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| 1 | +# about (profile update) |
| 2 | +About messages are used to add additional information to another message, much like attaching post-it notes to some book page. You're _attaching information about_ something. Most use cases of `about` messages are to add names, images and descriptions to a user profile. |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | +> **Attention:** There is no central authority handling names on the Scuttleverse. Much like in the physical world where two people can have the exact same name so it is on Scuttlebutt. |
| 5 | +> |
| 6 | +> You can name other people as well, just like partners and friends do. |
| 7 | +
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| 8 | + |
| 9 | +## What does it look like? |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +~~~ |
| 12 | +{ |
| 13 | + "key": "%buRChtQMrk/WjZQsfsgsg17XHmSDnMMKfFEXv/bjL43lQ=.sha256", |
| 14 | + "value": { |
| 15 | + "previous": null, |
| 16 | + "sequence": 1, |
| 17 | + "author": "@G/zUdqlPsdgsgd8yXIfMjx1676ApAOghwgc=.ed25519", |
| 18 | + "timestamp": 1560287825423, |
| 19 | + "hash": "sha256", |
| 20 | + "content": { |
| 21 | + "type": "about", |
| 22 | + "about": "@G/zUdqlPMsdgsdg8yXIfMjx1676ApAOghwgc=.ed25519", |
| 23 | + "image": "&N3ectV2qM5gyH2Zrsdgsdgd+InCMkJBc/MaTbJ0=.sha256", |
| 24 | + "name": "Hilo", |
| 25 | + "description": "extrem klug" |
| 26 | + }, |
| 27 | + "signature": "UMjf4aFsdgsgUY9zeDAqWdTZeymoQznicvfgATu0/kArvLnshqbkiG7ZIngXcnztMUc6SyI4GrDwkAA==.sig.ed25519" |
| 28 | + }, |
| 29 | + "timestamp": 1560288248693, |
| 30 | + "rts": 1560287825423 |
| 31 | +} |
| 32 | +~~~ |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +The message above is adding a `name`, an `image` and a `description` to the user specified by the `about` field. |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +There is a lot more [information about `about` online](http://scuttlebot.io/docs/message-types/about.html). |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | + |
1 | 39 | # about (gathering) |
2 | 40 |
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3 | 41 | `about` messages are very flexible. They are often used to add or alter metadata _about_ some other message. In Patchfox documentation, I use the jargon that this message is _overloaded_ and it's meaning depends on which message it is _abouting_ about. |
@@ -51,41 +89,3 @@ Let's look at another case of `about` being used with _gatherings_: |
51 | 89 | ``` |
52 | 90 |
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53 | 91 | That message is marking a _feed_ (aka a user) as attending the _gathering_. |
54 | | - |
55 | | - |
56 | | -# about (profile update) |
57 | | -About messages are used to add additional information to another message, much like attaching post-it notes to some book page. You're _attaching information about_ something. Most use cases of `about` messages are to add names, images and descriptions to a user profile. |
58 | | - |
59 | | -> **Attention:** There is no central authority handling names on the Scuttleverse. Much like in the physical world where two people can have the exact same name so it is on Scuttlebutt. |
60 | | -> |
61 | | -> You can name other people as well, just like partners and friends do. |
62 | | -
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63 | | - |
64 | | -## What does it look like? |
65 | | - |
66 | | -~~~ |
67 | | -{ |
68 | | - "key": "%buRChtQMrk/WjZQsfsgsg17XHmSDnMMKfFEXv/bjL43lQ=.sha256", |
69 | | - "value": { |
70 | | - "previous": null, |
71 | | - "sequence": 1, |
72 | | - "author": "@G/zUdqlPsdgsgd8yXIfMjx1676ApAOghwgc=.ed25519", |
73 | | - "timestamp": 1560287825423, |
74 | | - "hash": "sha256", |
75 | | - "content": { |
76 | | - "type": "about", |
77 | | - "about": "@G/zUdqlPMsdgsdg8yXIfMjx1676ApAOghwgc=.ed25519", |
78 | | - "image": "&N3ectV2qM5gyH2Zrsdgsdgd+InCMkJBc/MaTbJ0=.sha256", |
79 | | - "name": "Hilo", |
80 | | - "description": "extrem klug" |
81 | | - }, |
82 | | - "signature": "UMjf4aFsdgsgUY9zeDAqWdTZeymoQznicvfgATu0/kArvLnshqbkiG7ZIngXcnztMUc6SyI4GrDwkAA==.sig.ed25519" |
83 | | - }, |
84 | | - "timestamp": 1560288248693, |
85 | | - "rts": 1560287825423 |
86 | | -} |
87 | | -~~~ |
88 | | - |
89 | | -The message above is adding a `name`, an `image` and a `description` to the user specified by the `about` field. |
90 | | - |
91 | | -There is a lot more [information about `about` online](http://scuttlebot.io/docs/message-types/about.html). |
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