# 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 14
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/5wv2pzq
I use GitHub. When you star repos, or fork them, the AI knows your interests, and recommend based on that. Same when you interact with repos, either by commenting, discussing, adding issues, or PRs. Same when you follow other people. You have it use the platform to get usable things out of it.
Exposure on GitHub would be ten, or thousand folds better than on an obscure, sometimes on/off, self hosted Gitea. I mean, it is just logical.
@fastidious Hmm. 🤔 Where does it recommend projects? Is it that “explore repositories” section from my screenshot? Or is there something else?
@fastidious Hmm. 🤔 Where does it recommend projects? Is it that “explore repositories” section from my screenshot? Or is there something else?
@fastidious Hmm. 🤔 Where does it recommend projects? Is it that “explore repositories” section from my screenshot? Or is there something else?
@movq that one. You also get to see things on your "All activity" from the people you follow. What they star, who they follow, which give you leads on what's out there. Since you normally follow people with similar interests as you, you are bound to discover lots of interesting things.
@fastidious I see. Hmm. Would you say the “explore repos” thingy is more important or is it the “all activity” page where you can see what the people you’re following did?
@fastidious I see. Hmm. Would you say the “explore repos” thingy is more important or is it the “all activity” page where you can see what the people you’re following did?
@fastidious I see. Hmm. Would you say the “explore repos” thingy is more important or is it the “all activity” page where you can see what the people you’re following did?
@movq for me it has been the "All Activity". The explore has a gem every once in a while (sidebar), and more gems if you go full explore, but I still find the "All Activity" to be the best.
@fastidious So it’s a matter of following the right people (at least in your case). So the assumption behind the “GitHub = exposure” argument is that a significant number of people have actually built a meaningful “social network” on GitHub. They must not use GitHub like I do (i.e., just as a hosting platform for Git and bug trackers), but with the intention of following “interesting” people (which can be different from “friends” and “colleagues”) so that you’ll find neat stuff.
I have *absolutely no idea* if that’s the norm or not. 🤣 I have no data to prove that assumption, nor to prove it wrong. It’s different from my own experience (+ those of colleagues, acquaintances, … none of us use GitHub like that – and I have never experienced one of our repos become popular just because it’s on GitHub and hey, I’ve been on that platform for a decade), but that doesn’t mean anything. I have my doubts but I don’t really know.
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@fastidious So it’s a matter of following the right people (at least in your case). So the assumption behind the “GitHub = exposure” argument is that a significant number of people have actually built a meaningful “social network” on GitHub. They must not use GitHub like I do (i.e., just as a hosting platform for Git and bug trackers), but with the intention of following “interesting” people (which can be different from “friends” and “colleagues”) so that you’ll find neat stuff.
I have *absolutely no idea* if that’s the norm or not. 🤣 I have no data to prove that assumption, nor to prove it wrong. It’s different from my own experience (+ those of colleagues, acquaintances, … none of us use GitHub like that – and I have never experienced one of our repos become popular just because it’s on GitHub and hey, I’ve been on that platform for a decade), but that doesn’t mean anything. I have my doubts but I don’t really know.
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@fastidious So it’s a matter of following the right people (at least in your case). So the assumption behind the “GitHub = exposure” argument is that a significant number of people have actually built a meaningful “social network” on GitHub. They must not use GitHub like I do (i.e., just as a hosting platform for Git and bug trackers), but with the intention of following “interesting” people (which can be different from “friends” and “colleagues”) so that you’ll find neat stuff.
I have *absolutely no idea* if that’s the norm or not. 🤣 I have no data to prove that assumption, nor to prove it wrong. It’s different from my own experience (+ those of colleagues, acquaintances, … none of us use GitHub like that – and I have never experienced one of our repos become popular just because it’s on GitHub and hey, I’ve been on that platform for a decade), but that doesn’t mean anything. I have my doubts but I don’t really know.
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the question for me, assuming GitHub's discoverability is all that it's cracked up to be, is at what cost?
Technically, you can discover things and people on Facebook, even people you haven't known for 20 years and forgotten about, but at what cost?
I think that is worth pondering. And that's besides Copilot...