If I sign up for a torrenting site like torrent galaxy or something
That’s a public tracker/index. You don’t need to sign up at all to connect to a public tracker swarm.
and leave my computer running then will other people get seeded?
Yep. You can set bandwidth limits if your upload and/or download internet package is bad so it doesn’t interfere too much.
Or do I have to upload a file or can I just have it finished?
Hit and Run is considered bad manners and selfish behaviour. You can get away with it on public trackers, but private ones typically ban you for that. It’s called leeching. It’ll be based on your total upload/download stats, or your ratio in other words. Aim for 1:1 minimum. I’m pretty sure all torrent clients support displaying ratio even if it’s not enabled by default in some, possibly.
That’s a public tracker/index. You don’t need to sign up at all to connect to a public tracker swarm.
Yep. You can set bandwidth limits if your upload and/or download internet package is bad so it doesn’t interfere too much.
Hit and Run is considered bad manners and selfish behaviour. You can get away with it on public trackers, but private ones typically ban you for that. It’s called leeching. It’ll be based on your total upload/download stats, or your ratio in other words. Aim for 1:1 minimum. I’m pretty sure all torrent clients support displaying ratio even if it’s not enabled by default in some, possibly.
Pic related, fuck. Started with 5 seeds, now there’s just one. Unconnectable.
You can thank all the people claiming that you don’t need a VPN with port forwarding for that.
Thannnkssss, Mullvad!