It’s earned its terrible reputation over the last 15 or so years. Dunno how it got so easy to dupe the tracker, but once scammers found out, it was open season. Anything you searched for was not only there, but had hundreds or thousands of seeders…except it didn’t actually. And the content you thought you were downloading wasn’t either. Its “verified uploader” or “trusted uploader” system was only a band-aid on a gushing wound, because it was so flooded with scams that it drowned out any of the actually trustworthy content. By the time I started shifting to private trackers in 2009, I was barely visiting there anymore because I couldn’t trust it.
She turns 20 this September, and I have some very fond memories of those early years, but the name is completely mud to me now. They’d be better served just starting fresh as an exclusively private tracker using much better software and an entirely different name; I doubt anyone who knows their reputation is gonna jump on this.
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I haven’t been on tpb ever, is it a decent tracker now?
Definitely not now. Not for a very long time.
Never was, never will be. The most malware filled junk gets posted on there
I only have used TPB… but I’m an old millennial out of the loop. What is a better alternative? Is there a guide for dummies?
1337, careful to not confuse with 1377.
Don’t worry, old millennials like us are probably quite familiar with l33t speak
Also rarbg . best and yts . max
Thanks!
Isn’t TPB horrible, though? Last time I heard about it, people were saying it was a cesspool.
It’s earned its terrible reputation over the last 15 or so years. Dunno how it got so easy to dupe the tracker, but once scammers found out, it was open season. Anything you searched for was not only there, but had hundreds or thousands of seeders…except it didn’t actually. And the content you thought you were downloading wasn’t either. Its “verified uploader” or “trusted uploader” system was only a band-aid on a gushing wound, because it was so flooded with scams that it drowned out any of the actually trustworthy content. By the time I started shifting to private trackers in 2009, I was barely visiting there anymore because I couldn’t trust it.
She turns 20 this September, and I have some very fond memories of those early years, but the name is completely mud to me now. They’d be better served just starting fresh as an exclusively private tracker using much better software and an entirely different name; I doubt anyone who knows their reputation is gonna jump on this.
Oh wow, I didn’t know TPB was still a thing.
A bit late… They had years to address the issues. Now TPB has a bad reputation. And, I doubt the reputable uploaders will come back.
Any suggestions for better sites? I was using rarbg but they shut down due to the war