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It is a great way to distribute content. It more or less scales the delivery network in step with the number of content consumers. There's also an interesting
by daenz 14y ago
It is a great way to distribute content. It more or less scales the delivery network in step with the number of content consumers.
There's also an interesting economic to torrents...the crappier the content, the fewer people seed. The fewer people that seed, the harder it is to get and the longer it takes. On the flip side, really great content gets seeded like crazy, and everyone can enjoy it quickly.
- PuercoPop 14y agoAlthough I agree with your post in general terms, I want to highlight is not great content gets seeded, its popular content. There is a diference. Specially since great old content decreases in popularity.
- daenz 14y agoIt's both. Great content and popular content both get seeded quite a bit, even as they age.
- wisty 14y agoI've heard that popular content gets lots of leaches, but they don't seed for long. They delete the file once they've watched it, because it just wasn't that good. Good content gets a lot of seeders, because they keep it for longer.