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.Dd $Mdocdate$
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.Dt SNAC 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm snac
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.Nd A simple, minimalistic ActivityPub instance
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Cm command
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.Ar basedir
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.Op Ar option ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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daemon processes messages from other servers in the Fediverse
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using the ActivityPub protocol.
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.Pp
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This is the user manual and expects an already running
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.Nm
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installation. For the administration manual, see
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.Xr snac 8 .
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For file and data formats, see
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.Xr snac 5 .
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.Ss Web Interface
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The web interface provided by
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.Nm
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is split in two data streams: the public timeline and the
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private timeline. There are no other feeds like the server-scoped
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or the federated firehoses provided by other similar ActivityPub
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implementations like Mastodon or Pleroma.
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.Pp
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The public timeline, also called the local timeline, is what an
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external visitor sees about the activity of a
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.Nm
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user: that is, only the list of public notes, boosts and likes
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the user generates or participates into. This is, obviously,
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read-only, and not very remarkable, unless the user publishes
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messages of staggering genious. A set of history links, grouped
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by month, will also be available at the bottom of the page.
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.Pp
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The private timeline, or simply the timeline, is the private,
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password-protected area of a
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.Nm
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server where the user really interacts with the rest of the
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Fediverse.
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.Pp
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The top area of the timeline provides a big text area to write
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notes for the public (i.e. for the user followers). As this is
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the second most important activity on the Fediverse, this is
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located in the most prominent area of the user page. You can
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enter plain text, @user@host mentions and other things. See the
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.Xr snac 5
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manual for more information on the allowed markup.
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.Pp
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More options are hidden under a toggle control. They are the
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following:
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.Bl -tag -offset indent
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.It Follow (by URL or user@host)
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Fill the input area with a user 'actor' URL or a user@host
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Fediverse identifier to follow.
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.It Boost (by URL)
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Fill the input area with the URL of a Fediverse note to be
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boosted.
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.It User setup...
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This option opens the user setup dialog.
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.El
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.Pp
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The user setup dialog allows some user information to be
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changed, specifically:
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.Bl -tag -offset indent
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.It User name
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Your user name, or not really that. People like to include
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emojis, flags and strange symbols for some reason.
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.It Avatar URL
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The URL of a picture to be used as your avatar in timelines
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around the world.
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.It Bio
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Enter here a bunch of self-indulgent blurb about yourself.
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The same markup options available for text notes apply here.
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.It Email address for notifications
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If this field is not empty, an email message will be sent
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to this address whenever a post written by you is liked,
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boosted or replied to.
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.It Password
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Write the same string in these two fields to change your
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password. Don't write anything if you don't want to do this.
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.El
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.Pp
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The rest of the page contains your timeline in reverse
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chronological order (i.e., newest interactions first).
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.Nm
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shows the conversations as nested trees, unlike other Fediverse
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software; everytime something new is added to a conversation,
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the full thread is bumped up, so new interactions are shown
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always at the top of the page while the forgotten ones languish
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at the bottom.
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.Pp
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Private notes (a.k.a. direct messages) are also shown in
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the timeline as normal messages, but marked with a cute lock
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to mark them as non-public. Replies to direct messages are
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also private and cannot be liked nor boosted.
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.Pp
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For each entry in the timeline, a set of reasonable actions
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in the form of buttons will be shown. These can be:
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.Bl -tag -offset indent
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.It Reply
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Unveils a text area to write your intelligent and acute comment
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to an uninformed fellow. This note is sent to the original
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author as well as to your followers. The note can include
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mentions in the @user@format; these people will also become
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recipients of the message. If you reply to a boost or like,
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you are really replying to the note, not to the admirer of it.
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.It Like
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Click this if you admire this post. The poster and your
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followers will be informed.
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.It Boost
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Click this if you want to propagate this post to all your
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followers. The original author will also be informed.
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.It Follow
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Click here if you want to start receiving all the shenanigans
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the original author of the post will write in the future.
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.It Unfollow
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Click here if you are fed up of this fellow's activities.
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.It Delete
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Click here to send this post to the bin. If it's an activity
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written by you, the appropriate message is sent to the rest
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of involved parts telling them that you no longer want your
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thing in their servers (not all implementations really obey
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this kind of requirements, though).
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.It MUTE
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This is the most important button in
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.Nm
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and the Fediverse in general. Click it if you don't want
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to read crap from this user again in the forseeable future.
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.It Hide
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If a conversation is getting long and annoying but not enough
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to MUTE its author forever, click this button to avoid seeing
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the post and its children anymore.
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.El
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.Ss Command-line options
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The command-line tool provide the following commands:
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.Bl -tag -offset indent
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.It Cm init Op basedir
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Initializes the data storage. This is an interactive command; necessary
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information will be prompted for. The
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.Ar basedir
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directory must not exist.
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.It Cm upgrade Ar basedir
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Upgrades the data storage after installing a new version.
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Only necessary if
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.Nm
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complains and demands it.
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.It Cm purge Ar basedir
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Purges old data from the timeline of all users.
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.It Cm adduser Ar basedir Op uid
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Adds a new user to the server. This is an interactive command;
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necessary information will be prompted for. Also, a copy of
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the server
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.Pa style.css
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is installed in the user's
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.Pa static/
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directory.
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.It Cm httpd Ar basedir
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Starts the daemon.
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.It Cm queue Ar basedir Ar uid
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Processes the output queue of the specied user, sending all
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enqueued messages and re-enqueing the failing ones. This command
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must not be executed if the server is running.
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.It Cm follow Ar basedir Ar uid Ar actor
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Sends a Follow message for the specified actor URL.
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.It Cm request Ar basedir Ar uid Ar url
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Requests an object and dumps it to stdout. This is a very low
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level command that is not very useful to you.
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.It Cm note Ar basedir Ar uid Ar text
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Enqueues a Create + Note message to all followers. If the
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.Ar text
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argument is - (a lonely hyphen), the external editor defined
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by the EDITOR environment variable will be invoked to prepare
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a message.
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.El
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.Ss Migrating from Mastodon
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See
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.Xr snac 8
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for details.
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Ev DEBUG
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Overrides the debugging level from the server 'dbglevel' configuration
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variable. Set it to an integer value. The higher, the deeper in meaningless
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verbiage you'll find yourself into.
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.It Ev EDITOR
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The user-preferred interactive text editor to prepare messages.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr snac 5 ,
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.Xr snac 8
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An grunfink @grunfink@comam.es
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.Sh LICENSE
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See the LICENSE file for details.
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.Sh CAVEATS
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Use the Fediverse sparingly. Don't fear the MUTE button.
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.Sh BUGS
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Plenty. Some issues may be even documented in the TODO.md file.
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