I've just started using Soulseek and it's great. I want to make sure that I'm being a good neighbour on it - do I need to do anything to ensure that my files are available for others to download? And do I need to structure directories e.g Artist name > Album name or does it work off metadata?

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[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I use Nicotine+ as my client. You nailed it on the file structure. I also run all my files through Picard to make sure everything is all good.

As far as ensuring that your files are available for download, you'll have to check/set the permissions for the drive/folder where they're stored.

As far as being a good neighbour - make your files available and communicate. (I honestly don't understand why folks make tracks "private.")

[–] lattrommi@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

A friend of mine kept all his music in the same folder, including music he created. Prevention of theft might be a reason to mark as music, although this is a very niche use case.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

Prevention of theft might be a reason to mark as private, although this is a very niche use case.

What a hilarious point of view considering the circumstances