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This looks interesting! I wanted to find more info about the Gemini protocol, and it's annoying how un-searchable it is now due to Google Gemini.




Try "gemini protocol", it helps a lot.

But, trully, there’s no much to search. The beauty of Gemini is how small it is: all technical informations should be there : https://geminiprotocol.net/


It's as if someone took a look at Gopher and tried to do it in 21st century.

It's not bad, but the (intentional) lack of user-input takes the whole experiment back. The only user input is a small search query. It's intentionally set up against building any kind of BBS/Forum. So you need a different way to write and upload, which - in my opinion - kills the whole project. YMMV.

Lagrange - the most used browser - used to have something called "Titan" as user upload but that was never specified and nobody used it and I think it's removed from Lagrange now.

edit: ah it still supports it (Titan). It just seems there is no server in the world that uses it.


If I have a criticism of the protocol it is that gemtext errs too far on the side of simplicity, particularly in not allowing inline links or formatting. I would have preferred if it was closer to markdown.

The limited input support doesn't bother me. I don't see the need for social media through Gemini when there are loads of other protocols we can use for that. And even the limited form of input that is supported lets you do a lot if you get creative with it (in fact there are a few social media-like Gemini pages out there).


To be fair, "Gemini" is one of those overused words for projects and it was unsearchable before Google. It's in the same category as Atlas, Nexus and Styx.

It's interesting how long we're been using web search, and the total lack of user education on the features.

"Gemini protocol" with quotes should help.

+Gemini +protocol for more fuzzy, less accurate results


these operators straight up do not work anymore in any mainstream search engine.

I use them daily with Google. Works great.

You can open several incignito browser tabs to try it out side by side. It's easy to compare!

Note: In the US, doing English searches, using a chrome-based browser. Coming in with Firefox WILL give you different search results. Sometimes I do that intentionally (can be useful).




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