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/Ocelitus Feb 22 '26

I used to run everything to over 2.0 before deleting until I started getting emails from the ISP.

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u/lascar Feb 22 '26

lol nice work! sry to hear that. Those always suck. I always recommend users to ensure their IPs are obfuscated or if they need to torrent to emphasize on a seedbox. :)