People banning you on soulseek.. Classic or Dud

there is a guy who has been trying relentlessly to download a ratty mixtape off me for the last 2 months. i deleted it weeks and weeks ago, because it wasn't very good. unperturbed he just continues to retry and retry. he messaged me once to ask if i could push all the other people off my queue, so that he could go to the top and download it quicker.

i still didnt ban him

I did it once or twice but when people got annoyed I realised the best thing to do was move the file. An extra download/upload can make everything go so much slower on dial up.

i'm on dial-up and have never banned anyone.

I can understand people on dialup doing it.

i've never cared enough to check people's folders. and i don't think anyone's ever downloaded more than one or two albums from me at a time.

does anyone here do that?

10 per, btw.

I think that happens more often on other file-sharing programs, from what I hear some of them get quite insular and protective.

you should be careful blount, i believe slsk has been known to block ips of ppl usinf multiple usernames.

I got banned from one user, and have no idea why.

if someone downloads something unusual from me, i often go browse their files to see if they have other stuff similar to that. its a good way to discover other interesting things i think. sometimes i am then unable to download anything from them. i still don't ban them though

pheNAM, the only reason I care is because if I see someone downloading something particularly hard to find from me, then I can guess they are also probably sharing some good stuff. I don't often download from someone just because they are from me, but sometimes I do when I see they have a lot of good stuff to sample.

Like I said, I've only ever banned one person, and in that case it was because I suspected this was someone probably hoarding bootlegs, and not sharing - why would they do that? I guess I was turned off by it.

"if I see someone downloading something particularly hard to find from me"

O.K. i see your thinking...I never thought of that, and of course, I don't know how to do that - though I imagine it's pretty easy.

Like I said before, I always have an idea what track I want, and then go searching for it.

I don't give a toss if people don't share. And I allow 3 normal uploaders, 2 from the list.

nonsharers don't bother me that much if they aren't greedy in hogging the queue.

not been banned yet to my knowledge.

I guess some people are just twats.

I have a small HD but I share pretty much every mp3 on it, which is usually around 200-something at a time until I clean it out and depending on what files I am using at the time. I don't get a lot of traffic, but I'm on 56k anyway. I only ever d/l one song from a user at a time just because I feel rude queuing up more when my transfers are so slow. My max upload/download is 3 files at a time, each direction.

I've had people queue up entire live shows from me in the past, but it doesn't bother me. Share the love.

No one ever messages me on slsk either, probably because I have so few files that I look like a boring lamer.

i don't think i've ever been banned, but i've only been on slsk for a few months. i've got limited upload bandwidth (usually cap it at 24k because it's a shared connection) so i've only opened 2+1 slots; when i first started i banned (& then unbanned a few minutes later) a couple kids for chewing up a slot at .1 for 10 hours at a time, but then i figured out i could just add them to my list until they were done to accomplish the same thing.

Does anybody stay online to let people finish downloading? The program slows my computer so mcuh, I never leave it running.

btw, what are the albums/tracks that you have which are most popular with uploaders?

For me its the basic channel cds and capleton albums....

CLASSIC

Sigh.

On the other hand, I'm very friendly to dial-up folks who share openly, and allow them to clog up my queue to finish an album even at just 1K/sec. Sometimes I bump them back in line a bit, but I never ban anyone for the speed at which they're DLing from me.

The only time that I know of getting banned (though I'm sure many people I've banned first have reciprocated) was for trying to download a Public Enemy album from some guy who was only sharing rap/hip-hop. I guess I didn't have enough in my collection to satisfy him. Amusingly, though, the only stuff he was sharing was widely-available commercial/popular stuff. Oh, my staggering loss!

As for slots allowed...I think allowing at least 10K/sec per user is a fair rule of thumb for those on broadband. On cable, my uploads are capped at 35K/sec total, so I have 3 UL slots open to all (no extras for list), allowing an average of 12K/sec per user (often more, since there's usually one dial-up user DLing from me at around 2K/sec, allowing more bandwidth for the other 2 users).

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i added u

HELLO

- Grime: big demand for this.
- Obscuro #1 UK singles, unsurprisingly as it took me ages to find some of them. One of the Winifred Atwells only seems to exist on slsk in one cloned form and I have a sneaking suspicion it might be the wrong tune anyway.

what does VBR stand for?
when you're looking at the search results, why are some files in bold (I realize these are dl'able) and some not? Are some file non-bold because their owners aren't sharing, or what?

2) If the file is in a queue it is non-bold. If the file isn't in a queue it is bold.

What I don't understand - when you search for a file, it comes up on search, you click on it and you get "File Not Shared". How come it's in the search if it's not shared?

I had to ban someone else for not taking "no" for an answer when I told him he couldn't have something I'd removed from my folder.

I often get messages from strangers asking me to add them to my friends list so they can get priority downloading, but I just ignore them. I have to wait in the queue like everyone else does so why should I give them a break? And like Tico Tico said, I don't go to slsk for the conversation.

I do make a point to message a thank you to someone if they are sharing something cool or uncommon.

What I don't like about "stranger" requests is the suggestion that I should go and check their files to confirm that they are worthy. The chance that I'll see something I want is no better than mousing around at random. So, I usually just add them, no questions asked, unless they're a complete ass about messaging me.

I've been banned a few times with no explanation, and I'm wondering if that has something to do with it.

Also, people who like to ban don't like to issue explanations. I'm always seeing in their User Inf,o "Break my rules = BAN & NO WARNING!"

Whaaaa? This strikes me as OTT.

