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Why is seeding a torrent helpful? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 months ago by MaggotInfested@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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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[–] Name@feddit.nu 8 points 2 months ago

Person 1 has file A, which person 2 wants to download. Person 2 connects to person 1 and starts to download which makes person 1 a seeder. If person 1 has file A but doesn't seed, person 2 can't download file A since there is no seeder.

When you seed you make sure that others can download that same file, but yes, they establish a connection with you to download it. If I have understood it correctly.