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Fediverse Protocol: following\n\nThis document gives an overview the process used to follow someone (or something) on the Fediverse.\n\nWhat it describes is the idealized process.\n\nWhen a particular Fediverse software does _not_ implement a step described in this document, it is mentioned.\n\n## Table of Contents\n* Step 0: Actor\n* Step 1: DNS SRV\n* Step 2: Web Host Metadata\n* Step 3: WebFinger\n* Step 4: \n\n## Step 0: Actor\n\nPeople on the Fediverse are identified with identifiers that look like these:\n\n* `@joeblow@example.com`\n* `@janedoe@apple.banana.cherry.social`\n* `@dariush@changelog.ca`\n\nThere are 2 parts of these identifiers —\n\n1. actor name, and\n2. host.\n\nLet's take a look at an example to help make this clearer:\n\n```\n  @dariush@changelog.ca\n   \\--+--/ \\-----+----/\n      |          |\nactor name      host\n```\nIn this example —\n\n* the **actor name** is `dariush`, and\n* the **host** is `changelog.ca`\n\nLet's look at another example:\n\n```\n  @joeblow@example.com\n   \\--+--/ \\----+----/\n      |         |\nactor name     host\n```\nIn this example —\n\n* the **actor name** is `joeblow`, and\n* the **host** is `example.com`\n\nHere are a number of other examples:\n\n| Actor                                 | Actor Name | Host                         |\n|---------------------------------------|------------|------------------------------|\n| `@joeblow@example.com`                | `joeblow`  | `example.com`                |\n| `@janedoe@apple.banana.cherry.social` | `janedoe`  | `apple.banana.cherry.social` |\n| `@dariush@changelog.ca`               | `dariush`  | `changelog.ca`               |\n| `@malekeh@social.example.net`         | `malekeh`  | `social.example.net`         |\n| `tom@apple.aaa`                       | `tom`      | `apple.aaa`                  |\n| `dick@banana.bbb`                     | `dick`     | `banana.bbb`                 |\n| `harry@cherry.ccc`                    | `harry`    | `cherry.ccc`         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