Hello! I'm a 15 year reddit vet (since that's how you're supposed to start things out). I've loved y'all for a week so far, and I'm hoping to love you for at least a week longer.

But really, I'm reborn. This is truly the new reddit - not the new new reddit, but the new old reddit. And hopefully without the monstrous growth - I'm already missing those first couple days when you guys were a little more dusty.

Hi all,
Another reddit refugee checking in. 12 years for me. I'm one of the senior mods on r/nasa and my sole reddit usage will now be contained to that sub since efficient mobile browsing is going away in a couple weeks.

I've spent a few days mostly lurking here and really enjoy the atmosphere. Seems perfectly balanced between information and quality discourse. Perfect for a nerd like myself. My first AOL screen name was created in 1996. Proud to be on this site in 2023.

Professionally- I work for the US national space agency more commonly known by a four letter acronym. First IT and now comms.

Married and a father.

In my free time I like to peer into the cosmos, play indoor soccer, practice photography, and a bit of gaming on the PC/Switch.

Looking forward to forthcoming alpha of Three Cheers for Tildes by @talklittle. For anyone that hasn't used RiF... rest assured you're in for a treat.

Thanks for having me!

Howdy, former digg user, former reddit user, and present tildes user. I'm one of those people that lurks for 10 years before posting, so check back in a decade. Enjoying the relative simplicity of this site and hope it continues to grow. :)

Hello new friends, I'm LGUG2Z! (spoken aloud as "Jeezy" - the last two alphabetic characters [G, Z])

You may have interacted with me in other spaces; I maintain komorebi, the tiling window manager for Windows, post programming and gaming videos on YouTube, and run the content-first bookmarking service Notado (which has had support for saving comments from Tildes for many years now!)

I've been reading Tildes (and saving thoughtful and insightful comments posted here!) for a long time, and I'm glad to finally be able to write and contribute to this lovely community.

Hi, I'm a new Reddit refugee, although I would have converted anyway if I had found this site on my own. The site reminds me of some mIRC channels from waaaay back in the day for depth of conversation and discourse. I intend on removing Reddit from my daily routines on June 30th. I'll miss the rich ecosystem of cat subreddits though :(

I work in tech, and I've got varied interests including gaming with a penchant for sims and racing, reading, mostly sci Fi and fantasy but I'll read anything that's a good yarn, tv shows and movies, and I've been getting into watching F1 this year/season.

Thanks!

Hello there! I'm NPC (those are my actual initials). I've come seeking good conversation and geekery, preferably in a low-or-no-meme medium with fellow RPG nerds. I'm an avid podcaster (both creating and consuming), and into your usual variety of story games and space sims. I admit that the whole reddit debacle is what inspired the seeking of new horizons, but truth is I've been disgruntled with the meme overload of that site for too long now, and am excited to return to the text-heavy interactions of ye olden times.

Hey everyone!
I'm a sound editor and ADR recordist for movies and TV living in LA. It's been a pretty wild time recently, from September through the end of March I was working mostly 6 day weeks on two projects, then after that I pivoted straight into a 4/20 movie that released on, you guessed it, 4/20. And now I'm basically struggling for work due to the writers strike, but honestly it couldn't have happened at a better time. I've been pretty burned out and this time off has been a godsend for me and my coworkers. Although we are starting to worry a bit since we've heard the strike might go to the fall, which means we wouldn't see much new work until early next year.

But hey, it's given me more time for my hobbies! I'm into mountain biking and snowboarding depending on the time of the year, and I'm also big into sim racing. Just had a 24 hour race with my teammates this past weekend, but unfortunately we got involved in a wreck with 6 hours to go that put us 2 laps down on last place, so we ended up forfeiting. I've been really into Diablo 4 this past week, it's a blast.

I'm also looking forward to participating in ~anime. I spent a lot of time on r/anime in episode discussion threads, and I found so many shows I would have otherwise never heard of through announcement posts and random comments here and there.

So yeah, happy to be here and excited to see what this place has to offer.

Hello! I'm a 30-something lady living in the Southern U.S. I'm currently a part-time adjunct instructor, part-time freelance writer in the health sciences/public health realm. I'm still finding my footing as an adjunct, so that seems to suck up a lot of my time and energy. But I'm trying to strike a better work-life balance.

One of my stress-relieving outlets is crafting, even though I don't have much patience to fully follow any tutorials and tend to make the rules up as I go along. I also love watching comedy, especially from the UK (in fact, I knew I'd love this place the first time I logged on here and the top post was about Taskmaster). I like other people, places, and things (thinking up fun facts about oneself is hard!).

Anywho. Glad to be here!

Welcome to all the new people! I'm excited to see more people here, though it is feeling a tad overwhelming. I have high hopes for some of the future events that will happen! My standard blurb about myself is located in my bio as well, but here it is.

You can find me with this username on reddit and lobste.rs as well. I am:

• a father of three
• a husband (of one)
• a software developer - python & typescript a lot of the time
• enthusiastic about games - board games, video games, sports
• overweight but fixing it
• formerly really into lifting heavy things repeatedly
• a beer lover, though I drink infrequently
• a coffee lover, and I drink very frequently
• the primary cook for our family of 5
• a musician - our house is full of instruments
• casually into playing sports, especially disc golf
• into juggling, speedcubing, sleight-of-hand, that sort of thing
• quite interested in puzzles - crosswords, sudoku, other cryptic games

Hi all - yet another long time Reddit user here looking for a new hangout. I’ve been mostly lurking all week and I’m genuinely excited to see the level of discourse on display.

So a bit about me?

• I’m a husband and a father of two - the newest addition arrived just this week and she’s beautiful!
• I have several guitars and enjoy making music, usually with a classic rock kinda vibe, though my music taste is all over the place.
• I’m really into gaming and currently obsessing over Tears of the Kingdom.
• In the last couple of years, I’ve rekindled my childhood love of Lego and I’m thoroughly enjoying sharing this with my toddler who is already building sets several years above his age.
• My garden is my sanctuary and though I hesitate to call myself a gardener, I love creating a beautiful space for my family and I to enjoy.
• I’m a digital analyst by trade with a lot of experience with the Google stack; Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics etc.

Look forward to contributing where I can and learning from the community. Cheers!

Hi, I'm 11 year RIF refugee bobby_tables. I'm a shepherd, but I really want to be a goatherd. I collect unusually shaped pinecones, as well as 1/12 scale exotic sports car models. I study MOND gravity models, and number theory in my spare time. I'm a husband, father, joker and toker. Really looking forward to getting to know Tildes and my fellow Tildiers...Tildians...Tildopians...Tildoers...ah...can we just stick to nerds?

Hi y'all. I'm Bryce and happy to be invited to this community.

I was a Redditor since November 2009, and as of this week have lost a significant amount of trust in Reddit. This loss in trust is particularly difficult because I easily spent upwards of 1000 hours working with Reddit's API between 2011 and 2022 while creating and maintaining PRAW, a python library to interact with Reddit's API. While PRAW isn't directly impacted by the API changes, the treatment of other long-term developers does not sit well with me.

Outside of Reddit I have a passion in Computer Security. I work as a Security Software Engineer at Netflix. I am a member of Order of the Overflow, the team that organized the DEF CON CTF between 2018 and 2021.

In my personal life, I spend most of my time with my wife, and two kids, both of whom are under 10. When I get the opportunity, I'm currently playing through Tears of the Kingdom.

Thanks @Deimos for making this community!

I'm knocklessmonster. I came to Tildes after stumbling on Deimos' post about it on Reddit like five years ago. I'd been looking for something like Reddit built on an open source platform and, frankly, just not as big. I believe I found a post, came back to it a bit after and asked for an invite after reading all the docs.

I work as an IT consultant currently, focusing on virtualization and disaster recovery. In my off time, I play lots of video games, make electronic music (mostly with Renoise, I've accrued some hardware, like a Polyend Tracker, Korg Volcas, Roland T8/J8) to get into more real-time sequenced stuff, and livecoding (less these days, working on rebuilding my setup after an OS reinstall). I generally particiate in discussions across most major groups. I don't post many topics, mostly because I don't typically stop and go "I think this is interesting to post.

Hey, I’m Jonathan, aka Jerutix (since I made it up playing StarCraft when I was 12). Excited to be here and hang out y’all - reading through threads the last couple days has been so energizing versus Reddit scrolling the last however many years.

Cards on the table because it’s super central to who I am, I am a Christian minister, and I aspire to be like Jesus in all my interactions - online and in person. For me, that means radical inclusion, serving at personal cost, and seeking Wisdom from any source. Happy to have any discussions along those lines, and glad to be called out if I ever fall short of that.

