So feeling like I have really neglected this web offering; I came to post the obligatory seasonal photo, catch up, whatever . .

To my immense frustration, I cannot stay logged in long enough to post anything, the photo upload kept rejecting my photos, had to change my profile from charcoal to blah grey just to see the module editors and so on and so on ad nauseaum. I fully expect I will have to copy this post into the buffer so I can paste it once I login yet again. Additionally there is a post from the little man behind the curtain informing he has assembled a 'crack' team to help improve tribe.

Have we not been waiting patiently for the 'improvements' for two-ish years? I can only deduce the promised 'improvements' are limited to the paying customers once again. Don't get me wrong; I am all for memberships paying for the high cost of providing quality service; it ain't cheap to maintain a web presence. However; why would I be willing to pay for a membership when the basic free membership is such a poor representative of decent customer service and functionality? I am frustrated with the promised 'coming-soon' modules which never did, the fact that I cannot post modules from other services here, and the same tired dozen or so 'layout' offerings.

I do not especially need Tribe, I have a pro Flickr membership [who's free service is first rate BTW]. I have a Blogger doo-dah, a myspace [sandbox for neglected kiddies], and various other web 2.0-ish tools I like. I am practically the only one who posts on the heartside tribe.

So perhaps Tribe as a showcase for my artwork, interests and social connections is no longer an effective or efficient choice. Something to ponder . . .