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the <strong>/opt</strong> directory.</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre
class="sourceCode bash"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="bu">cd</span> /opt</span>
<span id="cb2-2"><a href="#cb2-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">git</span> clone https://gitlab.com/bashrc2/epicyon</span></code></pre></div>
<span id="cb2-2"><a href="#cb2-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">git</span> clone <span class="at">--depth</span> 1 https://gitlab.com/bashrc2/epicyon</span></code></pre></div>
<h2 id="set-permissions">Set permissions</h2>
<p>Create a user for the server to run as:</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre
@ -426,12 +426,15 @@ people within your timeline which you can’t read.</p>
<h3 id="expiring-posts">Expiring posts</h3>
<p>You can set your posts to expire after a number of days. If this
value is zero then the instance will keep your posts indefinitely.</p>
<h3 id="quitting-twitter">Quitting Twitter</h3>
<h3 id="quitting-the-website-formerly-known-as-twitter">Quitting the
website formerly known as Twitter</h3>
<p>If you are coming to the fediverse as an exile from the website
formerly known as Twitter then you may want to select the option to
remove any Twitter posts from your timeline. Sometimes people want to
make a clean break from Twitter and have no further involvement with
it.</p>
<p>As Twitter turns into an information black hole it’s expected that
posts on that site may become no longer visible on the open web.</p>
<h3 id="alternative-contact-details">Alternative contact details</h3>
<p>You can set additional contact details, such as email, XMPP and
Matrix addresses. So if people want to contact you for private <a
@ -462,7 +465,7 @@ blog</h3>
linking it to your profile screen. Within the <em>head</em> html section
of your website or blog index page include a line similar to:</p>
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class="sourceCode html"><code class="sourceCode html"><span id="cb18-1"><a href="#cb18-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="kw">&lt;link</span> <span class="er">rel</span><span class="ot">=</span><span class="st">&quot;me&quot;</span> <span class="er">href</span><span class="ot">=</span><span class="st">&quot;https://YourEpicyonDomain/@YourNickname&quot;</span> <span class="kw">/&gt;</span></span></code></pre></div>
class="sourceCode html"><code class="sourceCode html"><span id="cb18-1"><a href="#cb18-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="dt">&lt;</span><span class="kw">link</span> <span class="er">rel</span><span class="ot">=</span><span class="st">&quot;me&quot;</span> <span class="er">href</span><span class="ot">=</span><span class="st">&quot;https://YourEpicyonDomain/@YourNickname&quot;</span> <span class="dt">/&gt;</span></span></code></pre></div>
<p>If you edit and then publish your profile, with the <em>website</em>
and/or <em>blog</em> fields completed then if the above link is found
your sites will be indicated to be verified on your profile screen. When
@ -1185,11 +1188,13 @@ fediverse is more about conversation rather than one-way broadcast.
Sites like Twitter encourage you to become an “influencer” and adopt a
style of communication where you are shouting to a large audience
without much expectation of dialogue.</p>
<p>On Twitter there is an algorithm which will make follow suggestions
and dump all manner of aggravating trash into your timeline. On the
fediverse if you want to connect with people then you will need to be
more proactive in going out to <em>find the others</em>. There is no
algorithm trying to guess what you want without your participation.</p>
<p>On the website formerly known as Twitter there is an algorithm which
will make follow suggestions and dump all manner of aggravating trash
into your timeline. On the fediverse if you want to connect with people
then you will need to be more proactive in going out to <em>find the
others</em>. There is no algorithm trying to guess what you want without
your participation. Zuckerberg’s Threads is an exception to this, but
the less said about that the better.</p>
<p><strong>Robustly remove bad actors</strong></p>
<p>If people are creating a problem or bringing trouble and are not
amenable to changing their ways, whether they are members of your

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### Expiring posts
You can set your posts to expire after a number of days. If this value is zero then the instance will keep your posts indefinitely.
### Quitting Twitter
### Quitting the website formerly known as Twitter
If you are coming to the fediverse as an exile from the website formerly known as Twitter then you may want to select the option to remove any Twitter posts from your timeline. Sometimes people want to make a clean break from Twitter and have no further involvement with it.
As Twitter turns into an information black hole it's expected that posts on that site may become no longer visible on the open web.
### Alternative contact details
You can set additional contact details, such as email, XMPP and Matrix addresses. So if people want to contact you for private [end-to-end secure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_encryption) chat then they can do so. The fediverse was never designed for end-to-end security - it is primarily for public communications - and so it's better to leave secure private chat to the apps which are specialized for that purpose.
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This sounds like a trite comment, but if you have members on your instance coming from Twitter and expecting it to be the same sort of thing then they will be disappointed. A major difference is that the fediverse is more about conversation rather than one-way broadcast. Sites like Twitter encourage you to become an "influencer" and adopt a style of communication where you are shouting to a large audience without much expectation of dialogue.
On Twitter there is an algorithm which will make follow suggestions and dump all manner of aggravating trash into your timeline. On the fediverse if you want to connect with people then you will need to be more proactive in going out to *find the others*. There is no algorithm trying to guess what you want without your participation.
On the website formerly known as Twitter there is an algorithm which will make follow suggestions and dump all manner of aggravating trash into your timeline. On the fediverse if you want to connect with people then you will need to be more proactive in going out to *find the others*. There is no algorithm trying to guess what you want without your participation. Zuckerberg's Threads is an exception to this, but the less said about that the better.
**Robustly remove bad actors**