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indigo6alpha | 145 points | Nov 02 2016 18:20:24

[META] A discussion about the sub going private | Megalinks MegaDB [META] A discussion about the sub going private

We're seeing a lot of content being taken down, even the ones with the link and the key posted separately. It's been known for a while that this sub is monitored by many Anti-Piracy outfits ([email protected], [email protected], etc.) and the content here gets indexed on various "search engines" and whatnot.

Making this sub private would definitely slow down (not stop) these elements. But the huge downside is that many, many regular users will lose access to the content. We would need to manually add each and every one who requests access to the "Approved Submitters" list for them to see/add content.

An alternative solution that I thought of, for this particular problem, would be to create a chrome extension which will encrypt your links (mandatorily) before they're posted and will only decrypt it for viewing if you're logged in. Now, this is a very rough idea and has many flaws, the most obvious one being the browser dependency.

I'd like to know what you guys think of this solution, and also if you have any other such ideas which can be used.

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[-] [deleted] | 207 points | Nov 02 2016 20:31:20

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[-] patataburger | 32 points | Nov 02 2016 21:29:13

I am in the same case as you. I think also that it would be very hard to verify everyone and casual users might get thrown out of the sub because of that !

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[-] [deleted] | 29 points | Nov 02 2016 23:42:27

I'm right there with you. I haven't commented or posted anything here since discovering this sub but I check it daily.

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[-] FaxImUhLee | 12 points | Nov 02 2016 23:29:27

Same. I mean, I try to help by PM'ing people that need help when I know what they need, but I'm not really active in talking.

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[-] Thegqreviewer | 11 points | Nov 03 2016 01:07:53

I second this. This is a quality sub that keeps getting better. Unfortunately it gets more difficult to keep things up. I check it daily, going invite only is appealing but how do you sort through the rats.

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[-] endante1 | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 17:54:50

it will be difficult to do so, but amazing if we could get that level of control.

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[-] xxb4xx | 3 points | Nov 03 2016 04:18:27

I give short movie reviews which I don't think anyone reads..

Can I still join??

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[-] mengheng | 3 points | Nov 03 2016 05:10:08

I agree with this.

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[-] enter_name_here1000 | 3 points | Nov 03 2016 06:44:27

same boat as you

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[-] colormeup82 | 2 points | Nov 03 2016 11:07:55

ditto

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[-] ZeroKarizma | 2 points | Nov 03 2016 14:36:56

Same here too. I love this sub and wouldn't want to get kicked.

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[-] csockey | 2 points | Nov 03 2016 20:07:26

The same down to a T.

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[-] SabreWolF9 | 2 points | Nov 04 2016 11:18:49

Same here, if you do go private, maybe you can set entry requirements like you need to be a reddit user for x number of days or also have a history of comments on other subs etc. I know it's not the best idea.

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[-] fissionforatoms | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 15:12:47

Same here

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[-] The_Glorious | 1 points | Nov 09 2016 05:07:25

Agree

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[-] SuminderJi | 1 points | Nov 10 2016 20:40:22

Same. Though I am willing to upload some stuff if needed.

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[-] PCSE_32 | 83 points | Nov 02 2016 18:55:17

I honestly don't think we should go private. Here are my reasons:

And let's be real, mods are only people too and they shouldn't be working on all this crap. So what I think we should do is just keep going the way we are right now except for titles. In the titles we could just replace an A for example with a 4 and an e with a 3 to keep them from indexing our posts. I know that using the search would be a lot harder but then again this reddit going private would mean too much work for the mods and / or a loss of a good source for many people who only download from here.

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[-] Zonemasta8 | 30 points | Nov 02 2016 19:44:14

Is there a way for people with over 500 or 1,000 karma to instantly get in and the rest is up for the moderators to decide?

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[-] GodSubstitute | 6 points | Nov 02 2016 21:52:03

This seems like a relatively decent gateway but also allowing most legit users access.

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[-] normannb | 2 points | Nov 03 2016 01:40:13

Can automod do this?

