From f0b791fe9a4a37f87811ae1a6c45b9cb6778bf3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Friendika Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:30:44 -0700 Subject: upd8 readme --- README | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 36bd01792..4ec6441c7 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - ********* - Friendika - ********* + ************* + * Friendika * + ************* Distributed Social Network @@ -79,11 +79,6 @@ only able to see the side of you that you wish to present. If you send a private message to your aunt Mary, we will encrypt it with military grade encryption. - Other distributed social network projects talk about privacy and offering -a feature-rich social networking alternative, but all they can deliver is -vapour and vague promises. Things like "Private mail will be in the next -release". - Friendika delivers. We've got an incredibly rich social communications interface you can make use of *right now*. @@ -94,6 +89,13 @@ But we're creating something completely different. Something better. + Start with richer communications. Adorn your text, colour it. We've got a +text counter in case you're sending across to one of the primitive social +networks, but we don't think you should have to squeeze your communications +into some arbitrary limit. Free yourself from thinking how to squeeze your +message into 140 or 420 characters, or sending messages in some strange +short-hand code. Edit your text after you send it. It's OK. + A single instance of Friendika can easily support hundreds of (and up to several thousand) people using commodity hosting hardware. You could even run Friendika on an old PC in your closet or garage. Each of these people are able -- cgit v1.2.3 From 620d7bd7701160560a038c7eff0e3f481047014d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Friendika Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:33:41 -0700 Subject: upd8 readme --- README | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 4ec6441c7..484550393 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ But we're creating something completely different. Something better. - Start with richer communications. Adorn your text, colour it. We've got a + Start with richer communications. Adorn your text, colour it. We've got a text counter in case you're sending across to one of the primitive social networks, but we don't think you should have to squeeze your communications into some arbitrary limit. Free yourself from thinking how to squeeze your message into 140 or 420 characters, or sending messages in some strange -short-hand code. Edit your text after you send it. It's OK. +short-hand code. Even edit your text after you send it. It's OK. A single instance of Friendika can easily support hundreds of (and up to several thousand) people using commodity hosting hardware. You could even run -- cgit v1.2.3 From 0fa05acb4571018ebd8cbd45b22ceae1c049a91e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Friendika Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:13:42 -0700 Subject: "social network" is so 2005 --- README | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 484550393..54fcf3865 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ * Friendika * ************* - Distributed Social Network + Social Communications Platform http://friendika.com -- cgit v1.2.3 From d7a51fe91e8356fec4d455dd414e940052a5dd2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Friendika Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:15:33 -0700 Subject: upd8 readme --- README | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 54fcf3865..7c4b7dd65 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ interaction you've grown to love, *and* was free to use, *and* was open source, *and* where your privacy is always under your control? And what if this social network could scale to encompass the entire -internet, and *not* require a central organisation to provide servers? -(In exchange for peddling your private information behind your back.) +internet, and *not* require a central organisation - whose core business model +is to sell information it can discover about you for profit? Look no further. @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Status.Net and many other sites and social networks *today*. Welcome to the federated social web. If you choose not to use Friendika (though we think you'd be foolish not to), you can choose any of 20-30 other -providers of federated social networking software and still be a part of this +providers of federated social communications software and still be a part of this vast new social network. This is going to be bigger than Facebook. Much bigger. -- cgit v1.2.3 From 6683560c7edc64b0eaa47ad871e3e9bef7e5ef34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Friendika Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:14:09 -0700 Subject: upd8 readme --- README | 174 +++++++++++++++++++---------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 123 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 7c4b7dd65..951ae0557 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -3,133 +3,61 @@ * Friendika * ************* - Social Communications Platform - - http://friendika.com - - - Since the dawn of the world-wide-web, the internet has been a battleground -between the "big boys" with all their resources, and a bunch of upstarts whose -goal is to topple the status quo - and bring the same powers of global reach -to anybody with a computer and an internet connection. - - The latest battleground is social networking. Many of your friends would -have you believe that the world (and all the information in it) belongs to -Facebook. - - Friendika is here to rock that boat. - - Granted, all your friends aren't here - yet. The people who made fun of you -in high school (yet curiously wanted to be friends with you now) are still -"poking" each other and managing their virtual farms and telling you all about -their virtual gang wars. Would you miss them? - - I wouldn't. - - You probably have a handful of friends that are truly special. Tell those -friends that the world has changed - because it has. It's time to move on. A -year ago, if you had left Facebook, there was no place to go - at least a -place which offered the same kind of social interaction (and wasn't just -another huge company trying to make money off of all of your private -information). - - Today you have options. - - What if there was a social network which provided some of the same -interaction you've grown to love, *and* was free to use, *and* was open source, -*and* where your privacy is always under your control? - - And what if this social network could scale to encompass the entire -internet, and *not* require a central organisation - whose core business model -is to sell information it can discover about you for profit? - - Look no further. - - Friendika is a social network without boundaries, and without ownership. -Friendika installations can link together into a global social network which -is free from central control. Besides the Friendika network (which is privacy -enhanced); you can also connect with and communicate with friends on identi.ca, -Status.Net and many other sites and social networks *today*. - - Welcome to the federated social web. If you choose not to use Friendika -(though we think you'd be foolish not to), you can choose any of 20-30 other -providers of federated social communications software and still be a part of this -vast new social network. This is going to be bigger than Facebook. - - Much bigger. - - We are currently developing connectors to seamlessly communicate with many -other open social networks and providers - like Diaspora, GNU-Social, -OneSocialWeb, and even some of the larger closed services such as Facebook and -Twitter. - - Over the coming months, the boundaries between these networks will start -to become indistinguishable as they all become part of your social circle. - - Our core belief is that your personal thoughts and conversations belong to -you - and are only meant to be shared with those you wish to share them with. - - Period. - - Friendika is secure, and as private as you wish it to be. Our privacy -settings are straight-forward and simple, because we know that relationships -rarely are (straight-forward and simple). Whether you're