Thread: Public Torrent Sites

Have we come to the point where we just don't trust the public sites anymore? It seems every time I find something at a public site, I always have to think a few times before I start the D/L, and usually decide not to. What was this "industry" like a few years ago, and compared to today?

Sites like mininova and isohunt used to be booming when torrents were young. However the frustration at so many leachers using these public sites and slowing d/l time to a virtual stop gave birth to the emergence of more and more private trackers, which we know and love today.

PirateBay still gives me a good DL rate for audio, but apps and video are slow compared to...others :D.

I still use TPB, or mininova. But yeah, this is being less and less the case.

TPB and gamato ;)

I used to use mininova and ghad i hated thise crappy speeds. I remember gettin 2 years ago in my first private tracker ( extremeshare.ro) . I was so amazed by the changes and how organized things were. It was amazing i lov private trackers:)

everybody does hate public tracker

mininoca is awsome. i always look at torrentz.com and when i see a torrent i always click on mininova! after mininova piratebay but its always one of those the rest is just shit and spyware sensitive

Mininova? Bah! Suprnova was the original place to go to, that and torrentreactor and thepiratebay. Yes, mininova IS the former suprnova but if you're going to talk about the past then use the right name! *shakes fist angrily* Young whippersnappers with your video games... *mumbles*...

I remember when public trackers hit their height in popularity it was great, had to watch out for the odd virus though... very annoying.