Drivetribe: Anyone Else On?

Ended up getting my early activation code today, so I decided to start a chronicle of sorts. Anyone else using it yet? What do you think?

It's an interesting concept. A mix of professional content and user-submitted content that percolates to the top based on rankings. At least, I think I've got it figured out. Our ND V8 got the pro treatment recently, expect it to be a fairly early appearance on the site.

I personally don't have any plans to start posting there, mostly because I'm suffering from exhaustion on how many platforms there are

I've only just heard of it. I really don't feel like starting over with yet another social media type outlet, unless this one's really cool? I'll let the youngin's tell me if it's worth it.

I signed up today for launch

I had an activation code buried in my email for about a week. I'm drafting a feature for it today between appointments. GBody, I'll send you a tribe invite over on book of faces.

It's only login option is Faceberkeley.

It's tagline on the page is:

Drifters
Racers
Easy Riders
Adventurers
Your world awaits_

Yawn. I think I'll just go outside.

If I understand correctly, the content is organized into tribes - or channels. If you're in to drifting, you go for one of the drift tribes. If you're a fabricator, you join/subscribe one of those. They're trying to hit the entire range of automotive enthusiasm.

It's sort of a blog platform that rewards good blogs by pushing them to the top - and they're signing up a number of big names to be the headliner blogs as well as producing their own.

In reply to Keith Tanner:

exactly, so if someone isn't interested in rally related antics of cars from the early 90s, mainly BG chassis and volvo 240s and the development of them to sustain such abuse. They wouldn't be one of the 6 people that would possibly be intrigued by my tribe.

The UI is also really clean, and the editor is easy to use (at least on Desktop).

I don't get what it is.

Huckleberry wrote: It's only login option is Faceberkeley.

I think I'm done here.

In reply to G_Body_Man:

publishing my first piece was easy. I'm curious to try the video portion out once I'm home. Whether you can livestream through it or if it's upload based.

In reply to Keith Tanner:

Sounds exactly like Reddit....

The promotion mechanism does sound like what I know of Reddit, but is Reddit a content management platform or just a discussion platform?

I may play around with it on the train ride home

captdownshift wrote: In reply to G_Body_Man: publishing my first piece was easy. I'm curious to try the video portion out once I'm home. Whether you can livestream through it or if it's upload based.

Can you link your content directly or do I need to log in to read it? If the latter - I expect it's a dead end before it even gets started.

Keith Tanner wrote: The promotion mechanism does sound like what I know of Reddit, but is Reddit a content management platform or just a discussion platform?

I guess its some of both, more content management, but there is 99% of the time A LOt of useful info in the comments section of each post.

I like reddit because I can create my own stream basically, has cars, DIY, welding, rally, wood working etc.

Click the link in his post and you'll find your answer immediately.

Keith Tanner wrote: Click the link in his post and you'll find your answer immediately.

No link in the capt's post for me

java230 wrote:

Keith Tanner wrote: The promotion mechanism does sound like what I know of Reddit, but is Reddit a content management platform or just a discussion platform?

I guess its some of both, more content management, but there is 99% of the time A LOt of useful info in the comments section of each post. I like reddit because I can create my own stream basically, has cars, DIY, welding, rally, wood working etc.

So where's the content? All I see is a list of links with people talking about it. I've never been in to Reddit.

Huckleberry wrote:

Keith Tanner wrote: Click the link in his post and you'll find your answer immediately.

No link in the capt's post for me

Try the one in the original post, then.

G_Body_Man wrote: Ended up getting my early activation code today, so I decided to start a chronicle of sorts. Anyone else using it yet? What do you think?

In reply to Keith Tanner:

Ah yes, links, pics etc. Your V8 ND was on there last week, trending nicely

For example, there is a Miata subreddit. r/ miata

Huckleberry wrote:

captdownshift wrote: In reply to G_Body_Man: publishing my first piece was easy. I'm curious to try the video portion out once I'm home. Whether you can livestream through it or if it's upload based.

Can you link your content directly or do I need to log in to read it? If the latter - I expect it's a dead end before it even gets started.

Let's try this again.

I see 1 picture with 2 random comments (?) about rallycrossing a Mercedes. I'm not sure I get it. What is the original content? The picture?

Keith Tanner wrote:

Huckleberry wrote:

Keith Tanner wrote: Click the link in his post and you'll find your answer immediately.

No link in the capt's post for me

Try the one in the original post, then.

G_Body_Man wrote: Ended up getting my early activation code today, so I decided to start a chronicle of sorts. Anyone else using it yet? What do you think?

OK, so... the answer is No.

I can only get to a tribe header page with titles and comments but attempting to click thru to read any content takes me to the login page where I'm only offered a "Login with Faceberkeley" button.

In reply to Huckleberry:

Let me know if this works