alt Hacker NewsIt's as if someone took a look at Gopher and tried to do it in 21st century.
It's not bad, but the (intentional) lack of user-input takes the whole experiment back. The only user input is a small search query. It's intentionally set up against building any kind of BBS/Forum. So you need a different way to write and upload, which - in my opinion - kills the whole project. YMMV.
Lagrange - the most used browser - used to have something called "Titan" as user upload but that was never specified and nobody used it and I think it's removed from Lagrange now.
edit: ah it still supports it (Titan). It just seems there is no server in the world that uses it.
If I have a criticism of the protocol it is that gemtext errs too far on the side of simplicity, particularly in not allowing inline links or formatting. I would have preferred if it was closer to markdown.
The limited input support doesn't bother me. I don't see the need for social media through Gemini when there are loads of other protocols we can use for that. And even the limited form of input that is supported lets you do a lot if you get creative with it (in fact there are a few social media-like Gemini pages out there).