This is a DarkPeers response to the recent posts by u/ZeppelinRock
We would like to begin by apologising for how this situation was handled. DarkPeers is a new tracker, having launched in March 2025 and with our first open signup in August 2025. As a new tracker, we are still learning and refining our processes. Therefore, we will explain our understanding of what happened, and the changes we are making.
Disabled users
DarkPeers runs on Unit3D with a single developer who implements custom functionality for us. One of these customisations includes an automated process that disables accounts after 90 consecutive days of inactivity. While disabled accounts can still browse the site, they are unable to download, which means the status is not always immediately obvious to users. Until now, we had not encountered reported issues with this system and believed it was functioning as intended. However, following this incident, we have investigated further and identified that some accounts were incorrectly disabled. We are actively reviewing and correcting this behaviour to ensure it does not happen again. We will also be updating our rules page to clarify this.
Donation to re-activate
When DarkPeers was initially founded the reactivation donation was introduced at the start in anticipation of a high user-to-staff ratio, as a way to respect the time required. As the staff team expanded, this was not revisited when it should have been. That was our oversight. We have now removed the donation requirement entirely.
We have also seen claims suggesting that open signups were being used to encourage donations through disabled accounts. That was never our intention, but we recognise how the situation could be perceived that way, and we take responsibility for that misunderstanding.
We acknowledge that we got this wrong. Our goal is to build a tracker and community that users can trust, and feedback that helps us improve, and listening to our users is a big part of that. We appreciate those who raise concerns with us that help us evolve. We will continue to review our processes to ensure this does not happen again.
- The DarkPeers team
We would like to begin by apologising for how this situation was handled. DarkPeers is a new tracker, having launched in March 2025 and with our first open signup in August 2025. As a new tracker, we are still learning and refining our processes. Therefore, we will explain our understanding of what happened, and the changes we are making.
Disabled users
DarkPeers runs on Unit3D with a single developer who implements custom functionality for us. One of these customisations includes an automated process that disables accounts after 90 consecutive days of inactivity. While disabled accounts can still browse the site, they are unable to download, which means the status is not always immediately obvious to users. Until now, we had not encountered reported issues with this system and believed it was functioning as intended. However, following this incident, we have investigated further and identified that some accounts were incorrectly disabled. We are actively reviewing and correcting this behaviour to ensure it does not happen again. We will also be updating our rules page to clarify this.
Donation to re-activate
When DarkPeers was initially founded the reactivation donation was introduced at the start in anticipation of a high user-to-staff ratio, as a way to respect the time required. As the staff team expanded, this was not revisited when it should have been. That was our oversight. We have now removed the donation requirement entirely.
We have also seen claims suggesting that open signups were being used to encourage donations through disabled accounts. That was never our intention, but we recognise how the situation could be perceived that way, and we take responsibility for that misunderstanding.
We acknowledge that we got this wrong. Our goal is to build a tracker and community that users can trust, and feedback that helps us improve, and listening to our users is a big part of that. We appreciate those who raise concerns with us that help us evolve. We will continue to review our processes to ensure this does not happen again.
- The DarkPeers team