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Comment on Invite request spam problem - vet through other social media? in ~tildes
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Comment on Is there any interest in building a Tildes successor? in ~tildes
Deimos (edited )Link ParentWell, I don't know if I'd call it policy, but it's true that I very rarely respond to them any more. The invites@ inbox is completely flooded with LLM-written requests, and it's very difficult to...Well, I don't know if I'd call it policy, but it's true that I very rarely respond to them any more. The invites@ inbox is completely flooded with LLM-written requests, and it's very difficult to sort through them. There were several cases where someone wrote a completely reasonable invite request email, I sent them an invite, and they immediately started posting blatant spam. In another case, I invited someone and it turned out to be a banned, abusive user who was able to start harassing someone here again. I believe that they're creating new email addresses and getting LLMs to write emails in different writing styles to try to repeatedly circumvent their ban.
Of course, things like this were possible before, but it's now completely trivial for people to do and only takes them seconds. Unfortunately, "write a message" is no longer a meaningful barrier, and it's disheartening when I spend time going through a bunch of emails and just end up feeling like I've created issues on the site. You're right that I should remove that from the Contact page and anywhere else that suggests it though.
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Deimos Link ParentYeah, so many new games. I've been trying to play Marvel Tokon recently, but the online play is working so poorly that it's mostly just been frustrating. Hopefully they'll sort that out soon. I've...Yeah, so many new games. I've been trying to play Marvel Tokon recently, but the online play is working so poorly that it's mostly just been frustrating. Hopefully they'll sort that out soon.
I've played Strive occasionally still, but I've mainly played SF6 ever since that came out.
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Deimos Link ParentYeah, I'll just do it all on Vulcanus for now, but plastic from Gleba is an interesting idea for later. I haven't gotten there yet on this playthrough, it's a new one I started where I'm forcing...Yeah, I'll just do it all on Vulcanus for now, but plastic from Gleba is an interesting idea for later. I haven't gotten there yet on this playthrough, it's a new one I started where I'm forcing myself to use things like trains, the circuit network, and the quality system more heavily. I didn't really go into much depth with a lot of that kind of stuff my first time around.
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Comment on Waving goodbye, carrying my bundle on a stick in ~talk
Deimos (edited )Link ParentWhich is exactly the same thing I've been doing for somewhere around 5 years now. It's strange to see this being treated as an inflection point, it's effectively no different from how the site has...Which is exactly the same thing I've been doing for somewhere around 5 years now. It's strange to see this being treated as an inflection point, it's effectively no different from how the site has been for a very long time already.
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Deimos Link ParentProjects? Let's see, I'm working on a solar-powered, rain-barrel-fed automatic watering system for all our flowers in the garden, I've been slowly clearing out and reorganizing cluttered storage...Projects? Let's see, I'm working on a solar-powered, rain-barrel-fed automatic watering system for all our flowers in the garden, I've been slowly clearing out and reorganizing cluttered storage spaces in our house, I'm starting to move circuit production to Vulcanus, trying to get better at recognizing when I can route into auto-timed safejump okizeme setups, ...
Oh, you meant stuff on the internet? No, nothing like that.
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Deimos Link ParentIt generally works out to around $100/month between everything like servers, backups, DNS, domain names, email, and a couple of other minor expenses.It generally works out to around $100/month between everything like servers, backups, DNS, domain names, email, and a couple of other minor expenses.
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Deimos Link ParentI don't think it's worth worrying about unless it actually seems to be approaching, but likely some combination of: figuring out ways to reduce the ongoing costs, requesting donations from the...I don't think it's worth worrying about unless it actually seems to be approaching, but likely some combination of: figuring out ways to reduce the ongoing costs, requesting donations from the remaining community, and/or just paying for it myself.
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Deimos Link ParentLike creesch said, it's more like the site has gradually been sunsetting itself for a while. I wanted to clarify that I'm just intending to continue letting that happen at whatever speed it wants...Like creesch said, it's more like the site has gradually been sunsetting itself for a while. I wanted to clarify that I'm just intending to continue letting that happen at whatever speed it wants to, without actively fighting back against it.
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Deimos Link ParentIt's not impossible that I'd merge others' code, but it really depends what the feature is, how it was implemented, whether it has potential impacts on the community, how much work would be...It's not impossible that I'd merge others' code, but it really depends what the feature is, how it was implemented, whether it has potential impacts on the community, how much work would be involved in integrating/reviewing/maintaining it, etc.
Not only for Tildes, but I would say that it's generally best to talk with the maintainer(s) of any open-source project first before you start spending time implementing something. They may already have plans for the feature that aren't explained publicly, there may already be someone else that's been working on it, and so on. This is especially true recently now that it's become so common for people to point LLMs at open-source projects and drop random, large PRs on them. A lot of projects have started rejecting all unsolicited PRs because it's so much work to sort through the AI slop.
(@Minori)
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Comment on New label suggestion: a removable "One-sided" label that gradually reduces the comment's visibility in ~tildes
Deimos LinkThis topic seems to be devolving into bickering at this point, and it has no chance of being implemented anyway, so I'm going to lock it.This topic seems to be devolving into bickering at this point, and it has no chance of being implemented anyway, so I'm going to lock it.
