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Currently Gemini capsules are full of articles about what is wrong with the main web and why gemini is better. I wonder if less time should be spent on that and more should be spent on creating cool (original) content?
2 years ago · 👍 defunct, micklemeal, warpengineer, ttocsneb
I actually don't see many articles talking about the web or why gemini is better. A lot of them are either personal things, or techy things, especially programming, etc. Anyways, my capsule, while it doesn't have much in the way of articles, does have some interesting content (I like to think, anyways) on it - a star wars database, a new search engine I'm working on, and a few other things. I have many more plans coming soon-ish. gemini://pon.ix.tc/ · 2 years ago
@sdfgeoff: its probably something we and the rest of the global population have in common - feeling frustrated with what the web became. On the geminiverse we tilt at windmills to try to build something better - its worth talking about · 2 years ago
@nristen i like your idea. yet when i take it one step further, there is content that is outdated but still valid, and new content that may not be valid for a search. tough call · 2 years ago
The "web" has the same problem with quality content being lost. Most people only look at the first several pages of search results which in my opinion is heavily biased. If there is an author who creates great content, what are the likely hood that said content will appear in the first few pages of search results from any search engine? Maybe there needs to be search engine which contains content submitted by viewers who add their own tags and descriptions? · 2 years ago
So far my strategy for finding content has been clicking random entries on the list of known gemini hosts and then following links. I guess this biases towards the people who start and abandon servers, and largely ignores co-hosted capsules.
Is there a better eay to find content? · 2 years ago
@bacardi55 +1 to your earlier comment. My favorite thing when I first found gopher was that I knew maybe 4 people would ever see it. So I could write what *I* wanted rather than write for a hypothetical audience. · 2 years ago
@defunct Having difficulty finding content is one thing, complaining about not interesting content (why not OP write interesting ones to show us?) are 2 different things IMO :) · 2 years ago
@bacardi55 somehow it still involves a ton of digging to even find content. sure there is search, but I guess what OP is trying to say is it may be missing some convenience? · 2 years ago
Yes, you are going to want OC to keep people interested. You can't just echo the same sentiment over and over and over again into the void. Will turn people off. · 2 years ago
@digbat I like snack bars · 2 years ago
snack bars, ghee, kefir, nuts - no web rants: gemini.mingmengtou.org :-) · 2 years ago
I feel people try to overthink what is missing in gemini because the web has "this and that" or because it is not different enough.
But the beauty of gemini for me is that it is content centric and author should just write about what they want without thinking of writing popular articles just because it will give you more reader, that a we state of mind from the web around the fact that visits mean "fame and money" :] · 2 years ago
I actually like those articles... ☺️ · 2 years ago
all for it. suggestions? 😂 · 2 years ago