Why a Gopher site in 2025?
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Well... Why not? There's DOZENS of us still using Gopher! ;P
The contents below explain it all better than I ever could:
(considering the very ephemeral nature of the gopherverse when
compared to the web, I've taken the -- arguably morally gray --
liberty of storing local copies of those articles)
<-- Articles ----------------------------------------------------->
TEXT "Down the gopher hole", by Nicolas Herry
TEXT "Down the gopher hole", by Nicolas Herry (local mirror)
TEXT "Why is Gopher still relevant?", by Cameron Kaiser
TEXT "Why is Gopher still relevant?", by Cameron Kaiser (local mirror)
TEXT "Why does this site look so crappy?", by lostnbronx
TEXT "Why does this site look so crappy?", by lostnbronx (local mirror)
HTML "Why should I care about Gopher?", by John Mercouris
TEXT "Why should I care about Gopher?", by John Mercouris (local text-only mirror)
<-- Collections -------------------------------------------------->
DIR "Why Gopher", by Ben Collver
<-- Stats -------------------------------------------------------->
System uptime: 93 days, 5:51 hrs * Gopher uptime: 15d 6h 10m 29s
Visits since 2025-09-15: 4921 (908 valid, 3808 bots, 205 on queue)
"Gopherhole" last updated on 2025-12-17 15:41:58 (UTC).
This section last updated on 2025-12-17 01:05:26 (UTC).
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