# 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 4
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/tolmmcq
@eapl.me you wrote:
> I donโt use Yarn/Twtxt.net anymore, although I read the homepage a few times a week to catchup on anything interesting.
Then you do use it, no? Right? :-D
> I barely twt from my PHP instance.
Because PHP sucks! See what I did? I am "encouraging" engagement! :-D
> ... itโs too superficial to have a meaningful conversation.
Microblogging is often the antithesis of meaningful. You talk about everything, and anything you want. Even to the void. You have done it!
Yarn is niche. With it's forks, and yarns, it comes across as a "weird" microblogging for some (weird was the word a friend from Philippines used to refer to Yarn). The UI/UX has issues (I am not an expert, but I would say copying "the others" and slightly adjusting to give Yarn it's own uniqueness should work), and that keeps people away. The cache blows, I want to be able to see everything, at all times. The built-in search blows, I want a more "ala Google" kind of search. There is more, but you get the gist.
Now, don't misunderstand me. With all the perceived drawbacks/flaws I listed, Yarn works. Could it be much better? For sure. *But* it works. :-D
you got me ๐
I don't use my account on twtxt.net although I like the content that is found there.
Yeah, Yarn as a piece of software is really nice, I've said that a few times before.
Although technology is only a piece of the puzzle.
As a community/ecosystem is perhaps too niche. I agree that 'social platforms' don't need to be meaningful, perhaps they don't even need to be useful.
We are sharing time and words here, so that's good by itself.