I use BitTorrent as a client and almost always work through KA (Kick a##) Torrents. What I've been noticing lately -- I'm not sure if this is what has always happened and I just never noticed -- is that almost as soon as a torrent is up, I will show 2 seeds and even a number of unconnected leechers -- even before I'm recording a bit of data going up!

For example, I put up a new torrent about an hour ago, and I'm showing 2 seeds, 5 peers-- showing (2) and (5), indicating they're not connected to me -- but 0 data up.

Seeds I can almost understand, I'm guessing there are sites that automatically link to seeds and report like that -- but why do I show leeches with no activity?


Thanks --