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Friendika is a web application for managing social communications. Some
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would call it a "social network" or "distributed social network". We think
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both terms have been over-used and don't really apply - though Friendika can
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also fill those roles.
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both terms have been over-used, and don't adequately describe Friendika's
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capabilities - though Friendika can also fill those roles.
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At its essence, Friendika is a web application which can monitor various
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information streams, and also let you participate in online conversations with
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friends and associates using a variety of network protocols.
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information and social activity streams, and which also lets you participate
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in online conversations with friends and associates, using a variety of network
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protocols. These are combined into an overview of your various communications
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and activities - regardless of network origin.
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Friendika also manages your personal profiles and photo albums and lets
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you tailor either of these to specific audiences. Your communications can be
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either open and public, or closed and private. You can easily create "groups"
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of contacts with which you can partition your conversations into social
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circles.
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you securely present each of these to specific audiences. Your communications
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can be either open and public, or closed and private. You can easily create
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"groups" of contacts with which you can partition your conversations into
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private social circles, and which cannot be seen outside the circle.
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Friendika is decentralised. Any account on any Friendika server can connect
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with any other Friendika account on any other server. You can also connect to
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friends on Status.Net and other federated social web services (e.g. identi.ca,
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GNU-Social, etc.).
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with any account on any other Friendika server. You can also connect to and
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interact directly with friends on Status.Net and other federated social web
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services (e.g. identi.ca, GNU-Social, etc.).
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Outgoing communications can be directed at these networks and/or your
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existing accounts on Facebook and Twitter - and even delivered to email
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Outgoing communications can be directed at these networks and also
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existing accounts on Facebook and Twitter - or even delivered to email
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contacts.
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Incoming data streams aren't limited to traditional social networks.
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build two-way bridges to many of these services so that you can freely
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interact in both directions with anybody who allows it.
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Communications between supported networks are private and encrypted,
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using military grade encryption - and require mutual authentication of servers
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before any data is exchanged.
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Communications between Friendika servers are private and encrypted,
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using military grade encryption - and require mutual identity provenance
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before any data is exchanged. These same crypto mechanisms provide remote
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password-less authentication; allowing you to post to profiles and view private
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photo collections on other servers - without encountering any login and/or
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authorisation dialogues when visiting these sites.
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Friendika has no boundaries and no central ownership. Anybody with a
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commodity PHP/MySQL web server can provide a membership hub, and each
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individual server can then support several thousand participating members
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- each with their own unique communication and privacy needs.
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Friendika has no boundaries and no central ownership of the data generated
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within the network. Anybody with a commodity PHP/MySQL web server or hosting
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account can provide a server, and each individual server can then support
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up to several thousand participating members - each with their own unique
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communication and privacy needs. This allows Friendika to scale to global
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levels and mimics the decentralised architecture of the web itself.
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If you are creating a website which requires social interaction, Friendika
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can take the place of blog software, forum software and feed readers, and
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can also take the place of blog software, forum software and feed readers, and
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also provide individualised communications and content management - or
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provide a ready alternative to traditional "monolithic" social networks.
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simply be used as an alternative to traditional "monolithic" social networks.
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Join us.
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Friendika is also free - in every sense of the word.
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Choose freedom. Join us.
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Find out more about the project at http://project.friendika.com
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