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YUMM!! @bridget_cooks is making banana smoothies!! Who's in?

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Me! Me! And please have her share her recipe! Love and miss you two! - Arleen Boyd

Real time videos are about to get hot based on what @aaroncray CEO of @rippoleffect and @Michael_Irie just showed me. Video later tonight.

yesterday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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So you're saying we've all got to start live streaming our lives???? That can be scary! LOL! - Arleen Boyd

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Now here's a picture you don't expect to see in Hawaii! Took it at Koko Crater w/ my CrackBerry.

May 29 - Comment - Like - Share

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What are those thingys? - Jim Turner

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Way out kind of looks like the cactus was placed on purpose - JuneM

Very cool pic! - Tracey Smith

which island was this ? - Dana Duvauchelle

This picture was taken at Kokohead Crater Botanical Gardens about a 5 minutes walk from the Plummeria grove! Inside the crater it's a desert. The other vegetation is watered... like the hibiscus and the plummeria. - Arleen Boyd

Isn't a lot of Hawaii originally desert (certainly the volcano peaks above the tree line are mountain deserts) a lot of the west coasts were deserts until some 19th century/early 20th century irrigation projects. - Brian Sullivan

Jim, those are barrel cactus and what looks like a yucca. Hawaii isn't completely tropical so it's not that unexpected. - Admiral Anika

Koko crater is on Oahu, out on the east side of the island, near Hawaii Kai (neighborhood), on the way to Sandy Beach, Makapuu Beach, etc. There are horse stables there and hiking. It's pretty nice. - Morgan Haley

Yes Morgan! It is amazingly beautiful. Brian - The state of Hawaii has 11 of the 13 micro-climates in the world. I believe we have 9 of them here on the island of Oahu. The Big Island has a few more micro-climates with the height of their mountains. - Arleen Boyd

very cool and yes, that is NOT what I'd expect in Hawaii...thanks for sharing. - Tracey Smith

Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

I liked it, so I finally put a ring on it. - http://pikchur.com/Fz2

August 23 - Comment - Like - Share

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Congratulations!! (if I am interpreting this correctly) - joey

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Yeah. LOL. I just made it official, like in the Thriller video...except that I didn't turn into a werewolf and chase her through the woods.... - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

Congrats!! - Tad

Congratulations Sheen. - Tsega Dinka

congrats - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

Congratulations to you both! - WorldofHiglet

Congrats!!! - RAPatton from iPhone

Very good, my dear Rah! - Derrick

Super wonderful congrats to you both!!1 - Helen Sventitsky

Congrats, Rah! - Pete Delucchi

Congrats to both of you, Rah! - ha3rvey (business time)

Congratulations! - Spidra Webster

Congratulations!!! - Michael Fidler

Congratulations, Rah! - Micah Wittman

Congrats Rahsheen! - Hutch Carpenter

Congrats to both of you! - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Way to go Rah! Congratulations! - Steve

Nice work. - Louis Gray

Awesome... don't know her from Eve... But from what I've gleaned from you online. She's got a good guy. Congrats! - SAM

Congrats! - imabonehead

congrats then :) - webosapien (Burcu Tüzün)

Congratulations man :) - LANjackal

Congratulations, Rah! :-D - Kol Tregaskes

Congratulations! - Anne Bouey

Congratulations! ^__^ - अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das

"it" ? ;) Congratulations though ! - Thomas Bøhm

*wonders if he should put on leotards, a metallic hand and run up the wall...* Congrats man! - Johnny Worthington

Congrats man!!! - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Congratulations!! :) - Emma

Congrats! - LB - all new for '10!

ویدا بیا برات حلقه ازدواج خریده دوستت :)) - Mil∂d

congratulations to you and, um, "it" ;) - Blackeyed P

Congrats! - jbrotherlove

Congratulations, dude! - Daniel B. Honigman

Woohoo! Congratulations! - Ladybug Heather

Congratulations !!! - Eric Logan

yay! - esther ♥ ♫

Congrats! - Shevonne

Congratulations! :) - JA Castillo

Congrats. :) - Kevin Winn

Congrats! - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

میلاد :)))))))))))) انگشترش رو دوست نداشتم نامزدی رو به هم زدم :دی - Viva Vida

Oh that's awesome!! Congrats! - Katie is Frittering

Congrats! - anna sauce

buahahaa!! you stoopid. - Baroness Von BusinessTime

Yay! Congratulations!! - Yolanda

Congrats, happy for you Rahsheen!!! - YoYo_P

Congrats, Rahsheen!!! - Live4Emma (L4S) from iPhone

Congrats :) - Rodfather

Not fair that the lady gets to wear a fancy ring before we even do the church thing. What's the point of being engaged if you can't flaunt it? LOL. Thanks everyone :) - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

Woot! Congrats. :) - Jen (SquirrelGirl) from iPhone

Congrats! That's fantastic news...! - sean808080

Congratulations! Welcome to the ranks of those of us promised and intended to the love of our lives =) Aloha! - Arleen Boyd

woohoo! congrats! - Leslie Poston

Congrats, Young Sheen! - Bryan R. Adams

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! :) - Susan Beebe

congrats and good luck! :) - Tim Hoeck

Alright, Rah! Happiest best wishes to you both! - Ayşe E.

Congrats! - xero

Congratulations, Rahsheen and Trail! - Admiral Anika

Congrats Rah! - Justin Korn

woooooo hooooo! - metalerik

CONGRATS MAN! - AJ Batac

So very nice. Congratulations! - Martha

Hey, I just now saw this! Congrats to both!!! - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

Congrats! - Nicholas James

Congratulations!! - Erica Thompson Briggs

CONGRATS!!! - David Cook

Congratulations!! - Harold - Happy 2010

Congratulations, Rahsheen! I had a similar thought for Harold when he gave me my ring: "Gee, kind of unfair the guy doesn't get to wear something too until the wedding." - Kamilah Gill

Congratulations! - Tracy Benham

Way to go... May you have a wonderful life together. - Mitchell Tsai

bump. - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

bump^2 - imabonehead

Jesse Stay

So my wife gets lists before I do. We know whose account will get used as my test account now :-)

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October 28 - Comment - Like - Share

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What's funny is I have 6 accounts of my own and she gets the lists. - Jesse Stay

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You are blacklisted. - Louis Gray

I guess so. Time to change Twitter identities? - Jesse Stay

Seriously, Louis? - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

I thought everybody got lists yesterday. I did. So what was the selection criteria do you suppose? - Melanie Reed

Ryan Sarver told me it was completely random, no selection criteria at all. They couldn't even put me in as a developer until my number got picked. (which is BS because I know developers "chosen" for the developer beta) - Jesse Stay

Well,Jesse, if I could give you mine, I'd do it. I'm not particularly ready to play with it yet as I have other things I'm concentrating on at the moment. - Melanie Reed

Melanie, the only reason I want it is for development. I'm much more enthusiastic, from a user perspective, about Facebook. I do see ways to incorporate this into SocialToo though so I want to play with it to do that. Also, Facebook doesn't yet let you group fan pages into lists or anonymize lists like Twitter does so I might find some benefit there as well. - Jesse Stay

Actually, I'm wrong - I just realized I can add fan pages to lists. Cool. Wondering if I can do some stuff from an API perspective now. - Jesse Stay

So it looks like in Facebook the only capability I need now is the ability to share my lists with others. Ideally those that I share with should only be able to see those with permissions set to be visible to others. This would include all fan pages (the equivalent to a Twitter profile). - Jesse Stay

Which I can already do via the API - Jesse Stay

Jesse - with your brilliance a) everyone -even Twitter - knows you've been doing your own "lists" for a while! b) you'd test it so heavy the system would blow up! *giggle* - Arleen Boyd

Arleen, lol! In all honesty, I have been doing lists for awhile via FriendFeed and Facebook, so you're right there. The only reason I really want to test it right now though is for SocialToo - for those that prefer Twitter I really see some potential for lists to remove the need for unfollow. - Jesse Stay

Keep in mind I'm in this as an entrepreneur, not to necessarily find news. I can find news, but it's not my sole purpose or mindset right now. - Jesse Stay

I am still waiting for lists myself, - Rob Cairns

Can I share FriendFeed lists on SocialToo? I can imagine API calls to dump list data there and subscribe to others. - Bruce Lewis

I finally got lists, so I've finally stopped complaining (at the end, I begged @twitter on bended knee). Once I got lists, the first thing I did was create my big NaNoWriMo list which is probably the biggest one built so far. When I saw how many lists I was on, I found out that I was on just about everybody else's NaNoWriMo lists already. So I'm pleased, though I might now complain about how hard it is to create big lists out of my nearly 1,500 followers. So it goes... - Dennis Jernberg

Arleen Boyd

Okay... so we left the house at 7:30 AM to hike Kamehame Ridge... still it was HOT. No trades. What little breeze there was felt like my hair blow dryer!

October 25 from Facebook - Comment - Like - Share

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I Iove that hike! - Josh Haley from iPhone

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Josh - for the effort - that hike has the best views! Almost anyone can do that hike. Still take water, wear sunscreen. And doing any hike on the island is best early morning or late day when it cools off. - Arleen Boyd

Yeah, at the summit, you can pretty much see Kailua and Waimanalo at the same time, the hike back affords great views of Koko Crater, Koko head and most of Hawaii Kai. It's a chore, but it's worth it. :) I actually found a website my friends made from when we did that, back in 97 sheesh! 12 years? http://www.rcarchive.com/hhg... - Josh Haley

Thanks for sharing that site of your hike Josh! You might want to come join us one Sat. morning on one of ours. I'm not in good shape (yet) Though I did climb Koko Crater! Whooped my rear... was sore and hurting for 5 days! But, now I'm getting in better shape. This was the 2nd time climbing Kamehame, & this time I stopped just once on the way up and not at all coming down. (Except to take pics!) - Arleen Boyd

I would love to hike O'ahu again, TRUST me, but I live on the mainland now. :p I used to live right there at the bottom of Kamehame ridge in Hawaii Kai, but spent most of my hanna-batta days in Makiki. I was a townie. Now I stay in da kine suburbia north-east of Houston. :p - Josh Haley

Arleen Boyd

Is it possible that the whole net is under change or attack? Seems to be issues with LOTS of platforms from gmail to facebook to private communities.

September 2 - Comment - Like - Share

ironically enough, the best sources of info are reports by other users ... often shared on one of the platforms mentioned :D - Mike Chelen

Mike you are sooo right! Yet, companies now seem to put their wares out for use before testing them well and let the users mess with the problems as their "test case." - Arleen Boyd

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Though I've missed being online, it's been great spending time w/ family from a beautiful area back East.

September 30 - Comment - Like - Share

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What a Beautiful photo, where is "back east?" - Vickie Wyman

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Blue Ridge Mountains... gorgeous country. I'm not well versed on the geography out there. - Arleen Boyd

Very Nice! - Frank King

cute cabin, almost looks like a painting :) twitter(at)locspoc - Loc

I've been to this cabin before just off the Blue Ridge Parkway. This is my favorite photo of it... exactly as I remember it! Courtesy of planetware.com You know me and my CrackBerry don't take shots this good! - Arleen Boyd

This place looks like its inhabited by Grizzly Adams :) - Arnold Aranez

How can you afford to go back east when you owe people so much money? - Todd Cochrane

It's - Ukraine? :))) - Victor

manielse (Mark Nielsen) to manielse's feed, Foods

Dulce de Leche Flan - http://thecookieshopinenglish....

September 29 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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This looks so decadently good! Can I lick my computer screen PUH-lease? - manielse (Mark Nielsen) from Bookmarklet

one of the most heavenly desserts! - magali

I died and went to heaven only after bookmarking your cookie page for my fiance to enjoy upon my demise. - Arleen Boyd

Arleen Boyd

so Facebook and Twitter acting up for me today... Frustrating when I'm multi-tasking and don't have time for them to beHAVE! LOL!

September 2 - Comment - Like - Share

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I have had the same problem plus other sites also - Paula Dean Wood

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I'm thinking it's a net wide problem cause I've heard gmail has had issues - Arleen Boyd

Same here (as far as Facebook and Gmail) and YouTube has been locking up in mid-stream... - Mark "Godt Nyt Ǻr"

for me it's been gmail mostly, the others have been ok - Loc

I did get the problem on Youtube and gmail also... seems the whole friggin internet is locked up! - Arleen Boyd

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Did you know September starts the most productive time of year? What do you want to get done before the year is over?

September 1 - Comment - Like - Share

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a lot of things, but first keep my promises! - Apostolos Tsompanopoulos

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Apostolos, what did you promise? What if something outside your control makes that impossible? Then what? - Arleen Boyd

I have some overdue things in my todo list, in a sense they are promises - Apostolos Tsompanopoulos

Very worthy to knock them out! Kudos to you! - Arleen Boyd

complete training videos for promoter management system, recruit some promoters and then run an event or seek out joint venture partners, small events at first and then gradually bigger as my experience improves - Loc

Jesse Stay

Who has both a Twitter account and a Facebook Page that they manage? I have something for you to try.

