Membership.
Membership is how you get a name on the site. It's issued by invitation, from the Discord, and it doesn't involve an email, a password, or a cookie.
What a Membership Is
A membership is a cryptographic identity block — the exact same format you see on the Community page for anonymous posting. You generate the block yourself, in your browser; once the backend ships, the moderator binds the public key inside it to your username and role in our database.
That block is your login. You paste it into the login page, enter the passphrase you chose when you generated it, and you're in. There is no account to verify, no email to confirm, no password to reset.
How You Get One
Join the Discord
Membership requests happen on our Discord server. There is no self-serve signup form. Read the community guidelines to get the invite.
Ask a moderator
If you've submitted a work, or you want to apply as a rater, ask a moderator in the server. They'll confirm your role and reserve your name in the member table. That's their only job in the process. The block itself is yours to generate, in step 3.
Generate the block yourself
Once the moderator confirms your role, you generate the identity block in your own browser on the Community page. You choose the passphrase; the browser encrypts the private key locally and shows you the armored block exactly once. The moderator never sees the passphrase or the block. Save the block — it's your login.
Send the moderator your public key only
Paste the public key from your block into Discord so the moderator can bind it to your name and role. The public key is, by definition, public — it cannot be used to post as you. The private key stays encrypted in your block, and the passphrase stays in your head.
The moderator will never send you a block. Under this flow, the block is generated entirely in your browser. Any "membership block" sent to you over Discord, by anyone, from any account, is a phishing attempt. Don't paste it into any login form you didn't reach from tinyfiles.tv.
What It Unlocks
- Message Boards: Real-time channels for creators and raters.
- Creator Tools: Submit works, manage your creator page, check your queue status.
- Rater Queue: Blind scoring on new submissions (Raters only).
Membership does not unlock anonymous board posting or the Save API. Those use your own self-generated identity block. They are two separate systems that happen to share the same cryptographic format.
What We Store
About a member, we store exactly three things:
- Your public key, which is — by definition — public.
- The name attached to that key, which is a pseudonym you chose.
- Your role (Creator, Rater, Moderator).
That's the entire record. No email, no password, no IP address, no session log, no cookie. If you want the full picture of what the site does and doesn't track, read the privacy policy.
If You Lose the Block
There is no recovery. If you lose the block or the passphrase, the name is gone from your side. The name and role stay reserved in the member table, but the binding points at a public key whose private half no longer exists.
To start over, ask a moderator to unbind the old public key. Then generate a new block in your browser and send the moderator the new public key. Your old posts stay where they are; the new block is a new identity from the server's point of view, not a reset of the old one.
This is the same trade-off as the Retro Save System. Total privacy in exchange for total personal responsibility.
Current Members
The roster is deliberately small — every member is vetted by hand. See who's a member →
Ready to Ask?
Join the Discord and reach out. The server is 18+, and the same content rules that apply to submissions apply to member conduct.
Read the Community Guidelines →