I tried yesterday and it was working. Is it not an issue with the client instead? Try Nicotine instead of the official Souseek client once.
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Oh I'm using nicotine+ (never used official client)
Does TCP port 2234 need to be open? (I was using soulseek without any issues previously) so if port needs to be open then probably something on ISP side changed
Yes to reach others you need the port forwarded and some users have have access blocked if you are not also sharing.
Sort of. If you're not port forwarding, you can only connect to those who are, if you are port forwarding you can connect to everyone who is and everyone who isn't (that is currently connected ofc) so you get a bigger pool to search through.
I'm sharing, can see it under uploads
I am also on Nicotine. I just tried downloading and it is working fine. My port 2234 is closed as per Soulseek official site [though users can download from me, I think].
Possibly unrelated but certain artists seem to be blacklisted on that platform for some reason
Like who?
This was a few months back but when I searched for Luke Bryan, nothing came up. I had to get creative to find the song I wanted. Think it was called country girl. I haven't tried recently but it would be interesting to see if it's still like that
Term "Bryan" is blocked. Search "luke *ryan" instead.
Weird! Why?
Sometimes it's better to put something in your big book of sailor's secrets and not ask around too much.
Mum's the word.
😂 okay
13 years old forum post about this, with a reply from Nir Arbel, the founder:
https://www.slsknet.org/news/node/717
Yeah, I can't go into too much detail, but we have to filter certain things.
That's wild I had no idea actually
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Oh didn't know it's a thing, thanks
iirc you also can't search michael jackson lol
I'm dumb, it was absolutely this. (Actually previously searchable artist is also not searchable that's why I got so worked up). All good now
A tip I found that works is to search for a song in the album you're looking for. I like to use the most unique sounding title from the album. Then if you get a result, browse the user's collection and you'll likely find the rest of the album.
Exactly what I did, also wild card in artist name works.
soul seek has never gone down. it's not possible
ehh.. server outage is pretty common