# 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 8
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/p27boja
@eldersnake we are all users, whether we run a pod or not ☺️.
I am sure the “usual social media alternatives” are quite thoughtful. On my experience, Twitter does a decent job on what it accepts (format and size wise), and the resultant file after upload.
Of course, we wouldn’t be on this yarn if there were a slightly broader support for graphic formats, namely animated GIFs. 😂
This is of course digressing, but here's where I'm gonna have to strongly disagree with this 😅
For example:
Twitter's front page:
- Tonnes of advertising and tracking for starters
- You're more or less forced to have an account
- It had to loads up tonnes of requests and resources
a Yarn.social Pod:
- No ads, no tracking, minimal requests
- You don't have to have an account to read
- It loads up the small number of resources possible
This is of course digressing, but here's where I'm gonna have to strongly disagree with this 😅
For example:
Twitter's front page:
- Tonnes of advertising and tracking for starters
- You're more or less forced to have an account
- It had to loads up tonnes of requests and resources
a Yarn.social Pod:
- No ads, no tracking, minimal requests
- You don't have to have an account to read
- It loads up the small number of resources possible
Proof?
## Twitter
All their ad-tracking garbage:
Their insane number of requests for resources:
## Twtxt.net
No ads or tracking whatsoever:
Minimal requests for resources (_really it's media that counts!_):
Proof?
## Twitter
All their ad-tracking garbage:
Their insane number of requests for resources:
## Twtxt.net
No ads or tracking whatsoever:
Minimal requests for resources (_really it's media that counts!_):
@prologic I know Twitter is just shit, I hate it for all these and many other reasons, but even I think saying that you need an account to read it is a bit dishonest. 🤔
@thecanine Yeah you don’t really need one but they kind of put it in your face a bit on the front oage 😆
@thecanine Yeah you don’t really need one but they kind of put it in your face a bit on the front oage 😆