Future of the Forum

[quadraginta]

You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy ...

... and don't get me started on the working classes.

Hey!

What's this about work?

There's some changes that are just out of line. That would be one.

 

[CORed]

Anyone who gets a lot of butthurt out of this should just sue their own butt for pain and suffering

My butt doesn't have any money, so that won't work.

 

[G6000]

This forum will go down in history as probably the only internet forum outside the former Soviet Union nations that ever required people's real names to register.

 

[CORed]

What we need is to take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week with all the decisions of that officer having to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs but by a two-thirds majority in the case of more major decisions.

But the Lady of the Lake thrust Excalibur into my hands, signifying that I am King by divine authority.

 

[Olowkow]

Is there a website in English for TribeTech AB which tells us what they do? All I get are some odd Amway references, and JREF forum threads.

 

[Childlike Empress]

Is there a website in English for TribeTech AB which tells us what they do? All I get are some odd Amway references, and JREF forum threads.

http://tribetech.net/

 

[The_Fire]

I think this is what you are looking for:

http://tribetech.net/

 

[pgimeno]

Enter the room. Turn to your left. Pick up the book of matches...

It is now pitch dark. If you proceed you will likely fall into a pit

Light match.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Is there a website in English for TribeTech AB which tells us what they do? All I get are some odd Amway references, and JREF forum threads.

You just click, yes translate, it's at the top of the page.

It's a pretty standard business registration, there's not a lot there.

 

[Blue Mountain]

But the Lady of the Lake thrust Excalibur into my hands, signifying that I am King by divine authority.

Look, strange women lying on their backs in ponds handing out swords ... that's no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony!

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

http://tribetech.net/

Guess I should have left the 'AB' off? There's more on that site than the other.

 

[madurobob]

This forum will go down in history as probably the only internet forum outside the former Soviet Union nations that ever required people's real names to register.

So does Facebook. And, of course, we all know there are no fake facebook accounts.

 

[Childlike Empress]

Guess I should have left the 'AB' off? There's more on that site than the other.

I found the URL through the eMail given as contact address on the license page of the Amway Wiki (that prominently and several times shows up on Olowkow's google search), which starts like this:

TribeTech AB grants the public rights to reuse the text in Amway Wiki as long as it -

(1) is attributed to Amway Wiki, with a link back to the original article and this copyright notice

(2) in no way reflects negatively on Amway Wiki, TribeTech AB, or the subject of any article.

So I'm not sure if I'm allowed to reprint that here and say what I think about it.

 

[Chaos]

Guess I should have left the 'AB' off? There's more on that site than the other.

"AB" is, IIRC, the Swedish equivalent of "Ltd.".

 

[Olowkow]

You just click, yes translate, it's at the top of the page.

It's a pretty standard business registration, there's not a lot there.

Oh, I've been through the translation pretty closely. Even noted that the business has 1 employee and negative income. Net assets of less than $10,000, (converted from TKR).

Also, The business called "TribeTech AB" is in the business of "body care", it seems.

The Linkedin page for icerat (David Steadson) shows the TribeTech AB site to be: http://www.fittogether.nu/
The site if confusing, but it looks like the total membership is 8.

This is just one of the projects that are listed on the site provided by a couple of posters up thread.

Owner
NeDaMi
1997 – Present (17 years) Australia, Sweden, Poland, United Kingdom, United States
Building consumer networks

When accessed one gets:

This web site is still under construction.

Hosted by TribeTech - Building Communities.

 

[Donn]

The site is pretty thin on substance and full of clip art. It leaves me feeling .. unsettled.

 

[Klimax]

Has anyone asked Randi if he would mind if the new forum keeps his namesake: JREF Forum? It could have a banner stating in clear boilerplate language his disavowing any connection with the JREF.org.

I'd feel much more sanguine about all of these changes if Sharon's "official word" took the form of quotes attributable to someone in charge. But if the main admins who have been here for so long are buying into this plan, that's good enough for me.



Who is JREF these days?

You mean James Randi Educational Forum?

 

[Olowkow]

You mean James Randi Educational Forum?

Sure, why not? A clear banner with a winky emoticon with a white beard stating "Not to be confused with the James Randi Educational Foundation which in no way supports this site" would be displayed prominently.

 

[marplots]

The site is pretty thin on substance and full of clip art. It leaves me feeling .. unsettled.

What? The cobbler's kids have no shoes?

Doesn't bother me much.

 

[theprestige]

The site is pretty thin on substance and full of clip art. It leaves me feeling .. unsettled.

Personally, I feel better this way. The Internet is full of insignificant, half-assed "business" websites that don't mean much. If the host of the forum wants to dabble inconsequentially in such things, they're welcome to do so. Everyone needs a hobby. You don't think James Randi spends all his time managing the forum, do you?

I'd be a lot more worried if the forum was being hosted by a thriving business that had a sound model and an owner who insisted that everything in his portfolio find a place in that model.

Even if the host wanted to find a place in his model for the forum, based on that website, nothing much would come of it, and the forum would probably muddle along same as before.