• Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    How exactly do those BitTorrent trackers ‘prove’ that someone is a good internet user? It seems like it would be quite an onerous task.

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      1 year ago

      Well, in their case they are looking for proof that the applicant is a responsible torrenter. Typically what is accepted is screenshots showing one’s private user page at other reputable private torrent sites showing upload-to-download ratio, whether they had any warnings etc. The major sites have highly experienced mod teams with accounts at a huge range of sites and can often cross reference the information in the screenshots if they care enough to.