if anything it's an advertisement for OStatus, the successor protocol to OpenMicroBlogging. This protocol allows anyone to run their own tweetish site on their

if anything it's an advertisement for OStatus, the successor protocol to OpenMicroBlogging. This protocol allows anyone to run their own tweetish site on their own, and allows for decentralized, federated communication. StatusNet is a self-hosted solution, so you basically can run it as you see fit on your own. It is licensed under AGPL terms so you know what exactly your service is doing.