Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 16 days agoAverage 1337x userlemmy.yachtsimagemessage-square203linkfedilinkarrow-up1801arrow-down116
arrow-up1785arrow-down1imageAverage 1337x userlemmy.yachtsBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square203linkfedilink
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·16 days 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-up2·16 days 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-up3·16 days 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.