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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Epicyon is a [fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse) server suitabl
Key features:
* Open standards: HTML, CSS, ActivityPub, RSS, CalDAV.
* Open standards: HTML, CSS, ActivityPub S2S and C2S, RSS, CalDAV.
* Supports common web browsers and [shell browsers](https://lynx.invisible-island.net).
* Will not drain your mobile or laptop battery.
* Customisable themes. It doesn't have to look bland.

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@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Epicyon is a fediverse server suitable for self-hosting a small number of accoun
Key features:
* Open standards: HTML, CSS, ActivityPub, RSS, CalDAV.
* Open standards: HTML, CSS, ActivityPub S2S and C2S, RSS, CalDAV.
* Supports common web browsers and shell browsers.
* Will not drain your mobile or laptop battery.
* Customisable themes. It doesn't have to look bland.

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@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The word *fediverse* (federated universe) appears to have originated around 2012
Servers such as [Mastodon](https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon) are well known, but these are aimed at large scale deployments on powerful hardware running within data centers, making use of content distribution networks (CDN) and due to their large number of dependencies requiring someone with a high level of systems administration skill to maintain. Epicyon is designed for the opposite situation where it is only intended to have a single user or a small number of users (less than ten) running from your home location or on a modest VPS and where maintenance is extremely trivial such that it's possible to keep an instance running for long durations with minimal intervention.
Epicyon is part of the [small web](https://neustadt.fr/essays/the-small-web) category of internet software, in that it is intended to scale via federation rather than to scale vertically via resource intensive and expensive hardware. Think many small communicating nodes rather than a small number of large servers. Also, in spite of the prevailing great obsession with scale, not everything needs to. You can federate with a small number of servers for a particular purpose - such as running a club or hackspace - and that's ok.
Epicyon is part of the [small web](https://neustadt.fr/essays/the-small-web) category of internet software, in that it is intended to scale via federation rather than to scale vertically via resource intensive and expensive hardware. Think many small communicating nodes rather than a small number of large servers. Also, in spite of the prevailing great obsession with scale, not everything needs to. You can federate with a small number of servers for a particular purpose - such as running a club or hackspace - and that's ok. It supports both the server-to-server (S2S) and client-to-server (C2S) versions of the ActivityPub protocol, with [basic auth](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Authentication) for C2S authentication.
[Anti-virality](https://uxdesign.cc/mastodon-is-antiviral-design-42f090ab8d51?gi=9baf6195c60b) is a common design approach in the fediverse, and Epicyon also follows this convention by having chronological timelines and avoiding lists of trending things or ranking profiles by numbers of followers. Recent hashtags are presented *in alphabetical order* to avoid any frequency bias. Typically if a post gets more than ten likes then its count will only show as *"10+"*, to try to avoid getting fixated upon making numbers go up at the expense of more considered forms of interaction.

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<div class="features">
<p class="intro">Key features:</p>
<ul class="features_list">
<li>Open standards: HTML, CSS, ActivityPub, RSS, CalDAV.</li>
<li>Open standards: HTML, CSS, ActivityPub S2S and C2S, RSS, CalDAV.</li>
<li>Supports common web browsers and <a href="https://lynx.invisible-island.net">shell browsers</a>.</li>
<li>Will not drain your mobile or laptop battery.</li>
<li>Customisable themes. It doesn't have to look bland.</li>