Well mine's set to 35 minimum files. At least this does have some effect. I've also experimented around with it in the past & found changing this figure did make a difference. I think setting it to 250 or so is limiting yourself. After all, if people are uplding from you then you have a better chance of getting better search results. I've found some people sharing 60-80 files had some rare files I was after. And if such people can't upld from you then you obviously can't browse such people. If they're uplding from you then they're probably after similar files you're after. People who share less may or may not be easier to connect to (more free slots) ... perhaps. lol But it seems I have better chances of re-browsing & reconnecting with them in my experience. Some people have set amounts of shared files. Some increase theirs bit by bit as they collect them. People need to start somewhere. However, I shared from day one with my own stuff about 4 yrs ago.

BTW I do remember Stief commenting that one of the reasons I get people uplding from me so soon after opening LW (even before all my shares are loaded), is that apparently it has something to do with accumulative requests. I can't remember whether he told me that in a post or pm. He'd be a good candidate to comment on this thread (if he has time.) I'd need to re-read his suggestion to be a little more informative. But that in itself is perhaps the key! If requests do hum around for some time then that may explain why we can get all these requests for often rarish files at at the one time. It sounds more like a gnutella issue rather than a LW issue.

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