Paying to publish

Wesley Felter wesley@felter.org
Wed, 28 Feb 2001 18:49:51 -0600 (CST)


I just subscribed and read the archives, so instead of trying to reply to
a previous message I'll just start a new thread.

I've been using Mojo Nation for a few months, and I get the impression
that I make a profit by publishing files. (I haven't analyzed what data
I'm making mojo from, but after publishing a file I see a surge in
customers and profit.) This is possible because 1/8 of the blocks that I
publish are actually published to myself, and if I sell 2 or 3 copies of
each one then I make a net profit. Publishing a block is currently cheaper
than downloading it, perhaps because most brokers are not full (or maybe
because that's simply the default setting).

The 2X data expansion caused by file splitting is still annoying, though.

Wesley Felter - wesley@felter.org - http://felter.org/wesley/