90% of them are dead, so it's probably worth keeping the few surviving ones working. You might never actually get a share though

Never had anyone download from any IA torrents I've hosted. I'd say only do it if it's something you have a reason to believe will be taken down at some point. Whether that be from government censorship, for copyright reasons, etc.

Definitely useful for helping prevent content from being taken down. Torrents remain searchable through DHT but without seeds they're just clogging search results

I downloaded some xbox games from the internet archive and only needed 3 of the 80+ games in the pack. After about 3 weeks of seeding just those 3 games, my ratio was a 32! I had the space to download the rest of the torrent, so i did and it still consistently seeds a few GB's daily. I am one of only 7 people with the complete torrent, so i'll keep it up for years and i'm glad to help others able to access it.

Data storage is getting expensive though and i'm having to be more selective. I already have 80TB in hard drives, so i need to be careful what i use my space for with the active destruction of online information by the White House.

Honestly, from my own experience, IA torrent trackers suck.

I’m seeding a handful. I think maybe one or two has a non zero share ratio, and none above 1. But it’s not clogging up any bandwidth for me, so I’ll keep it going for now.