Hey all,
Who's still here in the big year 2026? I couldn't help but notice that we're a few versions behind on OpenBSD releases, and that the https cert has expired recently.
I know this is just a hobby project, and I want to make it clear that I expect no kind of SLA or anything, just checking in.
Me? Jeeze, I've had a heck of a few years. Got fired, got a great new job, lost that job due to... Uhh, real life stuff we don't need to get into, had some shit jobs and now I'm in probably the best job I've ever had. What about you?
Is the UNIX social network stil there? What neat stuff have you seen in this space lately?
Love and peace,
~rdh
On Mon, 2026-04-06 at 07:35 +0000, rdh@tilde.institute wrote:
Hey all,
Hi one!
Who's still here in the big year 2026? I couldn't help but notice that we're a few versions behind on OpenBSD releases, and that the https cert has expired recently.
I've no answers to this.
Is the UNIX social network stil there?
The mailing lists are even more silent than the ~verse's news server. There are some other media too, but I seem to lack the New-Fediverse genes. I prefer the original Federation (SMTP, NNTP, IRC). Imo pubnixes often run far too many competing services and that spreads the few active users over far too many lonely places. Am I active? I mainly play with my Nixens at home and only occasionally try something on pubnixens. I'm a member of Pubnixens to have neighbours. It worked out better in the past.
Give <news.tilde.club> a chance?
What neat stuff have you seen in this space lately?
Here?
Good news from the "Dimension Pubnix" is rare or just does not reach me.
Maybe we get an idea how to wake up some neighbours?
Fingers crossed! ,,X_
y.
Hello two! I joined somewhat recently, and can't help but feel that I have joined at a bad time. My tendency to lurk probably is not helping, but it feels like even the tildeverse irc is quiet nowadays. Tilderadio seems to be the most active around here.
If this scene gets a new jolt of life, I hope to see it.
-- Crow
rdh@tilde.institute wrote:
Who's still here in the big year 2026? ..
I log in occasionally but have been busy with other things.
Others have also noticed the a lull in general activity on the various public unixes. I think the COVID lockdowns may have been a high point which is kind of understandable, though I'm a little surprised that having a non-commercial place to escape the ever-expanding shitshow that is social media and the Internet is general isn't a bigger attractant. Maybe text-based environment is a bigger hurdle than I thought.
-m
On Mon, Apr 06, 2026 at 07:35:22AM +0000, rdh@tilde.institute wrote:
Hey all,
Dacav checkn' in
It looks like it was a good call to set a forward(5) file!
Me? Jeeze, I've had a heck of a few years. Got fired, got a great new job, lost that job due to... Uhh, real life stuff we don't need to get into, had some shit jobs and now I'm in probably the best job I've ever had. What about you?
It looks like you had quite a 2026 so far!
Is the UNIX social network stil there? What neat stuff have you seen in this space lately?
Let's see...
It is a while I don't hang out on tilde.institute, or to any other tilde for what it matters. I logged in a few times lately, in search for inspiration from manpages. But it is for sure a long time I don't join the tildeverse IRC.
I've been hanging out on Libera.chat mostly, spent time with a few personal projects[1], loading my head with way too much stuff at $dayjob, and carrying on with a couple of children.
And trying to survive the tirendness, the horrible reality, and the current hypes. As probably anyone else.
Still in love with UNIX. Still in love with C programming. A little disenchanted.
It would be nice to see more traffic indeed.
- dacav
[1] Currently goofing around with supercazzola [https://dacav.org/projects/supercazzola] and trolling facebook by serving them gigabytes (literally!) of random text... fuck 'em.
yeti@tilde.institute wrote:
There are some other media too, but I seem to lack the New-Fediverse genes. I prefer the original Federation (SMTP, NNTP, IRC). Imo pubnixes often run far too many competing services and that spreads the few active users over far too many lonely places.
I hear ya there. SMTP and NNTP are my favorite ways to communicate, but I fear their strengths (low volume, high barrier to entry) are also causing everything to get quieter and quieter.
I enjoy all of the various services, but it does make it hard to know what you should check. Maybe it would be cool if each server put a preferred communication method in the motd. Keep the other services, but have an opinion on the matter, you know?
Of course, the answer would probably be what it is now: IRC, which is fine and fun, but I like asynch- ronous messaging.
comradecrow@tilde.institute wrote:
...My tendency to lurk probably is not helping
Hey, lurking is just about all I do! But if you ever see me in w(1), send me a message with write(1)!
meta4@tilde.institute wrote:
I'm a little surprised that having a non-commercial place to escape the ever-expanding shitshow that is social media and the Internet is general isn't a bigger attractant.
That's exactly why I first joined, and why I'm coming back to it today.
dacav@tilde.institute wrote:
It looks like you had quite a 2026 so far!
Oof... This didn't all happen to me this year. I've kept busy, but not *THAT* busy!!
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Anyway, I guess this is the general problem. What I like about tildeverse is that it's federated, but somewhat sheltered from the rest of the Big-I Internet. But that's a weakness. Regardless, good to see we're still here!
Love and peace,
~rdh
On Monday, April 06 2026, at 09:35, rdh@tilde.institute wrote:
Who's still here in the big year 2026? I couldn't help but notice that we're a few versions behind on OpenBSD releases, and that the https cert has expired recently.
The OpenBSD update schedule is a bit "intense", with a system upgrade -- which is actually a full install -- every 6 months (last time I checked).
There's been a very long period when I logged in and the CPU load was always sky-high, due to some script running on the www server. Glad to see that's no longer happening recently, but it might have chilled participation somewhat.
Seasons change... At the moment I'm not as much into Pubnix, but I know interest will come back, because my hobbies always run in cycles. In the tildeverse, we are not that many to begin with. If enough people are going through a lull at the same time, turnout will suffer.
Anyway, this place is a resource which I find invaluable even when I'm using it less. So I really hope it stays!
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