# 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:
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#     limit   Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/dpn5c7a
Twitter Rival Mastodon Rejects Funding To Preserve Nonprofit Status
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Twitter rivalMastodon has rejected more than five investment offers from Silicon Valley venture capital firms in recent months, as its founder pledged to protect the fast-growing social media platform's non-profit status. Mastodon, an open-source microblogging site founded in 2016 by Ge ... ⌘ Read more
@slashdot am I missing something here? Doesn't a donation come without strings attached?
@slashdot am I missing something here? Doesn't a donation come without strings attached?
@slashdot am I missing something here? Doesn't a donation come without strings attached?
@slashdot am I missing something here? Doesn't a donation come without strings attached?
@slashdot @prologic Donations and investment offers are different things...
@slashdot @prologic Donations and investment offers are different things...
@marado Yes, true, but what I was confused about i this article was whether or not Rochko was rejecting donations or investment offers. I mean if the former, why would you? 🤔 I _feel_ like this is just yet another crappy "click-bait" /. article 🤦‍♂️ -- I mean since when is Mastodon a Twitter™ rival?! 🤣
@marado Yes, true, but what I was confused about i this article was whether or not Rochko was rejecting donations or investment offers. I mean if the former, why would you? 🤔 I _feel_ like this is just yet another crappy "click-bait" /. article 🤦‍♂️ -- I mean since when is Mastodon a Twitter™ rival?! 🤣
@marado Yes, true, but what I was confused about i this article was whether or not Rochko was rejecting donations or investment offers. I mean if the former, why would you? 🤔 I _feel_ like this is just yet another crappy "click-bait" /. article 🤦‍♂️ -- I mean since when is Mastodon a Twitter™ rival?! 🤣
@marado Yes, true, but what I was confused about i this article was whether or not Rochko was rejecting donations or investment offers. I mean if the former, why would you? 🤔 I _feel_ like this is just yet another crappy "click-bait" /. article 🤦‍♂️ -- I mean since when is Mastodon a Twitter™ rival?! 🤣