# 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 5
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/weiy6wq
@carsten @retrocrash I think you’re missing the point that the blog post was trying to make: *Newcomers* will have a hard(er) time understanding what RSS/Atom is and that it even exists, because all RSS functionality has been removed from mainstream browsers. When you click on a feed icon, it’ll just give you the XML. So, unless you already know that this is a feed and that you can put it in your *feed reader* (an external program, no longer integrated into the browser), will you understand how this system works?
Yes, us old nerds, we’re still using RSS/Atom – a lot. But what do the 20 year olds do (or teenagers), especially non-nerd people? Do they know of the existence of RSS? If not, how do they follow blogs? (Do they do that in the first place or do they just consume what someone else posted on Twitter?)
@carsten @retrocrash I think you’re missing the point that the blog post was trying to make: *Newcomers* will have a hard(er) time understanding what RSS/Atom is and that it even exists, because all RSS functionality has been removed from mainstream browsers. When you click on a feed icon, it’ll just give you the XML. So, unless you already know that this is a feed and that you can put it in your *feed reader* (an external program, no longer integrated into the browser), will you understand how this system works?
Yes, us old nerds, we’re still using RSS/Atom – a lot. But what do the 20 year olds do (or teenagers), especially non-nerd people? Do they know of the existence of RSS? If not, how do they follow blogs? (Do they do that in the first place or do they just consume what someone else posted on Twitter?)
@carsten @retrocrash I think you’re missing the point that the blog post was trying to make: *Newcomers* will have a hard(er) time understanding what RSS/Atom is and that it even exists, because all RSS functionality has been removed from mainstream browsers. When you click on a feed icon, it’ll just give you the XML. So, unless you already know that this is a feed and that you can put it in your *feed reader* (an external program, no longer integrated into the browser), will you understand how this system works?
Yes, us old nerds, we’re still using RSS/Atom – a lot. But what do the 20 year olds do (or teenagers), especially non-nerd people? Do they know of the existence of RSS? If not, how do they follow blogs? (Do they do that in the first place or do they just consume what someone else posted on Twitter?)
@movq That's a great point. I remember this RSS feed that uses an XSLT stylesheet to make it presentable to newcomers. It links to https://aboutfeeds.com/, which is okay but I personally disagree with some of the wording and software choices. It also uses some unnecessary JavaScript served from Cloudflare's CDN.
If I agreed with that website a little more, I might add a link to it on my blog's index page next to the RSS feed. Perhaps I'll write something similar myself.
> Do they do that in the first place or do they just consume what someone else posted on Twitter?
For a lot of folks, it's 100% social media. If they don't see it there, they don't see it. They only see what their preferred social media services want them to see.
@mckinley
> For a lot of folks, it’s 100% social media. If they don’t see it there, they don’t see it. They only see what their preferred social media services want them to see.
this is discouraging for current and future generations. i don't participate in social beyond what you see here, but it's got to be a rough existence being spoonfed whatever a machine decides.