What is a good ratio to keep on a torrent

[KushBlow]

Minimum is 1.0 but I recommend 3.0+ .

why 3.0+ ? many users can't achieve a 3+ ratio... it would be more coherent to recommend them to seed as long as they can.

ON TL and IPT it's pretty easy. That's how I was taught at least. Seed it to 1:1; then triple it.

[cinephilia]

i meant that 3 is just a number, you can't recommend a specific ratio regarding the disparities between members speeds...
it's why we can only recommend torrenters to seed as long as they can (without capping their upload speed of course).

[Tokeman]

Minimum is 1.0 but I recommend 3.0+ .

Some sites have a 0.7 minimum per torrent, some just have a minimum time to seed regardless of ratio. Some sites are just freeleech, and have no requirements.

Obviously its best to try and seed to 1/1 regardless, but check your tracker FAQ and Rules for details and requirements.

[Villalltheway]

Minimum is 1.0 but I recommend 3.0+ .

why 3.0+ ? many users can't achieve a 3+ ratio... it would be more coherent to recommend them to seed as long as they can.

totally agree with this is ridicilous to think everyone can seed to 3, id just say seed as long as possible and try achieve something like 1.1.

[Tokeman]

If everyone tried seeding to a 3 ratio, then there would be a bunch of peers with very bad ratio's as a result. Overseeding isn't a good thing most times, on most torrents. You end up screwing some one with a slower connection who's just trying to reach 1/1, but now can't because of overseeders.

[Polarbear]

the times when you were a supercool user on a tracker with a ratio of 8.0 and a buffer of 1.5 tb are gone. most of the smaller communities tend to appreciate it more when you actually leech instead of overseed nowadays.

tracker racing buffer whores are newbish and out.

[nsk]

Personally I never stop seeding anything I download until it's time to clean out the hard drive (6 month-ish rotation) it averages out at about 3:1 for most of my sites with a few hundred GB or so buffer.

Ditto.

[Time-Traveller]

the times when you were a supercool user on a tracker with a ratio of 8.0 and a buffer of 1.5 tb are gone. most of the smaller communities tend to appreciate it more when you actually leech instead of overseed nowadays.

tracker racing buffer whores are newbish and out.

For sure plenty seedboxes is both a blessing and a curse on ratio free sites it's a blessing but on sites like bitmetv it can make your life difficult on a home connection, the solution I came up with to bitmetv was what I call "Race-Chunk-Seeding" on very popular torrents


**Edit**

tracker racing buffer whores - Hahahahah Awesome name lolz +1

[KushBlow]

If everyone tried seeding to a 3 ratio, then there would be a bunch of peers with very bad ratio's as a result. Overseeding isn't a good thing most times, on most torrents. You end up screwing some one with a slower connection who's just trying to reach 1/1, but now can't because of overseeders.

Well it's not my fault I just add a torrent to my Kimsufi box and I get a crazy ratio next morning lol.

[Time-Traveller]

If everyone tried seeding to a 3 ratio, then there would be a bunch of peers with very bad ratio's as a result. Overseeding isn't a good thing most times, on most torrents. You end up screwing some one with a slower connection who's just trying to reach 1/1, but now can't because of overseeders.

Well it's not my fault I just add a torrent to my Kimsufi box and I get a crazy ratio next morning lol.

Limit your upload speed and give us mortals a chance then the Tardas has only got 16/1.5 mb adsl, or set it to stop seeding at ratio 1,2,3 or whatever your happy with