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[–] 3l3tric 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Here's what I'm currently a member of and what I think:

What.CD: One of the 'Holy Trinity' for entertainment. Far and away the best music tracker, both in overall experience and in selection. Ultrapolished interface, and integration with MusicBrainz for uploading makes it a breeze. Ratio is easy to maintain if you put some effort into it, especially filling requests. 10/10

MuTracker: The first private one I was a member of, before I knew about private trackers. Dedicated to music, selection is definitely limited compared to What. If you see an album on /mu/ mentioned a lot, it'll probably be there. A good alternative to what, especially if you're trying to keep your ratio there up. Downloading is based on a Credit system, the more you're actively seeding (not just uploading, but simply have a torrent in your client), the more you get and the more you can download. 7/10

baconBits: A general tracker that grew out of the other place's community (has no direct association with them at all, so don't worry about the kn0thing/pao/spez censorship). Not the best at any one thing, but they have a lot of things. Currently I use it for my TV and Movie downloads, and I've been mostly satisfied with the selection of both. Ratio based, but with bonus points, and freeleech is fairly common. 8/10

waffles.fm: Waffles was created at the same time as What, as a successor to Oink's Pink Palace after its takedown. Unlike what, waffles retains a high similarity to its predecessor, even retaining the 'avatars must be cute' rule. There are no artist or album pages, only results of searches. Selection is more limited than what, but more varied than MT. With the lacking interface, I'd say to use it for the same reasons you'd use MuTracker. 7/10

gazellegames: A Video Games tracker with games from just about every platform. Selection is average, there have been some searches that didn't grab results that I thought should have (No Ridge Racer for Playstation?), but the interface is pretty nice. 8/10

SceneAccess.eu: This one's an interesting one. They provide content from scene groups, so I'd say it's a sort of general tracker. Only certain people can upload, so upload credit is from seeding. I haven't personally downloaded anything from them yet. I won't give a rating, since I have such limited experience with it.