The window populated. There were only a handful of servers left.

He waited. Searching...

The list was a map of the world. You could see servers in Germany, France, the US, and China. Each one represented a community, a cluster of data. Looking into the list wasn't just technical; it was social. The "info" column often contained messages from the server admins: "Support free culture," "No fake files," or "Server hosted in a basement in Munich."