tweeper.1.asciidoc: describe what tweeper is in a more generic way

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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ TWEEPER(1)
 
 NAME
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 NAME
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-tweeper - web scraper to convert a Twitter timeline to an RSS feed
+tweeper - web scraper to convert supported websites (e.g. Twitter.com) to RSS

 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 
 
 SYNOPSIS


@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
 DESCRIPTION
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 DESCRIPTION
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-tweeper(1) is a web scraper which extracts the most recent public tweets of
-a given user from their home page on Twitter.com and formats them in RSS, so
-the information can be conveniently accessed and collected by a feed reader.
+tweeper(1) is a web scraper which can be used to conveniently follow the
+public activity of social network users without the need to log in or even be
+subscribed to the social network; tweeper converts the public information to
+RSS so that it can be accessed and collected by a feed reader.

 
 tweeper started as the TWitter fEEd scraPER but support for other web sites
 has been added.
 
 tweeper started as the TWitter fEEd scraPER but support for other web sites
 has been added.