Community urges backing up quantized models via torrents

A LocalLLaMA community post warns that models from quant producers may be at risk of removal and urges users to back up quantized weights they want to keep. It asks those able to create torrents and share them via llama.garden, pirateface.co and huggingbay.xyz. The post does not specify the cause or which models are affected.

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