Why is seeding a torrent helpful?
I keep seeing in forums and sites like these that say it's frowned upon to not seed torrents that you use/used. I saw a post on here or Reddit (I don't remember) with a guy ecstatic that someone started seeding his download he had been trying to get done for months. I know seeding lets someone download something using your computer but how is it helpful if someone doesn't have a site and/or isn't "in-range" ?
If you can't tell, I don't know much about how torrenting works other than how to download something using one. I hope that you all can just explain or point me in the right direction because I would like to support the community.
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If you have slower internet or don't seed 24/7, I would recommend just focusing on seediing torrents with a low number of seeders. It doesn't really matter if you leech the latest episode of a popular new TV series, as there will be so many other seeders, (many with a better capacity to seed). However, for something older or more niche your decision to seed or leech could determine whether someone else gets to enjoy that content.
You're not wrong, but it bugs me when my ratio drops, so I always seed everything I download. I have a pretty good internet service though.
My stats:
nice
Doing the Lord's work! Damn, I only have an all-time ratio of 2.15, gotta step up my game.
I do exactly this, most of my seeds are either books or extremely esoteric films and TV.
Speaking of which... anyone know where I can find the show "Kid Nation"?
If you search on solidtorrents.to there is a version with ~17 seeders.
Thanks!