Tildes
Hacker ApprovedRanked 7 of 17 discussion forums by recommenders
People recommend Tildes for engaging, thoughtful discussion and interesting submissions, with a layout similar to Hacker News. Critics note it is fairly low volume.
People recommend Tildes for engaging, thoughtful discussion and interesting submissions, with a layout similar to Hacker News. Critics note it is fairly low volume.
21 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 20
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 95%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 20 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 20 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Engaging discussion, unlike mainstream platforms
“I abandoned the mainstream stuff (outside of YouTube. Yay monopoly) for discussion and go to Tildes for a lot of political talk.”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “Yes, It's Fascism” “reminds me of reddit back in the day where conversations were actually good”
Comment from 4 Feb 2026 in “Why do people still talk about AGI?” “It really is such a breath of fresh air compared to most other platforms.”
Comment from 12 Mar 2026 in “Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans.” - Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Old.reddit.com Gone”
- Comment from 30 Sep 2026 in “Reddit will stop supporting RSS feeds on November 13th”
- Comment from 18 Jan 2026 in “Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands,Norway,Sweden,UK”
Interesting submissions on the front page
“it is pretty interesting, just from the few times I've checked the frontpage there was some interesting articles to me”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans.” “the submissions themselves are as a whole much more interesting”
Comment from 11 Sep 2026 in “Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?” Similar to Hacker News and Lobsters
“similar activity to Hacker News and I'd consider them both”
Comment from 3 Jul 2026 in “Pieces: Social Network for People” “tildes manages personal with a very similar layout to HN”
Comment from 3 Feb 2026 in “See how many words you have written in Hacker News comments” “spaces similar to Lobsters and Tildes”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “You Can't Trust the Internet Anymore”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Fairly low posting volume
“Tildes is also decent but fairly low volume.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “US tech stocks see sharp falls over AI cost fears”
Other discussion forums people recommend
The four most recommended other discussion forums, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hacker News | 361 | 156 | 70% | 12 | 10 yrs17 owners | Approved |
| 261 | 988 | 21% | 13 | 14 yrs54 owners | — | |
| Lobsters | 105 | 31 | 77% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Old Reddit | 60 | 47 | 56% | 12 | — | — |
| TildesThis page | 20 | 1 | 95% | 8 | — | Approved |
What people said
18 of the 24 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I sent an email in May asking for an account and the email must have gone into oblivion, because I never heard back from them”
“Tildes is also decent but fairly low volume.”
“Invite only, text based, smaller community, engaging discussions.”
“enjoy tildes and metafilter for generalist discussions”
“the submissions themselves are as a whole much more interesting”
“I would describe this state as more alive than dead.”
“Tildes looks very pleasant”
“similar activity to Hacker News and I'd consider them both”
“On a skim just now one that jumped out at me was”
“it is pretty interesting, just from the few times I've checked the frontpage there was some interesting articles to me”
“It really is such a breath of fresh air compared to most other platforms.”
“Try a social media that is not antisocial.”
“spaces similar to Lobsters and Tildes”
“reminds me of reddit back in the day where conversations were actually good”
“tildes manages personal with a very similar layout to HN”
“It would be nice if you could unsubscribe from certain tags like you can on Tildes.”
“I abandoned the mainstream stuff (outside of YouTube. Yay monopoly) for discussion and go to Tildes for a lot of political talk.”
“Think Tildes, not Reddit.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.