# Twtxt is an open, distributed microblogging platform that
# uses human-readable text files, common transport protocols,
# and free software.
#
# Learn more about twtxt at  https://github.com/buckket/twtxt
#
# This is hosted by a Yarn.social pod twtxt.net running yarnd 0.15.1@7dd5a93e 2023-03-27T00:53:59+10:00 go1.20.3
# Learn more about Yarn.social at https://yarn.social
#
# nick        = shreyan
# url         = https://twtxt.net/user/shreyan/twtxt.txt
# avatar      = https://twtxt.net/user/shreyan/avatar#offi76wcvenuf72gft32b5uyhrvwcszy2s66xgmthuzhrvlz37ja
# description = 
#
# following   = 13
##
# follow = @me.shreyanjain.net https://me.shreyanjain.net/tw.txt
# follow = astrophotography@twtxt.net https://twtxt.net/user/astrophotography/twtxt.txt
# follow = darch@neotxt.dk https://neotxt.dk/user/darch/twtxt.txt
# follow = news https://twtxt.net/user/news/twtxt.txt
# follow = prologic@twtxt.net https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt
# follow = rabble@twtxt.net https://twtxt.net/user/rabble/twtxt.txt
# follow = shreyan https://twtxt.net/user/shreyan/twtxt.txt
# follow = shreyan-jains-blog@shreyanjain.net https://shreyanjain.net/twtxt
# follow = shreyan@mstdn.social https://mstdn.social/users/shreyan
# follow = support https://twtxt.net/user/support/twtxt.txt
# follow = thecanine@twtxt.net https://twtxt.net/user/thecanine/twtxt.txt
# follow = xkcd@twtxt.net https://twtxt.net/user/xkcd/twtxt.txt
# follow = xuu@txt.sour.is https://txt.sour.is/user/xuu/twtxt.txt

2023-03-04T00:54:33Z	Hello world
2023-03-04T00:54:50Z	(#zswuvaa) just setting up my twtxt
2023-03-06T23:36:29Z	(#zswuvaa) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> Hi! Thanks :) This seems fun!
2023-03-06T23:37:57Z	(#wcgaqkq) Haha thank you! :)
2023-03-06T23:48:20Z	Wait, does yarn.social support ActivityPub?
2023-03-07T01:48:07Z	@<rabble https://twtxt.net/user/rabble/twtxt.txt> on yarn.social too, wow! I've met you already on Mastodon and nostr... this is great.
2023-03-07T01:51:14Z	(#e5dvpma) replying to you from my yarn account - that was just me messing with hosting my own twtxt file on GitHub pages with the original twtxt client. I'll probably use yarn more often though...
2023-03-07T03:08:45Z	(#v6aozua) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> that is so cool.
2023-03-07T03:43:19Z	(#v6aozua) Sadly I don't have much technical expertise :( but I can help with anything that doesn't require programming
2023-03-07T04:07:25Z	(#v6aozua) sure! happy to help.
2023-03-07T23:54:45Z	(#v6aozua) How do I contribute?
2023-03-11T23:44:19Z	(#v6aozua) not sure tbh.. also sorry for ghosting you for a 3 days :)
2023-03-11T23:47:41Z	(#nrp4ywq) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> personally I think it should be there at user level for sure - that way ActivityPub-averse yarn users can join any pod and then decide for themselves whether they want ActivityPub or not, without requiring a pod owner to turn it off for everyone in the pod.
2023-03-13T22:24:21Z	(#v6aozua) plain and ordinary is cool 👍 I will check it out and try
2023-03-15T04:03:54Z	Happy π day
2023-03-15T04:07:07Z	(#ocbcqta) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> what do you think could help make it more decentralized?
2023-03-22T16:08:17Z	(#ocbcqta) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> Check out GNU Taler. It meets at least some of those goals :)
2023-03-28T03:22:45Z	(#55bjtha) @<darch https://neotxt.dk/user/darch/twtxt.txt> 

Thank you! That's really useful.
2023-04-04T03:44:51Z	https://mstdn.social/@maxkennerly/110135002996685641
2023-04-04T05:45:24Z	(#r47kuyq) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> ah thanks for doing that, forgot to do it myself. I'll remember next time 🙂
2023-04-04T22:37:40Z	(#r47kuyq) @<screem https://twtxt.net/user/screem/twtxt.txt> Exactly, this kind of double standard is just plain stupid.
2023-04-07T02:14:35Z	(#taiqxpa) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> To be honest I find it pretty funny... just why the Bitcoin whitepaper? And what's with the other image in the same directory?

