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‎What is Pnut?

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‎What is Pnut?

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	They can be edited, but only once, within 5 minutes of creation. And when you edit it, you can change any text, but you have to include all the same [[mentions]], [[links]], [[tags]], and other fancy things like [[spoilers]], [[embeds]], and [[polls]].		They can be edited, but only once, within 5 minutes of creation. And when you edit it, you can change any text, but you have to include all the same [[mentions]], [[links]], [[tags]], and other fancy things like [[spoilers]], [[embeds]], and [[polls]].
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		+	=== Following Others ===
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		+	No, it's not creepy. Well, it could be creepy. Don't be creepy about it.
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		+	=== Private Messaging ===
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		+	Many apps or clients let you send private messages to other users. You can send them to one or more users at once, and all of you will have a shared room to view the messages, that no one else can join or see.
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 <noinclude>
-=== Posts ===
+== What to Do ==
 Posts are the bread and butter of PNut. People make them and direct them at other people, or just out into the wilderness.
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 Posts are visible to anyone, even non-PNut users. They're tacked together into lists of posts called "streams". The Global stream has all posts. If a post is directed at you, it will be included in your Mentions stream. There are lots of streams to view posts in.
-Posts are limited to 256 characters in length. They can be edited, but only once, within 5 minutes of creation. And when you edit it, you can change any text, but you have to include all the same [[mentions]], [[links]], [[tags]], and other fancy things like [[spoilers]], [[embeds]], and [[polls]].
+Posts are limited to 256 characters in length. This is one of the characteristics of a short messaging service. It makes content more accessible, and easier to keep up with.
 == More ==
-Before relaxing into a conversation here you'll need an account and an [[Apps|App or web service]] to connect to PNut.
+Before relaxing into a conversation here you'll need an account and an [[Apps|app or web service]] to connect to PNut.
 </noinclude>

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	Posts are visible to anyone, even non-PNut users. They're tacked together into lists of posts called "streams". The Global stream has all posts. If a post is directed at you, it will be included in your Mentions stream. There are lots of streams to view posts in.		Posts are visible to anyone, even non-PNut users. They're tacked together into lists of posts called "streams". The Global stream has all posts. If a post is directed at you, it will be included in your Mentions stream. There are lots of streams to view posts in.

−	Posts are limited to 256 characters in length. They can be edited, but only once, within 5 minutes of creation. And when you edit it, you can change any text, but you have to include all the same [[mentions], [[links]], [[tags]], and other fancy things like [[spoilers]], [[embeds]], and [[polls]].	+	Posts are limited to 256 characters in length. They can be edited, but only once, within 5 minutes of creation. And when you edit it, you can change any text, but you have to include all the same [[mentions]], [[links]], [[tags]], and other fancy things like [[spoilers]], [[embeds]], and [[polls]].

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	Posts are visible to anyone, even non-PNut users. They're tacked together into lists of posts called "streams". The Global stream has all posts. If a post is directed at you, it will be included in your Mentions stream. There are lots of streams to view posts in.		Posts are visible to anyone, even non-PNut users. They're tacked together into lists of posts called "streams". The Global stream has all posts. If a post is directed at you, it will be included in your Mentions stream. There are lots of streams to view posts in.

−	Posts are limited to 256 characters in length. They can be edited, but only once, within 5 minutes of creation. And when you edit it, you can change any text, but you have to include all the same [mentions], [[links]], [[tags]], and other fancy things like [[spoilers]], [[embeds]], and [[polls]].	+	Posts are limited to 256 characters in length. They can be edited, but only once, within 5 minutes of creation. And when you edit it, you can change any text, but you have to include all the same [[mentions], [[links]], [[tags]], and other fancy things like [[spoilers]], [[embeds]], and [[polls]].

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	Posts are visible to anyone, even non-PNut users. They're tacked together into lists of posts called "streams". The Global stream has all posts. If a post is directed at you, it will be included in your Mentions stream. There are lots of streams to view posts in.		Posts are visible to anyone, even non-PNut users. They're tacked together into lists of posts called "streams". The Global stream has all posts. If a post is directed at you, it will be included in your Mentions stream. There are lots of streams to view posts in.

−	Posts are limited to 256 characters in length. They can be edited, but only once, within 5 minutes of creation. And when you edit it, you can change any text, but you have to include all the same [mentions], [links], [tags], and other fancy things like [spoilers], [embeds], and [polls].	+	Posts are limited to 256 characters in length. They can be edited, but only once, within 5 minutes of creation. And when you edit it, you can change any text, but you have to include all the same [mentions], [[links]], [[tags]], and other fancy things like [[spoilers]], [[embeds]], and [[polls]].

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 == <strong>[[Help:NewUsers#This is not a guide for editing this Wiki|What is Pnut?]]</strong> ==
-[https://pnut.io Pnut] is a social network created by [[@33MHz]] and inspired by [https://web.archive.org/web/20120819075115/https://join.app.net/ App.net (2012)]. Here's a typical exchange, from a chat group on the service:<br>
+[https://pnut.io Pnut] is a social network created by [[@33MHz]] and inspired by [[App.net]]. Here's a typical exchange, from a chat group on the service:<br>
 <blockquote>"It's cozy here. in Germany we would call it 'gemütlich'. this is not the marketplace like Twitter is, it's the pub where your friends are. it's like Cheers the TV show.  Also, this is a playing ground for developers.  Also, we all come from app.net."<br>
 -- [[@blumenkraft]]</blockquote>

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 == More ==
-Before relaxing into a conversation here you'll need an account and an [[Apps|App or web service]] to connect to pnut.io. We currently operate on an invite-only basis.
+Before relaxing into a conversation here you'll need an account and an [[Apps|App or web service]] to connect to pnut.io.
 </noinclude>