# Tildes

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/tildes/

17 people recommended Tildes in Hacker News comments, 3 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 12 months, in 16 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Tildes for engaging, thoughtful discussion and interesting submissions, with a layout similar to Hacker News. Critics note it is fairly low volume.

Summary written by Claude from 18 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Engaging discussion, unlike mainstream platforms (6 comments in the sample): "I abandoned the mainstream stuff (outside of YouTube. Yay monopoly) for discussion and go to Tildes for a lot of political talk." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46771289)) "reminds me of reddit back in the day where conversations were actually good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46881378)) "It really is such a breath of fresh air compared to most other platforms." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47353108))
- Similar to Hacker News and Lobsters (3 comments in the sample): "similar activity to Hacker News and I'd consider them both" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48770933)) "tildes manages personal with a very similar layout to HN" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46869650)) "spaces similar to Lobsters and Tildes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47018800))
- Interesting submissions on the front page (2 comments in the sample): "it is pretty interesting, just from the few times I've checked the frontpage there was some interesting articles to me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47372115)) "the submissions themselves are as a whole much more interesting" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49659945))

## What people warn about

- Fairly low posting volume (1 comment in the sample): "Tildes is also decent but fairly low volume." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50309791))

## Other discussion forums people recommend

- [Hacker News](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hacker-news/): 258 recommend, 81 mixed, 140 criticize
- [Reddit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/reddit/): 111 recommend, 113 mixed, 933 criticize
- [Lobsters](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lobsters/): 87 recommend, 16 mixed, 25 criticize
- [Old Reddit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/old-reddit/): 52 recommend, 7 mixed, 44 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://tildes.net/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Tildes", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tildes/ (17 recommend, 3 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.