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  • xavier666@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    torrents worked on a massive scale is because

    • it’s a “run and forget” kind of technology
    • not real-time
    • very less resources per user is required
    • a sizable portion (not a lot) of users participated equally

    You can’t expect this from a fedi-powered gyfcat instance