Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agoAverage 1337x userlemmy.yachtsimagemessage-square204linkfedilinkarrow-up1801arrow-down116
arrow-up1785arrow-down1imageAverage 1337x userlemmy.yachtsBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square204linkfedilink
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoPublic tracker: You are the hero, getting a 30:1 upload ratio in a mere 30 days. “Wow, this shit is easy!” Private tracker: “Please… can this torrent even reach 10% upload? It’s been an ENTIRE YEAR! I have 500 torrents in the same state!”
minus-squareBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtsOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoMost private trackers have some sort of bonus point system now where you earn points per hour of seeding per torrent, regardless of how much data you actually upload. You can then use those points to buy upload credit and raise your ratio
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThey have to. It’s a requirement, or everybody would quit in protest.
Public tracker: You are the hero, getting a 30:1 upload ratio in a mere 30 days. “Wow, this shit is easy!”
Private tracker: “Please… can this torrent even reach 10% upload? It’s been an ENTIRE YEAR! I have 500 torrents in the same state!”
Most private trackers have some sort of bonus point system now where you earn points per hour of seeding per torrent, regardless of how much data you actually upload. You can then use those points to buy upload credit and raise your ratio
They have to. It’s a requirement, or everybody would quit in protest.