Basics

Questions about scuttlebutt in general, and confusions that come up when folks first get started.

• What is the difference between Patchwork and Scuttlebutt?
• How do new users join the system?
• How do I reserve my user name?
• What is a pub?
• Should I follow multiple pubs?
• Why do you have pub servers? isn't that a point of centralization?
• What do you mean when you say SSB works with Gossip?
• How does user identity work?
• Where does all my data live?
• Is it possible to delete or edit messages?
• How do we prevent harassment and spam?
• What ports does Scuttlebutt use?
• How much space will scuttlebutt take up on my computer?
• What happens if I unfollowed all my friends and deleted my .ssb folder? Would all my messages disappear from the scuttleverse?