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[-] Lumpyguy | 9 points | Nov 02 2016 23:21:31

  • It would be a ton of work for the mods to manually add people and check whether they are to be trusted

I agree on every point, but I wanted to touch on this quickly:

How do you even check if someone is a trusted person? How do you even know if any of the people you've previously approved have started taking down content, or even WHO of those people are doing it?

Frankly, we can't police or control the users of this sub. Putting up roadblocks do not slow down or solve anything, it just makes it harder for the regular users to actually use this subreddit while at the same time just adds to the amount of work, most of which is entirely unnecessary as it's easily bypassed by lying | Megalinks MegaDB easily bypassed by lying ("oh no, you can totally trust me. I have 50k karma on reddit, and I am subbed to some piracy boards!"), to the mods.

/u/indigo6alpha even said it in his OP: There is no solution. All content is eventually removed. Even with the suggested roadblocks, that content is removed at the end. The only difference is the added steps for the users that don't actually influence the end result; but only influences the amount of steps mandatory to take before they get to see or add to the content in this subreddit.

TL;DR: Going private wouldn't solve anything, or prolong content life; it would only add inconvenience for the users.

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[-] PmMeSteamWalletCode | 3 points | Nov 02 2016 19:08:07

Yeah and also naming the content on mega something like "Family movie" in place of the actual title would help

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[-] exoticpickle | 2 points | Nov 03 2016 13:05:06

But that wouldn't help if they are monitoring this sub

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[-] tohrd2cntrl | 3 points | Nov 05 2016 01:47:10

Time to start begging for karma!

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[-] Gezb | 2 points | Nov 02 2016 19:18:40

I'd also like to see this place stay public. Most(?) links seems to stay up for months, so this is still working well. But maybe there could be a more challenging process for getting the link, like captcha and/or waiting times.

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[-] yosman712 | 2 points | Nov 03 2016 01:19:10

I agree. Using a basic cipher makes sense.

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[-] Dude036 | 47 points | Nov 02 2016 20:43:01

Here's my 2¢. Having this subreddit go private would be a terrible idea. Here's why;

The likelihood of a person using mobile, or the reddit app to download from their phone is highly unlikely, so a web extension isn't a bad idea, but prying eyes can get a web extension as well. Varying how we post and using code to k33p th0s3 pry1n9 3y3s fr0m l00k1ng, but I personally think that won't do much. It's pretty easy for even a bot to figure out what you're doing.

Alternate propositions:

Edit: Scrolling through here, I found some interesting methods that I'd like to add:

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[-] [deleted] | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 04:58:13

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[-] Dude036 | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 06:59:47

I'll look into it.

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[-] [deleted] | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 07:48:33

MegaDownloader. This uses Steganography to hide a message in a .jpg, so a better alternative to cryptography. This is kind of the end all of end all's when it comes to keeping things hidden, but I'd love to know what everyone else thinks.

The Enemy can just use MegaDownloader as well. And steganography doesn't help when The Enemy already knows that (say) an image contains a hidden message. So when images are posted on this sub along with the password necessary to extract the hidden Mega URL, The Enemy won't have a problem extracting it, too.

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[-] ProfessionalMartian | 1 points | Nov 06 2016 02:31:34

It stops automatic bots, though.

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[-] serakit | 1 points | Nov 09 2016 01:46:07

It screws anyone without MegaDownloader though. Not everyone has a laptop and/or PC.

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[-] olympiad23 | 45 points | Nov 02 2016 19:49:45

hi this is fbi

please delete sub

thx

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[-] [deleted] | 14 points | Nov 03 2016 00:35:09

no u.

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[-] tohrd2cntrl | 4 points | Nov 05 2016 01:47:42

new numbah. who dis?

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[-] LuluListens | 31 points | Nov 02 2016 18:39:07

Going private would be good, but it'd be hard to vet users. I mean, I use this subreddit rather regularly, and try to help users when I can, but I do not make posts myself. I am not sure how we could tell if it is someone like myself, or a corporate stooge of sharehate.

