Yup, local-first is central to the design.
And, you only see who you explicitly follow.
I hope there's a sympy-thagoras out there.
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Their local-first approach inspired that aspect of the 9social design.
However, a big difference is that SSB is a sophisticated protocol.
With 9social, the heavy lifting is done by git and a set of conventions.
Thanks for checking it out!