I use soulseek (well nicotine+ for linux, but same network). For years know I have know that searching for certain terms will fail to give results because they are being filtered. For example “bryan” or “adams” returns no results for me. Although I can find these items in other ways- I’m curious if there have been any new finds on how to bypass this?

  • Snot Flickerman
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    6 months ago

    This is the first I’ve heard of this and I can’t stop laughing because its Bryan Adams.

    Who else is filtered??

    • A_AsselinOP
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      176 months ago

      There are lots of terms. I discovered this because there is an older song I like that has his vocals over some trance - it is by Chicane called “don’t give up”. I also found Chicane is blocked. This causes a streisand effect for me where I will purposely search for and share items that are censored regardless if I like them or not.

      • @sqgl@beehaw.org
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        16 months ago

        That thread is from 12 years ago so things haven’t gotten worse thankfully.

        • @hexagonwin
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          26 months ago

          yeah, i have no idea why or how but soulseek seems to be flying under the radar :)

          • @sqgl@beehaw.org
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            6 months ago

            I couldn’t run an internet radio station without it and imagine there are many other similar stations.

            In the old days labels used to secretly pay AM Radio stations to play their artists. The rort was called payola.