"One of the biggest draws of the #IndieWeb for me is the decentralization of the Internet. The entire point is to stop the erosion of the Internet from being a handful of bad-faith, extractive corporate social media platforms.

But at the end of the day, we're still all using the same Internet, aren't we? The same handful of browsers, the same frameworks and engines. We can take this a step further, and we can interface with the Internet in ways that don't involve going to websites that start with https://"

https://brennan.day/gemini-gophers-and-fingers-oh-my-alternative-internets-beyond-https/

#smallweb #smolnet #blogging #internet

Gemini, Gophers, and Fingers. Oh My! Alternative Internets Beyond HTTPS

Finger from 1971, Gopher from 1991, and Gemini from 2019. These protocols offer decentralized, terminal-based alternatives to the modern web. The small web's is in a renaissance. On the solarpunk philosophy of intentional technology, and how these protocols meet you where you are, whether you're on a machine from 2005 or just tired of Chrome's monoculture.

brennan.day