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[-] mactroneng | 2 points | Nov 02 2016 20:28:07

Do you use other parts of reddit regularly? Perhaps a threshold on account age and minimum post + comment karma

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[-] LuluListens | 8 points | Nov 02 2016 20:33:30

Hmmm... Partially, anyway. I seldom post, sometimes comment. Haha. Goodness knows I only have 2 post karma and 84 comment karma. Would I be let in? I am not Christine H. McConnell! I don't make wonderful things!

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[-] [deleted] | 7 points | Nov 02 2016 20:50:49

You can buy reddit accounts.

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[-] mactroneng | 6 points | Nov 02 2016 21:22:00

Yeah but it still raises the barrier to entry.

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[-] HTPC- | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 04:42:23

I made an alt for my home theater PC since I don't want my main account on a PC that many family members use, if we have a minimum age my alternate would not be allowed. What if we "vet" an alt account with our main?

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[-] DIDNT_READ_YOUR_SHIT | 23 points | Nov 02 2016 20:25:04

I prefer this to torrents, so if you go private, I want in. Otherwise, do what you like.

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[-] [deleted] | 3 points | Nov 02 2016 23:25:16

Same

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[-] [deleted] | 2 points | Nov 03 2016 00:36:51

same

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[-] aadce520e20c2899f4ce | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 19:05:03

same

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[-] PeaceLoveCarsMoney | 1 points | Nov 09 2016 14:03:24

Same

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[-] achimba | 9 points | Nov 02 2016 19:03:56

If the immediate goal is to obfuscate the subreddit, then making it private is the best option.

If the subreddit is private then there should be a mechanism to help the moderators approve access. A batch process or auto-approval. Something like that.

I think the biggest problem facing the subreddit is the indexing that is happening. The posts end up in search results on different search engines and content owners take note. Stopping the subreddit content from appearing in non-reddit searches is necessary for long-term viability.

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[-] Jeddix | 2 points | Nov 02 2016 19:40:11

Could making this subreddit a NSFW subreddit work? I know that this will show a warning page when visiting if you are not logged in. But I don't know if this will also apply to the search indexers.

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[-] MenaceInside | 6 points | Nov 02 2016 20:51:59

It does not prevent google from indexing it. Private is the only way.

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[-] kamikazecow | 9 points | Nov 03 2016 00:37:36

R/fullmoviesonvimeo did the same thing, went private and shortly after died out sadly. Not sure it would be the way to go

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[-] starbuck93 | 7 points | Nov 02 2016 20:30:25

Has anyone thought about moving the community elsewhere besides reddit, but in the same format as this?

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[-] [deleted] | 2 points | Nov 02 2016 20:36:14

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[-] starbuck93 | 2 points | Nov 02 2016 21:31:18

I mean, it would mostly be just an "authentication required" forum with admins and a bunch of users. Like private tracker sites. We could even do some IRC or something.

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[-] GhostHawk666 | 2 points | Nov 04 2016 20:01:07

That is what the Newsgroup NZB sites started doing when the heat got really bad. Only a few left that accept new members. This is a daunting situation but the scene always manages to survive.

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[-] sirin3 | 2 points | Nov 02 2016 21:07:09

It is already on voat, but no one is there

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[-] AmazingLarry7 | 7 points | Nov 02 2016 20:38:40

I rely on this subreddit a lot since I first discovered it, and as long as I'll still be able to access it and the Mega's posted, I'm willing to use an extension or apply for the private sub.

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[-] DegeneratesInc | 7 points | Nov 02 2016 20:56:25

Chrome on a tablet? Please just... no.

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[-] [deleted] | 5 points | Nov 02 2016 18:31:22

Re extension: What would stop The Enemy from using the extension, too?

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[-] indigo6alpha | 10 points | Nov 02 2016 18:35:34

There's absolutely nothing we can do about the manual reporting. Even if we go private, there's no way we can tell if the person we're giving access to is a regular user or a copyright troll. This is to only deter the indexing, I suppose.

