 Wow 😲 Just discovered a decentralized and federated social network that works through the Gemini protocol. It's called @sequel, and you can access it here: Right now, it operates on 2 nodes with 95 users. To say I'm shocked is an understatement. If you're unaware of the Gemini protocol, it's something that resembles HTTP and Gopher. Here's info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol) If you want to read about @sequel on the regular web, here it is: 9 comments
As others have noted, @sequel has a bit of an NFT component. I don't like that, but it is optional. I'm not telling you to join @sequel, but I want to draw your attention to how the Gemini protocol is being used to create a decentralized social network. Anyway you cut it, that is unique and novel. And if you don't like @sequel, at least now you have an interesting proof of concept. @Peternimmo You can connect a crypto wallet to your @sequel account. It's not necessary. @atomicpoet @sequel thanks for the explanation. But can I therefore frame my question differently? Why have Sequel thought it necessary to offer their customers the option of paying in cryptocurrency? @atomicpoet @sequel I am failing to see where Gemini fits in all their stuff, like ok, you can see their homepage and read-only view of the stuff happening, but that doesn't mean it's "using the Gemini protocol". |
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So @sequel is not the only social network I've seen that runs through Gemini.
Station is another one:
gemini://station.martinrue.com/
However, Station is centralized.
What I find interesting about @sequel is that it plausibly works more like Mastodon -- you could plausibly run your own server.