August 23 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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I do !!! - Eric Logan

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That would be me... - Megan Fitzgerald

Me too. I'm 'managing' posts thus far via Seesmic Desktop. What you got Jesse? *intrigued* - Kate Foy

Sending DMs to those that comment here on how to get set up with the new thing I want you to try - Jesse Stay

Oh, and we're going to try an experiment - if you get instructions, please feel free to share it with your friends if you like it! - Jesse Stay

Present. - Micah Wittman

I try....and I mean try.....to manage Twitter and Facebook posts on TweetDeck. - Bonnie Foster

I do - steven healey

I do - Melanie Reed

I do as well. - Rob Schieber

I'm game - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio) from iPhone

I do! - Laura Norvig

My fb page (one of them) is named after my blog: http://facebook.com/interaw.... I also help manage http://facebook.com/eduify and just started http://facebook.com/newfb for meeting new people. (Does That Count? :) - Garin Kilpatrick

Okay, for everyone else wanting to try it, wait until tomorrow morning and we'll post how you can try it and use it on http://blog.socialtoo.com - Jesse Stay

I do, I have a few Twitter accounts. - Kol Tregaskes

I do, I do. - Gary Walter (gwalter)

It's live now - go and try it out!: http://blog.socialtoo.com/2009... - Jesse Stay

BTW, I've got one more feature I'm holding back on you'll see in the next day or two. :-) - Jesse Stay

Sounds like me, too. - Jason Miller

Jesse, I'm interested and would be glad to do review for you. I could also use your help weeding out some (spam) followers on Twitter. - Jason Cronkhite from iPhone

Jason(s) - it's live now - go check it out at http://blog.socialtoo.com/2009... - Jesse Stay

I enter the game ) - massagin

Me! - Carter Rabasa from iPhone

Me!! - Adam Clarke

Pieso, Carter, Adam, it's all launched now - just go to http://blog.socialtoo.com/2009... for the details. - Jesse Stay

I have both. - Anurag Bansal

Lay it on m,e Jesse!!! Put it to the test! - Arleen Boyd

I do:-) - anjelina

Arleen, Anurag, anjelina, be sure to check out the links I posted above - all the instructions are there! Let me know if you have any troubles. - Jesse Stay

I do too. - Martha

I manage a page as well as a Twitter account. Happy to help. Twitter account is @thejeffbrown. - Jeff Brown

Jeff, please see the blog post link above - it has all the instructions. - Jesse Stay

Robert Scoble

Sigh. The hackers got into my blog, left some invisible text in places I didn't catch, and now have gotten me kicked out of Google. Grrr.

August 25 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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how the hell they do that? - Mycaptain

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what? - michael sean wright

wow. - Joe

Hardcore grudgery! - Daniel J. Pritchett

huh - directeur

I'm guessing by *invisible text* he means people loaded white-on-white keywords into his header and footer like the sort of NSFW content blocked by your office's firewall. - Daniel J. Pritchett

So do you like your Cannon, Robert? What model is it? - Joe

So much for having your own blog giving you control of your content? - Jesse Stay

I got screwed cause the old blog.grazr.com got hacked (didn't know it) and it was redirected to my new blog. So now my pagerank is like -5 or something. - mikepk

shocked that after the hell i went through on rackspace/mosso they wouldn't have known what to clear - i was out of google too - it's so fun - all of my sites got hit too over time so i lost a ton of google. - Allen Stern

I hate to say it but as Allen and Jesse are hinting at this is a black mark on your hosting provider. - Daniel J. Pritchett

I still get yahoo search referrals for casinos and nsfw stuff. blah. #spammersshouldbekilled - mikepk

why is this rackspaces fault? - Mark

I've seen injected content on RSS feeds that didn't show up on the blog itself. :-/ Sorry to hear! - Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕

there's a virus or something like that which places an iframe in your page. just change your ftp password, scan your machine for virusses, and find the code in the pages and then google will let you in again - Hakan İyice

Maybe it's a black mark because Scoble is a Rackspace employee, but it's not Rackspace's fault something happened to a website. They run the server, not the website. - Mark Trapp

daniel - just to be clear - they have said to me time and agian it's not their side, it's wordpress side. - Allen Stern

Is that acceptable? I know that ever since I've moved from hosted Blogspot over to self-administered WordPress I've had some crazy spam issues. Maybe that's just a natural consequence of the blog growing and not a result of my hosting choice. - Daniel J. Pritchett

They used some sort of admin hack. We changed a whole bunch of stuff and now the hack has stopped (we deleted the admin account and did a bunch of other stuff). I'm not sure how it happened, but we're getting smarter about setting up Wordpress, that's for sure! - Robert Scoble

Allen: there are folks inside Rackspace who know how to clean this up. I'm now working with them. - Robert Scoble

Use XENU to find all the links and kill them, makes life easier to find all the places the embedded code ended up. Worked for me when this happened to me last year. - Dan Morrill AKA Techwag

In a separate thread, Robert admitted his blog was running WordPress 2.7.x, which was vulnerable to an exploit detailed here: http://wordpress.org/develop... -- and then once in, hackers can inject spam only visible to robots. If you have a WordPress blog, please update to the latest version -- 2.8.4 -- to prevent hackers from doing the same thing to your blog that they did to Robert's. - Stephen Mack

It's such a damn shame that you worked so hard to have an Internet presence and some bastard sits around in his basement and try to whack you off the net - Houseofmax

Robert, if you need some WP help from experts, check out the wordpress.org forums and/or wptavern.com. That's where us WordPress nerds hang out. We can give security tips, maybe specific to your host. We also have several people who are skilled at post-hack analysis, to determine how they got in and prevent it from happening in the future. - Otto

Stephen: I think that was ONE of the exploits they used. The exploits continued even after updating (they've stopped now, because we made it hard to find the admin account -- that's something I would do immediately too, change the name of your admin account). - Robert Scoble

Otto: thanks. Some of those guys work at Rackspace and they are helping out now. :-) - Robert Scoble

Wordpress rocks. :) - Louis Gray

Oh yes it does Louis! - Hutch Carpenter

Robert, that was probably how they got in originally, and probably left themselves backdoors that worked even after you updated to 2.8.4. - Stephen Mack

Daniel: nothing about the hosting choice makes WordPress (or any other web-level application) more susceptible to spam. Your site is accessible via a fully-qualified domain name, which is how spammers are finding you (via Google or other means). That domain could be attached to any host, the spammers don't care or necessarily know who that host is. What a host is responsible for,... more... - Mark Trapp

Most of Rackspace's products are unmanaged at the application layer, but managed at the system and network layer. - Mark Trapp

Yes, that is the usual case. A successful hack causes insertion of hidden admin accounts or other backdoors, to let them get in later. One of the steps we always recommend after getting hacked is to a) copy any new "content" you have made into text files somewhere, and then b) restore the site and database from a backup prior to the hack. This prevents anything they inserted from being... more... - Otto

I had to pay triple my yearly hosting fee just to cover the bandwidth lost to spam before I figured out how to blacklist spammers using a WP plugin. - Daniel J. Pritchett

Also, if the Rackspace guys find any possible security problems, have them email the info to security@wordpress.org . It'll get analyzed by experts that way. - Otto

Who is responsible Host? WP? Is it possible to have an eye over errors logs and failed attempt ! - Honey

same exact thing happened to me a month ago. I finally got it sorted out. I'm happy to share what I learned if interested. I went to d msg you on Twitter but i'm one of the masses to be unfollowed - Jim Goldstein

Jim: you can DM me here, which is even better! - Robert Scoble

I figured :) Hence my presence here. - Jim Goldstein

Robert, if I'm clear on this you are positive this isn't a Rackspace/host/server failure but a failure to secure the script (FREE AND COMMON) you used for your blog. Right? It's not like you had your SQL server hacked or something similarly systems related. - Jason Nunnelley

Just highlights one of the major drawbacks of Cloud Computing. You don't really have control of your own destiny. Of course, that's not to say the same thing can't happen when you do. - Ward Mundy

WTF? - Tyson Key

Ward, can you tell me what this has to do with cloud computing? - Jason Nunnelley

In my instance they added an official looking xmlrpc.php file. Adjusted the header.php file and hid files in my plugin directory. More here http://groups.google.com/group... It took a while to clean out my blog plugin directory to start from scratch and to look through various files for encrypted code... more... - Jim Goldstein

I ASS-U-MEd the blog was hosted at wordpress.com. - Ward Mundy

I don't understand - what does getting 'kicked out of Google' really mean? - Zach Landes

Zach: my blog was removed from the Google index until I clean it up. - Robert Scoble

Ugh! Hackers stink! - Karen Swim

My bad... Powered by Rackspace Cloud Hosting (so it has a little something to do with Cloud Computing) :-) - Ward Mundy

I blame TCP/IP. - Daniel J. Pritchett

Ward, it's running Apache 2.2, so by that logic Apache is to blame. So does your website. - Jason Nunnelley

no blame the fame, none hack the unknow (anonyme). - abdellah

Same thing has happened to us, actually. Honestly more annoying than harmful in our case, anyway. - Jason Preston

Rob and I are cleaning it up now...*sigh* - Robert J Taylor

Yikes - that sucks. My site got hit with hidden / invisible spam links few months back - big PITA to fix and to get Google juice back gradually. - Patrick Jordan

that happened to me last week... The Rackspace team helped me clean it up - While Google said many Rackspace/Mosso sites were affected I was told (and agree with) - they host thousands and thousands of sites and it's WordPress - not them. - andy brudtkuhl

That would piss me off to no end. Wow. Sorry Robert :( - Andru Edwards

This was actually "hidden" in plain site by the exploit that affected WP 2.7.x All better now. Robert, tell Google to turn the juice back on! - Rob La Gesse

That seems strange to me Robert...google searches have lots of NSFW stuff, so why would you be removed from the index altogether? - Zach Landes

Zach: if I were a betting man, it's because scobleizer.com has a very high PR, and having that stuff there could adversely affect a whole lot more of the index than just his site. - Mark Trapp

Wow, that is insane. Glad to hear you got it back up in a timely manner, thanks to your team. - Martha

Curiously, the exact same thing happened to my blog (Twittercism.com), pretty much around the same time it happened to Robert, on both occasions. And like him, I was hacked the second time after the upgrade to 2.8.4. And it was invisible text in the footer. It was fairly easy to remove, but still, an irritant. (Incidentally, a WP Plugin called exploit scanner was very useful. http://ocaoimh.ie/exploit...) - Shéa Bennett

Sounds like the Backwards Hack... How to Fix: http://www.gulker.com/fixing-... That was likely a botnet script, not an actual hacker, btw... - Chris Gulker

Sigh. I run a few dozen WP sites, and I have yet to have any of them hacked into. I'm feeling left out here. :( - Otto

oh oh so the last time you were hacked you still have the after effects of it, try the antivirus plugin for wp, it checks the themes for bad and malicious links - Keith Dsouza

Wow! Scoble's Wordpress blog got hacked (click through for the details) & the hacker's secret changes got him thrown out of the Google Index for a while. Make sure you: 1) Always back up your Wordpress blog. 2) Update to 2.8.x, as 2.7 had the vulnerabilities that were exploited in Scoble's case. 3) Check your install for exploits (there are plugins for this), as well as your Google indexing once a week or so. - Alex Schleber

Truly feeling bummed for you Robert! I've had a problem for several weeks of spammers going after my email. Gotta say.. people need to know that all sites are subject to hackers. - Arleen Boyd

yikes! - mutenewt

heh - I wonder if that's why Twitter bulk unfollow purchases have been down this week. :-) - Jesse Stay

Wow, that really sucks. It's hard to believe so little can screw up so much. - Aram Zucker-Scharff

Ouch! Google should know your blog! - Amber Case

Hacked again? That sucks. I saw that you had cleaned it up, so I went to check on things. Someone on my team already saw the bad stuff was gone, so they revoked the removal early this afternoon. Looks like you're already back in the index. - Matt Cutts

You've been hacked twice in a month haven't you. - Jimminy Fuller

i just found more bad files on my mosso account - im seriously done :( matt - can you check insidetransit.com? thanks - Allen Stern

Yikes, that sucks. Link injection is the scourge. - Elliott Ng

Matt: thanks, Google is fast lately. I remember the days when we waited weeks for search engines to reindex! Hopefully we got it all fixed now. We're definitely learning a lot about Wordpress best practices. - Robert Scoble

how do these hackers get to find a way IN? how? - Sardar Mohkim Khan

Install a good web application firewall such as dotDefender, ModSecurity, eeye, imperva it will help you to stop those attacks. - Daniel

That blows - hope you tech guys figure out how to eliminate crap like this : ) I'm sure that won't stop you for long... - Mark Harai

My blogs been hacked since I first had it and I don't even care enough to update it, that alone should show you how much I care about the internet and blogging. - Jeunelle Foster

Be nice if twitter would figure out a financial model that would let them help folks who have been spammed or otherwise compromised - Sean O'Reilly

This same thing happened to me and ALL of my blogs got removed from Google and I'm now working as a cashier. Several years of solid work completely gone. I don't know why Google and WordPress don't do something about this. This was one of the worst things to happen to me in my entire life... :( - Uniquely Cool

By the way, I've only found one sure fire way to keep from getting hacked... and that is to convert your WordPress blog into a static HTML site. Sucks losing some of the interactive features, though. :( - Uniquely Cool

Recently had a drop in my PR, but it must be something I did or said. There must be a better way to enhanced your blog security than going non-interactive, like having your own domain - Houseofmax

This is really depressing. My situation is way worse... I could literally lose my house because of a wordpress exploit. :( - Uniquely Cool

yikes, just found this - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

Jeremiah Owyang

Twitter down again?