Anyway, I banned someone the other day because I looked at their Info and they were all "If you don't share files, you WILL be banned" but they weren't sharing any files themselves...

I can't even be bothered to waste my time looking into the profile of someone downloading from me on soulseek - or care what their tastes and collections are. Why should I? I just don't understand why this is a big issue with people. I mean, really! OK, I understand if you have dial-up and it's slowing down your computer/connection, but other than that, so what?

I have a very fast cable connection and I allow 20 uploads and have never banned anyone. I even leave the computer on all night just so someone can finish downloading the album they've been trying to get. I've never gotten complaints from anyone or weird messaging either. Or maybe they tried, and I never noticed. Like I said, why bother paying attention to any of that? I'm not on Soulseek to make friends or chat or browse others' collections - and I don't know why anyone would be.

I also am amazed that the most sought after album is Harmonia's "Deluxe". At least three people download this record in its entirety from me every single day. A shame that this is something I ripped from that shitty Germanofon vinyl transcription pirate CD. I really ought to buy the official reissue (and get to hear the last track without the scratch running through it).

Just for that i'll ban that eikel, Bill. ;)

big download at the moment from my HD: Ada - Blondie, followed by M.I.A.'s Schwarzweiss actually.

The Miles Davis 70s stuff always seems to get attention.

Lefty, I've got the Harmonia albums on cd (jap brain/metronome). If you're interested I could put them in my list.

I'm at my then-girlfriend's place. Her copy of Slsk crashes and takes all of her preferences with it, so she reinstalls the program, cues up for some files she wants to download, and, as it's getting late, we decide to turn in for the night.

Cut to the next morning, when we find out that a slsk user who:

a) had been pestering her a great deal for personal advice
and
b) was a known creep in our little circle of Web friends

had downloaded her entire C drive's worth of personal documents. We're talking school essays, personal contact and scheduling info, family photos, pics of her (both clean & naughty), pics of me (ditto), pics of the two of us (yup), AND her entire mp3 collection.

The rest of the weekend was a subdued affair.

Can people download from the whole of your computer? I thought only the soulseek folder was shared.

Nagging question: What does the little bird icon represent, next to the names when you are looking at the list of users in the room? Some are all tight, and some have their wings spread...

isn't the way it's pretty much supposed to go?

the little bird with its wings spread means the user is around, wings closed means they're away but still online/DL-from-able.

And i always thought until recently that VBR was lower quality b/c of the folders that said LAME VBR beside the album name, like it was someone warning "hey, all i could find were these vbr files but watch out they're LAME!"

you can choose which directories you want to share. you don't have to share your save-to folder if you don't want.

Someone queues up my entire folder of People Like Us, so I cancel their downloads and send a helpful message that s/he will get far greater download speeds at peoplelikeus.org. A few hours later I get a message back saying something like "Yeah, I know THAT you idiot, I just didn't want to sit around clicking on all the track individually". Who are these fuckwits?

:/ just got banned by the guy who always has the stuff I want who I was trying to dl the jadakiss album from, not sure why and don't feel like finding out

Well, you could try messaging him. I mean, it could just be a soulseek error or something, you never know.

[18:53][The Dr.] look i'm banning you altho you share your files, out of all the files you have , two tracks in each files bullshit so i'm bannin' you and ignore your ass too
[18:53][etiolate] don't ignore my ass it's great

I found that changing my user name would mean I could recommence downloading from the person who did the banning, then would PM them calling them a peado/blocking them afterwards

People are still using Soulseek?

Sure, there's lots of stuff not floating around blogs or on Spotify.

yup, use it all the time

There's still nothing better than Soulseek for individual tracks, particularly.

yeah, I'm always on soulseek.

Anyway, I only ban people who try to download ALL of my files, I find that extremely annoying.

i give ppl who do that a warning and if they don't heed, ban

barely anyone ever downloads from me

I only ban people who try to download ALL of my files, I find that extremely annoying.
― my own private kanyes west (The Brainwasher)

I use 'download containing folder', it seems like a few users have like 100,000 mp3s in one huge unorganized folder so wherever that happens I panic for a second then the program freezes and I get banned or both. It's annoying.

^That's happened to me too many times with singles that I think are in their own folder but aren't.

wow, flac fetishists on slsk are nazis:

i share ONLY lossless songs and mainly full DVD's

mp3 sharers need not queue here. If i see mp3's in your list you will be banned

one cd at a time and please request DVD's before queueing

you must share at least 1% of what I share.
Currently that minimum is 5350 eac logged lossless, well-organized files. If you queue only artwork, I'll assume it's for your mp3 folder and you will be automatically banned
do not make requests (except for DVD's), complain, or show any ill-will, you will be banned and ignored

sometimes i must go to user list only, so please show patience

If you queue only artwork, I'll assume it's for your mp3 folder and you will be automatically banned

I hate flac people with a ferocity usually reserved for genocidal maniacs, but wth? This guy takes it to another level.

Don't use it much anymore, just for individual songs, but wow, that's amazing--I especially love the 1% benchmark. Wonder how he arrived at that?

If you queue only artwork, I'll assume it's for your mp3 folder and you will be automatically banned

the huge irony here is that all the artwork he's sharing is in lossy jpg format. I want virginal uncompressed .tifs, motherfucker, or I automatically ban your tin eyes!

the real life equivalent of this guy would be a record store clerk who believes vinyl is the only true way to listen to music refusing to sell some kid a Pink Floyd poster (or whatever) because me might hang it on the wall above his CD collection, god forbid.

Oh man, FLAC people are the worst. Especially prog-rock FLAC freaks. And especially the subset of those that are Zappa die-hards.