It seems the staff at KAT have assembled together a big chunk of the KAT community, and now are asking for donations to rebuild the tracker:
https://katcr.co/fundraiser.php
Interesting to so how this one goes
It seems the staff at KAT have assembled together a big chunk of the KAT community, and now are asking for donations to rebuild the tracker:
https://katcr.co/fundraiser.php
Interesting to so how this one goes
In case anyone finds this suspicious (which is fine; whenever a major player goes down, fake sites wishing to capitalize on its name always spring up), TorrentFreak says it's a genuine effort, and the people behind it have been confirmed to be staff on the original KAT.
"I just remembered something that happened a long time ago."
I hope they make it! Kat is missed!
Yes, I never thought I'll miss any tracker as much as KAT. It shows that we only really know the value of what we have once we lose it: like health, KAT, eyesight, a GF etc.
Collecting money for building a torrent site? What's wrong with these guys? I always hate the commercial aspect in projects like this. If you don't have the time, skills and money for servers, you shouldn't start such projects.
Last edited by anon; 13.08.16 at 19:30. Reason: Request
as usual, i have to intervene with these generalizations: even then we do not know the value of it, we merely want it back the way it was before (a selfish impulse) - both scenarios (having this thing and later on not having it) are valuable to teach one the way things are supposed to be (if one can accept this lesson as such, as opposed to some personal fantasy of how they ought to be), to teach about dependence (on these things and in general), that the most sacred things are to be cared about (the most), that it is actually better for us to lose it (after the fact), and many more things we're not aware ofOriginally Posted by SomeGuy
spiritually speaking, that which can be lost (permanently), aka 'temporary or materialistic things', has no particularly significant value - 'things' of real value are eternal, they cannot be lost nor destroyed, they do not depend on any event within the materialistic world - also, since we cannot reach them easily (rare 'items'), in our worldview (rare=valuable) their value would be pretty much priceless (oh, wait... hehe)
why not? i'm sure sites like kickstarter collected money for much stranger projects, not to mention donations collected regularly for private/public/semi-public trackersOriginally Posted by Rebound
people with sufficient time, skills and money must be doing something else instead, since i don't see them starting such projects, so it seems this is as good as it gets (for now)Originally Posted by Rebound
Because it's unprofessional and against the idea of piracy content. Remember OiNK's shutdown. Some weeks after that, there was a completely new tracker written without any donations (What.cd [Gazelle]). It is possible. So if you have to collect money before you start such a project, you're going the wrong way and not much more than a script kiddy.
If you have a huge site like KAT, you don't need donations. You have contracts with VPN providers, advertisers, etc. It's no problem to make more than $1000 per month. That's the reason why nobody should collect money for such a project. I hope this person gets busted and doesn't reach the goal.
Last edited by anon; 13.08.16 at 19:32. Reason: Request
@Rebound:
unprofessional would be to ask for startup donations without being able to deliver something of reasonable quality (within reasonable conditions)it's unprofessional and against the idea of piracy content.
the idea of 'piracy content' is having access to it or being able to share/distribute it, not necessarily for free or free of any cost
there are many technically competent people having financial problems for one reason or anotherIf you have to collect money before you start such a project, it's the wrong way and you're not much more than a scriptkiddy.
how can you be sure these people own KAT or have access to any collected money?If you have a huge site like KAT, you don't need donations.
what you wish on others, you wish on yourself (action-reaction)I hope this person get busted and don't reach the goal.
so it would be wise to wish them success, as this not only benefits you (the well-wisher) but also the receivers of the wishes (new KAT) and finally all the users (if those wishes turn out to be fruitful in the form of a competent KAT successor)
Then tell me slikrapid, how could everyone else realize their projects without donations? Funding them with donations like this should be the last way, not the first. The best ones were created without a single cent.
Last edited by anon; 13.08.16 at 19:34. Reason: Request
maybe they got access to undisclosed funds, maybe it was due to loads of well-wishes, who knows? they made it one way, others will make it in another way
do we need the best project? a solid one would be quite satisfactory
Looks like your with may be granted, as the crowdfunding campaign has been deleted.
Anyway, one thing I cannot wrap my mind around of... if they're citing lack of programmers as the biggest hurdle in getting KAT working again, what are they going to do if they get the $7000? Outsource the job to India?
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I hope they come back even stronger! I miss KAT!
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