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.

    • catloaf@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      How much you've downloaded compared to how much you've uploaded. If it's equal, it's 1.0. If you've uploaded twice as much as you've downloaded, it's 2.0.

      • Noah@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        hexagon
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        3 months ago

        I don't know how to create them, just share them. Is there anyway I could find out how to create a torrent file?

    • keepcarrot [she/her]
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      3 months ago

      Mid-hundreds. idk, way higher than I was getting for forgetting to delete random game of thrones episodes