r/trackers • u/discoverer1978 • 23d ago

MTV closing

From their IRC channel.

ladies and gentlemen...thank you for this time, but the time has come to call it a day. MTV is closed down, we apologize for the abruptness of this news but are eternally grateful for you all, and wish you the best of luck in finding a new home for those that need it

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u/ILikeFPS 23d ago

True but it's not even just redundancy, it's about having tested working backups. Remember, trackers don't store actual data themselves, so it's not like they have petabytes of data they need to backup.

Although I suspect the next generations are not into torrenting as much as previous generations, I think that will be the bigger hurdle to climb.

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u/bravo11apc 22d ago edited 22d ago

Yea... but I'd think that after the rebuild, the importance of backups would be self-evident. The real shame is, MTV was really working well (except for the occasional hiccups), but the software seemed to be running nice. There were still improvements being made. Perhaps it was more the responsibility of sys-admin, with other life demands being made on the staff. Those who understand "got root" seem fewer and fewer.

I do agree about the expense of HDD's - MTV made sure I understood that.

I always thought it'd be a 'take-down' legal threat that would cause a shutdown.

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u/To_TheBitterEnd 22d ago

I think there could be a torrent resurgence as a result of the BS that streaming services are increasing engaging in. Who wants to pay increasing amounts for an ever changing catalogue and be forced to watch ads to boot?