# 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 = 1 147
# self = https://watcher.sour.is?uri=https://twtxt.net/user/fastidious/twtxt.txt&offset=147
# prev = https://watcher.sour.is?uri=https://twtxt.net/user/fastidious/twtxt.txt&offset=47
@darch conversation is simply too long, specially on mobile. You seem very focused on desktop, and are completely forgetting mobile devices. Originally I was using "Talk", which is as long as "Yarn".
@prologic you wrote:
> I think this behaviour would make “Conversations” / “Yarns” meaningless
I believe it is the contrary. Right now, to add context that makes sense, specially on longer yarns, we do what I just did here, we quote, or paraphrase the words the OT (original twter) wrote, to give meaning to our reply. If the Twt Context were to work like I described, that will not longer be needed. If someone wants to know "what the heck is this guy talking about", the Twt Context link will quickly clarify it.
I broke formatting—well, my reply to my own twt threw up.
@movq
> I think she just copies her Mastodon feed over to twtxt
Gasp! One more reason to avoid. There is absolutely zero interaction over twtxt. Just noise.
@prologic I am not seeing dupes, for what is worth.
So, we got a small speed bump today. Getting sick and tired of those headshots coming out of nowhere. 🤣
Speed test
Check mate!
I see your reverse card, and…
Bam! Can you deal with it?!
@prologic
> but I’ll see about standing those up or exploring them anytime
If you can stand the pain and suffering of a second hand experience, sure. I say, if you are against Reddit, then just don’t try any front ends. Fully avoiding is best. Sorry to have linked to it. 🙈
Reddit is awesome. It is the Frontpage of the Internet! ☺️
Testing image. Taken today at mum’s.
@prologic sure thing. Sometime tomorrow. “The Great British Baking Show” is going, and wife’s giving me “the eye”. 😚
@thecanine
> You can call me biased
Yah, dog, you’re biased. 🤣🤣🤣
Dog Memoji:
😂😂😂
@prologic
> Blacklists 🏴☠️ it is not possbile
It should be **now**. I will start following the feed now! ☺️
@prologic sorry, rather busy tonight and did not see this until now. Unless there is a rush, let me play a little bit with current rev to see if I find something majorly broken. I can do that in the morning; that’s your nighttime.
Needless is to say that, if you think all is kosher, you can release a new version anytime! ☺️
@prologic example. This image is 788x834 pixels, a small one.\n\n 
On TWTXT:\n\n 
On Arrakis: \n
@prologic yes, that’s what he meant. It is a rather tight menu on mobile.
\n> What is there purpose? We can only speculate.\n\nNo need to speculate. There is plenty of information on the internet about their usage in several fields, medicine being one of them.
You say it as if it is a bad thing. No one I know takes vaccines ignorantly, though.
@darch same applies to fork, right? But I agree, it should be noted somewhere in the help.
@darch I don’t think it is explained there yet. Send a PR? People get used to things quickly (everyone knows what a tweet is these days, right?), and we are a rather small bunch… for now, which makes it easier to adopt and adapt.
Alright, time to mute Maya.
@prologic I am surprised he didn’t name it like that, considering he names **everything** Trump. 😂
@thecanine next thing Adi will write is “you don’t need to escape”. 😂
@prologic Quark's a lazy bum. He did nothing; he is always thinking on how to increase his pile of latinum. 😂
That morning’s sky. 😍 Time to find me some grub. 😂\n\n
@prologic sure thing. Watching Dune, then sleep 😂. Will send them in tomorrow.
@prologic I would rename it to Yarn, or TWTxt, or something like that.
@prologic tell him it was our fault, and that we beg him to go easy on you. 😂
@eldersnake Hahaha! Yeah, I don't see much use for it, really.
@lyse \n> Agreed, this looks really wrong!\n\nThat was rather... dramatic, with the exclamation sign at the end. 😂
@prologic I like it. I set it the same on my test pod, and it doesn't present the "urgency" the red one had. 😋
@prologic maybe same as --var(primary) for badge?
@prologic I think the count is a good addition. \n\nPerhaps making the bubble a more subtle colour would work. Seeing how big a conversation is at first glance is nice, and might even encourage participation.
