Soulseek down / not searching? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by rando@lemmy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Has something changed regarding soulseek? I don't seem to get any results for searching. I tried previously searched terms and even those are returning blank. If there is better place to ask question/debug help regarding soulseek, let me know.

[EDIT Solved]: as suggested in comments : some artists are unsearchable

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[-] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

Possibly unrelated but certain artists seem to be blacklisted on that platform for some reason

[-] ye_olde_noob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Like who?

[-] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

This was a few months back but when I searched for Luke Bryan, nothing came up. I had to get creative to find the song I wanted. Think it was called country girl. I haven't tried recently but it would be interesting to see if it's still like that

[-] A_Asselin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

Term "Bryan" is blocked. Search "luke *ryan" instead.

[-] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Weird! Why?

[-] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago

Sometimes it's better to put something in your big book of sailor's secrets and not ask around too much.

Mum's the word.

[-] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

😂 okay

[-] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

13 years old forum post about this, with a reply from Nir Arbel, the founder:

https://www.slsknet.org/news/node/717

Yeah, I can't go into too much detail, but we have to filter certain things.

[-] Blxter@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

That's wild I had no idea actually

[-] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Crazy

[-] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 1 week ago

Following

[-] rando@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Oh didn't know it's a thing, thanks

[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

iirc you also can't search michael jackson lol

[-] rando@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

I'm dumb, it was absolutely this. (Actually previously searchable artist is also not searchable that's why I got so worked up). All good now

[-] hefty4871@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

A tip I found that works is to search for a song in the album you're looking for. I like to use the most unique sounding title from the album. Then if you get a result, browse the user's collection and you'll likely find the rest of the album.