Scuttlebutt only downloads from people/nodes that you follow and a (maybe configurable?) small number of steps from there, so you do not download the whole netw

Scuttlebutt only downloads from people/nodes that you follow and a (maybe configurable?) small number of steps from there, so you do not download the whole network only posts by your contacts and posts by contacts of contacts. IIRC you can also block accounts which ensures their posts/data is never downloaded to your device.