I'm not anti-Bitcoin or pro-Bitcoin, it's just an _interesting_ choice
2023-04-07T02:45:32Z	(#65pchpa) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> how do you do that? sounds interesting.
2023-04-08T20:22:26Z	(#55bjtha) @<darch https://neotxt.dk/user/darch/twtxt.txt> sorry not sure how to install it, downloading the zip didn't work for some reason
2023-04-11T04:15:48Z	(#s6rhqra) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> ooh that's pretty cool
2023-04-12T02:24:51Z	twtxt is like social media but unix philosophy 🤯
2023-04-15T04:46:14Z	(#rsviqoa) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> Yep that's exactly what I meant
2023-04-15T04:56:07Z	(#55bjtha) @<darch https://neotxt.dk/user/darch/twtxt.txt> Ah thanks! Hooray, it worked!

https://shreyanjain.net/twtxt
2023-04-16T05:37:39Z	(#gjst6xa) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> Honestly this is quite disappointing to see as someone new to the twtxt/yarn ecosystem - it feels like the entirety of the buckket argument is based on a "purist" viewpoint when nothing yarn does feels fundamentally incompatible with original twtxt 

Very sad 😔 

However I do agree with jan6 on that while yarn is a great twtxt client, twtxt is a terrible yarn client 

That doesn't mean that yarn should change its underlying format away from twtxt though, twtxt is probably yarn's biggest selling point 

my view of twxt is essentially a feed of arbitrary plain text data with timestamps, which can open up the ecosystem to all sorts of good experimentation in clients

and for the specific case of multiline twts, when you actively have a pr waiting which addresses the issue, the stubbornness of the opposition seems quite unreasonable 

that's just my two cents, didn't mean to write a paragraph (lol a multiline twt for you right here)
2023-04-17T01:10:58Z	In 2021 the next big thing in tech were craptocurrencies and shitcoins. Now it's LLMs (lying language models).

What's next?
2023-04-17T20:03:05Z	(#eovso7a) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> Pretty amazing how unprepared that guy went in
2023-04-17T23:19:23Z	(#eiv2qka) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> I also feel it's not well maintained, when I tried to use it a lot of things felt pretty broken - no public nick, config not in the twtxt.txt, following list stored separately, etc...

might even be best to just create a fork
2023-04-17T23:21:40Z	(#ftvuumq) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> What on earth does "cloud native" even mean? What is the cloud but someone else's server?
2023-04-21T01:52:49Z	@<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> get well soon! The COVID virus is a tough one
2023-04-22T00:30:19Z	@<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> is gonna be so mad at me for this but

Ruby is my favorite language
2023-04-23T19:27:00Z	(#2i6xe4a) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> 
I like it because everythings an object, and I like OOP

Controversial I know
2023-04-26T05:03:19Z	(#gtynmiq) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> lmfao every bit of this is gold. I cant wait for when chatgpt5 performs surgery on me 🤣
2023-04-27T01:36:55Z	https://infosec.exchange/@SwiftOnSecurity/110261932192146230

>INTRODUCING SecureGPT!🛡️🤖

> As a multi-time entrepreneur (I had two lemonade stands plus an NFT Discord) I understand business, and theft.

> Our AI hooks into your surveillance camera system, checks it for matches with "criminal," and then automatically calls the police. 🚔👮‍♂️
2023-04-29T03:16:21Z	(#hj6sdtq) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> indieauth is awesome 😎 🙌
2023-05-01T03:11:59Z	(#yejw3uq) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> GNOME Keyring, anyone?
2023-05-02T01:39:02Z	(#encwzjq) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> yeah sxmo is awesome. personally i daily drive sailfish os because i want the power of full gnu/linux on my phone but i still don't want to abandon convenience, and it does feel the most complete of any mobile gnu/linux distros i've looked at and/or tried
2023-05-03T05:44:48Z	(#m37icwa) @<thecanine https://twtxt.net/user/thecanine/twtxt.txt> I have a few invite codes. Message me on matrix as shreyanjain:matrix.org or email me shreyan.jain.9@outlook.com 

