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 <a href="http://www.discourse.org/">![Logo](images/discourse.png)</a>
 
-Discourse is the 100% open source, next-generation discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet. It works as:
+Discourse is the 100% open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet. It works as:
 
 - a mailing list
 - a discussion forum
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 ## Security
 
-We take security very seriously at Discourse, and all our code is 100% open source and peer reviewed. Please read [our security guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/SECURITY.md) for an overview of security measures in Discourse.
+We take security very seriously at Discourse; all our code is 100% open source and peer reviewed. Please read [our security guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/SECURITY.md) for an overview of security measures in Discourse.
 
 ## The Discourse Team