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Hacker site points out what went wrong with Demonoid by The Watcher of FAGGOTS 08/06/2013, 5:21pm PDT
The Problem: Demonoid was often perceived as great because it was considered a private tracker. You could only download torrents on Demonoid if you had an account, and you couldn't just sign up for an account anytime you wanted. You either needed to get invited by another user, or wait for one of their limited "open signup" periods.

However, Demonoid invites were incredibly easy to come by, and open signups were held often, meaning virtually anyone could join the community. They had few rules on who was allowed to participate, what kind of quality was allowed, and they'd even sometimes list torrents from other trackers. All of these things together gave a false sense of security, when in reality anyone could come on in and seed viruses, leech without seeding, or—in the cases of those pirating content—track what you were downloading (potentially resulting in a letter to your ISP).
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Oink asks the users how they feel about the ratio. by Fussbett 01/03/2007, 4:46pm PST NEW
    I hit POST too soon! I'll continue later I guess :( NT by Fussbett 01/03/2007, 4:47pm PST NEW
        Re: I hit POST too soon! I'll continue later I guess :( by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/03/2007, 6:16pm PST NEW
    You've had a month to think this over. Let's continue. by Fussbett 02/05/2007, 1:51pm PST NEW
        Re: You've had a month to think this over. Let's continue. by Hans Clastorp 02/05/2007, 3:02pm PST NEW
            I will forgive him if this is so, but he should've said "don't care" instead. NT by Fussbett 02/05/2007, 3:06pm PST NEW
        This was brilliant, by the way. Thank you, FSBT. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/19/2007, 3:24pm PST NEW
    Weighted Downloads! by Worm 02/21/2007, 11:14am PST NEW
        Re: Weighted Downloads! by Flavio 02/21/2007, 3:56pm PST NEW
            I'm the owner/head stupid NT by OiNK 02/21/2007, 4:12pm PST NEW
    Hacker site points out what went wrong with Demonoid by The Watcher of FAGGOTS 08/06/2013, 5:21pm PDT NEW
 
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