Thread: What should I get? VIP membership here, OR, donate to IPTorrents?

So, what do you think would be better? I would like an opinion from a VIP member to see whether it's worth donating and keeping this site alive. :P I wouldn't mind knowing a little bit more about the VIP membership apart from what's described as well as if it's any good donating to IP Torrents.

You donate here because you support the site, not to get invites. VIP is just a thank you for donating and helping the site continue. VIP does have perks but only for people who contribute. If you think you can just buy VIP and get invites you should just save your money. You need to post, create new threads, help others, etc. just like we all do. Get more invloved here first then decided what you want to do.

hi jailbroken, i donated to t-i one to support and 2 to show my appreciation :P
so it is really up to yourself and what you really want to do !
as for donating to a private tracker again everyone would have their own reasons for donating eg: free leech!
again i have also donated once or twice to a private tracker just to show my appreciation and support it!
if it is only to get ratio up for example? then maybe investing in a seedbox maybe a better option?
i have not and think will not ever regret donating and getting V.I.P status here at T-I, its a great forum with a great community, which has helped me so much.
so why wouldn't I want to help
anyhow good luck with what ever you decide to do

Thanks guys for your posts, I will donate to this site sooner or later, maybe once I've got a few more posts and rep. :)

It really depends on which site is more important. For me and probably most people, some sites are more dear to me then others and those will be the ones that get my money first.

Also, there really isn't anything wrong with donating to T-I just to get access to more invites. People are motivated to spend their money for a myriad of reasons and after all, one of the "main" purposes of T-I is to allow its members to get invites to torrent trackers.

Neither site is going anywhere anytime soon. So maybe you can donate to one this month and the other next month.

The posts from everyone else have summed this up really well. Just remember though there isn't a rush to become a VIP either, I'm more than certain that feature is here to stay for a very long time. Spend some time getting to know people, jump on the T-I IRC channel, find out how you can help people on the site, if you find yourself an active member and enjoying the site after a while then that could be a good time to consider VIP as opposed to being a 10% like myself.
I have thought about VIP but decided to wait till I have spent longer in the community before making the switch.

Donate here is what I say!

I would say to go with T-I. Why ? T-I is a unique community formed and based on the file-sharing niche with a nice design, well managed and maintenance.
IPTorrents is just another torrent tracker, there are so many out there... and many of them are better than IPT at all aspects.

I made two donations here, basically I've seen torrent sites come and go. I don't see this site being shut down nor should it have the expense of a torrent site that purchases seed boxes, etc.

My thinking is in the long run, this site is going to do far more for the health of the community than any one torrent site ever will and a single donation should go farther here than for paying for part of a months worth of seed boxes for a torrent site.

I personally budget monthly donations and if one of my favorite sites in in trouble and is begging for money, I'll dip in to that a bit deeper to help them out.