@prologic cool! The idea is to put tidbits, and any other nuggets of information in the wiki. Building a wiki is often slow, but I will come eventually. \n\nI think Yarn would gain more traction if it were on GitHub—I know, I know, you moved from there, resulting on many 404s on search engines results—but I digress. Too early on my Friday off. 😂
Maybe I am not clear. Hiding the hash would not break anything, because it would still be there, as it is today. When, and if, @movq hides it in jenny it will still be there, we just will not see it.
@prologic\n\n> Escept when it’s not and someone uses an old client […]
\n\nOther clients will see the hash, this is not about removal but hiding it here, on the web interface.
how are you discovering it?
@prologic I think implementing replies like Jenny does on Yarn would be a good enhancement. That is, only include the nick of the twt being replied, and not daisy chain them.
@prologic @jlj it also describes all the problems they have, which makes them unsafe.
@prologic @jlj the article linked on @jlj’s pleroma is about how huge vehicles are in the US, and compare them to the size of toddlers. Huge vehicles have been an “American thing” for a long time now.
@prologic @lyse it wasn’t that much of a chatter (not a lot, for sure). 😂
@movq @quark this is what I see at my end (quark forked the original/edited one):\n\n 
Hit buy and read the notes. Pis are more mature, and proven, and there is an entire ecosystem around them, for just about anything you might think of.\n\nThat said, the Pine64 specifications are pretty sweet.
@stigatle you live in paradise. I envy you! 🙈
@prologic @stigatle when I ran my pod I gave those a random and unique string, always the same.
@stigatle this is a hobby that could get really expensive! I have a nephew that bought an old big plane pilot’s chair, with pedals and all, and built a cabin with side to side curved monitors. The dude spent around $12,000 on it!
@prologic @eldersnake so refreshing to finally see your avatar consistently! Now the only invisible (or dot) one is @jlj. Until he updates his pod, right?
I still can’t see @jlj. 🤯
I can see you now! Safari and everywhere else (mobile).
@prologic it was nice chatting! I am sure this silly issue will be fixed (more like a workaround will be found) eventually!
@prologic, web. Not on Safari, not on Chrome, not on Edge, not on Firefox. Under iOS 15, and Big Sur. We talked about this before.
@prologic I can’t see them, nor on mobile, nor on desktop. 😬
So, @prologic and @jlj, how hell bent are you both on your webp avatar? 😅
@lyse @movq 👌🏻👋🏻 I use this one while on mobile. If only Yarn could be pointed to a twtxt of our choosing!
@stigatle @prologic neat, thanks! Twts—unlike tweets—can be edited. I tend to forget too. ☺️
@stigatle I agree that the compile documentation is lacking. Ideally binaries are released and all is good and dandy. @prologic has been having issues building them, that’s why there is none for download. \n\nGlad you got it to build! You will have to do that often, as fixes and features get added. 😂
What were the errors? I compiled it fine (after fixing a couple of things which I cannot recall) on Ubuntu 20.04. Let me know, and I will do what I can to help you compile it.
You will need the latest golang, plus ffmpeg, to compile it. I believe @adi runs it on a BSD flavoured OS, so he can chime in on this.\n\nOh, and welcome!
@prologic @movq @quark that’s why I said twts from other clients were being treated as a second class citizen. 😂 How about @lyse?
@prologic did you click/tap on one of the twts linked, then clicked/tapped on the #hash?
Profiles seem to be broken right now on twtxt.net.
@quark the same twts, as rendered by jenny:\n\n 
@prologic @quark @mckinley fair enough. I can subscribe to this, if the many agree. Yet, there is no way to enforce that onto others, so it will have to be something we are willing to live with. I know I am. 😊
It is all on the user, not jenny.
@prologic @quark The problem remains that reading a "flat" conversation is confusing to the point of being messy. One has to figure out who is replying to whom, and even when found, it is not all clear. Hitting reply to a message in a conversation (not the "root" one) does nothing to signify to whom I am replying.
We all were, once. 😊 Welcome!
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