[snvzz]

>both communities overlap.

The overlap is much smaller than gemini proponents would have you think.

E.g. I wouldn't touch gemini with a 15ft pole.

>Gemini gives you methods to display your media on nearly any size of screen.

But it still requires SSL and it still doesn't tell you the size of the resource you're fetching.

The Gemini protocol can't be fixed, as by design it cannot be modified.

Overall, Gemini just smells like an expression of the authors' narcissism.

[anthk]

Narcissism, no. Gopher sucks when you can't display it properly in the 99% of the phones out there. Gemini it's like gopher on features plus TLS and not bound to a DEC terminal. And I say this by daily using OpenBSD in a netbook with xterm/tmux as the main interface.

On TLS, you can get an RPI far cheaper than a second hand 486 machine back in the day in 2001. Starting from a Pentium MMX (better a Pentium II) you can TLS just fine. Heck, even an Amiga with a 68030 can do TLS with a bit of ptience (few seconds on handshake/deal).

And any competent hoster would provide both services for its site, as lots of Gemini users do, not leaving anyone behind.

For instance, gopher://midnight.pub and gemini://midnight.pub