I don't have direct answer to the question, but I generally don't add public trackers to my (public) torrents. DHT/PEX usually works fine for me for finding seeds on the occasion that I do need something from public torrent sites.

I wonder whether adding additional trackers only increases the speed in which peers are found or whether it also substantially increases the likelihood of finding peers.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I wonder whether adding additional trackers only increases the speed in which peers are found or whether it also substantially increases the likelihood of finding peers.

One begets the other, although your mileage may vary

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago

Whatever shows up here: https://newtrackon.com/list

Only lists trackers submitted that are online with a 95% uptime.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago

honestly... I don't know what a tracker is, I just click the magnet button and qBitTorrent just downloads it
Is there something more I should be doing?

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

I don't do that anymore. I just use a Debrid service and enjoy consistent 1Gbps download speeds.

[–] riimoh@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What is the point of adding other public tracker? Is it to cross seed? Or just higher probability to connect to a peer?

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

The second one mainly.

[–] eatham@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

I add a bunch I copypasted from a list somewhere

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Doot for later