Re: The geminauts (Was: Gempub 1.0.0 ; A new eBook format based on Gemini Protocol's Gemtext

On Tue, 27 Apr 2021, 20:58 Matthew Graybosch, <contact@starbreaker.org>
wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 27, 2021, at 3:37 PM, Oliver Simmons wrote:
>
> > The opposite isn't too good though, from the two videos that popped up
> > on my YouTube homepage they seemed to describe it as a "replacement
> > for the web" and as if the aim was to take tracking for the web. Which
> > Gemini is not.
>
> Despite being one of the "olds" I don't find most of the messaging around
> Gemini particularly compelling. Gopher doesn't cut it for me because it's
> ASCII-only, but I know better than to expect people who aren't techies to
> care about that. The web doesn't appeal because it's too big and
> too-thoroughly colonized by capital.
>
> I just want a chill space that's mostly text-oriented, but that's *my*
> reason for being here.
>
> > In Gemini's current state, if you're hoping to get the stereotypical
> > person of my age to join in, good luck. Not gonna happen.
>
> I can't speak for anybody else, but I harbor no such hope. It's better if
> individuals find their own way here for their reasons.
>
> --
> Matthew Graybosch
> gemini://starbreaker.org
> "The lies you tell yourself are the lies that define you."
>

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