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[-] uhnuhnuhnnn | 2 points | Nov 02 2016 18:49:24

You could go private and vet new users based on thresholds for account age and/or comment/link karma. But that's a lot of work for moderators.

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[-] Lego_Delorean | 5 points | Nov 02 2016 20:19:39

As someone who is relatively new (This is actually my first post) to Reddit, but has been visiting for a bit now, a gateway would be fine. I just don't think that using a karma as a score to judge someone and let them in is that great.

That said, hopefully I'm doing this right.

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[-] Signe_ | 3 points | Nov 02 2016 23:29:41

Reddit accounts can be bought that already have a ton of karma so going by karma isn't really a good method.

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[-] [deleted] | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 15:38:23

Really? Where can I sell mine?

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[-] Signe_ | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 17:09:21

Incase you're not joking, its against reddit rules and can get your account banned.

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[-] [deleted] | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 17:30:55

I was joking.

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[-] Signe_ | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 18:35:29

Thought so. Hard to tell over text imo

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[-] sitic | 4 points | Nov 02 2016 20:15:21

There is a bot script which automatically approves a user as contributor based on the subject-line of a mod-mail.

So it would be possible to turn this sub private and not have mods do a ton of work. We could make a sticky post with the subject-message and username to message and give users 2-4 weeks time to take notice and write it down.

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[-] Probate_Judge | 4 points | Nov 02 2016 20:50:33

An alternative solution that I thought of, for this particular problem, would be to create a chrome extension which will encrypt your links (mandatorily) before they're posted and will only decrypt it for viewing if you're logged in.

I said something similar just the other day:

https://www.reddit.com/r/megalinks/comments/5ae56r/meta_netflix_monitors_this_sub/d9gkzba/

It got me thinking. I've seen plugins that replace words or do all sorts of random things with greasemonkey and other similar tools.. I was thinking that we could sort of post in code, say, the actual title is typed backwards, but a plug-in would flip it around for anyone who has it installed.

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[-] RCS47 | 4 points | Nov 02 2016 22:23:05

If we're going private and vetting members one-by-one, we need consistent vetting procedures (like a marking schedule/risk matrix). We'll need to develop some rudimentary OPSEC measures.

-Age of account: 90 days or less is suspicious

-Check user history: does user actually write threads or replies regularly?

-Other measures yet to be determined

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[-] syox | 4 points | Nov 02 2016 23:53:37

Seems perfect for most users but what about those like me that just pry and never reply or write threads? I'm sure there are some of us around!

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[-] Signe_ | 4 points | Nov 03 2016 00:42:51

Well there are quite a lot of lurkers on reddit.

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[-] shruggy | 2 points | Nov 03 2016 02:41:43

.

Yup, same here

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[-] thenicob | 3 points | Nov 03 2016 00:07:47

well I'd be eliminated due to the 2nd point. I posted the MEGA downloader link a couple of times, but otherwise I am a "ghoster".

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[-] DIDNT_READ_YOUR_SHIT | 4 points | Nov 03 2016 03:30:07

One more comment: if we do decide to go private, we should implement a manual method of approval and that should be based on account age (6 months is good) as well as the type of shit people post - it's hard to explain, but a netflix/comcast shill woudn't bother keeping an account active for months at a time with edgy comments. As an example, if you look through my posts it will be obvious that no actual comcast/netflix employee would troll as much incoherent garbage as I do. If they DO start doing that, then it's a win-win-win because we cost their company even more money while they sit doing nothing, THEY get to post on reddit while doing nothing, and we get to see a bunch of people trolled. Sounds like afuckin plan to me /b/ros

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[-] novax134 | 4 points | Nov 03 2016 07:15:19

I use this sub daily and this is the first comment i think ive ever done on reddit. If it goes private im not sure how id prove im worthy

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[-] CausalProjectIon | 3 points | Nov 02 2016 18:50:05

I haven't been as active since some of my links got caught but I'd be down for private or the link. I kinda like the link idea b/c it sounds cool and anything to stop automated searches would be good. I guess this is just a neutral post...

