On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 at 07:33, Stephane Bortzmeyer <stephane@sources.org> wrote:
>
> I don't know if a researcher already did a survey of geminauts, and of
> their age. Are they old people nostalgic of the beginning or young
> people eager to revolutionize "Dad's Web"? I was also a Usenet admin
> at the time of C&S.
>
16 year old here :)
I've never experienced the older internet, but I always wish I
could've, it sounds a lot nicer than the modern one.
I'm not entirely sure why I like Gemini so much, but one of the main
things is the control being in our hands, and the personal-ness of the
whole thing. Exploring Gemini space, it's all sites for a person and
gemlogs, all made by people. And anyone can come along and join the
community.
I've stayed up late a couple of times going through a gemini-ring
("orbit") or going down rabbit holes of people's personal sites and
sites they link to. It's nice to read what people think.
Also, anyone can make software for it fairly easily. The technologies
behind Gemini (ignoring TLS and certificates, use a library) are
simple.
That said, I've still not got round to making anything yet, master
procrastinator here.
-Oliver Simmons
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