Offpunk 3.0 introduced two simple commands — 'share' and 'reply' — that turn the Small Web (Gemini, Gopher, blogs) into a lightweight social network using email. The author argues that decentralized social networking already exists through blogs and email, and that we simply need to use it. Within two months of using these features, they engaged with 40 different online spaces. The broader point is that social networks are defined by how we use infrastructure, not by protocols, and that lightweight HTML and email can replace centralized platforms.
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