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0 pointsrglullis11mo ago0 comments

> Instead you have to change the game and play with your own rules.

That only works if you can convince the a substantial part of the participants to also play your game.

It's very easy to create an alternative internet where we can take away the power from incumbents. The hard part is creating all the activity that is taking place in the current one.

"Oh, but I can mirror the parts I want from the current internet into the new one!"

Not without playing into the same cat-and-mouse game.

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bayindirh11mo ago

Who says I'm trying to pull in everyone from the old internet to the new internet (Gemini)? If the people I care comes along, that's enough for me, and it's up to them.

For example, I switched to Mastodon, and follow people who I really want to follow are already there, plus I met a ton of interesting people, and was able to see real forms of people I followed before, so I have updated my views on them.

> "Oh, but I can mirror the parts I want from the current internet into the new one!"

Personally, I see Gemini or other protocols as equals to HTTP/S. For example, my blog is already text in most cases, has a full content RSS feed, so, also publishing a Gemini version is not mirroring what's on the web already, just adding another medium to my blog.

If I was pumping a 3rd party site I don't own from web to Gemini with a tool, then you'd be right, but publishing to Gemini is not different than having a RSS feed in my case.

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