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[–] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 80 points 9 months ago (14 children)

Check the files included in the torrent. Sometimes the folders include a little readme or something that people set to not download.

[–] TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Yea sometimes I'll exclude the .nfo from my downloads. Thankfully the tracker I'm on now disallows any files that aren't media in their uploads.

[–] Norodix@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] FatAdama@programming.dev 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And can contain some fun ascii art.

[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Uiop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

We love those especially.

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