this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2024
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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Shit goes missing after like a year

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

What goes missing? ~~You~~ I don’t know how Usenet works.

Edit: edited to say I don’t know instead of you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (4 children)

The files are not stored indefinitely, retention is based on the provider

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks! And sorry, I meant to say that I don’t know how Usenet works, not you.

Follow-up question. Why is retention so important? Wouldn’t they get reuploaded again? Or is it mainly a problem for more obscure content.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Torrents persist until all seeders disappear for good, which is rare on private trackers. On usenet generally content is uploaded ASAP upon release and then only lasts as long as rentention. Maybe you'll get rereleases on usenet but it didn't seem to be a common occurance

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