In other, less serious info, my wife got me a Switch for my birthday last month-ish, so I’m doing a lot of that in my free time. Just got Tears of the Kingdom (haven’t played it yet), so I’m looking forward to diving in!

Hi all. I love music, mostly rock and roll. I play bass and acoustic guitar. I have a background in tech, focusing on cloud devops type stuff.

I've had a reddit account for over 10 years, but now that rif will no longer be working I'm not interested in accessing the site any other way. I was never much of a poster, mostly lurking and voting quality content, occasionally making a joke or two. I shared a funny Trump meme that got me 10k karma back on 2016. I'm not much of a political person, but I guess that's the extent of my internet fame.

I like the style of this site so far. I hope to be entertained by you all while I'm pooping or killing time at work.

The previous introductions post is now the most commented post in the history of Tildes, with 479 comments

The second most commented post was from 2018. (not making any demands, and it's just my obsessiveness talking, but if I was an admin I would lock the one from 2018 this one -- just saying cough cough @deimos).

I understand the practical need for a new post, I'm just glad it was done after the record was broken since I was dying to announce that :P

hello all, my username is the hindi word for independence. I am on the wrong side of 30 and learning programming on my own. I have enrolled into Angela Yu's web development and python courses as well as Colt Steele's python course (on udemy).

Regarding my political views, Jason Hickel's tweet sums it up. After browsing r/collapse, a tiny part of me is relieved that I don't have kids. I used to read quite a lot in my 20s. Vikram Seth's 'A Suitable Boy' is a masterpiece. So is Christopher Priest's 'The Separation'. I haven't managed to read Russian authors though, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky and others.

Hei! Recovering Reddit goon here.

Fun Facts:
*My first written works were MASH fanfics. I was seven. I am now 50. I've written 2 novels and a memoir in my dotage.
*My partner is a SEA refugee and I've learned to speak Lao but his mom says I talk baby talk. I used to speak Finnish when my great uncle was still alive but I've lost most of it. I also enjoy speaking medical Spanish.
*Most recently watched Succession from start to final episode. Most recently read "Strangers to Ourselves" by Rachel Aviv. I work in psychiatric/addiction medicine. I'm a nurse.

Me encanta Tildes ahora! Estoy emocionado por el avance en la calidad. Adios, Reddit.

Greetings everyone!
I am yet another hopefully tolerated Reddifugee. I've been a reddit user for 12 years, and I really like the vibe of what you all have created here.
My aspects and interests are:
Mid thirties,
Cis queer,
Paper artist,
Film aficionado,
Art enjoyer,
Music appreciator,
Skeptic,
Knowledgeable in pet nutrition and behavior,
Recently alcohol free,
Trying to make the world just a little bit better by spreading kindness.

Hi, I'm snailboy, I make cartoons and music and art and stuff... I play a lot of games, I have too many nerf blasters, and I have an old cat.

Hi I'm Mala, 12 years on reddit (different username), looking for a new home. I spent a bunch of years working in tech, some startups and some bigger companies, mostly software and developer tools. These days I consult and look for interesting projects. I play a lot of games, read a lot of books, watch a lot of TV and movies, those tend to be the kinds of things I talk about on sites like this, but I'm also pretty passionate about social causes and accessibility and how we can make the web (and maybe the world?) a better place for all of us.

Also I swear a lot, so you know. Sorry not sorry in advance I guess.

Hi, i'm paris. i'm from brazil. i should be working on my third novel but Zelda TotK just came out and i've taken a wee sabbatical from the writing to play it through. in my spare time i work through my inexhaustible reading list, make bread, or watch thirty year old sci-fi shows with my partner.

Hello all! I was a member of Reddit for 11 years and while I am sad to leave it, I have realized that it's been a long time coming with how the site has changed over the past few years.

Thank you for the invite. It's good to be here, and honestly having taken a look around this place really reminds me of the older days of reddit, as well as forums and the like. To those that mentioned using IRC back in the day like me, what up!

I'm from the US but have lived overseas for a time and tried to travel as much as I can. The world is a huge and amazing place if, and if you're ever able to explore it I highly recommend.

My hobbies include gaming, reading, and I am an amateur woodworker. I recently also got a flat top griddle and have been loving it. Professionally I work in nuclear power and love teaching people if they're ever curious since I see a lot of misinformation on the topic out there.

I look forward to getting to know other members, settling in to this community, and hope for it's continued success.

Another Reddit refugee here and thought I would throw my hat in the ring. Got my invite yesterday and have been enjoying what I am seeing here thus far. The conversation here seems great and a lot better than Reddit recently.

• IT manager
• Have a cat and dog
• PC gamer (5600x, 3080, 16GB ddr4 3200 and I also have a Steam deck)
• Long time cs player (s/o to my cousin in 2004) however currently playing d4 and classic wow
• Lover of all things tech
• Recently have been dabbling into mech keyboards and mice, currently on a Keychron K6 with oil king switches as well as just recently got an XE wireless.
• Coffee lover, most of the time enjoy local beans but I have enjoyed beans from Klatch
• Braves and Atlanta United fan.
• Gym fan - I am trying SO hard to be consistent and unfortunately my bench has taken a hit because of it but at least my squat is progressing.

Looking forward to more discussions here!

Hi I'm zkxs. Silly unpronounceable username I know, but it's short and was quite stylish (or so I thought) back when I was active in IRC. Guess it stuck...

I'm yet another Reddit refugee. Been on Reddit since 2012, where I mostly lurked and sometimes wrote walls of text. Blame @OBLIVIATER's very nice post in /r/videos for clueing me into the existence of Tildes. I've been watching Twitter, Twitch, and now Reddit implode these past weeks with gradually growing discontent. After taking a look around Tildes it looks wonderful. I've been dreaming of a Reddit-style comment-tree based website with an actual measurable signal-to-noise ratio, and here I find that it actually exists. So here I am finally feeling optimistic again! It's wild to see familiar usernames. I'd mention talklittle to thank them for RiF, but I fear they may be grieving and I don't want to contribute negative thoughts.

Enough about my social media woes. I'm a software developer working remotely for some giant faceless corporation. Bunch of backend Java stuff. If work doesn't drain my batteries sometimes I'll do some recreational programming. Nothing so interesting it's worth mentioning, though. I enjoy markdown entirely too much, and was pleased as punch to see that Tildes uses it for formatting. Beware: it has taken actual mental effort for me to not subject you to technical writing in this comment, but I figure introductions are bit too soon to be firing bulleted lists into the crowd.

Usually I just do video games in my free time. Outer Wilds is a masterpiece. Myst, Riven, etc., are all quite good. VR is pretty neat. I used to play Neos VR entirely too much, but now I play VRChat entirely too much instead. It turns out that living alone during Covid lockdown had me pretty lonely, a fact I was blissfully unaware of until VRChat did funny things to my monkey brain. Who would have guessed that social animals like to socialize?

Sometimes I'll read a book, but not nearly as much as I used to (the internet has ruined me and turned my brain to mush, you see). Most recently I've read Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, loved it, and immediately afterwards learned that Douglas Adams died entirely too soon for my tastes, inconsiderately leaving me without much more of his work to enjoy.

Anyways, hello fellow internet people. You lot seem like a cool bunch.

Hi all!
I’m another Reddit/Apollo refugee who is very happy to have found Tildes. I am a musician and IT nerd who is always looking for good discourse on tech, gaming, and trying to figure out how to make sense of this crazy wild world.

I look forward to it!

Migrant from Digg to Reddit and then Reddit to Tildes. Torontonian (west end) in the Semi technical product owner role working in the telecom / insurance space. Just had a second daughter a few weeks back so a bit drunk on lack of sleep. Nice to meet you all!

• Reddit 10 year club.
• Father of children with hearing loss (who play the violin)
• Polyglot (English, Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, Korean, Japanese all to varying, mostly passable degrees)
• Technology nostalgist and pre-Internet historian
• Business systems consultant by trade
• Krav maga practitioner and low key, wannabe prepper
• Musician
• Teacherly, listener disposition, enjoys building communities
• And yet somehow I/ENTP
• Will play Overwatch until Blizz completely drives it into the ground

Hi everyone. I’m another Redditor escaping the sinking ship after 14 years. Before Reddit I was a regular on a string of different forums.

I’m 35, a husband, and the father of a 9 month old son. I studied art in college, earning my degree in illustration, though I have mostly turned my back on that as a career. I was a cake decorator for a few years and a grocery store bakery team trainer at the start of the pandemic. Now I teach at an elementary school, which I find to be the most rewarding work by far.

My interests include computers, punk rock, horror, science fiction, and video games. I love everything made by FromSoftware, especially Bloodborne. I play offline and I’m working my way through Elden Ring now. I played through Returnal at the beginning of this year. In the past I was more of an MMO player. I played FFXI, SWTOR, The Secret World, Neverwinter, and FFXIV. I ran a cabal in The Secret World for a couple years.

