Mysteriously disappearing uploaded torrent posts
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Hey guys. So I've recently initiated operation Rock Hard Ratio - me uploading files to offset rampant downloading. I successfully uploaded my first file yesterday, and then posted a second one a couple of hours ago. The second file was uploading fine for a while, but I just noticed that it had stopped seeding. After a little investigation I realized that the post is now completely gone. I assume it was removed for some reason or another, and I was hoping to find out why. I was planning on uploading lots of files over the next few weeks, and if I did something wrong I'd like to know what it is so I'm not causing hell for the moderators.
Here's a list of facts, hints, and clues as I see 'em:
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Banned? Nope
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Duplicate? Nope
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Size = 500Mb
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Began seeding immediately
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I thought maybe I uploaded the second file too quickly after my first, but from what I've read the only stipulation is that previous posts have been completely seeded - which it had and then some
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Gay themed? most def
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Not compressed, a collection, DVD-R, and all the other stuff in the uploading rules
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Immediately downloaded the torrent to seed
Details of the removed torrent:
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Title: Czech Hunter 63
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Link: (or used to be, I think, or at least it used to be, just says 'access denied' now) https://www.gaytorrent.ru/details.php?id=cb21e849807154cdbd0d6a0a8880d5f8f89bdfde47be049a&uploaded=1
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File Name: Czech Hunter 63.mp4
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Trackers: http://tracker.gaytorrent.ru:2710/######/announce (##### matches my announce url - read you're supposed to keep it private)
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Torrent created via uTorrent
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No message from the mods detailing why it was removed
Again, the first file I posted is still up and running, and the only thing I can think of that I did differently is when I created the torrent file I checked a box labeled "Private torrent." When I was digging through the forums I read a suggestion to check it to keep your name off of the file, so I did. I also read that removing torrents is a real hassle for moderators, so I didn't want to just start uploading changed files until one stuck. Suggestions?
PS: One other thing that may be suspect is that I also checked the box "Seed immediately" when creating the torrent file. It led to two versions of the file popping up in my client: one with public trackers and one with the gaytorrent.ru tracker. I had just read something about not including public trackers, so I immediately stopped the public version. Consequently, this was also done with the first file I uploaded, though I now realize that I never stopped the public version of that one. It's just sitting there doing nothing.
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NEVERMIND.
Just figured it out. Turns out it was a duplicate after all. When I searched to see if it had already been posted I neglected to uncheck all the categories. In fact, looks like all of the Czech Hunters are already up and running. Sigh Thought I'd finally spotted a hole in the market - was planning on uploading a bunch of them to pay off some major ratio debt. Double sigh Oh well, back to digging through the ol' library.
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Your share ratio isn't that bad, nearly 0.800, so you keep up with our highest requirement, which isn't easy without uploading own torrents.
If you keep the data files of your downloads for long, I see 7 dead torrents in your completed list. If you start reseeding them and give me a PM, I'll promote them to the top of the list. Upload ensured for you and we keep a torrent alive. A Win - Win situation.
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Just in passing, don't duplicate removals get one of the standard messages with tick boxes saying why the torrent has gone?
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Duplicates are deleted immediately after being identified, unless they have a user still downloading from it. In that case, we mark it as a duplicate in the title and block any further downloads from it. It is later deleted when there are no more leechers from it.
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Riddler, I appreciate that. But when I recently accidentally posted a torrent from a banned source, the torrent was deleted immediately but I got a message immediately telling me why it had been deleted.
Could that happen with duplicates?
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My idea is that duplicates reports will generate a PM to it's uploader telling him his upload was reported duplicate and to which torrent. That will give him the chance to look himself and appeal if he thinks it is wrong.
However once a new upload is reported as duplicate, most of the time it has already many downloader. The majority of members does not know how to change to the original. Therefore we remove it from the list, but let finish upload and downloads and only then delete the torrent. Our messaging system dates from the "approval" times and sends messages on deleting a torrent only.
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cannonmc –- the generation of a duplicate message to an uploader occurs when it is another user who reports it. However, if a staff member makes the identification, there are two ways that this can occur, one of which generates a duplicate message to an uploader, while another one does not. Programming inconsistency; but the majority of uploaders who post a duplicate, yes, do receive a message about it.
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Gotcha, both - thanks for making things clear
