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Looking to join? We can't wait to meet you!

Sign-ups have re-launched as of September 20th, 2019. Sign up on our main page https://tilde.club/signup!

Several alternate sites have sprouted up

How did this accidentally awesome thing get started?

Paul wrote an explanation on Medium and you can follow along with his thinking on his tilde blog.

I'm on Tilde, now what?

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?

Here are some good places to start

• the unofficial official tilde primer
• some quick tips
• some more quick tips
• how do I usenet in Alpine?
• help me understand 'screen'

Who are all these folks and what are they up to?

• tell me some lore?
• who is online right now?
• who updated their websites recently?
• who links to each other?
• can you give me a blogroll?

Other links

• Github
• Webring

How do you pronounce "tilde"?

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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