the.com/seeder
The one who keeps uploading after getting what they wanted, out of pure digital decency.
means A person running torrent software to upload a file to others after (or while) downloading it themselves, keeping the file available on the network.
from Straightforward agent-noun from 'seed' + '-er' — built on the farming metaphor at the heart of peer-to-peer jargon, where a file's health is tracked in 'seeders' (those who have the complete file and share it) versus 'leechers' (those still downloading). The term rose with BitTorrent in the early 2000s, borrowing the old sense of 'seed' as something sown to grow and spread, repurposed for data instead of crops.
- ratio flex
- high seed ratio earns bragging rights on private trackers
- the paradox
- everyone leeches, almost no one stays to seed
- torrent lifeline
- a file dies without at least one seeder online
- karma system
- private trackers punish low ratios with bans