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wagesof ( @wagesof@links.wageoffsite.com ) 74•11 months agoWtf is tildes?
Another great alternative to Reddit. It’s also a non-profit.
TimewornTraveler ( @TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee ) 72•11 months agoCool! Don’t care! Fuck Tildes. And I’m a longtime RIF user and Tildes alpha user. (And it’s still in alpha, years later…) It’s a weird ass place over there. Not too keen on their “private club” theme centered around the “God of Tildes” either.
Derin ( @derin@lemmy.beru.co ) 23•11 months agoWhile I prefer Lemmy more, I’m enjoying my time there.
Can you cite any examples of weird behavior centered around its admin? I don’t read Tildes enough to have noticed it, I guess.
conductor ( @conductor@lemmy.ml ) 4•11 months agoI’m also a Tildes alpha user, and while I don’t go there very often, I’m pretty surprised to see all this hate. Never had any issues with the site operator myself, nor have I heard about any issues. Can you elaborate?
Poringo ( @Poringo@lemmy.zip ) 31•11 months agoSadly tildes is invite only it seems.
gabe [he/him] ( @gabe@literature.cafe ) English40•11 months agoFrom what I can recall, you aren’t missing much. The power hungry admins are intense there.
AnonymousLlama ( @AnonymousLlama@kbin.social ) 20•11 months agoIt looks like they have their own “vibe” and rigorously enforce it in their own community. That’s fine, it’s their service after all. Feels a bit strange to turn away potential new users when people are looking for viable alternatives
habanhero ( @habanhero@lemmy.ca ) 4•11 months agoI don’t think Tildes is turning anyone away, not sure where that narrative comes from. Anyone can request an invite from the owner themselves.They are just not looking for explosive growth like some of the other services are.
In fact I think the invite system is an effective way to keep the boys away as the free-for-all signups are easier to game.
reflex ( @reflex@kbin.social ) 13•11 months agoSadly tildes is invite only it seems.
People parrot this as if getting a Tildes invite is like getting invited to join the Freemasons or something like that—it’s not that hard to get an invite.
And for those who are just going to lurk, you don’t even need to register to view everything.
ghost_laptop ( @gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml ) 13•11 months agoAfaik you just email him and he will give you one it is not like they are overwhelmed with people.
lunaticneko ( @lunaticneko@lemmy.ml ) 3•11 months agoReceived an invite after a week.
It isn’t bad of a turnaround time, really.
jordanlund ( @jordanlund@kbin.social ) 5•11 months agoI have 5 invites I can give out, PM me if you’re interested!
JWBananas ( @JWBananas@kbin.social ) 2•11 months agoI would love one if they’re still available
wildeaboutoskar ( @wildeaboutoskar@beehaw.org ) 1•11 months agoI would love one please if you still have some!
jordanlund ( @jordanlund@kbin.social ) 1•11 months agoCan’t seem to figure out how to PM you, so here you go, hope nobody steals it out from under you. :( I have 3 left to give after this one:
JWBananas ( @JWBananas@kbin.social ) 1•11 months agoThank you!
WackyTabbacy42069 ( @WackyTabbacy42069@reddthat.com ) 1•11 months agoI’d love an invite if you’re down to give em!
jordanlund ( @jordanlund@kbin.social ) 1•11 months agoCan’t seem to figure out how to PM you, so here you go, hope nobody steals it out from under you. :( I have 2 left to give after this one:
Very_Bad_Janet ( @Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social ) 4•11 months agoIf you haven’t received an invite to join Tildes yet, just email invites@tildes.net and ask. I received one 2 weeks after requesting.
TiredNerdDad ( @TiredNerdDad@lemmy.ml ) 31•11 months agoI’ve honestly never heard of Tildes til this post. As far as I can tell since there’s no API he’s just scraping html which is not ideal, but still it’s worth checking out. I love that developers are still determined to make 3rd party apps.
CUFTA22 ( @cufta22@programming.dev ) English13•11 months agoI wanted to check the code to see if hes actually mad enough to do it aaaand it’s closed source
ReversalHatchery ( @ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org ) English2•11 months agoIf you know some Java, you may try to look into it with Jadx. It’s a Java decompiler with Android support, and can also export code an Android Studio project if you don’t like the built-in code viewer. It’s on GitHub.
ipkpjersi ( @ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml ) 11•11 months agoThat seems like a pretty bad platform to develop an app for then lol at least APIs try to maintain backwards-compatibility (and give you only the data you need in an easier format), I can’t imagine that being sustainable long-term.
