Leeching - Revision history

imported>Lolyunohavgudsoftware at 03:43, 5 May 2016

2016-05-05T03:43:06Z

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	[[Image:Leechseed.png\|thumb\|[[Pokemon\|Bulbasaur]] knows how it's done.]]		[[Image:Leechseed.png\|thumb\|[[Pokemon\|Bulbasaur]] knows how it's done.]]
	[[Image:bandwidthexceeded.png\|thumb\|ImageShack doesn't want to host your files because you're gay and they're homophobes. FACT. ]]		[[Image:bandwidthexceeded.png\|thumb\|ImageShack doesn't want to host your files because you're gay and they're homophobes. FACT. ]]
	Leeching, also incorrectly known as "[[cock\|bandwidth]] theft", is the act of hotlinking an image from a [[server]] you don't directly control or have authorization to use. [[Jameth]] was apparently the first [[butthurt\|victim]] of the new secret [[LJ TOS]] provision which confuses leeching with a [[DMCA]] violation and can now be a [[ban set\|suspendable]] offense.

	On the other hand, if you are [[old school]] (not a [[n00b]]) then leeching is actually when you download something from a [[warez]] server and you don't upload anything back. Say you dial up a [[BBS]] and it says "No credits necessary, but please upload :):):)" or whatever, and you want to get, say, DBLANLFK.GIF so you fire up Kermit .. what the hell are you doing on my lawn get the fuck off my lawn god damn kids[[oneoneone\|!1@!!!]]		'''Leeching''', also incorrectly known as "[[cock\|bandwidth]] theft", is the act of hotlinking an image from a [[server]] you don't directly control or have authorization to use. [[Jameth]] was apparently the first [[butthurt\|victim]] of the new secret [[LJ TOS]] provision which confuses leeching with a [[DMCA]] violation and can now be a [[ban set\|suspendable]] offense.
	It also happens when a [[lazy]] [[asshole]], most likely one form of [[basement dweller]] or another, decides to download [[torrent]]s or [[P2P]] files without ever seeding in return. Some programs, including [[Limewire]], have a feature that prevents leechers from downloading at all unless they share a certain amount of files.
			On the other hand, if you are [[old school]] (not a [[n00b]]) then leeching is actually when you download something from a [[warez]] server and you don't upload anything back. Say you dial up a [[BBS]] and it says "No credits necessary, but please upload :):):)" or whatever, and you want to get, say, DBLANLFK.GIF so you fire up Kermit .. what the hell are you doing on my lawn get the fuck off my lawn god damn kids[[oneoneone\|!1@!!!]] It also happens when a [[lazy]] [[asshole]], most likely one form of [[basement dweller]] or another, decides to download [[torrent]]s or [[P2P]] files without ever seeding in return. Some programs, including [[Limewire]], have a feature that prevents leechers from downloading at all unless they share a certain amount of files.

	==Internet Etiquette and Leeching==		==Internet Etiquette and Leeching==

	Many people don't have an issue with leeching, as data transfer is now cheap and available in massive amounts through any [[dreamhost\|good webhost]]. Most original complaints on [[LiveJournal]] concerning leeching were from those who made hundreds of blinking icons and then foolishly hosted them on free services such as [[Geocities]] or Angelfire, which rarely allow hotlinking anyway. When someone leeches these images, the accounts quickly exceed the allotted data transfer and the site becomes [[suspended]] or unavailable for a certain period of time.		Many people don't have an issue with leeching, as data transfer is now cheap and available in massive amounts through any [[dreamhost\|good webhost]]. Most original complaints on [[LiveJournal]] concerning leeching were from those who made hundreds of blinking icons and then foolishly hosted them on free services such as [[Geocities]] or Angelfire, which rarely allow hotlinking anyway. When someone leeches these images, the accounts quickly exceed the allotted data transfer and the site becomes [[suspended]] or unavailable for a certain period of time.

