Has something changed regarding soulseek? I don't seem to get any results for searching. I tried previously searched terms and even those are returning blank. If there is better place to ask question/debug help regarding soulseek, let me know.

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[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

soul seek has never gone down. it's not possible

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I tried yesterday and it was working. Is it not an issue with the client instead? Try Nicotine instead of the official Souseek client once.

[–] rando@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago

Oh I'm using nicotine+ (never used official client)

[–] rando@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Does TCP port 2234 need to be open? (I was using soulseek without any issues previously) so if port needs to be open then probably something on ISP side changed

[–] Blxter@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yes to reach others you need the port forwarded and some users have have access blocked if you are not also sharing.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Sort of. If you're not port forwarding, you can only connect to those who are, if you are port forwarding you can connect to everyone who is and everyone who isn't (that is currently connected ofc) so you get a bigger pool to search through.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 hours ago

I am also on Nicotine. I just tried downloading and it is working fine. My port 2234 is closed as per Soulseek official site [though users can download from me, I think].

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Possibly unrelated but certain artists seem to be blacklisted on that platform for some reason

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

Like who?

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

This was a few months back but when I searched for Luke Bryan, nothing came up. I had to get creative to find the song I wanted. Think it was called country girl. I haven't tried recently but it would be interesting to see if it's still like that

[–] A_Asselin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Term "Bryan" is blocked. Search "luke *ryan" instead.

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Weird! Why?

[–] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

13 years old forum post about this, with a reply from Nir Arbel, the founder:

https://www.slsknet.org/news/node/717

Yeah, I can't go into too much detail, but we have to filter certain things.

[–] Blxter@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

That's wild I had no idea actually

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Sometimes it's better to put something in your big book of sailor's secrets and not ask around too much.

Mum's the word.

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 hours ago

😂 okay

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 8 hours ago

Following

[–] rando@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago

Oh didn't know it's a thing, thanks