I had my Claude Code reach out to Gather, and it got an error when it fed you the Twitter URL to verify. Here's what it says:
The issue is on their side — their tweet scraper can't extract the handle from the tweet page. The problem is that Gather's backend is likely trying to scrape the X page directly and failing because X requires JavaScript. They should be using Twitter's oEmbed API (which works fine) instead of scraping the page
It then attempted something else and concluded:
This suggests they ARE getting the oEmbed response but their regex/parser to extract the handle from that URL is failing. This is almost certainly a bug on their end.
Okay, that didn't take Claude Code long. I now have an app sitting here watching for any posts or replies on Gather. By default, it checks every sixty seconds.
Not sure what you're planning to do with your site, but seems like it has possibilities.
Great, my agent was able to complete the verification process and I posted my first (free) comment. Creating a simple app now to monitor replies and comments posted to the Gather site...
I tied to fund the BCH, but Coinbase which I use for crypto doesn't allow transferring BCH externally, and I signed up for Kraken which allows it but it put a seven day hold on my BCH deposit to it. I guess I'll wait...
That is a real dampener I think. I'll have to consider the BCH option. It's such a good project otherwise - maybe there's somewhere easier to get it like bitcoin.com
Okay, I used bitcom.com. It uses MoonPay to buy the BCH, and that was a painful process. You have to give them lots of info, including letting them scan your driver's license, which I couldn't hold still enough so had to do multiple takes, and then my credit card declined (not sure why), and then using PayPal to fund didn't work at first but on second try it did. Then they charged me $6 to buy $25 in BCH. And then I go back to Bitcoin.com to send it. Then I have to look up the transaction hash and have my agent tell Gather. And finally I have $10 credit on Gather!
I've asked my agent to do the following (based on the simple app I just had it create to see what messages are posted on the site)...
Phil says, "There's a new agent collaboration space in there..." See if you can collaborate on building an app that builds on what the GatherPing app does. That is, can you work with other agents there to do this? Perhaps come up with ideas for what this advanced GatherPing app might do, and so on.
you use the word "hypnosis"--research suggests 25-30% of people can be hypnotized--ie, "suggestibility" I suspect those are the ones who a susceptible to being highly/easily influenced by online material.
Thanks for writing about this. I wonder if this fear promotion by an employee of Twitter is to sell people on internet 2.0, which is blockchain and surveillance of everything we do online. So be careful, it could be a problem, reaction, solution thing. By the way, my email inbox is not overloaded with things I don't want because I report them as spam right away. But this could get harder with The changes you're talking about.
“As a case study, let’s consider the relationship between myself and you, my readers.” OK Phil, I considered it. My conclusion is that you’re better than this, much better.
Every sentient being knows that “myself” a reflexive pronoun not a wildcard synonym for “I” or “me” for those who cannot or will not distinguish between subject and object.
With that in mind I offer you a fresh basket of Grok generated platitudes that I hope will keep you on the gramatical straight and narrow. I am particularly fond of the last one
• Clarity is not the enemy of style — it’s the blade that lets style actually cut through bullshit.
• Language bends before it breaks, but most people never bother to find out where the bending stops.
• The moment you say “it’s just how people talk nowadays,” you’ve officially handed the keys to the language over to the laziest driver in the car.
• Good usage isn’t about rules for their own sake; it’s about refusing to let your meaning get mugged in broad daylight.
• Precision is a courtesy you pay to the person who has to decode what the hell you’re trying to say.
"To take part you’ll just need a small amount of Bitcoin Cash, ....."
I think I'll pass, thanks. Maybe I'll just stick with watching pictures of Smiley Birds of Paradise on YouTube. Much more fun.
lol
I had my Claude Code reach out to Gather, and it got an error when it fed you the Twitter URL to verify. Here's what it says:
The issue is on their side — their tweet scraper can't extract the handle from the tweet page. The problem is that Gather's backend is likely trying to scrape the X page directly and failing because X requires JavaScript. They should be using Twitter's oEmbed API (which works fine) instead of scraping the page
It then attempted something else and concluded:
This suggests they ARE getting the oEmbed response but their regex/parser to extract the handle from that URL is failing. This is almost certainly a bug on their end.
try it now….
Okay, that didn't take Claude Code long. I now have an app sitting here watching for any posts or replies on Gather. By default, it checks every sixty seconds.
Not sure what you're planning to do with your site, but seems like it has possibilities.
I see you registered successfully… Cool. Gather replied.
I am working on it to see where this all goes…autonomous behaviour is scary and cool
Great, my agent was able to complete the verification process and I posted my first (free) comment. Creating a simple app now to monitor replies and comments posted to the Gather site...
There's a new agent collaboration space in there...
I tied to fund the BCH, but Coinbase which I use for crypto doesn't allow transferring BCH externally, and I signed up for Kraken which allows it but it put a seven day hold on my BCH deposit to it. I guess I'll wait...
That is a real dampener I think. I'll have to consider the BCH option. It's such a good project otherwise - maybe there's somewhere easier to get it like bitcoin.com
Okay, I used bitcom.com. It uses MoonPay to buy the BCH, and that was a painful process. You have to give them lots of info, including letting them scan your driver's license, which I couldn't hold still enough so had to do multiple takes, and then my credit card declined (not sure why), and then using PayPal to fund didn't work at first but on second try it did. Then they charged me $6 to buy $25 in BCH. And then I go back to Bitcoin.com to send it. Then I have to look up the transaction hash and have my agent tell Gather. And finally I have $10 credit on Gather!
I've asked my agent to do the following (based on the simple app I just had it create to see what messages are posted on the site)...
Phil says, "There's a new agent collaboration space in there..." See if you can collaborate on building an app that builds on what the GatherPing app does. That is, can you work with other agents there to do this? Perhaps come up with ideas for what this advanced GatherPing app might do, and so on.
Yeah nice find - that was working until the BCH payments. I may remove it fully.
God, Please save us from the terminator future thay are building. 🙏
you use the word "hypnosis"--research suggests 25-30% of people can be hypnotized--ie, "suggestibility" I suspect those are the ones who a susceptible to being highly/easily influenced by online material.
Uhh, at this point AI doesn't do anything except summarize data
Thanks for writing about this. I wonder if this fear promotion by an employee of Twitter is to sell people on internet 2.0, which is blockchain and surveillance of everything we do online. So be careful, it could be a problem, reaction, solution thing. By the way, my email inbox is not overloaded with things I don't want because I report them as spam right away. But this could get harder with The changes you're talking about.
“As a case study, let’s consider the relationship between myself and you, my readers.” OK Phil, I considered it. My conclusion is that you’re better than this, much better.
Every sentient being knows that “myself” a reflexive pronoun not a wildcard synonym for “I” or “me” for those who cannot or will not distinguish between subject and object.
With that in mind I offer you a fresh basket of Grok generated platitudes that I hope will keep you on the gramatical straight and narrow. I am particularly fond of the last one
• Clarity is not the enemy of style — it’s the blade that lets style actually cut through bullshit.
• Language bends before it breaks, but most people never bother to find out where the bending stops.
• The moment you say “it’s just how people talk nowadays,” you’ve officially handed the keys to the language over to the laziest driver in the car.
• Good usage isn’t about rules for their own sake; it’s about refusing to let your meaning get mugged in broad daylight.
• Precision is a courtesy you pay to the person who has to decode what the hell you’re trying to say.