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@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Patchwork is a decentralized sharing app.
 It was built for friends of the SSB project, to test basic functions.
 We use it as a test-bed for features, and for our own daily messaging.
 
-Because SSB is a research project, ~~**you'll need to contact an SSB team member (in #scuttlebutt on Freenode) to get onto the network!**~~ **Ask on #tetalab**
+SSB is a research project, Ask on #tetalab for joining our experimental node
+
 That's our informal barrier to entry right now, since we're not prepared for lots of users yet.
 
 [![Hermies the Hermit Crab](https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/10190339?v=3&s=200)](https://github.com/ssbc/scuttlebot)
@@ -75,4 +76,4 @@ Relevant docs:
 
  - https://github.com/maxogden/electron-packager
  - https://github.com/loopline-systems/electron-builder
- - https://github.com/atom/electron/tree/master/docs
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+ - https://github.com/atom/electron/tree/master/docs