Klaus_1250 Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 On occassion, I come across torrents with a very small swarm and ridiculously low speeds. I never could understand why, untill I visited a friend recently who I pointed to uTorrent. Because he had some issues getting decent speeds, he marked everything he downloaded as super-seeding thinking the word super means better and faster :-(I'm wondering if not more people are doing this and if they are, how to stop them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 lots of people do this because they're complete idiots, sadly. Also, small public swarms tend to have BitComet and stuff as the seeder, which means terrible speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Maybe new features shouldn't be given such cool names... that way, it *might* deter people from screwing around with what they don't understand xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 I still think it should be renamed 'Initial Seeding' or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus_1250 Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 I'm not sure wheter it should be renamed, more hidden or get a big fat warning sign. For your average n00b, things like super, ultra, gold, platinum always seem to create a special kind of attraction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 ...and attract clueless idiots that dn't realize it's not "better" in most cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B!LL Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 I still think it should be renamed 'Initial Seeding' or somethingdo it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenkaz Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Initial seeding would just make people think that they need to do it in the start or something, perhaps something like 'Solo Seeding' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moody Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Would it not be better for the whole community if it were controlled by the client? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus_1250 Posted March 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 You could name it effiicient seeding, or put the words "(slow)" behind super-seeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenkaz Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Or perhaps you could just put up a message the first 1-3 times people turn it on explaining: What it is, What it does and When it should be used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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