In-reply-to » @bender Both Gopher and Mastodon are a way for me to โ€œbabbleโ€. ๐Ÿ˜… I basically shut down Gopher in favor of Mastodon/Fedi last year. But the Fediverse doesnโ€™t really work for me. Itโ€™s too focused on people (I prefer topics) and I dislike the addictive nature of likes and boosts (Iโ€™m not disciplined enough to ignore them). Self-hosting some Fedi thing is also out of the question (the minimalistic daemons donโ€™t really support following hashtags, which is a must-have for me).

@bender@twtxt.net Yeah, well, itโ€™s a bit like twtxt. There is a Gopher community, but itโ€™s small. I actually donโ€™t like that HTTP is so easily accessible. I donโ€™t like it that much when people post links to my site on HackerNews or something like that. Too much exposure.

Gopher is a small world. Itโ€™s slow and cozy.

And much like twtxt, the protocol is simpleยฎ, so itโ€™s easier to tinker with it.

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