FTN : before and after the ratio system

[pandabear]

Yup its nice to grab old stuff, and not worry at all. Only problem is people are grabbing old things, and seeding to 36 hours and dumping at times, which means its harder for next person to grab etc. Thats why i still prefer TL/ScT over FTN for old things, because theres usually a lot more seeds available. Maybe thats more the larger userbase not the seeding rules. But yea a lot of the userbase are well disciplined members who are willing to seed for much longer and much higher than min time and ratio. Only problem i suppose is the influx of new users, who will need to learn the system.

[zizo85]

its great system

[monk3y]

better better better

[Pazzini]

I have noticed no decrease in speed what so ever...I nearly always max out my connection, currently 2.3MBps.

FTN is and always will be great!

[fOrUmAs]

this is a question for ftn members only

do you find the downloads speed less or equal to before the no ratio system was implemented ?

just curious

i know if such a system was implemented in a site like TL , it would have been a complete disaster .

well i dont no how there was when they have ratio system since i have join there after they removed ratio ,but its not to hard to guess how it was

also with ratio gone more people can now download with no worry abouth they ratio and that is one of the best things on FTN..

p.s speed is great

[wrongun92]

so a curious question would be? Which economy functions better? A ratio one or a non-ratio one.

One of the factors would surely be how well behaved the community of the tracker is. I reckon ratioless(if you can call them that), are probably on trackers that have good users and thus good community. If you get a favor from the tracker, the majority of the users are good enough to return the favor.

It all depends on one's environment. For instance, if you see people around you holding the door for you at malls and other places, one also feels the need to do it out of courtesy.

[FatBob]

Yup its nice to grab old stuff, and not worry at all. Only problem is people are grabbing old things, and seeding to 36 hours and dumping at times, which means its harder for next person to grab etc. Thats why i still prefer TL/ScT over FTN for old things, because theres usually a lot more seeds available. .

thats the part i was worried about , the 36 hours seeding rule and the no ratio system on old torrents

i guess some people just love seeding and sharing irrespective of the seeding hour rules and no ratio system

i have great respect for such people

so i guess only torrent sites with a strong community will dare to do something like the non ratio system

[Beenieman]

Since the ratio was removed at ftn I've not noticed any negative impact and speeds have remained the same if not better, What I have noticed too is more users and in turn torrents staying alive longer regardless of the 36 hour rule.

So all in all it's been a positive move and has encouraged people to be more active in my opinion.

[fazzy07]

I wasn't there before the ratio free rule but the speeds have always been good

Even on older 2+weeks torrents its maxes on the popular stuff and the packs are seeded well too

Some other older stuff aren't seeded and ftn sometimes misses releases. Well, thats what I have other trackers for

[pandabear]

Yup its nice to grab old stuff, and not worry at all. Only problem is people are grabbing old things, and seeding to 36 hours and dumping at times, which means its harder for next person to grab etc. Thats why i still prefer TL/ScT over FTN for old things, because theres usually a lot more seeds available. .

thats the part i was worried about , the 36 hours seeding rule and the no ratio system on old torrents

i guess some people just love seeding and sharing irrespective of the seeding hour rules and no ratio system

i have great respect for such people

so i guess only torrent sites with a strong community will dare to do something like the non ratio system

Yea luckily on ftn, the percentages of good users to bad users is good users >> Bad users.