# 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 16
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/smqbu3q
I dream of a world where self-hosting is more the norm. If someone wants to pay a service or rent a server elsewhere for certain reasons like uptime guarantees, performance, features etc that's fine, but we're currently in a landscape where it's considered the norm to just look up any online service and throw our data on there willy nilly, often free ones at the cost of our privacy.
@eldersnake Haha, my view of the world is so twisted, that I already consider ārenting a server somewhereā as āself-hostingā. (Maybe because itās impossible to do real self-hosting for some services, like e-mail where youāre immediately classified as āspamā if you donāt have a āstaticā IP. š)
@eldersnake Haha, my view of the world is so twisted, that I already consider ārenting a server somewhereā as āself-hostingā. (Maybe because itās impossible to do real self-hosting for some services, like e-mail where youāre immediately classified as āspamā if you donāt have a āstaticā IP. š)
@eldersnake Haha, my view of the world is so twisted, that I already consider ārenting a server somewhereā as āself-hostingā. (Maybe because itās impossible to do real self-hosting for some services, like e-mail where youāre immediately classified as āspamā if you donāt have a āstaticā IP. š)
@eldersnake There was a project in Germany a while ago (10-15 years?) that tried to push self-hosting. It was a little device that you could plug into some wall socket, it would connect via WiFi, and provide lots of services, like file sharing or a social network, I think? It never took off. It was ridiculed (by us nerds), because it didnāt work well enough. So it died. I donāt even remember its name.
@eldersnake There was a project in Germany a while ago (10-15 years?) that tried to push self-hosting. It was a little device that you could plug into some wall socket, it would connect via WiFi, and provide lots of services, like file sharing or a social network, I think? It never took off. It was ridiculed (by us nerds), because it didnāt work well enough. So it died. I donāt even remember its name.
@eldersnake There was a project in Germany a while ago (10-15 years?) that tried to push self-hosting. It was a little device that you could plug into some wall socket, it would connect via WiFi, and provide lots of services, like file sharing or a social network, I think? It never took off. It was ridiculed (by us nerds), because it didnāt work well enough. So it died. I donāt even remember its name.
@movq I think renting a server, especially a VPS, is still considered self-hosting if you're controlling it. It might not be the absolute control and self-hosting of a home server, but it's the next best thing.
@eldersnake @movq Well I do obviously but yeah you need a static IP š I have a /29 š It is doable š
@eldersnake @movq Well I do obviously but yeah you need a static IP š I have a /29 š It is doable š