redpill me on slsk
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redpill me on slsk
what could you possibly want to know about soulseek? it is pretty self explanatory.
use it = you benefit
dont use it = your loss
now fuck off
>>62626107
It's a good place to go to when you can't find your music to buy or on on Spotify. Remember, Piracy is for thieving poorfags. Get a job or use your neetbux!
>>62626107
10+ year slsk user here.
Basically don't use it if you aren't willing to share your library. You will have a lot of trouble getting anything if you don't. A lot of users on there will block you with zero warning if they browse your stuff and don't see anything shared out. There are even some who will keep you from getting their stuff if you have less than x-number of files shared even.
>>62626428
obviously
what kind of prick would use slsk without sharing anything anyway
>>62626473
Oh boy, lemmie tell ya, too many...
I downloaded what I thought was a rip of Painting With by Animal Collective. FloriDada was correct, the rest of the songs were replaced by songs off the album In The Aeroplane Over The Sea.
So I deleted that and downloaded a different rip from a different user, and the same exact thing happened
If this experience appeals to you don't hesitate download soulseekTM right away
slsk in a nutshell
>>62626107
>redpill me
huh?
Is there a /mu/ chatroom on slsk?
>>62626588
Yeah, but it's called BlackMetal, somebody's weird sense of humoUr I guess.
>download
>install
>configure
That's it.
After that, you have access to the most compete collection of music there is.
>>62626588
yeah
it'd kind of cancerous except when BAYAR is up (BAYAR is a babe tbqh)
>>62626519
lol
That's what you get for being a basic /mu/ bitch
>>62626609
'no'
whats the legality of it? im sitting on my third strike from my isp.
>>62626588
yeah but I don't know if the people there actually post here, it's like a circlejerk I haven't seen here
>>62626651
But you can be sure to have an intelligent discussion there...
>>62626648
>avant-math god
>calling anybody a /mu/ bitch
fucking lol
>>62626672
they are /mu/ users yeah
>>62626690
>metal fans
>intelligent discussion
>>62626659
Okay, honestly, I've been pirating shit for like ten years and have never gotten any kind of warning. Who's your ISP? It amazes me, I guess.
Anyway it's pretty illegal obviously
>>62626659
all the way illegal
>>62626721
BlackMetal is for the Elite.
>87 in /mu/ chatroom
>nobody is saying anything
well this is shit
i got banned once for having Burt Bacharach and Arcade Fire shared because he didn't like them
Beware of the crazy old people that fucking use it
>>62626784
i said ayy
>>62626826
i imagine some of these people to just sit there all day and wait until someone tries getting something only to judge them and tell them to fuck off
>>62626473
I have around 1000 people banned for not sharing so a lot
>>62626784
You don't go for the chats man you go to download music. That said, yeah it's bizarre how many people are in there without a word.
>>62626937
kill yourself tranny
>>62626784
People just share stuff, chatting is for PMs.
If I have 280gb of music (nearly all 320/v0) and share all that am I likely to get banned?
>>62627003
You have a penis so why do you think you are a woman?
anyone on the /mu/ chat got good jazz shares i should look at?
>>62627021
fuck off dude
>>62627028
big penis t b h
>>62627028
I can't use slsk at college it's sad
>>62627021
yeah fuck off
>>62626991
No, just make sure you throw in lots of fresh porn on there too, all fetishes and all types, everyone on slsk downloads porn so if you keep a good supply of that, they'll never ban you, trust me on that one.
>62627073
bigger penis t b h
>>62627073
dorms/staying at college or uni isn't that common here so i'm not sure exactly how it works but if you bought a vpn would that change things?
Do you need to pau
it's free music
>>62627111
it probably would
as it is I've worked out how to torrent though so I'm ok
I'm at home for 25/52 of the year anyway
Is it a paid thing or what
>>62627180
>how to torrent
how
>>62626473
these people
>>62627180
if you do get interested in a VPN in the future I can highly rec NordVPN. decent prices and not US based.
