Editing Tribe.net (section)

==History==
Tribe was founded in early 2003 by Paul Martino, [[Mark Pincus]], and Valerie Syme. As of March 2004, the population of tribe was skewed heavily towards people living in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]], though the geographic distribution is gradually normalizing as people from other places join. As of September 2006, it had over 500,000 members.{{Update after|2010|11|13}}{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}

In a controversial move, on December 20, 2005, tribe.net decided to prohibit sexually explicit content, partially in response to the [[Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act]]. This move disappointed many users, as Tribe to that point had been notable for a permissive content policy.<ref>{{cite news | title=Goodbye, Tribe.net | publisher=Wired | date=December 20, 2005 | author=Blue, Violet | url=https://www.wired.com/sex_drive_daily/2005/12/goodbye_tribene/ | url-status=live | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106001712/http://www.wired.com/sex_drive_daily/2005/12/goodbye_tribene/ | archivedate=November 6, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=No sex please, we're 2.0 | publisher=San Francisco Chronicle | date=December 20, 2007 | author=Blue, Violet | url=https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/No-sex-please-we-re-2-0-Violet-Blue-looks-at-2548355.php | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009031326/http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-12-20/living/17271807_1_myspace-user-social-networking-sites-myspace-profile | archive-date=October 9, 2010 }}</ref>

On January 19, 2006, tribe.net changed its layout and user interface (UI). The management of tribe.net claimed that they received approximately 40% positive feedback during a small beta phase with 3000 users.

In April, 2006, most of the employees of Tribe.net were laid off, leaving only a skeleton group to maintain and develop the site.

On August 24, 2006, former CEO [[Mark Pincus]] announced that he was "taking back tribe." He did this through a public listing on the site. This happened due to the financial insolvency of the initial company. Mark formed a new corporation, Utah Street Networks, that bought the distressed assets of the original company, Tribe Networks.

In late 2007, at the request of many members {{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}, tribe.net announced that it would offer a premium service to members on a subscription basis, at the rate of US$5.00 per month. Prospective premium members were told that they would be able to view the website in an ad-free format. It also promised free T-shirts to annual members, a benefit that has never fully been disbursed.

A September 24, 2008 article in the ''[[San Francisco Weekly]]'' quoted Pincus as saying that the site would continue. "I feel a commitment to the community of people who have made the decision to post themselves on Tribe," the Weekly quoted Pincus. "We've kept Tribe going not because we believed it would turn into a phenomenal business success like Bebo or Facebook, but because I think it serves a really valuable role for the community."<ref name=Ruberg>{{cite web | title = Tribe.Net Going the Way of Friendster |url=http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-09-24/news/tribe-net-going-the-way-of-friendster |access-date=2010-03-28 | work = [[San Francisco Weekly]] |date= 2008-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328070754/http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-09-24/news/tribe-net-going-the-way-of-friendster |archive-date=2010-03-28 }}</ref>
tribe.net was taken offline in March 2017 after an article on [[Heavy.com]]<ref name="heavy">{{cite web|url=https://heavy.com/news/2017/03/pedophile-social-network-tribe-net-child-pornography-abuse-screenshots|website=Heavy.com|title=Pedophile Social Network? Tribe.net Hosts Community of Sexual Predators After Children|date=28 March 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216214008/https://heavy.com/news/2017/03/pedophile-social-network-tribe-net-child-pornography-abuse-screenshots/|archivedate=2018-02-16}}</ref> about a Reddit thread<ref name="reddit">{{cite web|url= https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/61veh3/this_needs_more_visibility_tribenet_is_harboring|title= This needs more visibility. Tribe.Net is harboring Pedophiles & they are openly talking about it & what they have done. NSFW/NSFL|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20180405162412/https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/61veh3/this_needs_more_visibility_tribenet_is_harboring|archivedate= 2018-04-05|url-status= dead}}</ref> described child porn activity on the network.<ref name="heavy" /><ref name="reddit" />

While development director Carolyn Anhalt told the ''[[Black Rock Beacon]]'' <ref name="BRB" /> in 2017 that the site was “gone for good” she said the concept might be resurrected. “We have not completely given up the hope to have a sustainable social network that supports anonymity and free speech."<ref name="BRB">{{cite web |title=The System Is Down, The Black Rock Beacon |date=August 27, 2017 |page=(page 2 near the bottom) |url=https://blackrockbeacon.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/17a_Gate-edition.pdf |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325045114/http://www.blackrockbeacon.dreamhosters.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017a_Gate-edition.pdf |archivedate=March 25, 2018 }}</ref>

In February 2022, the domain name was pointed to a list of charities supporting [[Ukraine]]. In November 2022, a new [[Mastodon (software)]] server was brought up under the tribe.net domain name, https://tribe.net/about.