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	==Bait and Switch==		==Bait and Switch==
	[[Image:Psfightnon.jpg\|thumb\|If you’re the Black Militant type, it’s best that you don’t hotlink to ED. '''BETTER YET, WHY ARE YOU USING WINDOWS 98?''' ]]
			[[Image:Psfightnon.jpg\|thumb\|If you’re the Black Militant type, it’s best that you don’t hotlink to ED. '''BETTER YET, WHY ARE YOU USING WINDOWS 98?''']]

	The problem with leeching is that if the image with that file name changes or goes down everywhere the image is used will use the new/broken image. By problem we actually meen "hilarious opportunity for great lulz." thanks to the classic image bait and switch prank. This prank is simple: make a super cute and unoffensive [[meme]]. Adorable kittens wearing part hats, anyone? Post the image on facebook, [[gaia]] or somewhere else where lazy and gullible retards hang out using a [[sock puppet]]. Wait for it to go viral as it's spread around by lazy fucks who just plain won't upload their own copy. A little after the excitement over the new meme has died upload a new image with the exact same file name at the exact same address. Make the image offensive or lulzy! Watch the butthurt roll in.		The problem with leeching is that if the image with that file name changes or goes down everywhere the image is used will use the new/broken image. By problem we actually meen "hilarious opportunity for great lulz." thanks to the classic image bait and switch prank. This prank is simple: make a super cute and unoffensive [[meme]]. Adorable kittens wearing part hats, anyone? Post the image on facebook, [[gaia]] or somewhere else where lazy and gullible retards hang out using a [[sock puppet]]. Wait for it to go viral as it's spread around by lazy fucks who just plain won't upload their own copy. A little after the excitement over the new meme has died upload a new image with the exact same file name at the exact same address. Make the image offensive or lulzy! Watch the butthurt roll in.

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	==Related Articles==		==Related Articles==
	*[[uTorrent]]
	*[[The Pirate Bay]]		* [[uTorrent]]
	*[[Demonoid]]		* [[The Pirate Bay]]
			* [[Demonoid]]


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imported>3tails: /* Bait and Switch */

2016-01-03T01:53:59Z

Bait and Switch

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	The problem with leeching is that if the image with that file name changes or goes down everywhere the image is used will use the new/broken image. By problem we actually meen "hilarious opportunity for great lulz." thanks to the classic image bait and switch prank. This prank is simple: make a super cute and unoffensive [[meme]]. Adorable kittens wearing part hats, anyone? Post the image on facebook, [[gaia]] or somewhere else where lazy and gullible retards hang out using a [[sock puppet]]. Wait for it to go viral as it's spread around by lazy fucks who just plain won't upload their own copy. A little after the excitement over the new meme has died upload a new image with the exact same file name at the exact same address. Make the image offensive or lulzy! Watch the butthurt roll in.		The problem with leeching is that if the image with that file name changes or goes down everywhere the image is used will use the new/broken image. By problem we actually meen "hilarious opportunity for great lulz." thanks to the classic image bait and switch prank. This prank is simple: make a super cute and unoffensive [[meme]]. Adorable kittens wearing part hats, anyone? Post the image on facebook, [[gaia]] or somewhere else where lazy and gullible retards hang out using a [[sock puppet]]. Wait for it to go viral as it's spread around by lazy fucks who just plain won't upload their own copy. A little after the excitement over the new meme has died upload a new image with the exact same file name at the exact same address. Make the image offensive or lulzy! Watch the butthurt roll in.

