I joined PHD recently since it's one I could get into without an invite. There is a lot of content, but almost no one is downloading. As a result, I can't build up my ratio so I can download anything. Imo, these places go against the spirit of torrenting and it seems like they can't even function properly when people only download brand new content.

[–] tooting_lemmy@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah to get a good ratio you basically need to get a seedbox which cost money anyway. Might as well just use Usenet. I have one private tracker I use I found the best thing to do is seed large obscure tvpacks. Also porn.

[–] cooper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a server so I'd be happy to long seed, but I can't even get started unfortunately. Too bad.

[–] Jarmer@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago

if you have a seedbox, the easy way to get a good ratio is just to follow whatever release group is popular on the site, and just literally start seeding every single thing they release. Often times on PHD you'll get a free or half download if it's an internal group, and if it's a popular movie or show it'll get loads of downloads. I did this exact thing, and after a little while I had basically infinite ratio and have been using the site for years without even worrying about ratio.