I dabble in all sorts of things (blame it on ADHD). I’m learning Python, and in my latest endeavor I’m halfway through Automate the Boring Stuff. I have a lot of fun making iOS Shortcuts, which is probably the subreddit I’ll miss the most.

I’m looking forward to conversing with you all and seeing more of what Tildes has to offer. I’ve felt good about my first week here.

Hi, I'm Recluse. I was on Reddit for 11 years, saw a comment about this place, and it looked pretty cool. I'm heavily into gaming, mostly tactical FPS and RPGs. I love a good story, no matter the format. Former US Navy and current Semiconductor Manufacturing worker.

Hi, happy to be here. I have been off and on places like Reddit for a while but have really missed the more old school forum pace, which seemed to have fallen out of style as social media got bigger.

Random fun fact, I happened to meet my husband on a music related forum/IRC channel around 2008. We met up IRL later and the rest is history. He’s also joined tildes under his own pseudonym.

We sometimes talk about how it seemed a lot easier to make connections online and have better conversation when things were “smaller.” Tildes seems like a fun place and the tighter moderation/invite only thing is a good change of pace.

~12 year Reddit user, mod, high quality giffer here after watching spez light a barrel of high test jet fuel on fire yesterday. Hope to see the place grow and become what Reddit was originally supposed to be; a place for cool and fun communities to thrive.

Hello! Another 11 year Reddit user, mod, into data, data visualization, healthcare, politics, and news. Would love to help this place grow

Hi! I’m psychedelicious, another refugee from Reddit. I head about tildes a while back but never asked for an invite. I came to Reddit via Digg via Slashdot.

Recently I’ve been spending too much time meme/doom-scrolling on Reddit, so I’m very happy to have found something similar but with less low effort content.

About me:

• mid 30s
• down under (for the past 8 years)
• ex-psychonaut (still am, in spirit!)
• creative coder
• gold prospector
• obsessed with the potential of machine learning to democratize previously talent-gated activities and allow anyone to manifest their ideas

Thanks for the invite @cfabbro!

Hi, everyone.

I'm an early 30's electrical engineer and father of one from Ireland. My interests include astronomy, space travel, ancient history, myths, linguistics and puzzles. Some hobbies are old strategy games (looking at you, Command and Conquer), hiking, learning languages and cooking.

Looking forward to contributing to what seems to be a lovely community!

@skybrian - if/when you're ready to make another intro thread, could you perhaps mention the new users questions thread? A lot of people asking about dark mode and "where are my subs" type questions - probably way more too shy to ask with their own thread :)

Hey I'm Chocobean I'm a returning user : ) I made an account from a little while ago probably while browsing Hacker News or the "alternative" sub and a kind tildes user invited me. But I had too many memories of yonder site and took me this long to properly come over.

Hi all, I'm EUPHORiA, something like 12 years of reddit and a half decade of forum use prior to that. I'm really excited to be here on Tildes because it really reminds me of the old school forum vibe, especially with how well articulated posts are here. I've really missed that mentality online in the last decade or so.

Bit about me, I'm a 29 year old male, bisexual and have ADHD (probably autism too but never formally tested/diagnosed for that). Just started treatment for ADHD this year but I knew it was a thing for the last 15 years, getting the NHS in the UK to agree was impossible and they refused to test me so had to save and go private which shockingly enough showed I was heavily ADHD.

I work in data analytics, currently learning machine learning to use this in my work, I also do a bit about automation with Python. I'm into homelabbing and selfhosted services, anime, and have an interest in UK law which is a holdover from a previous role. Just wish there was more online legal learning paths as its not something I'd want to do formally so would love to learn self led via something like Udemy. I also like Cyber Security and I'm studying this at university part time around work. Ideally I would like to move to data governance and compliance based roles in the coming years which is a nice mix of legal, data analysis and cyber security but we'll see how life goes. I've had a million hobbies in the past so know a bit about a lotta subjects but not really a master of any.

Anyway that's me, if anybody has any questions, I'm an open book so fire away!

Longtime redditor exploring new territory, to me at least. Digging the simplicity of the layout of this community and getting a feel for things.

I like my coffee bold, black and pipping hot.

I posted in the last one but I'll post here too. Hi, I'm CannibalisticApple. I'm a reddit refugee, and a writer and casual gamer who really likes game design. Majored in game dev in college with hopes of getting into it as a writer since storytelling is my number one passion, though demand for dedicated writers is pretty low. Just look at the current strikes in Hollywood, and then remember that the game development industry lacks unions. So uh, yeah. Not an easy industry to enter, even in the indie scene. Which is why I've really got to brush up on my programming skills after letting them get rusty the past couple years.

I only joined last night but so far I'm enjoying Tildes a lot! It feels like a combination of reddit and forums, and so far everyone seems super chill. I'm looking forward to spending a lot of time here!

Yet another reddit transplant, over 10 years...tBSM.

Interface programmer at a hospital, Falcons/Braves fan. Beer/scotch/bourbon drinker, the worst puns imaginable, comic book collector, OnPatrolLive fan.

Oddly enough I had to take a 6-month break from the reddit front page because of it taking a toll on my mental health, even after blocking a lot of big subs

I'm nevermoredead. As you probably guessed I'm yet another Reddit refugee. I was there for 10 years. I heard about this place on r/redditisfun (may it rest in peace) and have been lurking for a couple days. I was lucky enough to get an invite and am looking forward to being part of this community!

Hi, I'm Anthony. Another reddit refugee, though I came with the first wave back in 2018. It's crazy to see how quickly things have blown up around here. The past few years were really more of a group chat with about 10-20 regulars and a a couple dozen others like myself chiming in from time to time. Hoping the new folks around here can stick around and live up to the standards set over the past few years.

As for me:
teacher
casual video game enthusiast
semi-literate
sports fan
tv > movies
straight/cis/white guy
extremely bad at replying to comments and messages (but always read and appreciate them)

henlo. eight-year reddit user (but! recently permanently suspended!). i grabbed an invite to tildes anytime one was offered so i dug up the most recent and here i am, loving everybody and singing along.

Hello everyone

I am a reddit refugee. I was 5 years old on reddit not really a old memeber but I witnessed it change. First emoji came then short video, slowly cheap content took the lead. I am glad tilde exist, seeing only text makes emotional, I'm so happy. I hope more of the quality redditors migrate.

I'm still in my college, pursuing civil engineering and doing web development and competitive coding in my time. I have still a lot to learn. So i'm here to learn, help and ask for help.

Thank you devs!!

Hi, I’m Chiasmic. I used to be on Reddit but quit 5 years ago and used hacker news since. Saw Tildes from hacker news and interested in seeing what it’s like!

Heyo, I am a recent reddit refugee, although I've disengaged from mainstream reddit since being caught up in the GME hype and transferring $600 to somebody smarter than me.

In my free time, I play with, walk, and train my reactive and needy puppy. When my puppy's asleep, I read tech news, do worldbuilding with the help of GPT-4, play Rocket League, and grapple with the big existential questions of living life without faith.

In the past, I've learned programming and art. In the now, my life is defined by caregiving for my father, who is in the late stages of a rare early onset dementia, and progressively declining. In the future, I do not know where to go or what to expect anymore.

I like to think about big problems and reason from first principles. Here on Tildes, I'll do my best to be kind and respectful when I do chime in. I do have unorthodox and independently derived opinions that can be offensive, though I am neither contrarian nor a troll. I've always existed on the fringe of society, and my inability to identify with groups is a running theme in my life.

My world view could best be described as Anthro-Pessimistic. Human civilization is a relentless cancer on the face of the earth, and while there may be ways for us to live in harmony with other forms of life, I think that outcome is extremely unlikely, given our past and present behavior. At the same time, as a human being, I want other humans to flourish, and I reluctantly give my allegiance to humanity, since I belong nowhere else.

Also, humans do cool things that verge on the impossible, and our dogs think we're gods.

I'm enjoying the vibe and discussion here on Tildes. I love the stated philosophy and the etymology of the site name. If I can brush up on my programming skills, perhaps I can donate some dev time to squash bugs. In the meantime, I'm glad to have a new place on the internet to hang out. Tildes already feels like home, and I'm happy to be here!

Hi everyone, 8 year Reddit veteran here. Started with Alien blue, then narwhal then Apollo. When I learned of what was going to happen to Reddit, I knew I probably needed to look elsewhere to spend my time. To be honest, I was spending almost too much time over there. But I feel like this is what Reddit used to be, and a lot more basic which is a good thing. Sometimes I’d get fatigue just scrolling through the sheer amount of subs I was subscribed to. I really like how there is just a handful of groups.