	The most well-known case of an image bait-and-switch on is probably moroveus' "Operation Jour de Poisson" (French for "Day of the Fish"), in which he changed his userinfo and journal content to appear as a [[Christian]], and created a [[meme]] supporting the phrase "under God" in the United States Pledge of Allegiance. He included code to post which linked an image on his webspace as part of the meme and allowed it time to propagate. After some time, he changed the image to one opposed to the phrase, effectively confusing and angering many Christians and conservatives, as they suddenly found their journals advocating views opposite to theirs. Many other memes have the potential for something such as this, including the hundreds of image-based [[colorbars]]. It is a long time favorite troll on Facebook to create a group exclaiming how great it is to be Jewish, only to switch it to a Holocaust deniers group or Hitler fan club once enough people become fans to create sufficient butthurt and, therefor, lulz.		The most well-known case of an image bait-and-switch on is probably moroveus' "Operation Jour de Poisson" (French for "Day of the Fish"), in which he changed his userinfo and journal content to appear as a [[Christian]], and created a [[meme]] supporting the phrase "under God" in the United States Pledge of Allegiance. He included code to post which linked an image on his webspace as part of the meme and allowed it time to propagate. After some time, he changed the image to one opposed to the phrase, effectively confusing and angering many Christians and conservatives, as they suddenly found their journals advocating views opposite to theirs.

	[[Jameth]]'s No Niggers switch also caused much butthurt when an image of gay porn featuring black homosexuals sucking each other's dicks was swapped out to an image of a lynch mob with "NO NIGGERS" stamped across it. Bricks were shat in many adult forums and livejournals when suddenly their porn was replaced with "hate speech". The users who foolishly leeched these images were quick to take them down or meet the sting of the almighty [[banhammer]].		[[Jameth]]'s No Niggers switch also caused much butthurt when an image of gay porn featuring black homosexuals sucking each other's dicks was swapped out to an image of a lynch mob with "NO NIGGERS" stamped across it. Bricks were shat in many adult forums and livejournals when suddenly their porn was replaced with "hate speech". The users who foolishly leeched these images were quick to take them down or meet the sting of the almighty [[banhammer]].

			Many other memes have the potential for something such as this, including the hundreds of image-based [[colorbars]]. It is a long time favorite troll on Facebook to create a group exclaiming how great it is to be Jewish, only to switch it to a Holocaust deniers group or Hitler fan club once enough people become fans to create sufficient butthurt and, therefor, lulz.

	==Related Articles==		==Related Articles==

imported>3tails at 01:49, 3 January 2016

2016-01-03T01:49:32Z

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			[[Image:Leechseed.png\|thumb\|[[Pokemon\|Bulbasaur]] knows how it's done.]]
			[[Image:bandwidthexceeded.png\|thumb\|ImageShack doesn't want to host your files because you're gay and they're homophobes. FACT. ]]
	Leeching, also incorrectly known as "[[cock\|bandwidth]] theft", is the act of hotlinking an image from a [[server]] you don't directly control or have authorization to use. [[Jameth]] was apparently the first [[butthurt\|victim]] of the new secret [[LJ TOS]] provision which confuses leeching with a [[DMCA]] violation and can now be a [[ban set\|suspendable]] offense.		Leeching, also incorrectly known as "[[cock\|bandwidth]] theft", is the act of hotlinking an image from a [[server]] you don't directly control or have authorization to use. [[Jameth]] was apparently the first [[butthurt\|victim]] of the new secret [[LJ TOS]] provision which confuses leeching with a [[DMCA]] violation and can now be a [[ban set\|suspendable]] offense.

	On the other hand, if you are [[old school]] (not a [[n00b]]) then leeching is actually when you download something from a [[warez]] server and you don't upload anything back. Say you dial up a [[BBS]] and it says "No credits necessary, but please upload :):):)" or whatever, and you want to get, say, DBLANLFK.GIF so you fire up Kermit .. what the hell are you doing on my lawn get the fuck off my lawn god damn kids[[oneoneone\|!1@!!!]]		On the other hand, if you are [[old school]] (not a [[n00b]]) then leeching is actually when you download something from a [[warez]] server and you don't upload anything back. Say you dial up a [[BBS]] and it says "No credits necessary, but please upload :):):)" or whatever, and you want to get, say, DBLANLFK.GIF so you fire up Kermit .. what the hell are you doing on my lawn get the fuck off my lawn god damn kids[[oneoneone\|!1@!!!]]
			It also happens when a [[lazy]] [[asshole]], most likely one form of [[basement dweller]] or another, decides to download [[torrent]]s or [[P2P]] files without ever seeding in return. Some programs, including [[Limewire]], have a feature that prevents leechers from downloading at all unless they share a certain amount of files.