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[-] stewie_77 | 3 points | Nov 02 2016 19:33:11

I think that there should be one subreddit(for eg : megakeys) for the keys and there could be number of keys posted for a single link in which only one key works while rest of them are fake . Another thing that could be done is that the key could be crypted depending on the date which the link was posted .

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[-] sirin3 | 6 points | Nov 02 2016 21:06:15

Or a key bot

If you need a key, send a pm to the key bot and the bot sends back the key

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[-] wateraj2001 | 3 points | Nov 02 2016 20:07:11

Going Private will definitely help this sub. Only big problem like u said was adding people. When people like me and probably a lot here has been using this sub for about a year and not get added will really hurt this community.

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[-] Kensin | 2 points | Nov 02 2016 21:26:19

i'd rather see this place go private than require a chrome extension. Honestly, neither option would keep this place from being monitored, but making it private would keep it from being indexed and require actual accounts. If you can set up a script to auto-approve join requests from people with a decent amount of a karma it'd help.

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[-] [deleted] | 2 points | Nov 03 2016 03:08:16

I think putting links in a text file or pastebin and then just putting a link to that would do a good job of slowing down them getting taken down.

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[-] [deleted] | 2 points | Nov 03 2016 08:52:43

I wrote a post while ago that got upvoted, but then all these anti-piracy guys came in to downvote. It was about a request system. I suggest hosting our own reddit clone, as reddit software is open sourced.

Also, Disney is shit anyways, HBO and AMC are infinitely better. Fuck you Disney, I wouldn't watch your shit even if you paid me.

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[-] andylaw366 | 2 points | Dec 03 2016 19:23:11

Making the subreddit private would only increase burden on the mods, how would you decide which user you can allow? Maybe filter people based on account age? Using karma to do so would be pretty unfair to lurkers. Another way would be to make contribution to the sub a requirement.

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[-] Kaiosama | 1 points | Nov 02 2016 18:31:08

I can see the logic in both going private and keeping things status quo (mostly to maintain visibility for people looking for subs just like this), so unfortunately my input is invalid.

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[-] Aronjr | 1 points | Nov 02 2016 18:58:18

I suppose going private would be good, if the mods would check not well known uploader. So they would check post history, age of the account and so on. So the chances of "fakes" comin through would be minimised.

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[-] [deleted] | 1 points | Nov 02 2016 19:20:53

I would ne down for private if I could get an invite I posted somethings that have never been here before.

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[-] JudasOpus | 1 points | Nov 02 2016 20:03:48

Would it be feasible to make an extension that encrypts the IP and file/folder names when downloading? There is certain info needed to report a file to Mega, can it be masked, so the OP(uploader) is the only one who has the correct data? And the downloader has to rename the file from encrypted gibberish to whatever they want?

But yeah, I have to agree with others, that privatizing the sub is a bad way to go. I just watched the death of Crack Status and would hate to see MegaLinks go down that road.

Peace

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[-] brand0nwalker01 | 1 points | Nov 02 2016 22:10:07

I think maybe make a forum outside of this reddit could do the trick, that way if mass take downs do happen we can at least all fallback there and leave this place, still that's not fool proof either but it maybe an option.

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[-] MrkJulio | 1 points | Nov 02 2016 23:16:33

One way to let people in is to have them contribute something if it goes private. Even if it's something small.

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[-] delebird | 1 points | Nov 02 2016 23:39:34

You could make the subreddit private, and have an auto moderator bot approve people with a certain amount of karma, and manual approval for all others.

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[-] RoboYoshi | 1 points | Nov 02 2016 23:55:03

+1 vote for going private.
I propose adding a sub like r/megapvt or sth.
That way you can test there first and see how it goes.. It's the same for Private/Public Trackers.

With over 20k Subscribers I don't think this sub will ever come "clean".

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[-] FragMeNot | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 00:04:21

Invite system, I'm cool with that.

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[-] greatflicks | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 00:17:46

All the work by mods is greatly appreciated. As a relatively new member, with 0 uploads I would anticipate not being on the invite list, necessitating a PM to be checked etc, etc. Lots of ideas, not sure what the best solution is. If it goes private it sounds like the people who are really searching to get links down would still find them. Leave it status quo for a bit and see how it goes?

