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-%%site.name%% is a
-[micro-blogging](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-blogging) service
-based on the Free Software [Laconica](http://laconi.ca/) tool.
+<!-- Copyright 2008-2010 StatusNet Inc. and contributors. -->
+<!-- Document licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported. See -->
+<!-- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ for details. -->
 
-If you [register](%%action.register%%) for an account,
-you can post small (140 chars or less) text notices
-about yourself, where you are, what you're doing, or practically
-anything you want. You can also subscribe to the notices of your
-friends, or other people you're interested in, and follow them on the
-Web or in an [RSS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS) feed.
+%%site.name%% is a stream-oriented social network service based on the
+Free Software [StatusNet](http://status.net/) tool.
+
+If you [register](%%action.register%%) for an account, you can post
+small (%%site.textlimit%% chars or less) text notices about yourself,
+where you are, what you're doing, what you're working on or what
+you're thinking about. You can also subscribe to the notices of your
+friends, or other people you're interested in, and follow them
+privately or on the Web.
+
+You can also post event invitations, bookmarks, polls, questions, or
+other kinds of data.