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What is the motive behind private trackers? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by vilibix535@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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If piracy is moral and ethical and enables us to share knowledge, why do private trackers gatekeep this knowledge? It goes against the principles of piracy. Do they do it just to feel superior about bring in a sekrit club?

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[–] vilibix535@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do they ensure that each torrent is seeded? Do they have a problem of dead torrents?

[–] yote_zip@pawb.social 24 points 1 year ago

Usually torrents remain seeded because private tracker users are encouraged to seed everything forever. In addition, often if a private tracker has a bonus system they will offer extra bonus points for seeding low-seed torrents, and some even automatically mark torrents as freeleech if they're below ~5 seeds, encouraging people to revive its seed count in a targeted manner.