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 # Mastodon Glitch Edition
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-> Now with automated deploys!
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-[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/circleci/project/github/glitch-soc/mastodon.svg)][circleci]
-[![Code Climate](https://img.shields.io/codeclimate/maintainability/glitch-soc/mastodon.svg)][code_climate]
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-[circleci]: https://circleci.com/gh/glitch-soc/mastodon
-[code_climate]: https://codeclimate.com/github/glitch-soc/mastodon
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-So here's the deal: we all work on this code, and anyone who uses that does so absolutely at their own risk. can you dig it?
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-- You can view documentation for this project at [glitch-soc.github.io/docs/](https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/).
-- And contributing guidelines are available [here](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [here](https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/contributing/).