>>62627228
>>how to torrent
>how
what did he mean by this
>>62626473
I would
>>62627090
but I'm trying to do nofap, I don't want porn on my computer
why use slsk when rutracker exists? and the 1% of stuff not on rutracker you can get off wcd and the 1% of stuff not on wcd you can probably find by googling blogs
>>62628278
Because 100% of stuff that's not on slsk is not on rutracker nor wcd
>>62628278
why use rutracker when slsk exists
>>62628445
you don't have to upload anything (which is what you get v& for)
plus 320k is more likely to be actual 320k
>>62628427
this is nowhere near true
plenty of things I've wanted were not on soulseek but were on wcd
I hate when people get offline right when you're at the last track
>>62628748
this seems like the worst thing
also I wouldn't want slsk running the entire time, only when I'm downloading something, so I'd do it too
>>62628535
At the expense of less diversity
I used rutracker
>>62628705
Have you ever used the wishlist option? Sometimes what I want is not there right now, but it usually appears after one or two days (a week the most).
Also, lots and lots of request stuff on wcd are available instantaneously on slsk. I uploaded five torrents to wcd that way in less than a day.
So, yeah, Soulseek has far more content than wcd and rutracker (and it doesn't even require a ratio).
>>62628789
>this post
Literally the grinch
i like soulseek because i sometimes look for trips soulseeks then ddos their connection
if youre a trip and have soulseek you probably got ddosed by me that my retard friend has for some reason
>>62626588
Yes. Most people there stopped browsing mu ages ago.
>>62628748
>LITERALLY 2 seconds until the last track finishes
>uploader logs off, magnets his hard drive, moves to africa and then gets abducted by aliens
can someone who has slsk please download and upload supersedure for me? slsk isn't compatible with my laptop and i was recently banned from what.cd... help me please
>>62626107
It's a p2p network where one peer sequentially downloads files from another, generally after searching for it
As long as you're not looking for a 2 cassette print run release kept in a safe in a cave in Finland you'll be able to find almost anything given enough time, though occasionally you'll only be able to find subpar quality files
Definitely worth it as long as you're OK with dealing with autists and willing to share your library, otherwise you'll be told to fuck off
>>62629489
also
>he's the only one who had it
>except for one other dude who has it in 8kbps and horridly tagged with an upload speed that would embarrass a computer from the 80's
>>62629759
>his queue is 1000+
>>62626473
Many people.
also hmu I have like 200k+ files
>>62629646
I own the cd, but I'm not gonna upload it to a pathetic neet leech like you, small labels like Hibari could use the support so buy the damn cd.
>>62629904
>tfw im on here
sorry dude
>>62630680
I don't care senpai. I only block people if they respond to that message with something like "suck my dick fag."
>>62630728
I tend to abort the download if i get notified but you were the only one with those files so
>>62630824
Neat. What'd you download? I don't even watch what people download.
>>62626784
welcome to internet chatting
>>62626473
Great now I feel like a dick. How do I start sharing?
>>62630728
>>62629904
I share a shitton of music, but I'm sort of a hoarder. When I want the discography of a really obscure band, sometimes I find myself downloading +10 albums/eps/singles from one user at a time.
On the one hand, I feel really bad, but on the other, it feels really good to collect new music.
Sometimes, when people ban me for downloading unreasonable amounts of music, I just change my name. Heh.
Shout out to Johntest, homies, video1
I love you guys
Also, sometimes I'll download films if I can get away with it.
>>62630967
nvm turns out I was already sharing my whole music folder
>>62630918
Ironomi's new record, had been looking for it for a while
It's really great desu thanks a lot
Not sure what to think of them adding vocals tho
does it cost bandwidth to just share a folder
>>62631042
I still haven't finished it, listened to the first disc I believe. I still sleep to Zone and s/t often.
>>62631067
generally, it doesn't take a lot
you can limit the rate at which you upload to other users
>>62626428
Damn. Just realized this must be what happened to me a few times, where the guy went offline forever...
Guess I have to share my library
>>62631172
I love all their stuff but Recode is what I go back to most often, followed by Zone and Ubusana
>>62631226
When you're banned, you'll usually know it.
It's really uncanny how a user can just go offline and never return for months on end.
Over a month ago, I was downloading this obscure Chinese pop record from a guy, and then he went offline and hasn't returned.
It really bugs me, because he was the only one who had that album, and even sticking the album in my wishlist hasn't found anything. I don't even know where I could buy the album.
