I frequently get automated (system) requests to seed specific torrents. I take a look at my list of completed and seeding torrents, and the files are there, ready to seed, but aren't uploading. (They're frequently older torrents, but I've got plenty of space so I just keep them there.) If someone is requesting them, then that means that there must be someone who wants them, so they should be uploading/seeding, correct? Or would it just be that the system sends out these automated requests, but there are enough other people also seeding that the files I have aren't needed?

I've tried multiple times to create, upload, and seed a new torrent.  I'm using the QTM program supplied by GayTorrent.ru, as well as uTorrent for a client.  The program creates the torrent correctly, and uploads it, but when uTorrent tries to open the torrent, I get an error message stating that the torrent "contains no hash pieces."  I have successfully created and uploaded other torrents using QTM and uTorrent, so I don't know what the problem is.  It was suggested to me that my filenames in the torrent might contain a foreign character, but I've double-checked and the filenames are OK.