# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/7la3hna
frankly, there's something refreshing and honourable about being suspended from twitter
@mutefall I am curious. Could you elaborate? I have been on Twitter since beta and, in my experience, one must do something truly stupid to get a ban, or suspension.
@david @mutefall I'm kind of curious too... Looking back through the parent Yarn here, I don't see wtf you even did to get suspended?! π³ I mean seriously?! C'mon Twitterβ’ -- not that I care π I myself went through this period of "create an account", "delete my account", "create it again", "delete it again" to finally, "why the fuck do I want a Tiwtterβ’ account?" to several years later, creating Yarn.social π€£
@david @mutefall I'm kind of curious too... Looking back through the parent Yarn here, I don't see wtf you even did to get suspended?! π³ I mean seriously?! C'mon Twitterβ’ -- not that I care π I myself went through this period of "create an account", "delete my account", "create it again", "delete it again" to finally, "why the fuck do I want a Tiwtterβ’ account?" to several years later, creating Yarn.social π€£
@david @prologic my guess is he may have been using an e.164 number from a sip carrier on his account, rather than a mobile number, and the bird got mad.
> and the bird got mad.
Man fuck the bird! π
> and the bird got mad.
Man fuck the bird! π
@prologic the bird alerted me to Egyptian hieroglyphs as Unicode, so you can use things like πΊ π
Good for something, I guess?!
@david you're considered an established user for having your account for such a long time, twitter already recognises you. likely you've never been sim-walled, yes? new accounts these days that meet a certain criteria are almost always suspended or sim-walled.
@prologic i signed up to namelock my handle (suspension works too), uploaded an avatar, followed some computer scientists, liked a couple of posts, let the account sit for a while, then boom.
my own view: if i truly wanted an account there and was upset about being suspended to the point i had to contact the bird and ask for passage then i'm officially hooked on their system, yes? i think as human beings we all want to be connected in some way, it's in our genetic code. but at what cost? giving twitter every datapoint you have, a copy of your passport, and dna sample?
in the end, none of this truly matters. but companies like twitter want to induce a synthetic worry for not being a part of their ecosystem.
similar happens when ig or fb goes down. a good portion of the internet goes full tilt. i never want to be so dependent on something that it creates a sense of rulership and control over me. i'd rather be engaged with an ecosystem that allows a netizen to stake their claim of the internet, link up with their friends vs the concept of friends and followers that have been psychologically optimised for most people driven by dopamine and fomo
then again, i come from a different era. 80/90s bbs/early-stage internet. thirty years ago we didn't have tracking, government surveillance was minimal at best (they didn't know what they had at the time), corporate control of networks was nil, and every human had the freedom to explore network(s).
it's interesting to watch what's occurred over the decades. the internet fundamentally has not changed. only the people and technologies riding on top of it have.
decentralised and disconnected ---> move towards centralisation ---> full centralisation and tight-coupling of systems ---> netizens asking why? ---> move to decentralisation ---> decentralised and distributed (we likely are here now) ---> the future?
there's an idea i scrapped together (likely i'm not the first to coin this).
when the system fails you, you build your own system
@mutefall I'd like to think we're here now, but it's going to take a long time before "Yarn" or "Twtxt" (I prefer the former) becomes a household name -- Well it is in my household π
I'm often reminded of a recent presentation by Aral (perhaps @dsarch can link this?) whereby:
> Decentralisation starts with decentering yourself.
@mutefall I'd like to think we're here now, but it's going to take a long time before "Yarn" or "Twtxt" (I prefer the former) becomes a household name -- Well it is in my household π
I'm often reminded of a recent presentation by Aral (perhaps @dsarch can link this?) whereby:
> Decentralisation starts with decentering yourself.
@mutefall
> decentralised and distributed (we likely are here now)
Nah. Unless by *we* you mean us here on Yarn. But as a society, I reckon we're *at least* one or two steps before that β I'd go with your "netizens asking why?" at best. Much of society still hasn't even got to that point honestly.
@prologic
> Decentralisation starts with decentering yourself.
π― Great quote. There's a chicken and egg problem, and those of us who understand the problem and are happy to be early adopters need to be the ones pushing forward hatching more and more eggs until that chicken appears (umm ok idk if that analogy makes sense but you get my drift π)
@prologic i like to think we are there as well or very close. mass-adoption is the problem due to the ux (which we spoke on yesterday in general), and tooling being too complex for the non-technical enthusiast. most people don't want to learn, then want instant-on. as for the quote. beautiful :-)
@caesar valid point, and likely right. the yarn ecosystem is microscopic compared to the abyss that is the internet, but that will not stop us from having strong communities and making progress. i'm in this for the long-game
@mutefall
>most people donβt want to learn, then want instant-on.
I'm trying to solve that a bit with yarnpods for those that want to be poderators without the hassle of maintaining software. Just need that damn marketing π
@mutefall Glad to hear that mate π I'm in this for the long haul too! I'd like to see Yarn.social suceed to a point where people have a serious choice between "centralised privacy eroding garbage" and "decentralised user andprivacyy respecting ecosystem" π
@mutefall Glad to hear that mate π I'm in this for the long haul too! I'd like to see Yarn.social suceed to a point where people have a serious choice between "centralised privacy eroding garbage" and "decentralised user andprivacyy respecting ecosystem" π
@darch Ooops sorry, bad typos π Thanks for linking (relinking) though π€
@darch Ooops sorry, bad typos π Thanks for linking (relinking) though π€
@prologic aye, this is the way. i'd rather meet a small handful of solid comrades to chat with than a void full of shallow two-dimensional people who consider human connection a thumbs up on their world's biggest pickle post