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I think you may be over complicating this. It’s not one giant network of users like Twitter. It’s individual servers who know how to communicate with some speci

I think you may be over complicating this. It’s not one giant network of users like Twitter. It’s individual servers who know how to communicate with some specified protocol - just like email. How “findable” is your email address? Are there isolated pockets of e-mail that you can maybe even see from a distance, but can’t communicate with them?

warrenm 4y ago
That's just it - I don't know if I'm overcomplicating, undercomplicating, or rightcomplicating it I honestly have't grokked the protocol/concept well enough to know how far away from "right" my mental model is :)
- cweagans 4y ago
  Think of it in the same way as email: anyone can stand up a server, the users on that server are addressable by users on other servers, and some communication can happen between them. There are obviously differences under the hood, but it's a good starting point for a mental model.