I wrote this to a friend as she joined, but I just realized that I wanted to share it with others too, in case you just joined Tribe.net to humor me, and don't yet see the value of this service.

BASICALLY EMAIL IS A DYING INTERFACE

It no longer serves us, it is inundated with spam, and worst of all, its interface is constructed in a chronological In-box that actually leads to neglect of people you care about, giving undue preference to the most recent thing.

RADICAL IDEA: creating trust networks as filters, networks you can visualize as the faces of your various circles of buds who smile out at you in their pictures (or their bunnies, or artwork, or whatever represents them on that given day).

I'm really getting excited about possibilities with Tribe, mostly because Tribe sets up trust networks that are like filters, keeping spam from getting mixed in with correspondence from people you already know you care about because you hand-picked each one.

Secondly, tribe also allows you to visualize your friends, remembering to write to people, where otherwise the note from someone that you put of because the reply deserved more thought might be pushed constantly off the screen by spam or just daily traffic on regular email.

The things you care about play second fiddle to crap, in other words. What kind of screwed up system is that?

What I'm saying is, tribe puts the important thing in the center: PEOPLE, and messages, events, & discussion are secondary to the goofy faces of folks you trust. That's why it is worthwhile to invite your bestest buds to join. It SAVES time and could increase the quality of the connectedness.

Chris