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What else should I help seed? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just a small way to help people get their FOSS. What are some other projects that have torrents that would be good to seed?

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

This feels like you don't really understand how the BitTorrent protocol works at all. When you watch Netflix, or download proprietary software (for example Steam) you are connected through a CDN to the geographically closest node. That's one of the main reasons it can be so fast.

However, torrent files aren't distributed by geographic region, the pool of peers is spread out across the globe. So if someone is on the other side of the earth, your upload speed to them is going to be quite small.

You're suggesting OP stop seeding because those seeders will be able to download faster, but we literally see just a snapshot. There could be leechers local to OP that come online and have a close, fast seed.

I'm generally seeding at 50-100kB/s, and when I check those connections they're almost always overseas (qBittorrent resolves the IPs and adds country flags). However, when another Aussie (or a Kiwi, sometimes Indonesians too) leecher connects, it'll often blow past my (ISPs) 50Mbps upload cap to 160-200Mbps or 20-25MB/s. Are you saying I shouldn't seed because that way an American or European will be able to download faster? Even though it's been pointed out to you that it doesn't even work that way. The BitTorrent protocol was designed from the start to mitigate this by prioritisation of peers on the clientside.

I can't believe such a toxic and inaccurate comment has this many upvotes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You're suggesting OP stop seeding because those seeders will be able to download faster, but we literally see just a snapshot.

I suggested that OP check their settings.

Are you saying I shouldn't seed because that way an American or European will be able to download faster?

Again, that’s not what I am saying at all. Stop putting words in my mouth.

I can't believe such a toxic and inaccurate comment has this many upvotes.

If you’re looking for a toxic comment, look at your own where you are wilfully misrepresenting my argument, make wild assumptions and then attack those. That's textbook definition of toxic behavior.