As I was going through this link, l got curious about this “bird”.

Could you please make it ELI5 ??

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      A host is basically anything with an IP. A phone, a PC, someone’s smart toaster, etc. If you find yourself between two networks, and connected to both, you’re most likely an ISP or infrastructure provider.

      Think of the internet like a myriad of connected LAN parties. Routers connect them into the internet we know.

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        Exactly this is the kind of internet l wish to see. Myriad of connected LAN parties instead of the big corps investing in billions !!

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          It still is. The problem is that the vast majority of the traffic on these LAN parties is facebookgoogletiktoketc traffic, because most of the LAN party attendees prefer that over doing stuff together.

          Facebook doesn’t connect friends, it inhibits friendly activities.