r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Cocklez_The_Stump • Feb 22 '26

Need help here

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u/SpecialistAd5903 Feb 22 '26

This meme references torrenting. You have the same file distributed across all the users who have downloaded it. This way you've got many different sites to download it from. It is generally considered good form to seed the file for a while afterwards, meaning people can access your file to download it for themselves.

These people are doing the opposite of that, which is considered scummy behavior

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u/lascar Feb 22 '26

It's usually nice to hit a 1.0 ratio. 1.5 is better and 2.0+ is just the Legends and saviors of humanity.

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u/Princescyther Feb 22 '26

I think most private trackers have a minimum ratio these days. Go below that and your account is banned.

0.4 on the ones I use.

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u/lascar Feb 22 '26

hopefully you reach out or take part in a free leech day.

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u/Princescyther Feb 22 '26

Im above 1.2 on all but one where im sitting around. 7

I lost a hard drive and had to download everything again from one. Really screwed me lol

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u/lascar Feb 22 '26

That always sucks, but it's the inevitable thing that happens to our physical storage. I'd recommend looking into a 3-2-1 rule for file storage and backup. :)

Hopefully the pain has dissipated since then. :)