@idumy This gets really complicated. I "nearly" had an answer and was going to post an "info guide", then I discovered a whole other layer which has made me pause and rethink.

In simple terms, at least one person in a swarm has to be contactable to start the torrent "conversation". This translates to having their port-forwarding enabled and correctly set up in the client. Most of us hide behind a VPN. Most VPNs don't support port forwarding.

The amount of seeders and leechers in a swarm is, in theory, irrelevant, except that the more there are, the more likely one has the port forwarding capability needed for everything to start working. The only solutions I've found so far is to switch to a VPN provider who does have a port forwarding feature, or to risk running a torrent client without that protection, exposing your real IP to the world.

I've recently tried this with another member. I'd been theoretically seeding several torrents for ages yet, even though there had also been one leecher connected for ages, nothing ever transferred. I installed a totally separate client to ensure clear separation and turned off my main client, then turned off my VPN and added four of the problem torrents to it - three I was seeding and one I was leeching but had been stuck on for weeks. The three I was seeding immediately began transferring and ran through to completion, and the other member confirmed he'd successfully grabbed them. Unfortunately this didn't solve my own leeching requirement. Having completed this test, I reverted everything back to normal.

A day or two later, suddenly around twenty similarly stuck torrents came to life, including the one I was trying to leech. On checking, I learned that the other member had tried temporarily switching to another VPN - Proton - who DO support port forwarding.

This explanation is also supported by something else I couldn't previously explain. When I upload new torrents, they can often take two, three, or even more hours before they actually start seeding. These are fairly niche torrents - Asian BL - so only a small amount of takers. The time taken is more to do with the number of leechers. There often needs to be four or five before it starts. Once it does, it's full speed ahead. Sometimes, for no apparent explanation until now, the new torrent starts pretty much as soon as there's one leecher. I can only conclude that one leecher does have port forwarding enabled and working.

Sorry that the above is so detailed! This issue has been bugging me for an awful long time, and I don't think it's something many are aware of, so I thought it information worth sharing. Unfortunately, I've now learned that it's not "the" answer I've been seeking, as there are a couple of other factors to consider. I've currently paused in my search for understanding, as I was a little worried my head would explode!

Please understand that I'm NOT suggesting just turning your VPN off for everything. We use them for a reason, and torrenting without this privacy shield is extremely risky. But, if there's something you're desperate for and you're notionally exposing yourself ( ) to only one or two seeders, you may consider it a risk worth taking in that instance. I do, though, recommend doing this one or two torrents at a time, and using a different client dedicated to solely that purpose, to minimise the risk of accidentally torrenting as usual while you're naked for all the world to see!

@makaradze Don't worry about those disabled trackers - they're supposed to say that. They're linked to public tracker access, and as every torrent here is private, what would be concerning is if any WERE showing as enabled.

I can't really speak to the actual issue much, other than to say that I've also noticed a fall in my volume of upload / seeding traffic over the last day or two, but this could well be simply because no-one happens to want what I'm offering right now.

It is unusual enough, though, that I've noticed and will likely run a test or two if it continues. My ratio is dropping dangerously close to the target I've arbitrarily set myself, so I'm starting to get a little nervous.

@DandyLion Interesting that I'm not listed as a seeder. As mentioned in my DM, when I paused that torrent, then after waiting a short while, refreshed my browser page, the total number of torrents dropped by one. When I then restarted it, it increased by one. So it appears it's being counted somewhere, just not where you'd expect it to be showing up.

What would be more interesting is if the numbers for how many torrents I'm seeding is calculated using the same source data as where you looked at individual seeding. If so, good luck with that!

@DandyLion Just for additional info, I too have this problem on 8 out of around 440 torrents.

As you can see from the screenshot above, many of these are actually seeding, but I assume because they're unregistered, I'm not earning upload credit. In most cases, once I noticed the issue I tried deleting the torrent, downloading the .torrent file again, and readding it, but the problem persists.

