A few questions about invites (not a request for advice, but a curiosity thread)

[Cpomer]

I'm curious how many invites everyone has received here, and how much you've used the trackers that you've requested invites for. Also, do you have any method of deciding when to ask for an invite, or do you just ask whenever you find a tracker that looks good to you?
I decided a few days ago to try to keep the number of invites I request less than or equal to my Igiver count. Right now, I've received 6 invites, have no pending requests, and have 5 Igivers (4 the people I invited, 1 the person who invited me thanking me), so if I can resist the urge to ask for an invite I don't really want, I won't ask for invites until I've received 2 more Igivers. Also, I'm not going to ask for an invite unless I really want it. I could put in a request for FTN right now (I don't know if I would get it or not, there are many members here more trusted than me), but I don't really want FTN (other than my natural desire to be part of something exclusive, but everyone has that type of desire, and I've been able to subdue it so far). So, even if I manage to get an insane Igiver count, I'm going to try to limit the number of invites I ask for as much as possible. If I have an interest in a tracker, but don't really want it, I'm going to try not to ask for invites. I know that there may be a day when I see the perfect giveaway (aka I fit the requirements perfectly and nobody else posted there) thread for a tracker I only half care about, and end up requesting the invite, but I'm going to try as much as I can not to. If I see a tracker, and after reading the review and other people's comments, decide that I really want it, then I'll try to find an invite.
The one area I cannot help myself in is trackers with open signups - even if I don't care about it at all, I end up signing up. The only problem with that is that it costs one person an account at that tracker, so it's a little selfish in that sense. It also inflates my bookmarks, and I'm probably going to lose a lot of those accounts due to inactivity. (I lost my ITS account that I got through their invite application because I simply didn't care about the tracker enough, and I ended up not using it. I was able to get into SciHD through their app, though, and I don't regret that, but it's one of the only ones that I signed up for through their methods that I ended up liking)
As for the invites I've already received, there are 6:
1 I don't use too much (DtN, but it's very new so I'm going to try to keep my account)
1 I ended up using it much less than I expected to because it wasn't what I expected it to be (My Anonymouse).
3 I like and have used a lot (Bit Gamer, PWN Network, and SCC) (SCC was what I received the 'thanks' Igiver for) (I love all 3 of them. SCC is awesome, I suggest finding an invite for it if you haven't already. Bit Gamer and PWN Network are both good, and when I lose my account on BCG due to inactivity (I'm going to try not to , but it's probably inevitable), they will work well to replace it)
1 I haven't really had time to look at yet (TL), but I can see that ratio won't be a problem there because I can cross seed from SCC, and SCC has freeleech sections so ratio isn't too much of a problem there.

So, this ended up being a very long post. The basic questions for you are: How many invites have you received? How do you decide when to request an invite? Do you sign up/apply for trackers with open signups/applications, even if you don't really care about the tracker? And how do you like/how often do you use the trackers that you have requested an invite for from here?

[mahaguru]

As I'm new to private trackers, I haven't given away any invites coz I dont have any to give...

And I have requested invites for trackers I want/tend to use and till now using them well... For all other trackers, I join them whenever I see them in Open Trackers Section and till now using none of them :P :P because I dont need them as they have stuff which is easily available, for me, at ease.
Even I've signed some with IRC channel applications...

Got Through Giveaways: HD-Torrents, Awesome-HD, BHD, Pro-Audio (thought it as a music tracker, never used this one, forced me to look at tracker reviews from now on)
Open Trackers: SceneXpress, underground-gamer, blackcats-games, xtremewrestlingtorrents, gazellegames - Signed with all these just as a time-pass
IRC Way: MyAnonamouse, Bitgamer (using this one too)

[oki]

Your post is humbling and I applaud you for that. I have 1 iGiver and have received 9 invites from T-I. I got 11 from open sign up including GFT, TL, CN, iTS, PT, & BCG.

So yes, I do sign up when the doors are opened since I can abandon those trackers at will knowing there's no repercussions for my inviter. I made smart choices in the trackers I requested because of this. And I've used every invite I asked for and will continue to until the tracker's death.

[Tilp]

Interesting post. I think I'm very much of the same mindset with regards to tracker invites. I've admittedly asked for a couple that I haven't ended up using as much as I expected but everything I've applied for has always been to fill a need and not just for the sake of collecting. I still make sure that I always have something seeding on every tracker I'm a member of and try to change this up on a relatively regular basis.

I'm also much the same in the sense that I'll use Open Signups as a chance to sign up for pretty much anything that sounds half decent. I've used everything I've signed up to via Opens but a fair few of them I don't regard too highly compared to others.

Better than expected invite: SCC ... I mean, everyone knows that this is good but I was really impressed. Great pre-times, very clean and simple layout (a big + in my books), massive packs to keep your ratio up, huge speeds and a very knowledgeable community. Can't really fault it!

Worse than expected invite: MyAnonamouse ... nothing particularly against the tracker itself, but the content wasn't quite what I was expecting (the type of content, not the quantity/quality). Also the IP restrictions when logging in to the site can be a real pain for seedbox users and seem a bit unnecessary as I've yet to come across another site with the same. All of that being said, I expect to be using this a lot more in the near future to get content for my partner, , so am certainly still happy to be part of it.