# 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 16
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/bxxbuya
i really love the idea of yarn.social. this is encouraging me to start my own pod. perhaps some of my connections might join. it's a clever way of doing things compared to say fediverse or ssb
@mutefall the more pods, the better! I believe @prologic has encouraged single user pods in the past. Even though my pod is open for registration to new users, it started, and is mostly, a single user one.
@david well said. i'll set one up that's open to registration but will use it as my primary pod. time to get busy this evening!
@mutefall We love Yarn.social too 😂 There's a history of why I built this, how I came across the spec (Twtxt) that it is built upon and so on. There's also a Future of Yarn.social blog post you _might_ be interested in reading 👌
@mutefall We love Yarn.social too 😂 There's a history of why I built this, how I came across the spec (Twtxt) that it is built upon and so on. There's also a Future of Yarn.social blog post you _might_ be interested in reading 👌
@mutefall I really loved what you wrote about Yarn.social so much that I booked it! 👌
This is one of the core principles that drive this project. I really believe in decentralized communities a lot and we try to build a social platform that's down to earth and as human as possible 👌
@mutefall I really loved what you wrote about Yarn.social so much that I booked it! 👌
This is one of the core principles that drive this project. I really believe in decentralized communities a lot and we try to build a social platform that's down to earth and as human as possible 👌
@david is right, @mutefall . I came across a couple of days ago, don't know why or what the initial reason was, but I really like it. And while I was playing with Docker I just set it up on my home lab and later on my shared-server, and now I am running my own pod open for more people.
@david great, will make it a point to visit!
@prologic this is where my interests lie. small and tight-knit communities that are decoupled from centralised systems. i've always thought that every human should have their own corner of the internet. or perhaps i've watched too much johnny mnemonic. i read the history of yarn and it aligns.
i may or may not have at one time worked at one of these big giants
@mutefall I believe most of us agree over here that it's a good idea that everybody runs their own website.
@mutefall I'm very happy to Ted this from you 🤗
> i may or may not have at one time worked at one of these big giants
I can neither confirm nor deny the same for me 😆
@mutefall I'm very happy to Ted this from you 🤗
> i may or may not have at one time worked at one of these big giants
I can neither confirm nor deny the same for me 😆
@adi the last two decades have been a centralised mess, imo. you find a place to call "home", pay rent with your data and dollars, then magically one day you are evicted. now we have high-bandwidth for lower-costs, endless amounts of older machines (e-waste) to build our own datacentre. there's really no excuse not to do this unless it's a limitation of knowledge.
that's something to be addressed as well. how do you put an easy to manage datacentre in the hands of someone non-technical to the point they become interested in the hobby vs frustrated?
@jan6 well said. i was helping an acquaintance with a dockerised nextcloud setup and a private wireguard mesh. he was very nervous throughout the entire process despite detailed documentation for the care and feeding of the setup. he's enthusiastic and willing to learn but also inundated with the whole r/privacy community telling him the best way to protect his data.
my advise will never change. start simple, take small steps, use failure as a learning tool, document and share.
i do hope he continues with nextcloud as he had a lot of issues with dropbox