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Wednesday, 6 August 2003

what a friend we have in jesus

In today’s email:

From: Tribe <Tribe@Tribe.net>
Date: Wed Aug 6, 2003 2:07:19 PM Canada/Eastern
To: Elizabeth Lawley <liz [at] itcs.com>
Subject: New Invitation from Jesus Christ

Jesus would like to add you to their personal friend network at Tribe.net. Please use the following URL to log on to Tribe.net and approve or reject this request:

http://www.tribe.net/
Posted at 4:00 PM in: humor
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friends and tribes from jill/txt on August 7, 2003 4:41 AM
Excerpt: Jesus Christ invited Liz to be part of his network of friends at Tribe, another social networking site similar to Friendster. This seems like an obvious strategy for online evangelists, but it reminds me of all the fictional friendsters I've...
Tribe.net hits the blogs from connected selves on August 14, 2003 3:31 AM
Excerpt: Tribe.net is currently in early beta, yet it has already appeared on a wide variety of blogs. [Tribe.net is YASNS focus on 1) Recommendations and listings (housemates, for sale, etc.) and 2) Letting people connect with their groups of friends.]...
Tribe.net hits the blogs from connected selves on August 14, 2003 3:31 AM
Excerpt: Tribe.net is currently in early beta, yet it has already appeared on a wide variety of blogs. [Tribe.net is YASNS focus on 1) Recommendations and listings (housemates, for sale, etc.) and 2) Letting people connect with their groups of friends.]...
Tribe.net hits the blogs from connected selves on August 14, 2003 3:32 AM
Excerpt: Tribe.net is currently in early beta, yet it has already appeared on a wide variety of blogs. [Tribe.net is YASNS focus on 1) Recommendations and listings (housemates, for sale, etc.) and 2) Letting people connect with their groups of friends.]...
Tribe.net hits the blogs from connected selves on August 14, 2003 3:33 AM
Excerpt: Tribe.net is currently in early beta, yet it has already appeared on a wide variety of blogs. [Tribe.net is YASNS focus on 1) Recommendations and listings (housemates, for sale, etc.) and 2) Letting people connect with their groups of friends.]...
Tribe.net hits the blogs from connected selves on August 14, 2003 3:34 AM
Excerpt: Tribe.net is currently in early beta, yet it has already appeared on a wide variety of blogs. [Tribe.net is YASNS focus on 1) Recommendations and listings (housemates, for sale, etc.) and 2) Letting people connect with their groups of friends.]...
The Network is the Market from Ross Mayfield's Weblog on August 25, 2003 3:18 PM
Excerpt: Tribe.net is a Craig's List meets Friendster style Social Networking Service that is just coming out of beta. What's different is the explicit transactional nature of the network, emphasis on tribal organization tools and how it relies on social capital
Comments
Comment from Ted on August 6, 2003 9:31 PM (Permalink to Comment)

Interesting idea for a site. Though I don't know why someone would get kicks out of sending an invite purportedly from Jesus.


Comment from Cath on August 7, 2003 11:48 AM (Permalink to Comment)

Oh no. Mine was from SATAN. Whatever can THAT mean?

*grin*


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