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		eptcyka 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rejected announces from libtorrent clients proxyin... The headline, whilst true to the author, makes no sense. Announces is a verb, announcements is a noun.

debugnik 5 months ago [–]

A quick search shows me that "annouce" is sometimes used as a noun in the context of bittorrent for some reason.

papyrus9244 5 months ago | [–]

Because it's a type of message, just like "GET" in the context of HTTP.

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