[doggerel]

Aren't there places away from the conventional protocols where people still blog and the world is innocent?

I'm serious. I came across some of these communities nearly a year ago while reading about solar powered servers. And after I forgot how I found them, I've thought of them about once a month and wondered what the hell is wrong with me for forgetting.

They were incredibly neat and niche spaces, full of very idiosyncratic websites and things that had no commercial point. It was fantastic.

[ghewgill]

Are you perhaps thinking of https://geminiprotocol.net?

[doggerel]

YES! This was one of the things I came across. Thank you!

[bombcar]

They exist and they're hard to find - but if you find one, you often find a few, and you can follow the chain as far down the rabbit hole as you want.

Of course you have the interesting side effect that you only get linked to them now and then, and often it's almost "invite only" for something that's entirely public.

[ReactiveJelly]

There's Fediverse. No need to ditch HTTPS just to be indie.