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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 | | - |
39 | 1 | # about (gathering) |
40 | 2 |
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41 | 3 | `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. |
@@ -89,3 +51,41 @@ Let's look at another case of `about` being used with _gatherings_: |
89 | 51 | ``` |
90 | 52 |
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91 | 53 | 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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