Discussion: do you think that private bittorrent trackers are a good example of decentralization and preservation?

does "seed-rot" in private trackers exists and has been studied?

— https://www.reddit.com/r/trackers/comments/60taqn/new_tracker_flowchart/

— https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zYZ2107xOZwQ37AjLTc5A4dUJl0ilg8oMrZyA0BGvc0/edit#gid=1357476050

the tracker flowchart best viewed here https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/File:Private_tracker_flowchart.png

@erwin that image is from here https://twitter.com/archillect/status/827328262980431873
Pratchett's data suicide is even more painful https://twitter.com/terryandrob/status/901028525200879616

@ashley i've only access to Karagarga and what i can see from these stats is that only a few videos are stuck. contents tend to stay online (but the single point of failure is the tracker itself)
https://digipres.club/media/b8UaZoLSMgoO7nKcDzw

@ashley i'm trying to get invites to other trackers. let's see if i can have more stats and generalize the behaviour.