bittorrent etiquette question

[John Lagrue]

I leave it running until I've uploaded at least 70% of any particular
download. So far my upload ratio runs at almost 1.6, so I give more
than I get.

On 02/06/07, fredex <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 01:42:01PM -0700, Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> > I've been running azureus/bittorrent for about 4 hours and have
> > downloaded about 3/4 of the FC7 DVD iso.  As the incredibly cool "swarm"
> > panel of azureus informs me, I've also been helping a lot of other
> > people do the same thing.  My question is: what's the communal thing to
> > do after I've got my copy -- i.e. how long should I stay part of the
> > torrent in order to be doing what's considered fair? --Jerry
>
> I try to leave it up for AT LEAST several hours (6-12) and whenever
> possible for at least a day. I realize it may be even more courteous
> to leave it up for longer, and also helpful to others. I always hate
> it when I try to get a torrent that doesn't have enough people seeding
> it, so it drags along at 3-10 kB/s, so I do try to help out for at
> least a while whenever I can.
>
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