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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[–] Emmie@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I have like 250 KB/s for seeding maybe 250 Kb/s max (min)

I just round it down to 0 kb(B)/s to prevent brain overhead

[–] Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

It's been at the same ratio for the last 3 years.. Never managed to get more..

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[–] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days 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.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Soulseek is still kicking ass and taking names, bruh

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

[–] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days 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...

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How is this different than say Qbit?

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[–] supervent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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

[–] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (1 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 :(

[–] supervent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The problem with HighID/LowID on eMule is the same on bittorrent or any other p2p, you need someone with port forwarding to upload/download content. In my case I am out of cg-nat and sharing 24/7.

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[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

[–] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Had any trouble finding obscure stuff?

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days 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.)

[–] Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days 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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[–] paequ2@lemmy.today 7 points 2 days ago

Yay! Good job. Keep going!

[–] Slax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

What are you using? I need to carve time out to get my unraid server to work with jellyfin and arr and seed with deluge. My current set up moves the files to the right folder once I have completed my download so I never get over 1.0 ratio.

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