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@MrMazda I appreciate how complicated--and brittle--internal search engines can be. The sysadmins are to be commended for their work on what is an inherently difficult problem.

Some years back the Dell computer company implemented fuzzy logic/soft comparison processes with its online "help" chat. I remember getting so fed up with it once that I thought I'd ask it if it could sell me Viagra. After a pause, it came back with, "are you having trouble with your VGA adapter?" to which I responded "yes, it won't go in the hole." Things went downhill from there. Unfortunately the screen went blank before I could copy the entire chat.

@zavax said in How is it decided who has the duplicated torrent?:

I just had a torrent I uploaded a couple months ago deleted for being a duplicate just after someone else uploaded the same movie this morning. My upload was first yet the new uploader's file was allowed to be loaded and mine deleted. Not sure how or why the system works this way.

I think you're likely mistaken...

Purely from observation: when a duplicate is detected, the DUPE is removed - but since people will have SEEN it, and maybe WANTED IT, the mods push-up the original... so it LOOKS new. Usually, they also FREELEECH it for a while... I think thats how they keep the "pool" of freeleech torrents "full" 🙂

To confirm, on most FREELEECH torrents, you will see a RECYCLE logo on the torrent name, and an "Original Upload" line in the description...

I'm pretty sure those are the torrents that were duped.

Then again, mods are people too... if you think YOUR torrent was newer, write the helpdesk and ask!