Comments on: Bram Cohen: Private Sites to Blame for Ratio Cheating.

By: political opinion

political opinion — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:26:23 +0000

Great article. Ratio cheaters suck, too bad Brad cant lend a hand

By: pSynrg

pSynrg — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:15:18 +0000

Some of the ‘private’ trackers I use give ratio based on time the file is shared.
So even if no one else is nibbling at the torrent you are still trickled some upload credit.
The system works very well even on a well fed tracker (100:1 seed/leech ratio).
I’ve just under 1TB downloaded from one of my faves and my ratio is a healthy 3.58. My upload is 1.2Mbps and my download is 15.9Mbps.
This system works, why isn’t mentioned at all?

By: ebukh

ebukh — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:42:47 +0000

There is a relatively simple way to circumvent the problem of poor ratios when there are a lot of willing uploaders on a torrent and you are the only downloader: wait for a buddy. Declare your intent to download a torrent and wait for at least one person who also has an interest in this torrent to respond. If you then start downloading simultaneously, the protocol will enable a considerable portion of the file to be uploaded from one to the other (in theory 50%, but in practice a lot less, but still sufficient to satisfy most enforced minimum ratios).

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BitTorrent’s Long Tail Alive and Well on Private Torrent Sites — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:50:45 +0000

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By: evilmegaman

evilmegaman — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

well I can’t say I disagree with bram. Forcing people to do something they don’t want to do isn’t the way the internet should be. Plus bram doesn’t believe in illegal filesharing so much so he has a right to not want to work for something he doesn’t believe in.

Way to go bram!

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

I tend to agree. My only hesitation is that perhaps he’s slightly jaded by the fact that he had to go legit after getting sued.

By: evilmegaman

evilmegaman — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

That’s true. but iirc I think he’s always had that stance though

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

But his thoughts are that everything will find its own equilibrium my ability to change anything be dammed.

By: cjules13

cjules13 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

I like the idea of the formula used to calculate ratios. When’s there’s idle upload bandwidth availble who cares but only a couple seeds then you need to stay.