Nuke (warez) - Pre Channel

Pre Channel

A pre channel is an IRC channel in which a prebot announces new warez (pre) releases in real time. Pre channels are generally provided as a convenience to members of the scene, often in conjunction with a topsite. Pre channels are typically private.

Advantages:

• Members of a pre channel are notified about new warez releases as they are released. This is of particular benefit to couriers and release groups.
• Pre channels commonly announce when a release is nuked or un-nuked.
• Pre channels provide a search facility that allows users to find out if a release exists, when it was released, and if it has been nuked. This function may also be used by release groups to avoid dupes (duplicates).
• Pre channels are also used for topsites to measure how fast they received the release, otherwise known as the pretime.

Disadvantages:

• Pre channels are often supplied with events from other pre channels, so spam may spread quickly. Many prebots employ elaborate filters to ensure only valid release events are announced.
• It just gives you the release name and no quality details, plot/features or links to downloads.