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Robert Scoble
Tonight is the beginning of the end of the "geeks-only" phase of FriendFeed. Now that Guy Kawasaki is here the marketers will start showing up.
I'm showing Six Flags tomorrow...lol - sean andersen
*doffs hat in respect to the passing of the time of geeks* - WorldofHiglet
So what's next? - Kevin Arth
yeah but unlike twitter, I'm not so sure internet marketers would feel successful on FriendFeed with everyone blocking them - Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
Now on to Google Wave! - sean andersen
And the spammers too, I guess. Great.. - Citronella
And ghost posters / commenters. - Ben Hanten
Slayerboy: good marketers won't get blocked. I really appreciated getting cuts in line at Six Flags because of their Twitter contest. - Robert Scoble from iPhone
Good marketers aren't most marketers :) - Brett Kelly
Brett: only good ones will survive here. - Robert Scoble from iPhone
Or they will drown. - sean andersen
Only if Guy likes it will they come. Friendfeed.alltop.com and all that. - Pete Delucchi from iPhone
Robert: I don't mind good marketers, as long as they're genuine. Too many of them (particular the "social media marketing gurus") are just unforgivably obnoxious and fake in their attempts to pimp their own garbage services/blog. So, I really hope you're right :) - Brett Kelly
Bad marketers on FriendFeed will survive in search results. Do a search for a couple of terms like 'canon 135mm' and you'll see plenty of entries that are just links to people selling the lens. You're not going to block them all. I don't see that as a big problem, but I suspect they'll be successful enough there to keep them coming. - Edward Coffey
Start? I've been here for a loooong time. A few of my 'marketing' friends have been too. - AJ Kohn
Marketers phase has already started in Turkey. Friendfeed is generally used by them, or I think like that... - Sabri Küstür
we need like a freindfeed costranostra to keep the peace, and make things just poof into the ethersphere - Robert Higgins
so wish i was a freindfeed coder and i could merge with the stream and provide some community services... :AKA Hiro Protaganist - Robert Higgins
@Robert: +1 for Snowcrash reference. - AJ Kohn
I'm in Marketing, and I've been here from the beginning. Are you slandering my craft, Mr. Scoble? :) - Louis Gray
Louis: you don't work for a big brand. When you sell your souls and work for a big brand let us know, OK? ;-) - Robert Scoble from iPhone
Robert, wait, don't you work for a big brand? - Jesse Stay
Jesse: sssshhhhh. - Robert Scoble from iPhone
"Now on to Google Wave! - sean andersen" Exactly. Unless the FF core team is over there on the sandbox right now, doing all they can to start the scrambling scrum RIGHT NOW, the big GWave will assimilate all. At least until the assimilation wave after that. FF has maybe a one year window -- if that -- to make it's move, whatever that might be, starting right now. - michael silverton
Citronella - I like that the spammers are vaporized almost instantly here. Decent built in tools for group reporting. - BairdWilliamson
If I got here before Guy and I'm geekless does that give me any special designation? - Kimber Scott
michael silverton: Wave sandbox already looks like Gmail. I bet when they release it, it will be Gmail 2.0. I hope Bret & co. are studying it close... - sean andersen
Kimber: you are geeky because you were here before...whether you like that designation or not :) - WorldofHiglet
Louis has more than *one* soul? Or is this a left-foot, right-foot thing. Colour me confus`ed :D - Micah Wittman
LOL! Well, I guess I could be called an amateur geek... - Kimber Scott from email
Pot. Kettle. Black. - Gilbert Harding
@silverton, agreed that FriendFeed has a limited time window to figure out what it wants to be when it's all grown up.. in other news, can't believe it took Guy this long to show up here to play. Nothing wrong with a little marketing, especially if it's of the "Moving the Freeline" variety.. +1 Gilbert, LOL. - Alex Schleber
If I were Guy, or the head of any company, be it a camera shop or whatever, whenever I had a little free time, I'd tweet out, "Hey, I'm going to be on FriendFeed for an hour or so, answering any questions about Alltop, telling you about its features, advantages, and benefits, come join in!" or something like that. That's a vertical that feeds off Twitter and really enriches both platforms, utilizing them both for their strengths. - Stephen Pickering
With Leo, Steve Rubel, and Guy K now all here .. this landscape is about to change ... agreed. - Charlie Anzman
I'm reading Crossing the Chasm, only 18 years after it was published. Can I blend in as a "marketer" now? - DGentry
Well hopefully communities will coexist in open social media, we aren't defined by what or where we login to right? It's just information we share, the platform is merely a pipeline. The communities need to exist beyond the platforms - Mark Essel from iPhone
