The rise of the decentralized gopherspace is upon us! So
many cool-ass servers coming up. I find the cosmic.voyage
project in particular to be engrossing. I have been making
it a point to follow the disjointed logs of the various
voyagers. So damned cool!
I am thinking about entering this fray, but since I would be
hosting something out of my home, it would be shell-less,
likely git based. Gotta put some brain into a compelling
differentiator. I do have another pi sitting dormant. Maybe
I will run another gopher server on a different port... stay
tuned.
A standard set of federation tools is needed. I would really
like to see the circumlunar community, the tildeverse, and
lone islands (personal boxen hosting personal content) have
the ability to join in on chat, internal mail, and other
apps. Maybe a git repo with tar'd source and configuration
files would be a cool step.
I envision a system of systems with a loose set of
guidelines. My guiding priciple is non-engagement of persons
I disagree with ideologically, when it comes to the
subject(s) I disagree with. Hardset rules are stifling to
me, but each sysop is the lord of his/her manor. There is
plenty of middle ground to be found, and a live-and-let-live
anti-censorship poilcy can be fostered in which socialists,
monarchists, and right leaners can all be nerds together. I
am normally not a big agreer with libertarians, but I think
in this case they provide the best option.
