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I don't like the idea of re-inventing Internet Standards.

Maybe we can create a culture around creating content using as little web features as possible? I really like minimalism but I also really like interoperability and improving upon existing standards.

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The problem I've noticed is you can't get enough people to respect the minimalism. Yes you could implement Gemini in HTTP by having everyone play by the rules, but how many of the links even on HN go to pages with ads, autoplay videos, and "sign up for updates" modal popups?

When I browse Gemini with Lagrange ( https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/ ) if you avoid orange links, then you're guaranteed to have a quiet, text-only experience.

Cat-V proposed HTTP 0.2 (<http://http02.cat-v.org/>) as a subset of HTTP and I think the idea is neat. Tho I also personally don't like that HTTP gets blamed for the modern web's shortcoming when I think it's the one part that seems to work really well.

Maybe we can build on top of HTML but only allow a restricted subset. Something that will allow pages to load fast and avoid obnoxious advertising. How could we get people to use this subset vs. pulling in other parts of the web we don’t like? We could create a validator for that subset and make certain web properties exclusive to content which passes that validator.

Sounds like you want AMP...

Ah! I wrote a really long-winded sarcastic joke response only to see you lay it out so explicitly :p

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