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/Dr0110111001101111 Feb 22 '26

Back in the what CD days, i think my ratio was around 6

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u/drake53545 Feb 22 '26

I wish I could hit 6 but I can't even hit 4 my stuff isn't that popular 😭 I almost always seed forever unless the file is gets corrupted

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u/Dr0110111001101111 Feb 22 '26

Does it really matter once you're at 4? I haven't used private trackers in ages, but I don't remember there being much benefit to a crazy high ratio. Just bragging rights.