Tilde



The tilde is one of the two forms of currency used by /Pony/ville. After the great hello market crash that left a few ponies fabulously wealthy but most unable to even give out a single greeting, the tilde rose as a valuable but common trading commodity.

The Tilde futures market temporarily crashed when it was discovered that there was no counterfeiting prevention mechanisim and anyone could produce as many tildes as they wished. Order reasserted itself when regulations were implemented. Tildes are only valid when given. Some clever tildemongers have circumvented these restrictions by hiding them elsewhere and smuggling them (email fields and filenames are popular choices) but this is not deemed a threat to the Tilde-based economy.

Typical uses for a tilde involve denoting that a statement is joking, suggestive, flirtatious, or just outright strange. No matter what the intent, things said with a tilde present shouldn't be taken that seriously.

The origins of tilde dates back to a time before /Pony/ville. Few if any had recognized their potential in those days, and the tilde was nothing more than a curiosity with a one dimensional use. Eponymous~ was the first resident of /Ponyville/ to share a more fully realized idea of what the tilde could mean - even taking it, in part, by name. The tilde's popularity rose as Eponymous~ became a more established resident, and shared this tilde wealth with others. Enigmatic /Ponyville/ resident, The Anon, saw it's market potential and created more ways to exploit tilde where ever possible. Tilde inflation became a real problem and The Anon became the wealthiest proprietor of tilde in all the land. The community cried out, and an agreement had to be made between Eponymous~ and The Anon wherein their enormous wealth and power in the tilde market had to be better regulated and shared. Even now, they both use the tilde more than anyone else, often hiding them in email fields and filenames, but it no longer floods the market like it once did. In the more stable modern tilde economy, many hold a share. Savvy /Ponyville/ shipper Tangerine Cookie is deep within the tilde trade. Greylight Industries receives large orders regularly to produce as many of them as they can but with the aforementioned regulations on it's responsible use in mind. It's growth beyond the ownership of a select handful to the community as a whole indicates that the tilde is here to stay.

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