# ABOUT SUISN

By [Amy Penn](https://paragraph.com/@amy-penn) · 2022-12-04

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Name Services were originally built as a way for humans and machines to communicate over a network. Instead of using an IP address (e.g. 127.0.0.1), users could refer to other users on a network with a simple name (e.g. localhost).

[https://twitter.com/snsstork](https://twitter.com/snsstork)

[https://discord.com/invite/snsdomains](https://discord.com/invite/snsdomains)

[https://sns.domains/](https://sns.domains/)

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