dasuberding posted: What is SRE ("share ratio enforcement"  and how does it work?
As long as your cumulative ratio is 0.25 or higher, you're allowed to join a torrent as a leecher. Any member of User rank or higher who has a complete copy of a torrent may join it as a seeder, regardless of ratio. Any member of Uploader rank or higher, regardless of ratio, may upload and seed a new torrent. The rest of this answer spells out the rules for letting a user with a ratio below 0.25 join a torrent as a leecher. If your ratio is 0.25 or higher and you keep it there, you don't have to read the rest of this answer. The SRE rules are based on an enforcement cycle. A cycle is 5.00 GB for users of Uploader rank or below, larger for VIPs. You can find out the size of your cycle on your Control Panel (or click [User CP] in the upper right of any of DIME's pages after you've logged in). Whenever your total download reaches a multiple of your cycle size, you can't join any more torrents as a leecher unless your ratio is at least the required minimum (currently 0.25). You can raise your ratio by seeding torrents where you already have a complete copy, or by uploading and seeding new torrents of your own. Once your ratio is high enough, you can enter a torrent as a leecher again, at least until your total download gets to the next multiple of your cycle size. The tracker makes its decision when you try to join or rejoin a torrent; it will not kick you out of a swarm if you're already inside it. Any downloading you do is treated as part of the cycle you were in when you entered the swarm. However, the enforcement rules can potentially prevent you from rejoining a swarm after you leave it, even if it happens involuntarily (for examples, a system crash or a power failure). We recommend that you keep your ratio well above the minimum and that you not flirt with the limits. | |
