I've always been connected through cyberspace. From the first email lists, to the evolution of message boards, then local community PHP message boards. I've always used this median as a means to make contact. I agree with you LaDonna. At first, I was turned off by MySpace. Far too many people to sift though, many of them too young to understand or get what I was there for to begin with. Then you get the numerous of others who approach you without a clue asking you to just be another number on their list. It was nice to be able to connect truly on a global level with ease. But at the same time it felt very impersonal.

Tribe on the other hand is much more of a conversational piece than just a bulletin or mass-media presentation. I think it's basic profile and format delivers it to be a bit more personal. I use MySpace to promote my music and art. I use it as a mass promotional tool. Very rarely, if ever, can I embark on a decent conversation (ranging from sex to music production techniques) with people on MySpace. This is something that I can reserve for Tribe.net and get decent responses or opinions.

I guess the big difference (for me, at least) is that Tribe focuses on the conversations and topic brought up by those with interest in those topics. MySpace is much more self-indulgent. It's very much about MY-self on MY-space. Add me. Comment my pix. Look at what I have. Look at what I'm doing. Mass bulletin advertising about MY life. I'm certainly not saying that it's bad. I just think that the purpose is different.

I don't claim that one is better than the other. If Tribe.net allowed me to be more mass advertising of my wares in a creative matter, then I wouldn't need MySpace. But then the feel of Tribe would be lost. I come to one site for one thing and the other for something completely different.