# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
# uri Filter to show a specific users twts.
# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# twt range = 1 7
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/3xpygsq
@cuaxolotl
> i hope we don't go chasing mass-appeal
I don’t think this is going to happen any time soon.
What makes twtxt unique is its radical *technical* simplicity. And that means you have to be a *tech-savvy* person to appreciate twtxt and *that* means mass-appeal is pretty much out of the question to begin with. 😅
Yarn adds a lot of user-friendliness and, in a way, does try to appeal to the masses. And it almost worked. When Twitter died, we saw a substantial influx of new users, didn’t we? Only problem is, Mastodon had a massive headstart. The Fediverse was already huge, so what did Yarn/twtxt have to offer? It is *way simpler* and *way easier to self-host*, but who cares about that? Right, the tech-savvy people, not the masses. Many of the tech-savvy people were already using Mastodon, though, and, frankly, “simplicity” is not something that a lot of folks even care about. Thus Yarn/twtxt never took off.
@cuaxolotl
> i hope we don't go chasing mass-appeal
I don’t think this is going to happen any time soon.
What makes twtxt unique is its radical *technical* simplicity. And that means you have to be a *tech-savvy* person to appreciate twtxt and *that* means mass-appeal is pretty much out of the question to begin with. 😅
Yarn adds a lot of user-friendliness and, in a way, does try to appeal to the masses. And it almost worked. When Twitter died, we saw a substantial influx of new users, didn’t we? Only problem is, Mastodon had a massive headstart. The Fediverse was already huge, so what did Yarn/twtxt have to offer? It is *way simpler* and *way easier to self-host*, but who cares about that? Right, the tech-savvy people, not the masses. Many of the tech-savvy people were already using Mastodon, though, and, frankly, “simplicity” is not something that a lot of folks even care about. Thus Yarn/twtxt never took off.
@cuaxolotl
> i hope we don't go chasing mass-appeal
I don’t think this is going to happen any time soon.
What makes twtxt unique is its radical *technical* simplicity. And that means you have to be a *tech-savvy* person to appreciate twtxt and *that* means mass-appeal is pretty much out of the question to begin with. 😅
Yarn adds a lot of user-friendliness and, in a way, does try to appeal to the masses. And it almost worked. When Twitter died, we saw a substantial influx of new users, didn’t we? Only problem is, Mastodon had a massive headstart. The Fediverse was already huge, so what did Yarn/twtxt have to offer? It is *way simpler* and *way easier to self-host*, but who cares about that? Right, the tech-savvy people, not the masses. Many of the tech-savvy people were already using Mastodon, though, and, frankly, “simplicity” is not something that a lot of folks even care about. Thus Yarn/twtxt never took off.
@cuaxolotl
> i hope we don't go chasing mass-appeal
I don’t think this is going to happen any time soon.
What makes twtxt unique is its radical *technical* simplicity. And that means you have to be a *tech-savvy* person to appreciate twtxt and *that* means mass-appeal is pretty much out of the question to begin with. 😅
Yarn adds a lot of user-friendliness and, in a way, does try to appeal to the masses. And it almost worked. When Twitter died, we saw a substantial influx of new users, didn’t we? Only problem is, Mastodon had a massive headstart. The Fediverse was already huge, so what did Yarn/twtxt have to offer? It is *way simpler* and *way easier to self-host*, but who cares about that? Right, the tech-savvy people, not the masses. Many of the tech-savvy people were already using Mastodon, though, and, frankly, “simplicity” is not something that a lot of folks even care about. Thus Yarn/twtxt never took off.
@movq I have a slightly different but compatible view:
> What makes twtxt unique is its radical technical simplicity. And that means you have to be a tech-savvy person to appreciate twtxt and that means mass-appeal is pretty much out of the question to begin with. 😅
You see, if you recall my old man ain't all that great with tech these days, though he used to be and that's how I got into it, encouraged as a young lad. Anyway... I built yarnd for that purpose, so a) I could use it as my daily driver (_think of it like Jenny/tt but for the web with a little server_) and b) so others _could_ use it too (_admitedly that hasn't been well adopted because reasons_)
Anyway my view is that Yarn/Twtxt is designed to be a slow social media without distraction. I like that a lot. Forget the simplicity for a second, if you think about how we use this, and how damn well fucking effective it is, without all the ads, tracking, god knows what useless-ass features, all the nonsense multi-Megabytes your browser has to download, just to post what you ate for breakfast, I like what we've built 😅
@movq (#3xpygsq) @movq I have a slightly different but compatible view:
> What makes twtxt unique is its radical technical simplicity. And that means you have to be a tech-savvy person to appreciate twtxt and that means mass-appeal is pretty much out of the question to begin with. 😅
You see, if you recall my old man ain't all that great with tech these days, though he used to be and that's how I got into it, encouraged as a young lad. Anyway... I built yarnd for that purpose, so a) I could use it as my daily driver (_think of it like Jenny/tt but for the web with a little server_) and b) so others _could_ use it too (_admitedly that hasn't been well adopted because reasons_)
Anyway my view is that Yarn/Twtxt is designed to be a slow social media without distraction. I like that a lot. Forget the simplicity for a second, if you think about how we use this, and how damn well fucking effective it is, without all the ads, tracking, god knows what useless-ass features, all the nonsense multi-Megabytes your browser has to download, just to post what you ate for breakfast, I like what we've built 😅
@movq (#3xpygsq) @movq I have a slightly different but compatible view:
> What makes twtxt unique is its radical technical simplicity. And that means you have to be a tech-savvy person to appreciate twtxt and that means mass-appeal is pretty much out of the question to begin with. 😅
You see, if you recall my old man ain't all that great with tech these days, though he used to be and that's how I got into it, encouraged as a young lad. Anyway... I built yarnd for that purpose, so a) I could use it as my daily driver (_think of it like Jenny/tt but for the web with a little server_) and b) so others _could_ use it too (_admitedly that hasn't been well adopted because reasons_)
Anyway my view is that Yarn/Twtxt is designed to be a slow social media without distraction. I like that a lot. Forget the simplicity for a second, if you think about how we use this, and how damn well fucking effective it is, without all the ads, tracking, god knows what useless-ass features, all the nonsense multi-Megabytes your browser has to download, just to post what you ate for breakfast, I like what we've built 😅