sanasol/tweets

janky twitter replacement.

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What is this?

This is @bcrypt's janky twitter replacement.

Vision!

yan @bcrypt

just made a "decentralized" "alternative" to twitter; everyone should go "join" it"

to make an account: fork https://github.com/diracdeltas/tweets

to tweet: git commit --allow-empty to follow someone: git remote add <alias> <their fork url> to retweet: git cherry-pick <their 'tweet'>

11:24 PM · Nov 3, 2022 ·Twitter Web App

Show this thread! (here in the Readme)

it even has image support now: https://github.com/diracdeltas/tweets/commit/1e02b74ee2e06ed36ca885c838d460a073a0a061

7 no video support but if you scroll really fast... https://github.com/diracdeltas/tweets/commit/f7d8522ece59f97c49f53784b83ddbfb69c83c35

8 to refresh the timeline: git fetch --all && git rev-list --all --remotes --pretty | less

https://twitter.com/ssch0ber

Haha, that's actually a cool idea in my opinion! Limited to 60 chars... but git log --graph --all --decorate --oneline might look confusing?

B omg this looks way cool: [img]

see the 'suggested accounts' to 'follow' here: https://github.com/diracdeltas/tweets/network/members

Setup

fork https://github.com/diracdeltas/tweets
if you want a "clean" fork that doesn't have any of the helper scripts, do:

git reset --hard d10b092
git push -f origin main

Stuff you can do

to post:

git commit -m --allow-empty
git push

to follow someone:

git remote add <git name> <their fork of diracdelta's repo>
git fetch <git name>

to follow everybody using GitHub: make everybody
to repeat someone else's utterance:

git cherry-pick -x <their commit hash>

people to follow
to refresh your timeline and view it:

make refresh
make timeline

some alternative ways to view your timeline (use git show <commit hash> to show the full "tweet"):

make timeline-graph
make timeline-short

to get verified (GitHub-only):

follow github's own verification instructions and make your commit email match your GPG key email
git commit -S -m "your post" --allow-empty from now on

to encrypt a message:

see encrypt using the public key of a github user in https://sshenc.sh/ or use your favorite key distribution mechanism to get their public key.