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authorMatthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de>2021-01-02 20:20:45 +0100
committerMatthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de>2021-01-02 20:20:45 +0100
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\subsection{Content}\label{sec:datatypecontent}
% What a "content" object is (and what it is not)
+The content that a user posts can be added to IPFS directly.
+This enables several other possibilities and use-cases:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+ \item
+ Because no meta-data is attached to the content, hosting that metadata
+ becomes less resource intensive in relation to the size of the actual
+ content.
+
+ In turn, hosting the content is easier, because a hoster does not need
+ to attach metadata they do not care about, increasing the distribution
+ of the content.
+
+ \item
+ A user can post content that is already on IPFS.
+ This content does not necessariliy have to be in the social network, but
+ can of course.
+
+ If a user posts content that is already on IPFS, the post is essentially
+ what is called a "repost" in regular social networks, although other
+ methods of reposting might be appropriate
+ (see also \ref{sec:postreplies:reposts}).
+
+ \item
+ Recurring posts of the same content are cheap.
+
+ Because IPFS automatically deduplicates content, posting the same
+ content twice does not result in twice the disk space used.
+
+ Also, if a user posts a set of files and another user posts a subset of
+ these files, deduplication applies.
+\end{itemize}
+
+
\subsection{Data format}
% Short note about possible data formats