Hi there.

I've just joined your website thanks to an invite code that I received. I'm a software analyst in the automotive industry, though I'm looking to push my career towards other, more philanthropic industries. I'm a lover of technology and of all the different kinds of people, plants, and animals. I enjoy friendly discussion and I like when someone else can help me get a new perspective on something that I hadn't considered before. I play a lot of video games and listen to a lot of music. I really like creating, and talking about video games and music, but I'm not necessarily all that knowledgeable about it. Just really passionate. I really like the layout of this website and the idea of user XP and using tribes to "tag" posts.

I've read the FAQ here in the lounge, but I have a couple quick questions:

• Can I browse only the tribes I have joined? I see an "all" but that includes things I haven't joined. (Never mind. I found it.)

• What are some good discussion-oriented tribes? I see a lot of quality posts and I really like the "related links" feature, but the comments seem to be mostly "hear, hear" types of comments. Is that just due to low user count?

• I appear to be following a bunch of people from the start. What decided I would be following these particular individuals? Are they notified that I am now following them?

Thanks in advance for any help you guys can give. I look forward to browsing with you.