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[-] LucasLovesListening | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 00:59:00

I vote private. Ummmm...can I be part of the group?

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[-] CrossEyedHooker | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 01:12:34

Look, whatever you do I'm just making this comment to bookmark my presence. I deleted my previous account of many years.. for reasons. Whatever you do is fine by me so long as I don't lose access.

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[-] imbrawler | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 01:16:18

wasn't there a sub already made for this just in case

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[-] outtyn1nja | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 01:58:31

A minimum karma threshold would significantly limit unwanted spies -but you would have to auto ban anyone who posts in circlejerk subs.

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[-] flammpanzer | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 02:04:30

I really like this sub and would hate to lose it. I don't really post a lot on reddit but I'm on here daily, if you do go private hopefully I can find a way to still be in this sub.

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[-] yapple-dapple | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 02:22:38

I personally don't think it should go private as I generally lurk on Reddit on my phone and don't post content. If this sub becomes private, verifying legitimate users would be a pain in the ass and also would shut out people like myself who come here for content like westworld or other shows I normally couldn't access.

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[-] Josecod77 | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 02:46:20

Why not encrypted links?

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[-] 100percentkneegrow | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 03:28:40

Whatever it takes, this sub is great. Maybe not a karma threshold but an account age threshold.

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[-] bighugenerd | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 03:32:23

as unpopular and harsh as it is i suggest taking the sub private and requiring people to post content - mods cant be expected to weed out good lurkers from bad lurkers and its not difficult to send up something - anything - to a server - so just make that the requirement for admission - i used to do torrents but my isp now is a snitch and i dont want this ruined too because one putz cant help himself

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[-] hastagelf | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 03:36:43

This is my most visited sub, besides never commenting or saying anything and that's the problem. Most people like me are just here to upvote cool things that people post, so I really hope casual users don't get thrown out because of this privateness.

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[-] ElFrijole | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 04:49:45

I love this sub and down for whatever. Im more of a lurker comment once in awhile so if we go by karma i dont have much.

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[-] NineOutOfTenExperts | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 05:00:46

I'm not an uploader so my opinion may not matter. But I wouldn't add an extension to be able to post.

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[-] random_raven | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 05:04:40

I don't think going private will solve anything however to prevent indexing we can try changing title names like replacing letter e with 3 or mega with "abcd" in the links

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[-] Ecoterrorist239 | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 06:20:24

I personally think that the sub going private is a short term solution to a long term problem but I'm mostly just commenting so that if the sub goes private I can somehow verify I've been a lurker for quite a while.

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[-] Jerald_B | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 07:25:43

I'm a lurker here. So privacy would be good but also hurt people who only lurk. I personally haven't had something good enough to share yet.

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[-] IgnoreMyName | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 08:26:22

I only found out about this a couple days ago and it's one of those subs that I check daily now for new content. Whichever way this issue goes, the thinges to consider are:

  1. Ease of moderation. If being a moderator becomes too difficult, this sub could die.
  2. Delay, at the very least, the removal of content. Bet it sucks to be an uploader to upload a new movie, game, or an entire series to have it taken down a short while. Uploaders upload for us downloaders to download.
  3. Ease of access. If the sub goes private, mods will have to vet each person allowed into the sub. Ease for uploaders but difficult for those of us who only download. If there aren't that many downloaders, no point in uploaders uploading content.

Just things that need to be considered. I wish the mods the best with whatever way they decide to go. Only thing I ask of them is for proper flairs. :) Pls.

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[-] 33ro | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 09:50:51

Yeah, we definitely need a way to get rid of the takedowns. What if we implemented a method like the one that needs to verify that you're not a bot?

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[-] Philosofossil | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 10:20:19

Up for whatever works and keeps the content I have no means of acquiring with actual money, flowing.

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[-] jacobs0n | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 10:28:26

I'd be fine with anything, actually. Do what you think is best.

