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-# messenger
-Package messenger is used for making bots for use with messenger.com
+# Messenger
+
+This is a Go library for making bots to be used on Facebook messenger. It makes of the [Messenger Platform](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform). One of the main goals of the project is to implement it in an idiomatic and easy to use fashion.
+
+**It is currently in very early development. [Discussion](https://github.com/paked/messenger/issues/new) is much appreciated!**
+
+## Inspiration
+
+Messenger takes design cues from:
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+- [`net/http`](https://godoc.org/net/http)
+- [`github.com/nickvanw/ircx`](https://github.com/nickvanw/ircx)