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title: faq
author: paul ford
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/ WELCOME TO TILDE.CLUB A place for web \
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Looking to join? We can\'t wait to meet you!
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[Several alternate sites have sprouted
up](http://tilde.club/%7Epfhawkins/othertildes.html) and they have no
waiting list. Feel free to join one and we can start working on ways to
get everyone connected into one happy hyperlinked network of shared
interests. [Here is a \"where we are at now\"
statement](http://tilde.club/~ford/index.html#journal-2014-12-03) that
explains some things.
How did this accidentally awesome thing get started?
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[Paul wrote an explanation on
Medium](https://medium.com/message/tilde-club-i-had-a-couple-drinks-and-woke-up-with-1-000-nerds-a8904f0a2ebf)
and you can follow along with his thinking [on his tilde
blog](http://tilde.club/~ford/).
I\'m on Tilde, now what?
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Tilde has a great community culture and we\'re trying hard to keep it
that way. We\'re working on some netiquette outlines for people who are
new to all of this. In the meantime\...
- DON\'T HACK THE GIBSON.
- no drama. be respectful. have fun. we\'re all trying, and we\'re all
in this together :)
Got it, don\'t be a jerk. But how do I, like, do things?
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Here are some good places to start
- [the unofficial official tilde
primer](http://tilde.club/~anthonydpaul/primer.html)
- [some quick tips](http://tilde.club/~procload/)
- [some more quick
tips](http://tilde.club/~pfhawkins/tipsntricks.html)
- [how do I usenet in
Alpine](http://tilde.club/~cortex/usenet_in_pine.txt)?
- [help me understand \'screen\'](http://tilde.club/~jonathan/screen/)
Who are all these folks and what are they up to?
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- [tell me some lore](http://tilde.club/~joeld/tildelore.html)?
- [who is online right
now](http://tilde.club/~whitneymcn/whoville.shtml)?
- [who updated their websites
recently](http://tilde.club/~delfuego/tilde.24h.html)?
- [who links to each other](http://tilde.club/~ford/social.html)?
- [can you give me a blogroll](http://tilde.club/~_/)?
Other links
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- [Github](https://github.com/tildeclub/tilde.club)
- [Webring](http://tilde.club/~harper/link.html?action=join)
- [Skillswap](http://goo.gl/forms/LT2bDgtmwH)
How do you pronounce \"tilde\"?
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Tilde the word is pronounced TIL-duh. Tilde the community is pronounced
TIL-dee.
We can\'t wait to meet you. Seriously.
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