Asking mostly because I have fuckloads of video courses, plus a number of movies, that I have yet to even check if the content is as good as their titles imply and I really feel like I'm mostly hoarding this stuff because I have no fucking clue.

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[–] Barzaria@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago

What I do is sort the directories and files by size and go largest to smallest. Based on the likely distribution of files sizes, 20% of your files and/or directories will account for 80% of the hard drive space. I usually then choose candidates for deletion and evaluate them, deleting them on the spot or skipping them for this time. I do this until I get the space reduction I want or until I'm sure that I want to keep what is in the largest 20%. After I reach one of the two states: top 20% of files/directories are keepers or I deleted down X GB. This method can be done with any sorting method. For example, by play count or by date added, old to new. Keep going until the top 20% are keepers. The same distribution is likely to apply across all vertical data labels so the filter is generically usable in lots of situations. For example, 20% of car drivers likely get 80% of speeding tickets. We could reduce speeding by 80% by speed limiting these drivers' cars or by revoking their drivers licenses. Another example is memory hogs in a computer system. The top 20% of memory hogging programs likely account for 80% of used memory in a system. This distribution is called the Pareto principle. The principle is an example of a power law.

[–] HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

I archive, never delete or stop seeding. I would just delete when you need space if you don't want to buy drives.

[–] squid@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Often I download just to seed but only when I know the uploaders

[–] Emerald@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I download the Top 10 on public trackers periodically just to seed. Free storage space is just wasted

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago

I only dl shit i'm interested in. After watching if it's gonna be rewatched, it goes on the fserve. If not, delete

[–] snownyte@kbin.run 3 points 9 months ago

Aside from using the word 'consume'...

I don't like hoarding. I become so isolated from choice that I can't enjoy anything I've ever acquired. I've always gotten what I wanted because I wanted it, not because everyone else has gotten it and not because it's just to take up data on my drives. What I have now currently anyways, will sustain me for days to months and getting more of it will not make it better. It'll just bring oversaturation and I'll be too isolated again to bother.

[–] Bronzie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

I try to only grab the stuff someone in the house wants to watch.

If my drives ever fill up, I’ll either expand or delete things I know we’ll never watch again.

[–] cheddar@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I only download what I plan to consume shortly, then delete.

[–] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I do almost that, but I don't delete so that I can seed

[–] cheddar@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

I seed until the ratio is 2.0 which I think is fine for popular torrents. I keep seeding obscure stuff that I struggled to download myself, but that's quite rare, so it doesn't lead to 'hoarding'.

[–] modest_bunny@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm mostly hoarding this stuff because I have no fucking clue.

what is the problem?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

I feel like I'm being wasteful, saving up a lot to probably never actually use. Can't even seed some of the stuff because there are no torrents, so I have to resort to direct download sites way more often than I'd like, no less.

[–] Bianca_0089@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I just watch and delete because I don't ever really watch anything more than a few times anyways.

The only kind of stuff I've ever made backups of is dev software and old keygens because . well - that kind of stuff disappears too easily with the new&shiny fad.

[–] mr_right@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Use a 256 GB ssd Good luck hoarding on that rice grain

[–] seaturtle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

And this is why I consider SSDs to be a downgrade compared to HDDs lol

[–] EtzBetz@feddit.de 2 points 9 months ago

I mostly only load TV shows and movies. At least those are by large the biggest part in terms of storage taken. Well.. I only load stuff that I actually want to watch. I also load some stuff for friends, but it has to be decent quality and be not totally niche (aka I'm eventually watching it, or other friends)

[–] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago

I keep the stuff I download and seed it until I run out of room, I have a TB hdd for movies and such; and since I download like huge files, I usually delete stuff if I don't care about it a lot

[–] send_me_your_ink@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 9 months ago

Do you need the space? If not who cares.

Personally I run a media service for friends and family. I'm about to bring another 100tb online because we are running low on storage. Am I holding or just running a rack of servers in my basement?

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