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onkly is an open source micro-blogging CMS written in ASP.NET. The project was started as a training excercise by Emad Ibrahim. The project seems to be gaining momentum because of the enthusiasm shown by the ASP.NET community.

Current features include:

1. Conversation threads - here is an example
   
2. Message replies automatically turn into a conversation, just hit the reply button
   
3. Message deletes - cannot delete messages that have been replied to.
4. Follow and Un-follow friends
5. Built-in URL shortening
6. Public timeline
7. Friends and followers stats
8. Integration with Gravatar (www.gravatar.com)
9. Search for friends by email or username
10. Invite friends

Priorities and upcoming features:

1. REST API
2. RSS feeds
3. Twitter and Facebook integration
4. Expanded user profile
5. Friend finder - using gmail, hotmail, outlook imports, etc…
6. Email notifications with opt-in/opt-out options
7. Silverlight, Windows, mac and mobile clients (require the API)
8. Migrate to SQL Server standard
9. UI changes and improvements

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