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		arthureroberer on Oct 11, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What's your favorite “forgotten” technolog... gopher is not dead and it has evolved into the gemini protocol https://gemini.circumlunar.space/ BBS are alive and well in the communities of the tildeverse https://tildeverse.org/

anthk on Oct 19, 2020 [–]

More like evolved, the Pubnix/SDF guys took it and it created something similar but privacy being mandatory with SSL.

On BBS', ssh/telnet synchro.net or gopher cvs.synchro.net.

People is alive and posting well. Ditto with usenet.

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