Private Tracker Invite Trading on the Rise, Thanks to Google Wave Invites
October 07, 09 by sharky 5,506 views
Move over, trader forums - there’s some stiff competition muscling in for a piece of the action on torrent tracker invite trading. The Internet has gone completely bonkers for Gwave invites, and private trackers are caught in the middle - as seen at the new Google Wave Invites service. While GWI isn’t affiliated with Google or Google Wave whatsoever, Google Wave Invites have taken the ‘net by storm, and tracker invites are - of course - a popular staple of the trades, giveaways and requests. Unquestionably, this has scam written all over it on multiple levels - but try telling that to the traders.
Recently confirmed on October 1st by Scott Yates, an editor for Examiner.com, reported ‘That “Google Wave Invite” Link is a Scam‘ - referring not specifically to just GWI, but to any link that promises an early invitation to Google Wave. This is truly the case: there are no sites that give out unconditional invites to Google Wave just yet, which is still very much in beta/limited preview (and invite only, but internally) and anyone who wants in early still needs to apply directly.
While GWI began as a method to assist hopeful individuals in joining Gwave early, it’s quickly spiraled into a free-for-all involving torrent trackers, Lockerz invites and everything else in between. Members can "Swap Invite For Services" - as witnessed in the example below, this asshat is offering invites to Demonoid for an invite to Google Wave, seen in this thread.
The post above was from October 6, 2009 and yet Demonoid has been offline for more than three weeks now. Thankfully, the poster below him enlightened the masses on this crucial detail. What does this tell us? Nothing positive about the threads, or accuracy (not to mention the authenticity or integrity of the members). And that’s just the beginning…
Let’s move on to the "Swap Invite for Invite" section. New threads are beginning to trickle in for torrent tracker invites (and accounts) being offered up in exchange for Gwave invites. Some members will even sacrifice their What.CD accounts for early access.
As we witnessed yesterday, new threads at GWI were turning up that had nothing to do with Gwave. Trades for tracker invites are being offered directly for other trackers, although most of these threads have now been removed.
Surely this is not the only invite scam out there involving trackers, it’s merely one of many. GWI in itself is just one example of how invite-crazed the ‘net really is, and unfortunately Gwave has spun private trackers into the middle of the madness. For the record, FileShareFreak has no invites to Gwave (although we did apply).
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01 • Josh Says: 07.10.09 at 2:07 pm
haha love the guy trying to trade demonoid invites
02 • JL Says: 07.10.09 at 4:49 pm
Do people realize that eventually GW will be open to everybody. It’s not risking your standing at a private tracker.
03 • Trader Says: 07.10.09 at 6:22 pm
w00t! trading will always be the best way to get an invite, totally impersonal and totally secure. traders are so 1337! I’ve gotten into every site including the super secret ones with the super trade, mwa ha ah
04 • matty Says: 07.10.09 at 7:56 pm
Oh man oh man oh man, I’ll trade ya’ll an oink invite for a google wave invite!
I’m super legit, honest!
05 • scottx Says: 07.10.09 at 8:37 pm
Oh thats wonderful
06 • Buff Bagwell Says: 08.10.09 at 1:21 am
If anyone here has a GW invite, I’ll trade a FTN invite for it. Email me at catfood.b.wonderful@yahoo.com
07 • Dreamer Says: 08.10.09 at 3:30 am
@BUFF LMAO
08 • Pomeshnue Says: 08.10.09 at 3:31 am
rofl, Oink RIP
09 • Pomeshnue Says: 08.10.09 at 3:32 am
oh and lmao also @BUFF, I can taste the sarcasm
010 • Aj Says: 08.10.09 at 6:04 am
Yeah Sarcasm with Email?
011 • Natasha Shine Says: 08.10.09 at 12:53 pm
If you are looking for a legitimate way to get a Google Wave invite you should check out the 6rounds competition.
6rounds was chosen to be one of the first Google Wave extension and its only video chat extension so they’ve decided to give away 6 (official) invites.
http://blog.6rounds.com/google-wave-invites-grabs/
012 • nnnnnn Says: 09.10.09 at 2:04 pm
yea people are whole bunch of idiots and can’t wait to get a taste of something. Googlewave will defintiely be open to everybody in the longrun, what’s with the trading? I don’t think we are getting smarter nowadays, that’s sucks, you suck trading idiots. You make humanity look stupid
013 • lol Says: 10.10.09 at 3:10 pm
i’ll give FTN + SCT + ce mai vrei tu for it . Contact me at sugi@pula.ro
014 • anti everything Says: 11.10.09 at 4:28 am
i will trade my used underpants for an invite to googlewave
please e mail me at suck.my.todger@in.my.undies.com
015 • Ryan Says: 11.10.09 at 5:14 am
googlewaveinvite forum is closed..
016 • Mumata Says: 11.10.09 at 1:59 pm
try this http://bitmedino.darkbb.com/
017 • drew56 Says: 18.11.09 at 5:04 pm
For anyone still looking, I finally got a wave invite from http://www.waveinvites.org