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In 2019, I wrote about the need for a web of documents [0], where I wrote about the importance of having static documents and sketched another approach. Gemini
by nathell 5y ago
In 2019, I wrote about the need for a web of documents [0], where I wrote about the importance of having static documents and sketched another approach.
Gemini is a web of documents. A rudimentary one, but very content-focused – the signal-to-noise ratio is typically much higher than on WWW. You can visit any capsule in the Geminispace and have full confidence that it’ll only serve you gemtext to read.
[0]: https://blog.danieljanus.pl/2019/10/07/web-of-documents/ https://blog.danieljanus.pl/2019/10/07/web-of-documents/
- throw10920 5y agoOn a technological level, the web that we have now is far better suited to being a web of documents than Gemini is or ever will be. It's one thing to say "we're going to build our own silo of high-quality content", but another to intentionally cripple its technical capabilities, which is what happened with Gemini. Gemini, the protocol, is extremely bad even for making a web of documents. Gemini, the network of content, might have a higher SNR than the web - but that's no excuse for pushing a protocol that is flat-out hostile to the transfer of information and knowledge.
- chillfox 5y agoImages and video are significant content and while some text does just as well without it, like fiction, most text content is made better by images, video, animations, diagrams or drawings.