Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 15 hours agoAverage 1337x userlemmy.yachtsimagemessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1591arrow-down114
arrow-up1577arrow-down1imageAverage 1337x userlemmy.yachtsBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square130fedilink
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-210 hours 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-up1·2 minutes 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
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