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[–] squidzorz@lemmy.world 222 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Just FYI, Tildes is run by one (1) dude with a full time job and a family. From what I read, the guy refers to himself as the God of Tildes or something to that effect which I think tells you everything you need to know about how it's managed.

Don't expect it to ever reach the popularity or capacity of Lemmy or Reddit.

[–] DrQuint@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I read that this was stated entirely as a joke, and I read that 2 months ago in the middle of people looking for pathetic excuses to not stop using reddit.

I thought Lemmy would have stopped propagating it without a source.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I thought Lemmy would have stopped propagating it without a source.

You must not be familiar with people then.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 40 points 1 year ago

Isn't Tildes the site responsible for the creation of Beehaw? As in a bunch of users had a disagreement with the admin and decided they would all leave Tildes and start their own place (with blackjack and hookers), eventually settling on Lemmy for the platform?

[–] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Their goal is not to be a Reddit alternative or to replace the fediverse. Maybe in the long run it will have a larger user base, but for now they want to remain on the smaller size. Which is fine, there is room for multiple websites. It’s a good thing everyone isn’t located in one source. Things can be across lemmy, mastodon, Kbin, tildes, squabbles, etc.

[–] Fissionami@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Being part of the fediverse is important to ever be able to challenge mega corporate social sites like Reddit, Twitter

[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is it even part of the Fediverse?

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago

It's not a federated platform.

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The only federated Reddit alternatives are Lemmy and Kbin as far as I know. Would be cool if more implemented ActivityPub