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i have a query, if someone knows, why in several torrents, the title has a dot after each word. for examble:
Elysium (2013) 1080p BrRip x264 - YIFY
Elysium.2013.1080p.WEB-DL.H264-BLUEBIRD [PublicHD]
or
Man of Steel (2013) 1080p BrRip x264 - YIFY
Man.Of.Steel.2013.BDRip.x264-Larceny
Is there any reason for this or not ??
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It is something that the uploaders do. Some add dots, others don't. It is nothing that the site does or something.
Also it will not affect search results in any way.
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thank you for your reply !!
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It's for (largely historic) compatibility reasons. Different operating systems and filesystems support different sets of characters within filenames. Dots are supported more widely than spaces so using dots instead of spaces minimizes the risk of there ever being any problems.
The overwhelming majority of downloaders these days are using modern systems so the "human friendliness" of spaces arguably outweighs the maximum-risk-aversion of dots, at least for the casual uploader.
But habits and standards, once formed, are hard to break and people uploading lots of torrents to lots of downloaders sometimes choose to be more cautious.
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Also, spaces translates badly in internet links. You might not see it, but spaces are translated to %20 by some browsers, especially Internet Explorer ( 20, or 0x20 is also the ASCII code for "non-fixed white" space in hexadecimal)
