To my understanding, some torrent sites have methods to incentivize downloading (and seeding) torrents whose seed-count is getting low. For example, one offers

To my understanding, some torrent sites have methods to incentivize downloading (and seeding) torrents whose seed-count is getting low. For example, one offers a multiplier on seed credit for low seed-count torrents, and another does the same but also prominently features a small selection of them in the front page (programmatically) to motivate users to preserve them. The underlying issue persists, but there are some methods to address it, and perhaps more could be devised.