August 24 - Comment - Like - Share

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yep - Steven Jambot

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:( yes - Kevin Nunez

We really should start asking...."is Twitter up?" - Spencer

yes... this is just so old.. - Monica Brady

seem so ! - sandro

Not even a fail whale - Joe Kohli

Again, indeed... - Arjan Tupan

seems they're crashing more and more yet now we don't even get a fail whale! Just server errors. Extra Fail! - Arleen Boyd

now ok? - sandro

Still a bit shaky, I'd say... - Arjan Tupan

why care about it? we have FrF and Twitter now is a Jr. )) - massagin

ridiculous. - michael arrington

It's July 2008 all over again - Mark

yeah its a bit annoying - charlesbaker

my friendfeed background went black with Twitter down - Joe Kohli

Yep - Roberto Bonini

Yes, back to FF we go. hi all. - James Watters

The pulse of the planet! - Jason Kincaid

The pulse of the planet has stopped yet again - Jeremiah Owyang

Reminds me of Barney from the Simpsons - "Doh I think my heart just stopped - oh there it goes" - Chris Saad

I wonder if it's hackers again - Jeremiah Owyang

And FF is still up. - Scott Magdalein

and you know what? the planet didn't stop spinning. - Luca Sofri

FF doesn't even have a million unique visitors --it's no comparison - Jeremiah Owyang

Cue "What I did while Twitter was down" blog posts. - Adam

It's down. - DaveDelaney.ME

I await a techcrunch post with a headline such as Twitter Down Again: World Rushes To FriendFeed - Mark

Still down here. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

we posted, and we're going to keep posting every time they go down. this is no way to run a company. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - michael arrington

I blame Rob La Gesse (@kr8tr) - Robert J Taylor

same. - Kevin Nunez

looks like it.... - walidmREALTOR

Could it be a hack attack again? - courtney benson

Yep. Social Fresh is going on in Charlotte. Twitter likes to crash whenever social media enthusiasts are gathered together in person. - trey pennington

it's back up - Travis Tasset

seems to be back up now. - Kevin Nunez

This fits into Scoble's prediction that people are going back to blogs because they are tired of twitter going down, not owning their own data, etc, etc - Andy A.

"LinkedIn Events is temporarily unavailable" so my guess is Monday afternoon code rolls for the social web world (only mildly joking) - Jay Cuthrell

my 'bots started collecting search results again - guess she's (Twitter') back up - Robert J Taylor

Still down... - Carlo Nasuti

"The pulse of the planet"? I think it needs a defibrillator, at this stage... - Tyson Key

Or a transplant..... - Roberto Bonini

Andy A. I got a DM from our local press on Friday admonishing me to not add any comments to my RT of their news. "KING5Seattle If you retweet us, could you do it directly? Please do not add extra words thank you." - Sherry Reynolds

its back up.. I got in - tattoocats

Now Twitter is back here... - Carlo Nasuti

no Scoble name allowed! or else this thread will be buried under spam and flood the same way as the Scoble's was )) - massagin

It was just a mandatory govt sponsored potty break.. Too many people are addicted to twitter and getting kidney stones and we need to cut down on the growth of our health care spending. - Sherry Reynolds

The ProcessOne XMPP gateway is still down. - Tyson Key

A fail without the whale just seems wrong. Doesn't Twitter love us enough anymore to amuse us? - Jennifer

LOL - yep, you can count on the ol' fail whale... dang! - Susan Beebe

Paul Buchheit

I'm trying to find a formula for generating the perfect tweet (then I can automate it!). Here's what I have so far: Statement of fact (preferably one that shows how awesome or lame your life is) followed by witty insight or observation.

August 23 - Comment - Like - Share

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Apply the formula here, or propose a better formula. This was inspired by a discussion of what my brother's dog would tweet if he had a twitter account (and could tweet). It started with "Just got neutered.", but then we had trouble coming up with the witty insight or observation part. - Paul Buchheit

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'RT @scobleizer [whatever he said]'. Seems to work for a lot of people. - Akiva Moskovitz

dim statement = 'Unwillingly, unwittingly sycophantic to a fault, but with backbone. Life is like an ashtray.' ; - Rob Schieber

[Statement or question] + [derogatory or self-derogatory co-fact] + [#ididntmeanit or #itotallymeanit or #spammingthetrendingtopics] - WorldofHiglet

Personally, I prefer '[excerpt of content] + [http://ff.im link]'. - Akiva Moskovitz

Oh, I read that as [exempt of content] + [http://ff.im link] - WorldofHiglet

People seem to be big fans of pithy observations of life phrased as a rhetorical question followed by the phrase "just sayin'" and an irrelevant hashtag lately. Another one to add to your generator would be a 3 sentence verbose response to the topic of the day, but with the vowels taken out to fit in a 140 character tweet. - Mark Trapp

[Current event related snippet] followed by [applicable proverb, idiom or combination of the two] #hashtag Plz RT - Eric Logan

Is this going to be the "I'm feeling lucky" button on FriendFeed? - Jesse Stay

{situation|product} is {overrated|underrated}. It's like {verb}ing in a {place} with a {object}. - Francesco Balducci

best "something" EEVER"!!!! "link" - Chris Hofmann

'Something [awesome|terrible] happened and that's all I'm going to say about that' or some variant thereof. - Akiva Moskovitz

"RT @paultoo [whatever y'all figure out]" - Ken Sheppardson

{oath of fealty to Friendfeed}.{parting words}."That is all." - Josh Haley from iPhone

The perfect tweet is Twitter tweeting back to me to inform me they'll fix the DM bug on my account ;) - Nicholas James

Rhetorical question? ANGRY SOUNDING ALL CAPS ANSWER, WHETHER AFFIRMATIVE OR NOT. #threewordhashtag - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

Here is the issue: A witty insight or observation is not made witty by the creator but by the observer. So, unless your automator will tweet and laugh at itself or somehow guess the minds of your audience, it might have issues. - Aditya Mittal

The problem with a purely structural approach is you can either end up with "perfect" or http://tweetingtoohard.com/top - Ken Sheppardson

Start with Fark.com headline generation rules and then remove the news story subtext ;) - Robert J Taylor from iPhone

I prefer Tweets with links to valuable resources and opinions. - Garin Kilpatrick

How about 'Bacon - what's your favourite ?' - Andy C

i know this is true (this sentence manages to be both parts). - kosmar

For me, the perfect tweet is a link to a high-quality document, accompanied by a terse summary of its core content. Those are pretty much the only tweets I pay attention to. - Sean McBride

Ironic statements are good - CoreyTess Trujillo

My favorite tweets say just enough to make you sooo curious you have to follow the "in reply to" to know what the heck they're talking about! In other words... it's real & witty conversation. =) - Arleen Boyd

Sounds like you have a 50% winner. "How about "I hope you humans are happy with your life!" - Houseofmax

I, for one, welcome our new Twitter overlords! - Bill Sodeman

Arleen Boyd

Is it just me or is Twitter totally down? No Fail Whale. No "Page not found" just "HTTP Server Error 503 No available server to handle this request" First time I've seen that!

August 20 - Comment - Like - Share

its totally down - Kimberle Kelly

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maybe its been hacked again? - Bailey McCann

Yeah. I was thinking the same thing Arleen. It's weird to me because it didn't seem to have any problems and then all of a sudden, "poof". Gone. I'm thinking major equipment failure or big time hack. - Hal

wash ur mouth out with soap Bailey! don't say that!!! aaaaah!! - Kimberle Kelly

I'm with you Kimberle BUT Bailey may be right! It's like the whole site just disappeared! That's why we must all cross connect here and in Facebook! - Arleen Boyd

It is way the heck d o w n! - Zena Weist

yes, I am slowly getting the hang of this... I do have facebook but have not even started that addiction yet... - Kimberle Kelly

It's down, and Facebook is having some minor issues too. Sounds like the DDoS attack is on again. - Jeff Parsons

yep down, completely down - martin gover

Darn Georgian bloggers getting in trouble again. But what does that say about site vulnerability? - Zach Ricks

The API seems to be up again... - Zalt Woo

Twitter's vulnerability issues will only get worse which is why I believe they decided NOT to be a social network platform. Too bad... I have so many friends there. Just grateful for you who are smart enough to be here! - Arleen Boyd

*kicks twitter, hugs friendfeed* - Kimberle Kelly

twitter.com and the api seem to be back up now. - Bailey McCann

Zalt, what client user app do you use? I tweet via web as they all crash my puter - can't load my... um size - Arleen Boyd

I got that message too. Haven't been able to find any gossip so far. LOL - Tara Guertin

back up... but we must get people over here on FF! I made such a post! Who's with me? Trend it? "Connect w/ us on Friend Feed too!" (insert your link) - Arleen Boyd

Twitter is becoming more and more unstable, and they don't appear to know how to fix the problem. Its up now but I was getting error messages up the wazoo earlier. - Scratch5150

Robert Scoble

I wish Twitter would sell to Google so it would die like Jaiku and Dodgeball. But I won't post this over on Twitter. I really don't have much love for the service, even though I know I'll be stuck using it for the indefinite future. Jesse Stay has it figured out. It's a horrid place to try to communicate anything other than a bit of self pimping.

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Here I can write the equivilent of an entire blog post. And even make changes. And even have a conversation. And use it as many times an hour as I want (Twitter rate limits my apps after a while cause I'm too heavy of a user). - Robert Scoble

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werd. - imabonehead

I can sense already that FriendFeed is slowing down now that it is joining Facebook, while Twitter still has the best flow (and best system for following people and best mobile clients). So, we're stuck with Twitter, which is too bad, because the technology here is a ton better. - Robert Scoble

Twitter is a piece of crap - BUT it's where the audience is (currently). - Jim Connolly

Now it is starting to feel like FF again with you bigging it up again Robert ;) - Travis Koger

Twitter is the new MySpace. - imabonehead

Maybe google wave will change the way we use twitter, etc. again. Haven't tried it yet, but it might succeed where friendfeed "failed" - getting enough people to use it. - Frank S.

