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-Welcome to [Social.coop's][Social.coop] public wiki! This domain is
-where we keep general public information, guides and references to
+Welcome to [Social.coop's][Social.coop] public wiki! This is
+where we keep general public information, guides, and references to
 other resources.
 
 # What?
 
-[Social.coop] is is an experiment in user-controlled social media. It
-is a community hub for people interested in co-ops and development of
-free/libre social media - these define the common core field of
-discussion, though they are far from the only things discussed.
+[Social.coop] is a cooperative corner of the [fediverse]. It
+is a community hub for people interested in co-ops and the development of
+free/libre social media. It was founded in 2017 in the wake of the 
+[BuyTwitter] campaign. Our shared resources are cooperatively co-governed 
+by the community of members. Together, we decide how to steward our data,
+our community policies, and our shared technologies.
 
-We primarily run a [Mastodon] social media server: one node in the
-[Fediverse], a federated network of social media applications which
-communicate using the [Activity Pub] and [OStatus] protocols.
+We primarily run a [Mastodon] social-media server, through which we can
+interact both with each other and the wider fediverse. We provide 
+some additional services as well, toward the goal of placing ever more or our
+online social lives under good cooperative governance.
 
 [Social.coop]: https://social.coop/about/more
 [Mastodon]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software)
-[Fediverse]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse
-[Activity Pub]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub
-[OStatus]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OStatus
+[fediverse]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse
+[BuyTwitter]: https://buytwitter.org
 
-# Why?
+# How?
+
+Social.coop works through an active community of members. To get a sense of 
+how we operate, see our guide on "[How to Make the Fediverse Your Own](How-to-make-the-fediverse-your-own)."
+The heart of our collective work is in our core documents:
+
+- Our [bylaws]
+- Our [code of conduct]
+- Our [ops teams structure]
+
+[code of conduct]: rules-and-bylaws/Code-of-conduct
+[bylaws]: rules-and-bylaws/Bylaws-for-social.coop
+[ops teams structure]: rules-and-bylaws/Admin-ops-teams
 
-What distinguishes us from most other social media there is that we
-are both funded and governed by our members: we are a
-co-operative. The organisation and running of the site is accountable
-to its members, and not only will we not be monetising our users by
-selling their data to third parties, but they decide what we do.
 
 # Where?
 
-Besides here at http://wiki.social.coop, you can find us at the following places:
+Besides here at the Social.coop wiki, you can find us at the following places:
 
-- Our main [Mastodon] social media instance: https://social.coop
+- Our main [Mastodon] social media instance: [social.coop](https://social.coop)
 - Our groups on [Loomio], a forum with decision-making tools for governance:
-  https://www.loomio.org/socialcoop/ <i>(sub-groups for various
-  working groups and operations teams can be found there too)</i>.
-- Our [Meet.Coop] BigBlueButton instance, for online meetings: https://socialcoop.meet.coop/
-- Our [GitLab] code/documentation projects and issue trackers: https://git.coop/social.coop
-- Our [Matrix] chat channel, for informal discussion and a rendezvous point when service outages occur:
-  - General (open): https://riot.im/app/#/room/#SocialCoop:matrix.org
-  - Tech Working Group (open): https://riot.im/app/#/room/#social.coop.tech:matrix.org
-  - Tech Working Group (private): https://riot.im/app/#/room/#tech.social.coop:matrix.org
-- Our [Open Collective] page, where we raise funds: https://opencollective.com/socialcoop
+  [loomio.org](https://loomio.org/socialcoop/)
+- Our [Meet.coop] BigBlueButton instance, for online meetings: [socialcoop.meet.coop/](https://socialcoop.meet.coop/)
+- Our [GitLab] code/documentation projects and issue trackers: [git.coop/social.coop](https://git.coop/social.coop)
+- Our [Matrix] space, for working group discussions: [matrix.to/#/#social.coop:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#social.coop:matrix.org)
+- Our [Open Collective] page, where we raise funds: [opencollective.com/socialcoop](https://opencollective.com/socialcoop)
 
 [Loomio]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loomio
 [GitLab]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitLab
 [Matrix]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(protocol)
 [Open Collective]: https://opencollective.com/
-[Meet.Coop]: https://www.meet.coop/
-
-For details on joining [Social.coop], see the link in the navigation bar above.
+[Meet.coop]: https://www.meet.coop/
 
-# How?
 
-- Our [Code of Conduct]
-- Our [Bylaws]
-- Our [Op teams] structure
+# Join
 
-[Code of Conduct]: rules-and-bylaws/Code-of-conduct
-[Bylaws]: rules-and-bylaws/Bylaws-for-social.coop
-[Op teams]: rules-and-bylaws/Admin-ops-teams
+If you are interested in joining Social.coop, visit our [registration form](registration-form).
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