Tribe.net. Local Connections $item.owner.firstName http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#d088779a-65e1-4cbd-81fa-3c9a23853814 2009-07-03T17:52:27Z 2009-07-03T17:52:27Z

Bump for Bobzilla

$item.owner.firstName 2009-07-03T17:52:27Z Steamboat Ed http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#c65a51d0-dcc0-43bf-a0c5-61aaa94d1f28 2009-02-07T18:25:16Z 2009-02-07T18:25:16Z

What a great idea! Would implement it in a second if I could. One thing I've noticed is when one first joins a community, whether it be tribe or friendster or whatever, at first you're met with a flurry of folks 'friending' you and it's always possible some of 'em slip thru the net, so to speak. Then the process of dumping can seem, well, 'unfriendly', yes? This idea could ease the pruning!

Steamboat Ed 2009-02-07T18:25:16Z Shawn http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#b1695376-7939-4cac-8fa7-d38aedbac39f 2009-02-07T15:12:44Z 2009-02-07T15:12:44Z

I think its a good idea but doesnt that take away what is tribe? I mean mostly I like tribe for the open forum based interaction. So lets take myspace for example, the groups really dont do much, its more person to person now. I like the groups on tribe because it allows for you to join a mass tribe. Join in conversations, and so forth. That same concept also open you up to trolling pretty heavily. I think going back to what shatter said, just user defined grouping for friends with user defined permissions would be the best bet. So you have your space and you dictate what friends are what type of friends and whether or not they get to see the nekid pictures of you in your photos.

Shawn 2009-02-07T15:12:44Z prometheusPAN http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#c0bed9e4-9406-4be2-9ac2-a649d1bca2bf 2009-02-06T04:00:45Z 2009-02-06T04:00:45Z

well, the question djarum is, how would you like it to sort in the system, or how would you like to experience it in your box? i think that the answer is by creating a new completely different category for combinations but making any combination merely a composite of both pages. thus if you get a tribe+friend invite, it asks you both questions and allows you to answer each independently.

prometheusPAN 2009-02-06T04:00:45Z PQR http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#119dfe4b-d245-4c91-bc5b-7f4b1981993b 2009-02-06T00:28:29Z 2009-02-06T00:28:29Z

Yeah. What you said.

PQR 2009-02-06T00:28:29Z $item.owner.firstName http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#95c837cd-cfb5-4fb2-afb3-dce90bf22e41 2009-02-05T23:33:52Z 2009-02-05T23:33:52Z

The only problem I see with that is how it will come in the PM system. I can tell now what a friend invitation is and what a tribe invitation is and what is a regular PM, they all come in separately. If they are combined, how will they be labeled? Also, what if you want to be a friend, but not join ANOTHER tribe? Or would like to join the tribe, but not yet accept the friend invitation? It could be a bit uncomfortable if someone sends a friend invitation AND an invitation to a tribe unless you know them fairly well.

$item.owner.firstName 2009-02-05T23:33:52Z skooter http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#5d6767e4-0c95-4818-ab26-f14ef5e0c02a 2009-02-05T19:29:02Z 2009-02-05T19:29:02Z

Diana wrote: ...Wouldn't it be cool if you could set up tribe under your profile. > Yeah, actually. I kinda think that's like facebook, in that when you become someone's friend you automatically have access to their comments section...it's kinda like a tribe, albeit a personalized one. But I think you're envisioning a more formal tribe, with all the bells and whistles. I think it's a great idea. And adding to your idea, instead of automatically including friends in your friend tribe, it could be an opt-in system. So like when you make a new friend there's a checkbox in the friend request to "[x] join Diana's Friends tribe."

skooter 2009-02-05T19:29:02Z Diana http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#fce75637-0e57-4822-95c7-f23d61d171de 2009-02-05T13:58:54Z 2009-02-05T13:58:54Z

I see another way to do this that some people are already using. You set up a different tribe for each level and limit membership to each tribe. So I could create: Diana's Friends Tribe Diana's Peers Tribe Diana's Acquaintance Tribe Wouldn't it be cool if you could set up tribe under your profile. What I mean is use the same method and feature as public tribes, but the tribes would be part of your user account. So using an example above: Diana's Peers Tribe ( http://tribes.tribe.net/dianaspeers ) Becomes Diana - Peers Tribe ( http://people.tribe.net/littleredhairedgirl/tribes/peers ) Since it based on this structure, it's not a public tribe. You have as many levels of friends as you wanted to create. Then you can use the existing powers of tribes/mods to control friend levels. Plus use the feature to create complete Friends (mini)Tribes.

