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| 07-01-13 04:59pm - 4192 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
I’m quite a porn hoarder and have over 20 external drives full of it. Most of those drives are 1TB and several are 2TB, so there’s a lot of porn there. In the past I’ve always warned people to not delete any of their porn because they’d likely regret it. I based that on the fact that I regretted throwing out some old VHS tapes many years ago. Not exactly the best logic. I recently was browsing through some of my older stuff and realized that some of it is absolute crap. Some is crap because it is 320x240 resolution, some is crap because it is just bad porn, and some is both. So I undertook the first major overhaul of my collection in probably 10+ years. The bottom line is that I’ve deleted over half of my collection. The hard part is updating my list that I have to track all the stuff I have (having a lot of porn means also needed to keep track of it). I’m also consolidating what’s left onto few drives. That makes me realize how slow USB is for large amounts of data. Going forward, I’m planning to aim for quality more than quantity. I’ll only be downloading the highest resolutions available (and if it isn’t high enough then I’ll skip the scene) and I’m planning to ‘quarantine’ all new porn to watch it and make sure that its worth keeping before I add it to my permanent collection. So does any former porn hoarder or disciplined downloader have any tips for someone who’s changing how he downloads and manages his collection? | |
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| 07-01-13 05:28pm - 4192 days | #2 | |
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pat362 (0)
Active User  Posts: 3,575 Registered: Jan 23, '07 Location: canada |
Normally I'd say that you shouldn't have because you will regret it but if I'm reading you correctly then you had about 20TB of porn. That's almost 10 times more than I have. I tend to be very picky about what I download so it makes sense that I'd have a lot less than you but I can't imagine a time when I will have even half that. It certainly won't be anytime soon if current porn trends continue. Long live the Brown Coats. | |
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| 07-01-13 09:57pm - 4192 days | #3 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
 Is there actually anyone here who actually manages their collection in some form that might be comprehensible to others? As for me, I organize according to whatever the voices in my head tell me to do which seems to involve large amounts of randomness and virtually no model info and virtually no search function. It almost makes think that this would be a great job interview question: "So tell me, how do you organize your porn collection and why do you do it that way?" Guaranteed to be more interesting and insightful than most of the stuff people come up with.I've started changing my mind about "quality" when it comes to file size. For photos, I'm rarely going to DL anything bigger than 3000x2000 pixel sized pics just because I'm pretty much dedicated to viewing porn on my computer and don't ever foresee the day when I'm going to want a wall sized monitor to view some shagging. Same goes with video; 720 p is usually good enough for me and it looks just fine on my 24" monitor. Although drive space is cheap now a days I just don't see the need to have a bunch of externals for stuff I don't look at very often (that is, even though I only have about 1 tb of porn it still takes a while to circle through the collection). If my viewing tastes eventually change then I can change what I DL but I don't see that happening soon. I also "quarantine" my DL's when I join a site. I usually edit the pics in a file down to a reasonable number for viewing. I'll usually skim the video at least once to make sure I want to keep it. Doing this by itself will greatly reduce the volume of stuff you keep. The only real advice I got is to remember that porn is a commodity and as long as the internet exists there will be new stuff to download. You've at least taken the first step in being able to "take a dump" and feel good about it .... And as long as we're talking about one's lower g.i., just go with your gut. If you don't really like something you've downloaded the chances of you changing your mind about it the future are almost nil. Just get rid of it and move on down the line. | |
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| 07-02-13 06:44am - 4191 days | #4 | |
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elephant (0)
Active User  Posts: 585 Registered: Jan 11, '07 |
Yeah I'm no where in the league of 20TB, that is a major collection rearadmiral and yeah I feel for you, shifting around such large files takes forever doesn't it with USB2, I don't have a USB3 machine yet so have to put up with it being slow. I have undergone a cull myself and gone through lots, (only about a quarter of the way in)labeling what I would watch again (Awesome) even though some of it maybe isn't totally awesome, just the word I choose and I ain't going back on it now as so many have this attached. I'll then have a collection with just my best stuff and women that don't really do it for me will get culled, sounds cruel lol but with so many vids I just know the average ones will always get clicked on then closed for me to find something more hotter to watch so would never get seen. I'm now very much stricter on what I choose to download, seems a hard thing to do at the time cause you've paid for a site but I just tell myself, I'd never watch it and move on to just the gems that I want to collect. "Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand." WILLIAM CONGREVE | |
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| 07-02-13 11:28am - 4191 days | #5 | |
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BenThruston (0)
Active User Posts: 16 Registered: Nov 11, '10 Location: USA |
-For material from websites you know no longer update or are dead/zombie, can bunch together onto drive since their sizes shouldn't change with new material -As you delete files, can make a dummy text file for the deleted file or update some list if you actually type it out. -For downloading, can download a smaller, low rez version of the scene if offered to see if you really want it before dl'ing the bigger file. I usually make a dummy file here noting I passed on it for reference. -Can consolidate drives by some theme and use paper/post-its and clear packing tape for labeling (or buy a label maker). | |
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| 07-02-13 04:29pm - 4191 days | #6 | |
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jberryl69 (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 1,000 Registered: Nov 27, '10 Location: neverland |
"...any tips for someone who’s changing how he downloads and manages his collection? " I think you mean, changing 'what' you download (as in quality). Me thinks how you download is somewhat restricted. But I still submit, editing is the best form of control. Cut the crap, keep the sweet sap... it's what my daddy use to say.  If it ain't grits, it must be a Yankee.If you're going to lay her head over the pool table and fuck her throat, get your fucking hand off her throat! | |
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| 07-02-13 06:35pm - 4191 days | #7 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Hmmm... if that was an interview question I'd bore them for hours about how detailed I am. But that might get me the job too. I agree that 720p is good enough for someone (like me) who mostly uses a monitor, but there is a noticeable difference when you DL a higher res file. I'll usually opt for a 720p file but if it is a scene or model I really want I'll go as big as they have available. And I'm thinking that my plan to 'quarantine' scenes will probably be the most significant decision in this whole process. In the future, I'll be less likely to be swamped with crap. | |
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| 07-02-13 06:40pm - 4191 days | #8 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
All good suggestions. I'm trying to group stuff that I've downloaded over multiple memberships to the same site. And when I consolidate those on drives I'm also leaving space for future downloads from the same site. Like Kink sites and ALS Scan. I know I'll be back to those. I'm thinking that if I'm careful I can download low res stuff and then go back to get higher res versions of the ones I want. That would mean I'd want to go through the low res stuff before I went into an additional month or two that I didn't really want, but with most sites and some self-control I should be able to manage this. | |
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| 07-02-13 11:49pm - 4191 days | #9 | |
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Drooler (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 1,831 Registered: Mar 11, '07 Location: USA |
That's hilarious, though it could be quite telling about a person's ability to organize, so it's also valid. Imagine a prospective employment ad that requires you to submit a copy of your porn collection. (And imagine the reminisces during the retirement party years later.) I'm like Wittyguy in that most of the deleting I do is before I plop the folder into its designated spot in my computerized library of filth. I'd really, really hate to look at the collection from the highest point in the tree and ask myself, "Gee, I wonder where the files are that I ought to get rid of?" I wanted something new, so I left England for New England. | |
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