Me too Brody, not leavin, just not as keyed in as I once was, but ALL OF YOU make it worth stayin, as I have said before I'll be one of the last rats to jump the ship

I am on Facebook, but Tribe is my first love and where it all started for me. I can't seem to find groups like this on Facebook. They don't have the same feel. But Tribe is so much quieter these days. It is terribly sad.

there are a lot of reasons why the site had problems for years- and for about 2 years it was essentially abandoned, ending with the giant failure last November. The new management are still dealing with the same physical issues and the same bug-prone software. They're working on re-writing the entire thing on a more stable platform with modern features. IN the meantime, there's nothing easy about the buggy and poorly documented original Tribe software, so it's not surprising that problems continue. They're not always obvious to fix- for instance the current problem has avoided about three different fixes (That they've told us about). They're trying to do what they can with the obsolete software, but the main thing to look forward to is that the re-write and modernization of the site is going on and is supposed to be complete by next spring.

That's nice to hear, Girl Mark, but they've been having a myriad of issues for a matter of years now, and always seem to have just the thing to fix it every time...and every time it's a giant FAIL. New management, new servers, new equipment, new plans, timelines...nothing seems to have really worked for the long term. Pretty frustrating, especially if they're trying to remotely compete with other social networking sites. I mean, in that sense this is all pretty pathetic. I also decided to not pay for a premium membership back when they first introduced it--why would I pay extra for a service that they're acknowledging is shitty? And then did nothing to really fix it. That's not how a successful business works.

I'll stay on for a while yet, but the fact is that they've lost a significant number of tribe folks, many of whom were vocal and active members of the community. For example, there was an extremely active bellydance contingent on here for a long time, and while it's still going it's not nearly what it used to be. And I'm betting that most longtime tribesters are like me in the sense that they used to check Tribe multiple times a day, or keep it up as they worked...these days I check it maybe once a day, and can't have it up all the time because it kicks me off.

I short: I'll believe it when I see it. Too bad everyone might ditch it before then.

sheesh, it's been awhile since i stopped in to say hello!

lots going on in my life right now.

come to think of it when i did swing through, tribe was donut freaked out.

but yes, i concur. way better than fb, myspace, etc. really no comparison at all.

why quit when the company is SO fabulous?