> Spheres also power a petname linking system, a kind of hyperlocal distributed DNS.

> @gordon/composability

This is where (one of) the problem lies, in my view.

@gordon is essentially an equivalent of a DNS system. The difference, however, is that you are trying to identify a file. There should be only one namespace, not many. @gordon/composability shouldn't be different than @simon/composability. "composability" should be simply the unique ID for a specific file.

> The plot twist is that spheres don’t point to a particular server! Instead, spheres are data structures that live on IPFS.

Oh, but it seems that you agree with me!! Except, you don't.

I'm just very confused.

People should try to ELI5 things, instead of trying to sound too smart but failing at serving a clear explanation.