http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#00a69dd4-c5fe-4d17-abcc-5c657fe758f9 a dramatic friend to be enjoyed from the comfort of your own home. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:57:59 GMT http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#00a69dd4-c5fe-4d17-abcc-5c657fe758f9 Judith 2009-07-03T12:57:59Z http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#0154a121-de81-49de-b267-01c436baf062 yes! facebook was nice for a minute or two as lost friends became found again... but tribe rules for discussion, period. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:35:46 GMT http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#0154a121-de81-49de-b267-01c436baf062 g'reg 2009-07-02T17:35:46Z http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#8c1a4cb1-6837-4792-b999-6f0b83b05dfa Facebook is only good for keeping up with your real world friends, imho. Tribe has the best message boards. I wouldn't post on facebook message boards because everyone I know and am related to is on there. Plus there are a lot of instigator type people posting on the boards I've gone to there. Tribe is the best! Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:55:48 GMT http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#8c1a4cb1-6837-4792-b999-6f0b83b05dfa simple songs 2009-07-02T14:55:48Z http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#0f3bb0ea-6245-4dba-8fe3-25e60895fb3f yes be carefull playing with lightning.,it could be a very grounding experiance but i have that feeling again.,__and i love tribe--facebooks a flat tire--this place-way more better--PeaceoN-- Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:54:50 GMT http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#0f3bb0ea-6245-4dba-8fe3-25e60895fb3f pickerrick 2009-07-02T03:54:50Z http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#d9e70760-cec0-4c11-978f-e2774972d555 "just don;t go out while you still could be the lightning rod... " LOL Judith! That's a great idea.. putting out the lights and having family come together.. I'm going to do that.. It'll be fun for us! Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:25:23 GMT http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#d9e70760-cec0-4c11-978f-e2774972d555 Katrina 2009-07-01T00:25:23Z http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#52ef524e-aee5-43e5-8c00-ef2ffd27f909 "our power went out for a couple days and it was GREAT! " for a great cheap thril:l turn out the lights whether or not the power is out during a thumderstorm. lie comfortably on your bed, or I guess sit with a cup of tea or cocoa or something you already made when the storm started - watch the light show from the comfort of your own home! better than TV, I promise. a good old-fashioned sound and light show. it;s been years since I had the chance but making love with a thunbderstorm outside, or on a mountain behind you, is also wonderful. nothing like a summer storm, but it works in winter too. just don;t go out while you still could be the lightning rod... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:26:57 GMT http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#52ef524e-aee5-43e5-8c00-ef2ffd27f909 Judith 2009-06-30T00:26:57Z http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#87819175-c4a2-4db5-9bc7-4e35b796b7b2 Fixit, Agreed! I'm happy there are still people around! Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:34:41 GMT http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#87819175-c4a2-4db5-9bc7-4e35b796b7b2 Katrina 2009-06-27T17:34:41Z http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#18d91bd9-d832-427d-9e02-ca2b6dfa2025 LUV IT Judith! So right.. our power went out for a couple days and it was GREAT! Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:36:44 GMT http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#18d91bd9-d832-427d-9e02-ca2b6dfa2025 Katrina 2009-06-26T21:36:44Z http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#dcf610df-a791-44d4-9800-edc238ede721 hoinestly, the funkiness of Tribe.net is like so much of the other stuff in my retro life that it makes me feel more at home here. sometimes I thinki those of us who were first- or even second-wave hippies, back to the land-ers etc are hilariious...we lived without phones, TVs, sometimes without underweaer or socks, if we had cars at all they often didn;t start or dropped a part or two on a trip to town...and now we get all buggered when our computer connection s too slow or the loal bank ATM is out of service. frustrated? sure sometimes, but my belpoved teenaged KID isn;t a;ways on call at home when I want her, why should my favorite online community be anyn more predictable? heh. keeps us a little more honest; when you can;t get online with your cyber-pals, get out and enjoy nature. I'm picking cherry plums for a disabled woman here n berkeley tomorrow and making jam with them at night, how 'bout you? Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:02:02 GMT http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#dcf610df-a791-44d4-9800-edc238ede721 Judith 2009-06-26T21:02:02Z http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#488167d5-f8ec-4d4b-a47d-8061e6bbe47d I know that in the past there were a lot of promises from former management , about repairs, new features, etc. Right now, though, it's a totally different group of people and they're putting their money where their mouth is about the coming renewal of Tribe. