diff --git a/forum/index.php b/forum/index.php
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+ ~url-shortener~
~mastodon~
+
+ ~forum~
diff --git a/news/010_forum.json b/news/010_forum.json
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+{
+ "published": true,
+ "date": "feb 2018",
+ "title": "tilde~forum",
+ "author": "~ben",
+ "content": "hey all, we now have a forum! log in with your tilde account and discuss :)"
+}