tribe, a new e-mail list
andy
This post is being posted to an almost entirely random selection of
Usenet groups for the purposes of attracting random people to the
e-mail list mentioned below. i apologize if you see this more than a
few times, but, simply put, there's no better way to accomplish this
task publicly on the Internet. Flames to /dev/null.
Feel free to retransmit this document, in its entirety, anywhere
within the boundaries of the Internet.
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a new concept in virtual communities.
From it's inception, cyberspace has promoted communities based on
mutual interest. You certainly don't need to look very far across the
Internet to see communities formulated "For the purpose of...".
Suppose the slate is wiped clean. Suppose, in real life, a continent
rises from the depths of Pacific waters to welcome people of all
races, creeds, beliefs, to express whatever they wish.
The continent may prove itself spectacular or may reach a fiery death,
but at the least it would be interesting to see what happens.
With that in mind, I bring you tribe. tribe is an e-mail list on the
Internet with no specific purpose, and anyone is welcome to join to
discuss anything they wish.
If you are interested in tribe, please send mail to:
with a message body containing:
info tribe
Join the tribe.
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andy hawks, university of colorado at boulder
Gerald E Mortensen
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[pseudo-sociological stuff about cyberspace communities rising out of
the pacific deleted...]
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>With that in mind, I bring you tribe. tribe is an e-mail list on the
>Internet with no specific purpose, and anyone is welcome to join to
>discuss anything they wish.
>
>If you are interested in tribe, please send mail to:
>
> list...@lists.colorado.edu
>
>with a message body containing:
>
> info tribe
>
the following is not a flame:
does anybody but andy think this is a good idea? the interesting
thing about the internet is precisely that you can reach people with
very specific interests similar to your own.
if i want to hear other people's thoughts about random topics i'll go
to a bar! it's much easier to filter spoken conversation for items of
possible interest than it is to wade through reams of e-mail or
usenet posts.
jay
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Pat Fleckenstein (CSH non-sequitur team co-captain)
>In article <CFMz4...@cnsnews.Colorado.EDU> ha...@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (andy) writes:
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>>Internet with no specific purpose, and anyone is welcome to join to
>>discuss anything they wish.
>>
>does anybody but andy think this is a good idea? the interesting
>thing about the internet is precisely that you can reach people with
>very specific interests similar to your own.
I think it's a great idea. While I don't agree with Andy that
everyone should be invited everywhere, I do agree that there
should be places where everyone is invited. (Incidentally,
my notebooks are one of those places [for all you FC-ers 8^)].)
I'm subscribed to several mailing lists. Getting mailing lists
in digest form makes it quite possible to wade through reams of
e-mail. Just enter your favorite editor and page around.
It may prove to be a great forum for idea flinging.
In fact.... alt.ideas.for.free might be a nifty addition to
the usenet heirarchy. Or, more to andy's tribe concept....
alt.open.forum. Alt.non.sequitur is an extreme case of
degenerate conversation comparable to bar-speak. But, tribe
stands a chance of actually having an incredibly captivating
crossthreading pattern.
alter,
pat
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Jorn Barger
> In fact.... alt.ideas.for.free might be a nifty addition to
I'd like to see: alt.thoughtful
Because in any group, there's *occasionally* a thoughtful post that
may be easy to overlook...
CHRISTOPHER SHAFFER
>(andy) writes:>>
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>[pseudo-sociological stuff about cyberspace communities rising out of
>the pacific deleted...]
>>
>>With that in mind, I bring you tribe. tribe is an e-mail list on the
>>Internet with no specific purpose, and anyone is welcome to join to
>>discuss anything they wish.
>>
>
>does anybody but andy think this is a good idea? the interesting
>thing about the internet is precisely that you can reach people with
>very specific interests similar to your own.
>
>if i want to hear other people's thoughts about random topics i'll go
>to a bar! it's much easier to filter spoken conversation for items of
>possible interest than it is to wade through reams of e-mail or
>usenet posts.
>
and if 'tribe' is what you want to read...). I don't think his group is
necessary for the purpose, however. Several other groups fit this
description, some with themes, some without. Check out alt.boostagogo, or
alt.discordia, etc. Alt.Callahans actually is a bar - visit sometime :-)
Christopher J. Shaffer sha...@slab.unt.edu
My opinions are my own, of course.
"One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them,
One ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them,
In the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie." J.R.R. Tolkien
Tony Scott
and having a list called tribe looks too much like alt.culture.internet
or general interest in anthropology lists.
Tony Scott
Robert C. Colgrove
>With that in mind, I bring you tribe. tribe is an e-mail list on the
>Internet with no specific purpose, and anyone is welcome to join to
>discuss anything they wish.
>Join the tribe.
> andy hawks, university of colorado at boulder
Interesting idea. problem in practice will be that it would get too big
too fast to maintain the "sense" of the tribe.
Suggestion: automatic fission of tribes as they reach a certain size.
If each daughter tribe adds either a 0 or a 1 to the name, it would
preserve a sense of ancestry. Thus tribe.0110 would be the
0 daughter of tribe.011, the 10 granddaughter of tribe.01, etc.
Sorry, I'm a biologist. I can't help it...;^)
-robin
Steve Owen
In article <2b3vre$4...@gap.cco.caltech.edu>, ro...@cco.caltech.edu (Robert C. Colgrove) writes...
>ha...@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (andy) writes:
>
>>With that in mind, I bring you tribe. tribe is an e-mail list on the
>>Internet with no specific purpose, and anyone is welcome to join to
>>discuss anything they wish.
>>Join the tribe.
>> andy hawks, university of colorado at boulder
Here's an irony....
Tribe is the name of a band from Boston (on Slash/Warner records). They've
been called Tribe since the mid eighty's (before the word "Tribe" became so
trendy).
Now the important part... They are also one of the few bands I know of who
have an e-mail address (tr...@world.std.com).
So please don't say the Tribe e-mail list has no specific purpose. 8^)
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Steve Owen
ow...@conslt.enet.dec.com Don't squirt silly string into the wind...
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Gary Injune Lin
>DATE: Sun, 31 Oct 93 10:46:05 EST
>FROM: Gerald E Mortensen <gmor...@mothra.syr.edu>
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Gary Injune Lin
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Peter Hanley
: to a bar! it's much easier to filter spoken conversation for items of
: possible interest than it is to wade through reams of e-mail or
: usenet posts.
I think the idea is charming, not unlike a "general" message
sub on a pirate bbs or something-not that i'd call, mind you...those
subs do get a little tiring, ut they can be fun. I can see why someone
would like something like that.
Peter