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:23:40 GMT http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#488167d5-f8ec-4d4b-a47d-8061e6bbe47d girl mark 2009-06-26T20:23:40Z http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#2ff46262-3d71-4c38-9355-01565aa88057 Katrina, what WE can do is continue to show up! And post and reply and keep things moving. We all do, and then tribe will be recovered. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:55:55 GMT http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#2ff46262-3d71-4c38-9355-01565aa88057 fixit fox 2009-06-26T17:55:55Z http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#0c436e6b-5589-4f75-a697-0e31a501c5ba What's been happening is that the people who are managing Tribe now have focused a lot of time and money on getting the hardware back to operational (I'm friends with some of them so I got to hear the story as equipment got bought and installed). The place was a mess, with a tremendous amount of malfunctioning equipment and problems with the software (which are harder to fix than replacing the expensive hardware). It almost folded in November when ad revenue disappeared and there was all that Oct/Nov down time. The new management stepped in somewhere after that- they weren't involved in the old downtime. At this point they've got a solid plan, and are putting the pieces back together. The next step, which I dont think we'll see the results of for another year, is to re-write the software and give us a totally new format of Tribe with modern features. In the meantime they're working on some little changes, still working on the hardware issues and are slowly modernizing the equipment that needs it, are much more responsive to user complaints/bugs/problems than previous management ever was, and are able to deal with bugs as they come up. They can't drastically change the current software at this time, for a large number of technical and business agreement reasons unfortunately. These folks really have good heads on their shoulders, though, are very much from the kinds of alternative communities that Tribe spawned/was part of in the past, and have a ton of business experience, so I think that what they're planning is really going to work well. Personally I think that people will get tired of Facebook one-liner updates and Tribe doesn't really 'compete' with that kind of social networking because it's still primarily about 'real' content, with many kinds of discussions about many kinds of interests all in one place. Just hang in there for a while, I think it'll come back in a big way once all site operation is stable, which is just a matter of replacing all the flakey hardware- something that they've done a lot of already. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:04:01 GMT http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#0c436e6b-5589-4f75-a697-0e31a501c5ba girl mark 2009-06-26T17:04:01Z http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#c4220bcc-0148-43fa-a745-20cad39099e4 Unfortunately, Facebook doesn't allow for this kind of communication. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:21:49 GMT http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#c4220bcc-0148-43fa-a745-20cad39099e4 Mark 2009-06-26T16:21:49Z http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#2988ed64-0433-430f-8c4b-29658db50d0a Facebook. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:58:16 GMT http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#2988ed64-0433-430f-8c4b-29658db50d0a Malicious 2009-06-26T05:58:16Z http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#9ce0f2ac-365f-4bf2-b90c-956825b07479 virtually all tribes have slowed significantly, for the reasons stated by karen. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:31:36 GMT http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#9ce0f2ac-365f-4bf2-b90c-956825b07479 Flint 2009-06-26T04:31:36Z http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#13565fc3-6764-498a-a86e-be2bb020dba6 Alot of people have moved onto facebook. For a while Tribe was down every other day. I guess they got tired of trying to sign in. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:32:01 GMT http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#13565fc3-6764-498a-a86e-be2bb020dba6 Karen 2009-06-26T01:32:01Z http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#8545a99b-ba20-4346-b0b4-74416d5c22e3 Has happened to this Tribe? When I first came here, a few years ago there were SO SO many people sharing ideas, thoughts & modalities. So much knowledge and depth. I come here now and see a sad drop in how many people post back to topics, some of our brightest people seem to have disappeared or gone radio silent and the offering of thoughts and opinions is down, dare I say about 70% from just 18 months ago. What has happened? Where are all of the wonderful thinkers and lifers? I miss you K Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:50:24 GMT http://herbalmedicine.tribe.net/thread/2cb4c9f3-b8a8-4baf-a541-e06f897315e1#8545a99b-ba20-4346-b0b4-74416d5c22e3 Katrina 2009-06-25T22:50:24Z