tildeverse

A tilde is a multi-user online system designed to be a "home" for users by providing services such as shell access via SSH, email, small site hosting (on www, gopher, gemini), chat, or other programs. It is a loose term, akin to public access unix systems (a.k.a. pubnixes), but with some connotations of a small community.

I created mine on tilde.club. It is a nice little space, but in the end, I think I prefer my things staying on my own computer. I'll mostly be writing stuff and posting by transferring it through scp.

The major problem is internet. The ssh connection sucks ass. Like really, it is absolutely horrible, to the point that you feel like you should be using ed instead of vim/helix.

But I really like the idea. Might get one set up here in IITM in one of the labs. It'll be fun I suppose. Having this nice little community of people just messing around with stuff.

But, not to mention, there are so many different ways of interacting with it that it literally hurts my head in more ways than I can count.

Now bbj is a pretty neat thing. It reminds me of reddit, but being niche, small and lovable. Though the community has become very small over this long of a period, so idk if this endeavour will survive for long.

Btw, I also left a couple of entries in the tilde quilt, so do have a look.