How can everyone on a private tracker maintain seed ratios above 1? Is it mathematically impossible? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago by lemuria@lemmy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I know that private trackers require users to maintain a good seed ratio. How exactly does that work out mathematically? If a bunch of users have seed ratios above 1, does that mean that there are some users who will forever be below 1, and thus end up getting kicked out, thus resulting in the private tracker just... shrinking over time?

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[-] yaroto98@lemmy.org 4 points 4 days ago

Some enable freeleach. I can set this in prowlarr so I only download freeleach items. These don't count for leeching, just seeding. Then you set your seed ratio to whatever they recommend like say 5x or 30 days. If you're looking for something that isn't freeleach, then it'll count against you a little, but your ratio should be high enoigh to handle it. Bonus points on top of that too. I use one private and lots of public.