Travis: I had to go and clean out my Twitter and Facebook accounts and spread out my usage. - Robert Scoble

Agreed! - Friendfeed is so much better (for as long as it really lasts in Facebook world...) - Matthew Blaisdell from iPhone

Robert: I'm thinking of setting up a facebook account for my Marketing blog - what do you think? - Jim Connolly

@Scobleizer I don't think Friendfeed would be quite so popular if it weren't for twitter - Prolific Programmer from IM

Twitter is the new Myspace - HAHA - this quote made my day. For me it is just becoming a multiplicator for my friendfeed but it is important for that! - Sascha Pallenberg

Prolific: I'm not so sure. Blogs made Twitter. So, what if there were no Twitter? We would still talk up something else. But maybe FriendFeed wouldn't have thrived anyway. Twitter hit a sweet spot with its easy to program API, it's easy to use interface, and its cute name and branding. - Robert Scoble

Twitter works extremely well on mobile devices. I constantly see people tweeting whereas it's more difficult to do with FriendFeed's interface for a typical user. - imabonehead

Really think that Twitter is annoying it's users too much. There's some problems out there that are really being ignored. Here's an example of a problem that could be solved very simply, but no action is being taken (if it was solved it'd create a lot of goodwill) http://getsatisfaction.com/twitter... - Edd McArdle

Robert, now that FriendFeed's people are working for Facebook, and since Facebook has already been making changes to make it more "open socially", do you think eventually that Facebook will become the best place to have serious conversations? - Carlton Hackett

Carlton: yes. - Robert Scoble

I've been thinking so too. Although, I wonder how the non-Soc/net junkies will respond to that? - Carlton Hackett

Robert, two thoughts. #1 - do you think Google really would let it die? Acquiring Twitter would be more like its YouTube acquisition than Jaiku (in terms of price and # of users). Secondly, what would Twitter have to change for you to change your opinion? - Ben Parr

I really, really, really want Twitter to work out is the thing. It's just a pain in the neck to communicate without either losing the conversation or spamming useless banter over multiple Tweets because you can't fit it in 140 characters. That's just my experience. Those still spending most their time there don't mind it I guess. - Jesse Stay

I like Twitter. The conversation flows pretty well for me, and to be fair, I get more @replies there than I get replies here to my posts. - Chris Nixon

I think a combination of the Retweet API and a true threaded replies architecture and UI could change some of my opinion on that though if they do it. - Jesse Stay

Jesse: It's NOT just your experience. Twitter is getting less valuable the bigger it gets. The spam / porn / bots issue is insane and ruining the experience. - Jim Connolly

Chris: I have a twitter account with over 20,000 followers and get ten times as many replies here as I get there. Here I only have a small following. The calibre of people I connect with here is better too. - Jim Connolly

Jesse, have Twitter improved their communication with developers since you wrote about it in April? - Edd McArdle

Edd, over the last week I have noticed a difference, yes, but it's hard to tell if it will remain that way. They now seem to have a project manager over the API dev team (Ryan Sarver). He seems to be putting a filter on some things and keeping devs updated elsewhere. They're still learning though, much slower than FB or FriendFeed. - Jesse Stay

agree on spam and bots, but it still is a nice little thing, if it remains what it was made for! marketing and reviewing thing isn't/shouldn't be there, true friendfeed is more effective as a tool for sending your message across, it is simple and strong - testbeta

Testbeta: ... and FF works. - Jim Connolly

Jim, Jesse, Robert: Value varies. For me, Twitter value continues to increase. I use it to find out what's happening, meet up with people, get random insights into how people are doing, find new people. It all works well. There are many different use cases and one tool does not have to do them all. - Rachel Clarke

i couldn't agree more! - lilian

Rachel: "It all works well"? Really? Twitter? - Jim Connolly

Rachel, I agree with you. I just don't think Twitter works well for conversations, that's all. I use FriendFeed and Facebook for that. I use Twitter for different purposes, and I agree it does still have value. - Jesse Stay

sometimes i think of Automattic's intense debate, but well friendfeed is intense debate, such a experience was never had on blogs, the commenting, liking, and so fast it propagates, even disqus commenting systems can't achieve what we have here on friendfeed, but i can't just throw away twitter, twitter still is good, true for the serious types it's word limit, reply system is a bit of... more... - testbeta

I would love to have FriendFeed as the commenting system on my blog. - Chris Nixon

Chris, there are a few plugins that do that. I haven't tried them though. - Jesse Stay

Chris: Check out what Scoble's doing with FF on building43.com - Jim Connolly

Jim: yes. It works well for what I want it to do (I'm ignoring the ongoing issues with the DDOS). It's a free tool that adds far more value than it costs me to wait for odd outage. - Rachel Clarke

Just checked your Twitter account and now understand exactly what you are saying. - Jim Connolly

Jesse: agree, I use Facebook, Friendfeed, blogs, comments etc, all for different things. I even use the phone as a phone occasionally to talk with people ;-) But the assumption that one tool/service can do everything - and should do everything - is something I have a problem with. If something does not work for a person, don't use it. - Rachel Clarke

The twitter ecoverse is cool, can do Psychological Profiles, can do Social Network Analysis. All those services that spawned as a result are amazing. I am also amazed at how dense Asians Languages are on Twitter, think about it they get about 60% more per tweet. - Robert Higgins

Ben: at this point I am not sure what Twitter could do to win back my love. I will use it just like I use AT&T and United Airlines. I have very little love for those even though I use them frequently. Twitter wins because it is simple and flat and has great clients. I wouldn't cry if it disappeared, though. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

So why do you hate it? - Raanan Avidor

You are a hypocrite! I remember you use to sing the praises of Twitter all the time. Another toy comes along and you start bashing it. If I was Friendfeed management I would cancel your account now before you start bashing them. Robert Scoble is nothing but a follower of crowds anyway. - Paul L. McCord Jr.

You want it to die? Such an odd statement. I have met so many great people through Twitter, and the news information I can find through search or news agencies or even people who are newshounds are amazing. I know it's not perfect and the last few weeks have definately proved that, and the spam is just awful. But to want to kill it, what a strong statement. - PC Easy from twhirl

Twitter is not abot writing blog posts or having conversations, its about small pieces of information being communicated to anyone who wants to listen. You do not have to listen, if you want a conversation use a forum or FriendFeed, use WordPress for blog posts. Stop trying to make Twitter into something it is not designed to be. - Darren Rollett

I really used to like Twitter, still do sometimes. What I don't like is the Twitter hype. I don't seem able to turn on any media channel these days without reading/hearing or watching about it. Even the BBC reported that Twitter was under attack recently on the main BBC news. FFS come on, there must be more happening in the world than a micro blogging site with a few million users... more... - Nick Bristow

If you owned twitter would you sell to google? - cheapsuits from iPhone

Robert, Atleast something positive could come out of it. If Twitter sells to Google they might(though its not guaranteed) make it opensource and then a federation of twitter server(ala wave servers) can co-exist happily and that way we'll own our stuff(as Anil Dash and other points out). Or they might integrate it in Wave framework. Not that people are not gonna complain about it but thats a different topic. - Abhishek

Surely an improvement in the service would be a more positive wish? - Chris Nixon

Say what you want but something with the architecture of friendfeed is far more conversational then twitter could ever be. - cheapsuits

I don't know why people think Twitter is the place to converse. It's really not built for that. I find myself enjoying the flow of conversations more on Facebook and FriendFeed. - Naomi Williams

Self pimping? Hmmm... Perhaps not for all of us. And besides, self-pimping isn't limited to twitter. - @JonAston

PS - Maybe it's just me, but you seem bitter lately. Hope you turn that around for yourself. - @JonAston

Jon: You are right. People pimp on FriendFeed too; as I say in my new book.... :-) - Jim Connolly

@jim, they will do anywhere, this is human nature, they do even in real life, so why not in virtual one? - abdellah

Abdellah: Absolutely. - Jim Connolly

"(Twitter) It's a horrid place to try to communicate anything other than a bit of self pimping." AMEN - Alejandro

Personally I wish Google would buy both Facebook and Twitter so they could both die. - Brian Sullivan

@brian, hey where could I read to you then?!! - abdellah

@Frank S. Google Wave will only be valid if you actually have other friends/collegues who use Google Wave. Otherwise you'll be using it with the *crickets* - Naomi Williams

Oh yeah -- forgot that due to circumstances beyond our control FF is now Facebook. ;-) - Brian Sullivan

oh yeah , they share the same vision, they got the same perception... - abdellah

It's the ff interface (developers) that make it great, but it's really you guys and gals, the people friendfeed attracted that make it valuable to me. Let's consider a real migration to a more reliable long term social media. It has to be open (data portable, unsellable) to get my trust - Mark Essel from iPhone

I hope the FaceBook people will take comments like these to heart. I do like twitter but the functionality FriendFeed brought was the next generation in stream notification. - Chris Jackson

Ohh time to pimp Jim's new book on Twitter ;) - Mark Essel from iPhone

Mark: Yeah - all I need is a title. Oh, and a book....and the time to write one....then I will be pimping like a pro! - Jim Connolly

Wow Robert, I was thinking this the past few days and could never bring it to words...well done - Braden Douglass

Jim: I'm time bankrupt but love sharing and collaborating. Let's hire a ghostwriter to capture our best ideas in an intelligible manner :). Joking of course, there's no easy way to spread our thoughts but doing it ourselves - Mark Essel from iPhone

I was gonna call the Funky Phantom. (That really dates me.) - Jim Connolly

Robert, I challenge you to stop using Twitter for a month and then blog about the experience. And that includes hiding all Tweets in FF. - Mike Doeff from iPhone

Lets face it, Twitter was built as an update service - a big Internet megaphone. The natural transition has been from update service to marketing service. Big Internet Megaphone. It's good at that, but it's not at conversations nor at discovery. The larger problem is people still approach Twitter like a true social engagement tool - and it's simply not. The disconnect between perception and reality results in the poor adoption numbers and other soft metrics. - AJ Kohn

twitter is noise. filter it and you can find some gold. imho, that's beyond mere self-pimpage - Rob Schieber

Agreed Rob. I'd prefer semantic algorithms applied to all tweets. I'm interested in real time search and datamining. And semantic extraction on all status would allow for real time "sorting" - Mark Essel from iPhone

i'd love to meetup with fellows and see what api scraping is going on - know where threads are for that? - Rob Schieber

Idk, This seems so much better then twitter. - SeanParnell

It does have a lot of noise, granted - but if it went away now, I'm not sure where everyone would run to. Facebook is too silly, Linkedin is too stolid, and everything else is too fractured for me to communicate with all the people I want to in a single shot. Guess I'd end up doing everything through ping.fm after all. - Ciaoenrico

Wow, Isn't online chit-chat such a fuss? :) - SeanParnell

Robert, just a week or two you were saying that Twitter is beating FriendFeed because of scanability http://friendfeed.com/scoblei.... And you had lots of complaints about the FriendFeed user interface. You also talked about how Twitter was much better after you un-followed everyone and hand picked who you're following. I have to ask, what has changed in the past few days to make you say that the service should die? Feels like you're flip flopping. - Mike Doeff

Can't you apply for extended API limits? - Tristan Seligmann

love the single post/status page, i mean like this: http://twitter.com/twitter... - testbeta

I noticed that in the past two weeks, the tweet intensity has greatly decreased from all my follows in Twitter. Granted, I'm not following too many, but the ones I do follow have traditionally tweeted a lot each day. Is this a trend (has Twitter become a has been) or is this simply a coincidental anomaly? - Jeff Sayre

Robert I find myself on friendfeed more these days - (jeff)isageek

@brian would you consider myspace if both facebook and twitter die?!!(ps: sorry I forget the LOL) - abdellah

Myspace -- don't know. I haven't really tried or paid attention to it. But probably not -- isn't it Facebook like? Maybe usenet? ;-) - Brian Sullivan

brian, let forget all those techie and go irc :) - abdellah

IMO, people who don't like the limitations of Twitter and whine about it hampering them are using it wrong. Twitter is not a place to pimp your blog or drive traffic to your site. It is not an SEO tool. It's not a place for you to compete in order to get more 'followers'. If you've ever tried to do any of these things, or if you ever followed more than a few hundred people, then yes, no... more... - Otto

Well said Otto - Chris Nixon

Jesse Stay: you should stop complaining so much about twitter when you build an entire business based on their lack of functionality and other issues. - Mihai Secasiu

Mihai, I'm not complaining - they can do what they want. As I said I really want them to succeed. It's a matter of fact that they do have their flaws - I'm hoping to help them fix those, assuming they're listening at all. What are you doing to help Twitter get better? - Jesse Stay

it is like twitter if for what,where, when and friendfeed is for why, how - testbeta

Mike: just because I use a service doesn't mean I love it. I use ATT and United all the time and they suck too. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

And yes Twitter has some good things about it. Doesn't mean it is all good. Personally it is overused and overhyped and YES I am partially responsible. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

Apostol I get value out of Twitter. You aren't listening. I get value out of AT&T too but it COULD be so much more. Chris I tried to be positive but Twitter just doesn't respond to positivity. Plus they are cynical AT BEST about their users. Read the Twittergate documents to see just how cynical they are. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

Twitter was just there at the right time. It's not the best solution to the problem (microblogging), but it's good ~enough~. - Trent Hamm

You seriously think Twitter will die once it gets bought by a 'bigger' company? - Mike Shields

Mike: do you use Dodgeball? It was bought by Google. So was Jaiku. - Robert Scoble

Trent: did you just call Twitter the Microsoft of microblogging? Yeah, that's sorta what I was trying to say too! ;-) - Robert Scoble

I just find it amazing that all the early adopters get really snobby about Twitter now it is getting more mainstream. There is something snobby about people's attitude to Facebook as well. I'm not a fan of Facebook but I know more people who use Facebook than use Twitter or Friendfeed combined. Even my mum has a Facebook account but she'd never be on Twitter or Friendfeed. Twitter... more... - Paul Nash

I liked Pownce. I wonder what SixApart has cooking up for them. So there's really no chance for Plurk to make a comeback and take back the community? With all the outage problems Twitter has, I would think Plurk would try to capitalize on that. Guess not. - John Wang

now if the Google Reader team could just get their new commenting system streamlined and real-time ... :) - Peter du Toit (S.Africa)

Paul: it's not hard to understand if you are in our shoes. Here's why. When a company is young and struggling to get noticed, they love having early adopters. After all, that's the ONLY WAY a company gets to the next stage. I've never seen a company go straight to Oprah stage without getting early adopters excited. Then once the company gets enough traction they usually start mistreating the early adopters. In this case Twitter stabbed them in the back. Leo Laporte, for instance ... - Robert Scoble