	==Internet Etiquette and Leeching==		==Internet Etiquette and Leeching==
	~~[[Image:Psfightnon.jpg\|thumb\|If you’re the Black Militant type, it’s best that you don’t hotlink to ED. '''BETTER YET, WHY ARE YOU USING WINDOWS 98?''' ]]~~
	Many people don't have an issue with leeching, as data transfer is now cheap and available in massive amounts through any [[dreamhost\|good webhost]]. Most original complaints on [[LiveJournal]] concerning leeching were from those who made hundreds of blinking icons and then foolishly hosted them on free services such as [[Geocities]] or Angelfire, which rarely allow hotlinking anyway. When someone leeches these images, the accounts quickly exceed the allotted data transfer and the site becomes [[suspended]] or unavailable for a certain period of time.		Many people don't have an issue with leeching, as data transfer is now cheap and available in massive amounts through any [[dreamhost\|good webhost]]. Most original complaints on [[LiveJournal]] concerning leeching were from those who made hundreds of blinking icons and then foolishly hosted them on free services such as [[Geocities]] or Angelfire, which rarely allow hotlinking anyway. When someone leeches these images, the accounts quickly exceed the allotted data transfer and the site becomes [[suspended]] or unavailable for a certain period of time.

	Some websites, such as [[Something Awful]], forbid leeching as well — mostly because you can't control the content that you're posting and many webmasters won't think twice about redirecting your request to [[goatse]] or some similar shock [[image]]. Others will go so far as to track where you're leeching an image and then change the file to something situation-specific in order to insult or embarrass you.		Some websites, such as [[Something Awful]], forbid leeching as well — mostly because you can't control the content that you're posting and many webmasters won't think twice about redirecting your request to [[goatse]] or some similar shock [[image]]. Others will go so far as to track where you're leeching an image and then change the file to something situation-specific in order to insult or embarrass you.

	~~==Image Leeching Pranks on LiveJournal==~~		Commonly known as hotlinking, "Stealing art" by linking to it is one of the easiest ways to piss off some [[lesbian]] icon maker on LiveJournal. Nothing annoys them more, except for [[Icon theft\|not crediting them]] for their creative masterpieces. Just find some random loser who uses Photobucket or Imageshack. Right click and copy the location, then post it as your own. This rapes the site's [[bandwidth]], eventually causing some gay golden frog shit to come up saying ur bandwidth has been exceeded or some other useless crap. Now nobody can get off to their radioactively colored pixels. Wear some armor, by the way; this will cause a lot of [[e-drama\|drama]], and nobody causes drama like an icon maker [[The Great Livejournal Strikethrough of 2007\|Except for maybe fangirls]].
	~~The most well-~~known ~~case~~ of ~~an image bait-and-switch on LJ is probably {{lj\|user=moroveus}}' [http://www.livejournal.com/users/moroveus/138722.html Operation Jour de Poisson], in which he changed his userinfo and journal content~~ to ~~appear as a~~ [[~~Christian~~]], ~~and created a~~ [[~~meme~~]] ~~supporting~~ the ~~phrase "under God" in~~ the [[~~United States~~]] ~~Pledge of Allegiance~~. ~~He included code~~ to ~~post which linked an image on his webspace as part of the meme and allowed it time to propagate~~. ~~After~~ some ~~time~~, ~~he changed~~ the ~~image to one opposed to the phrase, effectively confusing and angering many~~ [[~~Christian~~]]s and [[~~conservative]]s, as they suddenly found their journals advocating views opposite to theirs. Many other memes have the potential for something such as this, including the hundreds~~ of ~~image-based [[Colorbar~~\|~~colorbars~~]].