Anyway. I knew I wanted something simple to browse but it still felt Reddit-esque. I’ve only been here a few hours but I think I’ll really like it here.

A little about me: I live in Wisconsin, I work from home, when I’m not working I lift weights, and I have a super cute cat. Ask me about him sometime. I watch some sports, but really been getting into Indycar over the last few years. I also love anything universe related. I also recently completed weather spotter training. No, that doesn’t mean I chase tornadoes.

Seeing soo many Reddit Refugees! 😅🤣 We are everywhere apparently! 😅🤣 Joined cos of a link on Reddit and checking it out/finding my way around! Some ppl have amazing jobs, I love finding out what others do and general life stories!

Anyways... A wee bit about moi - am a Kiwi living in Aus, obsessed with Pickleball, loves gaming (board games and Metroid style games + Souls like now that I've finally got the hang of things sorta!).

No kids by choice except for a floof doggo. I'm a RN by trade, currently in program management and loving it.

One of my many dreams is to become a writer and write up peoples life bios before they die as I think there are soo many amazing stories that are either forgotten or only ever told at funerals. Am starting with (very slowly) re-writing upmy great gramps memoirs and see how far I get from there!

Hi all! Redditor here (11 years, apparently??) that is tepid on a future without RIF, and wondering where the cards will land by the time we get to July. Until then, a brief about me

Early 30's. Husband, father (toddler and a dog, name a more chaotic duo), bi (Happy Pride!) upstate NY-er

Likes:
Science (all kinds, though my background is Chemistry)
Nature (walks, kayaking)
Food and drinks (eating, cooking, coffee, beer)
Reading (been really into the Jack Reacher series recently)
YouTube (all over the place - TechMoan, America's Test Kitchen, and the new season of Jet Lag are what's on deck)
Obscure Simpsons references

Hello everyone. I'm GodzillasPencil and a new arrival here. Thanks for having me!

I'm a forty-something resident of the Pacific Northwest (USA) and a full-time fiction writer. Other things about me:

• My hubs and I are celebrating our 23rd wedding anniversary this month
• I recently bought a bicycle (my first since I was a kid)
• I live in a tiny "minimalist" studio with a murphy bed and haven't owned a car in years
• I love to travel, and last year I visited Valencia, Spain
• Estoy aprendiendo Español

Oh, and I love Godzilla! Cheesy monster movies are the best. Cheers, and I'm looking forward to hanging out here.

Hi, I'm a Linux loving nerd and I enjoy gaming and gamedev. I am also a KDE contributor.

Currently working on this game: https://codeberg.org/akselmo/artificial-rage

Edit: fwiw, i left reddit 5 years ago. That site always made me sad.

Hey folks. I've been here about four years now and honestly can't even remember what shitty thing Reddit did to send me here, but I found this place off a comment in AskReddit back then and have been lurking here daily since. I still use Reddit occasionally, but only two subs, and pretty much exclusively via Libreddit these days. I hate new reddit with a passion and don't wish to support reddit whatsoever with ad money anyways, so old reddit is distasteful to me as well.

Currently, I'm a professional web developer working on game development on the side. I've got an incremental game in the works that I'm hoping to polish off this year, and I've been getting into a lot of board games and some extra TTRPGs as of late thanks to some close friends of mine.

All in all, I'm finding this to be a pretty wild time to be on Tildes. Though the smaller site full of familiar faces was certainly comfortable, I'm still glad this place is growing. It's been really fun to see things like talklittle's app & donation drive, as well as the gargantuan introduction threads popping up. Here's to a hopeful future!

Hi everyone, I’m just a long-time lurker who happened to join up with the bunch of ya’ll who are migrating from Reddit. Happy to now be a part of the community.

I work as an engineer, mostly on topics around lightweight formal methods (model checking) and applying them to system design / architecture verification. One of my big hobbies is coffee, and lately I’ve been getting super into what I call (because I’m not sure what else to call it) “slow internet.” Things like text-only news sites, longer form writing, and a few newsletters delivered via RSS that I check once a day. Things like that. I think that’s more than a few of us on Tildes, so if this is your interest maybe we can swap ideas!

Hey everyone. One more Reddit refugee, following TalkLittle here, as I've been a daily user of his RiF app for over a decade now. Some of the subs I was more active on include (r/ excluded):

• HomeBrewing (Make your own bear, cider, mead, wine, etc..)
• ems (Emergency medical services)
• homelab (Home users managing datacenter equipment, in a nutshell)
• GaState (local university)
• SelfHosted (Self hosted services, pairs nicely with homelab)
• Atlanta (the city)
• HeroesOfTheStorm (video game I play frequently)
• premed (Place for people who want to apply to medical school)
• EmergencyMedicine (self explanatory)
• GooglePixel (Pixel 7 phone, Pixel Watch, Pixel Buds Pro earbuds..I have a slight brand addiction, but I've been very happy with them)

Hope to see some similar communities popping up around here.

Long-time reddit lurker moving over here to have some sort of online community to waste time in while the other site combusts itself.

I'm American-born but live in Ireland. Generally interested in all things technical (and considering IT/Cybersecurity as a career life-raft if I end up really hating my current career) and nerdy. Also really on a metal kick recently, but I listen to almost any type of music.

Hoping to see some more specialised communities pop up on here.

Well I am here from Reddit where I was for over a decade. Mostly I ignored the transformations it went through and looked for an alternative, but never too hard honestly. But reddit made it clear it does not want users like me, what with the ever more emphasis on short-from content and beating you over the head with the monetization hammer.

There are still niche communities there that I will visit, mostly fiction or tech ones if they will stay there but I am ready to move somewhere else.

Anyway I am a programmer by trade and a long time lurker and sometimes poster which I will probably continue here too.

Reddit ex-pat Spydrchick here. I was a lurker of reddit from the beginning, and an active account holder for over 11yrs (including almost every reddit Secret Santa from 2009 til the current regime closed that down).

Other than that I'm into science, sci-fi/fantasy, anime, tech, kayaking and the outdoors. I love cars, bikes, racing and stuff that goes fast. Used to have a podcast, love learning new things. I'm trying not to be old (in mind, body or spirit) in spite of being a boomer.

Sad to see the 3rd party apps get treated as they have. Very sad to see all the mods who use those tools have to either scramble or close down their subs for nonsense and greed. Welcome to the Great Reddit Migration of 2023.

Hello reader, I'm theslothofgaston. Like most here, I'm a redditor who heard about this website from /r/redditisfun. I am impressed by the effort and quality of most of the discussion going on here, so I look forward to lurking/commenting. I'm a mechanical engineering student by trade, so as soon as there's an engineering community here I'll be frequenting it. Casually interested in anime and gaming, but mostly interested in politics and engineering.

Hey all! I’m Alex, 12 (nearly 13) year Reddit user that deleted both accounts a few days ago. Previous Digg user haha. I’m a front end developer turned designer. Really excited to have gotten access to this site, really reminds me of the early days of the web (now if we could just bring back geocities).

Guess it's my turn! Hi, I'm Kyuu. I'm not much of a Reddit user - I browse from time to time, but that's about it - but in following the ongoing API debacle, I learned about Tildes here, and from a quick look around, it looks like a really nice place. :) I used to hang around on message boards a lot when I was younger (not Usenet, I'm not old enough for that, haha), and having never really been keen on the shift to social media (particularly since "concision" is not a word in my vocabulary), something like Tildes here sounded pretty appealing.

About me... I'm an amateur artist in a few ways (digital, writing, 3D work), a pretty heavy gamer and hobbyist game dev, a hobbyist birdwatcher... and a furry enthusiast, hah. I'll keep things PG, promise. :P

26, genderfluid, Vancouverite. I'm, uh, not really employed in any way for personal reasons. Still actively working through some hard stuff in therapy. Slow process, but it's going, I think. Not sure what I might do with myself once I'm in a better place, but we'll see, I guess.

Cheers! Thanks for having me here. ^^

Hello folks! 10 year redditor and general biology/ecology/zoology academic over here. Naturally part of the exodus but was super excited to see a chill budding community ready to accept us. I'm a big fan of gaming, climbing, science, computing, and all things audio/image/video related. Also considering starting up trying to contribute coding time to tildes (especially once I've got this pesky PhD out the way).

Hi I am boblob-law. Long time reddit user that is tired of all the greed on the backs of the users. Really tired of this business model for user generated content.

All of that being said I really like the look of this site so far and I can't wait to see how it grows. Really looking forward to getting into great discussions on here.