...got me excited about Twitter and was THE REASON it was the big huge deal at that 2007 SXSW. He had more followers than Mashable last year. But did he get put on the Suggested User List? No. So now Mashable has more than a million and Leo has a knife in his back. And you think it's amazing that early adopters turn their backs on Twitter? Really now. - Robert Scoble

I don't see how Leo has a knife in his back. There was no preconceived notion that anyone would be added to that list. Who cares? He was fine before that list was created, and he can be just as fine now, and just as engaging. - Andru Edwards

Andru: when he was hyping up the service and telling his users to use it, he was getting something in return: being at the top of the follower lists. When Twitter artificially put its own people at the top of the follower lists, and handed out grants of followers (worth many hundreds of thousands of dollars, by the way -- Mashable has changed its entire business to be Twitter centric) they specifically dissed Leo and many others. Most of whom won't point it out in public. - Robert Scoble

Sadly true. I'm in much the same boat -- Twitter is a necessity for professionals and bloggers to stay on top of things, but other socialnets like Brightkite and FF are light years beyond it, which doesn't look to be changing any time soon. Don't even get me started on the spammers and the get-rich-quick'ers. - Ryan Meader

But before the SUL was released, didn't Leo abandon Twitter in favor of Jaiku, due to Twitter having "Twit" as part of its name? Just saying, if I owned a list that I had complete control over, and someone showed that behavior towards me (whether it was right or wrong, I am not judging), I would think twice before putting them on a list that will result in many people seeing they they... more... - Andru Edwards

I can't agree with you more, Robert. - Jon Ursenbach

Scobe: I very much disagree that it is about self pimping. Perhaps your senses are mush because you follow too many? I absolutely love getting that link to a new article or research, or to get a tweet from that celeb that makes me think and provides insight into a new world. I also use it as a research tool, for exploratory purposes. Twitter, as you know very well, is about what you make it, and that is a tenuous notion that really is influenced by who you follow. - Chad Gesser

Andru: again, the list did NOT exist in the days when we were hyping up Twitter. So, there was a "promise" to early adopters that if they invested time in the service they could be at the top of the follower lists. Sort of how PlayFoursquare is today promising users that they can become mayors of places they frequent more than anyone else. What Twitter did was the equivilent of PlayFoursquare telling everyone that their "mayorship" doesn't matter anymore and that Oprah is now mayor of everywhere. - Robert Scoble

Chad: one thing you have to remember about me is that I see that Twitter has 1,001 uses. Stop seeing the world as black and white. This is one post I'm making about Twitter among thousands. Translation: I already agreed with you. But you have to admit that many people use Twitter for self promotion. - Robert Scoble

Andru: and anyway, the SUL is hardly the only reason to diss Twitter. Twitter still goes down all the time, it still has stupid rate limits. It still can't block spam effectively. It still has no friend management. It still has no features that didn't exist a year ago. And it is, in many respects, behaving worse. I'm hearing from developers that Twitter is becoming more closed, not more open (to monetize) and we're seeing them pick winners before the marketplace is done (bit.ly anyone?) - Robert Scoble

The nice thing about Twitter is that it keeps your message short and to the point. Friendfeed is great but it doesn't lend itself well to an external app out of the browser. Also FriendFeed and any of these services you don't own your content - Seth Goldstein

Seth: bing! So, back to the blog we will go. Except, why are we still here? ;-) - Robert Scoble

Awww Twitter the "me" network :) - Wayne Sutton from iPhone

Anyone tried Streamy? - cheapsuits

because the interraction is in real time - abdellah

Wayne: retweet me. :-) abdellah: I thought it was because of all the sex. ;-) - Robert Scoble

that was my expectation too ;) - abdellah

I like friendfeed because of its realtimeyness, but I like twitter because it requires you to be concise. I have seen some brilliant tweets done in 140 characters or less. I think that's always been the allure of twitter, its sheer simplicity. How many features can you add to twitter without actually changing the core of what twitter is? - Tomy Thomson

Robert: But what do you want from these companies ? Chaps like you give them the oxygen of publicity they need and they court you and then when they become successful you suddenly start to criticise them. Friendfeed has become successful (in great part to your endless plugging of it) and the founders will now go on to make money through their company being taken over by Facebook. You,... more... - Paul Nash

Scoble: no doubt....I can deal with the self promotion, the e marketing and spam garbage though to me is what has gooootttt to go - Chad Gesser

Paul: my role in life is to use what will be, not what is. I don't turn on many companies, but Twitter isn't one that dealt with early adopters on good faith. - Robert Scoble

nick: I explained why above. - Robert Scoble

Is there a "social media" company that has dealt with early adopters in "good faith"? Facebook, FriendFeed, Flickr I suspect don't qualify ? Any that do? - Brian Sullivan

all platforms seem to have self pimpering styles, why so passionate against twitter? Objectional question, not one of rhetoric. - nick tadd

Brian: I didn't know that any of those have actively dissed their best early adopters. Facebook kicked me off, but only because I broke the TOS. It's always been straight up with me. Same with Flickr, although I do watch Thomas Hawk's talk about their censorship. - Robert Scoble

none as brian says, they all deal with them, and "the earlier adopter" contribute to their evolution until they sell (sorry) - abdellah

nick: because it's so prevalent there. "Look at my blog post about xxx" is almost a staple on Twitter. It's a new RSS reader. Which is fine, I use it too for that! :-) - Robert Scoble

Robert, I think you may have the makings for one of your future blogs here. Perhaps you do it for that reason? ;) The thing about Twitter is always going to be its LBE. It's a mainstream LBE to Social Media. For that very reason its perfect for business, government, and non profit to take public temperature and promote. The other "noise" is the "MV", the "mainstream voice". The conversation is 4 way.(and yes sometimes only 1 way) but there it is and its not going to go away any time soon. - Melanie Reed

Yes, indeed, Twitter is the Microsoft of microblogging. It's good enough, but not the best - but it has the huge advantage that everyone is using it, so you have to use it for compatibility reasons. - Trent Hamm

DAMN Robert I HATE that you are right on this one!!!!! - Arleen Boyd

Hopefully you use it for positive self pimping and not for negative pimping... which is inevitable - Kevin Burrell

If FF would have taken mobile seriously, the game might look different right now - Alex C. Williams

Alex, they are taking mobile seriously - they sold to Facebook. :-) - Jesse Stay

I can't see how Twitter can survive Facebook now. FB will bring Twitter down, the only chance they got is to sell to Google. - Patrik Johansson

What makes people think Facebook or Twitter is all-conquering? There's a new generation coming through, and they aren't using these services. It's very important not to get sucked in by the hype of a service you use. Fanboys will talk up the positives and ignore the negatives, giving you a skewed message. The truth is somewhere in the massive grey area in between. - Chris Nixon

The new generation uses Facebook a lot, but not Twitter. - Steph (sh_skew) from email

Let me say that it is not twitter per se. It is the population of twitter to make it the place it is at the moment. Whenever there is a (free entrance) place crowded of people, there will be spambots to pollute it. - funkyboy from Posty

Twitter is just a temporary solution for a quick mixture of instant messaging + status updates + chat forum. - Bora Wiemann

Just having a discussion today that Twitter will eventually go bankrupt when the hype is over - Khuram Hussain

I don't agree with you Robert. Twitter is easy to use, succinct and versatile. I've made multiple very meaningful connections through my use of twitter. I do like friendfeed's threaded conversations which are great but in a way it only helps those who have big followings like yourself, because people are more apt to comment on your thread than say mine because they know the conversation... more... - Lon Cohen

For example - how do I message you directly so you know I'm speaking to you (i.e. Twitter @ reply) but all your followers and my followers know that we're having a conversation in Twitter back and forth so that they can follow and interject when they want. Everytime we do that we have to start a brand new discussion thread and I have to "tell" you somehow that I'm talking to you. Twitter is like email/phone conversations and friendfeed is like collective blogging/commenting. - Lon Cohen

Amen, Robert. - Fa La La La Lindsay

The power and beauty of twitter originate from limitation. Think of it as conversation haiku. - Brendan

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TV News Giant Don Hewitt Dies At 86 - http://www.cbsnews.com/stories...

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"Don Hewitt, recognized as a father of modern television news and the creator of the medium's most successful broadcast, 60 Minutes, died of pancreatic cancer Wednesday. He was 86 and had homes in Manhattan and Bridgehampton, New York, where was with family at the time of death. Hewitt was executive producer of CBS News, the title he took when he stepped down from his post as executive producer of 60 Minutes in 2004. Hewitt's remarkable career in journalism spanned over 60 years, virtually all of it at CBS. As a young producer/director assisting at the birth of television news, it was usually Hewitt behind the scenes directing legendary CBS News reporters like Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, using a playbook he had to write himself. He played an integral role in all of CBS News' coverage of major news events from the late 1940s through the 1960s, putting him in the middle of some of history's biggest events, including one of politics' seminal moments: the first televised presidential debate in 1960." - Brad Williamson from Bookmarklet

Mr. Hewitt came to visit my electronic media course while I was going to school at SMU. He was a kind and absolutely fascinating individual. I remember wishing that he could keep telling stories all day long. - Brad Williamson

Don was a genius that enlightened us. - Arleen Boyd

Arleen Boyd

Does friend feed have a Maximum Posts Per Hour Limit?? Seems things being so threaded together here, it wouldn't necessitate it.

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i dont think so or scoble woulda written an essay about it, ;) - chaz2b

bahaha - Caroline

Chaz - good point!!! Caroline... post post post post post!!! WhooooHoooo! - Arleen Boyd

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Aloha FriendFeeders! What's the latest word with Facebook??? Any changes on the horizon here in our sector?

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what was the word about FB? I haven't heard anything new? - Aimee

Aimee, I've been of line for most of the last week, so I was hoping to find out the latest... when I do hear I'll let you know! - Arleen Boyd

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Dead people shouldn't have copyrights...it's stupid.

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Dead people don't their estate does. - Chris Greene

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Yeah, that argument makes it less stupid? Not. - Alex Scoble

+Chris. Or companies which may have invested in the intellectual property. - τorƍue

@Alex - Sure it does. Tolkein's kids have a right to everything their parents left them. - Chris Greene

Copyrights is like an inheritance to the kids, but rather than estates being given, they are giving their intellectual property. - Wizetux

Alex, I agree with the sentiment, but if a copyright is invalidated upon death, then a sufficiently valuable copyright would provide incentive to off the owner. :P - Tanath

Like hell they don't...They have a right to the money/property he bequeathed them at death, not to keep on making money based on his works. That's not how copyright is supposed to work. It's supposed to grant a limited time for which a creator can recoup the costs of their work. It's not supposed to transfer to their children and to their children's children. It should be a lot closer to the patent system. - Alex Scoble

I think it's stupid that copyrights last much longer than the average human lifespan. I think it actually does a lot of hamper innovation. - Victor Ganata

Why are patents for 17 years but copyrights are effectively without end? It's stupid, that's why. It's all so Disney can continue to make money off of Mickey Mouse without coming out with new content. - Alex Scoble

The patent system is borked too... - Tanath

@Alex -According to you argument intelliectual property shouldn't be transferred. If that's the case, then why does a company get to maintain ownership of IP after the creator passes? - Chris Greene

Because they bought off Congress. - Alex Scoble

@Alex - Adding to that, then if the company is passed on to realatives they no longer own that IP? - Chris Greene

LOL, blunt & to the point. :) - Tanath

@Alex: copyrights have an end: in the US it is 70 years after the death of the creator. - Wizetux

@Alex - So a company is not property then? - Chris Greene

That would certainly provide incentive to innovate... - Tanath

The whole point of the patent/copyright systems are to spur innovation and the creation of new works. The current system actually runs counter to this goal. And no, copyright is not property. - Alex Scoble

I didn't say copyright, I said a company - Chris Greene

I don't care about companies. This conversation isn't about companies, it's about copyrights. All arguments that don't deal with copyright, but with other ideas other than copyright and patents will be ignored by me. - Alex Scoble

By the way, a company's copyrights now last for 95 years. - Alex Scoble

It is. I asked if a companies IP (and copyright) is transferrable once the originator dies. As such, is the company transferrable? - Chris Greene

Wouldn't copyrights force people to not copy off others work, and come up with something of their own? I don't get how they inhibit innovation/creation. - Heather

The original U.S. Copyright Act granted rights for 14 years with a 14 year extension. Now it's 70 years after the author dies, or if it's a work-for-hire, 95 years after publication, or 120 years after creation. - Victor Ganata

But it would force creators to come up with new stuff every few decades, instead of milking their one good idea for the rest of their life. The current system encourages mediocrity. We shouldn't be surprised that that's what we get. - Victor Ganata

