I thought G+ would finally see the light. - Eric - 100% Choice Cuts

Even G+ fails to impress me. - AJ Batac (/-_-)

AJ, same here - imabonehead

G+ had such a great template to crib from too. I wasn't surprised that Facebook didn't take full advantage either. - caj

I understand. The real-time updates freaked many people out. It is a features that took getting used to, and that's too much to ask for a large user base. - Eric - 100% Choice Cuts

I can understand the trepidation with real time (I'm permanently paused, myself.) But bumping seems like a no-brainer, and absolutely no one else does it. - Victor Ganata from iPhone

Real time was a shock at first (especially on my old desktop, which couldn't handle it), but now I love it and miss it on other networks. - John (bird whisperer)

I'm also permanently paused, but FF's overall model (and, ahem, relatively small size) still works better for me than G+ or the New & Improved Facebook. - Walt Crawford

Victor, I'm pretty sure the number of comments a post receives figures into Facebook's "Top Stories" algorithm. The thing is, the algorithm is not transparent, and there is not a one-to-one correspondence between commenting and bumping. - Laura Norvig

Thinking of transparency, anyone know how the score works for best of day? Seems like a like is worth about three comments, which seems backwards to me. I've seem some lunch posts with 10 likes up above a great comment stream of 25-30 comments and no likes. What gives? - Joe from iPod

Joe, I think number of unique users that have interacted with it. I'm sure there is some difference in weighting, between a like and comment, but that's the biggest factor. If it was just comments, then you could just keep talking to yourself, or 2 people could be having a conversation without really adding value to anyone else. - Jimminy, CoG of FF

That makes sense. Thanks CoG. - Joe from iPod

interesting discussion here :-) - Maitani

Best of Day is also unique for each user. I suspect part of the algorithm is what percentage of the people liking or commenting on something are people you subscribe to. - Laura Norvig

I think we also need to remember that the Userbase on FF is pretty tight and small compared to the other platforms - Peter Dawson

I dunno, Peter, some of us are sober some of the time. - Walt Crawford