Your Top worst 3 trackers!

Mention 3 worst trackers. Here I go.

1: FTC ( A Danish tracker ): I never got a warning from them since I don't use the tracker at all. They have the worst reputation in Denmark. They even ban people for asking questions to the FLS. If you receive a warning and you want to remove it, then you must pay money by paypal. And yes, I'm not making this up, I can even prove it.

2: PTM ( Staff are being generally too rude )

3: What: There is often problem with the tracker, so my upload doesn't register. I lost like 10-15 GB in upload, although my ratio is above 2.
 
I see your point of view megabyteme, and honestly, I was just curious if you were one of those people or not, which you are not. Personally, I can take any critisim as constructive, and think everyone should. Some one tells me I'm the worst at something, I wouldn't give up or get mad, I'd work on getting better. Could that some one have put it a better way? Sure, but theres more then one way to percieve it as well, two sides to every coin so to speak.

Tv Controls You: I have nothing against either of the two trackers I mentioned, but for me, at this current point in time, they are on my worst list because they dont work. It was more of a (bad) joke, saying that at least the other trackers mentioned in this thread function at this current point in time to some degree. Sarcasm doesn't fly well, no font for it yet :\
 
kurdt said:
there are trackers begging for users every day. check out some of the open signup notifications that keep getting reposted by the sites's owners. Now, how many people are begging you everyday to let them make a website for you and maintain it for free? None. Why is that? Could it be that trackers receive something in return from their membership even if they are "free" to join?

Trackers compete for memberhip. And reviewing and rating trackers publicly only produces better trackers. Trackers are NOT doing you a favor by letting you join. It is in their interest. Without membership, they would not survive.
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Most trackers are paid for out-of-pocket by their owners. Some receive donations to help/pay for that, while a (very) few profit.

The sites that are "begging for members" in the open-sign up section are trying to attract community to the site they have worked hard to create. It's like making a large meal and then "begging" for people to come eat your food for free. :mad3:

Devaluing and berating trackers does not "help" them any more than your teachers in high school telling you that you were the dumbest/worst in class. :slap:
 
lol87 said:
3: What: There is often problem with the tracker, so my upload doesn't register. I lost like 10-15 GB in upload, although my ratio is above 2.
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From your lips to god.

I love all other trackers.

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@lol87: I appreciate you taking the time to present what you had hoped for in this thread. I think you will find that if left unchecked, these get a lot of non-constructive posts where nothing is said other than "tracker X banned me for no reason", I hate that tracker's staff, and so on.

The staff and site owners do not need this kind of negativity. They do a lot and regardless of "the business model" they are doing it for free.

The idea behind this is that you can get positive results from being negative.


@Tokeman: We see things slightly different, but you seem like an alright guy yourself. :happy:
 
megabyteme said:
Most trackers are paid for out-of-pocket by their owners. Some receive donations to help/pay for that, while a (very) few profit.

The sites that are "begging for members" in the open-sign up section are trying to attract community to the site they have worked hard to create. It's like making a large meal and then "begging" for people to come eat your food for free. :mad3:

Devaluing and berating trackers does not "help" them any more than your teachers in high school telling you that you were the dumbest/worst in class. :slap:
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let's please not turn this into a personal thing with the "you" emphasized. i enjoy an intellectual debate if you don't then just let me know, no hard feelings.

nobody is begging you to eat their free food because that is a one sided gift. however, trackers need members to survive. the trackers that survive are the ones that a self sustaining through member donations, which result from tracker popularity, which result from members building buzz, which result from members joining the site, being active..etc etc. Therefore tracker membership is not a one sided gift and it is not "free food."

even taking member donations out of the equation, trackers benefit from members being on the site. first thing a member has to provide is their e-mail, which information has value in and of itself. being on the site, the member views any advertisements the site chooses to show, and also the site's logo which builds good will and builds up the value of the site's brand. when you download files, by virtue of the nature of the bit-torrent protocol, you are also uploading and therefore donating bandwidth to the tracker. Further, by forcing you to seed you are further donating resources.

also, i am in no way saying I don't appreciate what trackers and especially staff do, or that they deserve to be devalued without a reasonable basis. However, i think the users deserve a free exchange of information regarding the positives as well as the negatives of trackers. trackers compete for your membership. being able to make informed decisions is good fore everyone. It means trackers will strive to be better, by for example not being rude to people, and members won't join sites they won't want to use. win win.
 
I will say, for the record, that some of the positive changes in PtN over the first year we were up were directly a result of stuff posted in hate threads directed at us. While I generally agree with megabyteme about negativity being unproductive, if there are enough voices saying the same thing, it's a sure sign that something needs to change.

It is, however, quite true that unchecked hate threads rarely accomplish much beyond making newer users think that negativity is a prerequisite for BT membership. A rating of the worst trackers is not really a great way to foment change though. Especially if the OP doesn't ask for solutions to the issues he asks people to list.
 
hmm..good question.

I will start with SCC (they banned me first just because I was born romanian)

Since SCT is no longer alive, second will be GFT for similar reason.

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im not gonna trash trackers here but i think nothing wrong with sharing your bad experience with staff without of course making up things ,which im not accusing anyone here with lying,im staff on this tracker for like 3 years now,and i been on many tackers for years and i know to say the main reason that keep me a member and donate and upload is how nice the staff are.
some staff on some trackers think they are running countries and act all cocky and when you ask them question they answer in way that make you feel dumb for not knowing things about torrents,the reason you are staff is to help out and be patience with users,if you are not then you better step down and just enjoy what you download.
im not generalize it here,because i know rude people every where,but my point is is good to mention your experiences on other trackers,to just bring to the staff attention,if it happened they read it.
 
merwais said:
All trackers are best and we should respect what they are offering us for free.

Don't act like a jackass and learn respecting others.
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hahaahahahahahahahahha :lol:

Says the guy who spits hatred towards revTT at every single post.

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Fucking Cinephilia beat me to it again... :angry:
He has better anti-douchebaggry pre-times than me.
 
kurdt,

The you part was to indicate finger pointing in a similar manner that is done in these "good through negativity" threads.

Nobody "benefits" from being told they are the worst. Ever.

The only things that are accomplished in these threads are 1) the venting of butt hurt whiners 2) the re-affirmation of negative views of trackers against FST for allowing these, and 3) If tracker owners/staff do happen to read one, it only emphasizes the negative and shows that their work is unappreciated by members who post here.

These are never constructive, fair critiques conducted by individuals who are trying to make sites better. They are masturbatory release threads for the scorned.

Worthless. Actually, worst threads EVER. Now go get inspired to make a better one. :dry:
 
i like what the op had to say. it did not come across as pointlessly complaining but rather as constructive criticism. it is a valuable psa for would-be members and it might actually lead to trackers trying to be better if they know that there are consequences to their actions.
 
Idoleyes, I knew that there would be off-topic. Maybe you also have some trackers that you don't like or don't use at all, so maybe you can share them with us.

Like many FST users have been complaining about HDBits' staff, so I wouldn't be surprised if someone was mentioning this tracker.
 
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