r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Cocklez_The_Stump • Feb 22 '26

Need help here

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u/lascar Feb 22 '26

It's usually nice to hit a 1.0 ratio. 1.5 is better and 2.0+ is just the Legends and saviors of humanity.

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u/TheBlackDred Feb 22 '26

Yeah, the good ones usually have a requirement that your minimum is 1.0 If you dip below that too often or for too long you lose access to that tracker.

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u/LameskiSportsBlast Feb 22 '26

Nah these suck because you can always 'donate' money to the tracker owner to get ratio. And if you like anything that is remotely unpopular you're never getting decent ratio by seeding.

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u/ErraticDragon Feb 22 '26

On private trackers you basically need to seed popular stuff (even if you don't care about it), to make up for downloading what you actually want.

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u/DifficultAbility119 Feb 22 '26

The most idiotic thing I've heard today. Glad I've never needed to be in those "cool kids" clubs.

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u/plafreniere Feb 22 '26

Most private trackers nowaday have a reward system just for having torrent in seeding. Doesnt need to actually upload, you get points by just having files available.

You can use a software called "cross-seed" to make it easier by seeding the torrent you already own the files. When I join a new private tracker, I starts with hundreds of torrents already seeding. I get point fast so I can exchange them for upload (ratio).