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Stop Downloading Fakes and Junk From BitTorrent

torrentfreak.com — Many experienced file-sharers can’t understand why relative novices manage to download so much junk from BitTorrent. Fake downloads that never finish, video files which refuse to play, movies that require special players and unwatchable video are easily avoided. But how do they do it?

Who dugg this? Made popular Dec 5, 2007

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  • inactive, on 12/05/2007, -2/+142these are the same people that like installing custom toolbars with their software
  • bballbackus, on 12/05/2007, -2/+103Except all the comments on the pirate bay are stupid dumbasses asking for help on the file
  • h4mx0r, on 12/05/2007, -2/+93halp its a iso how do I use??? i want to play badly
  • doshindude, on 12/05/2007, -2/+56OMG this torrent is a virus it is only 1KB!!!!!
  • listed, on 12/05/2007, -7/+45You also can't trust the comments these days too. MPAA & RIAA hired ***** to post that the torrents uploaded by legit users are fake, therefore deluding novice and first-timers.
  • vampiregabe, on 12/05/2007, -3/+40There is no USENET.
    Move along.
    Nothing to see here.
  • Verdanic, on 12/05/2007, -0/+22Those bastards who double click links, you mean?
  • tnoy, on 12/05/2007, -1/+20You're wrong, it died in the mid 90s. Really. There is no reason to look into it. Move along.
  • titlesaysitall, on 12/05/2007, -1/+191. Find a fire.
    2. Die in it.
    3. ???
    4. Profit!
  • fugazi, on 12/05/2007, -2/+19Good stay away from everythin.... there is no usenet.
  • capiCrimm, on 12/05/2007, -3/+17burn to dvd, insert into rectum. Enjoy.
  • jjb123, on 12/05/2007, -0/+13Yeah, and you can't keep it or make dvds and they have crappy audio and video quality. Good trade off to avoid the 30 minute download.
  • inactive, on 12/05/2007, -1/+12Actually the comments are reliable about 90% of the time if you know what you are looking for. Seeing this article made me laugh too because I literally just left torrentz.com wondering why there were over 5,000 people downloading a clearly fake copy of "the golden compass".
  • TheNik, on 12/05/2007, -2/+12lol paying for piracy is funny.
  • Ihavethespeed, on 12/05/2007, -2/+12FAIL
  • PorcupineTree, on 12/05/2007, -1/+11Wait, you can actually find what you're looking for with their search engine? No *****!
  • merdiesel, on 12/05/2007, -1/+10You wonder why people start up private trackers...
  • Tenoq, on 12/05/2007, -0/+8*Whoosh*
  • nullx42, on 12/05/2007, -0/+8@ Secleinteer: Not all usenet is payed for dumb ass. Road runner has THE BEST, Hands down, FREE ISP usenet. Add me as a friend on digg and "shout" me you email or IM SN if you have RR and want to know more. you wont regret it.

    @Makaveli: stfu about something you know nothing about. Something doesn't suck because you dont have access to it, jack ass.
  • jcaino, on 12/05/2007, -0/+8you mean like direct connect?
  • goonnoodles, on 12/05/2007, -0/+7unlike you?
  • goonnoodles, on 12/05/2007, -0/+7Plz Halp! will give fr3e sexies.
  • capiCrimm, on 12/05/2007, -0/+7how am I supposed to shove VLC into my rectum?
  • scabbers, on 12/05/2007, -3/+10There does seem to be a large increase in the hopeless noob torrent commenters who can't get anything to work. I'm starting to suspect some of them are mediadefender trolls.
  • Rustymetal, on 12/05/2007, -2/+8unlimited download and top notch speeds for access to anything ? Why would I use a torrret that downloads at 100-300 kbs when I could get 1mb off usenet.
  • Bartboy919, on 12/05/2007, -3/+9Hey Kid!
    Stop All The Downloadin'!
  • dsm88, on 12/05/2007, -0/+6IRC FTW !
  • Zedoriah, on 12/05/2007, -1/+7Because there aren't that many people downloading it. Since most people hit the torrent with the most seeders + leachers they use their bot net to inflate the number of "users" on a torrent. That was leaked with their emails.
  • theblacknight, on 12/05/2007, -1/+7And how should we find these private trackers? I certainly don't expect the ones posted on major news sites to continue to be valuable.
  • Vodka2389, on 12/05/2007, -0/+6It's one thing to download fake stuff, but why do they continue to seed it?
  • LLamaStar, on 12/05/2007, -0/+6The people who have this problem will more than likely never read this article.
  • tnoy, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5Especially when you can get all those Linux ISOs for free using torrents
  • MackDiesel2010, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5They get hired to say stuff like "THIS IS A VIRUS my Mcafe said so!" or "THIS IS JUST CASION ROYAL FAKE!!!!!!1"
  • petebert, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5considering the price of software, the $10 a month certainly pays for itself. and like rusty said downloading a dvd in 30-60 minutes isnt bad either
  • Smaulz, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5Holy *****, I dunno why, but this whole exchange had me dyin'...LOL
  • Verdanic, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5Usually the answer is within the first page of comments, but it's followed by 30 pages of the same question over and over again in the most hideous english I've ever seen.
  • goonnoodles, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4Oh no sir... Up yours..
  • brenden67, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4You pay for your internet service, right? You don't have to pay separately for usenet if you don't want to. Your comment shows how ignorant you truly are.
  • Thedarklord187, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4for the people who are simple minded and dont understand your information let me break it down in the simple version. basically fake torrents make it look like there are people downloading alot to entice you to download it in turn createing the great dusch methods they enploy . I hate the MPAA there all old ***** with nothing else to do but annoy us
  • kigabit, on 12/05/2007, -1/+5The number of people who have nearly no idea how their computer works is rather astounding.
  • jeffsback2223, on 12/05/2007, -1/+5I find that checking the size works well. You're not going to have a 145kb movie, are you?
  • DPowers08, on 12/05/2007, -1/+4I've seen comments where people download only the .torrent file and then complain when their songs (or whatever) don't play.
  • 0ldmankdude, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3you mean like xdcc channels?
  • nymphetamine, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3SOMEONE SHUT THAT DAMN WINDOW!
  • spiffytech, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3I smell a profitable business idea...
  • nullx42, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3its been done. DC++ is one that comes to mind. Or the Tesla
  • llamaguy132, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3Leechers rule? welcome to my block list
  • Thedarklord187, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3this is too true i cant stand people who ask questions when theyve already been awsnered if only people could understand that your suppose to read the comments before you post
  • MeThePeople, on 12/05/2007, -1/+4two words: invite me
  • tnoy, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2Do people actually still use IRC fservs?
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