Hello from Scotland! I've abandoned ship and eventually landed here like most of you- lemmy seemed a bit too fussy to be a viable widespread consideration but I really like the familiar simplicity of tildes so far. I am interested in all sorts of things so would love to see this crazy little community grow.

Hi! I'm just another one of the reddit refugees, I mostly lurked around on reddit but I'm hoping I'll participate more here, I like learning new things, mostly tech stuff, and I know a bit of programming so I make software sometimes. English isn't my first language so please forgive me if I make a mistake.

Hi, I am Tyrellsphynx, a 50 year old guy with 3 kids. wifa and a dog. I am more of a commentor than a poster. I started with Reddit 5 years ago so I probably missed the best part anyway. Very optimistic on this platform.

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Figure I should hop on the train, too...

I'm a refugee from reddit (would be 12 years this July, but my account is getting scuttled on June 30) and have been skulking around Tildes for a while, probably about a year. I'm a lurker extraordinaire and only comment when my introversion is at it's minimum and my confidence is high!

On reddit, I was an active lurker of many SFF communities, as well as the conlang, neography, and worldbuilding subreddits. I love reading recommendation threads on r/books for things to add to my (way too long) queue.

I'm also a hobbyist birder that loves spending time outside admiring native wildlife. I'm currently (slowly) expanding my knowledge of plants native to my area and strategies for removing invasives so that I can build a good habitat for wildlife once I own my own home.

As for work, I'm a full-time TA in a special education classroom and I work for a local zoo part-time during the summer. I'm also taking classes online right now to get my IS license and become a teacher.

And now this is more than I've ever told anybody on the internet about me, so I think I'll wrap it up here. Happy to be here and to see where Tildes goes in the future :)

I'm a Reddit refugee as well (as a lot of people here I guess). 10 years with RIF. Am more of a lurker type, but I also sometimes want to give my two cents so an account was necessary. Am looking around a bit.
Do miss the gazillion catsubs though. Very little cats here. Hahaha.

Hello all. Like many, I'm displeased with the way Reddit is going, and I'm searching for alternatives. I'm a scientist by training, and in my leisure, I'm a cat affictionado, gardener, and gamer. I have a few other interests that revolve around zero waste, frugality, and self sufficiency. I also quite enjoy the arts, music, and bits of history, though my journey there is currently quite shallow. I'm a foodie, and I'm just starting to travel more. All in all, pretty average! Statistically I'm well within a standard deviation of anyone else. Glad to meet you folks as I get more acquainted with this site. Cheers!

Fully aware that this will die at the bottom of a long thread:
"Hi."

My name is .. zielperson.

German native, living in Switzerland for over 15 years now.
Near 50, married, two kids.

Studied psychology, accompanied by computer science.
I am working as an IT project manager and Scrum Master for a large city.

Hobbies and Interests (in no particular order)

• Completely obsessed with AI, altho developing it is beyond my math level, so ChatGPT and Stable diffusion it is.
• Reading (sci fi mainly)
• Archery
• Writing
• Computer Games
• Tabletop Roleplaying games
• 3D Printing (this is the edit.. I forgot)

Hello, just going to post quickly here :)

Yet another Reddit ship-jumper, really trying to examine my relationship with the internet... doomscrolling has not been anything good for me (for anyone?)

When I read the other posts and learn about the interesting things people are doing, and then realize I could have done that instead of being on Reddit, it makes me slightly sad.

So, I'm re-tooling old hobbies (rollerblading, reading, modding some games) and in search for new ones. Improving my cooking skills seems like a good one, but I'm always open for suggestions.

See you around - and hopefully more things in the real world. :)

Hello! I'm Illyrian. I happened to stumble across Tildes a bit before the current debacle and lurked some, but decided I may as well request an invite given what's currently going on elsewhere. I'm in my late twenties, work as a software developer in the midwestern US, and have two shelter rescue black cats who are very pleased that I'm full-time remote these days.

I'm currently in the process of attempting to teach myself to draw--which has also turned out to be an exercise in relearning how to learn outside of an academic environment. I've made less progress than I think I would have liked on both fronts, but I've recently re-framed my goals and thought processes to be more in line with the saying "make progress, not perfection" and have found that to be a much healthier headspace.

As for other hobbies, I'm a recent convert to fighting games thanks to picking up Guilty Gear: Strive about a year and a half ago. The genre as a whole just finally clicked with me after a friend convinced me to give Strive a shot, and I've really enjoyed the chance to catch up on literally an entire genre of games I'd previously written off as not for me. I main I-no in Strive, Lee and Bryan in Tekken 7, and most recently Deejay in Street Fighter 6.

I'm also a musician, although since I play trombone I can't really practice all that much thanks to living in an apartment at the moment. I need to do some work to get myself back to where I was in college there, and as much as I enjoy working through Rochut etudes, technical studies, and solo lit... I don't think my neighbors would be pleased, hah. I've considered picking up a somewhat quieter instrument to learn in order to keep my music fundamentals in a good place, with cello currently being the leading option.

Looking forward to getting settled in here and finding a community or two to get myself involved in a bit more regularly!

Hey folks, call me Ward. I'm approaching 30, currently living in the PNW, and about a year into my new career in SWE. (What a whirlwind of a life change, btw.) Having lurked here over the past several days, I'm excited to have received an invite to join the party.

Online communities circa the mid-'00s to early-'10s were a massive part of my childhood. Notably, beginning around 2005, I became completely engrossed in the collection of online communities that popped up during the premier season of Avatar: The Last Airbender's initial airing. Although this was so long ago, I can still remember how important those forums, IRC channels, and blogs were for a lonely queer kid in the southern US itching to just relate to anyone. Hell, the friendly admin of a then-popular Avatar fanpage is solely responsible for 10-year-old me learning basic webdev when she helped me ditch the GeoCities editor and improve my own page. (Hope you're doing well out there, Minty. You likely completely changed the trajectory of my life without even knowing.)

I participated in these and similar spaces well into my teenage years and after, but things just died down over the past decade. I don't know if it had to do with changes in my own life, or if it was the rapid rise and subsequent gradual enshitification of modern social platforms-turned-gumball-machines-for-anger-dopamine-and-isolation. Maybe both.

I guess I haven't really reflected on this until recently. I used to love the internet. I loved making connections and taking part in discussions. I'm pretty sure the lessons I learned from those communities largely shaped the adult I am today. The closest thing to that experience was Reddit, but—despite the embarrassing screen time Apollo achieved on my phone—I hadn't actually actively contributed to any Reddit communities since 2015.

Anyway, I'm rambling. It's been incredibly refreshing reading everyone's contributions to this space over the past couple of days. Maybe this platform and its philosophies can help me rediscover the internet I knew. Cheers.

Hello everyone.

I am also a reddifugee. Over the years I have lost interest in that plateform due to how repetitive discussions had become. Instead of discussing, I would either resort to small quips or just lurking. The only thing I will truelly miss is how reddit condensates all the news I need on my favourite subjects. I hope I can have some thoughtful intetactions on tildes although I think the amount of time I spend on the internet is decreasing.

Funny thung about me : I have a PhD in mechanics centered around tribology. I wonder if anyone knows about what that is. I don't feel confortable talking about much more personnal details.

Hi, another reddit refugee here. Spent seven years there mainly because of the Linux subs (which is how I originally found reddit). Other areas of interest for me are: Harry Potter, decluttering, digital art, The Sims 2 and my home country (Germany).
I've been lurking the past few days and am super excited to join this awesome community! Hopefully I will be able to make good contributions. (The high standard of the comments on here is great but also a little intimidating)

Wow, I haven't logged into my ~ account since 2018. Happy to see things are growing. Welcome everybody!!!

Another 12-year Reddit refugee here (different username), lurked for a few days to get a feel for this place before I posted. Greatly appreciate the invite. Love the feel of this place - reminds me of when you could find genuine community online where people wanted to talk to each other instead of at each other (I’ve been on the internet long enough that I was once a BBS sysop, so I’ve been a part of a lot of great communities that are, alas, now defunct).

Me … work in research, play several instruments and sing (everything from classical to folk to metal), enjoy travel, sports, the outdoors, arts and culture, and good food (making and eating). A bit nomadic, currently considering another move because periodic change is good. Oh, and I have an old cat.

I’m not a prolific poster but like to engage substantively so Tildes looks like a good fit. I look forward to getting to know everyone.

Hello.

I'm one more among the growing list of disgruntled soon-to-be-former Reddit users, given that the third party application RiF will have to shut down, and I'm certainly not going to be using the official application. I'll be staying there just long enough to see just how far the trainwreck goes, but in the meantime I'm checking out the alternatives, and Tildes looks like a pretty nice one. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the website looks and functions perfectly on a mobile browser without it being at the expense of how it displays on desktop, so that's a very good start.