Say it isn't so Joe! It will be interesting to watch the transformation, will FriendFeed go to the dark side or will it make a stand :) - Owen Greaves
true.. true.. - Cesar Sanchez
So, do you think the population will tend to shift to more casual people than the creme de la creme people. I feel so, since there are only the innovative, open-minded people on FriendFeed right now; and I think the change is pretty near. - Yiğit Arda Türkoğlu
Marketing guys have always been here. The difference... tactics and respect. That being said change is always happening and even still I'm not sure Friendfeed will hit the critical mass Twitter has with marketers. The friendfeed brand will likely be defined differently than Twitter and attract different people. Time will tell. - Jim Goldstein from iPhone
why? can't marketing guys and geeks get along? - kakuei
No. We cannot get along. This war has been waged for too long, and too much blood has been spilled. Most of us no longer even remember why we are fighting, but it doesn't matter. Victory is all that matters. - DGentry
The marketers are already here, but most of them are totally clueless about how friendfeed works. They somehow think they can dump their stuff here and it will get "found" and when that doesn't work, they just go back to twitter. The ones that do understand how it works either feel it is too much damn work to fake being real to be worth it, or they are the real deal and it works quite well for them. - April Russo (app103)
April: I think there's some cost-benefit analysis going on there. There's a smaller crowd at FF and it takes a lot more work. Plus, most people here are marketing jaded. - Trent Hamm
The craft of marketing. That's priceless. - Big K
Guy is a marketer, sure, but also a geek. Geeks phase ends when the Celebs show up. - Garin Kilpatrick
well if they start selling, just dont click "like" or "comment" and they will drop off the page in minutes - Mark
I think some marketers are already here..but anyway, you think Guy being here will change things much? - Rob Sellen :o)
Robert, you might have to make a stand for geeks everywhere. Prepare yourself. - Joe
Robert, "Wanna learn how to get 1,000's of Friendfeed friends in no time. Click here http://somespammylink.com to learn my patent pending, amazing, fantastic, game-changing, and revolutionary way to gain residual income through the magic of your Friendfeed friends." Don't click yet, I was just brushing up! - Sean Powell
I'm so honored to have read this message from scoble. I'm grateful for our "geeks only" days that we've all shared! LOL - Jason Pollock
No Kidding! Welcome Guy Kawasaki, who ever your are. - Houseofmax
Yes I agree - Randy Allen Bishop
thats unfortunate, but who is GuyK? - echostreamer
When the marketer wagon shows up I'll be going private. - Geoff Schultz
Yeah, Jim Goldstein sez it: those of us from the dark side that stumbled into these sweet precincts have kept a low profile... sorta like taking your hat off when you go to church ; > - Thom Kennon
he's actually been here awhile, just not posting, mr scoble - chaz2b
Some ppl cannot be stopped. Like me! Not geeky enough, a girl, too wall st. Watch out, cause tenacity wins every time. - Liza
well then lets learn from Twitter and not follow every stupid command that celebrities give us to rocket them to the top of friend feed. BOYCOTT ALL CELEBRITIES ON FRIEND FEED to save this from becoming the punchline that twitter. save the whales, then save friend feed plez :) - echostreamer
Jason Pollock liked this, that is HILARIOUS! He posts the most redundant links on Twitter...a notorious spammer. At least Guy admits what he does, still somewhat annoying. Not sure why Leo Laporte was mentioned, I don't see him fitting that GK mold at all. - Benjamin Taylor
In retrospect ... it seems to have been a hit and run for now ?? Hoping not. Would be great to see him actively engaging here. A LOT to offer. Marketing crowd? ... No worries - There's always 'block, tackle and hide .....' here - Charlie Anzman
Robert, I think this is such crazy talk, you're a marketer too ;) - Jeremiah Owyang
Umm, I'm pretty sure that Guy is also a geek. Regardless of what his cool cred is...then again his cool cred is totally geek cool cred. - Alex Scoble
LOL Robert. What is wrong with you. I lol'd. - DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Guy Kawasaki does have magic initials, I will give him that. - Garin Kilpatrick
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The social media experts are coming! The social media experts are coming! Head for the hills, they are bringing their spam with them! - PJ Edwards
Oh god the end of the world is near :) - Daryl Hunt on FF
Well now with the FB acquisition this post just seems like a jab in the eye. Poor FF. - Her Lindsay-ness
Allen Harkleroad
Favorite: Product Review - Xara Xtreme Pro 5 - http://www.mixx.com/stories...
