How to get into private trackers (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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Hello, I am new here and am wondering where and how to learn and get into private torrent trackers?

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[-] ImInPhx 32 points 1 year ago

This is what you probably already know but honestly, the best way is to know someone with an invite and if you don’t know someone irl, try to get involved in an online community.

Another way is to watch for open sign ups. Some private trackers have applications, like MyAnonamouse. Once you’re in, check out the forums for invite requirements to other private trackers. You often need to climb a few ranks to gain access to the invite sections of the forum.

Best of luck to you!

[-] aboriante@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

Open sign-ups is the way. Trackers with open sign-ups will usually be a bit more lenient on ratio and rules, in my experience, so they're also a good place to learn how private trackers work without getting kicked out for a silly mistake.

[-] reddthat@reddthat.com 22 points 1 year ago

https://opentrackers.org/

Get a 2tb HDD and download all the freeleech torrents and then seed forever. Most private trackers have a bonus system which you get for long-term seeding. Eventually you use bonus points for upload.

Work your way up on the rankings until you are high enough to get into the invite forums. Repeat the process until you get into all the top tier trackers (who never have open signups)

MTV/MAM/DDC are all good places to start

[-] TiphaineRupa@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When I started to get into private trackers I did the following, which worked out really well in my case:

Basic research (back then mostly via re*dit) on what the most popular trackers are and select the ones I want to join
Be prepared that being part of private trackers also means that one has to contribute back to the community by seeding
Hang out in their irc or discord channels and either wait for open invites or just be nice to other people and get invites from them (just trying to be part of the community)
be patient, it took a few days to get into the first one and after a month or two I was already in all of the trackers I wanted to be in

It was actually not much effort, I had to go through only one interview which was easy to prepare for and not very challenging. All in all it was definitely worth it and I'm glad I brought up that little bit of patience

[-] lukas@lemmy.haigner.me 11 points 1 year ago

https://rentry.co/private-trackers

[-] zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

LMAO, I'll just assume from now that there is a rentry page for every need a pirate has

[-] mara@pawb.social 7 points 1 year ago

Carefully.

[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Trackers with open sign-ups are a good place to get started, also trackers with application forms are good for starting out too. If you have friends who are into private trackers and they know you are trustworthy and they have invites, that's another way.

[-] Sump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

https://hdvinnie.github.io/Private-Trackers-Spreadsheet/ https://inviteroute.github.io/sheet/

[-] Banzai51@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Find the tracker group you want, then seed and suck up to them. It's a shallow system.

[-] eleqtric-conjurer@artemis.camp 0 points 1 year ago

I would also like to know

[-] ColdWater@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago

That's the best part, you can't

[-] IDeserveToBeLoved@szmer.info 5 points 1 year ago

You absolutely can. A good portion of popular trackers have periodicall open signup events. Torrentleech has fairly often open signups. It's big so it isn't that easy to build up your ratio when you're a drop in an ocean, but when you do it can open doors for some more prestigious trackers, although TL should be enough in 99% of cases if you aren't into some (less popular) niche content. Watch r/opensignups on reddit if it's still alive and soon enough you'll be on too many trackers.

[-] notepass@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I think /r/opensignups closed after the blackout

[-] toxictenement@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Theres r/trackersignups and the telegram channel r/opensignups migrated to of the same name.

[-] notepass@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the info!
I just checked trackersignups and found something spicy :)

It seems like r/opensignups telegram channel is just a bot posting the contents of /r/opensignups to it. So it is dead as well.

[-] toxictenement@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Try searching it on telegram for the one with the deluge icon.

[-] Psythik@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago

Don't bother. Private trackers suck. You have to maintain a certain ratio, which is much harder to do than you think when every single popular file has no leechers cause everyone's doing the same thing. So more often than not you have to download a bunch of random BS that no one wants and seed it forever just to build up a high enough ratio to finally download what you actually want.

If you're going to pay for torrents, save yourself the hassle and just sign up for Real-Debrid instead. You get direct downloads at up to 1Gbps, so it's just as fast as a private tracker, and there's no worrying about seeding since all the most popular torrents in the world are stored directly on their servers. (You can also easily add torrents that aren't already on Debrid, in which case it behaves like a seedbox.) ~$17.50 for 6 months.

[-] MurphysPaw@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Just start with freeleech torrents until you build your ratio. On my tracker, any torrent over 10gb does not count towards your download so everything uploaded from it is a bonus. For example, if you' downloaded starfield today, by the end of the week you would probably have a decent amount of upload credit (its 90gb and people leeching constantly).

Pair this with a few of the most popular TV seasons and you're set. Just leave those torrents seeding forever and you have little to worry about. If any slow down, replace them with something fresh. After a couple weeks you will probably be at the point where you never need to consider your upload/download ratio again.!

Add your torrent client to windows startup so you have to remember to stop seeding, not to start seeding.

Buy a cheap 2TB HDD and seed forever.

Download things when you need them not just because you can Be smart, not greedy. Share back. It's really not that hard you just need self control.

Its also important to set up your torrent client properly, any good tracker will have a guide for this. Your upload won't count if it's not set up correctly, this is where a lot of people fall.

But be aware that most of these sites will ban you if you don't keep your ratio, but most will let you "donate" to get back in.

I'm not an expert but i'm happy to answer any questions.

Good luck!

[-] Psythik@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Or I could not do any of that and stick with Debrid. I never have to worry about seeding anything ever again.

[-] rambos@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Real debrid and usenet seems awesome, but I never tried that just because private trackers are working perfectly fine for so many years. Building ratio is not easy on every tracker, but some of them are a joke. Lot of them reward you with points if your torrents are just active and then you can buy upload with points. OP didnt ask for movies or tv shows source, but most likely its their interest. Private trackers can provide more than just a video content, but yeah if you dont want to keep your PC online to keep seeding its probably not best option. Id rather pay for VPN and donate to trackers that share loot for free tbh, but its not for everyone

[-] Gailthesnail@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

how about the absolute top private trackers like BeyondHD or PTP are they so lenient or even remotely possible to join? because those are the only ones worth joining IMO the lower tier private ones are stupid since i can grab everything they have from elsewhere

[-] rambos@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

PTP is having some troubles right now, but I believe you can join almost anything with good reputation. Even lower tier trackers are better than public trackers IMO, people still care more and feels better to contribute, its probably bit more safe as well

[-] Gailthesnail@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

be more specific: how difficult is it to join the top trackers that i mentioned? because ive seen plenty of people say those top ones are completely sealed up for years and i havent been able to dispute them. lower tier private trackers are pretty worthless to me

[-] ECB@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Honestly, I agree with this completely. I got into private trackers earlier this year and after a couple months just quit. On public torrents I have a seed ratio over 5.0, since I have gigabit upload and just like giving back, but private trackers just ended up being a pain.

Having to manage ratios was a pain. Having to build your ratio with freeleech was a pain. I never had a single torrent get a positive ratio. To top it off, I didn't even find the selection to be much better than public trackers.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I tried 3-4 and then just gave up. Too many rules and not enough reason to use it.

[-] Gailthesnail@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

the top ones truly are super great but theyre really impossible to get into. managing ratios is also stupid. for me DDL and usenet covers everything private trackers have

[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

With a seedbox plus freeleech torrents and bonus points you generally don't even need to worry about ratio and all of that. Plus, it feels good to give back to the community.