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-  Friendika
-  Distributed Social Network
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+    Friendika
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-  http://friendika.com
+    Distributed Social Network
 
-What if there was a social network which was free to use, open source - and 
-where your privacy is always under your control? 
+    http://friendika.com
 
-What if this social network could scale to encompass the entire internet, and 
-*not* require a central organisation to provide servers (in exchange for 
+Did you ever wonder what might happen if you ever left Facebook? 
+
+What if there was a social network which provided some of the same interaction 
+you've grown to love, *and* was free to use, 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 
 selling your private information to advertisers)?
 
 Look no further.