The tildeverse looks pretty cool, but why does it redirect me to a Rick Roll on Firefox?
I can see the normal site just fine on Lynx browser (maybe that's the point?)
Edit: ah, I see, they're doing a JWZ and redirecting based on referral, but going a step further and setting a cookie. Cute, but also terribly immature.
Oops, sorry about that. I never had an issue before...but funny after visiting HN, see exactly what you mean. (Clearing the cookies avoids the classic rick roll video). Anyway, yeah i guess the tilde folks are "characters". But, separate of that, the community i've interacted with is quite fun, respectful, and good-natured. I also failed to mention a sort of equivalent to HN, which i frequent (with similar topics to HN but often nicer crowd): https://tildes.net/
...Tilde.net used to be only open to invite not open to anyone creating an account...so if interested - and still not open to the public - i can trigger to send you an invite.
I can see the normal site just fine on Lynx browser (maybe that's the point?)
Edit: ah, I see, they're doing a JWZ and redirecting based on referral, but going a step further and setting a cookie. Cute, but also terribly immature.