Post by @Azzu@leminal.space

2026-10-30 15:11 UTC

Think about this logically. If people join private trackers and only upload/download from each other, what happens if one person has a ratio of 56? It means that 55 people have to have a ratio of 0 or 77 people of 0.25, etc. So, people with such high ratios can only exist if there are others who become leechers. And “becoming a leecher” just means you relatively invest less in seeding than others. Private trackers work only if you are in the top x% of seeders. The more “super-seeders” there are, the more you have to invest yourself, essentially artificially increasing the barrier of entry more and more. It’s just a very stupid system.

Replies (3)

@ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-30 15:17

That’s only under the assumption that everyone downloads everything or only the same things…

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@brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-30 17:13

You are describing a hard ratio system - a private tracker with no freeleech, no bonus points, just a strict ratio system. Most private trackers don’t operate that way. Your math falls apart once you consider people downloading freeleech torrents without having the torrents count against their ratio, or people generating bonus points just by seeding torrents and then using those bonus points to improve their ratio (bonus points converted to upload data for example). There are even private trackers that are ratioless and basically exist on minimum seed time, seeding bonus points, etc. Long term seeders at most private trackers end up with so many seed bonus points, or just accumulated upload data, that the private tracker becomes essentially ratioless even if it technically still tracks ratio. I don’t care if you like private trackers or not, you do you, just mentioning your logic doesn’t make a ton of sense.

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@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-31 11:53

I have a 2TB seedbox relatively low end on a shared setup running just fine. About 3TB upload on my best tracker. Just need to know how to play the game. Speed vs Patience. And you obviously havent spend enough energy (about 2h of thinking) on how to play the game.

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