Re:What.CD is shutting down
by plussed_reader on Thursday November 17, 2016 @06:21PM
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How hard is it to find a couple of popular items and host those for a bit/few days? Easy way to build ratio karma.
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I was a What.cd member years ago (early college) and had two issues: 1) disk space, 2) connectivity/laptop
It was hard to maintain content long enough to seed if you want to consume content but don't have much disk space. And with just a laptop it can be hard to keep an internet connection to seed.
Eventually it became more effort than it was worth and I just used the top charts to find the music elsewhere. tbh I haven't since found a better source for high quality music recommendations.
Very. Even downloading new releases on the top charts, I found that I could only get about 1-5% seeded in an entire month. Unless you're one of the first 10 people to start seeding that torrent, it's basically hopeless to get a high ratio just from that.