Tildes is way too small, niche, and controlled entirely by its creator. When I first started looking for reddit alternatives, I got an Tildes invite and hung around for a few weeks before asking how one goes about making new subs. They're entirely made by the admin and subject to his discretion, so my request for an aquarium sub and a gun sub were just kind of ignored.
It's going to be really hard for them to grow a real userbase as long as it's bottlenecked that way.
It's going to be really hard for them to grow a real userbase as long as it's bottlenecked that way.