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        I started using qbit about a year ago after using deluge. I have gb down and 100mb up.

        Unironically, a lot of that ratio is from Linux isos and other open source software distribution. Take the load off their servers!

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    My upload ratio looks like ass because I edit videos for a thing with friends, and we use torrent to send the raw footage between computers. So I have like a 0.2 ratio because I’m downloading 5 gigs and then we kill the torrent.

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        It’s strange that people know how to create and share torrents but not open a port or install an FTP server.

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          My friends aren’t tech nerds, they dont want to do that stuff unfortunately. Qbittorent is simple enough for them to adopt without complaint.

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            I’m surprised none of the tech companies have a service that lets you share any size file from your own PC, and then slurp at it for their AI on the way through…

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    My most uploaded file is a copy of Shrek 2 with Latin American Spanish dub, it took me over a month to download. I swear to God the only one seeding it was someone who would just open their client, download whatever they were looking for, then shut it off. It’s the only copy of that dub I could find in decent quality. Now I’m at ~50 ratio for that file.

    If you can only find 0 seed torrents just chuck it in your client anyway, I’ve had several actually complete.

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      This is great advice. It’s easy to get disheartened with a spinning torrent, but heroes like you can turn that around.

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      Have you checked what is missing, sometimes people only pick the wanted files from a torrent, so maybe those 5% are just bloat nobody cared to seed as well.

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        I actually didn’t post my highest ratio, I didn’t want to seem like a braggart

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          It’d be more interesting to see the “Real Uploaded” and “Real Downloaded” stats for this profile. The “Uploaded” stat can be padded by using bonus points, and the “Downloaded” stat does not include freeleech.

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            That is also why I didn’t post this proof originally. The real numbers for this one are less impressive.

            Real Uploaded 1.162 TiB

            Real Downloaded 744.29 GiB

            Real share ratio 1.599

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              Thanks for posting your numbers! An >1.5 ratio is still great. For example I’m below 1 as I don’t really get any upload on most things. They just don’t seem to get snatched much.

              Do you seed many audiobooks or mainly ebooks? I guess the former given your large amount of data downloaded.

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                A lot of audiobooks. When new free leech items drop, I think it’s every 2 weeks, I was just grabbing all of them. And then you get bonus points for seeding. It got to the point where I get Max bonus points (99,999) in about 24 hours and then just use that to buy upload credit.

                The trick to getting a lot of upload is to be one of the first people to download and start seeding a torrent. You can also automate downloading with Autobrr, that way you download something as soon as it’s available, and then everyone who downloads after you is getting it from you

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    Nice. I just got above 2 for my ratio. I don’t have symmetric internet, but I have my torrents set up to never stop, and I don’t delete.

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      God I wish I had symmetrical upload. Gigabit down and like, 125mbps up.

      Not so much for this but I self host stuff like my photos and I notice it’s slower when scrolling my photos outside the house. And using my personal VPN, makes my download limited to my upload speed.

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    One time I found a KDrama that changed my life (Crash Landing on You), and to thank the producers, I set up a dedicated seedbox for years that did nothing but seed their show :). I think I hit like 7TB uploaded before shutting it off