Do you prefer private or public trackers?
As I get more and more invites to private trackers, I'm finding that I find myself spending more and more time on public tracker websites.
I'll only use private trackers if I can't find what I'm looking for on a public tracker. Private tracker rules can get pretty onerous and I prefer to just avoid the whole scene if possible.
If I'm honest, this opinion surprises me. I didn't expect to prefer public trackers. I always thought that private trackers were so cool and exclusive. I don't think that way anymore.
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How do you go about getting invited to a private tracker?
I seed all my Linux isos on public trackers but I'm not active in any communities
Will an owl show up someday with a letter?
Yes. you just need to visit an open invite forum/thread like on reddit or on the interwebz.
Keyword: Open Signup
imo get to know somebody who's in to invite you, and you will become that somebody that ppl would want to meet.
Pm me and I'll send you an invite
I've been having difficulty joining private trackers as well, but mostly I've just been trying to apply to a few that I think I'd like to join. Don't quite understand why I don't get an invite though. I maintain a perma up seedbox, and wouldve thought that was mostly what's important for private trackers.
You get an invite from a member. Or you can trade if you have an invite to spare, but I think it’s frowned upon by some.
Go and interview for a tracker like RED (https://interviewfor.red/). From RED, you can get just about anywhere within the private tracker world if you’re a good member and rank up.
There are much easier trackers to get into that doesn't require this much prereading prior.
Private trackers (not the biggest ones though) do open signups from time to time too (ie no interview no vetting, just sign up), so look out for those.
The most important thing is if you're into the content offered on the site - RED's only attractive if you're an audiophile for instance, it doesn't have movies/games etc. Get a name, then find out from there how to get into it. Read the rules on how not to get into leecher status almost immediately once you get in. Once you get your foot into an easier tracker that at least has some content you're into, then make your way up if you want more.
On the other hand, if you can interview for and get into RED, that's a strong signal that you can make in in the realm of private trackers.
That one is hard to maintain. I think torentleech is best for new peeps
/r/trackers has a lot of info, and /r/trackersignups tells you when trackers are open for signup. Too bad they aren't on Lemmy.