Wait a minute! The Tribe.net ain't done yet!
First we had to get out there, work out some bugs, get clustering going, bring out some more features. THEN we'll evolve the UI, bring RSS into the world of social networking and pump up the Listimgs service.
THEN we'll bring in unprecendented levels of customization and personalization. I didn't study this shit for 12 years for no reason!!$%#!%$#!%!%# I call it Multimedia Personalization. No more "One Size Fits all!"
The Tribe.net has just started. We ain't stopping here!
Here's the post that prompted this outburst. I love the funkiness of Ryze, but it's time to move on. Ever heard of D HTML, video or audio?
BTW I am a paid consultant of Tribe.net.
YASNSes and Brand. Stuart Henshall takes on the question of brand for social networks services,
Ryze's inelegance is part of it's brand strength. Ryze was clearly created by human hands, the journey of a special person. Its useablity inelegant. Still at Ryze I feel like I own my own page. Ryze's pages often have a chaotic appeal that Tribe in it's current format will never achieve. At Tribe I'm part of a database...
Like danah, he notes that as they have gotten more professional, they increasingly become places where "...play, chaos, individuality, is in my view too restrictive."
We've been down this road before, where the tension between designed order and organic order gives the hosting organization fits, from Apple's disastrous eWorld experiment through the Fakester genocide. I wonder if we'll grope towards an answer or a small class of answers, or if the tension between design and communal growth is fundamental and permanent. [Corante: Social Software]
Though his blog doesn't appear to have XML or permalinks Craig Newmark's blog does have 'promise'. The first post I read is about 
Here's the post.....
I just heard about 
Credit goes to Lisa Rein for this gem of a discovery......
