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I saw many torrents with 0 seeders. Someone will be seeding only if the interest in that content is great. Rare content won't get any seeders. Old movies don't tempt many people.

I liked DC++ approach on file sharing more. If someone in the network has the file, you can get it, no matter how rare. It can be an obscure film made in 1930 or an mp3 only few people know or care about.



Was that on a private tracker? Those usually have strict rules around sharing ratios to prevent that scenario and in my experience, it works pretty well!


DC++ is a client for DC/ADC protocol.

20 and 25 years ago, before torrents, it was king and it provided what us, poor kids, didn't have the money to pay for.

I guess today it isn't used that much as it used to be. It requires a client for discovery.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC%2B%2B




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