I don’t think calling the various PHP files making up “Timeline” a “Yarn pod” is accurate.

@bender@twtxt.net … a Twtxt Pod then 🤷

@aelaraji@aelaraji.com that’s much closer, yup.

The only reason that Yarn was ever referred to as a pod was because it supported multiple users.

@prologic@twtxt.net true, but doesn’t need to necessarily. A single user pod is still a pod. Now, Yarn is this, which I use now.

@bender@twtxt.net Perhaps it might be better to describe a “Pod” or “Yarn Pod” as a Web Application or Desktop/Mobile App that provides a good user experience to provide a decentralised set of capabilities for following and interactions with one or more Twtxt feeds? 🤔 By that definition, even Jenny would fit that bill 😉

@prologic@twtxt.net I disagree on that definition. A “Yarn Pod” is this specific software. If you are fine with anyone creating something else, who does a similar task, and calling it “Yarn”, then… (shrugs). Now “pod”, well, whatever, right?

@bender@twtxt.net Fair enough 😀

@bender@twtxt.net The tagline of Timeline is “a single user twtxt/yarn pod” not just a yarn pod. Similar to GNU/Linux. When we came up with the concept of Yarn Social it was a way to rebrand twtxt with the extensions that makes conversations like this possible.

@sorenpeter@darch.dk GNU/Linux is “GNU, with Linux added”. Not the same thing (an erroneous comparison), but I get the gist now, though it can be confusing. Thanks! :-)

@bender@twtxt.net 😆 Would calling it a Single user Twtxt "Yarn Pod **Like**" software help you sleep better at night? And just in case things are not clear here, I’m being sarcastic (well, kinda…) and not trying to gaslight anyone. Think of my comment as Bromance or something like that LOL.

But seriously, Just like any UNIX-Like system to Unix™, as in non of them are UNIX™, but each of them is providing more or less similar experience and re-implementing what once was parts of “UNIX™ software” their own (more or less better) ways. Timeline is Yarn™ Pod like, (my personal take on the word pod is: “an instance of XYZ software acting an escape POD from X-BS for… ABC reasons.”) providing more or less of a similar experience, implementing some of Yarn.social Extensions, trying to add in some more …etc.

Otherwise, I don’t see the Yarn pod mention as some kind of malicious manoeuvre, but more of a tribute to what (might have) sparked inspiration for creating Timeline? Also, our friend @sorenpeter@darch.dk here has got a valid reason for using PHP (#tms7aka) so let’s let’s put our unease towards the language itself aside and maybe just help however/as much as we can in order to make internet (the World?) a better place.

@aelaraji@aelaraji.com LOL. All good mate.

I didn’t mean as if I was perceiving the use of Yarn to be malicious, but rather not accurate, and perhaps misleading, or confussing. But I got it when Soren explained it. He used yarn (lower case) after twtxt, because at some point there were considerations to call the “evolved” twtxt, with the several additions/enhancements, “yarn”. After all, current twtxt/yarn has moved beyond the original twtxt.