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@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ author's perspective) helped reinforce these community norms for the
 better.
 
 However, there nothing about Mastodon or the fediverse at large
-(including the core of ActivityPub) /specifically/ prevented nazis or
+(including the core of ActivityPub) /specifically/ prevents nazis or
 other entities conveying undesirable messages (including spam) from
 entering the network; they just weren't there or were in small enough
 numbers that instance administrators could block them.