Can we create ~s?

previous discussion: https://tildes.net/~tildes/ly/ability_to_create_new_s_on_the_site

@orz, I actually just wrote a lengthy reply on reddit to a question from someone that touches on the subject of group creation that I think will answer your question as well:

Will communities that exist only to propagate/discuss hateful activities hate be removed

They won't be allowed to exist on ~ in the first place. ~ is using a group hierarchy structure similar to usenet (e.g. ~music, ~music.blues, etc) so will require much more organizational oversight than reddit and as such, all groups are currently admin created only. We have already added several new groups by popular demand such as ~comp and ~creative and intend to add more as traffic increases enough to justify them. But it is unlikely groups will ever be entirely open to new user creation like on reddit, voat and imzy (RIP).

We have considered opening up creation to more than just admins by tying it to our trust/reputation system, where if enough trusted users vote to add a group it will be created automatically. And we have also considered allowing groups to form naturally based on tag use (we have a submission tagging system on ~) so that if a certain topic overwhelms a group, e.g. #rocketleague floods ~games, then a ~games.rocketleague will automatically be created.

All of this is subject to change though since, in truth, we're not entirely decided on how best to handle group creation yet and ultimately we may stick to admin created only (taking user requests into consideration of course). As with all things on ~ we will solicit feedback and ideas from our community before implementing anything though.

TL;DR - Can users create groups? Not now, no. In future, maybe.

What is ~s???