server-ID path

Is there any documentation on the server-ID path?  And is it 
good/bad/indifferent if there are loops seen in the path?

Just out of curiousity I had a look at the paths I'm seeing,
and I see double digit counts of paths like 101<-1015<-101<-1016

Should we also be looking to exchange floods with as many people 
as willing, or people we see lots of times in the path, or is it 
better to have a couple of big exchangers and lots of leaf servers?


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