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

submitted 2 weeks 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] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ratios are a things of a past. I'm having trouble getting ratios as all of the torrents I have are straight zeros in the upload section. I still keep them around for a while just out of habit, but just to verify it's working I've downloaded some random file with high leech ratio. Got it in fast, but upload is now going at less than 5% the upload capacity. Back in late 00s running torrents would instantly saturate the entirety of my 10mbit connection, and I'd like to think that terabytes I've seeded during that time make up for my abysmal ratios nowadays. But the reality is that there just simply is enough seeders already, and as a result the trackers I frequent to either dropped it entirely or switched to a scoring system based on how much and for how long people store obscure torrents that only few people seed, but I'm too short on drive space to participate in that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Had any trouble finding obscure stuff?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

IDK I only use public trackers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm such a leech :( stupid ISP data cap. I'll make it up someday

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

You can always get a seedbox (if you’re able and willing to spend a few bucks a month on a seedbox)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

1000001336

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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

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