I call dibs on the first gopher based social network... [edit] So I've read the RFC (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1436 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1436) l

I call dibs on the first gopher based social network... [edit] So I've read the RFC (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1436 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1436) looks like it should be fairly simple, we can run gopher servers on both user machine and remote servers, so I can store my personal details locally, then give permission to other remote gopher servers to access that in a granular manner, third parties can operate gopher servers I can interface with to access 'cloud' style computing, storage, search, and manage contacts/calendars, sorted :) [edit 2] Looks like Gopher has a pulse, you can access around 4.9 million unique 'files' using an HTML>Gopher tool run on this site http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/ http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/ here's a nice Ars write up https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/11/the-web-may-have-won-but-gopher-tunnels-on/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/11/the-web-may-have... [edit 3] My build of firefox does not seem to have Gopher support, it recognises the link (chrome just does nothing), but asks you for a local application to fulfil the request :( [edit 4] It's now a plugin for firefox, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/overbiteff/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/overbiteff/