Just thought it might be helpful to know that this isn't an isolated incident attributable to a single user's configuration or an issue with a specific torrent.

Mod Edit: Removed picture due to Torrent Key visible

Old site or new site? In lists or on a torrent's description page? If lists, which viewing mode or is it all of them? Pictures which were previously permanently displayed or only revealed on hover?

A more detailed description of precisely what the issue, ideally accompanied by a screenshot or two, will more likely result in being able to offer advice on how to overcome it.

Sorry, unless you're talking about generally, and a torrent that hasn't yet been fully seeded at least once? In which case, uploaders get notified of any comment left on their torrent.

@seshio17 It would be helpful to know which torrent you're talking about!

@bstar97 I think @frostycab 's figures for the potential benefit ratio are a little optimistic. Most downloading takes place when a torrent is new. It's seen on the first viewed pages when people look at what has recently been uploaded, and is often the torrent equivalent of an impulse buy.

As soon as you've uploaded 100% to someone, that person also becomes a potential seed. It doesn't always work out that way, of course, but it also doesn't work out that you get huge credit, even if a torrent is popular.

Example: I uploaded a 9.39GB torrent on the 25th April. My upload credit is now 21.5GB (228%). However, it has been snatched twenty-six times, and there are currently a dozen others seeding it. It is likely that many of those will only seed short term, then delete the torrent, if not the files themselves, so it will drop to only two or three seeders. I'll then get a bigger share of the pie again, but it's also likely that takers for that particular torrent will be infrequent as well. You're no longer offering to people thinking "ooh, that look fun" but to people looking to complete a collection, or who have just discovered a particular performer they'd not known about before, and are looking for more of his output, etc.

I'm with @frostycab on the solution being to increase your own local storage.

A tip that works for me is that I split my downloads into "Short term" and "Long term". Not only by tagging it so (I use qBittorrent where it's incredibly easy. Don't know about other clients) but literally. Once downloaded, most goes into the "short term" pot, and I copy it into a "holding area". Here I can prune, rename, restructure, convert format, etc., to my heart's content without disrupting my seeding ability.

I monitor my short term seeding space, deleting stuff when it no longer earns its keep and | or in accordance with space availability. Some of the stuff that I do decide to keep permanently can also be "long term" seeded, which both continually dripfeeds my ratio, and keeps torrents accessible to other members.

According to the International Adult Film Database, Quinton Nevins is a stage name of Kacey Jones.

You'll find details of other productions he has been in here: https://www.iafd.com/person.rme/id=65ab6eac-3c43-4b2c-a216-2f955b892ac0

@Rayshine In qBittorrent, switch to the "Trackers" tab (1) and check what it says at (2). If it says "unregistered torrent", it has likely been deleted. I'm fairly sure it has because I just got sent to a 404 page by the link you gave.

Follow the line back from "Unregistered torrent", to the "Status" column. Is that "Not working"?

This status / message is usually the result of a torrent having been deleted. That could be because of copyright strikes, site rule infringement, or simply if a new torrent isn't seeded to completion. (i.e. At least one person has downloaded it in full.)

As long as the torrent isn't huge, and it's not obscure enough that few want to grab it, it should download for someone pretty quickly, depending on your own upload speed limit. If in doubt, set it going on a Friday evening, so it has all weekend to complete.

Once you've created and uploaded it, you MUST download the torrent from the site, as if you were just grabbing any other torrent, and use that one, NOT the one you created. Once you've done that, check in "My Torrents" that "Visible" becomes "Yes". It will only do so after you've 'force rechecked' (pretended to download) your own torrent.

If at all in doubt, or you get stuck, check out the guide at https://www.gaytor.rent/uploadguide.php Go through it carefully to make sure you don't skip any of the steps.

First question: When you view your "My Torrents" page, which looks like this:

1. Does it say that it's visible
2. Does it give a number of times snatched? And a number like 15/1?

If (1) say "Yes", it should show up. If (2) has numbers, members have downloaded it.

