It's obvious that tribe.net is going to fold at any moment. A few warning signs for you:
1. The big banner billboard on the side of the tribe.net office building has been taken down.
2. Text ads are not even working in my browser at the moment.
3. Tribe.net employees and executives have been quitting.
4. Tribe.net is still not profitable after three solid years. (Launch date was July 21, 2003.)
So what are we going to do when they pull the plug?
1. The big banner billboard on the side of the tribe.net office building has been taken down.
2. Text ads are not even working in my browser at the moment.
3. Tribe.net employees and executives have been quitting.
4. Tribe.net is still not profitable after three solid years. (Launch date was July 21, 2003.)
So what are we going to do when they pull the plug?
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Re: death of tribe.net
Fri, June 23, 2006 - 11:26 AMmeet at Annie's? We can wear masks.... -
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Fri, June 23, 2006 - 11:36 AMgood answer Sparkle.
I don't know what I would do, unfortunately my social life is pretty tied up in tribey stuff. I would miss it certainly though it would probably free up hours and hours of time in my day.
Tribe is a time robber. I lovely wicked time robber.
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Fri, June 23, 2006 - 11:39 AMIt's been pretty easy for me to wean myself from tribe.net somewhat... activity has been so low, at least in the forums I haunt. -
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Fri, June 23, 2006 - 11:41 AMFree Association by default? -
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Re: death of tribe.net
Fri, June 23, 2006 - 11:52 AMI didn't like the way Free Ass was presented, I was in a few tribes where I felt like I was being lured to a cult or something. Insert funny paradox about the Tribe cult here....
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Fri, June 23, 2006 - 11:53 AMhow are things going over there, by the way? Anyone wanna share? -
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Fri, June 23, 2006 - 2:36 PMJoin us...it's bliss.
Well, actually, it's kinda boring, with ocassional glimpses of what Tribe used to be like. Sort of like a high school reunion. -
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Re: death of tribe.net
Fri, June 23, 2006 - 5:30 PMtippy tap tippy tap tippy tap... -
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Re: death of tribe.net
Fri, June 23, 2006 - 11:00 PMFree Ass is not like tribe. that's all I can really say. it's not up to speed, let's say...
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Fri, June 23, 2006 - 5:58 PMI'd definitely miss tribe.net... :(
Well as if they weren't WARNED!!!...I feel bad...if they're really gonna fold.
Free-Association...their UI...isn't there yet...it does have promise...just it's not tribe..and so far..no real connections made from it offline (most of everyone on free-ass I"m connected to I know from tribe)...
We could always invade google/yahoogroups...
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Fri, June 23, 2006 - 10:31 PMI, fur one, haf become partial tou www.platial.com. Please tou join mee az myne fiends und guesties. Zay haf ze nicey mappie mayker hooo lives een ze leetl etherweirld und maykes zem mappies und hurtles 'em baxxx at aryooooo over ze ethers. Wen aryooo mayketh ze mappie, hee gets tou eat. So mayketh vun! Und add tou myne.
Please join meeeee. Poot yore mark on myne mappies. Und show mee yore fown avrit tings! Pwitty pleasings? Momma needs ze new pair o'shoes!
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Re: death of tribe.net
Fri, June 23, 2006 - 10:33 PM::gasp::
Denny was Satan all alooooooooooong!
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Re: death of tribe.net
Fri, June 23, 2006 - 11:51 AMit would probably be good for me to wean myself off of it, as checking in is sort of compulsive. I mean, what if I missed a non sequitor or something? I might lose my mind.
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Re: death of tribe.net
Fri, June 23, 2006 - 11:59 AMI'm gonna get me a shotgun and perform a half-assed autopsy.
-FK
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Fri, June 23, 2006 - 12:01 PMWe upload our personnaes to the net, thereby ensuring that we will live forever. I hear that all you need are USB cables. -
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Fri, June 23, 2006 - 1:50 PMi dig on tribe
but haven't been present in a damned long time
i'm all over etsy.com
they have live chat and everything
ooooooh
but uh
i don't wanna lose contact with those i dig on here
if you don't wanna lose contact with me
hit me up and i'll give you my personal type information for communication
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Re: death of tribe.net
Fri, June 23, 2006 - 2:01 PMAgain? But Bullwinkle, that trick never works! -
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Re: death of tribe.net
Fri, June 23, 2006 - 2:06 PMPete,
Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!
Got nothin' up my sleeve! -
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Re: death of tribe.net
Fri, June 23, 2006 - 2:13 PM
Take me back, mr wizard!!!!
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Re: death of tribe.net
Fri, June 23, 2006 - 2:05 PMI, for one, will get a lot more work done.
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Re: death of tribe.net
Fri, June 23, 2006 - 10:31 PMMySpace or Friendster.
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Re: death of tribe.net
Fri, June 23, 2006 - 10:42 PMHey, where *is* Tribe headquarters? I think my fantasy would be to have the old owners buy Tribe from the new owners who obviously ran this thing right into the ground. Sad, being as I find it particularly useful at the moment. Ah, well, there's always usenet. If only creating groups there wasn't such a pain. -
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Sat, June 24, 2006 - 1:40 AM"If only creating groups there wasn't such a pain."
First, there are over 40,000 Usenet newsgroups covering every conceivable topic. Second, it's good to have at least some control over new groups if they're going to be carried by news servers around the world. Otherwise there'd be a million newsgroups, most of them with no traffic.
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Sat, June 24, 2006 - 7:23 AMThey're in San Francisco... the old owners/founders of tribe (mark P) founded something else -- typepad I think..he's into the blogging stuff nowadays
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Re: death of tribe.net
Sat, June 24, 2006 - 1:37 AM"So what are we going to do when they pull the plug?"
