X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc-src%2Fhelp;h=b585e8db9ac6460fb9256cbebbf331464d1152e5;hb=7266a968f997896800b2d0b3344736bc99cd9494;hp=d85a3289004190edf595276fece54e6203579995;hpb=4af466f1a609d2ef503bbc70d9efdcadda1d91f9;p=quix0rs-gnu-social.git diff --git a/doc-src/help b/doc-src/help index d85a328900..b585e8db9a 100644 --- a/doc-src/help +++ b/doc-src/help @@ -1,18 +1,19 @@ - + -%%site.name%% is a **microblogging service**. Users post short (%%site.textlimit%% -character) notices which are broadcast to their friends and fans using -the Web, RSS, or instant messages. +%%site.name%% is a **social service**. Users can post short +(%%site.textlimit%% character) status messages which are broadcast to +their friends and colleagues on the service and (optionally) onto the Web. + +You can also broadcast other types of data, like bookmarks, event +invitations, polls, and questions. If you'd like to try it out, first [register](%%action.register%%) a new account. Then, on the [public timeline](%%action.top%%), enter your message into the textbox at the top of the page, and click "Send". It will go out on the -public timeline and to anyone who is subscribed to your notices (probably nobody, -at first). +public timeline and to anyone who is subscribed to your notices. To subscribe to other people's notifications, go to their profile page and click the "subscribe" button. They'll get a notice that you're now -subscribed to their notifications, and, who knows?, they might subscribe -back. +subscribed to their notifications.