> how do you manage discovery of other users

Here's my personal profile on 9social:

https://github.com/dharmatech/9social-user-dharmatech

Each profile has a `following` file which shows who they're following:

https://github.com/dharmatech/9social-user-dharmatech/blob/m...

So, once you know someone on the network (now you know me!) you can see who they follow. And who each of them follow... And so on.

> how do you manage identity/authentication

Well, each user's profile is just a git repository (possibly on github). So I'd think about identity/authentication in the same way users think about it for their code projects.

If you have specific scenarios you're wondering about, feel free to ask.

> Nice! This sounds just like what I'd been thinking the system should be like.

Cool! Thanks for checking it out!