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: 70 days,  2:12 hrs * Gopher uptime: 70d 2h 2m 45s
       Visits: 27341 (1032 valid, 14839 bots, 11470 on queue)
       
       "Gopherhole" last updated on 2026-03-30 17:58:58 (UTC).
       This section last updated on 2025-12-17 01:05:26 (UTC).
       
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