From: foss- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 08:54:01 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Update README.md: rewrote intro text X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1cd4f705fd0e5444c33f26ba0b83ebda574bc389;p=friendica.git Update README.md: rewrote intro text removed twitter, mentioning other fediverse platforms sorted by popularity, reduced number of paragraphs and simplified text overall. --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e66f3969e6..47d30d519e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,21 +1,15 @@ -Friendica Social Communications Server -====================================== +Friendica - your open and free social network +============================================= -Welcome to the free social web. +Welcome to the free social web. Friendica is a platform for decentralised social communication linking to other independent social and corporate services. -Friendica is a decentralised communications platform that integrates social communication. Our platform links to independent social projects and corporate services. +Being part of the Fediverse allows you to be free from data-harvesting corporations. Enjoy open social communication, independent of any specific provider. -Our mission is to free friends, family and colleagues from data-harvesting corporations; we aim for social communication to be free and open, while flowing between any provider as easily as email does. +Friendica connects you to a federated communications network of thousands of servers. Through various protocols you can interact with anyone on [Friendica]( https://friendi.ca), [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org), [Lemmmy](https://join-lemmy.org/), [Diaspora](https://diasporafoundation.org), [Misskey](https://join.misskey.page), [Peertube](https://joinpeertube.org/), [Pixelfed](https://pixelfed.org/), [Pleroma](https://pleroma.social) and many more. Receiving content from Tumblr, Wordpress and RSS is also possible. Friendica allows to integrate web based content via add-ons such as ITTT, Buffer. You can customize and control how publicly or privatly you want to share your content. -Friendica connects you effortlessly to a federated communications network of several thousand servers, with more than half a million user registrations. You can directly connect to anyone on [Friendica]( https://friendi.ca), [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/), [Diaspora](https://diasporafoundation.org/), [GnuSocial](https://gnu.io/social/), [Pleroma](https://pleroma.social/), or [Hubzilla](https://hubzilla.org/), regardless where each user profile is hosted. +[Join Friendica]((https://dir.friendica.social/servers)) today or setup [your own Friendica instance](doc/Install.md). -With Friendica, you can also fully interact with anyone on Twitter and receive any content from Tumblr, Wordpress or RSS. Friendica allows you to integrate most things on the web via a range of addons such as ITTT, Buffer; you will be able to easily control your own data as you decide. - -Join today and [get your Friendica profile!](https://dir.friendica.social/servers 'Join Friendica today!') - -Have a look at the [installation documentation](doc/Install.md) for further information about installing and using Friendica. - -### Friendica Screenshots +### Screenshots | ![Frio theme in mobile browser](images/screenshots/friendica-frio-mobile-profile-1.png?raw=true "Frio theme in mobile browser") ![Frio theme in mobile browser](images/screenshots/friendica-frio-mobile-profile-2.png?raw=true "Frio theme in mobile browser") | |:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------:|