>>9,10gopher is still dead, its the gemini gaining steam with lots of fringe
text users(think zine culture, political radicals and minimalism movement, autistic neckbeards who despise commercial web bloat)
Basically Gemini uncovered there is a huge untapped audience of people who;
A.hate the hyper-centralized modern web.
B.Want something minimal and reliable
C.Want basic security and convenience
Gopher can't do C, IRC(A) and chat servers(e.g. discord) lack persistence and fediverse is too complex(B) for them, but Gemini has all three.