Topic: Etree/Torrenting Question

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There are plenty of torrent trackers out there - what kind of contingency plan would be needed?

I was more or less just curious about what would happen if it went away.

[twatts (pants are so over-rated...)]

The folks that run it are pretty much absent.  It would be nice if they were more active, etc...  But it is what it is...

Out of curiosity, is there a contingency plan in case etree goes down for a long time (or period)?

I don't know...

I don't mean to misrepresent the Admins over there, but they keep minimal tabs on BT.ETREE...  They'll delete bad torrents, etc.  But they do minimal work, allowing it to run on its own...

Personally, my contigency plan is to switch to tTD...  What I'll do when DB.ETREE dies, I have no idea...

Terry

[stevetoney]

There are plenty of torrent trackers out there - what kind of contingency plan would be needed?

I'd also probably just seed over at TTD. 

That said, I'd think the Phish trading community would go fairly skitzoid if etree ever shut down for any length of time...especially if it happened in the middle of a tour, so a contingency plan does seem reasonable to me.  Perhaps it only needs to be a simple statement somewhere on the site that says if the site goes down, updates will be provided to keep people informed.  Or maybe your point is valid in that this pretty much goes without saying  .