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So, what's an example? It's really hard to have dynamic content with IPFS because it doesn't really have the concept of a "request", only a lookup-by-key type of thing. For example, consider how difficult it would be to make a simple messaging app with IPFS.

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Frequent-ish polling of a file will keep looking for it in the nearby nodes. I suppose it would be smart enough to build up a network around a specific file. If it's close enough to real time, it could be a real solution

It's true that works, but which part of that is an advantage over the web the way it is now?

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