tweets/README.md

## What is this?
This is @bcrypt's janky twitter replacement.

## History 

[Original tweet](https://twitter.com/bcrypt/status/1588416861552582657):

```
RT @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”>
```

## Setup

* fork https://github.com/diracdeltas/tweets
* in your fork: 
```
git reset --hard d10b092
git push -f origin main
```

## Stuff you can do

* to post:
```
git commit -m "your post" --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:
`./follow-everybody.bash`


* to repeat someone else's utterance:
```
git cherry-pick <their commit hash>
```

* [people to follow](https://github.com/diracdeltas/tweets/network/members)

* to refresh your timeline and view it:
```
git fetch --all && git rev-list --all --remotes --pretty | less
```

* some alternative ways to view your timeline (use `git show <commit hash>` to
  show the full "tweet"):
```
git log --format="format:%Cred%cd %Cblue%h %Cgreen%cn%Creset: %s" --all --date=iso-local
git log --graph --all --decorate --oneline
```

* to get verified (GitHub-only):

1. [follow github's own verification instructions and make your commit email match your GPG key email](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/about-commit-signature-verification)
2. `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.