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Steve Rubel

Friendfeed needs to time-stamp the comments.

May 26, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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Yeah, that is something that I have been thinking about. - Kevin Bondelli

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Less thinking more action ;) - Alberto Reyes

A tooltip maybe on hover over the quote graphic. Keep it clean - Andrew Smith

Optional feature - timestamp - not default. - Susan Beebe

great idea! - Sarah Perez

it must be part of the API, since fftogo seems to include a time stamp on the comments - Trent Olson

I'm sure they do store the timestamp, even if it isn't currently displayed. - Mack D. Male

Yeah, it's in the api, all comments & likes are timestamped - Glenn Slaven

I think this is a perfect plan. The only issue I might have is that the time information might take-over the conversations. It might just look more cluttered than FF already is. - Ryne Nelson

It would be useful sometimes. - Morton Fox

concur, very useful to have. Make it a display option. Those who would think it's clutter can turn it off then. - Alexander Falk

It is in the API (I use them in fftogo). I vote that the timestamp should appear as text when you hover over the "thought bubble" to the left. - Benjamin Golub

All comments are time-stamped in AlrertThingy and feedalizr - Stephen B from Alert Thingy

Comments are time stamped in bTT as well. - Francois Bochatay from bTT

and also in twhirl - Marco Kaiser from twhirl

agreed. Timestamps are important - Peter Dawson

What about a comment alert?! How do you follow conversations on ff!? - TommaSorchiotti

Not sure if this will add to the functionality, but should be something they can try out... - Dennis Goedegebuure

Not sure a comment alert is necessary. Comments bring the post up to the top of the timeline, which makes it available for anyone who is currently paying attention to Friendfeed. (Not sure why anyone would want their attention brought to Friendfeed if it isn't already there, that would be a huge productivity drain). - Jason Wehmhoener

Please, please remember that the whole world doesn't run on PDT. I don't want to see timestamps in my FF in gReader and have to always try to guess whether the west coast is 17, 16, or 15 hours behind. If you must display timestamps, please put them in GMT. Setting the timestamps on my FF page/in my FF feed to be correct in my local timezone would be even nicer. - James Polley

yeah ! and a hide fonction for each comment - Jonathan

منم به فارسی تایید می کنم - Kamal

we know which came first... but in n argument the comments can edit. that makes time stamping very important so we know when someone made a change - Noah David Simon

a timeline function in general would be nice, make everything more timeframe friendly - Ruben Llibre

Show times either in GMT or in my own timezone, and just make it a tooltip for the quote balloon or something. Don't want it to look cluttered. - Pat Hawks

just make the time relative from each comment, so I know who said what when in perspective. like 5 minutes later Noah David Simon said. <--this opens up - Noah David Simon

like i said earlier about plurk :) - kosmar

Is i really important to know when every single comment is made? Only the last one would really be useful, could have 'last comment on june 1 at..." right beside the date of the post. - John Duff

If the timestamp is a tooltip, then it isn't really "in the way." Maybe we can have all the timestamps as tooltips, except the most recent comment will have the timestamp printed out below it, like John said. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

I am so tired of entering an empty room and talking to myself for twenty minutes. lol - Russellreno

A needed feature for sure I agree. I suggested this to the FF feedback room some weeks ago. - Mike Fruchter

Any news? - Amiroo ™

<--- try hover your mouse cursor on that little dialog icon - topo

Sorry it's not more obvious, but if you hover your mouse over the comment icon you will see the time that the comment was made. Thanks for letting us know that it's hard to find! The feedback is much appreciated. - Ross Miller

I believe they are timestamped but this data is not yet displayed.... you're right ! - David Berrebi

other than timestamp I also want to be able to like the comments individually =] - Özgür D. Cyric

This thread shows what happens when nobody reads the comments before theirs - Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF

Agreed. The entire time... - Zachary Poley from twhirl

Rahsheen, your point is awesome right now :) - Zachary Poley from twhirl

this feed tells me that noone reads the comments before theirs =] =] j/k - Özgür D. Cyric

Yes,sure. The problems is how to realize it? - Motor Industry

Ross Miller:Thanks, my bad lots of greasemonkey junk keep me away to recognize that - Amiroo ™

Robert Scoble

On plane I am sitting next to John Bohn. Was an economist for Reagan. What he has to say is more depressing than CNBC.

