tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927930273522247223.post6588207806024216663..comments2011-12-04T20:51:25.453-08:00CurlyFrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12360893120629347046noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927930273522247223.post-91637161598286536772008-09-22T19:30:00.000-07:002008-09-22T19:30:00.000-07:00Cool, thanks for the help.Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16702995585031590672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927930273522247223.post-42425535851769194692008-09-22T14:07:00.000-07:002008-09-22T14:07:00.000-07:00There's no check when you register a domain or change your details, but you don't "own" the domain name unless you use the correct registration information.<BR/><BR/>The important thing is that you be able to be contacted by email.CurlyFrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12360893120629347046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927930273522247223.post-5344993980128560182008-09-22T13:18:00.000-07:002008-09-22T13:18:00.000-07:00aye thats what i was thinking, prolly not a good idea to have my real details associated with it, do you know if one can just give a fake name etc or do they do some kind of checkJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16702995585031590672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927930273522247223.post-76650141952785110252008-09-22T01:18:00.000-07:002008-09-22T01:18:00.000-07:00A lot of registrars allow you to enable some sort of privacy protection service on a domain name. They put their own name and address instead of yours and set up a proxy email (like torrentfries.com@registrar.com) to ensure that people are still able to contact you.<BR/><BR/>Even so, I would strongly recommend against using your real name and home address in registering such a domain. Nobody's going to be contacting you by mail, anyway. ;)CurlyFrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12360893120629347046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927930273522247223.post-11200619810013309402008-09-21T17:57:00.000-07:002008-09-21T17:57:00.000-07:00great blog! thanks for shareing your info, just curious about something, when i registered my domain name my name shows up on the whois records, is there a way to make it not show?Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16702995585031590672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927930273522247223.post-68866035200088730652008-09-21T02:59:00.000-07:002008-09-21T02:59:00.000-07:00I wouldn't count on it. For all the information that is available, global society is becoming more polarized, not less.CurlyFrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12360893120629347046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927930273522247223.post-10912435155729562962008-09-20T22:15:00.000-07:002008-09-20T22:15:00.000-07:00I fell into the same trap with my own tracker. During the Olympics I got into discussions about the broken promises of the games and a Chinese national (to whom all such material is censored) decided to play the nationalism card and take offense. What was worse was that he was a great contributor to the site and was a very promising mod. Fortunately, as information becomes freer thanks to more and more torrent trackers, hopefully these political disagreements will become less and less.gipsy_scholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031159495203743532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927930273522247223.post-88269151353072350662008-09-20T19:24:00.000-07:002008-09-20T19:24:00.000-07:001. Not for a while. We're currently tracking about 25,000 peers, which isn't a huge load. At the moment, we're running a dual Xeon beast with 4 GiB of memory, and we're looking at about 10% utilization.<BR/><BR/>I've never dealt with multi-server environments, but the logical course would be to move the database to a separate server. Outgrowing that, the tracker (announce and scrape) could be separated from the web server, followed by redundancy among the various servers. For an idea of what large trackers use, take a look at <A HREF="http://static.thepiratebay.org/" REL="nofollow">The Pirate Bay's setup</A><BR/><BR/>2. I'm planning a more-detailed post regarding the day-to-day finances of a tracker.<BR/><BR/>3. I spend at least 4 hours a day on the community, plus whatever technical stuff needs doing. That has eased up a bit thanks to OnionRings and Ketchup being around.<BR/><BR/>I make no profit off the site, although I know some admins do so.<BR/><BR/><BR/>If I was concerned about keeping my tracker operations private, I wouldn't be keeping a blog, would I? ;)CurlyFrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12360893120629347046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927930273522247223.post-12228409606492753812008-09-20T16:04:00.000-07:002008-09-20T16:04:00.000-07:00Thoroughly enjoying your blog, its very insightful, like a reader above mentioned, the way you compartmentalize each problem / situation inspires confidence. I've found myself being extremely bored lately, in need of a project I think, maybe this is something I could look into.<BR/><BR/>I have a few questions for you, possibly topics you could address in later posts.<BR/><BR/>1. I see from your graphs that you are experiencing growth in the 20k users per month range, when do you anticipate that your site will need to be scaled across multiple servers and how large of a job is this?<BR/><BR/>2. Leading from the previous post, I am extremely interested in the financial aspects of the site / tracker. You mentioned advertisements and donations, are you willing to disclose an average monthly income / costs of currently running the site?<BR/><BR/>3. What sort of role does this play in your life? Are you working as well, or do you get by on the proceeds of the site alone? How much time commitment do you give basically?<BR/><BR/>Hope those questions aren't to prying, for some reason I find it all incredibly interesting.Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09935190397586176511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927930273522247223.post-41971865211137277472008-09-20T02:09:00.000-07:002008-09-20T02:09:00.000-07:00That's good to hear. I'll have to add you to my testimonials page. ;)CurlyFrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12360893120629347046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927930273522247223.post-43215692525698850912008-09-20T00:21:00.000-07:002008-09-20T00:21:00.000-07:00I must start off with saying I'm fascinated by your blog. I find it very informative and has given me a great deal of insight on all the bits and pieces of running a website/service. With every post I read, I feel like I could tackle a project with much more confidence.<BR/>Thanks a lot.Simon Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15838073476152255397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927930273522247223.post-47615739515874081902008-09-19T21:56:00.000-07:002008-09-19T21:56:00.000-07:00Patience, grasshopper. I've got some topics in mind for the next couple of weeks that ought to keep your interest a bit.CurlyFrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12360893120629347046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927930273522247223.post-18519496136491419382008-09-19T10:57:00.000-07:002008-09-19T10:57:00.000-07:00I have been enjoying reading your blog so far, and your articles on community management are very insightful, but they could be applicable to any forum, when do we get the juicy stuff on operating a tracker and creating the website?Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18098657991123067485noreply@blogger.com