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Finally fixed my torrent ratio (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'll admit, when I first started torrent I was not really familiar with how it worked and how important seeding was. I would just use magnet links without configuration to save the torrent and seed after completion. Well.. I have finally, got myself back to 1.00 after a couple months and working to try to always seed double what I get for each torrent.

Often times I was one of the few random seeders available for some of these torrents. Friendly reminder to give back because you never know when you're one of the rare cases that can complete someones long lost file download!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I always lose my seeds because I like to rename my files. Any workarounds?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Keep the files in a dedicated torrents folder then make symlinks to where you actually want them?

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

That's the spirit!
My rule of thumb has always been to share to ratio 1.1. Side thought: Maybe there's a funny correlation between birthrates needing to be 2.1 for a stable population, the extra .1 to make up for deaths, and well, the 2 is because it takes two to make a baby.

Anyway, since we're all sharing, these are my stats from 41 days ago when I switched to Nobara.

(Gigabit internet is the biggest luxury I allow myself to splurge on.)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Wow I didnt realize I was this close..

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When I am seeding a torrent with less than 5 seeders I just let it go forever. So far I have about 15 of those. Eventually I’ll have to drop them… but I’ll be there hero until then.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I just use a Debrid service for my torrents now. Consistent 1Gbps download speeds and no ratios to worry about. It's way better (and cheaper) than a private tracker or a seedbox.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Had any trouble finding obscure stuff?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No more than I would if I used a Torrent client instead of Debrid. You're still downloading the same torrents as everyone else. (I don't really understand the question.)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

With torrents you're limited to the networks and sources that you have connected. The torrent client search for example is very limited, that's where the trackers come in.

The question is how debris compares to stuff that is not found on public trackers.

An easy test are niche audiobooks or foreign movies - those are quite rare/specialized.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Da good stuff

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I miss eMule though. I always loved to share some rare exotic stuff and see someone decided they want that and I provided it. It's not just about bandwidth, though I had pretty big numbers there. Torrents just don't hit the same.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Ed2k/kad network still have good health with new and old stuff

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Problem is how most networks are configured today that prevent HighID on eMule, severely crippling it. It used to be annoying to have LowID in the past and reconnecting usually fixes it, now it's a given and you can't get out of it. It's so hard to get uploads going and it makes me sad :(

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Soulseek is still kicking ass and taking names, bruh

If you're on linux check out the Nicotine+ native linux client for soulseek

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I know, but I still miss my donkey. It was slow but stubborn and always delivered eventually. Also it was mesmerizing watching all the clients and traffic happening and watching KAD nodes visualization. Good times. It's still there but because it now always connects with LowID it doesn't work as good as it did with HighID...

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

pretty proud of my TL ratio

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good work! Love seeing a fellow seeder on here!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Such a great community. I also love that this thread had just become good ratio porn 🤤

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I wish I could seed but Mullvad doesn’t allow port forwarding, and ProtonVPN has given out IPs under court order so I don’t trust them for any purpose.

I’ll have to look into other VPNs I think, because I’m ideologically very much for seeding.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

AirVPN is the other choice here that offers port forwarding still.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can still seed without port forwarding. This machine is running behind Mullvad

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Is there a guide? I have the same problem.

Edit: seems like that one person in the swarm has to have port forwarding enabled. So if you can't port forward, you need someone else to and then you can upload to them.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Yay! Good job. Keep going!

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