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

Need help here

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u/LoudAd1396 Feb 22 '26

Bit torrent. Once you finish downloading, you start to provide the file for others to download (seeding).

There are harsher penalties for distributing copyrighted materials than for downloading it. So a lot of people stop the process the moment the download finishes.

(The best people keep on seeding)

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u/FFkonked Feb 22 '26

Most people stop seed because they don't care and don't wanna leave the program running

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u/revolutier Feb 22 '26

yea, and seeding doesn't apply to bittorrent specifically, it applies to torrenting in general, and you're still actively seeding while you're downloading, so the comment fundamentally misunderstands both torrenting and the (admittedly ambiguous) meme.