As for a bit about myself, I hail from France, and I am a walking geek stereotype. I have an interest in video games and programming (though I'm not good at either) as well as technology in general. I'm the type of person to spend more time tinkering with configuration than actually using their computer. I look forward to seeing how Tildes evolves :)

I'm Lise, though my reddit handle was OneTrueChaika, I joined Reddit in November 2014. Though i'd been aware of the site, and casually used it prior I never felt the push to make an account up to that point. I've naturally been pretty dismayed with the direction the sites going for awhile now. Religiously using RES on desktop to force permanent old.reddit.com. I find the new reddit site layout to be effectively unusable even with application of Ublock Origin on Firefox.

Fun fact, I do security engineering and contracting. Work in hazardous materials operation, and body recovery + rescue in an industrial setting. All very exciting stuff though the work naturally means I have to spend a lot of time at work browsing timewasters like Reddit in case an emergency happens.

I'm also shamelessly into VTubers, and currently commissioning my own model + rig in order to share my deep passion for niche videogames. Granted i'll likely have to quit my current job, and move into more casual private security contracting gigs to have enough time off to stream.

Also a former professional level Saxaphonist, Pianist, and Guitarist. Music was a major interest of mine growing up, though i've found myself growing apart from it in adulthood over the last almost decade.

Hey everyone,
I'm also leaving Reddit after many years (and many years using RIF). I've worked in marketing, sales and project management, mostly in small tech/software companies. At my current job my focus is on content writing.
On Reddit I enjoyed learning more about topics I'm interested in like tech, AI, SEO/content writing, science or foreign politics/countries and also getting different opinions and views on things. Well and of course I love animals so I enjoyed those specific subreddits, too :-)
I'm no native speaker so sorry in advance if I'm making some mistakes.

Hello hello!

I'm another Reddit refugee (of 11 years! almost 12, yeesh; same username, for what it's worth). My main interests are in tech, gaming, and politics. I'm a huge fan of RuPaul's Drag Race.

I've worked in education in a past life, and the best description of my current profession is that I work in analytics. :)

This little niche community looks delightful. Hopefully the best parts of Reddit migrate here, too!

Hiya!

I'm a reddit refugee from the r/teenagers subreddit! I've been on reddit for most of my HS years (so about 4 years) and I'm actually going to college in the fall! I didn't agree with a lot of what I saw on the Spez AMA and thought the site is severely gonna suffer after all the subs go dark or go inactive like r/videos...

I do hope tildes turns into something cool and would love to be part of its growth and development in my free time as I start my collegiate career! My main interests are: anime, cooking, ballet, piano, tennis, and sleeping lol.

Hi everyone.

I am an archaeologist, landscape designer and light saber auction collector. I was on Reddit for 10 years and am happy to say that the tildes icon has replaced my RIF icon on my phones home screen.

Generally I appreciate reading about people's thoughts on issues and I will only add to the discussion if it hasn't already been said.

Hi!

I’m an artist (mostly visual and new media art) based in France. It has been my main activity for about a year. Previously I used to work in a small association, producing artworks and films, where I had the chance to met amazing people, and even doing a project with The Residents.
Aside I also work as a video editor, artists assistant, etc… Because I don’t know how long I could sustain this, I’m currently learning web development.

Like many people I was on reddit for a long time, almost 12 years, before slowly leaving it.
I'd already come across tildes a while back and enjoyed the discussions. I'm glad to have received an invitation and to be able to be part of the community.

English is not my first language so I may sometimes have wrong phrasing.

Hello everyone. I am a journeyman plumber from the state of Kentucky, and outside of work I am a book worm and a firearms enthusiast. A long time ago I spent some time in the US Army as a combat medic, so combat medicine is another interest of mine. Like many I have abandoned reddit due to the recent events taking place over there, but I am really enjoying the atmosphere of Tildes so far.

Hey everyone! I'm a 5-year Reddit user who decided to call it quits after I found out that Apollo, my Reddit client of choice, would cease to work due to the recent changes. I've been browsing this website without an account for a few weeks (I was first introduced to it years ago, though), and I've been liking the community quite a lot. Excited to have more conversations on here!

I'm also a university student in Canada studying Microbiology, and I love talking about science, U.S. and Canadian politics, F1, and tons of other stuff. See ya around!

Hey everybody! To keep with the trend: reddit user for 10+ years. My experiences with online communities growing up were late 90's and early 00's forums, along with self hosted Geocities and Angelfire fansites with "guestbook" comments. I'm very excited to be here and am in such agreement with the philosophies of this site that I feel they could have been written by me!

Hobbies/Interests: amateur astronomy, books and reading, plants and gardening, music, video games, anime, personal finance.

Most of my reddit career was spent in discussions in hobby-related subreddits, so I feel like I will fit in well here!

Hi There,
I'm a reddit refugee and learnt about Tildes in the most recent reddit debacle. English is my second language, so please excuse weird wordings and grammar errors.

My original reddit user name was taken already on Tildes, but I have been using reddit for over 15 years, mainly as a lurker but with intermittent contributions. I hope, Tildes will be a pleasant experience with interesting topics and civil discussions that I can contribute to :)

Bye Bye reddit. Hello Tildes!

Hey everyone! 👋

Tildes' community has really persuaded me to join! I have been lurking for a few weeks and the recent reddit exodus only made this site even better so I'm finally coming out of the shadows.

despite the username, feel free to call me pickles. I'm a gamer, manga reader, and overall, boring.

I manage a school that teaches kids to swim. Water safety and swimming lessons are important, people!

super excited to be a part of this community and for quality online discussion!

Hey all!

I'm coming here off RIF after 12 years of use. The way Reddit has been handling this whole API debacle has been really upsetting to me and even if they reverse course last minute, I don't plan on going back. The upside to it is I'm here now and I'm really excited to be a part of the Tildes community.

My background is in software engineering. Currently I like to focus on the frontend side of development after having tried each layer of the tech stack at many different companies from small startups to fortune 100. I'm hoping to carve out some time to contribute to Tildes code base at some point.

Looking forward to interacting with you all!

Hi, I posted in the previous thread, but hadn't really got the feel for this place and didn't include much detail.

I am a book lover with a degree in literature and was recently admitted to a degree program for a Masters in Library Science. I also happen to currently be an attorney in California. I was diagnosed with a chronic illness and need a less stressful career.

I have been married since 2006 but no kids.

Recently I have enjoyed watching Midnight Diner and Derry Girls. I'm also a big fan of the IT Crowd and Bojack Horseman.

In the past I have enjoyed games like DragonAge, Witcher 3, Mass Effect but I have developed a hand tremor and need to use mouse clicks for future gaming, not controllers as far as I can tell.

Looking forward to getting to know people.

Hi everyone! I'm Jack. Yet another reddit refugee... sort of. Deimos sent me an invite and I activated the account in 2018 but I never used it until a few days ago. So anyway I was/am a 17 year vet of Reddit. I mod a couple of small subs now but I used to mod /r/motorcycles back in the day. Eventually the sub changed around me and I wasn't a good fit so I stepped down.. at this point it feels like Reddit has changed as well and I'm once again not a good fit. That's ok, this seems like a good spot. I have been pleasantly surprised to see the amount of D&D and RPG posts on the main page here. I'm old enough that I started playing D&D in the very late 80's. Red Box anyone? It was weird and not cool at all and it's strange for me to see RPG's being accepted and normalized. So cool. I used to run Vampire LARP's in the late 90's. I did a Cthulhu LARP once. So uh.. do I do any non-dork stuff? Um.. I'm a linux user? I'm an english major though and my computer-fu is a mess of "Whatever it's mostly working close enough."

Oh, and I read a lot of books, english major, go figure. I am slightly addicted to ellipsis .. Thanks for the invite Deimos! Sorry it took so long to get myself here!

Hi all, I'm Kazarelth - leaving behind Reddit to access this lovely old-vibey Internet place. I've realised I missed this chill small community feeling for so long - I've also recently become more active on Mastodon and I really do enjoy the feeling.

• Early 30s, living in Singapore, originally from India
• Picked up a guitar during the Great Lockdown of 2020, and thanks to Rocksmith became incredibly obsessed with it, and music making in general. Got me an OP-Z for my birthday and now I have an unruly collection of second hand synths and audio interfaces
• Into video games - got a Steam Deck last year and it's really made me get back to gaming like nothing else has. Worth the saving-up for.
• Love reading SF/F books. I also narrate for Escape Pod, and other Escape Artists Productions. In the process of writing more stories myself - something I stopped because of Life reasons for about 7-8 years now..
• In a fairly standard white collar job that sometimes is stressful but it pays the bills
• I have two wonderful cats

Feeling very upbeat about this community! It really feels like a throwback to the late 00s when I discovered Twitter, Reddit etc. and made a lot of friends (still have some very good friends from Twitter, despite the hellsite it is now)

I'm zeda on here, but registering my usual handle as I apparently forgot to :D

12 years on reddit apparently. I'd kinda stopped using it though, I've been wary of the admins' lack of communication and anti-user stances for a while (vote weights, letting Victoria go are the ones that spring to mind for me) as well as the general quality of discourse.
Created an account here but like jacksheerin I also only checked it out intermittently 😅 glad to see this resurgence though! Plenty of other changes in my life so I can probably remember to archive my old stuff and come here.

