1 These are some *Frequently Asked Questions* about this service, with
7 %%site.name%% is a [micro-blogging](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-blogging) service.
8 You can use it to write short notices about yourself, where you are,
9 and what you're doing, and those notices will be sent to all your friends
12 How is %%site.name%% different from Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, Plurk, others?
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15 %%site.name%% is an [Open Network Service](http://opendefinition.org/ossd). Our main
16 goal is to provide a fair and transparent service that preserves users' autonomy. In
17 particular, all the software used for %%site.name%% is [Free Software](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software), and all the data is available
18 under the [%%license.title%%](%%license.url%%) license, making it Open Data.
20 The software also implements the [OpenMicroBlogging](http://openmicroblogging.org/) protocol, meaning that you can have friends on other microblogging services
21 that can receive your notices.
23 The goal here is *autonomy* -- you deserve the right to manage your own on-line
24 presence. If you don't like how %%site.name%% works, you can take your data and the source code and set up your own server (or move your account to another one).
29 The software we run, [StatusNet](http://status.net/), is still in its early stages,
30 and many features people expect from microblogging sites are not yet implemented. Some important ones that are expected "soon":
32 * More [AJAX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJAX)-y interface
34 * Cross-post to Pownce, Jaiku, etc.
35 * Pull messages from Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku, etc.
36 * [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/) integration
37 * Image, video, audio notices
39 There is [a list of bugs and features](http://status.net/trac/) that you may find
40 interesting. New ideas or complaints are very welcome.