# 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 15
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/6wbncva
@slashdot Oh now that's very interesting to see and read about. I had absolutely no idea that Twitter™ went so far as to also modify what photos you see?! 😱 Who _really_ wants this anyway? I for one am glad we don't and will never do this kind of this here on Twtxt.net 🤗
@slashdot Oh now that's very interesting to see and read about. I had absolutely no idea that Twitter™ went so far as to also modify what photos you see?! 😱 Who _really_ wants this anyway? I for one am glad we don't and will never do this kind of this here on Twtxt.net 🤗
@slashdot Oh now that's very interesting to see and read about. I had absolutely no idea that Twitter™ went so far as to also modify what photos you see?! 😱 Who _really_ wants this anyway? I for one am glad we don't and will never do this kind of this here on Twtxt.net 🤗
@prologic @slashdot not whole photos. Only previews presented in the timeline. Except some basic compression you could still see full unaltered version of each image any time you clicked on the preview.
@prologic @slashdot not whole photos. Only previews presented in the timeline. Except some basic compression you could still see full unaltered version of each image any time you clicked on the preview.
@lukem it’s still an odd thing to do though right? 😁
@lukem it’s still an odd thing to do though right? 😁
@lukem it’s still an odd thing to do though right? 😁
@prologic to be honest I'm not so sure. Thumbnails on Twitter save screen space and bandwidth, allowing me to choose what I want to see and skip anything else. I can see reasons why Twitter would want to use an algorythm to generate those, even if it turned out to be flawed. I'm more willing to explain this as an unfortunate chain of events or a side effect of how the algorythm works rather than 'racial bias' or any other loaded term stupid journalists want to use here.
@prologic to be honest I'm not so sure. Thumbnails on Twitter save screen space and bandwidth, allowing me to choose what I want to see and skip anything else. I can see reasons why Twitter would want to use an algorythm to generate those, even if it turned out to be flawed. I'm more willing to explain this as an unfortunate chain of events or a side effect of how the algorythm works rather than 'racial bias' or any other loaded term stupid journalists want to use here.
@prologic Twitter is bad enough on its own but this thing is not malice IMO. I'd rather call it stupidity on their end. :)
@prologic Twitter is bad enough on its own but this thing is not malice IMO. I'd rather call it stupidity on their end. :)
@lukem yeah you’re probably right
@lukem yeah you’re probably right
@lukem yeah you’re probably right