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        Friendika is a web application for managing social communications. Some
 would call it a "social network" or "distributed social network". We think 
 
        Friendika is a web application for managing social communications. Some
 would call it a "social network" or "distributed social network". We think 

-both terms have been over-used and don't really apply - though Friendika can
-also fill those roles.
+both terms have been over-used, and don't adequately describe Friendika's 
+capabilities - though Friendika can also fill those roles.

 
        At its essence, Friendika is a web application which can monitor various
 
        At its essence, Friendika is a web application which can monitor various

-information streams, and also let you participate in online conversations with
-friends and associates using a variety of network protocols.
+information and social activity streams, and which also lets you participate
+in online conversations with friends and associates, using a variety of network
+protocols. These are combined into an overview of your various communications
+and activities - regardless of network origin.

 
        Friendika also manages your personal profiles and photo albums and lets 
 
        Friendika also manages your personal profiles and photo albums and lets 

-you tailor either of these to specific audiences. Your communications can be 
-either open and public, or closed and private. You can easily create "groups"
-of contacts with which you can partition your conversations into social
-circles.
+you securely present each of these to specific audiences. Your communications
+can be either open and public, or closed and private. You can easily create
+"groups" of contacts with which you can partition your conversations into
+private social circles, and which cannot be seen outside the circle.

 
        Friendika is decentralised. Any account on any Friendika server can connect
 
        Friendika is decentralised. Any account on any Friendika server can connect

-with any other Friendika account on any other server. You can also connect to
-friends on Status.Net and other federated social web services (e.g. identi.ca,
-GNU-Social, etc.).
+with any account on any other Friendika server. You can also connect to and
+interact directly with friends on Facebook, Status.Net, and other federated
+social web services (e.g. identi.ca, GNU-Social, etc.).

 
 

-       Outgoing communications can be directed at these networks and/or your
-existing accounts on Facebook and Twitter - and even delivered to email 
-contacts.
+       Outgoing communications can be directed to Friendika, existing accounts on 
+Facebook and Twitter, federated social web providers - or even delivered to
+email contacts.

 
        Incoming data streams aren't limited to traditional social networks.
 
        Incoming data streams aren't limited to traditional social networks.

-They may include most any service that provide a syndication feed (both RSS
+They may include most any service which provides a syndication feed (both RSS

 and Atom). This allows you to view communications from friends in other 
 diverse social networks - such as Diaspora, Google Buzz, and millions of 
 and Atom). This allows you to view communications from friends in other 
 diverse social networks - such as Diaspora, Google Buzz, and millions of 

-Wordpress blogs, news services, and other websites. Over time we will try to
-build two-way bridges to many of these services so that you can freely
-interact in both directions with anybody who allows it. 
-
-        Communications between supported networks are private and encrypted, 
-using military grade encryption - and require mutual authentication of servers
-before any data is exchanged. 
-
-    Friendika has no boundaries and no central ownership. Anybody with a 
-commodity PHP/MySQL web server can provide a membership hub, and each 
-individual server can then support several thousand participating members 
-- each with their own unique communication and privacy needs.
+blogs, news services, and other websites. You can also import
+contacts from (and write to) anybody that is accessible from your email
+INBOX and view them in your social stream. Over time we will try to
+build two-way bridges to other services so that you can freely
+interact in both directions with anybody on an accessible network that 
+allows it. 
+
+       Communications between Friendika servers are private and encrypted, 
+using military grade encryption - and require mutual identity provenance
+before any data is exchanged. These same crypto mechanisms provide remote 
+password-less authentication; allowing you to post to profiles and view private
+photo collections on other servers - without encountering any login and/or
+authorisation dialogues when visiting these sites.
+
+       Friendika has no boundaries and no central ownership of the data generated
+within the network. Anybody with a commodity PHP/MySQL web server or hosting
+account can provide a server, and each individual server can then support
+up to several thousand participating members - each with their own unique
+communication and privacy needs. This allows Friendika to scale to global
+levels and mimics the decentralised architecture of the web itself.

 
        If you are creating a website which requires social interaction, Friendika 
 
        If you are creating a website which requires social interaction, Friendika 

-can take the place of blog software, forum software and feed readers, and
+can also take the place of blog software, forum software and feed readers, and

 also provide individualised communications and content management - or
 also provide individualised communications and content management - or

-provide a ready alternative to traditional "monolithic" social networks.
+simply be used as an alternative to traditional "monolithic" social networks.
+
+       Friendika is also free - in every sense of the word. 

 
 

-    Join us.
+       Choose freedom - join us.

 
        Find out more about the project at http://project.friendika.com
 
 
        Find out more about the project at http://project.friendika.com