Normalise the public peers repo

README.md

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 # Public Peers
 
-This repository contains peering information for publicly accessible nodes on the Yggdrasil network.
+This repository contains peering information for publicly accessible nodes on
+the Yggdrasil network. If you are new to the network then this is a good place
+to start in order to get connected.
 
-In most cases, public peers should be accessible by adding the string provided for each peer to the `Peers: [],` list of your config file (comma separated).
+In most cases, public peers should be accessible by adding the string provided
+for each peer to the `Peers: []` section of your `yggdrasil.conf` configuration
+file.
+
+Example in `yggdrasil.conf`:
+```
+Peers:
+[
+  tcp://a.b.c.d:e
+  tcp://d.c.b.a:e
+  tcp://[a:b:c::d]:e
+  tcp://[d:c:b::a]:e
+]
+```
+
+### How do I pick peers?
+
+Always try to pick peers that are as close to you geographically as possible, as
+this will keep the latency of the network down.
+
+If you are using a home connection then you should avoid peering with any nodes
+that are far away, as you may end up carrying traffic for the rest of the
+network.
+
+For normal usage, you probably only need 2 or 3 peers.