Xara Xtreme is equally flexible with bitmap and vector graphics, making it a great solution for any project that involves a combination of illustrations, photos and more. - Allen Harkleroad
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Alexa Traffic Page Complete Guide - http://www.mixx.com/stories...
"I hate to say this but Alexa sucks in regards to traffic and ranking. QuantCast is much better across the board.. Alexa is a hit or miss and more of a novelty than a real resource." - Allen Harkleroad
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Submitted: Statesboro Georgia Olive Garden Construction to Begin in October - http://www.mixx.com/stories...
Details are sketchy however, the Olive Garden restaurant is coming to Statesboro Georgia. Tentative construction should begin in October of this year. - Allen Harkleroad
Liz
Liz
This is driving me crazy! I've 6 "sexy pics" accounts RTing my message about beach closings. I don't want to contribute to their Tweetstream
Block em like there is no tomorrow! - Allen Harkleroad
Craig Newmark
@AllenHarkleroad Allen, thanks, very much appreciated!
Of course man, ya'll have the best classfieds site on the planet IMHO! - Allen Harkleroad
Allen, appreciated! and let's see if the friendfeed thing works! Craig On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Allen Harkleroad wrote: - Craig Newmark from email
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Favorite: Statesboro Georgia Added as a City on Craigslist - http://www.mixx.com/stories...
In the last year or so I have campaigned to have Statesboro Georgia listed on the site, as I didn’t care to list my items on the nearest listed city (Savannah Georgia). My wish has finally come true. Statesboro has quietly been added to craigslist. - Allen Harkleroad
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I Want the Same Health Plan as Congress – Screw the Public Option - PIC - http://www.mixx.com/photos...
"Amen FatLester, amen!" - Allen Harkleroad
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AllenHarkleroad on Where did my post about Sears.com's URL-hackable categories go? Am I actually being censored!? - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"Ya'll be careful or the Sears...Will Eat YOUR Babies.... <LOL>" - Allen Harkleroad
Bam Azizi
due to the ratio of followers vs following i am unfollowing everyone and will only follow those who are following me
I did the same thing about a week ago, I am soooo glad I did too! - Allen Harkleroad
Dave Winer
Yes yes tr.im is down. Good time to read about fixing URL shorteners! :-) http://www.scripting.com/stories...
Maybe they should turn tr.im into a porn or sex for hire website <LOL>, the name would work well. - Allen Harkleroad
@ Allen l was having the same thoughts,why not just turn it to porn or sex website so true - Pam Gwenzi
Internet's Tad
BBQ Pork skewer from Chinese place in Pike Place Market.
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Make that Nom Nom Nom! Looks delicious! - Allen Harkleroad
Looking very, very good. - Mike Nayyar
Ryan Stewart
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LOL and creative! - Allen Harkleroad
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Ouch Twitter just crashed
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Nir Ben Yona
Counted 20 new spam followers on Twitter in the past hour. This thing is just getting worse :(
Eugh tell me about it - Mo Kargas
The thing is that some spammers get even more sophisticated. They don't start spamming immediately as the account goes live, but tweet like regular users for a while. It's hard to track them down, especially when they use real pics that were taken from normative users. - Nir Ben Yona
Yep, that's my dilemma. A brief look and it seems legitimate. It's too difficult to keep a vigil on who's who. - Mo Kargas
Most of the Twitter Spammers I have encountered have numbers (3-4) at the end of the user name and most of the spammers use sexy-ish female photos. Not a hard and fast rule, but 95% fit this so far. - Allen Harkleroad
i've started to block them, i must admit that topify makes life little bit easier - Naor Mark
Allen, spammers that invite you to look at their "naughty images" are easy to track, the problem is with the sneaky ones. Couple weeks ago, I accidentally found a Twitter spam account that holds an avatar of a legit Friendfeed user, I was amazed to see that. - Nir Ben Yona
Which FF user Nir? This may be something we need publicized.... - Carlos Ayala
Carlos, I already told him about that, a nice French guy. If you insist on the specific name I can find it for you. - Nir Ben Yona
No, thats kool. I hope that this is not a sign of things to come (avatar-jacking). - Carlos Ayala
Don't know how wide this avatar-jacking really is, but since then I already tracked 2 more image stealing. - Nir Ben Yona
Jeff Zimmerman
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Luckily we weaned off of credit cards a couple of years ago, hate to see others affected by this though. - Allen Harkleroad
natasha
I need to use the term "draconian" more in my vocabulary. Simply because. But I promise not to wear capes...