XRPC is pretty neat but yeah until federation hits it's a little iffy

You can 100% host your own right now, but federation lands sometime next month
2023-05-03T16:52:28Z	(#fghhzwa) @<abucci https://anthony.buc.ci/user/abucci/twtxt.txt> I'm on BlueSky. This isn't the case. Such accounts were banned within 7 minutes of reporting them. Federation is their top priority right now - it was just delayed by the sudden influx of users, which caused them to have to focus much more strongly on moderation.
2023-05-05T15:56:20Z	(#n2yrn6q) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> Boring is the best thing about here
2023-05-07T07:26:21Z	(#k2ozubq) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> trust me i've heard worse
2023-05-07T07:29:27Z	(#h7gltfa) @<abucci https://anthony.buc.ci/user/abucci/twtxt.txt> He's pure evil.
2023-05-07T08:46:09Z	(#n2yrn6q) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> Yeah. While I strongly dislike Jordan Peterson et al I would like to someday discuss some of these controversial things with you and others while not getting too heated.
2023-05-07T08:47:31Z	Maybe I did this just to get on @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt>'s nerves, but: https://codeberg.org/shreyan/twtxt
2023-05-08T23:39:47Z	Hello from Ruby
2023-05-09T02:28:59Z	Dang this Yarn API is good
2023-05-09T04:49:23Z	(#pg5dg7q) @<thecanine https://twtxt.net/user/thecanine/twtxt.txt> That "lonely men bait" is quite possibly the most absurdist-seeming thing on this list.
2023-05-09T16:53:19Z	(#rt3ekma) @<abucci https://anthony.buc.ci/user/abucci/twtxt.txt> I would agree, but it feels like GPT already does that. :)
2023-05-09T16:55:07Z	(#rt3ekma) Indubitably, it would be an intellectually stimulating and intellectually invigorating exercise to endeavor to craft a prose devoid of any substantive idea or notion. To partake in such a linguistic activity, one must embrace the aphorism that the beauty of language lies not in its utilitarian function but rather in the aesthetic pleasure of its form. The pursuit of such an objective requires a mastery of language that transcends the pedestrian concerns of conveying meaning and instead focuses on the artful arrangement of words and phrases into a mosaic of syntactical structure. One must be cautious, however, not to fall into the trap of mistaking verbal acrobatics for genuine intellectual profundity. For while it may be entertaining to indulge in a linguistic parlor game, it is ultimately through the substantive and coherent expression of ideas that we achieve true intellectual enlightenment.
2023-05-09T21:44:40Z	(#ydoiv5q) @<xuu https://txt.sour.is/user/xuu/twtxt.txt> What's your budget?
2023-05-09T23:35:55Z	(#rt3ekma) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> Generated haha 😆
2023-05-10T04:19:49Z	(#xlgz3fq) @<xuu https://txt.sour.is/user/xuu/twtxt.txt> CanaKit has them in the USA. Only their _Ultimate Kit_ is available though
2023-05-10T16:16:15Z	(#5bl6sta) @<abucci https://anthony.buc.ci/user/abucci/twtxt.txt> Oh wow, I hadn't heard of Vircadia before. This looks really cool.

Also. The idea of Augmented Reality is much more appealling to me than full Virtual Reality. And a pair of glasses is a lot easier to wear than a headset.
2023-05-11T04:38:16Z	What if I implement twtxt or a yarn client in Elixir 😳
2023-05-11T15:41:58Z	(#d7vpcza) @<abucci https://anthony.buc.ci/user/abucci/twtxt.txt> The funny thing is that while there are many things wrong with the AT Protocol, almost none of them are what he described
2023-05-12T02:39:29Z	Posting this from Elixir
2023-05-12T04:52:49Z	(#pvvmyjq) This may soon become a full cli client called Yarnex 😅
2023-05-12T05:40:49Z	(#pvvmyjq) https://codeberg.org/shreyan/yarnex
2023-05-12T21:47:57Z	(#d7vpcza) @<abucci https://anthony.buc.ci/user/abucci/twtxt.txt> Sometime this weekend I'll take the time to write up a medium-length essay and then post the url here
2023-05-13T02:13:01Z	Testing testing please ignore
2023-05-14T04:55:00Z	(#kcf4vrq) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> That is literally nostr in a nutshell
2023-05-15T05:36:56Z	(#kcf4vrq) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> [https://nostr.com](https://nostr.com) is a much better explainer, tbh, and makes it look a lot less stupid
2023-05-15T05:38:30Z	(#kcf4vrq) God forbid I say that at first glance it might even look like a much more complicated twtxt???
2023-05-18T04:55:15Z	I truly despise the way Apple has slowly locked up macOS
2023-05-19T05:43:21Z	(#vdbrbha) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> It's also been my primary OS for a long time, and I still love it, but I don't love some of Apple's decisions. What prompted me to write this specific post was having to take extra steps to open FOSS apps on macOS because they don't have an "Apple-approved" signature 🤦‍♂️
2023-05-19T17:02:11Z	https://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphbenko/2013/09/16/how-aaron-swartz-the-irresistible-force-and-ron-wyden-and-darrell-issa-the-immovable-object-saved-the-internet-part-ii/

I find it deeply ironic that the site that ran this article, Forbes, has by now become enshittified with ads and paywall popups galore. Would they come out against stricter copyright laws again today?
2023-05-20T05:10:14Z	(#ux3bs2q) @<carsten https://yarn.zn80.net/user/carsten/twtxt.txt> What about Ulysses?
2023-05-21T06:57:52Z	(#vdbrbha) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> True, `brew` is very helpful in that regards, and yeah, security does matter. It just bothers me when they use such logic to, for example, restrict Safari WebExtensions to only being available through the App Store even if it's signed properly
2023-05-22T19:29:12Z	(#vdbrbha) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> I hope so. If there is, I haven't found it yet