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0 pointswly_cdgr4y ago0 comments

> IPFS has the interesting quality that the more popular a piece of content is, the easier it is to get ahold of.

That sounds like the worst of the current internet, but even worse

0 pointswly_cdgr4y ago0 comments

> IPFS has the interesting quality that the more popular a piece of content is, the easier it is to get ahold of.

That sounds like the worst of the current internet, but even worse

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z3c04y ago· 6 in thread

Or, you know, BitTorrent, which works perfectly fine.

There's a reason private trackers have to incentivize keeping the long tail alive.

Look at any public tracker and you'll find torrents that are very old, swarming strong.

Sometimes I try to get something that is a year old (or even 6 months) and it's stuck for weeks at 99%

Along with those that have 0 seeders.

Survivor bias, there.

z3c04y ago

Yes, there is a reason: because they're private and have limited users.

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