[specproc]

I've used soulseek pretty recently! There's a nice client called nicotine, IIRC.

There are message bots that spam you with racist abuse if you're sharing nothing (i.e. not even your downloads), but that's about it.

[pndy]

Oh so pretty much the "classic" share something rule; that was pain in the ass in DC++ times but quality of whatever you could find there was best

[doublerabbit]

DC++ now that's some nostalgia.

Myself used IRC XDCC bots connected to my 33k modem connected to my 486DX which would disconnect every three hours.

eDonkey, WinMX, lovely fashionable protocols.

[Suppafly]

DC++ was the best for dreamcast games back when I was in college.

[abcd_f]

Not to forget the eMule.

[M95D]

WinMX

[anal_reactor]

That shit is apparently still alive somewhere in Latin America. I used it to get Spanish versions of films.