The management of tribe.net claimed that they received approximately 40% positive feedback during a small beta phase with 3000 users.

"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.

[6][7] While development director Carolyn Anhalt told the Black Rock Beacon [8] in 2017 that the site was “gone for good” she said the concept might be resurrected.

As more and more people and their friends joined tribe, it resulted in an elaborate computerized social network with many thousands of members.

In addition to threaded messages, members can use tribes to post photos, announce upcoming parties, concerts, or other events easily and reach select audiences.

Tribe Networks, the original company behind tribe.net, was formerly privately owned, financed largely with venture capital.

[9] In November 2008, Utah Street turned over management of tribe to New Systems Associates, a group of users who planned to stabilize the site and expand its services.

Once that was complete, Pincus was to transfer the assets to New Systems, Carolyn Anhalt, the company’s director of development and technical support,[11] told the Black Rock Beacon in 2015.

[12] In 2010, the combination of a dispute with contract programmers and the loss of advertising from a major server that objected to pornographic content on the site derailed the rewrite.