I like: Javascript (vanilla 😆), board games, chatting with pals for long periods of time, learning new stuff (lately rust, godot, a bit of cooking). Some anime, and vocaloid tunes/covers, anything with good music or cool visuals. I used to spend a fair bit of time on TF2 and minecraft but haven't had the time for games for a while aside from a tiny gatcha-game. (Time to duel :P)
I mostly lurk and hang out in niche topic-specific places. If you like Frasier or Baneposting/Breaking Bad memes (Bravo Vince Nolan), chances are we'll rub shoulders at some point. 😄

Happy to meet everyone! 🙋‍♂️

Hi everyone! 7 year Reddit vet who heard about this place in the quick sinking of the ship (a RiF user myself). I had to ask for an invite once I saw this place -- I'm an old pioneer of the early Internet days, and used to make my home on many an old discussion boards. I've never made a meme, and only ever really like to write long-form text, so...this seems a perfect fit!

I have two cats, two dogs, and a wonderful husband (who I convinced to come over here as well!). I love video games (RPGs, action adventure, etc.), reading (Sanderson is my favorite author and Robin Hobb is my current obsession), D&D, traveling, and learning new things. Very casually learning Japanese and guitar right now to keep the mind fresh.

Call me ZK. Moving soon. Software engineer, gamer, hobby artist and music producer. I tend to keep my head down. Started looking at Tildes a while ago as a place to be that wasn't as rage-inducing as every other social media platform I was using at the time; only got the gumption to join up yesterday.

Yeah, yeah, I've got a nine year history on Reddit, and I dumpstered it because I can't use RIF anymore.

Hello! I'm Brad. I'm a 15 year veteran of Reddit. I'm here like many of you all looking for a new home after the recent decisions regarding the API and Reddit. I work from home for a FinTech company so I'm really looking forward to building this community with everyone. My hobbies include amateur radio, video games, and camping. Great to see this place taking off!

8 year Reddit Veteran here, but my reddit profile somehow lost a few years to its name. Not sure how it happened.. Anyways I hope to make this place my new home, I won't use Reddit after the 1st unles Spez steps down. Even then who knows, that website has not made good decisions.

Hi, I am Melvin. I found out about this place from the reddit is fun subreddit. I am super into gardening, plants in general, bugs are cool too. I have a little tiny homestead with cats and ducks. Plant centric communities have some of the nicest people ever, so I hope some of you all are plant people too :) Dm me if you want help identifying a creepy crawly.

I am always saving recommendations for things I don't already know about, so it's been nice to see some of the posts about what apps people use, what websites people frequent, etc. I am grateful to have a place for discussion that is not reddit, as I have gotten weirdly attached to it, and really don't like the way it's making me feel right now.

Tag me into the Reddit refugee camp. I'm a developer/biology nerd/bartender and hope to contribute to future conversations here :)

I develop SaaS applications and am venturing into the world of resource management game development.

I bounce back and forth between Colorado and Puerto Rico and look forward to good discussions about tech and languages/culture. I look forward to this being my new home :D

Edit: Can we get a mycology section questionmark :)

Hi all. I've been using tildes for a few days but haven't introduced myself yet.

I'm buzziebee. Another Reddit refugee. Spent far too many hours on there over the last 12 years or so.

Originally I browsed on desktop with RES, but since RIF launched I've been on there pretty much exclusively. Very much looking forward to the app by @talklittle (consider donating here if you can afford it and want to help with that) as the browser on my phone often crashes whilst text inputs are open and I like stack navigation for this kind of forum.

I found out about tildes from someone posting about the app which will be made. Instantly fell in love with the concept and philosophy. Incredibly grateful to have been given an invite. I only wish more people like myself could join straight away as I think there are a lot of people who wish to be a part of a community like this, though I fully and completely understand the logic of letting in batches of users. Just survivors guilt probably.

I'm a fullstack typescript developer by trade. Done a variety of other jobs but I'm hesitant to post too much job history for privacies sake. However you may see me pitch in about stuff to do with factory automation. Looking forward to contributing to the code too when I get a little time.

I love to watch and talk about films and tv shows.
I read a lot of sci fi.
I love to cook and eat.
I do game but not as much as I used to. Working at a desk all day puts me off spending more hours at my PC, and I usually go for single player experiences on my Xbox but I haven't been too impressed with the selection the last couple of years there. Favorite games are Stellaris, halo, bioshock, Witcher 3, and outer wilds.
I've been learning unity recently with the aim of experimenting with the idea of a VR space fleet RTS.
I've always been interested in startups and have had a go at a few which didn't pan out. Always got something cooking, very excited about this current one. Could be the one!
Done a digital nomad trial run which worked well. Been following the sub on Reddit for about a decade. One day I plan do it full time for a few years, but it's been great keeping abreast of what people are up to on there.

I tend to write for a while, but I'll cut it off there.

Looking forward to spending some quality time with you all here on tildes.

Hi, I've been on reddit for ~10 years. Though I already fell out of love with reddit years ago, big drama is a good time to see what other places folks were recommending. And now here I am!

My interests include video games, anime, Linux computing, and casual hiking. Recently, I've been getting into self-hosting and trying to get back into reading regularly after a college Great Books track burned me out.

From lurking around a bit, I'm happy to see that this sort of community can still exist out in the net. I'll do my best to contribute well and I look forward to the great conversations we'll have!

Greetings, it is I, David, a tech engineer by day, sometimes writer and gamer by night. Digg and now reddit refugee (account is ~13-14 years old, but was definitely reading it a bit more as a lurker before that).

My interests vary widely from writing and reading, to tabletop RPGs (generally not D&D), to woodworking, and rock climbing. I like to dabble in the tech arcane from time to time to continue to use my ill gotten gains on homelab equipment as well. I'm a shitty programmer but I got a little bit of that under my belt too and working (slowly) to improve that as my brain allows it. I enjoy dad jokes and my favorite color is probably red.

I probably have a mix of adhd and/or autism (which I'll have more diagnosis for later this year), but got the internal remix of cptsd, anxiety, and depression to get me thru life currently. I have a bit of a pessimistic world-view (who doesn't, really, in my generation) across life as a whole, but got nothing else better going on than to see how it goes for myself and fight for equality for those that for whatever reason don't have my views.

I am a yinzer (pittsburgher) by location for the almost two decades now, but born in the Appalachian Mountains in northern Virginia and have lived throughout them and love them as my home away from home.

Hello, I'm nobody special- just your friendly neighborhood Takodachi. I'm a college student who's trying his best, but right now I'm working on my school's internship subject. I just hope I get decent grades.

I like cats and cheese. Smoked Gouda's probably the best I've tasted, and any cat is the best cat. I think that's about it :D

Hey, little_sister here - 16 year reddit refugee been hanging around a few days and I am still getting used to everything.

I work in tech by day, but most of my interests and post are related to cooking (sourdough bread stuff specifically) and dog related stuff (who doesn't like seeing random pictures of good dogs throughout the day).

I think the hardest part was going through my old post history and seeing how I've changed through the years - pictures of my late dog as a young pup and throughout her life... and hilariously bad breadmaking attempts up to current day (where I am doing pretty well, I think)... I still don't know how I feel losing all of that, but I plan to delete it, regardless, before the 30th.

I'm open to talk about anything, though especially looking forward to finding some more bread related conversationalists. I think my biggest fear with this site is that what I post isn't thought out enough and I get intimidated... With the niche subreddits, at least I knew I was talking to other people that were interested in niche concepts. I felt okay about posting when it was to other people who were interested in the same topic... I'm a little more hesitant now to post anything because I don't know that it'll be interesting to people at large.

Hell, everyone! Another Reddit refugee. Father of one beautiful baby girl. Avid fan of Roman history, strategy games, jrpgs. Also picked my username after the edgiest Dragonlance character, because he was the coolest person in the world when I was 15.

