Do you help keep torrents alive?

wannabedamned · 6 Sep 2011 at 18:58

No mention of illegal stuff!!!

Do you help or hinder the torrent sharing scene? There's always someone sharing torrents, even on public trackers where your share ratio isnt monitored and punished when low.

So I was just wondering how many of you out there actually carry on seeding torrents after you've finished downloading, just out of common courtesy under a public tracker.

I'm not one of those friendly seeders, I'll seed until i notice my download has finished, and then usually remove the torrent from my client completely.

A poll would be nice?

Yes I carry on seeding
No I dont
I'm a Newsgroups user
I dont download

Camarilla · 6 Sep 2011 at 18:59

Used torrents once, to download an MMO client that had no direct DL. I didn't seed while I was downloading, and once I had it, I deleted the software. So, I'm a dirty leech

A2Z · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:01

Torrents are rubbish.

Havent used them since I found out about web hosters such as rapidshare etc, much better.

nuttyprot · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:02

Torrents are great if you get access to private tracker sites. I help keep them alive altho I have crappy 8mb net.

wannabedamned · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:05

I've actually never had an issue with torrents, always decent speeds, even on public trackers. Unless ofcourse you're leeching from 2/3 seeders. Which is a limitation of the method I'll admit.

dottty27 · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:05

yes i do i leave it uploading to a 2.0/3.0 ratio most times

G-MAN2004 · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:08

I take what I need, then go. Sorry guys.

Saundie · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:08

I used to, but I abandoned torrents long ago - like A2Z, I use rapidshare etc now.

Substance · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:11

I always upload to 1:1 on public trackers and usually 2:1 on private

ng93 · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:30

I don't use torrents very often and hate bloat, so just download the client, download file/s, delete client.

Judgeneo · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:31

Download, seed while downloading, then stop.

I presume private trackers can punish you?

Aod · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:32

On public i'd leave it uploading overnight, and then stop.
on private trackers i'd always get banned because nothing i downloaded needed seeds, so i could never upload anything :rolleyes:

Don't torrent a thing though these days.

SexyGreyFox · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:33

I think I used torrents once.
Been on Usenet since the 90s when to download a porn pic it had a UUE extension in about 10 parts and you had to compile them and run through a convertor to JPG.

SuperTronNarwhal · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:35

dmpoole said:
I think I used torrents once.
Been on Usenet since the 90s when to download a porn pic it had a UUE extension in about 10 parts and you had to compile them and run through a convertor to JPG.

Just for a picture of a naked ladeh? Your better of going to though 'Gentlemen Clubs' And its in Super HD!

Django x2 · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:37

I love to spread my seed, but now I have a fiancee that has to stop

Agent_Smith357 · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:48

If its somthing obscure that took me a while to get a reliable torrent then I would always reseed it.

Retromatic · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:53

I've always seeded on private trackers, rarely on public.

I don't really use torrents these days unless I have to, mainly newsgroups, fileserve - occasionally irc.

Energize · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:53

A2Z said:
Torrents are rubbish.

Havent used them since I found out about web hosters such as rapidshare etc, much better.

But you have to pay for them, and they have considerable downtime. So they aren't really an alternative.

Rainmaker · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:53

I'm a Usenet user and have been for years, but I still love torrents for some stuff (latest Linux distros mostly - no really!). I have a 100/10 connection so seed until I have at least a 1:1 ratio but often much more. Depends on the d/l tbh.

Jimz · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:57

A2Z said:
Torrents are rubbish.

Havent used them since I found out about web hosters such as rapidshare etc, much better.

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