If you're still not sure, post the link to the torrent here, so I can double check.

The "15/1" number is the number of people seeding / leeching. If others are also seeding, then the torrent is still alive, even though you're not personally seeding. If it's "1" when you're on your personal VPN, when you turn that off, and consequently qbittorrent, no-one is seeding it. I'm not sure if then it becomes "dead" if there are still people trying to leech it or id it stays "alive" but with no seeders. Certainly if it ever hits 0/0 then it's dead, and it can only be seen by those searching for "dead" or "all". Once you're seeding again it returns to "alive".

Your understanding of the meaning of "flip out" is different to my understanding - its dictionary definition, which I believe would also be most others' understanding. I'll skip over that, as I assume English is not your first language.

What is the topic?

1 - This has happened - report
2 - This is what it will result in - your opinion
3 - Here are some examples of where it has happened / is happening already - your assertion

So, no, I didn't comment on the factual element (1) but challenged your assertion in (3), and expressed my own opinion that part of (3) is at best ill informed,or possibly deliberate misinformation. Given that, it's reasonable to question the validity of your other "examples". And if those "examples" are incorrect, it leaves (2) an unsubstantiated opinion.

Given the opportunity to challenge this with evidence to support your assertions in (3), you chose instead to make vague remarks and say I'm uninformed and closed-minded. This is a typical reaction by someone who has no evidence or justification for a far-fetched claim.

I don't consider any of my comments to be "off topic". I've just been asking you to show actual evidence supporting what you're saying will happen. And given that opportunity, you've consistently been either unable or unwilling to.

Feel free to respond however you like. It would seem optimistic at best to expect any sort of rational and considered response, so I won't waste my time reading it.

I'm neither closed minded, nor "flipping out". I just have a tendency to seek evidence of and justification for claims that seem, at best, suspect.

As I saw no references to England in the article linked to, I take it that this is your own commentary. It's the assertion that "England hates least hint of Englishness" I'm challenging, so why would there be any need to reference the original article?

The fact that you seem unable to back up your claim in any substantive way leads me to conclude it's made from - at best - a position of ignorance of the true facts, and to infer that your other assertions are therefore likely to be no more credible than that one.

My conclusion? Your last two points seem far more applicable to you than to me.

Oh, right. We're using the "2+2 = apple" style of 'logic' are we?

Explain, please, how these mass rapes and harassments that must be so common that they now rarely make even the local news, demonstrates a hatred for the "least hint of Englishness".

Oh, I see. I didn't realise we were attempting to stereotype a whole nation based on one particular location in a specific time window. Could you advise if there is any particular street I need to go to, and what time is best?

As an Englishman, living in England, and happily|proudly displaying far more than a hint of Englishness, I've never once been on the received end of hatred because of that, nor seen or heard of others encountering it.

Given the ridiculousness of that statement, one has to question whether the rest of this is equally well informed.

Excellent. It's one of those things that's really obvious ... once you know it. I doubt you'll forget it again.

Happy torrenting.

The Tracker URL is vital. That's the core bit of info. so it's likely the cause of your failure.

That will always stay the same for every torrent you upload here, and it will stay there in Torrent Creator's memory until you delete or change it. I'll type it below, so you can just copy and paste it:

http://gaytor.rent:2710/announce

Make your torrent again, but with that, and ONLY that, in "Tracker URLs", then select that new .torrent file in the Upload page.

Did you create the torrent using qBitorrent's Torrent Maker? If so, paste a screenshot of that here.
It should retain all the information from its last use, so all you need to do is open it as if you are going to make another torrent. Take the screenshot, then simply cancel it. Or use the example below to create a new version, if yours is a lot different, and try again with that.

If that fails, or you're confident your looks pretty much like this one ("Tracker URLs" needs to be EXACTLY like this one, not "pretty much") take a screenshot of the completed upload page, and post that here so we can see what you've filled in where.