# 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 12
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/frjxwvq
My very strong opinion on the use of Twtxt is if you intend to use it, you should be prepared to let people pull your feed or at least check it and regular rentals.
Otherwise get out and go use something that's either a distributed (Mastodon, AT, etc) or centralized (Facebook, X, etc) network.
My very strong opinion on the use of Twtxt is if you intend to use it, you should be prepared to let people pull your feed or at least check it and regular rentals.
Otherwise get out and go use something that's either a distributed (Mastodon, AT, etc) or centralized (Facebook, X, etc) network.
I agree. The idea of twtxt is to be an 'open' format or standard. Regarding how often, the TTL could (should?) be honored, but open means open.
@Codebuzz I agree. At the end of the day it's just a text file served by some means, we should get more upset by crawlers that don't respect our robots.tzt rules 🤣
@Codebuzz I agree. At the end of the day it's just a text file served by some means, we should get more upset by crawlers that don't respect our robots.tzt rules 🤣
@prologic Yeah, that’s what I don’t understand about this behavior. Once you put up a web server on the internet, you’ll be hit by *so many* bots instantly – the few hits on my twtxt file hardly matter … 🤷
@prologic Yeah, that’s what I don’t understand about this behavior. Once you put up a web server on the internet, you’ll be hit by *so many* bots instantly – the few hits on my twtxt file hardly matter … 🤷
@prologic Yeah, that’s what I don’t understand about this behavior. Once you put up a web server on the internet, you’ll be hit by *so many* bots instantly – the few hits on my twtxt file hardly matter … 🤷
@prologic Yeah, that’s what I don’t understand about this behavior. Once you put up a web server on the internet, you’ll be hit by *so many* bots instantly – the few hits on my twtxt file hardly matter … 🤷
🤣 Indeed. It's like using disallow is only pointing them to look for more stuff to index. Those few kB's for a twtxt file, meh.. shouldnt even be a discussion.