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+<p><em>“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s
+end.”</em></p>
+<p>– Seneca</p>
 <p><em>The fediverse</em> is a set of federated servers, typically using
 a communication protocol called <a
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 20. [Building fediverse communities](#building-fediverse-communities)
 
 # Introduction
+*"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end."*
+
+-- Seneca
+
 *The fediverse* is a set of federated servers, typically using a communication protocol called [ActivityPub](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub) which was devised by the [social working group](https://www.w3.org/wiki/Socialwg) within the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). At present it is mostly used for [microblogging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblogging), although ActivityPub is sufficiently general that it can also be used for a variety of other purposes.
 
 The word *fediverse* (federated universe) appears to have originated around 2012 as the first [identi.ca](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identi.ca) website was ending and the [pump.io](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump.io) project was beginning. The ActivityPub protocol was initially called *ActivityPump*, due to the influence which pump.io had upon its creation. Fediverse servers are typically referred to as "instances".