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Each hub has its own database to store the data about its own user(s). Then the hubs can communicate with each other so you can "friend/follow" users from other hubs.



Okay, then I did understand it correctly (phew!).

But doesn't that mean that the problems the Diaspora team has to solve now will also pop up for other hubs as they grow in scale?

Or is the solution to create loads of smaller hubs and have them communicate? Then why don't they do that?


The problems Diaspora is solving will be solved for the other hubs too, since they all use the same codebase.


That makes sense, thanks!




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