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Community for the appreciation and sharing of links, resources, and culture of: the smol web / small web / ~~(w)~~ / the indie web / or even the non-www internet (gemini, gopher, etc).

Back of a napkin definition, subject to change: if it's internet accessible and is maintained by a person, especially for non-commercial aims, then I would consider it smol. There are, however, much stricter definitions.

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Something between gemini protocl/gopher and modern web? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/smolweb@slrpnk.net

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So I think Gemini protocol and gopher are neat and all, but just a little lacking in features (gem not having images or message boards for example). Is there anything else thats slightly more like the web in ~04 ish? Muddying the waters with another protocol is probably a bad idea but something like this could be cool...

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[–] artifex@piefed.zip 9 points 1 month ago

What exactly are you looking for in a protocol? Better discovery? Distribution? Semantics? Security? HTTP hasn't changed a whole lot since 2004 (HTTP 1.1 even got an update in 2022 since it lives side by side with HTTP/2 and the new HTTP/3), and HTTP+TLS is really pretty good at transferring static and semi-static content.

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