Diana 2009-02-05T13:58:54Z Diana http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#3fccffcf-3a12-44c7-96b5-14faf9e0b1e8 2009-02-05T12:57:54Z 2009-02-05T12:57:54Z

I looked at slashdot... I guess a "foes" list would be handy too!

Diana 2009-02-05T12:57:54Z PANZalt http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#49c10d8c-9163-419f-b90d-7b857b13aafd 2009-02-05T08:56:26Z 2009-02-05T08:56:26Z

We were also discussing creating something like personas all within the same profile, where you don't have to create alts (unless you want to) to show yourself differently to your different friend groups. ------------ a per tribe profile might be nice. An internal alt farm is frankly a very good idea in my opinion, because it gives people the ability to be anonymous in creative ways, and people are more likely to see their account as an investment rather than as a short term betting option. If you take the time and energy to set up five alts on one account, having your account cut for misbehavin is suddenly that much more annoying. Back when i was on Bnet i became infamous as the famous alt guy. I haven't used them since and the only reason i really used them on bnet is that i am unique in that i can claim with a straight face to be christian, atheist, jewish, mormon, essene, gnostic, pagan, wiccan, buddhist, taoist, and etc. All at the same time. Most people can't conceive of a conceptual universe large enough to be a real BIG TENT, and so they think its a choice between them and that you have to only pick one. Trying to have a conversation with a christian if they figure your a pagan cuz it sez so in your profile puts you at a pretty large disadvantage, they will just assume your satan and discount anything you say from the word go. Similarly, my christian alt isn't going to be popular in the wicca room. And don;t even get me started for how they treat my inner atheist. The point being, different aspects of personality sometimes demand their own presentation, and sometimes the whole picture is just too hard for most people to grasp; esp if they are only really interested in the side of you that reflects their interest. I think that the idea of levels of friendship is a great idea, thanks for bringing it up.

PANZalt 2009-02-05T08:56:26Z $item.owner.firstName http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#3de6811f-fc77-4d1c-be72-8294b4024acf 2009-02-05T01:51:04Z 2009-02-05T01:51:04Z

Thank you kindly! That WOULD be very helpful, and some people have asked for that very thing previously!

$item.owner.firstName 2009-02-05T01:51:04Z PQR http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#55668e00-59c1-4805-940c-951a6127659f 2009-02-05T01:28:46Z 2009-02-05T01:28:46Z

Yeah - what he said. That would be very useful. As it is now, what you end up doing is making yet one more private tribe or sending PMs as if you were playing post office when you want to keep something to a small set of people and don't necessarily want it to be something discussed with all your friends. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it is rather bulky and time consuming. Being able to control the friend level would be a more elegant solution.

PQR 2009-02-05T01:28:46Z Shatter http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#07ec7e13-c954-4034-abc6-7a321f552dea 2009-02-05T00:45:37Z 2009-02-05T00:45:37Z

Works like this: Public - Everyone Friends Only- Standard setting for all friends OR pick a friend group that you define, can be one person or everyone BUT one of your friends. Private- Viewable only by the author DJ- in teh past I know you have complained that online people arn't real friends. WIth this system you could friend anyone you felt like and then define your own catagories: Friends - IRL people Online Friends - people that are nice Tribe Staff - people that work for tribe Bloggers - I like their blogs but their not really friends etc etc. Whatever. You define, you decide. Name the group, add to the group. Its unique to you and only you. Its' liek your own private social network within your social network Then when you make a blog post or whatever, you get posting options with check boxs to select which groups you would want to be able to view, instead of the current PUBLIC/FRIENDS. --S

Shatter 2009-02-05T00:45:37Z PQR http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#a6646092-dec8-4922-b02f-96e068c2606d 2009-02-04T23:48:11Z 2009-02-04T23:48:11Z

f-lock = Friend lock, kind of like our friends only posts. Super f-lock are for when you've categorized some people as being better friends than others - smaller group of people, so like friends only, but only a select few.

