I'm not really sure I get the point... is there some kind of fuse mount that gives people the possibility to see live posts, user profiles, and other stuff? Are you directly logged into a game like shell when you connect? Or is this just plain old ssh to bash?
tilde.town: A social network over SSH
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I had this anti-climax moment a couple months back when my low-tech loving friends were fawning over Tildeverse. For anyone who remembers the internet of the past 15 years, it's just public home dirs in server/~username. An old feature of web servers. And then they link to each others home dirs on some directory site. We used to call this a web ring. ;)
Ah a public shell, fond memories. I used to have a nic-nac-project (now freeshell.de?) account some 15 years ago. It was my first exposure to Debian, which led me to order a free mail-in CD of Ubuntu Warty Warthog. These were different times. Unfortunately public shells largely went the way of the dodo due to how cheaply you can get a VPS now (and not worry about resource quota, ulimits, local exploits or lack of roo…
Re: tilde.town: A social network over SSH
#84I'm not really sure I get the point... is there some kind of fuse mount that gives people the possibility to see live posts, user profiles, and other stuff? Are you directly logged into a game like shell when you connect? Or is this just plain old ssh to bash?
It's a community, like HN is, but accessed via ssh instead of http. So it's a community where the active participants necessarily can navigate a shell, irc client, tmux/screen, and maybe even prefer socializing in that environment vs. something like the web or mobile apps. Access is also a privilege which can be taken away. So everyone you interact with there is either new or cooperative and mature enough to not get…
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#85So is this a BBS? I find that amazing that the BBS acronym doesn't show up although it would seem an obvious comparison.
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#86Hi I'm the founder and primary admin of tilde.town. I see many people signed up! Every application is manually reviewed, so, uh, give me a few days. Regarding "good" and "bad" users; this question has been at the center of tilde.town since its inception. We're a community first and a technological project second and encouraging a sense of belonging for users is our primary goal. Certain users sign up to abuse resourc…