# 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 21
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/dusjj6a
Why, oh why, does YouTube include *upcoming* videos in RSS feeds? “This video premiers in 21 hours.” Oohhhhhhkay. I will long have forgotten about it by then, thank you very much.
Why, oh why, does YouTube include *upcoming* videos in RSS feeds? “This video premiers in 21 hours.” Oohhhhhhkay. I will long have forgotten about it by then, thank you very much.
Why, oh why, does YouTube include *upcoming* videos in RSS feeds? “This video premiers in 21 hours.” Oohhhhhhkay. I will long have forgotten about it by then, thank you very much.
@movq FOMO perhaps?
I even find this annoying in YouTube App... I don't watch nor produce live content. Allow me to hide the kind of content I don't want to watch. 👀
@eaplmx What? It’s the same in the YouTube app?! 😂 Okay, then … whatever. 🤷🤦
@eaplmx What? It’s the same in the YouTube app?! 😂 Okay, then … whatever. 🤷🤦
@eaplmx What? It’s the same in the YouTube app?! 😂 Okay, then … whatever. 🤷🤦
@movq Yeah, that's a little bit annoying, but I just enqueue them, so I can download them at some later point in time.
I reckon nobody uses their own feeds, neither the channel operators nor the YT developers. The question is, are those videos available in the web UI, too? I never checked, actually. I just know that unlisted videos do also not appear in the feed either, which is a pitty.
@lyse As far as I know, they're still visible in the Web UI. Although, in the mobile app and youtube.com, I believe it tells you that the video isn't available without having to click on it. They don't tell you that in the RSS feed, and I agree; it gets annoying.
If we had a custom feed generator that hooks directly into the YouTube API, I'll bet we could find that information and put "[Scheduled][Scheduled=]" in the title for premieres and remove it when the video is available.
@lyse As far as I know, they're still visible in the Web UI. Although, in the mobile app and youtube.com, I believe it tells you that the video isn't available without having to click on it. They don't tell you that in the RSS feed, and I agree; it gets annoying.
If we had a custom feed generator that hooks directly into the YouTube API, I'll bet we could find that information and put "\n\n" in the title for premieres and remove it when the video is available.
@lyse As far as I know, they're still visible in the Web UI. Although, in the mobile app and youtube.com, I believe it tells you that the video isn't available without having to click on it. They don't tell you that in the RSS feed, and I agree; it gets annoying.
If we had a custom feed generator that hooks directly into the YouTube API, I'll bet we could find that information and put "\n\n\n\n" in the title for premieres and remove it when the video is available.
@lyse As far as I know, they're still visible in the Web UI. Although, in the mobile app and youtube.com, I believe it tells you that the video isn't available without having to click on it. They don't tell you that in the RSS feed, and I agree; it gets annoying.
If we had a custom feed generator that hooks directly into the YouTube API, I'll bet we could find that information and put "[Scheduled][Scheduled][Scheduled][Scheduled][Scheduled][Scheduled][Scheduled][Scheduled]" in the title for premieres and remove it when the video is available.
@lyse As far as I know, they're still visible in the Web UI. Although, in the mobile app and youtube.com, I believe it tells you that the video isn't available without having to click on it. They don't tell you that in the RSS feed, and I agree; it gets annoying.
If we had a custom feed generator that hooks directly into the YouTube API, I'll bet we could find that information and put "[Scheduled]" in the title for premieres and remove it when the video is available.
@lyse As far as I know, they're still visible in the Web UI. Although, in the mobile app and youtube.com, I believe it tells you that the video isn't available without having to click on it. They don't tell you that in the RSS feed, and I agree; it gets annoying.
If we had a custom feed generator that hooks directly into the YouTube API, I'll bet we could find that information and put "[Scheduled][Scheduled=][Scheduled][Scheduled=][Scheduled][Scheduled=][Scheduled][Scheduled=]" in the title for premieres and remove it when the video is available.
@lyse As far as I know, they're still visible in the Web UI. In the Web UI and mobile app, I believe it tells you that the video isn't available yet. They don't tell you that in the RSS feed, and it gets annoying.
If we had a custom feed generator that hooks directly into the YouTube API, I'll bet we could find that information and put "[Scheduled]" in the title for premieres and remove it when the video is available.
@lyse As far as I know, they're still visible in the Web UI. Although, in the mobile app and youtube.com, I believe it tells you that the video isn't available without having to click on it. They don't tell you that in the RSS feed, and I agree; it gets annoying.
If we had a custom feed generator that hooks directly into the YouTube API, I'll bet we could find that information and put "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" in the title for premieres and remove it when the video is available.
@lyse As far as I know, they're still visible in the Web UI. Although, in the mobile app and youtube.com, I believe it tells you that the video isn't available without having to click on it. They don't tell you that in the RSS feed, and I agree; it gets annoying.
If we had a custom feed generator that hooks directly into the YouTube API, I'll bet we could find that information and put "[Scheduled]\n[Scheduled]\n[Scheduled]\n[Scheduled]\n" in the title for premieres and remove it when the video is available.
@lyse Good point. Turns out, they *are* available in the web UI:
So, yeah, probably nobody uses feeds, so they don’t notice how inconvenient this is …
Ugh, I really don’t want to build a queue for this. 😅
@lyse Good point. Turns out, they *are* available in the web UI:
So, yeah, probably nobody uses feeds, so they don’t notice how inconvenient this is …
Ugh, I really don’t want to build a queue for this. 😅
@lyse Good point. Turns out, they *are* available in the web UI:
So, yeah, probably nobody uses feeds, so they don’t notice how inconvenient this is …
Ugh, I really don’t want to build a queue for this. 😅
@mckinley I probably should fix my feed proxy. At least update the entry with the known duration once actually published. Should also be easy to delay that entry until it's eventually available.
@movq Hmm, that's even weirder. Must have to do something with this silly "you must regularly publish a video or else our algorithm punishes you".