by personal request, a free, no-strings-attached un-biased* critique of "thing" [quotes added for clarification]
cluster.tribe.net/tribe/ser...pleCard.vm

*except as regards kiwi-fruit. do not, under any circumstances, attempt to remind me of kiwi-fruist and expect me to remain bias-free. Not even Ted Koppel or Uncle Walter could do it.


Name: I like the name, but it's not unique, unless you count the lower-case variation (which is a valid distiction, let no-one fool you): www.tribe.net/tribe/servl...eopleCard.vm

So, thing. What is it? nobody knows, I guess that's the point. I'm not going to bother searching for this Meret-Oppenheim-in-an-eggcup original, but it is different enough for Tribe.net. If a bit too suggestive, thankyouverymuch. I give it a 7.

Friends: thing's friends-list is a whopping total of 4 all alts, of course. And a very cliquish set of alts, except for Ashnod. Who is an alt. And somewhat cliquish. But he's been getting out more. And I suspect that, had I started this review last week when originally requested, that the friends-list would be one greater, with the inclusion of Crankey. Mercifully, Crankey got deleted this week, and thing has only four friends. Of course, thing is less than one week old. Tough titty. Buster or Elvis could get 4 friends in a pico-second. This gets a 3.5, becuase Crankey is gone.

Gallery: thing's gallery is non-existant. Nothing but the avatar pic. C'mon--get some furry teacups or something. Gallery gets a 2 for lack of effort, but at least its not Mr. Goatse.

Testimonials: thing learned from our last review, and has one testimonial. I am not too familiar with Fatso, although I know his picture disturbs me and is keeping me on my diet. It is a serious, real testimonial, written in a language I speak, and is worthwhile. Testimonials gets a 3.

Tribes: thing's tribes are heavily alt-infested, but not exclusively so. There are a handful of (alt-favored) tribal-theory tribes, and a few others--like Weird Al Yankovic and Yucca Pie. Maybe Yucca Pie is an alt-tribe. I don't know. I give this a 6.

Avatar: I touched on this up under name. It's....interesting, distrubing, and reminds me of Meret Oppenheim. it is certainly appropriate for "thing". There are, disturbingly enough, google-results for "hairy egg": images.google.com/images none of which seems to be our friend, thing. Avatar gets an 8 because something about it annoys me. Maybe it's the egg-cup. Or the fact that it looks like a kiwi, and I hate kiwis. All those d**n seeds. bleaugh.

7/10 Name
3.5/10 Friends
2/10 Gallery
3/10 Testimonials
6/10 Tribes
8/10 Avatar

thing has a preliminary total of 29.5/60, but gets 10 bonus points for having the, er, ball(s) to contact me second.

GRAND TOTAL: 39.5/60