# 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 9
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/ywuerzq
there's no way I'm going to try compiling this from source. It's an absolute mess! I don't know much about building web browsers from source but if they are all like this that's already a massive security risk! It wants python 2 (!) and nodejs. It wants you to install webrtc something or other and something called depot? Every one of these things is a security nightmare on its own, let alone stuffed together!
I've always been skeptical of Gemini--why not just use HTML without all the extra stuff--but if Gemini browsers have source code that is actually readable and does not require downloading the universe to compile, then maybe that's a tangible benefit.
@abucci IMO Gemini could be many things, some take as an ideology, some others as a Hobby project (I share my ideas in previous twts a few days ago)
For me is a representation of the Hobbyst Net, distanced from the commercial one, with all the benefits of the mainstream and the niche obscurity.
sorry for the typos, it's too early over here
There should be a warning like, don't twt if you are tired, hahaha
@eaplmx that makes a lot of sense. I guess all that combined with a small easily readable code base is pretty compelling. The trouble then is, I guess, critical mass of users and content?
@abucci well, the main point is not replacing the web and not having a critical mass is a feature, is OK if only my 3 friends read what I wrote.
In fact has been surprising it wasn't forgotten into indifference but is being actively used.