Seeding/Ratio - partially downloaded
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New to the site and have been trying the following method whereby I only download some of the files within a large freeleech torrent (e.g. 18gb plus torrent but I only select about 3gb to download). But I noticed that the torrent once downloaded shows as leeching rather than seeding and it doesn't seems to help with the ratio
So does this method actually work?
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@Asia89oz said in Seeding/Ratio - partially downloaded:
New to the site and have been trying the following method whereby I only download some of the files within a large freeleech torrent (e.g. 18gb plus torrent but I only select about 3gb to download). But I noticed that the torrent once downloaded shows as leeching rather than seeding and it doesn't seems to help with the ratio
So does this method actually work?
I think you're confused about something.
First: there are only 3 ways to get "upload credit" here:
- Actually upload data to other users (seeding - with connections), or
- Trade in Seed Bonus Points - several ways to get them, but 600 SBP is only 10GB upload credit, or
- Use the Donate button at the top of the Torrent site page
Also, FREELEECH means exactly what the name implies: when you download a torrent's contents while it is in FREELEECH mode, the downloaded bytes do not count against your ratio.
- All downloaded data (bytes) are tracked (some are used to compute your downloaded data summary, some are not - all are tracked)
- Partial uploads & downloads count, just exactly as full upload and download bytes... data transferred is data transferred (even if you're downloading the same data multiple times)
Finally: the definition of a SEEDER is someone who has all of the contents of a torrent and is sharing them via the tracker. Partially downloaded torrents are not "all" there, so if you didn't complete the torrent, you'll never be a seeder (only a leecher). That does NOT mean you can't share what parts you have - and if you do, you'll get upload credits for that data - but you will NOT get "seed bonus points" until you're actually a seeder.
I hope this helps...
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@bi4smooth Thank you so much for the explanation. Really appreciate it.