	~~Another example~~ of ~~an image leeching prank~~ is [[~~Jameth~~]]'s [[~~NO NIGGERS\|Anti-user~~]] ~~switch~~.		It was predicted that in [[2008]] the internets would die in an inferno because of the collective wrath of hotlinked icon ''artists''; it is now projected that it is [[All your base\|on the way to destruction]] in [[2012]].

	==~~Icon Theft~~==		==Bait and Switch==
	[[Image:~~bandwidthexceeded~~.~~png~~\|thumb\|~~ImageShack doesn~~'~~t want to host your files because you~~'~~re gay and they~~'~~re homophobes. FACT.~~ ]]		[[Image:Psfightnon.jpg\|thumb\|If you’re the Black Militant type, it’s best that you don’t hotlink to ED. '''BETTER YET, WHY ARE YOU USING WINDOWS 98?''' ]]
	~~Commonly known as hotlinking, this~~ is ~~one of~~ the ~~easiest ways~~ to ~~piss off some~~ [[~~lesbian~~]] ~~icon maker~~ on ~~LiveJournal. Nothing annoys them more~~, ~~except for~~ [[~~Icon theft\|not crediting them~~]] ~~for their creative masterpieces. Just find some random loser who uses Photobucket~~ or ~~Imageshack. Right click~~ and ~~copy the location, then post it as your own. This rapes the site's~~ [[~~bandwidth~~]]~~, eventually causing some gay golden frog shit to come up saying ur bandwidth has been exceeded or some other useless crap~~. ~~Now nobody can get off~~ to their ~~radioactively colored pixels~~. ~~Wear some armor, by~~ the ~~way; this will cause~~ a ~~lot of [[e-drama\|drama]], and nobody causes drama like an icon maker~~. ~~[[The Great Livejournal Strikethrough of 2007\|Except for maybe fangirls]].~~		The problem with leeching is that if the image with that file name changes or goes down everywhere the image is used will use the new/broken image. By problem we actually meen "hilarious opportunity for great lulz." thanks to the classic image bait and switch prank. This prank is simple: make a super cute and unoffensive [[meme]]. Adorable kittens wearing part hats, anyone? Post the image on facebook, [[gaia]] or somewhere else where lazy and gullible retards hang out using a [[sock puppet]]. Wait for it to go viral as it's spread around by lazy fucks who just plain won't upload their own copy. A little after the excitement over the new meme has died upload a new image with the exact same file name at the exact same address. Make the image offensive or lulzy! Watch the butthurt roll in.

	~~It was predicted that in [[2008]]~~ the ~~internets would die in an inferno because of the collective wrath of hotlinked icon ''artists''; it is now projected that it is [[All your base\|on~~ the ~~way to destruction]]~~ in ~~[[2012]]~~.

	~~==Leeching~~ on ~~P2P Sharing==~~		The most well-known case of an image bait-and-switch on is probably moroveus' "Operation Jour de Poisson" (French for "Day of the Fish"), in which he changed his userinfo and journal content to appear as a [[Christian]], and created a [[meme]] supporting the phrase "under God" in the United States Pledge of Allegiance. He included code to post which linked an image on his webspace as part of the meme and allowed it time to propagate. After some time, he changed the image to one opposed to the phrase, effectively confusing and angering many Christians and conservatives, as they suddenly found their journals advocating views opposite to theirs. Many other memes have the potential for something such as this, including the hundreds of image-based [[colorbars]]. It is a long time favorite troll on Facebook to create a group exclaiming how great it is to be Jewish, only to switch it to a Holocaust deniers group or Hitler fan club once enough people become fans to create sufficient butthurt and, therefor, lulz.

