tilde.club/faq.md

# FAQ

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## Looking to join? We can't wait to meet you!

[Several alternate sites have sprouted up](http://tilde.club/%7Epfhawkins/othertildes.html) and they have no waiting list. Feel free to join one and we can start working on ways to get everyone connected into one happy hyperlinked network of shared interests. [Here is a "where we are at now" statement](http://tilde.club/~ford/index.html#journal-2014-12-03) that explains some things.

## How did this accidentally awesome thing get started?

[Paul wrote an explanation on Medium](https://medium.com/message/tilde-club-i-had-a-couple-drinks-and-woke-up-with-1-000-nerds-a8904f0a2ebf) and you can follow along with his thinking [on his tilde blog](http://tilde.club/~ford/).

## I'm on Tilde, now what?

Tilde has a great community culture and we're trying hard to keep it that way. We're working on some netiquette outlines for people who are new to all of this. In the meantime... 

- DON'T HACK THE GIBSON.
- no drama. be respectful. have fun. we're all trying, and we're all in this together :)

## Got it, don't be a jerk. But how do I, like, do things?

Here are some good places to start

- [the unofficial official tilde primer](http://tilde.club/~anthonydpaul/primer.html)
- [some quick tips](http://tilde.club/~procload/)
- [some more quick tips](http://tilde.club/~pfhawkins/tipsntricks.html)
- [how do I usenet in Alpine](http://tilde.club/~cortex/usenet_in_pine.txt)? 
- [help me understand 'screen'](http://tilde.club/~jonathan/screen/)

## Who are all these folks and what are they up to? 

- [tell me some lore](http://tilde.club/~joeld/tildelore.html)?
- [who is online right now](http://tilde.club/~whitneymcn/whoville.shtml)?
- [who updated their websites recently](http://tilde.club/~delfuego/tilde.24h.html)?
- [who links to each other](http://tilde.club/~ford/social.html)?
- [can you give me a blogroll](http://tilde.club/~_/)?

## Other links
- [Github](https://github.com/tildeclub/tilde.club)
- [Webring](http://tilde.club/~harper/link.html?action=join) 
- [Skillswap](http://goo.gl/forms/LT2bDgtmwH)
 
## How do you pronounce "tilde"?

Tilde the word is pronounced TIL-duh. Tilde the community is pronounced TIL-dee.

We can't wait to meet you. Seriously.
 
 
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