Leech Contol: Managing "sharing" on a decentralised p2p network how would you do it?

[kento]

originally posted by TankGirl

paraphrased

I think there are very few people who would like to have anything like ratio FTP recreated in p2p. Leech control is a good and much needed functionality but there are way more intelligent ways to implement it than ratio FTP's mechanical requirement to upload a certain amount of stuff to be able to download a certain amount of stuff. First, it deals only with 1-to-1 relations, missing the inherent power of p2p to match the needs and offerings of multiple people. Second, it does not take into account the quality and desirability of the content at all.

could you please elaborate a little more on:

>>but there are way more intelligent ways to implement it than ratio FTP's mechanical requirement to upload a certain amount of stuff to be able to download a certain amount of stuff

thanks, kento