At linuxtracker we're constantly looking for ways to add benefits for becoming REGISTERED members here as well as benefits for those who donate to the site (did you know you can view the site AD FREE for as little as $5 a month?). We've added IRC chat, forums, a blog, speed tests, recommended reading. We've teamed with some of the biggest names to provide deals on Web hosting, Free Magazine and White Papers and some amazing deals on the latest technology.

Currently in the forum, we're trying to poll our members to find out if they'd lose interest in our site if we added wait times to the torrent downloads. DO NOT WORRY, this does not mean that we're going to be closing our doors to unregistered members. We realize that a large percentage of people who download our torrents, do so as guests. What we're looking to do is implement a 24 hour wait period on new torrents when they're uploaded.

What this means to you is that Guests will have to wait for 24 hours before grabbing the latest torrents. Regular Members 12 hours, PowerUsers will have to wait 6 hours and Uploaders and VIPs (members who contribute to the site) will be granted instant access. This helps us in several ways.

First, it allows us to limit the downloading in the first 24 hours to our power users. Those who can push a lot of bits and bytes out to get a torrent well seeded before it hits the general public. Second, it encourages people to become active on the site and help out by donating, uploading and seeding torrents.

Please keep in mind that we're only EXPLORING this option at this point, but we'd love YOUR FEEDBACK!

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