It's been a while, but I keep on thinking about Gopher and its 
potential.  To be blunt, most social media seems like a social disease 
designed to spread outrage and generate clicks.  Actually discussing 
things is much harder with swarms of outraged people ready to pounce on 
you, and with everything tied to your actual name, it is much less safe.

If you post an image of Winnie-the-Pooh next to the dictator of China, 
people will come after you.  There are packs of rabid antisemites on 
both sides of the political ready to storm into a discussion, and plenty 
of unhinged losers who have nothing left to lose, eager to make a 
political statement with your life.

Gopher offers an alternative.  A samizdat, if you will.  In this case, 
instead of protecting against government censorship, it protects you and 
your identity against mob action.  Mobs have liked using their power to 
silence dissent since Socrates downed a cup of hemlock.  Undergound 
blogging / phlogging stays off the radar and keeps the mob out of the 
loop.  Controversial ideas can be discussed more safely.

All using a platform widely derided as obsolete.