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I felt that Gemini was the thing when I first saw it. It just felt right, unlike the Internet at large. Gemini is, perhaps, what the Internet is not: a non-intrusive, simple, approachable, logically and structurally coherent place to share opinions, knowledge and thoughts. To share information in the best definition of this word.
I guess, a long time Linux user with a tendency and a soft spot for simpler things, and with an innate unwillingness to embrace the new just because it's new, would be naturally almost destined to be a part of this (or, alternatively, of some similar network space (perhaps Gopher).
Did you ever feel about the Internet like I do? Like you're riding on a train that lost its' brakes, and most of the passengers are happily riding along into the void, from a cliff, and you ponder whether it's too late to jump out of the window? I think this analogy fits the situation well (minus the obvious diffrence that, unlike jumping out of a moving train, abstaining from the Internet won't kill you).
I think the most healthy thing to do nowadays is to limit your Internet usage, and, more importantly, to reconfigure that usage. 3 hours spent reading Wikipedia aren't the same as 3 hours scrolling Twitter, or, god forbid, Instagram. I'm not being a snob; I've been there too. Had two sprints at Twitter, both time reaching some measly 300 followers (pathetic, huh?), even spent some months making stupid posts in Instagram. It never felt right. The social media only feels right at the start, like most addictions.
I feel better now that I have an outlet to my thoughts over which I feel no moral contradictions. Thank you and long live Gemini!
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Keith Aprilnight (aprilnightk@tilde.team)