February 5 - Comment - Like - Share

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So tell us more. What did he have to say? - Alexander Falk

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Please interview him and post it. Video would be great! - Alain Saffel

Wow, you can't escape. - Shawn Farner

We're all screwed /conversation - Dean Clark

He is California's Public Utilities Commissioner too. Thinks focusing on executive pay is misguided. Says the stimulus bill is just pork and won't create short term jobs. Thinks the financial system is broken and needs an overhaul. Says that capitalism might have been harmed permanently by bankers and wall street. - Robert Scoble

Let me guess, massive government spending ISN'T what we need right now? How about further tax cuts WITH fiscal responsibility? As we learned with the Reagan administration (and as with JFK too) tax cuts are good for the economy. - Kevin

Wait till our troops finally come home too! Hundreds of thousands of our youth will be affected by PTSD. We gotta face the music at some point - unfortunately. - Jerry Gonzalez

I will interview him during flight. Leaving now see you in six hours or so. - Robert Scoble

Ask him what he sees coming inflation wise. - Dean Clark

Interesting that he'd say capitalism might have been harmed permanently by bankers and Wall Street. Now the pendulum is about to swing from one extreme to the other? - Alain Saffel

Where's the "now I'm depressed" button on FF? - Patrick Driscoll from twhirl

Looks like a little regulation is a good thing, like having referees in sports to make sure the game is played fairly. - Alain Saffel

Dean: more inflation coming. - Robert Scoble

Yep. Facing the music alright. 8, make that twelve years of voodoo economics finally coming home to roost. - Jim Hearts FF

The system indeed needs an overhaul. Our economy thrives on the creation of needs for products and services consumers did not know they wanted or needed - it was unsustainable as it was. - Bill

Although I am interested in what he has to say, and I applaud Robert for getting this interview, and I'm looking forward to reading it, I think we need to take this with a grain of salt here. What's the headline? "Longtime Republican Thinks Obama's Economic Plan Is A Bad Idea." - Mitch Wagner

Mitch: he doesn't come off as very partisian. He has lots of friends in high places. - Robert Scoble

I don't think it's a matter of partisanship, it's more a matter of world view. If you view tax cuts as the only viable stimulus, then everything else looks wrong. Yet these are the same guys who have never seen it coming. - Alex Scoble

Robert you should setup a blog that is simply, "interesting people that sit next to me on planes," it would be a great RSS feed - anna sauce

+1000 anna! - Susan Beebe

Robert, I find that quite believable. And expect he'll have some good points to make. And Obama's stimulus plan is not above reproach. But, still, he's coming at this with a certain ideological bias, and that bias is the opposite of Obama's. Asking him to comment on Obama's fiscal plan is like asking a Windows guy his opinion of the Mac. - Mitch Wagner

Ask him what the impact of the berlin wall was to US finance/economics at that time - anna sauce

I'd love to hear his take on how we get out of this mess, especially since GWB made the tough decisions to right our fiscal house after years of deficit spending, before his successors allowed the creation of huge imbalances by pumping up the money supply. More than the question of how good or bad is the Obama plan, I'd like to know what he'd actually prescribe and what evidence (historical or theoretical) he'd use to support his suggestions. - Cecyl Hobbs

Ask - what CAN be done to salvage the US...strike that...Global... economy? - Susan Beebe

I'd also be curious to see if he believes that increased banking regulations combined with the stimulus package (whether the GOP or Obama version) will result in the flight of "smart" capital out of the U.S. - Cecyl Hobbs

Cecyl, I'm confused by your first sentence. GWB didn't right the fiscal house after deficit spending, he inherited a balanced budget and ran up a record deficit. And he's only had one successor, who's been in office less than a month. IOW, huh? - Mitch Wagner

Love to hear the interview, Robert. And I agree with Anna's idea :) Thanks for sharing. - Arif Widianto

Mitch, sorry - I forgot an initial. GHWB. Originally, I was going to type "Bush I." - Cecyl Hobbs

Ask him to be a regular - love to hear more of what he says. - Chris Rogers

At this time, unfortunately, everyone is trying to outdo everyone else in being negative. - Lyndon

You have to fight back. Negativity breeds negativity. Manias and panics are both an equal part of humanity's globally bipolar nature. - Jed White

We haven't seen anything yet... look at the numbers and study the complete history of how we got here; not just the last eight years and reality will set in... The truth is the last thing you'll hear in the media, even now, although the reality of our situation is becoming more evident everyday. People that can see clearly will see the opportunities presented and will contribute and participate in the new world economy and leadership structure. No pain - No gain... - Mark Harai

If your still with John Bohn, I'm curious if he's the son of a John Bohn who lived in Guam years ago and was a prominent real estate mogul here. - William Ymesei from IM

Jed - I'm with you 100%. Foursquare against negativity! Mark - My motto is, "No pain, no pain." - Mitch Wagner

Seriously, I do think this crisis gives us an opportunity to build a stronger, saner economy. Too much of the economy was built on consumer goods that are, basically luxuries. If your car is five years old and still runs well and comfortably, you just don't need a new one, and won't for many years -- and yet our economy was built on convincing you that you need a new car every 2 yrs. But I fear that getting to that saner point will be horrible. - Mitch Wagner

you meet so many killer people throughout the day - andy brudtkuhl

Looking forward to that interview. - Tom Landini

I think it's short-sighted to say bankers and wall street permanently harmed capitalism. They had a part to play but the greater problem is that the ponzi-scheme of credit (we're only 30 years in to mass credit card usage) and climate of over-consumption. Remember, we recently had a *negative* savings rate. [cont] - AJ Kohn

