Post B2fT5gMRT1Y4e4CUm8 by jbowen@mast.hpc.social
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 (DIR) Post #B2fT5gMRT1Y4e4CUm8 by jbowen@mast.hpc.social
       2026-01-26T04:01:58Z
       
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       Are folks retreating from the LLM hellscape of the web to Gopher or Gemini protocols?I'd really like to hear from folks about what's going on in the "small web" these days. Where to look for info, is one protocol gaining/losing tracking, or have they attracted userbases with different interests?Any fedi-like communities on these protocols?Boosts for visibility are appreciated, but there's no pressure to do so.#smallweb #gopher #geminiprotocol
       
 (DIR) Post #B2fT5hi6RyTApXLJB2 by jake4480@c.im
       2026-01-26T04:34:10Z
       
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       @jbowen kinda, yeah. Some. Seen a lot of people talking about it. I've collected up a bunch of things on it and will probably write about it at some point this year. Fascinating stuff
       
 (DIR) Post #B2fT5j33TYp6yo9YTQ by jbowen@mast.hpc.social
       2026-01-26T04:35:43Z
       
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       @jake4480 Any quick notes or links worth sharing?
       
 (DIR) Post #B2fT5k2NnXsc30qX44 by jake4480@c.im
       2026-01-26T04:44:47Z
       
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       @jbowen yep! This is what I have so far.@nantucketlit has done a bunch with it, he started a Gemini protocol server (a capsule) at gemini://nantucketlit.com and he has this blog post there https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?a=gopher%3A%2F%2Fnantucketlit.com%3A70%2F0%2Fphlog%2F.%2F2025-09-19_clarifying_creative_commons_and_free_culture.txtMore on setting up Gemini capsules: https://techrights.org/o/2021/02/23/gemini-server-with-agateHe also mentioned these:@jhhl - gopher://arty.fish@venelles - gopher://spike.nagatha.fr@Larvitz has a capsule at gemini://gemini.hofstede.it/hetzner_cloud_freebsd.gmi@ghalfacree has a capsule at gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree@ploum mentioned Offpunk, a command-line, offline first web/Gemini/Gopher browser, more at https://offpunk.net@chrisod mentioned phlogs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlog)and @skullvalanche mentioned of course there's the reddit sub https://www.reddit.com/r/geminiprotocol and pointed out the irony of using http sites to fix discoverability problems on other protocols. 😂
       
 (DIR) Post #B2fTC9AxFPcvkYuU2i by Stomata@procial.tchncs.de
       2026-01-26T06:07:29.710Z
       
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       @jake4480@c.im @jbowen@mast.hpc.social @nantucketlit@mastodon.social @jhhl@toot.community @venelles@mastodon.social @Larvitz@mastodon.bsd.cafe @ghalfacree@mastodon.social @ploum@mamot.fr @chrisod@social.lol @skullvalanche@gladtech.social I recently started exploring gemini protocol. Things look interesting