<LO>> I love it! Draconian, what a great word! - Allen Harkleroad
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Submitted: Internal Revenue Service to Be New Health Care Enforcer - http://www.mixx.com/stories...
Under both the House and Senate bills the Internet Revenue Service (IRS) will be monitoring and enforcing the proposed national health care. - Allen Harkleroad
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I Want the Same Health Plan as Congress – Screw the Public Option - PIC - http://www.mixx.com/photos...
"And we the taxpayers are footing the bill already for Congress' health care, I want the same as they have and nothing less or inferior...." - Allen Harkleroad
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Submitted: I Want the Same Health Plan as Congress – Screw the Public Option - PIC - http://www.mixx.com/photos...
<br/>I wish someone would explain to me why Congress has it’s own health care plan, and they want to pass of some public option crap on the taxpayers. I want the same healthcare plan as Congress. What makes those idiots so special? - Allen Harkleroad
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Favorite: Three indicted in largest US identity theft scheme - http://www.mixx.com/stories...
Over 130 mln credit, debit card numbers said to be stolen. Miami man, two unnamed Russian co-conspirators charged (Recasts, adds details throughout, background). - Allen Harkleroad
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Forget About the Associated Press - Reuters Rocks - http://www.mixx.com/stories...
"Unfortunately they (AP) can't see the forest for the trees." - Allen Harkleroad
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"Stupid SEO tricks will end up getting a site banned from most major search engines. For over ten years my sites have ranked in the top 5-10 positions across all search engines, but then again I don't play sneaky search engine tricks. What to know how to stay on the good wide with SEO, just search for my book "Allen Harkleroad SEO"" - Allen Harkleroad
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Submitted: The US Government Changing Official US Logo – Funny Pic - http://www.mixx.com/stories...
You need to read this, funny but true - Allen Harkleroad
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Favorite: American Express Blue – Raising all Interest Rates Even Old Balances - Jacking Consumers Around Again - http://www.mixx.com/stories...
American Express Centurion Bank (AMEX) is really sticking it hard to American Express Blue card holders (every single one of them). There is nothing card holders can do about it either, you are at American Express’ mercy and they aren’t having any of - Allen Harkleroad
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What’s Next After National Healthcare? Why Not Just Take All of Our Money and Take Care of Us - http://www.mixx.com/stories...
"I just want to be able to decide if I want to carry health insurance or not. I don't need government health care, if something happens to me my wife's gets a big life insurance check, so screw health insurance. I am healthy as a horse but I am not paying for others to get government mandated health care, I will move out of the country before that happens, bet on that." - Allen Harkleroad
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Submitted: What’s Next After National Healthcare? Why Not Just Take All of Our Money and Take Care of Us - http://www.mixx.com/stories...
If congress keeps going we will most likely one day surrender 100% of our earnings to the government so they can “take” care of us. It’s already beginning to feel like that to me right at this moment. From all outward appearances our elected officia - Allen Harkleroad
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Favorite: Bulloch County State Court Judge Gary L. Mikell Has No Respect for Bulloch County Consumers - http://www.mixx.com/stories...
I tell you one thing for sure, Bulloch County State Court Judge Gary L. Mikell has no respect for Bulloch County consumers. How do I know? Because I am a consumer in Bulloch County and I got the wrong end of the deal from Judge Mikell in several civil con - Allen Harkleroad
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