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With, what appears to me, an outbreak of questions regarding torrents, torrent downloads, and torrent download optimization I am wondering what we should do with these sort of questions. Most torrent downloads are, in my opinion, used for illegal purposes. There are some distributions of linux (ubunutu) that do use torrent downloads, but I feel that these are fewer and farther in between. Therefore, should we automatically flag and vote to close questions that are torrent related? If so, should the FAQ be updated with a specific mention of this? If not, should we make sure that these questions are within the bounds of legality?

Here are some examples that I can see from simply searching (many other have been deleted I'm sure):

httphttps://superuser.com/questions/17904/how-to-download-torrents-from-the-office

httphttps://superuser.com/questions/24225/increasing-download-speed-for-torrents

httphttps://superuser.com/questions/20997/web-torrent-client-that-supports-monthly-traffic-limit

httphttps://superuser.com/questions/115807/why-has-my-torrent-slowed-down

httphttps://superuser.com/questions/31212/torrent-uploading-on-a-college-network

Questions that I feel are OK

httphttps://superuser.com/questions/163959/how-can-i-make-upload-torrent-file

(This one kinda) http://superuser.com/questions/46903/downloading-movies-with-bit-torrenthttps://superuser.com/questions/46903/downloading-movies-with-bit-torrent

httphttps://superuser.com/questions/163920/in-torrent-what-is-seed-feed-peer

With, what appears to me, an outbreak of questions regarding torrents, torrent downloads, and torrent download optimization I am wondering what we should do with these sort of questions. Most torrent downloads are, in my opinion, used for illegal purposes. There are some distributions of linux (ubunutu) that do use torrent downloads, but I feel that these are fewer and farther in between. Therefore, should we automatically flag and vote to close questions that are torrent related? If so, should the FAQ be updated with a specific mention of this? If not, should we make sure that these questions are within the bounds of legality?

Here are some examples that I can see from simply searching (many other have been deleted I'm sure):

http://superuser.com/questions/17904/how-to-download-torrents-from-the-office

http://superuser.com/questions/24225/increasing-download-speed-for-torrents

http://superuser.com/questions/20997/web-torrent-client-that-supports-monthly-traffic-limit

http://superuser.com/questions/115807/why-has-my-torrent-slowed-down

http://superuser.com/questions/31212/torrent-uploading-on-a-college-network

Questions that I feel are OK

http://superuser.com/questions/163959/how-can-i-make-upload-torrent-file

(This one kinda) http://superuser.com/questions/46903/downloading-movies-with-bit-torrent

http://superuser.com/questions/163920/in-torrent-what-is-seed-feed-peer

With, what appears to me, an outbreak of questions regarding torrents, torrent downloads, and torrent download optimization I am wondering what we should do with these sort of questions. Most torrent downloads are, in my opinion, used for illegal purposes. There are some distributions of linux (ubunutu) that do use torrent downloads, but I feel that these are fewer and farther in between. Therefore, should we automatically flag and vote to close questions that are torrent related? If so, should the FAQ be updated with a specific mention of this? If not, should we make sure that these questions are within the bounds of legality?

Here are some examples that I can see from simply searching (many other have been deleted I'm sure):

https://superuser.com/questions/17904/how-to-download-torrents-from-the-office

https://superuser.com/questions/24225/increasing-download-speed-for-torrents

https://superuser.com/questions/20997/web-torrent-client-that-supports-monthly-traffic-limit

https://superuser.com/questions/115807/why-has-my-torrent-slowed-down

https://superuser.com/questions/31212/torrent-uploading-on-a-college-network

Questions that I feel are OK

https://superuser.com/questions/163959/how-can-i-make-upload-torrent-file

(This one kinda) https://superuser.com/questions/46903/downloading-movies-with-bit-torrent

https://superuser.com/questions/163920/in-torrent-what-is-seed-feed-peer

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With, what appears to me, an outbreak of questions regarding torrents, torrent downloads, and torrent download optimization I am wondering what we should do with these sort of questions. Most torrent downloads are, in my opinion, used for illegal purposes. There are some distributions of linux (ubunutu) that do use torrent downloads, but I feel that these are fewer and farther in between. Therefore, should we automatically flag and vote to close questions that are torrent related? If so, should the FAQ be updated with a specific mention of this? If not, should we make sure that these questions are within the bounds of legality?

Here are some examples that I can see from simply searching (many other have been deleted I'm sure):

http://superuser.com/questions/17904/how-to-download-torrents-from-the-office

http://superuser.com/questions/24225/increasing-download-speed-for-torrents

http://superuser.com/questions/20997/web-torrent-client-that-supports-monthly-traffic-limit

http://superuser.com/questions/115807/why-has-my-torrent-slowed-down

http://superuser.com/questions/31212/torrent-uploading-on-a-college-network

Questions that I feel are OK

http://superuser.com/questions/163959/how-can-i-make-upload-torrent-file

(This one kinda) http://superuser.com/questions/46903/downloading-movies-with-bit-torrent

http://superuser.com/questions/163920/in-torrent-what-is-seed-feed-peer

With, what appears to me, an outbreak of questions regarding torrents, torrent downloads, and torrent download optimization I am wondering what we should do with these sort of questions. Most torrent downloads are, in my opinion, used for illegal purposes. There are some distributions of linux (ubunutu) that do use torrent downloads, but I feel that these are fewer and farther in between. Therefore, should we automatically flag and vote to close questions that are torrent related? If so, should the FAQ be updated with a specific mention of this? If not, should we make sure that these questions are within the bounds of legality?

With, what appears to me, an outbreak of questions regarding torrents, torrent downloads, and torrent download optimization I am wondering what we should do with these sort of questions. Most torrent downloads are, in my opinion, used for illegal purposes. There are some distributions of linux (ubunutu) that do use torrent downloads, but I feel that these are fewer and farther in between. Therefore, should we automatically flag and vote to close questions that are torrent related? If so, should the FAQ be updated with a specific mention of this? If not, should we make sure that these questions are within the bounds of legality?

Here are some examples that I can see from simply searching (many other have been deleted I'm sure):

http://superuser.com/questions/17904/how-to-download-torrents-from-the-office

http://superuser.com/questions/24225/increasing-download-speed-for-torrents

http://superuser.com/questions/20997/web-torrent-client-that-supports-monthly-traffic-limit

http://superuser.com/questions/115807/why-has-my-torrent-slowed-down

http://superuser.com/questions/31212/torrent-uploading-on-a-college-network

Questions that I feel are OK

http://superuser.com/questions/163959/how-can-i-make-upload-torrent-file

(This one kinda) http://superuser.com/questions/46903/downloading-movies-with-bit-torrent

http://superuser.com/questions/163920/in-torrent-what-is-seed-feed-peer

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What to do about torrents?

With, what appears to me, an outbreak of questions regarding torrents, torrent downloads, and torrent download optimization I am wondering what we should do with these sort of questions. Most torrent downloads are, in my opinion, used for illegal purposes. There are some distributions of linux (ubunutu) that do use torrent downloads, but I feel that these are fewer and farther in between. Therefore, should we automatically flag and vote to close questions that are torrent related? If so, should the FAQ be updated with a specific mention of this? If not, should we make sure that these questions are within the bounds of legality?