Real life hoarding is fucking pathetic and disgusting. Nobody wants to smell your failure of a life 10ft from the front door.
However, what about digital hoarding? Nobody should be (regularly) going through your hard drive. Is there anything wrong with digitally hoarding everything you can?
I am thinking about getting in on the digital hoarding game. /g/entlemen, please hit me with your insults and advice, and experiences.
>>55160115
i regularly delete files that havent been used in more than 3 months.
>>55160115
Ive been doing it with my media consumption for a few years now, currently sitting at 18TB HDDs with about 4.5TB free at the moment.
Lots of music, books, anime, TV, movies, documentaries, etc.
>>55160151
What are you gonna do when all your movies, TV shows, and anime are gradually re-released in HEVC and/or 4K?
I used to keep most stuff I downloaded, I had like 15TB at one point. But then I realized that I am never, ever going to watch any of that shit ever again. I mean, every episode of The Big Bang Theory? Why? So I nuked it all and now I delete things immediately after watching.
I feel much better now.
>>55160189
Redownload. I have 150mbps download and upload.
Also I could already replace a sizeable chunk of my anime with HEVC encodes but the quality is lacking
I mostly store rare content and things I like. I suggest you only hoard if you really love sharing and preservation.
>>55160189
what's your general method of downloading acquiring said files?
I have my 2tb "blockbuster" drive. I have a small collection of bluray cause director commentary and extras.
>>55160476
Private torrent trackers
>>55160486
>cause director commentary and extras.
You can get these from private trackers, just saying
>>55160497
do you dedicate as much time to actually consuming said media? or are you addicted to the activity itself of acquiring them/multiplying increasing your collection
or you're saving it for a rainy day?
>>55160550
I've watched probably 80% of what I currently have downloaded. I like to have a decent selection of new things available as well as my entire back catalog
Mine is mostly rips of dvd's I actually own. Some, like the James Bond Ultimate edition dvd set, I ripped just cause I didn't want to risk damaging the physical disc. I also bought and ripped the 20 season set of law and order cause I'm a fan of the show. Yeah I could just torrent it but they all shitty with fucking tv logo or just shit quality. I got all the star trek shows, the A-Team, Murder she wrote, Magnum PI, Scooby-doo (Classic series from the 60's/70s), Transformers G1/Beastwars. The actual DVD's I have boxed up wrapped in plastic bags stored in my basement. Like maybe 200 dvds plus the box sets.
>>55160824
>bought and ripped all that content
>you could have just gone to your local library (assuming you don't live in some bumfuck country that is) and borrowed them and done the same thing
>stupid fucking people will be the death of us all
>>55160824
>he doesn't leave the box sets unopened and torrent the files so the box sets don't lose value
Kek, enjoy those paper weights, I can at least resell mine for decent $ to autistic collectors
>>55160824
I'm like this anon. I have around 135 Blu-rays and something like 35 regular DVDs. I rip them all and put them on my server to stream across the network to other computers, my chromebook, my tablet, etc.
>>55160937
>being a dirty fucking pirate
If you're gonna steal, just torrent. Fucks like you are the reason ripping blu-rays are becoming harder and harder with their anti-piracy shit. Ripping them even when you own a legal copy is a pain in the ass.
>>55160227
shiett man i deleted almost a tb harrdrive with full on tv show and movies no regret at all. I think hoarder is like sicknesses lol
I try to keep everything so maybe if I get the time I can look through it for the nostalgia
>>55161024
What's the harm with hording shit on a computer since storage is so cheap and you can search for things
I'm a newbiew hoarder, and I'd say hoarding is worth it if you're willing to sacrifice the hard drive space required for it.
I got into it after seeing too many things I liked disappear from the web, like older games and related info, some websites that are now gone that I archived when there were signs of it them possibly going under. I have even hoarded (mirrored) some dying forums I browse with wget and httrack.
I also hoard some movies and TV shows that were made in my country that I rarely see on the internet.
All in all I've been pretty satisfied so far. I built my server about a year ago for virtualization and hoarding with 2x4tb disks, and I'm about to order some more, probably 6 or 8tb ones
>>55161728
Also what partly inspired me to start doing it was the Archive Team and their I guess most famous archivist Jason Scott's speeches I'd seen. I don't participate in their projects but appreciate their and the Internet Archives work, I've used the site numerous times to archive sites from 10+ years ago
>>55161728
>>55161863
This i also a big part of why i want to get into digital hoarding. I've seen a lot of sites disappear that i would have had use for (or just want to revisit) a few years later. When I find valuable content, it would make more sense to store it rather than hope that when/if i need it again its still there.
>>55161728
I'd have to agree. In my everday life I will throw anything out but I've began to hoard digital content as it disapears from the web.