# 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 23
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/o3syyvq
I’ve noticed that within several yarns the conversation seems to be off and the reason is that I am not following certain people so their comment does not show up.
It detracts from the conversation a little bit haha. Is that by design? Would it make more sense to have a placeholder?
The way I sort of think about this problem is, well Yarn.social id designed to be decentralised. You don't necessarily need nor want to be following everyone just to participate in interesting topics, conversations, yarns, etc. There are ideas (_largely by me_) of "following tags" -- which extend to following conversations which are also a form of tag, a Twt Subject Hashtag. There are also ideas of pulling in missing Twts from a search engine (_slirhglt less decentrlaised_). I'm sure we'll solve this, but it will require some careful design and work...
The way I sort of think about this problem is, well Yarn.social id designed to be decentralised. You don't necessarily need nor want to be following everyone just to participate in interesting topics, conversations, yarns, etc. There are ideas (_largely by me_) of "following tags" -- which extend to following conversations which are also a form of tag, a Twt Subject Hashtag. There are also ideas of pulling in missing Twts from a search engine (_slirhglt less decentrlaised_). I'm sure we'll solve this, but it will require some careful design and work...
... I _think_ it's best to avoid the notion of "everyone follows everyone" or "we gravitation towards centralisation", etc. Pod in my opinion should be comprised of smaller inter-connected communities of friends/family/colleagues, folks with similar interests etc. Global conversations/yarns _can_ happen and do already, but it should not require sacrificing what we've built and designed 👌
... I _think_ it's best to avoid the notion of "everyone follows everyone" or "we gravitation towards centralisation", etc. Pod in my opinion should be comprised of smaller inter-connected communities of friends/family/colleagues, folks with similar interests etc. Global conversations/yarns _can_ happen and do already, but it should not require sacrificing what we've built and designed 👌
@ullarah For example a current work-around that works is for you to temporarily "follow" (_as in click the external profile_) of some things you've seen but are obviously missing parts of the conversation/yarn happening so your pod loads it up in it's cache -- But that you don't actually require to follow those feeds/folks permanently per se.
@ullarah For example a current work-around that works is for you to temporarily "follow" (_as in click the external profile_) of some things you've seen but are obviously missing parts of the conversation/yarn happening so your pod loads it up in it's cache -- But that you don't actually require to follow those feeds/folks permanently per se.
Another possibility that comes to mind is for the Pod to walk up the chain of Twts and figure out if there are any -mentions that you may not follow and your Pod may not have in it's cache and just go temporarily go grab those.
Another possibility that comes to mind is for the Pod to walk up the chain of Twts and figure out if there are any -mentions that you may not follow and your Pod may not have in it's cache and just go temporarily go grab those.
Eventually I can see comments of people I don’t follow, but I have to keep refreshing the yarn. Is that because it is trying to cache the data to my instance?
@ullarah Don’t worry we may yet improve the User Experiende in this regard, Gide us time to explore this and you’re welcome to help shape it 👌 As you’ve brought this up 🙇♂️
@ullarah Don’t worry we may yet improve the User Experiende in this regard, Gide us time to explore this and you’re welcome to help shape it 👌 As you’ve brought this up 🙇♂️
