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Internet Archive says this is at least from 2008: https://web.archive.org/web/20080915042719/https://gopher.floodgap.com/overbite/relevance.html https://web.arc
by Kwpolska 2y ago
Internet Archive says this is at least from 2008: https://web.archive.org/web/20080915042719/https://gopher.floodgap.com/overbite/relevance.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080915042719/https://gopher.fl...
The arguments feel quite weak. Gopher doesn’t bring much to the table IMO, the simplicity is overshadowed by lack of content and interactivity (same problem applies to Gemini).
- leephillips 2y agoThe simplicity, especially the constrained specification, is part of the appeal for some people and part of the reason for the (mild) resurgence of interest in Gopher, Gemini, and related protocols: https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2021/245/The-Rise-of-the-Small-Internet https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2021/245/The-Rise-of-t...