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-Friendica Social Communications Server
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+Friendica RED Social Communications Server
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 http://friendica.com
 
 Welcome to the free social web.
 
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-Friendica is a communications platform for integrated social communications utilising decentralised communications and linkage to several indie social projects - as well as popular mainstream providers.
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-Our mission is to free our friends and families from the clutches of data-harvesting corporations, and pave the way to a future where social communications are free and open and flow between alternate providers as easily as email does today.  
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+Red is prototype code and does not currently function. This message will be changed when it approaches stability.
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