gnu-social/doc-src/faq

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These are some *Frequently Asked Questions* about this service, with
some answers.

What is %%site.name%%?
----------------------

%%site.name%% is a [micro-blogging](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-blogging) service.
You can use it to write short notices about yourself, where you are,
and what you're doing, and those notices will be sent to all your friends
and fans.

How is %%site.name%% different from Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, Plurk, others?
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%%site.name%% is an [Open Network Service](http://opendefinition.org/ossd). Our main
goal is to provide a fair and transparent service that preserves users' autonomy. In
particular, all the software used for %%site.name%% is [Free Software](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software), and all the data is available
under the [%%license.title%%](%%license.url%%) license, making it Open Data.

The software also implements the [OpenMicroBlogging](http://openmicroblogging.org/) protocol, meaning that you can have friends on other microblogging services
that can receive your notices.

The goal here is *autonomy* -- you deserve the right to manage your own on-line
presence. If you don't like how %%site.name%% works, you can take your data and the source code and set up your own server (or move your account to another one).

Where is feature X?
-------------------

The software we run, [StatusNet](http://status.net/), is still in its early stages,
and many features people expect from microblogging sites are not yet implemented. Some important ones that are expected "soon":

* More [AJAX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJAX)-y interface
* Maps
* Cross-post to Pownce, Jaiku, etc.
* Pull messages from Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku, etc.
* [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/) integration
* Image, video, audio notices

There is [a list of bugs and features](http://status.net/bugs/) that you may find
interesting. New ideas or complaints are very welcome.
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more documentation darcs-hash:20080611170624-84dde-25c41cf9b285b65fecd67e8496c85c225df95ef9.gz 2008-06-11 18:06:24 +01:00			`These are some Frequently Asked Questions about this service, with`
			`some answers.`

beef up the faq darcs-hash:20080630161024-84dde-6afe93a69b91af9270b9e0536dea0e6c17ae2297.gz 2008-06-30 17:10:24 +01:00			`What is %%site.name%%?`
			`----------------------`

			`%%site.name%% is a [micro-blogging](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-blogging) service.`
			`You can use it to write short notices about yourself, where you are,`
			`and what you're doing, and those notices will be sent to all your friends`
			`and fans.`

			`How is %%site.name%% different from Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, Plurk, others?`
			`--------------------------------------------------------------------------`

updated Open Software Service Definition 2009-01-20 20:58:07 +00:00			`%%site.name%% is an [Open Network Service](http://opendefinition.org/ossd). Our main`
beef up the faq darcs-hash:20080630161024-84dde-6afe93a69b91af9270b9e0536dea0e6c17ae2297.gz 2008-06-30 17:10:24 +01:00			`goal is to provide a fair and transparent service that preserves users' autonomy. In`
			`particular, all the software used for %%site.name%% is [Free Software](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software), and all the data is available`
			`under the [%%license.title%%](%%license.url%%) license, making it Open Data.`

			`The software also implements the [OpenMicroBlogging](http://openmicroblogging.org/) protocol, meaning that you can have friends on other microblogging services`
			`that can receive your notices.`

			`The goal here is autonomy -- you deserve the right to manage your own on-line`
			`presence. If you don't like how %%site.name%% works, you can take your data and the source code and set up your own server (or move your account to another one).`

			`Where is feature X?`
			`-------------------`

update doc-src with StatusNet, status.net 2009-08-25 23:23:26 +01:00			`The software we run, [StatusNet](http://status.net/), is still in its early stages,`
beef up the faq darcs-hash:20080630161024-84dde-6afe93a69b91af9270b9e0536dea0e6c17ae2297.gz 2008-06-30 17:10:24 +01:00			`and many features people expect from microblogging sites are not yet implemented. Some important ones that are expected "soon":`

			`* More [AJAX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJAX)-y interface`
			`* Maps`
clean up list of expected features in faq darcs-hash:20081120210045-84dde-87d77f45937eca796477fb9e18ca84e31a5dfa3b.gz 2008-11-20 21:00:45 +00:00			`* Cross-post to Pownce, Jaiku, etc.`
beef up the faq darcs-hash:20080630161024-84dde-6afe93a69b91af9270b9e0536dea0e6c17ae2297.gz 2008-06-30 17:10:24 +01:00			`* Pull messages from Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku, etc.`
			`* [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/) integration`
			`* Image, video, audio notices`

Ticket 2038: fix bad bug tracker link 2009-11-28 23:22:58 +00:00			`There is [a list of bugs and features](http://status.net/bugs/) that you may find`
beef up the faq darcs-hash:20080630161024-84dde-6afe93a69b91af9270b9e0536dea0e6c17ae2297.gz 2008-06-30 17:10:24 +01:00			`interesting. New ideas or complaints are very welcome.`