have no idea on the stats, but its probably type one unless I've been grossly mistaken.
-SCT - they had such a great model going, they could get away with inflating their economy with terabytes of purchased upload and the fl packs, all the while keeping their ratio model entirely meaningful. Biggest shame to see them fold, but they were probably soon to enter the legal spotlight with what they had going

There ya go, those are the 'questionable' ones, and they are all definitely in the Type One category.

**Di@monds** · 03-20-2011, 07:02 AM

There are also two type of ppl too
1. ppl who knows
2. ppl who doesnt know
and i dont think we a rocket scientist to guess our OP's type

**bijoy** · 03-20-2011, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by Di@monds

There are also two type of ppl too
1. ppl who knows
2. ppl who doesnt know
and i dont think we a rocket scientist to guess our OP's type

(smily reply is always the best)

**Cut-Copy-Paste** · 03-20-2011, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by 1000possibleclaws

Public trackers go into my 'type one', because afaik they don't reward you for refreshing their pages or browsing their forums.

users will have to spend as little time as they have to on the site,

Contradicting ??

And tracker reward users 2 refresh page? Lemme try.. Refreshing Refreshing Refreshing... Still Now reward 2 me

I m guessing by browse forum of MAJORITY of tracker u mean licking each other a$$?
Minus Tutorial section (which has 85% CCP content) majority of post include +1 +2...
What r u listing, Rate last movie watched etc in which no one give sh!t about previous poster.

On Any Day For me
hobby sites that are run based on emotion >>>> run like a business

Originally Posted by 1000possibleclaws

If you hadn't noticed already, there isn't really two types of sites. 'Type one' could be interchangeable with words such as 'successful' or ~~'efficient'~~ and type two could be replaced with 'not successful', ~~'destined to fail'~~

FIXED

**Intr4ns1t** · 03-20-2011, 03:41 PM

Yeah, PtN loves you too TSOL. Happy 3rd birthday to us.

**ca_aok** · 03-20-2011, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by 1000possibleclaws

-CN: well I've never been a member so I can't speak with complete confidence, but I've always had the impression their major decisions and improvements since day 1 have been good ones, despite the questionable PR in the past. I have no idea on the stats, but its probably type one unless I've been grossly mistaken.

Aside from the donation begging they were doing well before the crash. Having to start over again with zero torrents is tough, and they're asking for donations again... idk how much longer it'll last.

**IdolEyes787** · 03-20-2011, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by Intr4ns1t

Yeah, PtN loves you too TSOL. Happy 3rd birthday to us.

Struck a nerve?

Anyway I guess the thread has more merit than I first thought because it highlights the different reasons that people belong to bt trackers. Some see them as a simple resource ( probably the healthiest approach) while others look at them as being more a hobby.
I wildly fluctuated between the two but on the whole I agree with Cut-Copy-Paste that something that the creators care about ,however successful or unsuccessful , is always going to be "better" ( take that anyway you want) than cold, callus efficiency.
Of course I'm basically content to live without anything but a bit of caring so maybe I'm not the best to judge .

**1000possibleclaws** · 03-20-2011, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by ca_aok

Originally Posted by 1000possibleclaws

-CN: well I've never been a member so I can't speak with complete confidence, but I've always had the impression their major decisions and improvements since day 1 have been good ones, despite the questionable PR in the past. I have no idea on the stats, but its probably type one unless I've been grossly mistaken.

Aside from the donation begging they were doing well before the crash. Having to start over again with zero torrents is tough, and they're asking for donations again... idk how much longer it'll last.

Well then I stand corrected...

Originally Posted by Intr4ns1t

Yeah, PtN loves you too TSOL. Happy 3rd birthday to us.

I can't remember one staff decision that improved tracker side. Paraphrasing Sgt. Major, 'the onus is entirely on users for not snatching more and fixing the stale activity that leads to slow speeds and non-seeded torrents'.

I will respect/like you but I'm still gonna call it how it is regardless. Three years and the pirate bay is still faster on most releases, minus the minute number of random torrents are still hosted by their uploaders seedboxes. Yes, plodding on sure means anything at all. Yes, community on a tracker that is almost exclusively made up of users who have felt the need to sign up on forums revolving around asskissing and climbing the tracker ladder can be a good one

**IdolEyes787** · 03-20-2011, 05:09 PM

Sgt. Major is a wank .He used to be a well spoken if insincere level hunting wank, now he's a staff wank but I think the important thing to note is that he's still a wank.