	[[~~Image:Leechseed.png\|thumb\|[[Pokemon\|Bulbasaur~~]] ~~knows how it~~'s ~~done~~.]]		[[Jameth]]'s No Niggers switch also caused much butthurt when an image of gay porn featuring black homosexuals sucking each other's dicks was swapped out to an image of a lynch mob with "NO NIGGERS" stamped across it. Bricks were shat in many adult forums and livejournals when suddenly their porn was replaced with "hate speech". The users who foolishly leeched these images were quick to take them down or meet the sting of the almighty [[banhammer]].

	In this context, leeching is when a [[lazy]] [[asshole]], most likely one form of [[basement dweller]] or another, decides to download [[torrent]]s or [[P2P]] files without ever seeding in return. Some programs, including [[Limewire]], have a feature that prevents leechers from downloading at all unless they share a certain amount of files.

	==Related Articles==		==Related Articles==

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	Leeching, also incorrectly known as "[[cock\|bandwidth]] theft", is the act of hotlinking an image from a [[server]] you don't directly control or have authorization to use. [[Jameth]] was apparently the first [[butthurt\|victim]] of the new secret [[LJ TOS]] provision which confuses leeching with a [[DMCA]] violation and can now be a [[ban set\|suspendable]] offense.		Leeching, also incorrectly known as "[[cock\|bandwidth]] theft", is the act of hotlinking an image from a [[server]] you don't directly control or have authorization to use. [[Jameth]] was apparently the first [[butthurt\|victim]] of the new secret [[LJ TOS]] provision which confuses leeching with a [[DMCA]] violation and can now be a [[ban set\|suspendable]] offense.

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imported>Esther Nguyen: Replacing DAMN NIGGA with NO NIGGERS

2011-05-27T01:47:15Z

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	The most well-known case of an image bait-and-switch on LJ is probably {{lj\|user=moroveus}}' [http://www.livejournal.com/users/moroveus/138722.html Operation Jour de Poisson], in which he changed his userinfo and journal content to appear as a [[Christian]], and created a [[meme]] supporting the phrase "under God" in the [[United States]] Pledge of Allegiance. He included code to post which linked an image on his webspace as part of the meme and allowed it time to propagate. After some time, he changed the image to one opposed to the phrase, effectively confusing and angering many [[Christian]]s and [[conservative]]s, as they suddenly found their journals advocating views opposite to theirs. Many other memes have the potential for something such as this, including the hundreds of image-based [[Colorbar\|colorbars]].		The most well-known case of an image bait-and-switch on LJ is probably {{lj\|user=moroveus}}' [http://www.livejournal.com/users/moroveus/138722.html Operation Jour de Poisson], in which he changed his userinfo and journal content to appear as a [[Christian]], and created a [[meme]] supporting the phrase "under God" in the [[United States]] Pledge of Allegiance. He included code to post which linked an image on his webspace as part of the meme and allowed it time to propagate. After some time, he changed the image to one opposed to the phrase, effectively confusing and angering many [[Christian]]s and [[conservative]]s, as they suddenly found their journals advocating views opposite to theirs. Many other memes have the potential for something such as this, including the hundreds of image-based [[Colorbar\|colorbars]].

	Another example of an image leeching prank is [[Jameth]]'s [[~~DAMN NIGGA~~]] switch.		Another example of an image leeching prank is [[Jameth]]'s [[NO NIGGERS\|Anti-user]] switch.

	==Icon Theft==		==Icon Theft==

imported>Unknown: Created page with " Leeching, also incorrectly known as "bandwidth theft", is the act of hotlinking an image from a server you don't directly control or have authorization to use. [[Ja..."

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Leeching, also incorrectly known as "[[cock|bandwidth]] theft", is the act of hotlinking an image from a [[server]] you don't directly control or have authorization to use. [[Jameth]] was apparently the first [[butthurt|victim]] of the new secret [[LJ TOS]] provision which confuses leeching with a [[DMCA]] violation and can now be a [[ban set|suspendable]] offense.