Patents do stifle innovation: http://www.physorg.com/news167... I think the argument generalizes to copyright as well. - Tanath

Heather: If you and someone else are both offering the same service/product, which one are people likely to choose? Without the copyright/patents, it forces competitive innovation on everything, including existing products & services. - Tanath

Alex, what have you done to try to change the Constitution? - Glen, Bespectacled Elder

Copyright law isn't spelled out in the Constitution. :) And I've done plenty posts about it here on friendfeed :) - Alex Scoble from IM

So I come up with a great book and publish it a month before I die and never personally benefit from its greatness. It's stupid that benefit can't go to my estate for a reasonable time. - LogEx

Yes, copyright law has been mutated into something ugly, but that doesn't mean we should swing the pendulum all the way the other way. As usual, the right answer is somewhere in the middle. - LogEx

Yeah...17 years should be the answer. :) - Alex Scoble from IM

Oh and I wrote a letter to my state senators and my congressman to not pass the DMCA once...they just told me it was in my best interests...yeah right - Alex Scoble from IM

Lindsey: "Just because I'm dead doesn't mean they stop being mine." It kinda does, since you don't exist anymore... - Tanath

IMHO I'd rather see lifetime+17 years instead of lifetime+70 years FWIW. Could still be inherited, but you wouldn't necessarily have a whole generation or two of people that make their living off their parent's work. And it would force businesses that owned IP to innovate instead of perpetually litigating over it. - Glen, Bespectacled Elder

Logical Extremes: Public policy is supposed to be about what benefits society, not individuals or companies & corporations. - Tanath

I'd rather see a fixed period like how the patent system is. Problem is that big companies like Disney just pay off congresspeople to extend the rights. - Alex Scoble from IM

I'm surprised that they haven't been able to do so with patents - Alex Scoble from IM

I always thought that an intellectual property, whether it is copyright or patent, should be moved permenantly into the public domain unless an effort to bring to market is displayed by the owner within a predetermined period of time( <5 years). - Geoff Schultz

That would be a step in the right direction. - Tanath

I'd like to see lifetime + 21 years or 70 years, whichever is greater. Maybe nudge it to 80 out of respect for expanding lifespans. Actually, my idea would be a fixed cap of, say, 20 or 40 years, but small steps, y'know? - Roger Benningfield

The world isn't restricted to changing in small steps... - Tanath

It's probably too much to ask that the pendulum go back to where it was originally, but at least the pendulum should start shifting in the other direction of decreasing duration. 120 years is a ridiculously long time. - Victor Ganata

Alex: What do you think about eliminating copyright and/or patents? - Tanath

I don't think that would be a good idea...I think that would have the same effect on innovation that having copyright/patent periods too long does - Alex Scoble from IM

How so? - Tanath

For instance, drug companies wouldn't bother spending the billions it takes to get new drugs made unless they got the guaranteed exclusivity that a patent brings - Alex Scoble from IM

I don't know about that... and there are other ways to deal with stuff like that. Public funding is one option. - Tanath

Tanath: Short of full-scale, violent revolt, yeah, the world is generally restricted to small steps. And I don't plan on offing anyone just to get Warner Bros. to surrender Superman to the public domain. - Roger Benningfield

copy rights should be timeconstrained, thats it (like 20yrs) - chaz2b

Roger Benningfield: I disagree. The advent of the internet for instance has changed & will change things rather quickly. Change is accelerating. And while you may not be one to off someone, the incentive would still be there, and from time to time it would happen. - Tanath

You know, if we adhere to cavet emptor, and choose not to protect the consumers from bad purchases, why should we protect the rich companies from bad investments? If they invest in something that everyone else duplicates (right away) isn't that called competition? - Paul W. Homer

So your against inheritance - why should a copyright expIre ? - Nicholas Paul Gordon from iPhone

Copyright still expires, just not within our lifetimes. The original intent of copyright was never to provide indefinite protection. - Victor Ganata

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the idea that copyrighted works should have the same protections as physical property in 1834 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Victor Ganata

I agree with you, Alex. The current system of copyright is completely borked & totally driven by megacorps like Disney. We should go back to how it originally was in the US. - josh neff, geek at large

Just for the records, it's not an issue only at the US level. Since the Berne Convention, a lot of these questions are discussed at an international level (look for WIPO, ACTA,...) - Laurent

Dead people have descendants! And they SHOULD have rights! Dude... Dad up! - Arleen Boyd

Given the time frame they first specified, it was totally not the intention of the founding fathers to let copyright pass into the next generation. - Victor Ganata

Luckily for Disney, the strict constructionists of the Republican party saw through to the true, *hidden* intentions of the founding fathers! - Andrew C

Even better, they've managed to criminalize infringement. - Victor Ganata

Man, you are soooo onto something screwed up about this perpetual copyright concept. - Jason Nunnelley

I'm finding this discussion very interesting, although it seems that everyone knows a lot about copyright that I don't so I'm a little behind. But I would like to contend that the intentions of the Founding Fathers (dun dun dun and lightening) aren't the relevant concern. - Heather

Can't blame the GOP entirely. The Dems were still responsible for the 1976 act, which extended it to 75 years or creator's life+50 years. - Victor Ganata

I don't know. I still believe the purpose of copyright is "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries", and not simply to allow people to ride the gravy train into infinity and beyond. I suspect I'm not the only one who believes similarly. - Victor Ganata

Interesting use of "to infinity and beyond". ;) BTW, I can't figure that Wikipedia link out, I think my brain has melted but I don't know what it means. - Heather

I'm in favor of prohibiting "authorship" transfer. And, the original term was 15 years - Now, it's 70 years after the death of the author, and transferable to holding companies and trusts. Not to mention, Disney's artists are "work for hire." Copyright has become the tool of corporations and investors. - Richard pancakhaus Walker

IANAL, so the case write up itself is pretty opaque to me, but going by the summary, one side of the case contended that copyright is a natural right of a creator of any work, and that it should last in perpetuity, and that a copyrighted work should have the same protections as real and tangible property does. The case went to the Supreme Court, and they said, no, copyright can only exist as decreed and enforced by the state and it isn't the same thing as real and tangible property. - Victor Ganata

Oh yes, except China. They don't have to comply for some reason - perhaps because we can't make them pay, perhaps because they haven't signed any treaties. But maybe, the complete absence of "regional pricing" that makes sense is yet another problem with copyright today. - Richard pancakhaus Walker

I agree 100% http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Geo Meek

I'd be all for a fixed term like 15 or 20 years or something like life +5 years. - s t e v e

Oooh, thinking about Alex's original post I'm coming up with a great near-future sci-fi story where anyone who comes up with a hit song or story or movie immediately has hire serious bodyguards to protect themselves from the IP assassins who try to have them rubbed out so their copyrights will expire. - s t e v e

I believe Microsoft Office would cost a small business in China their entire budget for a year.. A CD would cost one family's income for a month. Or thereabouts. - Richard pancakhaus Walker

Ah . . . the Mickey Mouse clause - every time the copyright on Mickey gets close - the 'fixed term' gets extended. Copyright is driven by American capitalism ?? - Chris Loft

I'm not a capitalist? - Alex Scoble from IM

Because I don't believe in unfettered capitalism, doesn't mean I'm not a capitalist - Alex Scoble from IM

How is that not capitalism? I believe in responsible capitalism. Fettered capitalism is what we have now...more or less. :) - Alex Scoble from IM

Trading in knockoff goods should be analogous to illegal music downloads, meaning that cheap handbag should cost you literally millions, according to the Jammie (Jamie?) Thomas disaster. - Richard pancakhaus Walker

LOL Dave, and this is where we obviously diverge in opinion. Business has been allowed to run so rampant over society in the last 20 years that it's caused a lot of problems. - Alex Scoble from IM

curious Alex: so the family of an arist should've benefit if a work is published posthumously if the work was finished on his deathbead? - Bastard Operator From FF

Yeah, I think if you read my comments, I'd like to have a fixed period of ownership (no longer than 30 years) rather than the system we have now...This would give families in the situation you propose some benefit from the works of a loved one. - Alex Scoble from IM

Sorry Alex missed it scrolling through... we're in agreement. - Bastard Operator From FF

Patents without an intent to market are even worse - Alex Scoble from IM

What is it Warren Buffet is doing he's left his kids "Enough money to do whatever they want and not enough that they can do nothing" - Bastard Operator From FF

Yeah, in my mind, corporations living off the teat of the dead is even a bigger problem than the "welfare rich" - Alex Scoble from IM

I feel like if *poof* all copyrights were over after 30years from origination there would be a lot of shitty movies in production in a year or two. Plus, I understand Disney is the devil and whatnot, but if a character (like Tinkerbell maybe) is still popular and stuff involving the character are still being produced, shouldn't that reinforce the copyright? Going back to Tolkien, LotR... more... - Heather

Heather if Popularity is a factor in copyright then Shakespeare and Dickens are still under copyright - Bastard Operator From FF

Heather, I think a law against shitty movies would be a great thing. - s t e v e

Hate to break it to you, but there are already a lot of shitty movies getting made. - Alex Scoble from IM

Do we need more? lol - Heather

And one could argue that new works that are derivative of previous works would be protected under new copyright - Alex Scoble from IM

LOL - Alex Scoble from IM

I'm all for peeling away copyright laws. In a totally unregulated world, copyright would not exist. - Victor Ganata

Apparently I thought this thread was dead, while y'alls comments were queuing up. My bad, I don't mean to talk AT the thread LOL - Richard pancakhaus Walker

Heather, just a bit of background on why Disney deserves derision - Mickey Mouse was ganked, cribbed, stolen, from Steamboat Willie, and much of their huge money makers are derivative of the Brothers Grimm, H.C. Anderson, etc. etc. Song of the South, though, is entirely original I think :) And what others have said about Mickey driving copyright extension is true. So, the fact that none... more... - Richard pancakhaus Walker

Heather, I think you're mixing trademarks (like the characters of Tinkerbell, Mickey Mouse, etc) with the copyrighted works they appear in. I don't think anyone is saying Disney should lose their trademarks, but IMO old works very well should have copyright expire. - Andrew C

Heather, 30 years from publication solves your problem nicely. A derivative work can get its own 30 year term, paying as appropriate to the work.it derived from - Richard pancakhaus Walker

By the way Alex, you've hit on my preferred solution exactly, with one small addition: rights of "authorship" can't be transferred meaning Yoko can't prevent a derivative Lennon work. That is Lennon's call only. Not inherited. The heirs to "Gone With the Wind" attempted and failed to prevent publication of a re-telling from the slave's perspective, "The Wind Done Gone". I know my Lessig :) - Richard pancakhaus Walker

Arleen, you should concede that you missed the point, that inheriting the right to profit from a REASONABLE copyright is not the issue. Lessig has written extensively on why the ridiculous, RETROACTIVE copyright extensions have perverted the intent of copyright, and created a monster, namely effectively perpetual copyright bought and sold by holding companies, trusts, and media conglomerates. And occasionally a Michael Jackson. - Richard pancakhaus Walker

I love this thread! by the way. - Richard pancakhaus Walker

Good for bringing up this important topic Alex. Copyright lasts way too long. Disney and mega corporations ought not hold sole creative license to remix these important works from the past. Copyright should not last past your death. That's just wrong. - Thomas Hawk

Why is it "just wrong"? There is as much to justify copyright being passed on to estates as chattel or property, Maybe copyright shouldn't exist at all? - Brian Sullivan

It's wrong because art needs to be recycled and prohibiting past creative efforts from becoming part of new creative efforts is harmful to art and the creativity that is possible. It puts limits in place that the artist has to deal with unnecessarily. Copyright is put into place as an incentive for people to create art. There is no need to extend that incentive on to the artists' children, grandchildren or businesses. All copyright should die with the artist. - Thomas Hawk

Copyright law needs a complete overhaul. Or more accurately, to be thrown out and rewritten wholesale. - Jim in Real Time

well, some sort of right to the proceeds generated by one's efforts is warranted. If that could be accomplished without a set of laws, fine (I didn't read this whole thread... maybe something like that was proposed). - Jim in Real Time

I agree. I also believe that once you are dead, your image (publicity rights) should belong to the ages... in other words, public domain. Amazingly, in Tennessee, publicity rights last forever... literally. - Mitch Featherston

Thomas -- your statement offers no argument -- just sentiment and bafflegab driven by emotiion. If intellectual property ownership exists at all as a concept there it seems most logical to treat it the same as all other property. Do people need incentive to create art? I think it is one of those have your cake and eat things. Basically you can't. - Brian Sullivan

Copyright ceases to be meaningful when it is allowed to be sold, assigned or passed to abstract entities - corporations with no accountability and a very long lifespan perspective. There are companies out there that do nothing but milk old pieces of music - they are ought of copyright in normal use, but the rights of use in film etc. are still held and charged at a premium. These companies are specialist at snatching those rights from failed projects, estates, and individuals and milking them. - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

