Comment by 🐙 norayr
Re: "Small rant: I do not understand why some people on the Web…"
it is possible that if suddenly 1000 newcomers appear and discover this bbs, it will change its vibe.
but they won't change what someone writes or publishes in their capsule, i think.
there might appear more capsules that are of no interest to you or to me, but it is okay. (:
and then we'll maybe move to a new gated bbs, which is also fine.
the bbs will be gated but not whole gemini space. i believe gemini space will benefit from more people.
Jan 28 · 3 months ago
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👻 darkghost · Jan 28 at 15:52:
Agree that nothing will change what people publish to their capsules.
I read an article a while back which pointed out that a small online community keeps its original character throughout small expansions, but gets overwhelmed when new users don't get to interact with old users long enough to understand the nature of the community. At that point, any questions and guidance requested from newbies get answered by other newbies, and chaos ensues.
I've been accused of gate-keeping for saying this, but I would like for Gemini to grow organically, with new members joining because they like the feel of the community -- not because some post went viral and a million new users flood in.
When a newb here comes in and starts going on about "How do we achieve mass adoption", I try to dissuade them from thinking along these lines.
@norayr re: indexing smolweb sites: bing has apparently implemented some kind of blacklist targeting neocities that just won't index that domain at all. instead search results bring up phishing scams, which looks pretty bad on neocities
blog post from neocities on the matter: http://blog.neocities.org/blog/2026/01/27/bing-block
Original Post
Small rant: I do not understand why some people on the Web still claim that Geminispace is exclusionary. To me, exclusion implies intent: the deliberate implementation of some mechanism that is specifically designed to make it harder for people to be included. Gated neighborhoods are exclusionary. Secret clubs are exclusionary. Invite-only forums are exclusionary. Gemini is not exclusionary--it's just a different place than HTTPS. If the Web is a bustling downtown city center full of...