• emhl@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    if you snatch a popular torrent that is fine but with dying torrents that is quite harmful

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      9 months ago

      I’m considering getting a seedbox because with my current storage setup, and my unwillingness to keep the vpn up all the time 2.0 is the best I can do.

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        9 months ago

        If there’s no one left to seed, the torrent dies. Seeding back at least 200% ensures the torrent stays healthy.

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          9 months ago

          Sometimes you need to seed back more than 200% because the other two people might not be able to seed it back. I would generally not set a limit

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            9 months ago

            True, but as a minimum you should be doing 200%.
            Also in a ideal scenario that 200% would be spread out to a lot more people then just 2.