It’s an alternative to the web as we know it designed to have fewer frills and therefore intentional creation / consumption. There’s a summary about it here: https://geminiprotocol.net/
Anyway, just curious if anybody based in Ireland is there.
Browser: https://github.com/skyjake/lagrange
There is a bulletin board at: gemini://bbs.geminispace.org
Blogs are hosted at: gemini://flounder.online (among others)
Search engine at: gemini://tlgs.one (among others)
I’d say it would be easier to grow communities with a more advanced spec, but maybe they’re trying to avoid being too advanced.