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I‘ve recently heard the term „data prepper“, which I think nails it. I‘d probably qualify as one myself.

by manmal 3y ago

jcpham2 3y ago
DataHoarder is a very active reddit community devoted to this “hobby”
- dylan604 3y ago
  Edit: moved response to correct/intended comment
dylan604 3y ago
Sounds like a disease which would require some form of therapy. I couldn't imagine the sickness that would entice one to download and store/reseed content that I had no intention of ever watching like Kardashians or Twighlight or whatever content just because. I hope you get the help you need!
- toast0 3y ago
  What happened to not judging from 30 minutes ago? Now you're saying it requires therapy. I'm not going to go out and collect in this manner, but I have ended up with a rather sizable collection of discs I might watch someday. I had pretty much stopped buying discs because streaming was easier and I can mostly ignore the difference in quality; but I've been bitten by too many things becoming unavailable... if the discs are cheap, I'm going to get them and maybe one day watch them.
  - dylan604 3y ago
    > What happened to not judging from 30 minutes ago? Now you're saying it requires therapy. because it's not the same person, and the person i replied to sounded much more comedic by using an air quotes term, so i followed suit. > if the discs are cheap, but you're not collecting discs. you're collecting files. if you were collecting discs, it would be even more of a hoarding situation. also, I can have the opinion that something needs therapy without judgement.
- ksdnjweusdnkl21 3y ago
  There has been dozens of times I heard about some classic and wanted to watch it. When I look it up on <streaming service> it is not available. If it's an old movie it can be hard to find a good torrent for it. Having an extensive local library of movies of general interest sounds nice, especially going forward when content will disappear and become more fractured between paid services.
- manmal 3y ago
  No need to reseed when you just hoard Linux ISOs.
  - dylan604 3y ago
    yeah, cuz that's exactly what people are using Popcorn Time 0.5.0 to do <facepalm>
    - gettodachoppa 3y ago
      I think it's a joke, "Linux ISOs" is a known euphemism for movies/porn/etc on /r/datahoarders.
- Dylan16807 3y ago
  16TB is a single hard drive these days. It's easier to grab everything at that point instead of picking through, and having everything gives you a nice easy claim you can make.
  - dylan604 3y ago
    16TB on a single drive is just asking for more faith in the tech than I can muster.
    - Dylan16807 3y ago
      You can split it into two drives at about the same price. Or add a backup drive to minimize the risk. Though I would say that thinking you need a certain amount of data safety is more of an unhealthy thought pattern than saying "sure, give me all the movies for my $250 drive".
      - dylan604 3y ago
        > Though I would say that thinking you need a certain amount of data safety is more of an unhealthy thought pattern WTF is that? anybody that doesn't think about data safety deserves having their data lost. and if you come back with "just download it again" just proves why you don't need to have it downloaded locally to start
        Dylan16807 3y ago
        > deserves having their data lost That is toxic. That toxicity is worse than "wasting" a single drive. > and if you come back with "just download it again" just proves why you don't need to have it downloaded locally to start How about "you can get most of it back, and it's okay to have a collection that's at risk of partial loss (good luck making any physical collection immune to loss)" You're trading off the time to get things back and the percent you can get back for the cost of [redundant] backups. > need to have it downloaded locally Nobody suggested it needs to be downloaded. Do you only have data that you need to have?
- xyzzy123 3y ago
  I wouldn't do it for myself but I live in a big household with kids. I expect many other "hoarders" are in a situation where what they are actually trying to do is provide a good discovery experience for others where it is not entirely clear what they would want. You can use overseer/jellyseer and they are great but not as nice as just picking something from media browser.

I‘ve recently heard the term „data prepper“, which I think nails it. I‘d probably qualify as one myself.

by manmal 3y ago

I‘ve recently heard the term „data prepper“, which I think nails it. I‘d probably qualify as one myself.

jcpham2 3y ago

DataHoarder is a very active reddit community devoted to this “hobby”

dylan604 3y ago
Edit: moved response to correct/intended comment

dylan604 3y ago

Sounds like a disease which would require some form of therapy. I couldn't imagine the sickness that would entice one to download and store/reseed content that I had no intention of ever watching like Kardashians or Twighlight or whatever content just because. I hope you get the help you need!

toast0 3y ago
What happened to not judging from 30 minutes ago? Now you're saying it requires therapy. I'm not going to go out and collect in this manner, but I have ended up with a rather sizable collection of discs I might watch someday. I had pretty much stopped buying discs because streaming was easier and I can mostly ignore the difference in quality; but I've been bitten by too many things becoming unavailable... if the discs are cheap, I'm going to get them and maybe one day watch them.
- dylan604 3y ago
  > What happened to not judging from 30 minutes ago? Now you're saying it requires therapy. because it's not the same person, and the person i replied to sounded much more comedic by using an air quotes term, so i followed suit. > if the discs are cheap, but you're not collecting discs. you're collecting files. if you were collecting discs, it would be even more of a hoarding situation. also, I can have the opinion that something needs therapy without judgement.
ksdnjweusdnkl21 3y ago
There has been dozens of times I heard about some classic and wanted to watch it. When I look it up on <streaming service> it is not available. If it's an old movie it can be hard to find a good torrent for it. Having an extensive local library of movies of general interest sounds nice, especially going forward when content will disappear and become more fractured between paid services.
manmal 3y ago
No need to reseed when you just hoard Linux ISOs.
- dylan604 3y ago
  yeah, cuz that's exactly what people are using Popcorn Time 0.5.0 to do <facepalm>
  - gettodachoppa 3y ago
    I think it's a joke, "Linux ISOs" is a known euphemism for movies/porn/etc on /r/datahoarders.
Dylan16807 3y ago
16TB is a single hard drive these days. It's easier to grab everything at that point instead of picking through, and having everything gives you a nice easy claim you can make.
- dylan604 3y ago
  16TB on a single drive is just asking for more faith in the tech than I can muster.
  - Dylan16807 3y ago
    You can split it into two drives at about the same price. Or add a backup drive to minimize the risk. Though I would say that thinking you need a certain amount of data safety is more of an unhealthy thought pattern than saying "sure, give me all the movies for my $250 drive".
    - dylan604 3y ago
      > Though I would say that thinking you need a certain amount of data safety is more of an unhealthy thought pattern WTF is that? anybody that doesn't think about data safety deserves having their data lost. and if you come back with "just download it again" just proves why you don't need to have it downloaded locally to start
      - Dylan16807 3y ago
        > deserves having their data lost That is toxic. That toxicity is worse than "wasting" a single drive. > and if you come back with "just download it again" just proves why you don't need to have it downloaded locally to start How about "you can get most of it back, and it's okay to have a collection that's at risk of partial loss (good luck making any physical collection immune to loss)" You're trading off the time to get things back and the percent you can get back for the cost of [redundant] backups. > need to have it downloaded locally Nobody suggested it needs to be downloaded. Do you only have data that you need to have?
xyzzy123 3y ago
I wouldn't do it for myself but I live in a big household with kids. I expect many other "hoarders" are in a situation where what they are actually trying to do is provide a good discovery experience for others where it is not entirely clear what they would want. You can use overseer/jellyseer and they are great but not as nice as just picking something from media browser.