They'll never know the magic (read: virus minefield) that was WinMX, Kazaa, Limewire, etc.
this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2025
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sidenote, are memes allowed? it doesn't say anything about them not being allowed, but I don't see anybody posting any ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Or the even worse era of trolling IRC chats looking for DCC bots and hoping your feeble attempts at security or obfuscation will hold. Ah, the good ol days.
Warez websites with 9/10 links broken ftw
xdcc msg MoViEgOdz! get pack #128
*starts downloading hardcore goat sex*
"Ah shit, I meant 127โ
xdcc msg MoViEgOdz! cancel 128
*goat sex downloads even faster*
"...well, at least it'll be educational"
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Ah limewhire where you went to download ripped halo 3 roms and ended up with a few GB of amature porn
I pulled down some random ass pop song, and it ended up being some guy noodling on a keyboard playing a half assed version of the cantina song from Star Wars. I set it to my phone's ringtone. No idea when that mp3 was long, it was a LONG time ago
I downloaded an Elvis song with a mispelled song title, and for a while I would refer to it as "Quspicious Minds" and sing along
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my favorite was the Madonna song that was just Madonna saying "What the fuck do you think you're doing?" over and over again for three minutes, and then someone made a dance remix of it and uploaded it again
Soulseek was the best
Was
Is.* Nicotine+ is the client to make it even better.
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Speak for urselves lul (I dk how to seed tho)
Just let the torrent keep going after you're done
Tried that but for some reason it doesn't seed :3
If you don't have a port forwarded for your torrent client, then only the people that do will be able to download from you. Unfortunately, most VPN providers don't support port forwarding.
If you move or delete the files it would break it
Yeah I could guess that, but no just sitting around it either doesn't upload anything or uploads and absurdly small amount (less than 50mb)
Probably an issue with connecting to peers or trackers. One common issue is not having the port forwarded properly at your router.
Yeah I see the same thing and I self host a seedbox that has hundreds of seeding torrents. Some torrents do get some seeding action but most never upload anything. Never figured out why but some private trackers give you points towards your up/down ratio the longer you seed so I just roll with that ยฏ\(ใ)/ยฏ
I gave up on private trackers a while ago. Nothing I've ever been looking for was obscure enough to warrant putting up with their bullshit rules.
Ah, yeah that's fair. I'm on a few but primarily use TorrentLeech which is more relaxed about things. To be honest though, torrents are my fallback anyway and most of my downloads are done via Usenet
Just took a look at Torrentleech. It does seem more relaxed. Last one I was on restricted which versions your client had to be, but didn't keep up with updates. Between that and their solution to new people not being able to gain upload credit being to purchase credits, I got tired of it and bailed.
Only private tracker I use is MyAnonymouse, they've got all the books/audiobooks anyone could ever need, which I have had a really hard time finding on public trackers. Their rules are super lenient as well.
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make sure your torrent client is bound to your VPN interface before seeding also :)
Depends on the country tho, in some countries you will not have legal issues
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Two things. 1. Already mentioned, you need to be connectable. Torrent client port needs opened on router admin panel. 2. You can only seed if there is another user(s) actively downloading that data. And if you're 1 of many seeders, you're only uploading a little bit
Theres a lot more to it but thats a good high level overview
Not to mention XDCC over IRC
I actually maintain my own xdcc download client
Iโve watched so much free anime by being bisexual
They can't even eat Hot Chip? ๐คฏ
in this economy?
They can't even drink Driz Izzle.
Hey now, Iโm younger than that and I know how to do both things lol
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I personally just check the db0 megathread and torrent from there, sometimes I watch online because I cant be bothered to download tho
You can stream popular torrents. It can be challenging with more niche content (unless you're on private trackers), but you're not going to find niche content streams in the first place.
It's wrong, but also, it's right a surprisingly good amount of the time.
Wait, is torrenting actually dying out?
i kid you not my roommate watched a movie someone posted on Twitter
Nah, not until all of the GenXers and Xennials die out at least
It's still somewhat big in certain regions, even younger people torrent (although streaming piracy is more popular).
Wtf is torrent
its just advertising places "to rent", like craigslist, but for films. Sometimes the rent is free
I think its means like a whole bunch of water all at once depending on context
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I miss eMule. ๐ข
Last I checked it still works.
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If you're not in a hurry, that is.
Let them be the fodder for the authorities
It's the other way around, torrents are monitored, downloads on webpages are not (unless they use P2P streaming)
The big difference is that with torrents you also upload data to other peers, which is what fucks you copyright-wise.
Also remember kids, if you're not in the US throw those DMCA claims in the trash
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