TiU and TFC radio: GENERAL suggestion for added torrenting?

[Helphand]

OK I know I'm probably talking out of turn here and that this issue has probably been ventilated before ad naus. ad inf. but I wonder if when a new show is posted on TiU or on TFC, a torrent distribution could be done at the same time by show's originator / another authoritative source?

Why do I suggest this? Well, I just did some seaches for the first time on torrents for older editions of these and other files and was appalled to find massive listings of Alex Jones etc etc output, not only as torrents for that matter but also hosted on individual blog sites of his earnest acolytes.

If there's concern the message could be getting out wider, why not torrent them also so they at least appear in the lists along with the mush?

The torrent indexers/trackers or whatever seem pretty hit and miss. I searched for some sort of consensus on the most bountiful sites but the best rated here or there don't seem to measure up. I guess their criteria may be warez/p0rn/movies and other mind numbing distractions.

Anyway taking one at random I just looked at this which airs some opinions:

http://www.darksiderg.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t115585.html

-- including (no idea on their merits):

http://www.ahashare.com

http://extratorrent.com

http://www.h33t.com

I'm vaguely aware that the heat has been on the trackers so maybe this (re)initiative isn't worth the hassle? Having visited a couple of the tracking sites it does indeed seem that one's privacy needs to be protected with at least the figleaf of the usual h/w and s/w firewall, antispam/malware etc and also the anti-mal HOSTS file from:

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

OK OK: it was just a thought! Just that the reflex to the AJ tsunami overload was POWERFUL.

[MayBe]

Actually a useful post. Got me thinking.
pIRATEbAY got sold or maybe not. Hho KNows.
However PB have chaged the tech and now torents dont work like that if you wan efficiency.
Torent trackers are now not the future.
Since the law suit all trackers are turning off.
There is space for a DHT load.
DHT is easy to get going ie. click the tick box.
For news dont use trackers any more. Takes a simple link to DHT that multiplies like rabbits ie. rabbit talks to a rabbit and then ...

I agree I would like to see TIU radio online faster but its not tracker. Most trackers will shut down. Look to the true P2P ideal.

[Helphand]

Hmm thanks for that.

I've since explored further and found some earlier TFC shows listed on tpb, is it/was it the practice to upload torrents to a particular tracker site - if so, one can just look there periodically or via usual search engines after an interval for updating.

I still have a fondness for usenet which is distributed and it seems less susceptible to lockdown. Presumably this is one reason why it's being carried by virtually no ISPs nowadays as part of their connectivity package.  OK they may say people post to webblogs instead but the blogroll is an unwieldy beast since you have to download an enormous stream of consciousness often liberally impregnated with graphics only not to find what you thought might be there..

[Ognir]

http://tracker.concen.org/

You'll find most of tfc/tiu torrents there