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 # diaspora* 
-### a privacy aware, distributed, open source social network
+### a privacy-aware, distributed, open source social network
 
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 **develop:** [![Build Status develop](https://secure.travis-ci.org/diaspora/diaspora.png?branch=develop)](http://travis-ci.org/diaspora/diaspora) |