# 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 14
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/urcykrq
I'm always intrigued by new platforms like this one, but they are hindered by a lack of users. Unless you're draw in by an existing community, you end up talking into the void, or to yourself @testuser
then again, since I self-host, and since posts are ultimately in twtxt format, it's very easy to to save data and migrate out.
@abucci Haha it just times for folks to Discover you 😆 Thete are still improvements to be made here I think 👌
@abucci Haha it just times for folks to Discover you 😆 Thete are still improvements to be made here I think 👌
@prologic Yes. I noticed quite a few people used to keep up twtxt feeds but then stopped. You can goodl "twtxt.txt" and find lots. Hopefully with a nice web app and phone app and cli tool like yarn.social has enough critical mass will build.
btw I have no plans to migrate out--definitely want to give this a go for awhile. I've found some interesting feeds to follow, and I'm sure that will continue. However, I do like very much that the post data is not trapped in some corporation's data center.
@abucci Yup I never wanted to build a proprietary lock-in thing or yet another crappy centralized dophamibe human absusing thing. l
Yarn.social is an ecosystem, a set of specs, reference software that encourages small interconnected communities and a growing list of compatible clients folks write to the specs 👌
@abucci Yup I never wanted to build a proprietary lock-in thing or yet another crappy centralized dophamibe human absusing thing. l
Yarn.social is an ecosystem, a set of specs, reference software that encourages small interconnected communities and a growing list of compatible clients folks write to the specs 👌
@prologic I played around with Mastodon for awhile, and while it felt like a bit of an improvement over twitter, say, I didn't like how complicated it was to self-host and federate. Also the developers seem to be pushing Mastodon more and more into becoming a twitter clone. I feel like twitter is pretty mean-spirited in part because of how it's structured, so this worried me a lot.
@abucci Yeah I even tried Matrix once too 😂 That experience was _at least_ a bit better than trying to stand up a Mastodon instance 😅 -- But in the end the user experience was frankly awful and the over-engineering of ActivityPub in general I just couldn't get in to. So I also built Salty.im 😂
Speaking of Twitter though... It is "mean spirited" as you say because it follows the same model as pretty much every other "social media" platform out there. What with the "Like" buttons, "Boosts" or "Repost" and the algorithmically generated "content". They all share one thing in common, and are driven by one thing (ignoring the advertising business models for a moment).
To drive up engagement.
Think about how one might go about doing that for a second 🤣
@abucci Yeah I even tried Matrix once too 😂 That experience was _at least_ a bit better than trying to stand up a Mastodon instance 😅 -- But in the end the user experience was frankly awful and the over-engineering of ActivityPub in general I just couldn't get in to. So I also built Salty.im 😂
Speaking of Twitter though... It is "mean spirited" as you say because it follows the same model as pretty much every other "social media" platform out there. What with the "Like" buttons, "Boosts" or "Repost" and the algorithmically generated "content". They all share one thing in common, and are driven by one thing (ignoring the advertising business models for a moment).
To drive up engagement.
Think about how one might go about doing that for a second 🤣
@prologic oh yeah, the outrage cycle is horrible. It almost seems like a public health hazard that ought to be dealt with. idk, I just want to be a nerd online and not have all that in my face day after day after day 🤓
@abucci One day we _may_ find that these types of "social media' Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, Mastodon, etc _actually_ cause psychological harm or worse 😢
@abucci One day we _may_ find that these types of "social media' Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, Mastodon, etc _actually_ cause psychological harm or worse 😢