restic for that reason and the fact that it's pretty rock solid. I have zero complaints π
- 2016 β Twtxt created by John Downey: plain text + HTTP = minimalist microblogging
- 2017β2019 β Community builds CLI tools, but adoption remains niche
- 2020 β Yarn.social launched by @prologic with federation, threading, UI
- 2021β2023 β Pods sync, user mentions, blocking, search, and media support added
- 2024+ β Yarn.social becomes the reference Twtxt platform, with active federated pods=
> Twtxt is a minimalist, decentralized microblogging format introduced by John Downey in 2016. It uses plain text files served over HTTPβno accounts, databases, or APIs.
In 2020, James Mills (@prologic) launched Yarn.social, an extended, federated implementation with user discovery, threads, mentions, and a full web UI.
Both share the same .twtxt.txt format but differ in complexity and social features.
#l4doaxa
$ bat https://twtxt.net/twt/yfv5kfq | jq '.text'
"!<dm-echo https://dm-echo.andros.dev/twtxt.txt> U2FsdGVkX1+QmwBNmk9Yu9jvazVRFPS2TGJRGle/BDDzFult6zCtxNhJrV0g+sx0EIKbjL2a9QpCT5C0Z2qWvw=="
todo.txt and calendar.txt. I'd even love to see decentralised forms of "plain text" voting too.
yarnd to use a new and shiny and much better SqliteCache π€£ -- I certainly don't think your efforts are wasted at all. I would however like @doesnm.p.psf.lt encourage you to look at the work we've done as a community (_which was also driven out of the Yarn.social / Twtxt community years back_).
> @prologic Yes, it is a security hole. All dm-echo messages are readable. I intend it to be a debugging tool. Maybe I can include a warning message. If many of you see that it is a serious problem, I can remove the links.
twtxt.net) just sync ~1k missing root twts with god only knows which peers π€¦ββοΈ I forgot a couple of important key things:- Only coverage with a subset of peers
- Only converge with trusted peers
Fuck me π€£ Ooops. Sorry!~
Nice! π
iPhone? π§
> The smartest person in the room is not the one with all the answersβitβs the one whoβs brave enough to ask the dumb questions
and
> The kindest person in the room is often the smartest
yarnd now only consumes ~60-80MB of memory depending on load π€£ And bugger all CPU π
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