Hi Tildes. Yet another Reddit 'fugee - thanks for having me. I lean on the Lurker side more than Poster.
It's been nice seeing some actual conversations happening here. It's also made me realise that the other site was just an incessant dopamine feedback loop a la social media that's probably melted my brain (note: initial visit here had me skipping over some comments because they were too long... Sounds like my brain was seeking them good chemicals for less effort!).
Me:

• Work in finance
• Love food - good eats over fine dining any day
• Too many hobbies, such that I am master at none of them (PC building, gaming, photography, disc golf, have just learned to swim after too many years on this planet, music production, dabbling in Stable Diffusion AI art, competitive table tennis, I should stop listing things off this is getting embarrassing, etc.)

Look forward to hanging out and hope to contribute to the party. Keep being you, beautiful people.

Hello everyone, I've been here since 2018 but haven't really commented anything. I've been checking in every month or two for a bit, and now that reddit's down and my niche subs aren't around, I'm hopeful we'll start having a few more niche tildes here!

Hello! I'm JD. I'm an 11 year Reddit refugee. RIP Rif. Looking forward to the app that the dev is working on for Tildes!

I'm an electrician of 7 years turned Critical Facilities Tech at a data center. I mostly just keep things running here like the generators and our cooling plants, maintenance with a fancy title, but we bear the responsibility of making sure the facility doesn't go down. we are allotted something like 7 seconds of downtime a year, so it get a bit stressful when things go wrong.

I also help run the largest trades Discords where we all can talk shop and help answer questions for apprentices and homeowners alike.

I'm currently building a new 3d printer, and starting to learn how to design things in CAD when I have nothing going on during my night shifts. I've also dabbled in circuit design via modular synths but that project fell through due to financial issues years back, just haven't picked it back up yet.

Reddit vet, been on since 2014, moderated a few subs including wholesome memes, left moderation as I got a new job that was busy and the trolls and right wing hate was getting to me. Work cloud engineering and love everything tech, science. Queer/Trans and have done a couple talks on it including at military units so you can ask me questions if you want.

Would like dedicated subs like reddit and an admin team. Don't want the @Deimos to get burned out before being able to help.

Hello All. My name is CrazyProfessor02. I was a long term lurker on Reddit for the past 5 years. I also made my account on Reddit to jump on the dog pile that was most down voted post in Reddit's history. So many wouldn't know me from there. Honestly my hobbies are mostly the vein of video games, history, food (with the combination of history). And along with music from blues to all the way to Melodic death metal. So that is really much a jump that will give you whiplash.

And might I interest you in my favorite hypothesis of how civilization had started.

You might see me on Kbin also.

Reddit vet here, mod of /r/Nintendo.

Into gaming, obviously, and I like photography.

Check out http://razorbeamz.com if you want to find my other socials.

¡Hola, amigos! I'm excited to be here. I am a dad, husband, avid surfer, and rock hound. I also have 2 chihuahua rescues who like to explore canyons with me while I hunt for rocks. I just finished my 15th year teaching in San Diego and I am looking forward to learning new things from all you amazing folks!

Hi! I'm a Reddit refugee, looking for a new home for meaningful discussions about interesting topics. Started on Reddit (under the same username) in 2010, as a Digg refugee. Professionally, I'm a software architect and technical lead. I spend my off-time volunteering on affordable housing construction, playing beer league ice hockey, and cooking. Married to a wonderful woman, and we have no kids (and never will). Looking forward to checking this place out, and hoping to find a new home here!

Hey all! Technically not new here, but I was never really active and it's been a while since I even lurked. With the Reddit situation, it seemed like a good time to return and see what's up.

I'm also a 10+ year reddit refugee. I was going to delete my account if RedReader lost access to the API. Because it is non-profit and has accessibility features, it seems like it will keep its access (which is great for those who need it). But, after the awful AMA and the way the Apollo dev was treated, I decided to delete my account anyway.

Looking forward to trying out tildes. I really like the minimalist approach and low-overhead of the site. I also appreciate the privacy statement and focus on being respectful of users' data.

Hello! I'm another one from the Digg -> Reddit -> Tildes pipeline. I'm a broadcast engineer (both radio & TV) from the Southern US. I usually say I'm Southern, not country. Lover of animals and all things tech. I'm very much looking forward to getting to know you folks!

Hullo kind people! I'm a former 'rif is fun for Reddit' user. I'm a designer who loves mind-bending movies and haunting music. Glad to be part of this community; this feels super cozy so far!

Hey there. I'm mmoth because moth was taken (and also because I tend to reply with "Mm" perhaps more than I ought). 12 year veteran of Speztopia (since he seems hellbent on reinforcing that R--dit is his own personal fiefdom, beholden to no-one but his and his leadership's whims)

Very, very glad to be here. I'm currently joining and getting involved in as many "old internet" communities as I can--ones centered on actual productive discussions and meaningful personal relationships. I want to experience the same fun, whimsical, and yet meaningful exploratory experiences that the internet of the late 1990s/early 2000s brought to all of us. It felt like something brand new, something exciting and full of possibility.

To that end, I'm currently working on building my own HTML site by hand. A project I have conceived of for many years but never really pulled the trigger on. My interests tend to be in the occult/paranormal spaces, and I am an avid consumer of materials relating to the supernatural and the strange. I also like video gaming, art, history, philosophy, cooking, and spending time outdoors. I look forward to talking about all of these, and more, with Tildes!

9-year Old Reddit user (and RIF user since 2020, when I got my first smartphone); currently 2/3 finished with law school. Longtime moderator of /r/bikecommuting and recently a couple tiny niche subs. Love this site and its ethos, text-based discussion nature, and appearance (although if talklittle does a RIF clone for Tildes, I'll be over the moon).

I've lived car-free in a Mountain West U.S. state for more than a decade, and am an advocate for sustainable transportation and development. I'm also an avid, broad-spectrum reader (both fiction and academic nonfiction). Hoping to be a contributing member as well as learn from y'all.

Hi all! I'm Junimo, also from reddit thanks to the changes in API pricing. Looking forward to checking things out here and seeing the community grow. Really hope it takes off!

I'm bytesmythe. I was on reddit for 16 years, and previously on digg until the AACS key revolt.

I am well into middle age and have spent most of my life in tech. I work as a database developer in the manufacturing sector. I am married and have dogs.

I like

• tech (programming, self-hosting)
• science
• animals
• books (Douglas Adams [naturally], Tim Powers)
• tv shows (especially if the music was composed by Bear McCreary, for some reason)
• sci-fi / fantasy / mind-bending
• random dabbling
• Greek, Indian, and Middle Eastern food

Hello! I was an everyday Reddit user for 12 years. Sad to see it go down this way, but I’m also kind of looking forward to moving on to something new. I’m very happy with what I’ve seen lurking so far, the discussions and overall community vibe is great.

Hello. I'm no one special. Just a 10+ year Reddit vet that an invite from another redditor. I hope this website takes off. :)

Howdy tildes I'm Abe. Just scopin' out the place while the former haunts implode. I very much enjoy video games (TOTK on Switch, Witcher Blood and Wine on Xbox, and TLOU2 on PS currently), live music (everything, marginal focus on punk rock and hip-hop. Last show I saw was Billy Strings, next show is Drain and Drug Church), art, playing guitar, etc. I like hobbies, I guess. I'm pushing 50 and starting to feel it. Tampa Bay represent!

Hey Tildes community (Tilders?),

I suppose this is my "Hello World!" comment.

I am a software dev and avid gamer from Canada.

Like so many of you commenting here, I too have discovered Tildes because of Reddit. I had been looking to diversify my reading habits for awhile now, and the latest issues involving API changes got me motivated again.

I am happy to have a social, aggregator style site I can come to and get some perspective on things. Though I will likely visit here daily, I also want to spend more effort seeking out stories and articles that interest me on my own. There was a great post about the Ennui Engine on here recently that made me think about how I was ingesting content and I want to try to fight the path of least resistance.

In my short time lurking here I am impressed with the quality of posts and comments. I am thankful to have a voice in this community and look forward to hanging out with you.

Hello!
Formally u/drwbry on that other site. Main mod of the motorcycle community r/Triumph.
Really liking what I am seeing here so far and the breath of fresh air that is Tildes.
In my free time I enjoy playing pickup soccer, trying out new restaurants, traveling, and convincing myself it's time to hit the Steam backlog.
Professionally, I work as an executive for a small software consulting company. I love my job and the various people and companies I get to work with.
Looking forward to being part of this community and seeing what it turns into.

Hello. I joined Reddit in 2016 (with the same username as I have here) so I could post on a sub for a Minecraft mod. I'd been on 4Chan (which you don't really "join") since late '08, when I was just a smidge underaged. I followed Pokémon closely from the dawn era of Pokémania until Dexit and Gen VIII, and Minecraft from b1.7.3 until 1.17. According to Steam, the game I have the most hours in is No Man's Sky.