Intellectual property simply isn't the same as real and tangible property. At least, that's how the law stands now. - Victor Ganata

That's how it works now, but there's a bunch of authors who -more or less respectfully - dissent. This debate is as old as the public domain. - Laurent

Well, wouldn't someone just kill you to make your copyright expire then?? - Dave Hodson

Making intellectual property equivalent to real and tangible property requires state intervention, requires writing new laws. Copyright and patent rights don't exist without the government backing it up. This is clearly not laissez-faire. - Victor Ganata

The best solution is still probably a fixed term. Something like 20 years, regardless of whether the content creator is dead or alive. - Victor Ganata

Dave: you should write a book about this :) - Laurent

I have yet to see a convincing argument that copyright or "intellectual property" should exist at all. - Tanath

Sure it does Brian, my statement does offer an argument. I'm arguing that intellectual property should be treated different than tangible physical property. Ideas are just that. And I don't think that an idea ought to be transferable after someone's death to the detriment of the rest of society. That the benefit of transferring ideas intergenerationally is less than the benefit of allowing ideas to freely flourish unbridled by ownership for society as a whole. - Thomas Hawk

You seem to support the intergenerational transfer of copyrights Brian. Should copyrights be transferable intergenerationally forever if not why not? - Thomas Hawk

I think we should release this thread into the public domain. Because if you don't say otherwise, std. "all rights reserved" death+70 copyright term applies. Some legal minds think you can copyright as little as 5 words strung together. Now, does anyone still think copyright today is reasonable or sensible? - Richard pancakhaus Walker

This is the internet, remember? US law doesn't apply globally. :P And actually, common law copyright was thrown out in the US (see earlier in thread). - Tanath

Tanath, I realize that. But I'm not going to take your word for the second part. That is NOT my understanding of current law. You do not even need the little (c) anymore. - Richard pancakhaus Walker

You don't need the (c) but you DO need to register a work in order to properly pursue infringement cases. - Mitch Featherston

Common law copyright is the notion that copyrighted works ought to be treated the same as real and tangible property, which the Supreme Court repudiated in Wheaton v Peters in 1834. Common law copyright is also not valid in the UK, from what I understand. - Victor Ganata

Yes Mitch, my point. If we do not release this thread into the public domain, someone can steal it and register it. I'm just pointing out how ridiculously things have been stacked against common sense and the "public domain." - Richard pancakhaus Walker

Tanath, the thought is that if copyright and patents didn't exist, no one would ever feel compelled to publish anything. Scientific endeavors would slow down considerably as the flow of information would be hampered, and there'd be no way to get anything peer-reviewed. - Victor Ganata

Victor: How do you justify that claim? - Tanath

Tanath, I can't prove that it's true, but that's the idea behind it. But if there were no protections, I really do think the sharing of research would slow. It would be way too easy to steal someone else's ideas without crediting the originator, and credit for original research is basically the currency of academia. - Victor Ganata

Simple proof of "prior art" would fix that problem. Not that the copyright & patent system works perfectly for that function either. It was Tesla that invented the radio for instance, and only recently that it was acknowledged in court. - Tanath

Thomas -- I don't support any specific amount of time or number of generations a copyright is to apply. Once the principle of intellectual property is established in law as it is in western countries-- it will be subject to variances. Arguing for one length or another then becomes an emotional rather than a factual issue. I am thinking that the abolishing of the principle of intellectual property might be the ultimate solution. - Brian Sullivan

Tanath, it's true that copyrights and patents won't really deter anyone who is intent on stealing someone's idea, but without them, the aggrieved party would have absolutely no ability to attempt to gain redress. - Victor Ganata

Unfortunately, Lessig's supreme court case about copyright terms Eldred v. Ashcroft failed to impress the justices. http://www.wired.com/wired... I'm not very hopeful any of this can be remedied frankly. - Richard pancakhaus Walker

Here is a good TED video "Larry Lessig on laws that choke creativity" http://www.ted.com/talks... - Richard pancakhaus Walker

Brian, I doubt you'd ever see copyright abolished. I do think that someone ought to be able to exclusively earn money from their idea for a limited amount of time. But I think that a reasonable amount of time has been pushed to excessive lengths by big business copyright protectors like Walt Disney. I spent a summer working in Walt Disney's corporate legal department which was eye... more... - Thomas Hawk

I highly recommend Matt Mason's book The Pirate's Dilemma to almost anyone makes (or wants to make) a living from intellectual property http://thepiratesdilemma.com/ - Richard pancakhaus Walker

Victor: I don't think "stealing" is the right word. That applies to physical property where something is lost. What's wrong with letting everyone make use of everyone's ideas? I'd also recommend looking at The Pirate's Dilemma and Lessig's talks. - Tanath

Thomas - I had no idea you spent time in the belly of the beast. That's complete vindication of my suspicions. Thank you! - Richard pancakhaus Walker

I think one of the funny things about this conversation is the constant usage of Disney as the worlds worst offender here. For those of you who didn't know the character of Mickey Mouse was created by Ub Iwerks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...) and his rights owned by producer Charles Mintz. You could also say that Ub and Walt co-founded the Disney studios back in the day after... more... - Chris Greene

Yes Chris I mentioned Mickey being ganked in the "background on why Disney deserves derision" - Richard pancakhaus Walker

I just don't agree with the negative press they get. It's a two way street. If I create a character while working for Disney I expect them to own the rights to it. It's the price I pay for a regular paycheck instead of forging out on my own. John Lassiter isn't complaining that he doesn't own the rights to the "Brave Little Toaster" after he was fired from Disney for suggesting that... more... - Chris Greene

A lawyer working for a RIAA file sharing defendant recently made news with a radical challenge - "file sharing IS fair use" - Lessig thinks that's going too far - I'll follow up later if I find anything. - Richard pancakhaus Walker

Chris - you also are confusing copyright and trademarks. - Andrew C

Chris, I don't have a problem with "work for hire" - but people should be educated on what's theirs and what's the employer's, and what can be negotiated in the employment contract. - Richard pancakhaus Walker

"Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U. S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works."Firstly, copyright is a body of work so Steamboat Willy would be copyright, correct? That lead to the creation of the character and the trademarks that... more... - Chris Greene

No, the design of a character and the name is a trademark...that's a separate issue, however, I find it odd that I have no problems with a company or family being able to protect their trademarks in perpetuity. - Alex Scoble from IM

Richard - I am a working artist and I am very aware of what rights I have to property (intellectual or otherwise) I create under my current contract. If you are not aware of those rights you shouldn't be working for someone else. - Chris Greene

I'm skipping most of the comments, but tell me if this is right. 30 years after a book is written or movie is made, someone else could redo the work (changed names ect) and it would be legit "recycling" of art? So it's not really about Mickey Mouse, it's about the cartoons containing Mickey? - Heather

Chris - yeah, what Alex said. Steamboat Willy the cartoon is copyrighted. Mickey Mouse, the character appearing in that cartoon, is trademarked. - Andrew C

Andrew - That's what I said, not Alex. Look above. - Chris Greene

Alex, trademarks have to be defended, where copyrights don't, and trademarks can't be transferred. So it's not that odd, really. - Richard pancakhaus Walker

I'm glad to hear that Chris. Good for you. I suppose you have nothing to say to people contemplating such a line of work. They should just "know", hmm? - Richard pancakhaus Walker

Chris, my point is that copyright has always had a finite period, whereas trademarks can last in perpetuity. So just because the work has passed out of copyright doesn't mean the trademarks that came out of it have to as well. Also, preserving trademarks doesn't mean the associated works' copyright needs to last in perpetuity. And no, I was referring to Alex's comment that starts "No, the design of a character..." - Andrew C

Well if you;re asking for advice I can put a couple of things out there. First, make sure any original work you create on your own you copyright before you submit to anyone else for distribution marketing etc. As an artists you should know that any work you do while under contract to an employer or as a supplier becomes the property of the employer (or vendor). - Chris Greene

One of the research projects I worked for Disney on (now this goes back almost 20 years ago during college) was to research copyrighted works that had trademarked characters in them. I think copyright at the time might have been 50 or 60 years but trademark was 75 I think. Companies were releasing the oldest mickey mouse films and Disney was trying to argue that even though copyright... more... - Thomas Hawk

That's helpful, Chris. - Richard pancakhaus Walker

Fascinating, Thomas! - Richard pancakhaus Walker

I used to have to send out cease and desist letters also everyday from Disney. They would send them out over the stupidest little things. I remember having to send one out to a guy with a little tree cutting business. A solo practitioner who had put Mickey Mouse on his business card and someone had turned him in. My cease and desist letter would include an acknowledgment form that... more... - Thomas Hawk

Tanath, yeah, maybe stealing is the wrong word. I'm not trying to equate intellectual property with real, tangible property. I'm not sure what a good turn of phrase would be, though. In an environment where only original work can really guarantee your livelihood (i.e., tenure), I just can't imagine too many people wanting to freely share their ideas without any protections. The concept of prior art doesn't really exist without copyright and patent law. - Victor Ganata

That's very true, Victor - I was able to put some stuff in Creative Commons only because of those protections. I can share "non-commercial" rights and keep the other. - Richard pancakhaus Walker

Well, they vote! - Kreg Steppe

I agree! Apparently they can also be sued by the RIAA. - Logan Lindquist

Responding to a quote wayyy back in this thread (I had to leave for an hour or so, and things really kept rolling!): Tanath said: "Logical Extremes: Public policy is supposed to be about what benefits society, not individuals or companies & corporations." Actually, that's not quite true. (I know because I spent many many hours in seminars discussing writings and supreme court rulings on... more... - Mark "Godt Nyt Ǻr"

-cont.- Libertarians would have you think otherwise, of course, as though any 'public interest' is allowed to dominate. There are two flaws with that logic: First, the libertarians equate 'public interest' with 'government control' when, in fact, they can be diametrically opposed to each other; and second, the 'public interest' is often times best represented as a 'collection of... more... - Mark "Godt Nyt Ǻr"

Here's an article that's relevant: http://techdirt.com/article... "Why Virtual Property Doesn't Make Sense" - Tanath

Kamilah Gill

WE'RE ENGAGED!!! :)))

August 16 - Comment - Like - Share

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YAY!!!! CONGRATS you two!!! - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

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Congratulations! - Josh Haley

CONGRATS. - Holly is Happy

Congratulations!!! - Trish R

Thank you, everyone! :) I'm just trying to figure out what to do next. The next several months are going to be really interesting. - Kamilah Gill

WOW! Awesome! - BEX

WOOOHOO!! :D - Joe Silence is silent

Congratulations! - Spidra Webster

Congrat!!! - YoYo_P

w00t!!! Congrats you two! *sings like ole boy did at the wedding in Coming to America* :D - Derrick

CONGRATS! - Mo Kargas

congratulations!!! - Bren -- Designated Driver

congrats!! - Allen Stern

Congratulations, you two! - Admiral Anika

Congrats! - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

Congrats!!!1 - Rob Haas

CONGRATS!! - Tad

Congratulations....can't go wrong with someone named Harold.... :O) - Harold Cabezas

Yay!! Woo-hoo! :) - JA Castillo

w00h0! Congratulations! - Bastard Operator From FF

Congratulations! - .LAG liked that

Rock on! - Michael McKean

Congratulations! - Damond Nollan

congrats!! - imabonehead

Congrats! - anna sauce

CONGRATS folks! :) - directeur

Neat! - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

Congrats! - Hutch Carpenter

Congrats! - Alex Scoble

Congrats! - Johnny

YAY! - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

Congratulations! Good on you two! - James (!?)

Congrats:) - Mycaptain

CONGRATULATIONS! - joey

Congratulations!!!!!!! - Amit Morson

Congrats! - Pete Delucchi

YAY! Congrats! - Jason Huebel

<3 - Caroline

congratulations, you crazy kids :) - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

It must be in the water....Congrats!! - Gabrielle V

Congratulations! - Bonnie Foster

Congratulations! Cute couple. - Sarah Lane

Congratulations and best wishes! (Someone needs to post a chart here on FF identifying all couples, 'cuz I'm clueless! I worry about unwittingly saying the wrong thing to someone's significant other!) - Mark "Godt Nyt Ǻr"

Congratulations! The ring looks gorgeous!! - Ange Recchia/angesbiz

That's fantastic! Congratulations! - Kisha, Well Conditioned from BuddyFeed

Fantastic, Congrats! - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

Congrats you two! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Congratulations! - Joe Pierce

Congrats to both of you. - Mark Krynsky

Congratulations, you two! - Christopher Harley from iPhone

Grats! - Neal Jansons

Congrats you guys! - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Congrats!! - BeeLing

Congratulations! - Anne Bouey

Félicitations, tous mes vœux de bonheur. - Bob Lyr

Whens the wedding? Are we getting invites?! Will there be a Buffet? *hopes for buffet* - Giraffes Up In The AIr

Thank you so much, everyone! :) - Kamilah Gill

Congrats :) - Rodfather

Congratulations!! - Eric Logan

Congrats ;) - Alejandro

Congratulations!! - RAPatton from iPod

CONGRATULATIONS!!! :-D - Ladybug Heather

YAY!!!! Congratulations and best wishes you guys!!! <3 - Yolanda

CONGRATULATIONS KAMILAH! <333 - Parth Awasthi

congrats ^_^ - Shandiz

CONGRATS you :)) - MutfakTeyze

Congratulations! - Vinay | विनय

hey congrats!!!! I wish you guys all the happiness! - (jeff)isageek

مباركه!!!!!!!!!!! - ramezanifar

Congrats - Randy Allen Bishop

Congratulations. "I'm just trying to figure out what to do next." - get married, obviously. ;) - Meryn Stol

CONGRATS! - Shevonne

Congratulations!! - Emma

Congratulations! - Ruchira S. Datta

Congrats!!!!! - AJ Batac

Congratulations! - Iain Baker

congrats to you crazy kids - Cee Bee

++++ Congrats!!!!! - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Happiest congrats! - Ayşe E.

