Tribe.net. Local Connections Quiplash http://friendster.tribe.net/thread/62a7c304-0cc6-4f56-8c46-9eee05aaf789#3fbed8e2-d492-4eda-84dd-45af6f03d5a1 2004-03-11T14:12:34Z

Well, the game is now done. Friendster has finally changed the way it presents the personal network counts. Yesterday, the message was in the by-now-familiar style: "You are connected to 3,481,382 people in your Personal Network, through 361 friends." And today, the message is: "You have 362 1st degree friends, 31,737 2nd degree friends, and 883,358 3rd degree friends in your Personal Network." I'm (gracefully) taking this as a good time to retire from friendster-whoring. What fun is the collecting when you don't get a 4th degree count??? 3.4 million friendsters...well, it was <i>great</i> timewaster, but it's over.

Quiplash 2004-03-11T14:12:34Z RedTux http://friendster.tribe.net/thread/62a7c304-0cc6-4f56-8c46-9eee05aaf789#40540183-34c6-4e36-bade-f49b5af9006d 2004-03-11T19:22:10Z

Not to mention the bulliten board sucked ass. I like the tribes concept of Tribe. I feel it fostors more of a community. Friendster felt like a place to attempt to "hook up" or to friendster whore.

RedTux 2004-03-11T19:22:10Z dops http://friendster.tribe.net/thread/62a7c304-0cc6-4f56-8c46-9eee05aaf789#a4a4d4d0-a3a6-4562-9f17-07072a400c2d 2004-03-12T09:32:00Z

tribe is better than friendster..nd that's a fact! dops

dops 2004-03-12T09:32:00Z RedTux http://friendster.tribe.net/thread/62a7c304-0cc6-4f56-8c46-9eee05aaf789#c49e2c1c-acf4-4f13-8387-6e8b7a7c0f38 2004-03-12T18:19:19Z

Orkut is ok, it has potential, but it's nowhere near as open as here.

RedTux 2004-03-12T18:19:19Z Tom http://friendster.tribe.net/thread/62a7c304-0cc6-4f56-8c46-9eee05aaf789#ca8bbbcb-634b-456e-ab12-b427f56d9ba8 2004-03-12T20:05:29Z

Orkut is the google one that you need to be invited to, right? Must be even more Cali-centric than here.

Tom 2004-03-12T20:05:29Z RedTux http://friendster.tribe.net/thread/62a7c304-0cc6-4f56-8c46-9eee05aaf789#daaa49ed-2982-49cd-9425-4b497bb9e653 2004-03-13T05:25:50Z

Yep you have to be invited into Orkut. It seems that it's spreading pretty quickly through the Burning Man community. Most of the people I've found on there are burners (Burning Man folk).

RedTux 2004-03-13T05:25:50Z Orangeboxman http://friendster.tribe.net/thread/62a7c304-0cc6-4f56-8c46-9eee05aaf789#ce90d5a5-c478-4279-8778-f975d0b07613 2004-03-13T08:39:56Z

Orkut is evil and Wil Wheaton is a dick.

Orangeboxman 2004-03-13T08:39:56Z John http://friendster.tribe.net/thread/62a7c304-0cc6-4f56-8c46-9eee05aaf789#fa289eef-4bbd-4d58-a9a4-b61303338b78 2004-03-17T04:53:22Z

I don't know if it's for me from what I hear. Are they really rating people? But I'd like to be invited.

John 2004-03-17T04:53:22Z RedTux http://friendster.tribe.net/thread/62a7c304-0cc6-4f56-8c46-9eee05aaf789#3580d768-5a16-470a-8b6a-d1dd7f71876c 2004-03-17T05:01:58Z

Ya you can rate people which is actualy a pretty cool concept. You cannot rate completely annonymously. I think only 1st degree friends can rate. When you rate someone others only see an aggregate score, not who said what. However you can be a fan of someone which others can see. Overall I'd say tribe has a better community feel thus far.

RedTux 2004-03-17T05:01:58Z Greg http://friendster.tribe.net/thread/62a7c304-0cc6-4f56-8c46-9eee05aaf789#d59813cb-c0dc-4d4c-a6a1-07b3284b0c50 2004-03-23T11:43:50Z

hahha... or is he? http://www.wilwheaton.net/mt/archives/001528.php#001528 http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17810 I agree that Orkut sounds evil...especially this part: "To make matters worse, the terms of service on Orkut say, "By submitting, posting or displaying any Materials on or through the orkut.com service, you automatically grant to us a worldwide, non-exclusive, sublicenseable, transferable, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right to copy, distribute, create derivative works of, publicly perform and display such Materials." Yuck! That means Orkut owns all the information I post about myself anywhere on the site. " Shit, I better go read the Tribe terms of service! hahaha...

Greg 2004-03-23T11:43:50Z Ashton http://friendster.tribe.net/thread/62a7c304-0cc6-4f56-8c46-9eee05aaf789#fca1fbe7-6289-4218-ab18-d364aa8546fd 2004-03-28T03:29:02Z

Yup, rating people and classifications for your friends. Even a KarmaWhore community ...

Ashton 2004-03-28T03:29:02Z RedTux http://friendster.tribe.net/thread/62a7c304-0cc6-4f56-8c46-9eee05aaf789#56dbfc54-02ba-46bb-9107-feff09b1fd9a 2004-03-28T09:44:10Z

Woah! I didn't know about that one. Wonder how many Slashdotters are in there... ;-)

RedTux 2004-03-28T09:44:10Z