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[sarausa0106]

Back many moons ago like 15 years or something. There used to be a way to comment on a torrent. That was so helpful to weed out bogus crap. I've been encountering bogus junk from people with a good rep (skulls).  I'm sure they are just reposting but gets frustrating downloading malware, something that isn't what the torrent is...etc.   Long story short there should be at least a user rating kind of deal where we can give thumbs up or down with a way to report easy.  I don't usually post in forums anymore and ran one of the other big "sharing sites" so I try keep it on the low now.  Yes, I was around before torrents a thing and it was just coming out.  Slither io

Although the live commenting and rating system on torrent sites has declined, the spirit of sharing and rating among user communities still exists.

[55j56m57t]

It looks like this is the way to report now. 

https://pirates-forum.org/Forum-Report-T...s-Comments

[silentwolf]

Back many moons ago like 15 years or something. There used to be a way to comment on a torrent. That was so helpful to weed out bogus crap. I've been encountering bogus junk from people with a good rep (skulls).  I'm sure they are just reposting but gets frustrating downloading malware, something that isn't what the torrent is...etc.   Long story short there should be at least a user rating kind of deal where we can give thumbs up or down with a way to report easy.  I don't usually post in forums anymore and ran one of the other big "sharing sites" so I try keep it on the low now.  Yes, I was around before torrents a thing and it was just coming out.

Yes, you could comment on torrents and report torrents. That said, there were a lot of trolls commenting on good uploads that they were fake or corrupted when they weren't. Happened to me more than once. You'll notice that I have a skull. I went offline while I was dealing with some life issues. When I came back, my account had been suspended because someone had gotten access to my account and was posting games full of malware. So that could be why you are seeing that. I believe they purposely attack "trusted" uploader accounts simply because they are trusted. People usually go for those uploaders first, but if the original uploader hasn't been onto TPB or the forum for a while there's a good chance that account is compromised

[nollscxsh]

Back many moons ago like 15 years or something. There used to be a way to comment on a torrent. That was so helpful to weed out bogus crap. I've been encountering bogus junk from people with a good rep (skulls).  I'm sure they are just reposting but gets frustrating downloading malware, something that isn't what the torrent is...etc.   Long story short there should be at least a user rating kind of deal where we can give thumbs up or down with a way to report easy.  I don't usually post in forums anymore and ran one of the other big "sharing sites" so I try keep it on the low now.  Yes, I was around before torrents a thing and it was just coming out.

Yes, you could comment on torrents and report torrents. That said, there were a lot of trolls commenting on good uploads that they were fake or corrupted when they weren't. Happened to me more than once. You'll notice that I have a skull. I went offline while I was dealing with some life issues. When I came back, my account had been suspended because someone had gotten access to my account and was posting games full of malware. So that could be why you are seeing that. I believe they purposely attack "trusted" uploader accounts simply because they are trusted. People usually go for those uploaders first, but if the original uploader hasn't been onto TPB or the forum for a while there's a good chance that account is compromised

How reliable are “trusted uploader” badges if accounts can be compromised without immediate detection?

[dueda]

How reliable are “trusted uploader” badges if accounts can be compromised without immediate detection?

Your logic is correct but there's a detail in the initial specification: The user is reliable, but the service as a whole is not.

With a hacked account, anything goes; and we all know it's impossible to completely avoid hackers and trolls, at some moment they'll get in.
This is how I see it, not an official TPB/SB thing, a Trusted badge means someone with an account that has been reliable. But...

It can be hacked,
they could've been (unknowingly) spreading malware/crapware so far undetected by any means (some stuff wandered the Net for decades before being noticed),
or that person may have a change of mind and get a black hat; maybe they were sleeper agents for years, waiting for the right moment to put their evil plan in movement.

Those things can't be easily detected. Who will monitor all the shared material to find out? It's too much.
TPB is an open platform, their mission is to open house file sharing, spread culture and apps. You can find some, (but not perfect,) control on private torrent sites, but then they're very strict.

Long ago, we used anti-malware apps to check whatever we downloaded, but Windows Defender became a copyright enforcer, reporting any hacking as "malware" and blocking system hacks, etc.
Now we can't check, so even if the TPB crew was to download everything submitted and thoroughly test each one, the current tools wouldn't work, due false positives.

Basically, one has to use a virtualization/emulation sandbox inside a hardened PC, excise all precautions, have a lot of common sense and intuition, plus some luck.

I have mixed feelings. The badges are a good starting point, but lead to other uploaders being ignored; it's like FitGirl, Dauphong, etc.
On the other side, the lack of curators, a rating system, a discussion/chat and picture posting built-in, or pretty much anything besides the "report torrent" button, is frustrating and discourages users.

But it cant be helped. May be a good soul has the resources to start a new sustainable social sharing ecosystem to beat anything we have today.

[silentwolf]

Back many moons ago like 15 years or something. There used to be a way to comment on a torrent. That was so helpful to weed out bogus crap. I've been encountering bogus junk from people with a good rep (skulls).  I'm sure they are just reposting but gets frustrating downloading malware, something that isn't what the torrent is...etc.   Long story short there should be at least a user rating kind of deal where we can give thumbs up or down with a way to report easy.  I don't usually post in forums anymore and ran one of the other big "sharing sites" so I try keep it on the low now.  Yes, I was around before torrents a thing and it was just coming out.

Yes, you could comment on torrents and report torrents. That said, there were a lot of trolls commenting on good uploads that they were fake or corrupted when they weren't. Happened to me more than once. You'll notice that I have a skull. I went offline while I was dealing with some life issues. When I came back, my account had been suspended because someone had gotten access to my account and was posting games full of malware. So that could be why you are seeing that. I believe they purposely attack "trusted" uploader accounts simply because they are trusted. People usually go for those uploaders first, but if the original uploader hasn't been onto TPB or the forum for a while there's a good chance that account is compromised

How reliable are “trusted uploader” badges if accounts can be compromised without immediate detection?

My compromised account was caught fairly quickly. But, yes, it does take time to catch. It takes users reporting the fakes. Admins are not omniscient. These kinds of hacks are often because of compromised passwords. If you reuse a password from a data breach (most of which you don't know for months or even years), hackers will use it to take over your account. Happens on any site with a password. I now rotate passwords every few months and enable 2fa where available which blocks a lot of attempts to take over your account.