23 votes

1000 users (ish)

Posted by Ganymede

So if we go by the number of users subscribed to the ~tildes group it looks like we're at about 1000 now.

Seems like a fun little milestone to call out.

6 comments

  1. [2]
    cfabbro
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    It certainly is... and we're super stoked about it! Many many social sites never leave the "creator + 4 of his friends using it" phase so we can't tell you how much of a relief it is to see so...

    It certainly is... and we're super stoked about it! Many many social sites never leave the "creator + 4 of his friends using it" phase so we can't tell you how much of a relief it is to see so many people actually using ~ the way it was intended to be used. :P

    @deimos also mentioned it briefly in the Daily Discussion today (in case you missed it).

    It's now been almost exactly a week since Tildes got its first "real" attention on Hacker News, and it's been a great week. We're going to have over 1000 users registered today, which is awesome and incredibly encouraging for me to see so much excitement this quickly. I'm also extremely glad that I decided to start out invite-only, because with the attention Tildes has been getting in various threads on reddit already, I think we could have easily had 20,000 or more users right now, and that would have been far too fast to grow.

    19 votes
    1. Michael
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      You guys are doing the right thing by keeping it invite only. I strongly believe the community needs to stay small and dedicated while Tildes identity is developed, in such a way that you guys and...

      You guys are doing the right thing by keeping it invite only. I strongly believe the community needs to stay small and dedicated while Tildes identity is developed, in such a way that you guys and @deimos can manage to pay attention to everyone's opinions.

      I was one of the first users of Voat when it was still called Whoaverse. The guy that started it had good intentions and wanted to grow a genuine community. He also strongly branded it as an alternative to Reddit that supported free speech. As a result, all of the unscrupulous Redditors that got kicked off the site (fatpeoplehate for example) moved to Voat and it became a place that was dominated by that content.

      The approach you guys are taking is much better.

      15 votes
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    Dru
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    I suppose that makes us The Mayflower crew. No let’s not call ourselves that. Quite a milestone. I wonder how big we’ll grow. We’ll, it’s a lovely word in this context. I’ve missed being a we on a...

    I suppose that makes us The Mayflower crew. No let’s not call ourselves that.

    Quite a milestone. I wonder how big we’ll grow. We’ll, it’s a lovely word in this context. I’ve missed being a we on a website. Hope we can do some amazing things together in the future.

    4 votes
    1. Yuvimon
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      Hope it grows, but fr the main thing I think would help this website keep some newbies is some flair! some colour! some pizzaz! A profile pic next to your name don't really fit the look but it'd...

      Hope it grows, but fr the main thing I think would help this website keep some newbies is some flair! some colour! some pizzaz!

      A profile pic next to your name don't really fit the look but it'd be great.

      1 vote
  3. AnTi_PRO
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    That's pretty awesome. I haven't heard of this place until I ran across it in a Reddit discussion. I never thought I'd be in a place like this today. Reddit has been a daily ritual (addiction...

    That's pretty awesome. I haven't heard of this place until I ran across it in a Reddit discussion. I never thought I'd be in a place like this today. Reddit has been a daily ritual (addiction almost) for many years but now it's starting to show a lot of flaws I don't like.

    So far I'm loving it here and I can't wait to see this community grow.

    3 votes
  4. Kenny
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    Do you all have plans on the trajectory of growth you're wanting? If you're at a 1000 now, do you have ideas for when you are wanting to hit around 10k?

    Do you all have plans on the trajectory of growth you're wanting? If you're at a 1000 now, do you have ideas for when you are wanting to hit around 10k?

    2 votes