Tildes is open-source

Re:Tildes is open-source by galonk on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:44PM (#17629209)

Oh, you mean you didn't see the last sub-clause of the last paragraph of the third section of the announcement page linked to from the page above? /s

"a new link-aggregator-style community site that's starting its invite-only alpha today"

Seriously, site creators and submitters, you need to do a better job of explaining what you're talking about!

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Re:Tildes is open-source by jsight on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:46PM (#17629232)

Oh, reddit without all of the annoying users. Also, without all of the not-annoying users.

Hmmm.

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Re:Tildes is open-source by Deimorz on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:46PM (#17629235)

It's in large bold text at the very top of the post:

If this is the first that you've heard of Tildes, you should start by reading the announcement blog post (https://blog.tildes.net/announcing-tildes) for general information about the project and its goals.

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Re:Tildes is open-source by RussianCow on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:57PM (#17629337)

To be fair, even that page does a terrible job explaining what it actually is (as opposed to what problem it's solving).

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Re:Tildes is open-source by plorkyeran on Friday July 27, 2018 @08:16PM (#17630627)

That page doesn't actually say what it is either.

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Re:Tildes is open-source by allenu on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:45PM (#17629219)

Tildes.net says it's invite-only and leads to a blog post about the announcement of Tildes, but you have to parse the language to understand what it is. I honestly can't stand sites that assume you know what they are all about. Just a couple of sentences describing what it is and why you should care on the main page would be nice.

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Re:Tildes is open-source by phyzome on Friday July 27, 2018 @05:17PM (#17629487)

"a non-profit community site driven by its users' interests"

Right in the header of the page it links to. Not sure what's confusing about that.

If you're asking "is it going to look more like reddit or more like Imzy", well... it's too early for that, isn't it? Ain't wrote yet.

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Re:Tildes is open-source by jsight on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:45PM (#17629222)

I read the linked blog post about what it is, and I still don't know what it is. I guess it isn't for me.

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Re:Tildes is open-source by corobo on Friday July 27, 2018 @09:24PM (#17630914)

Had the same problem. Got wisps of information about it being like reddit, like HN, like etc

Most useful information I've seen so far is the previous discussion here on HN [1]

A quick summary: Ex-Reddit employee creates own version of Reddit. Upvotes intact but downvotes replaced with what looks similar to Slashdot's moderation (tag it Joke, Noise, Offtopic, Troll, Flame) in more of a downvote with a reason

Screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/qit6zPk

[1] Previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17103093

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