On the other hand, if you are [[old school]] (not a [[n00b]]) then leeching is actually when you download something from a [[warez]] server and you don't upload anything back. Say you dial up a [[BBS]] and it says "No credits necessary, but please upload :):):)" or whatever, and you want to get, say, DBLANLFK.GIF so you fire up Kermit .. what the hell are you doing on my lawn get the fuck off my lawn god damn kids[[oneoneone|!1@!!!]]

==Internet Etiquette and Leeching==
[[Image:Psfightnon.jpg|thumb|If you’re the Black Militant type, it’s best that you don’t hotlink to ED. '''BETTER YET, WHY ARE YOU USING WINDOWS 98?''' ]]
Many people don't have an issue with leeching, as data transfer is now cheap and available in massive amounts through any [[dreamhost|good webhost]]. Most original complaints on [[LiveJournal]] concerning leeching were from those who made hundreds of blinking icons and then foolishly hosted them on free services such as [[Geocities]] or Angelfire, which rarely allow hotlinking anyway. When someone leeches these images, the accounts quickly exceed the allotted data transfer and the site becomes [[suspended]] or unavailable for a certain period of time.

Some websites, such as [[Something Awful]], forbid leeching as well — mostly because you can't control the content that you're posting and many webmasters won't think twice about redirecting your request to [[goatse]] or some similar shock [[image]]. Others will go so far as to track where you're leeching an image and then change the file to something situation-specific in order to insult or embarrass you.

==Image Leeching Pranks on LiveJournal==
The most well-known case of an image bait-and-switch on LJ is probably {{lj|user=moroveus}}' [http://www.livejournal.com/users/moroveus/138722.html Operation Jour de Poisson], in which he changed his userinfo and journal content to appear as a [[Christian]], and created a [[meme]] supporting the phrase "under God" in the [[United States]] Pledge of Allegiance. He included code to post which linked an image on his webspace as part of the meme and allowed it time to propagate. After some time, he changed the image to one opposed to the phrase, effectively confusing and angering many [[Christian]]s and [[conservative]]s, as they suddenly found their journals advocating views opposite to theirs. Many other memes have the potential for something such as this, including the hundreds of image-based [[Colorbar|colorbars]].

Another example of an image leeching prank is [[Jameth]]'s [[DAMN NIGGA]] switch.

==Icon Theft==
[[Image:bandwidthexceeded.png|thumb|ImageShack doesn't want to host your files because you're gay and they're homophobes. FACT. ]]
Commonly known as hotlinking, this is one of the easiest ways to piss off some [[lesbian]] icon maker on LiveJournal. Nothing annoys them more, except for [[Icon theft|not crediting them]] for their creative masterpieces. Just find some random loser who uses Photobucket or Imageshack. Right click and copy the location, then post it as your own. This rapes the site's [[bandwidth]], eventually causing some gay golden frog shit to come up saying ur bandwidth has been exceeded or some other useless crap. Now nobody can get off to their radioactively colored pixels. Wear some armor, by the way; this will cause a lot of [[e-drama|drama]], and nobody causes drama like an icon maker. [[The Great Livejournal Strikethrough of 2007|Except for maybe fangirls]].

It was predicted that in [[2008]] the internets would die in an inferno because of the collective wrath of hotlinked icon ''artists''; it is now projected that it is [[All your base|on the way to destruction]] in [[2012]].

==Leeching on P2P Sharing==

[[Image:Leechseed.png|thumb|[[Pokemon|Bulbasaur]] knows how it's done.]]

In this context, leeching is when a [[lazy]] [[asshole]], most likely one form of [[basement dweller]] or another, decides to download [[torrent]]s or [[P2P]] files without ever seeding in return. Some programs, including [[Limewire]], have a feature that prevents leechers from downloading at all unless they share a certain amount of files.

==Related Articles==
*[[uTorrent]]
*[[The Pirate Bay]]
*[[Demonoid]]

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