Why tilde.club uses NewNet
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Why is the main #club IRC channel on NewNet instead of tilde.chat? §
It’s a fair question, especially if you’re new to the tildeverse. The
tildeverse is a collection of
independently run tilde communities, not a single server or IRC network.
tilde.club was around before the tildeverse came along, and for a while
our main #club channel was on tilde.chat.
From deepend: NewNet was the first IRC network I ever used, long before I was involved with running tilde.club. When I eventually took over NewNet, I wanted to put my time and effort into that network.
There were also differences in how I thought an IRC network should be run. I prefer a more relaxed approach, where people have room to talk without feeling like every conversation is being scrutinized. That doesn’t mean anything goes or that moderation isn’t necessary. I just believe in using some common sense and giving people room to be themselves.
Rather than try to change how another network was run, I decided to focus on running NewNet the way I thought it should be run. That’s really all there is to it.
We’re still part of the broader tildeverse community. There’s no need
to pick one network over another, and everyone is welcome to hang out on
both. Our main channel is #club on
irc.newnet.net, port 6697 (TLS). You
can also run chat from your tilde.club shell account. See
the IRC guide for other ways to connect.