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* Friendika *
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Friendika Communications Server
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http://project.friendika.com
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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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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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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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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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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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contacts.
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Incoming data streams aren't limited to traditional social networks.
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They may include most any service that provide a syndication feed (both RSS
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and Atom). This allows you to view communications from friends in other
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diverse social networks - such as Diaspora, Google Buzz, and millions of
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Wordpress blogs, news services, and other websites. Over time we will try to
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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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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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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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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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Join us.
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Find out more about the project at http://project.friendika.com
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Friendika Demo Site
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http://demo.friendika.com
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Friendika Downloads
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http://github.com/friendika/friendika/tarball/master
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