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[-] Cartmanishere | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 10:31:43

I don't have enough technical expertise to actually contribute a helpful suggestion. If I had to weigh in, I definitely like the idea of the chrome extension. Tbh I don't know if it'll help or not, I just don't want to see this sub end one way or the other.

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[-] primokarim | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 14:13:24

I don't think it's a good idea, I've been lurking on this sub for months for HBO content (I live in Canada where HBO Now doesn't exist) and this is my first comment here. Reading the comments, I see many users are in the same boat.

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[-] lurker093287h | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 17:47:31

That is an interesting idea, I think the private sub would definitely slow down links being taken down but I agree that it would limit the number of people who are looking at things.

The encrypted thing is interesting but it seems like it might be a lot of work.

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[-] qoatg | 1 points | Nov 04 2016 03:27:15

Another lurker, and a complete reddit newbie on top of that (literally created an account to post this comment). I just found this place a few weeks ago; have been visiting and using it daily since and loving it, but have to echo the others wondering how someone like me would be able to prove worthiness to a private sub.

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[-] GhostHawk666 | 1 points | Nov 04 2016 20:05:14

Been reading through this thread and didn't see anyone ask, so I will. When something is taken down, approximately how many days does it survive before the files are actually removed from Mega? In Newsgroup land we have seen some takedowns happen in a few hours for worst cases, but usually 2 days is the norm.

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[-] ultimateninja9 | 1 points | Nov 04 2016 22:25:56

Is there a type of sub where it requires you to be logged in, but doesn't require an invite? Because maybe that would keep the sub out of search results without blocking access to everyone.

Also, could you require that links and keys be submitted as images? As in a literal image of the URL. That way no automated process could grab the links and keys.

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[-] AlphysAssistant | 1 points | Nov 08 2016 01:09:07

Throw me in if you do! I love this sub and use it almost daily. (Just wish there was more muppet content)

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[-] _FRANKENSTEIN_ | 1 points | Nov 08 2016 11:40:49

Would something like http://ncrypt.in/ or http://r4dm.com/ work?

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[-] TheGoodSheep | 1 points | Nov 09 2016 14:03:26

Here is a solution:
You have to say 'thank you' and a bot automatically sends you the key. So first of all you need a registered account, also you can maybe tell by the time frame which user is responsible for the take downs and ban him.

A Reddit account for this sub should have a certain amount of activity and should be a few months old. That's pretty common for other subs and websites who provide some kind of service. I think the least you can do is say "thank you" for the service people provide here, the whole "i never write anything" argument doesn't work for me in this case.

Private: Not a friend, but if it keeps this sub going, I would accept that in a heartbeat.

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[-] lenzo2 | 1 points | Dec 03 2016 15:24:26

I rarely use reddit, just this sub so i wouldn't like a private sub.

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[-] halolordkiller3 | 0 points | Nov 02 2016 18:44:16

I'm for it idc

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[-] OZZMAN8 | -2 points | Nov 02 2016 20:18:14

I'm for a private subreddit. I'm not going to feel bad about disenfranchising people who aren't logged into reddit. And I'm also laughing hysterically inside that a traditionally liberal place such as reddit has organically come up with a perfect analogy for the need for voter ID laws. That being said I also am not a moderator so it obviously wouldn't add work to my day. I also definitely don't want to see some kind of scam put in place where we have to go to a site that makes us watch an ad for some reason so someone can try to monetize the subreddit, as happened a while back.

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[-] hatemyjobZ | -6 points | Nov 02 2016 19:37:46

Personally, I recommend a invite-like system. You would have to know someone who is in the sub to vouch for you.

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[-] thenicob | 2 points | Nov 03 2016 00:08:24

well, then you invite someone you actually thought of being a normal user, turns out he is a copyright dude - then what?

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[-] hatemyjobZ | 1 points | Nov 03 2016 11:13:25

Invitation is usually based on trust, and you're responsible for your "invites". Look at how TorrentLeech works.

And I never said it was bulletproof, just brainstorming regarding OP.

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