[cont] Couple this 'live beyond our means' philosophy with the manipulation of economic benchmarks and you're able to put rose tinted glasses on the situation for decades. Nearly every President changed the way we track GDP, Unemployment and Inflation to make it look better than it is. (Try ShadowStats to get the real picture, it will not make you happy.) [cont] - AJ Kohn

[cont] Finally, and I'll take flak for this, the post-Reagan income tax system encourages greed. That is different from encouraging success. So, a system of free credit and splurge culture, meets statistical gerrymandering, meets carpetbagger Gordon Gecko greed and you wind up where we are now. Any stimulus is running into a gale force headwind IMO. - AJ Kohn

I sort of agree w/ Huffington when she suggested we keep a panel of those who DID forsee this meltdown long before it happened as a sort of Minority Report. - Phillip

Huh? You think CNBC is depressing? The talking heads are always happy and cheerful whatever the news is. For real depressing reporting check out http://financialsense.com/ - Aviv

They main concern for me right now is, not being in debt, keeping it that way, plus also protecting what savings I have against any hyperinflation that may be on the horizon. - Dean Clark

@Scobleizer apparently Latitude can't handle Altitude. Still shows you at SFO. ;-) Not too surprising, we're using cell towers, not GPS, right? Oh, and ++AlexScoble, as is so often the case. ;-) - michael silverton

Because Reaganomics were so...successful? Of COURSE he's depressing...his theory didn't work. - Karoli

That reminds me of a time in the recession of 1981 when 364 economists jointly took out a full page ad criticising Mrs Thatcher's economic policies. A reporter asked her "can you name TWO economists who support you?" She said "Yes, xxx and yyy" [her two main economics advisors at the time]. She later said privately: "I'm glad they didn't ask for three!" - Andrew Denny

The vast complexity of the issues we face make the future completely unpredictable. No one really knows what's going to happen - and even worse, what will fix it. Consumer confidence / spending is very difficult to predict, if not impossible when looking a timeframes of more than a few months. There's no such thing as the "perfect" solution, so Obama is doing the right thing by pushing SOMETHING. Action, no matter what the plan, is actually more important than the substance. - Vince DeGeorge

Reagan! That's where the problem started. "Trickle down," until the whole thing collapses from being top-heavy! - Phil Boiarski

The system may be broken right now, as soon as we allow citizens to start spending more of what they earn the system will start to repair itself, that's if government will stop regulating what we can sell and how we sell it. One of the biggest problems is their is no unity in government right now. I think George Washington said it best in his final speech before leaving office the Unity... more... - Russ Jackson

He also said, "Avoid foreign entanglements!" - Phil Boiarski

I guess I'll be depressed after hearing this interview, but I rather have the cold hard truth than live in fantasy land. - darnell from BuddyFeed

People - see http://www.storyofstuff.com - Victor Panlilio

Also see history of American education http://tinyurl.com/kc4n9 - Victor Panlilio

i'm telling you. we're all doomed! doomed i say! - Jason Shultz from twhirl

YouTube lesson on inflation http://tinyurl.com/3zvcgp - Victor Panlilio

JFK said "Together we will save the planet, or together we will perish in its flames." Some students recently spoke by homemade radio with a mission specialist on the ISS, who said she saw one earth, no divisions. Tell that to all of us down here who act so selfishly. The kids at http://www.gen-we.org know what's at stake (watch the video). They want to end the perception that the US is a greedy and arrogant nation. In this hyper-connected world, the only way to do that is to STOP being arrogant and greedy. - Victor Panlilio

@victor one thing I have maintained for years is that anyone that fights over land or false perceptions of race/religion/etc need to be taken up into space and forced to look down upon our home. Then they'll realise just how small we really are and how these petty excuses to be shitty towards each other are entirely pointless. Whenever prompted to enter race I always answer "human". - alphaxion

heavy. - Oldengrey (Jay)

@alphaxion Watch/listen to Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" http://tinyurl.com/23ch37 - Victor Panlilio

@alphaxion Paraphrasing Alan Watts: "One of the most persistent delusions in the West is that we are all isolated egos walking around in bags of skin." - Victor Panlilio

@alphaxion Watch "Stroke of Insight" http://tinyurl.com/3l9h9y - Victor Panlilio

So did u post the interview, Robert??? - Roberto Bonini

Here's a little antidote. Solvesall! http://tinyurl.com/btgfol - Phil Boiarski

Roberto: turned out we didn't do one last night. The plane was too loud and it just wasn't good for an interview. We'll get together back in his office and do one. He is very interested in friendfeed now, too, and read all your questions. Said the one about the Berlin Wall was very astute. - Robert Scoble

Talking to this guy sounds like a waste of time. Might as well talk to Lindsay Graham. - Kathleen Mazzocco

Thanks Robert. Look forward to that. I'll think of a question or two to post in the mean time - Roberto Bonini

So .... what did he say ??? - Tom Parish

Yes - at least a blog post or something to summarize - dying to hear. - James Hull

Anxious to hear more - Chance Garrity

Come on Robert! - Charlie Ramirez

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