YAH!!!!! Congrats! - Katie is Frittering

Candles all around, congrats. - Steve C

Congratulations!!!!! - Katy S

Congrats! - Alex Hellstrom

con'grats !! - Peter Dawson

congratulations!!!! That's so exciting :) - Anna Lynn M.

love kicks ass ! ♥ - Mattb4rd

man, that is lovely news...congratulations Kamilah - Zee.

congrats! - alphaxion

Yay! - Tyson Key

Congrats! - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

oh, wow! hey, congratulations, Kamilah and Harold! The ring is lovely. Mazel tov! - edythe

Congrats - zsafwan 

Congratulations! - Rick Cogley

Congrats! I know how you feel being recently engaged myself! http://twitpic.com/cedzg DO have your future spouse watch this video... http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Arleen Boyd

Awww :) - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

gratz! - timepilot

Congrats! - Angelo Rodrigues

Awesome! Congrats!! - David Cook

congratulations - Ufuk İŞMAN from BuddyFeed

congrats!! - Goktug Okan Oguz

CONGRATS! - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Congratulations! - Jim in Real Time

congrats!!! - Nilesh

Congrats! - Tracy Benham

Congratulations :))! - Nia

Congratulations! Wishing both of you all the best! - LB - all new for '10!

Congratulations!!!! That is wonderful! <3 You two are so cute. - Carmen - Happy 2010!

wooooo hooooo!!! - metalerik

Congrats!!! - Alessandro

One more congrats from me ^_^ - Nico van der Merwe

You started the #engagementmeme -- and another congratulations! :-D - Ladybug Heather

congrats! - deakaz

Congrats !!!!!!! Great news :) - Nir Ben Yona

congrats!! - Nicholas James

FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Why I love FriendFeed: I've gotten to see my friends fall in love, get married, and have babbies. I've tried to comfort friends who've lost those they love, and those battling for their lives. You are awesome people who just happen to post interesting stuff from around the web, not the other way around =)

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Tina, wow. I've never really thought of that way before but you're right: we ARE awesome! - Akiva Moskovitz

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Please note: I said "awesome people", not "awesome sheep"... ;-) - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

[crying while self-shearing] - Akiva Moskovitz

baa? - Tom Horn

Tom: hover over Akiva's name =) - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Ahh :). I was mostly being silly. Actually, I am mostly being silly. - Tom Horn

LOL! That's ok, because silly is also one of the reasons I love FriendFeed. And since Akiva is self-shearing I suppose he would make it into 'awesome' under the silly clause. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

As a self-shearing sheep, Akiva has guaranteed employment. - Spidra Webster

well said tina - (jeff)isageek

Tina, FF the awsome people's 'watering hole" :)- we share, just about everything, I think ! - Peter Dawson

That's why I love FriendFeed, too :D - joey

:) - Josh Haley

Ohh thank you :) - Melissa Taylor

Totally agreed, Tina. Just want to thank everyone again for all the well-wishes for Harold's & my engagement. The response went far beyond what I expected :) That's part of why I love this place, too. On Facebook, I barely caused a blip of response (granted, I spend very little time over there). Even the GReader people that just met me were supportive! I love all of you guys! *group hug* - Kamilah Gill

You too, Tina! *hugs - Shevonne

Kamilah, I loved that you and Harold both posted the announcement at the same time. It was like your own personal moment of win =D - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Hooray for us! - Mark Essel

Tina, you nailed what it's all about Girl!! The world is better because we share more, communicate more... we love more... more different people we've come to know, love more deeply those we already know, and know one another to levels that were previously not possible. Aloha! - Arleen Boyd

:) You and FF are the best! - Tracy Benham

Yeahhhh for Tina ,,, !!!!!!! - johnpiercy

Group Hug indeed!! <3 - jcunwired

Myrna to Myrna's feed, Foods, friendf00d

The Rubix Cubewich (via http://friendfeed.com/foods...) cute idea

August 6 - Comment - Like - Share

Mustafa ♮ Sadedil, mahyar, welee and 65 other people liked this

Very interesting :-) *now me thinks: how to make it without meat*...hm...? ;-) - Hanna Wiszniewska

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I'm about to vom-bomb. Going to hide this entry. - Johnny

more different cheeses, but please please do'nt ruin the beauty of it with *shudders* tofu.. - Rasmus Lauridsen

you can also add more colours with some vegetable (spinach, potato, peppers, etc.) frittata/omelette cubes. The original is really nice & yummy though :-> - Stefaniav

You could make that with tofu or jello too. - Adrian

The cubes are perfect, I'm still astonished - Stefaniav

Thanks for the suggestion Adrian :-) - Hanna Wiszniewska

Hanna, what about switching meat for tempeh? Wonder if Rasmus shudders from tempeh lol but anyway, its your cubewich to do with it what you want. :))) - Myrna

beautiful - sorina_gt

Looks awesome although you will need a very big mouth in order to eat it :-) - outofmyarse

Very classy. I could spend hours rearraging the cubes. Hey! New dieting idea. - Bob

I can help solve this puzzle! *pulls all the ham pieces out* - Daynah

LOL Daynah, what about the other meat. It has the chemical preservatives...ugly causes cancer. And what to put instead? - Myrna

Never tried Tempeh, I might have to go hunting for it. Anyone know a store in Denmark that carries it? - Rasmus Lauridsen

Try an Indonesian, Malaysian or Thai market. - Bob from email

Awesome! - Mitchell Tsai

Do I detect some Spam in that? - Arleen Boyd

Rasmus, you know what tempeh is, yes? Of course you have health food stores? - Myrna

Yeah I wikipedia'd it :-P So yeah I'll have to try the local health food stores - Rasmus Lauridsen

رونوشت به خودم :) - 1Fathi

Great idea! I would love to make this with vegetables!! I don't now how though:) - Konstantina (exei gousto)

or with fruits?.. - AgentRouge

Konstantina, I can think of boiled sweet potatoes and pumpkin as some of the vegetables that can be cut in such cubes O_o also carrots maybe... and definitely more cheese. plus some mangoes?.. - AgentRouge

Louis Gray

I used to always hide Tweets unless they had likes or comments. Today I unhid them in FriendFeed. Let the noise ensue.

July 11 - Comment - Like - Share

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Why did I do this? Because I was missing the occasional nugget from people I like hearing from. Now, we'll see if this helps or hurts. - Louis Gray

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Overall, I've enjoyed the random bits of fun that pop in from the noise by not hiding anything. I kind of dig letting all the information just wash over me. - Jon, the Chilled Beartato

I've gone back and forth over it but I eventually decided to let tweets in and then began permanently hiding the irritating ones. After a little tweaking, it ended up being a better experience for me. I've actually quit Twitter entirely now thanks to some suggestions from Johnny Worthington: I subscribe to a feed of any @replies I get and pipe them into FriendFeed's IM alerts so I can respond to them if I want to. - Akiva Moskovitz

i'll give it a shot... ;) I had 14 hidden entries on my home page feed, now none. We'll see how it goes. #IBlameLouisUnhidingInFriendFeed - Nathan Chase

I wish you luck, Nathan. - Louis Gray

I let the tweets stay in. Well over half are @ replies which are nonsensical out of context, but there is the occasional gem. Unfortunately most of the time if I comment on the gem, the original tweeter never responds the comment. There are a largish number of neglected friendfeed accounts. - DGentry

Well I had them hidden, had not even been allowing my own to show, but after a conversation with, ahem, someone else, I changed my tune. Then I started paying attention to others twitters too! - Sheryl

I'm so active on Twitter that I don't pay attention to whether or what comes to FF really. I see tweets from people here after I've responded to them there. Some of my tweets come here and some don't. Not sure why, but not a big enough deal to investigate either. I get lots of stream lots of places. - Ken Camp

I let them stay in as well. Things go by quick enough they don't bother me. Plus the top stuff moves to the top naturally. That's the beauty of ff! - tomit from iPhone

I recognize that intelligent comments worthy of discussion can be tweeted by people who don't wish to type (or in my case, since I use a Tablet PC, write) things twice. This is why I have never automatically hidden tweets. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

Is there really a difference between a tweet and native FriendFeed post? - Hutch Carpenter

:0 - chaz2b

Hutch, there is typically a massive difference between a tweet and a native FriendFeed post. In this example, there is less, but native FriendFeed posts are geared toward conversation starting, while Twitter updates are for conversation ending. FriendFeed native posts also contain images, and show the person is here and active on the site, not just broadcasting. - Louis Gray

sounds like some good information. - Ray Marr aka Knatchwa from IM

Guess it depends on the person if they're doin' some conversation ending. Do they end tweets with kthxbai? Glad you're not doing a blanket hide on tweets though. There's some good stuff out there. - Hutch Carpenter

I use Twitter as a conversation starter: I guess I'm doing it wrong. I'm not convinced that the difference between Twitter and FriendFeed posts is that massive now: with the removal of service icons, it's very hard to tell which is a regular FriendFeed post and which came from Twitter, and a lot of people don't bother putting in pictures or other rich media with their native FriendFeed posts anymore. - Mark Trapp

same thing here. should be a default in friendfeed - Ouriel Ohayon

Mark - those are good points. The @reply tweets can be annoying, but generally there isn't a massive difference between a tweet and native post. Is there an option to not see @replies? - Hutch Carpenter

Not currently, but people are always requesting it in FriendFeed Feedback. I bet you could use a saved search to filter out @replies. Edit: never mind, it looks like searching for @ either is ignored or breaks search. That stinks. - Mark Trapp

@Louis: I'd actually like to start conversations with my tweets. Doesn't really happen, though. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

MiniMage stole my thunder. Although, I am more and more starting the conversation from Friendfeed and then bouncing to Twitter and back to Friendfeed. - Mathew A. Koeneker

And so it begins... FriendFeed will truly compete with Twitter! When Robert Scoble told me I shouldn't turn off my Twitter interface... I hesitated and often did, until last week. Hope I don't drive everyone here crazy! Big Mahalo for support and encouragement on FriendFeed! (and Louis For God's Sake... show me your web interface!) - Arleen Boyd

Arleen, how can I show you my Web interface? You mean lists and what friends are where? What I use to find the best data? - Louis Gray

I think the speed of the realtime friendfeed makes noisome feeds such as twitter far less intrusive. What once was perceived as noise now forms part of the shape of the stream. - Slappy Line

Yay! Twitter is really my only way to post in FF these days. Once school is done, you can re-hide Twitter, Louis. ;-) - Lisa L. Seifert

Wondering how to hide tweets directly in Twitter...I use Twitter's web interface (not third-party interfaces) most of the time... Anyone know how? - Aviva Gabriel

Robert Scoble

True FRIENDFEED addicts please check in:

August 11 from iPhone - Comment - Like - Share

T. Brent, technopeasant, Eric @ CSTechcast.com, egza and 787 other people liked this

Here. - Damond Nollan

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Check..... - Amit Nangare

*raises hand* - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

here - Mel Buckpitt

"" - Richard Brock

yo. - Zee.

Present - Clifford Kennedy

Addicted... checkin' in - Rob Schieber

addiction check - Edgar Rodríguez

I checked in before you even posted this. - Akiva Moskovitz

here. - Luca Sofri

'sup - Nolan Alston

shuffles quietly at the back - Ivor Whitten

tap tap - Blackeyed P

Present... - George Hall (Australia)

here - Kimberle Kelly

I'm not an addict. I can quit any time I want. - ha3rvey (business time)

jawohl. - Spidra Webster

I am here. How about you? - Robert Scoble from iPhone

HOORAH - Glen, Bespectacled Elder

Check Check - Robert Burgin

here - Ray H

sleepless in Kavala - Apostolos Tsompanopoulos

check - