[sukhbir]

Hi. This only works for peers within close geographical proximity and I used the word social because there are many times when you want to download something that some of your friends also want. Note that the intention is not to download small files, but files of very large sizes and common to the peer group. Also, countries where high speed internet is still a luxury (like India), this works because lots of peers are downloading the same content and thus contributing their (limited) bandwidth to the download.

[akkartik]

I got more out of this comment than the original website. You should just say this in the first paragraph even before you refer to 'the paper'.

[sukhbir]

Right, thanks for the feedback. I have updated it to better reflect the idea.

[akkartik]

Yeah, that works great.

[sukhbir]

The 'Idea' page mentions this clearly. The third line in fact.

[akkartik]

Between a reader and that 'third line' lie 5 lines, a click, and 8 more lines. Put the punchline first, it'll keep the reader reading longer.

It's a good idea; I just want more people to get it before they hit the back button.