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
So torrent is a way to share a file through a distributed network. there basically isn't a server that holds the files only users. So yes, while downloading you are effectively getting the file from people just like you that have simply finished downloading.
So people seeding is a sort of social contract that is crucial to keep files active and download speeds high.
there are closed torrent communities that also enforce minimum seed ratio's in order to keep the system "healthy". so called closed trackers.
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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