pubs (advanced)

When you use an invite, there are 3 messages that are published.

The pub publishes a message saying :

• I follow @mixmix

This means that it will ask anyone it bumps into for copies of things you've said. It also means that people who follow the pub will also be interested in things said (the network has you listening to your direct friends, AND their friends, in case you'd like to get to know them)

You publish messages saying :

• I follow @pub_mix
• there's a pub called @pub_mix over at pub.mixmix.io

This means you start following things the pub says (not much) and things that friends of the pub say (if this is a pub you and your friends go to, then this will allow you to find them)
The second message is really nice. It's a message that is gossiped about other gossiping centers (pubs). It's means if you know and follow me, then you'll hear that I think there's this nice little pub at pub.mixmix.io , so you can swing by there.

Now you don't need to be following a pub to drop by and ask the bar keep there whether they've heard from people you name exactly. So you'll find if you look close that your computer gossips with a range of people to ask for news. This makes the network super resiliant, and means even if you've only used on invite, you kinda have many pubs.