about: clean up some wording

content/about.md

@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ title = "What Is This Place"
 
 my hope is for this place to be a home of sorts. so, welcome to my home.
 don't expect any stilted professionalism here, but i hope you will find care, sincerity
-and the closest approximation to authenticity of which this medium is capable.
+and the closest approximation to authenticity of which this medium permits.
 
 besides the blog, you can find me here:
 
-- Matrix (instant messaging): [@colin:uninsane.org](https://matrix.to/#/@colin:uninsane.org)
-- XMPP/Jabber (IM): [colin@uninsane.org](xmpp:colin@uninsane.org)
-- ActivityPub (social media): [@colin@fed.uninsane.org](https://fed.uninsane.org/colin)
+- Matrix: [@colin:uninsane.org](https://matrix.to/#/@colin:uninsane.org)
+- XMPP/Jabber: [colin@uninsane.org](xmpp:colin@uninsane.org)
+- ActivityPub: [@colin@fed.uninsane.org](https://fed.uninsane.org/colin)
 - Email: (my name)@uninsane.org
 - Gitea (code hosting/collaboration): <https://git.uninsane.org>
 
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ individuals to come together, and if you're the type to be reading "about" pages
 then we may be quite alike :-)
 
 the big email providers don't always play nicely with smaller hosts like me though,
-so please consider those other options above first.
+so please consider the other options above first, or monitor your spam folder
+for my response after mailing.
 
-and if you want to foray into ActivityPub/Matrix/etc but don't know where to set up, i'm happy to host
+and if you want to foray into Matrix/ActivityPub/etc but don't know where to set up, i'm happy to host
 you. crawl through the above links til you hit a 'register' button, then use that and send a short
 introduction through any other means so i know you're not spam.