Question about torrent availability...

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:24 am

How long is it customary to seed? A week or two?

Thanks,
Brent

Morphius · Post by **Morphius** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:07 pm

This depends a lot on where you are seeding. If you are the first seed on a torrent, most people say that you should seed for at least 24 hours or until 5 people become seeds. If you are jumping onto a torrent most people say to seed at least until your ratio of downloaded to uploaded is 1:1. It changes from tracker to tracker, but my answer, and probably the best one is: as long as you can.

I've been hosting the VH1 Storytellers over at http://www.thetradersden.org for over a month

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:34 pm

Thanks.. I'll probably seed the torrents I dl'd now for a few weeks...

Brent