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by balladeer 2821 days ago
What that invite will do? Will it let me join a public network or a private? What does it mean? Is it like an IRC channel or a reddit subreddit (pub/pvt)? Or it will let me just connect to you and some degree of your connections (like a network of people knowing each other -- kind of a pub/pvt club)?

I am sorry to ask these (I guess mundane) questions here but I tried the docs and it isn't really clear. Also patchwork desktop app brought my laptop to a standstill so couldn't explore much.
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ahdinosaur 2821 days ago
hi balladeer, the invite is created by my pub (a peer that has a public ip address and is always online), when you use the invite:

- the pub will post a message to follow you - you will post a message to follow the pub - you will post a message advertising the pub on your feed

basically this mean you will become connected to the pub's social graph (by following the pub) and vise versa the pub will replicate your messages (by the pub following you).

also to note, in the future we will change the pub invite story: invites are directed from one user to another user and pubs are only a messenger (%LMYARKcJ5/HVrkfyGo0oSV4j/whFmpeiJlQnvPw53PE=.sha256), and pubs will become just another device controlled by a specific user (%Gwqklkj0b2CBT5tPiz5170NWsPp3xiuLbOImEaG/e+4=.sha256)

happy to answer any questions! also, i know the initial sync is pretty intense at the moment (joining most public pubs means joining an active community with years of content!), but once it's done it's done, later you only sync what you missed since you last sync'd.

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balladeer 2821 days ago
Great. Thank you!

Can I choose to sync just the new content since I joined? Or since let's say June 2017? And can I clear the previous content synced on my device? If nothing then, let's say, for need for free disk space.

Also, I have installed the Manyverse app on my Android phone (hoping it would not be as resource intensive as Patchwork) - but shall I have do everything all over again if I ever to go for a desktop app or any other app on any device (as it seems from other comments in this post) - every invite being added again and so on?

(Edit) And Manyverse is another decentralised app that is using ScuttleButt protocol, right? And the Android app is a way to access "just this app/social network" on the SSB network - or not on a network really since it's P2P. Did I get it right?

I have watched the video and it made things a lot clearer and the heartbreaking story was touching :) But now I think Manyverse might just be a "pub" on SSB :)

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ahdinosaur 2820 days ago
> Can I choose to sync just...

at the moment no, but it's likely we'll move content off-chain (%QJEpN8LN1t3BrIkUQ3WoOMWRsMArbVUZCpTeBYcuqfw=.sha256) so you would only need to sync the signature chain metadata, then could choose what content you want to download or delete.

> But now I think Manyverse might just be a "pub" on SSB

Manyverse is a mobile app on SSB, much like Patchwork is a desktop app. it uses all the same peer-to-peer network, including the existing pubs (as in there are no pubs specific to Manyverse).

> shall I have do everything all over again if I ever to go for a desktop app or any other app on any device

if you want to use both Manyverse and Patchwork, yes they will be separate keys each with their own feed, to be merged as the same conceptual identity, see this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18067100.

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