I have some questions about soulseek. (Hopefully this fits here) (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Sentry64@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Hello, i've been thinking about using soulseek for the very first time to download some music and such. I had a couple of questions from the c/piracy community.

Do i need to stay logged in on soulseek even if i am or am not sharing stuff? Obviously i can't be online and have my pc powered on 24/7 as i have a life outside the web (and other things aswell). so i hope that's understandable as to why i asked, i was worried i'd get banned if i don't be online like all the time.
Would a vpn work just fine with soulseek even if the vpn has support for port forwarding? There's an obvious reason as to why i'd use one.
Which soulseek client should i use, Nicotine+? or soulseek's actual client (i use Linux Mint, in case y'all were wondering. I might move to debian though!)

That's all i want to ask for now, hopefully these aren't dumb to ask. I'll be waiting for replies (might not reply to all of them so i apologize), thanks!

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[-] cannon_annon88@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago

I'm not sure about question 1, but I think the answer is yes, you do need to be logged in to share unless you have some other setup going on like a dedicated server or something. I just use it on my PC and try to leave it on when I can, but nobody ever seems to download from me, haha.

I use a VPN, haven't had any issues or had to configure anything for it specifically.
I do use nicotine+ (also on Linux) because I had some issues with the actual program downloaded from their website. Not sure what it was because I didn't really try to fix it after I found out about Nicotine+. It works great.

[-] Sentry64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

alright noted, thanks!! and tbh i mainly asked about question 1 cause i was worried if i'd get banned if i don't be online 24/7 (i'll find a way to edit my post actually to clarify). anyway sorry for my yapping, thank you again for answering!

[-] cannon_annon88@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

No problemo! The only thing I've run into with regards to being banned by other users is to not have anything or very little available for download. I got a warning from someone I downloaded from when I first joined because my library was very small and I didn't have my filesystem figured out yet so I was sharing the wrong folders.

Also on my end, when I have a download queued for weeks or sometimes months, and the user never seems to log in, that can be frustrating. But I'm like you I don't have my computer on 24/7, just try to be available when I can and have my whole music folder available for sharing, haven't gotten any complaints yet.