Private trackers have this bad habit still in 2026 of being super strict about ratio. You have a hard time uploading because as soon as someone uploads something, 20 seedboxes are already saturating the 3 other people downloading.

You're left with just paying for upload credits. Makes no sense.

I miss demonoid from the 2005 era something fierce. It was private but also super chill, the way it's supposed to be.

I'm a member of two fairly private trackers but haven't downloaded anything from them in a long time. It's not really worth the hassle. :( the only thing I would still say it's worth it if you find super niche private trackers with stuff nobody else has, like cinemageddon

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fishgoesblub an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> bad habit

I wouldn't consider a requirement that people to upload as much as they download a "bad habit" it's called not being a leech.

	▲	why_at 16 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I think the seeding requirement is not bad, but bytes uploaded is a bad metric when there's just not that much traffic. Since bittorrent prioritizes peers with better bandwidth and so many people use servers with 10G connections, you won't get much upload off your home network. On some trackers I've been seeding 24/7 since I joined and uploaded only a few gigabytes. Fortunately many of them are generous with other ways to get credit for uploading so I've never had a problem.
	▲	sergiotapia an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It's not 2008 anymore. People want to upload and can, but can't when there's 20 seedboxes for a torrent with one leecher.

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scratchyone 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

if your "private tracker" lets you pay for upload, it's a scam site and not at all a trusted tracker in the community lol

	▲	opan 23 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		On first reading I took it to mean exchanging BP for upload, a common site feature with no real money cost. Perhaps they meant that seeding is pay to win and you need a seedbox, though (not my experience, FWIW).