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+---
+published: true
+date: may 31 2022
+title: 5 years of tilde.team
+author: ben
+---
+
+as of may 30 tilde.team is 5 years old!
+
+the early days were hectic and the memories for me are a bit hazy so i'm going
+off the date that the domain was registered.
+according to WHOIS info:
+
+    Creation Date: 2017-05-30T20:25:48Z
+
+at the time of writing (one day late) we have 1224 members. 219 people have logged
+in since the last reboot.
+
+i'm not particularly good at words but tilde.team has been a massive part of my
+life over the last 5 years and i'm so grateful for all you folks who make it fun
+and enjoyable to hang out here.
+
+keep on making cool things and see ya 'round!
+