Techpriest Baunach on Nostr: Gemini Protocol: the best social network I chase the magic, and every once in a ...

Gemini Protocol: the best social network

I chase the magic, and every once in a while, it's within my grasp.

Heard about Gemini roughly a year ago, but took a few months for me to research and download a browser to actually try it out (oh, if only I knew about the various https portals to Gemini!).

But once I got there, it was magical. No effective searching, tons of broken links, no pictures, no monitization: all culminating in every blog/website I found, appearing as a shimmering oasis in the middle of a barren land.

Products, nay, pieces of art, put together by artist making art for the sake of creativity!

These personal sites, would be seen by dozens, at most hundreds, or maybe passed over completely.

No way to comment, no central hubs for socializing, and yet, more social than any social media.

Your weird relatives, boss, or coworkers, are not going to find you here, so say and build whatever you want! Just no pictures, unless it's ascii.

And you have to wonder around the Gemini web through links in zines, web rings, and personal recommendations made on blogs.

It's the most human feeling social setting I've found online in a long time.

And what prompted me to write this post, is realizing it's also given me the best value for time out of all the other social places I hang out online.

Prior to it SSB held pride of place for introducing me to cool people, projects, and ideas.

And SSB is still firmley in secnd place, still so much cool stuff happening there.

But Gemini is king. So many interesting people, discussing fascinating projects, and pondering strange and fearsome ideas.

To finish out a hierarchy, I'd put the Fediverse next, and Nostr below that, in terms of having cool people and stuff.

And I gotta give Tumblr an honorable mention, not for what it is now, but for what it was long ago, giving me the taste for that magic, that I keep on seeking.

#gemini