AnonymousLlama ( @AnonymousLlama@kbin.social ) 20•11 months agoWas really keen on tildes for a moment when we were going through the exodus stage with Reddit. I wasn’t keen on the closed invite system.
I get they want to keep their own community and that’s fine, but it’s a shame they wanted to limit their growth in a time when people were looking for alternatives
snooggums ( @snooggums@kbin.social ) 8•11 months agoProbably limited to keep the infrastructure from getting overwhelmed. It is a one person show after all.
KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ ( @Kushia@lemmy.ml ) English19•11 months agoI’m a long time RIF user myself and as much as it would be great to have a Lemmy version we have so much to choose from it literally doesn’t matter at all. You can tweak Connect to basically work similar to RIF if you want.
Please don’t hate on the dev or Tildes itself, it serves no purpose at all and we are better than that as a community.
RickyRigatoni ( @RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml ) 11•11 months agoI used rif for free for so many years I better have nothing to say other than “you go girl” or else I’d feel like a real butthole.
Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.talklittle.android.tildes
Alternatively, opt-in to testing via web: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.talklittle.android.tildes
yamdoot ( @yamdoot@lemm.ee ) 2•11 months agoIs there an ios app too
chromebby ( @chromebby@kbin.social ) 3•11 months agoIOS app is in the making. RIF dev said it should be out in October.
tenkuucastle ( @tenkuucastle@kbin.tenkuu.social ) 1•11 months agoI’ve been using the app Surfboard through TestFlight, and it’s really nice!
Honestly just using it in a browser is pretty good too imo
yamdoot ( @yamdoot@lemm.ee ) 1•11 months agoTest flight is tagged with apple id. Anh idea how I can get that.
Edit: invite is on the hyperlink of the above comment.
Ganbat ( @Ganbat@lemmyonline.com ) English11•11 months agoIsn’t that the place with the admin with a god complex?
Bilb! ( @bilb@lemmy.ml ) English6•11 months agomany such cases
wildeaboutoskar ( @wildeaboutoskar@beehaw.org ) 8•11 months agoGood to hear he’s still at it. Wouldn’t have blamed him if he took a break from everything after the last few months.
Still not had an invite to check out Tildes so not seen it, but wish him well.
kingthrillgore ( @kingthrillgore@kbin.social ) 5•11 months agoThis is great! The road is finally rising with all the alternatives and as a Tildes user, i’m excited to install this, and maybe improve my engagement there.
wowwoweowza ( @wowwoweowza@lemmy.ml ) 5•11 months ago@narwal— why does Narwal still work to navigate Reddit while the other 3rd party apps don’t?
Gond0r ( @Gond0r@lemmy.nz ) 7•11 months agoNarwhal is a Reddit browsing app that will adapt to the new pricing structure by making its users pay for the app. The subscription will cost between $4 and $7, its developer said.
https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/feature/Reddit-pricing-API-charge-explained
wowwoweowza ( @wowwoweowza@lemmy.ml ) 1•11 months agoThanks.
sovietknuckles[they] ( @sovietknuckles@lemmy.ml ) 2•11 months agoIf you were trying to do a mention, it broke
wowwoweowza ( @wowwoweowza@lemmy.ml ) 1•11 months agoLemmy get used to this new app…?
alternativeninja ( @alternativeninja@lemmy.sdf.org ) 5•11 months agoLol invite only.
No thanks.
Tanglebrook ( @Tanglebrook@lemmy.ml ) 6•11 months agoYou don’t really have much choice in the matter if you haven’t been invited 😄
alternativeninja ( @alternativeninja@lemmy.sdf.org ) 4•11 months agoImagine watching reddit becoming so fucked up and going to a platform that’s even more controlling and centralized 🙄
52fighters ( @52fighters@kbin.social ) 4•11 months agoI’m confused about why RIF still works on Reddit. I thought Reddit killed 3rd party apps.
reflex ( @reflex@kbin.social ) 4•11 months agoI think if you are not logged in, the app scrapes Reddit instead of using API calls.
HotDogFingies ( @HotDogFingies@kbin.social ) 1•11 months agoDoes it? I deleted the app on the day and figured it’d just die. Also curious.