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title: faq
author: ford
category: tilde.club
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Looking to join? We can\'t wait to meet you!
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Sign-ups have re-launched as of September 20th, 2019. Sign up on our main page [https://tilde.club/signup](https://tilde.club/signup)!

[Several alternate sites have sprouted
up](http://tilde.club/%7Epfhawkins/othertildes.html)

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)

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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