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Deimos Link ParentThose types of things should generally be covered. I still have monitoring, DDOS protection, backups, and so on (in fact, the backups were the cause of the last downtime).Those types of things should generally be covered. I still have monitoring, DDOS protection, backups, and so on (in fact, the backups were the cause of the last downtime).
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Deimos Link ParentIt hasn't been labeled Noise, it is labeled Offtopic (which I'd agree with).It hasn't been labeled Noise, it is labeled Offtopic (which I'd agree with).
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Deimos (edited )Link ParentAs I said, I won't be doing that. It might help some cases, but it would also introduce other problems. If you think something needs moderation attention, please send me a message or use the...As I said, I won't be doing that. It might help some cases, but it would also introduce other problems.
If you think something needs moderation attention, please send me a message or use the Malice label. Those are the best ways to get my attention on something quickly (and you've never done either of them).
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Deimos Link ParentI'd say you can just look at a lot of the older posts/docs/etc. and see how they were aimed at a different scale. The obvious example is the very first one, the announcement blog post. The things...I'd say you can just look at a lot of the older posts/docs/etc. and see how they were aimed at a different scale. The obvious example is the very first one, the announcement blog post. The things discussed in there aren't like, "we can address this by building a small site for a few hundred regular users".
There are a lot of places you can see it in the site's mechanics too, things that are far too complex for this scale. We have stuff like a complex hierarchical tagging system, hierarchical groups, and so on. I still think they were good ideas with interesting potential, but at Tildes's scale, we probably don't even really need separate groups at all.
I don't think there's any specific cause. I made a lot of decisions, and a lot of them were mistakes. But as with every site, there are a ton of factors that affect things, and you can never really know what would have made things turn out differently. As I said in the post, I certainly don't think of it as a failure or have regrets that it didn't end up being larger.
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Deimos Link ParentThere are some simple plans for continuity just in case, but it's old. This is a good reminder that I should review and update it. What do you mean by funding? Some people are still donating—it's...There are some simple plans for continuity just in case, but it's old. This is a good reminder that I should review and update it.
What do you mean by funding? Some people are still donating—it's generally less than the ongoing hosting/etc. costs but there's plenty left in the accounts from all the donations over previous years. I've never paid myself or anything, all donations have only ever been used for site expenses, and there should still be more than we ever need unless the site stays active for a very long time.
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Deimos Link ParentIt made me a little sad to post it! Like you're talking about, I think I've kinda avoided posting anything like this because it makes it feel more "final". It's the reality of how the site's been...It made me a little sad to post it! Like you're talking about, I think I've kinda avoided posting anything like this because it makes it feel more "final". It's the reality of how the site's been run for years already though, and I don't see it changing, so I really should have done this long ago.
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Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely
I've been assuming that this is fairly apparent since nothing significant has changed here in years now, but I suppose it's best to be explicit. There is no intention to do anything like: Actively...
I've been assuming that this is fairly apparent since nothing significant has changed here in years now, but I suppose it's best to be explicit.
There is no intention to do anything like:
- Actively attempt to attract more users
- Implement new functionality or change existing functionality
- Change the site's structure
- Give any other people access to moderation/admin abilities or control of the site
Or anything else of a similar level. The site has basically been in "minimum maintenance mode" for a long time, and I do not plan to start investing more time in it or otherwise trying to reinvigorate or reinvent it. I recognize that a lot of information and documentation on the site does not reflect this, but almost all of it was written aspirationally nearly 10 years ago, and those aspirations failed. To be clear, I definitely don't consider Tildes a failure—I'm proud and happy that we were able to create a small community that people (mostly) like being a part of. I enjoyed building it, and it's great that the community has managed to sustain itself for so long, but it's not the same as the goal that most of that writing had in mind. I should remove or update a lot of it, but there are very few new users and almost everyone here already knows how things work.
I'm certainly happy to continue keeping Tildes running while people want to keep hanging out here, but you should only do that if you are satisfied with the state of the site. If you are unhappy with Tildes' current functionality, structure, design, userbase, culture, or any other major aspect, you should probably look for a different community (or start one, anyone can!). You should not pin your hopes on any major changes happening here.
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Comment on We're so back in ~tildes
Deimos Link ParentIt looks like the other server where I upload database backups ran out of space, which was causing uploads for new backups to fail. My backup script creates a new backup, uploads it to the other...- Exemplary
It looks like the other server where I upload database backups ran out of space, which was causing uploads for new backups to fail. My backup script creates a new backup, uploads it to the other server, then after the uploads finish it deletes old backups from the actual server hosting the site. But since the uploads were failing, it was never reaching the part of the process to delete the old ones, so then the main server ended up running out of space as well due to keeping too many old backups.
Shouldn't be difficult to fix, I'll make some changes to the backup process tomorrow.
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Comment on Website is unhappy in ~tildes
Deimos LinkCome on, you already saw the site's Bad Gateway, what more do you want? (I'm not sure what was wrong, I just rebooted the server and it came back up. I'll look more into it later today.)Come on, you already saw the site's Bad Gateway, what more do you want?
(I'm not sure what was wrong, I just rebooted the server and it came back up. I'll look more into it later today.)
I've given everyone 10 invites now. I'll try to remember to check in on how many get used and can refill them occasionally (or anyone can always message me if they need some more).