# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
# 
# 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.
# 
# Options:
#     uri     Filter to show a specific users twts.
#     offset  Start index for quey.
#     limit   Count of items to return (going back in time).
# 
# twt range = 1 1
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/fwzemvq
(#g75bo5a) The _problem_ is Mastodon is _really_ a "distributed" network, not _really_ "decentralised" per se, it is and is isn't in the stricte ...
The _problem_ is Mastodon is _really_ a “distributed” network, not _really_ “decentralised” per se, it is and is isn’t in the strictest sense. Instances get far too large, and you can see what happens when they grow even larger, they strain and struggle to keep up with the load and traffic on them.

Blocking bad instances is necessary, but it wouldn’t be as necessary if instances were much s ... ⌘ Read more