Originally Posted by RawAlex

vvg, like anything - if enough people put their "thumb on the scale" you can change the readings. Most torrent sites prosper because their torrents are good. Seeding bad torrents, and seeding them repeatedly from many location is a way to cause major havoc. It isn't something you do from one PC in one location, but literally through hundreds of PCs, through proxies, and what have you, spiking the mix.

You would be surprised at what a little social disruption does for social networks.