# 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 25
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/lxe2kdq
> But it’s still just a Twitter clone, and many of the social and psychological ills which come with that are present in the Fediverse. It’s a feed of other people’s random thoughts, often unfiltered, presented to you without value judgement — even when a value judgement may be wise. Features like boosting and liking posts, chasing after follower counts and mini-influencers, these rig up dopamine reinforcement like any other social network does
> But it’s still just a Twitter clone, and many of the social and psychological ills which come with that are present in the Fediverse. It’s a feed of other people’s random thoughts, often unfiltered, presented to you without value judgement — even when a value judgement may be wise. Features like boosting and liking posts, chasing after follower counts and mini-influencers, these rig up dopamine reinforcement like any other social network does
@prologic he kind of beat me to it, but he's totally right
@novaburst wow. So he quit in the end? Or was he just making a statement, that all social platforms are toxic? That even the fediverse is not a healthy world? But this should be know by just thinking about it for a second.
@carsten i don't think it's clear if he quit fediverse or not. but it's comical that he has to mention neo-nazis. i've been in and out of the fediverse since the beginning and the % of neo-nazis is small. there's 1-2 extremely shithole instances harboring them, but most instances have defederated them. but then again anyone the radical left doesn't like is a default neo-nazi.
@novaburst you've mentioned this before. are you still plugged into an instance?
@carsten an afterthought. it reminds me of people saying "guns are dangerous". they are not dangerous by themselves. it takes a human who is dangerous to make them so. social media platforms count on the weakness in human beings and their ability to be weaponized rather easily.
@carsten Not "all" social platforms. That's (I guess?) why some have joked that Yarn.social is the non-social social media 😂 If you read his points carefully you'll see that the author has pretty much the same views as I do. If you turn "social media" into this dopamine drive cesspool full of likes, boosts, reshares and so forth, you basically end up abusing the worst parts of humanity.
@carsten Not "all" social platforms. That's (I guess?) why some have joked that Yarn.social is the non-social social media 😂 If you read his points carefully you'll see that the author has pretty much the same views as I do. If you turn "social media" into this dopamine drive cesspool full of likes, boosts, reshares and so forth, you basically end up abusing the worst parts of humanity.
@prologic
> If you turn “social media” into this dopamine drive cesspool full of likes, boosts, reshares and so forth, you basically end up abusing the worst parts of humanity.
👍 There is such a problem. And for some reason it's not being addressed at all. The Pinafore web client for Mastodon, for example, has settings designed to reduce the addictive or disturbing aspects of social media. They can hide the number of subscribers, reposts, or hide notifications.
It certainly doesn't solve the problem, but at least someone paid attention to it.
@usr Yeah. I just think none of this dopamine-driven, abusive toxic shit should be a feature in the first place 😅 That's why it's not here on Yarn.social 😂
@usr Yeah. I just think none of this dopamine-driven, abusive toxic shit should be a feature in the first place 😅 That's why it's not here on Yarn.social 😂
That's what I like about Yarn.social - minimalism at its best 🥰
@prologic That’s what I like about Yarn.social - minimalism at its best 🥰
@retrocrash To be honest? I have not seen any of them. I have seen more people who believe in conspiracy theories and drifted away from reality into their own world. Almost impossible to talk to these people at some point. All of them might be influenced at some point by the brown shit but real Nazis? No I also have not seen any of them. But that might just be my own bubble.
@prologic I see it the same way. Most people just post something to gain fame and attention. They would do almost anything for a like. But don't we all want or are looking for some fame or attention? If not, why are we posting things here then? At some point in the past, I just gave up, also with my blog. I disabled comments and I just post for myself. If someone reads it and want to contact me, that person can send an email.
@prologic @carsten
this is wise carsten. one way communication can really help tune out the noise.
also ive seen a lot of conspiracy theorists. but that's the internet. happens on all platforms. so many people these days can't think for themselves. they become slaves to delusion and consensus bias.
the plague and countless other trigger points have encouraged a global war amongst humans. most don't know what they're angry about anymore.
they're desperate to be heard, get attention, and seek a neurotic level of approval from their networks.
at one point we as a species had integrity. now we'll whore out for a like.
really strange world we live in.
@retrocrash
> really strange world we live in.
I argue it doesn't have to be this way.
@retrocrash
> really strange world we live in.
I argue it doesn't have to be this way.
@prologic
build your own world. that's my goal.
@retrocrash nah, this isn't accurate. I'm on the fediverse and the Nazi problem is very real and always in your face. There are hundreds of Nazi instances and new ones pop up every day. Every day I see toots about some new asshole. And I don't know what you're talking about "the radical left"--in the US at least there is no such thing.
@abucci not sure what part of the us you live in. but when antifa starts destroying property that is not theirs to destroy or people are cancelled because they have a viewpoint or opinion the mob doesn't agree with that's just as fucked as the people they claim are nazis.
send me the list of hundreds of nazi instances, would you? ill see if I can compile this against a list of known instances across the fediverse and visualize it. ill even write it in go.