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This is great: fast, interesting content, comments, voting, but... I can't do anything until I get an invite. Tedious. This invite only model sucks an 18-metr

This is great: fast, interesting content, comments, voting, but... I can't do anything until I get an invite. Tedious. This invite only model sucks an 18-metre radius dog anus. We've seen it far too many times before. It's really boring and overdone and needs to die. Seriously, just let us in. And I know what you're thinking, "Wow, this comment is super-obnoxious and we don't want this kind of person in here", but check my karma: it's pretty good. You've just crossed a line. The problem here is I'm getting old and one day I'm going to die and I only have so much breath left in my body, so I don't have the time or the patience for your infuriating invite only model. Please: stop arsing around and open it up.

daviross 7y ago
I have no dog in this fight, but check my karma: it's pretty good. You've just crossed a line. What does that have to do with anything? You're not wrong that your comment is super obnoxious, so if you're aware of the issue... why not just not? (I'm sure that the response would be "the invite-only model merits being a jerk in response", but given the topic is community it feels like believing something that self-serving/self-perpetuating of malbehavior ought to be disqualifying.)
panarky 7y ago
Tildes is a nice community. We don't tolerate assholes. If deimorz lets you in, please do better than this comment.
- Fjolsvith 7y ago
  This could also be described as being cliquish, or an echo chamber.
  - panarky 7y ago
    I've found Tildes to be welcoming to a wide variety of ideas, opinions and world views. We're hostile to trolls, saboteurs, personal attacks, self-promotion and repeated empty or trivial junk comments. If it's cliquish to discourage activity that makes social spaces miserable, then that's the kind of clique I'd like to belong to.
    - Fjolsvith 7y ago
      Personal attacks and derision of my point of view were what I experienced right before being called a troll and banned. Its unfortunate that some social spaces are uncomfortable with divergent viewpoints.
      - panarky 7y ago
        Sounds like Tildes is not the right community for you.
        Fjolsvith 7y ago
        Exactly. Not as wide of a variety of ideas, opinions and world views as you make it out to be.
        scrollaway 7y ago
        Or maybe it is wide, and your opinions are just really out there (or you really were in fact an asshole.). If everyone keeps calling you out, it's possible the problem isn't with everyone. I'm not saying that's always the case, I'm just pointing out the odds aren't in your favour.
        Fjolsvith 7y ago
        Perhaps. But culling an invite-only community tends to result in an echo chamber.
        scrollaway 7y ago
        I don't remember how many bans there have been on Tildes to date but it's either two or three, and they're always a big deal. So I don't know about your definition of "culling".
        Fjolsvith 7y ago
bananamerica 7y ago
Tildes is a heavily moderated community with strict guidelines. Right now it doesn't have the advanced moderation tools required to accommodate an unlimited number of people while still enforcing quality content and civil interactions. Anyway, you haven't got an invite yet, send an email to mrbig033@protonmail.com asking for invite code. Please include your Hacker News username in the message. We'll be happy to have you!

daviross 7y ago

I have no dog in this fight, but check my karma: it's pretty good. You've just crossed a line. What does that have to do with anything? You're not wrong that your comment is super obnoxious, so if you're aware of the issue... why not just not? (I'm sure that the response would be "the invite-only model merits being a jerk in response", but given the topic is community it feels like believing something that self-serving/self-perpetuating of malbehavior ought to be disqualifying.)

panarky 7y ago

Tildes is a nice community. We don't tolerate assholes. If deimorz lets you in, please do better than this comment.

Fjolsvith 7y ago
This could also be described as being cliquish, or an echo chamber.
- panarky 7y ago
  I've found Tildes to be welcoming to a wide variety of ideas, opinions and world views. We're hostile to trolls, saboteurs, personal attacks, self-promotion and repeated empty or trivial junk comments. If it's cliquish to discourage activity that makes social spaces miserable, then that's the kind of clique I'd like to belong to.
  - Fjolsvith 7y ago
    Personal attacks and derision of my point of view were what I experienced right before being called a troll and banned. Its unfortunate that some social spaces are uncomfortable with divergent viewpoints.
    - panarky 7y ago
      Sounds like Tildes is not the right community for you.
      - Fjolsvith 7y ago
        Exactly. Not as wide of a variety of ideas, opinions and world views as you make it out to be.
        scrollaway 7y ago
        Or maybe it is wide, and your opinions are just really out there (or you really were in fact an asshole.). If everyone keeps calling you out, it's possible the problem isn't with everyone. I'm not saying that's always the case, I'm just pointing out the odds aren't in your favour.
        Fjolsvith 7y ago
        Perhaps. But culling an invite-only community tends to result in an echo chamber.
        scrollaway 7y ago
        I don't remember how many bans there have been on Tildes to date but it's either two or three, and they're always a big deal. So I don't know about your definition of "culling".
        Fjolsvith 7y ago

bananamerica 7y ago

Tildes is a heavily moderated community with strict guidelines. Right now it doesn't have the advanced moderation tools required to accommodate an unlimited number of people while still enforcing quality content and civil interactions. Anyway, you haven't got an invite yet, send an email to mrbig033@protonmail.com asking for invite code. Please include your Hacker News username in the message. We'll be happy to have you!