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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