>see this thread
>look at my uploads
>realize that while I've been using soulseek for 6+ months, I've shared literally nothing despite nobody ever messaging me about not sharing anything
>ports have been closed but my folder has been shared
Well then, sorry lads
>>62631407
What album was it?
I used it to decent effect for about 6 months but then AVG started being a bitch and not letting me use it. I'm boutta tell AVG to suck on em nutz and uninstall that shit. I'm slightly worried about it, not because I give a shit about windows getting fucked because I read they're going to force everybody to use windows 10 and I'm going to use ubuntu if they pull that shit. but if something so bad happens that my hdd gets corrupted with my whole library on it then that'll fuck my whole life up. So what should I do /mu/? buy an external drive and back my shit up first? just freeball it and get ridda AVG?
>>62626937
No one cares tripfag
>>62631508
>So what should I do /mu/? buy an external drive and back my shit up first?
why have you not done this already. that's, like, computing 101
>>62626473
I only share one album atm 'cause the rest of my shit is pleb or I "curate" discographies by deleting tracks I don't like, so it would be pretty useless for most people.
If I share the folder where I have all my music, does every folder in there is automatically available or do I have to add them one by one?
>>62631655
everything in whatever directory you share shows up
>>62631655
The entire folder will be shared, including the folders inside. There's no need to share the folders individually.
>>62631694
>>62631701
k thanks
>>62630527
but i want to listen to it right now, not wait weeks for mail, and hibari has an extremely user-unfriendly store anyway
Can I share more than one folder?
>>62631508
tl;dr yes, you need an external drive if you have data you care about.
longer: So first of all, antivirus software is almost useless in this age. Any experienced or halfway clever malware creator can edit a small string in their code that allows for randomizing the entire malware in such a way that antivirus software can not detect it anymore. It's a cat and mouse game, with the cat being an obese sloth and the mouse being a cockroach that runs at 100mph. So with that being said, viruses themselves are easier than ever to get these days. You can even get them from just visiting a website, without the owner of the website knowing. Malware spreaders use exploit kits such as Angler to embed malicious code into almost every aspect of a website (especially ads). So, it is very easy to get a virus these days. And as for viruses themselves, a type that has recently exploded in popularity is ransomware. This software silently encrypts your entire hard drive with unbreakable encryption, sends the key to unlock all of your data their servers, and then asks you to fork over up to ~$200 to get your data back. I actually got this just in November last year. Wrecked my shit but luckily it didn't get to my mapped drives (which it usually will, which means everything connected to your computer will be infected). I had to wipe the entire drive and reinstall, sadly losing quite a few photos that have been on that drive forever.
I now have a 4TB backup drive and backup everything I care about (music, photos, videos, etc) every month. I suggest you do the same.
>>62631786
>>62631508
Oh yeah, and I suggest you switch to Linux if you can. I know people meme neckbeard autism blah blah but free and open source software really is a great thing.
>>62631564
seriously why do you guys get so triggered whenever I post
>>62631409
I have my ports closed and people still download some albums from me. Don't give up, skeleton.
>uploading to someone
>connection becomes unstable
>upload speed drop to 30~50
tfw
>>62631767
Yea
>>62631893
Maybe it's because I only really have shit that's either too obscure that nobody wants, or shit that's so mainstream that everyone already has or can get from a person with better upload speed.
Ah well.
>>62631892
I don't
>queue is 4000+
how often do you have to worry about random users blocking you (when they have the rare or hard to find stuff you want)? or shitty transcodes? or mislabeled/wrong songs?
>>62631409
just get the latest fagtano/pitchfork approuved album and people will leech you
>>62631596
Its like, costs money 101 man
>>62631877
>>62631786
Thanks for the detailed reply. I've been pricing external drives for a minute but I've been hesitant b/c the last time I had the idea to get one the backup croaked within a month and my hdd that I was trying to backup lasted until the screen on the laptop shit the bed 3 years later, So I ended up feeling like I wasted 80 bucks on the backup. But I think they make them sturdier now. And yeah, I will probably be doing the Ubuntu thing pretty soon too.
>>62632514
hard drive space is cheap. Is $60 not worth insuring your digital music collection?