PQR 2009-02-04T23:48:11Z $item.owner.firstName http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#8065d791-94ca-4d63-8b3a-ea64ed889016 2009-02-04T23:42:08Z 2009-02-04T23:42:08Z

Please explain: f-lock super f-lock

$item.owner.firstName 2009-02-04T23:42:08Z PQR http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#899f49f4-f7f9-422f-b156-70685768af01 2009-02-04T23:28:03Z 2009-02-04T23:28:03Z

Yeah, it really does work on LJ. My writerly friends use f-lock and super f-lock function for discussing in detail works in progress that they wouldn't feel comfortable discussing in an open public forum.

PQR 2009-02-04T23:28:03Z Shatter http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#1545f031-1315-48e7-8f54-cb819c5f0c71 2009-02-04T23:22:38Z 2009-02-04T23:22:38Z

Exactly! It's also the way you can have many groups, and different people associated with different groups. This could extend to Tribe for a variety of functionality that's all tied together: Blogs Events Listings PM Groups Profile module show settings Etc. Perhaps a person only needs two groups, maybe some OCD person needs 25. Whatever. Make it open ended and people can use it how they see fit. --S

Shatter 2009-02-04T23:22:38Z PQR http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#36f12297-2489-424d-b91f-111e27782f38 2009-02-04T21:44:27Z 2009-02-04T21:44:27Z

Live Journal has different levels of friendship so you can f-lock a post or super f-lock a post and on MySpace and Live Journal you can even make it so you're the only one who sees it period.

PQR 2009-02-04T21:44:27Z Shatter http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#433e7cb6-ee2a-4169-9f41-d2867e10df01 2009-02-04T21:39:05Z 2009-02-04T21:39:05Z

Another way around this is a user defined friend group - eg the Live Journal method. --S

Shatter 2009-02-04T21:39:05Z carolyn http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#e40aac40-a4c1-4a7f-b6ab-4275b3b25a8f 2009-02-04T19:21:23Z 2009-02-04T19:21:23Z

The slashdot model is might be good for setting up always see vs ignore lists. And at least interesting to see who intersects in your friends and your enemy's friends. We're thinking more along the lines of friends / family / coworkers / acquaintances for privacy settings. We were also discussing creating something like personas all within the same profile, where you don't have to create alts (unless you want to) to show yourself differently to your different friend groups.

carolyn 2009-02-04T19:21:23Z $item.owner.firstName http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#88a39626-ad7b-465c-89a2-bd3c6e74582f 2009-02-04T18:31:13Z 2009-02-04T18:31:13Z

Since they have been talking about following Slashdot, how about this: http://slashdot.org/faq/friends.shtml http://slashdot.org/faq/com-mod.shtml#cm2200

$item.owner.firstName 2009-02-04T18:31:13Z Diana http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/5955c64e-213e-4cec-a122-6993d654cf2e#182e4781-0fbe-4ad2-a80a-67debe39ce5d 2009-02-04T15:00:39Z 2009-02-04T15:00:39Z

(using my blog) I've started thinking about reducing the number of friends on my list. http://people.tribe.net/littleredhairedgirl/blog/9dfc7408-6544-4653-a392-5004817d94fd But that also got me thinking about friends on here. I already tried to separate the Girls from the Guys and the Redheads from the Rest. That I try to maintain by hand. I seem to think that if I also had Icons (or colored dots) to show more detail. Have we discussed (recently) creating Levels of Friendship? Taking a cue from http://lifeofj.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/the-4-levels-of-friendship/ I see 4 Levels of Friends: Level A - Acquaintances Level B - Buddies Level C - Consultants Level D - Dearest Level A are people that see me on here, maybe want to follow my posts, but never really correspond direct with me. Level B are those that I truely talk to on here either directly or thru the discussion threads. Level C I'm not sure about, but maybe people like Carolyn that are Tribe Staff or Moderators of tribes I belong too. Level D are (for me) the people I know in RealLife...the BFF thing

Diana 2009-02-04T15:00:39Z