# 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).
#
# twt range = 1 31
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/qjbfs6q
I keep around a web browser that has no ad blockers installed for the rare cases that I need it. Today, I accidentally used it to do a web search and visit a link, and holy dear God what has the web become???
I guess this is a pretty tired critique. But the web is basically unusable without several ad blockers?
@abucci yeah, you're right. The web is dead for all I care, it's over.
@akoizumi I guess I knew it had gotten bad, but I'm so used to having several layers of ad blocking running that I hadn't seen it "in the raw" in a long time. Just the one page I tried to view threw two different videos in front of what I was trying to read and had several blinking (!!!) banner ads? Oh, and a cookie warning that covered part of the page. I feel like this could give somebody a seizure.
@abucci @akoizumi It's just impossible to use most of the web without an ad blocker. It's super irritating if I'm at a mate who is not using one. I immediately get eye cancer.
@abucci Does your regular setup also block all those pointless cookie banners? If so, how? Those are the worst at the moment, imho.
@abucci Does your regular setup also block all those pointless cookie banners? If so, how? Those are the worst at the moment, imho.
@abucci Does your regular setup also block all those pointless cookie banners? If so, how? Those are the worst at the moment, imho.
@abucci Does your regular setup also block all those pointless cookie banners? If so, how? Those are the worst at the moment, imho.
@movq I wish it did, but sadly no. I've so far not found a good way to deal with those cookie popups.
@abucci @movq uBlock Origin has some good annoyance filter lists available out of the box, you just need to enable them in the settings.
Well, that's the Web 2.9, 3.0 or whatever the current version is. Some pages are quite pleasant to use, but I agree, it's a whole different experience with an ad blocker and without.
@eaplmx I think we're on Web 3.11 for Workgroups now.
@mckinley Isn't it Web 3.11 for Blockchains š¤£
@mckinley Isn't it Web 3.11 for Blockchains š¤£
@mckinley Wait is this even real? I block so much I haven't seen an experience like this in twenty years.
@ocdtrekkie It's not my video, but it's almost certainly real. It's really jarring to use to a stock browser after you're used to instant page loads.
@prologic āWeb 3.11 for Blockchainsā made my day. š
@prologic āWeb 3.11 for Blockchainsā made my day. š
@prologic āWeb 3.11 for Blockchainsā made my day. š
@prologic āWeb 3.11 for Blockchainsā made my day. š
@mckinley Iāll have to check that, thanks. š¤
@mckinley Iāll have to check that, thanks. š¤
@mckinley Iāll have to check that, thanks. š¤
@mckinley Iāll have to check that, thanks. š¤
I appreciate the advice people are offering, but this post was not a call for advice. I'm well armed with browser extensions and DNS and VPN to block as many ads and irritants as possible. Mainly I was griping.