‘SEEDBOX HOGS’ AND ‘RATIO WHORES’: DISCUSSIONS OVER FILE SHARING STRATEGIES IN PRIVATE BITTORRENT COMMUNITIES

Authors

  • Nicholas John The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Abstract

This paper is about the ways that members of private BitTorrent sites talk about the mechanisms used to monitor the extent to which they are sharing files in a reciprocal fashion.

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Published

2015-10-31

How to Cite

John, N. (2015). ‘SEEDBOX HOGS’ AND ‘RATIO WHORES’: DISCUSSIONS OVER FILE SHARING STRATEGIES IN PRIVATE BITTORRENT COMMUNITIES. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research, 5. Retrieved from https://spir.aoir.org/ojs/index.php/spir/article/view/8459

Issue

IR16

Section

Papers J