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What Do I Like About Gemini?

Updated version of this post, 2020-09-03

I've only known about gemini for a few days now, but so far I like it. But as I always do when I encounter something new which I'm tempted to incorporate into my life this way, I have to ask myself, why do I like it? Are the things I like about it inherent to gemini, or are they ephemeral, or could I find them in other places? Where does it fit into my life? Overly dramatic questions maybe, but I still want to answer them.

The Protocol

First, the protocol. I love that gemini is such a simple format, and such a simple protocol, where you're in control. Whenever you load a page it loads only that page, no external requests are made. It's always over TLS. I wish every web page that didn't require interactive features was on here, because it's much better than the http web in ways important to me.

The People

Gemini is not just a small protocol, at the moment it also has a small user base. Is the small user base part of what I like about it? How different would it be, if there were millions of users and millions of sites? It's a hard question to find the answer to. But I guess either way the protocol would still be very nice.

The Old Web

Part of my experience with gemini, is treating it like it's the fabled "old web" (which I've never actually experienced). I think this is just a fantasy, though. I've already mentioned the advantages of the protocol, calling it "the old web" seems like just a rhetorical flourish that doesn't actually add anything.

(Edit 2020-09-03: In retrospect this sounds rude, I don't mean to dismiss other people calling it the old web. It can make sense for others to call it that. But for *me* personally to call it the old web doesn't really add anything, and only risks confusing my thinking with nice-sounding words I don't actually understand, so I've decided to avoid it.)

Where Does It Fit Into My Life?

I asked this question at the beginning, and I guess the answer is really simple after all. It's just a simple place to post stuff. I don't expect to get followers in any blog, http or otherwise, so the small user base of gemini doesn't bother me either.

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2020-09-02 by ML

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tag: life

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