This is why I suggested Usenet many months ago. Usenet is the only thing that is like Tribe when it comes to discussions, but is not owned by anyone (so it won't suddenly go away). People who want more info can Google "Usenet" (or visit Wikipedia) and start exploring the Usenet universe.
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Sat, June 24, 2006 - 11:13 AMThe generic nature of Usenet combined with the stodgy no-new-groups climate makes it a terrible place for me to be. It's like being in the waiting room at the dentist - I don't want to be there, and I don't like what I'm waiting for.
No form bland catch-all discussion group is going to speak to my individuality and need for amiable contact with other intelligent freaks. Tribe had a very special verve in its heyday, but the guy "Jan" killed it. It might have become a platform for social evolution, even - but someone actually thought they needed to invite the soccer moms and normal-singles action. VERY stupid.
If free-ass had attracted more of the spirited folks, it would have been the place to go but.... nobody seems to want to play there, as much.
I'll miss you all. :( -
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Sat, June 24, 2006 - 12:21 PMi despise myspace and i just clicked on your platial link, dear madame, but it looked like a glorified frappr, no? i'd be willing to check out free association, but doesn't everyone have live journal already anyway? we can just re-invent our tribes there as groups - what is your criticism of live journal (it's not user-friendly like tribe, but what can we do?) -
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Sat, June 24, 2006 - 3:29 PMNot everyone is on LiveJournal. I'm not. But you're right, LiveJournal might be a better alternative than myspace, which of course is incredibly painful to look at. Live Journal isn't much better, what with all the annoying smiley icons and crap.
I'm willing to give free-association a chance when tribe kicks the bucket. Perhaps if there is sufficient membership, a viable feature set will emerge. But until then I do not have time to start a presence on another online community. -
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Sat, June 24, 2006 - 3:29 PMOh, and a really sick thing happened today. I found myself agreeing with Lokifreign. Whoever that is. -
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Sun, June 25, 2006 - 11:14 AMIt's just one of those things, maing. There's a guy in Atlanta that used to hate my guts, for like seven years we were enemies; now when we see each other we're like "hey man" because, jesus fuck, we've known each other since 198fuckin8. We're brothers, now.
Hold me.
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Sat, June 24, 2006 - 5:15 PMI hate myspace.
I seriously see no real alternative. I see the people I talk to from tribe relatively regularly, so I suppose that will just be the way it is. :) -
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Sat, June 24, 2006 - 5:23 PMugh
I just can't do the myspace thing. Too many of the kids I know are on there so I'd have to keep it completely clean and boring.....:( -
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Sat, June 24, 2006 - 8:13 PMI'd always hated MySpace, but I've been using it for a while. When I found out that they were bought by Rupert Murdoch, I created a Bill O'Reilly troll that goes around saying fucked up things and some of the dumbasses on there completely miss the sarcasm and irony. Then I found out that they were allowing video uploads and had a filmmaker section so I created a profile for that. It's really good for self promotion and also for connecting with old classmates, but it's definitely lacks the community that Tribe has. And it is horrible to look at, filled with teens and their pervy stalkers, and did I mention horrible to look at?
I've been really enjoying YouTube lately. While it is centered around video, they seem to be moving into a more community-based direction.
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Sat, June 24, 2006 - 10:27 PM"I'm willing to give free-association a chance when tribe kicks the bucket. Perhaps if there is sufficient membership, a viable feature set will emerge. But until then I do not have time to start a presence on another online community."
The best things in life are never free
Such is the way of Free Ass
But when the Madame blows the shrew kazoo
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Sun, June 25, 2006 - 7:58 AMhmmm...so many options...i gotta stay away from livejournal or i shall be stalked again by one of the crazy women i slept with.
blogpod sounds cute. sorta like kipod but with blogging. maybe we could all invade a different one each week and see how it fits. -
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Re: No Presence for Christmas
Sun, June 25, 2006 - 8:03 AMI've been fooling around on Gather for a couple months. It's not too terrible. -
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Sun, June 25, 2006 - 11:16 AM
i'm going to cry
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Sun, June 25, 2006 - 5:47 PMi was on blogpod for a couple of weeks before i tried tribe. largely texan, pro-bush/pro-war, and 100% dead. it would be perfect for a group to take over. i couldn't do it on my own. i had fun for a bit, but it was all surface laughs. -
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Sun, June 25, 2006 - 5:53 PMhmmm...an invasion of blogpod. -
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Sun, June 25, 2006 - 6:16 PMInvade invade!!...*S*..okay..too much partying this weekend..
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Re: No Presence for Christmas
Tue, June 27, 2006 - 9:21 PM--Nice list of sites! Here's a place where you can compare user stats and see trendlines. Curiously the first site I used, Friendster, is pretty much in the toilet now. Tribe, OTOH, was doing OK until the buyout and crackdown. Here's a comparison of rank for tribe and linkedin: www.alexa.com/data/detail...ffic_details
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Wed, June 28, 2006 - 8:43 AMWeird ting abooot Fiendster...zay kik-kikkked out ze Madame butt kept "restoring" herr poofile wifout myne poomission atillll I sent zem ze pissled-off letter. Mayde mee wary ov ze headcount over zare, nestle paws? -
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Re: No Presence for Christmas
Wed, June 28, 2006 - 8:51 AMwww.lasagnafarm.com/archive/...hive.html
An innerview ov ze jung manhattanite hoo resigneded heez Fiendster mimbleshit.
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