How does one get started in the invite-only tracker / indexer world?
How does one get started in the invite-only tracker / indexer world?
I have off and on through the years downloaded some things by using magnet links from The Pirate Bay. I've been working on a nice NAS (DS923+) setup that is now running Jellyseerr, Jellyfin, QBittorrent, Radarr, and Sonarr. Everything seems to be linked up, and my media is being hosted a-okay. However, in order to get the Jellyseerr / Radarr / Sonarr bit working, I need proper indexers. I have never really understood this world. I know I need an invite, and I just missed a window with one. I'm trying to figure what is best and how to get in the in-crowd.
Can anybody instruct on how these trackers work when compared to just pulling from TPB. Also, how can one get hooked up with an invite. I didn't want to ask this on my main account for obvious reasons, but I'm sure many people could benefit from learning this too; especially as the media landscape gets worse and worse.
Look for open signups threads, do an interview. Alternately, have a friend who will give you an invite. Although it's a lot easier to get in if you already have a private tracker account with good ratio and good standing, that helps a lot in getting accepted via open signups.
There's a small number of trackers with absurdly easy signup processes.
The main difference is community and upload standards as well as often having ratio requirements that can be loose or strict depending on the specific tracker.
you lost me
The most difficult part of the whole process.