Because there is no one central data base
You dont need to use every client choose one or two
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I know how the protocol works... But even using two clients may an issue (like Snort + Iris). There is no reason for a client to broadcast an empty following list, but some do. My guess is there is a bug in one of them (and I strongly suspect #Snort, since that's the one that most of the time fail to work correctly).
I use snort and amethyst and they seem to work fine. Ive read iris had some issues but i dont use it so i wouldn't know but i use snort and amethyst and its been fine for tge last year. You on a mission now to figure it out thats why i like this shit to keeps me on my toes haha 😄
:-) You may be right: I also use Iris and maybe the problem lays between Iris and Snort...
I think clients should not overwrite your following list automatically when there is too many changes: they should ask you to confirm).