communicating with -drinking buddies or potential employers, you can rest assured that each is -only able to see the side of you that you wish to present. If you send a -private message to your aunt Mary, we will encrypt it with military grade -encryption. - - Friendika delivers. We've got an incredibly rich social communications -interface you can make use of *right now*. - - And lest you think we're just trying to copy Facebook feature-for-feature, -you couldn't be further from the truth. We like the conversational style -because it feels natural, and that's why Facebook grew to be what it is today. -But we're creating something completely different. - - Something better. - - Start with richer communications. Adorn your text, colour it. We've got a -text counter in case you're sending across to one of the primitive social -networks, but we don't think you should have to squeeze your communications -into some arbitrary limit. Free yourself from thinking how to squeeze your -message into 140 or 420 characters, or sending messages in some strange -short-hand code. Even edit your text after you send it. It's OK. - - A single instance of Friendika can easily support hundreds of (and up to -several thousand) people using commodity hosting hardware. You could even run -Friendika on an old PC in your closet or garage. Each of these people are able -to connect with potentially hundreds or thousands of friends and associates -on any other supported network anywhere in the world and share photos, links, -status updates, etc. - - But maybe you don't want to be connected to the world... and that's OK -too. Friendika may be closed off from the global community and used to support -social networking amongst corporate, educational, religious, and other private -communities. This makes it an excellent choice for the social networking needs -of young teenagers and especially k-12 organisations. - - Every person on Friendika has unlimited profiles available to them. There -is a "public profile" which can be seen by anybody. Additional profiles may be -tailored to specific groups or individuals. Try doing that on Twitter. - - Groups may be created and used for closed conversations. In this way your -conversations with one group of friends is completely isolated from other -friends or groups of friends. - - You may also create interactive band/celebrity pages, special interest -groups, and even organisational 'soapboxes' - for social communications that -require the ability to scale to global levels. Friendika provides for automatic -relationship management in these extreme cases so that you can concentrate on -your message and public persona - and not worry about being swamped by friend -requests. You can even maintain private social contact with your closest -friends and public updates to your hordes of fans - using the same interface. - - No other social network offers this ability. + Friendika Communications Server + http://project.friendika.com + + + 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. + + 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. + + 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. + + 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.). + + Outgoing communications can be directed at these networks and/or your +existing accounts on Facebook and Twitter - and even delivered to email +contacts. + + Incoming data streams aren't limited to traditional social networks. +They may include most any service that provide 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 +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. + + If you are creating a website which requires social interaction, Friendika +can take the place of blog software, forum software and feed readers, and +also provide individualised communications and content management - or +provide a ready alternative to traditional "monolithic" social networks. Join us. + Find out more about the project at http://project.friendika.com + ******************* Friendika Demo Site ******************* -- cgit v1.2.3 From 132144b758ae3052af78dc9e79cee32ce87e9ce8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Friendika Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:23:17 -0700 Subject: upd8 readme --- README | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 951ae0557..fb2033862 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -10,26 +10,28 @@ 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 -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 -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 -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 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 + Outgoing communications can be directed at these networks and also +existing accounts on Facebook and Twitter - or even delivered to email contacts. Incoming data streams aren't limited to traditional social networks. @@ -40,21 +42,28 @@ 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. + 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. 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. + 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 -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 -provide a ready alternative to traditional "monolithic" social networks. +simply be used as an alternative to traditional "monolithic" social networks. - Join us. + Friendika is also free - in every sense of the word. + + Choose freedom. Join us. Find out more about the project at http://project.friendika.com -- cgit v1.2.3 From 1a1e18baa0d8a6f8e817d8c36617c3a3ef95f4e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Friendika Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:27:19 -0700 Subject: formatting, minor --- README | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index fb2033862..5afe4e57f 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ 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 Friendika servers are private and encrypted, + 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 + 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 -- cgit v1.2.3 From 255925d5b6913242797208b848611e6e3ba4257d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Friendika Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:31:26 -0700 Subject: more minor formatting --- README | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 5afe4e57f..59bc4e280 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ simply be used as an alternative to traditional "monolithic" social networks. Friendika is also free - in every sense of the word. - Choose freedom. Join us. + Choose freedom - join us. Find out more about the project at http://project.friendika.com -- cgit v1.2.3 From f70dd1ee927ab57afd4382552e32fef86f277be3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Friendika Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:34:49 -0700 Subject: more --- README | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 59bc4e280..39df99840 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ existing accounts on Facebook and Twitter - or even delivered to email contacts. 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 Wordpress blogs, news services, and other websites. Over time we will try to -- cgit v1.2.3 From 309fdce15183c5c2efcbb01dd508080f1438917d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Friendika Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:28:44 -0700 Subject: upd8 readme --- README | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 39df99840..a4548d573 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -38,9 +38,12 @@ contacts. 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 -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. +Wordpress 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 -- cgit v1.2.3 From e0e3cc7a7235fe129aefb0f9b01f36f2ba8b99d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Friendika Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:37:17 -0700 Subject: edit post broke with recent checkin --- README | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index a4548d573..dc5a176d2 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ contacts. 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 -Wordpress blogs, news services, and other websites. You can also import +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 -- cgit v1.2.3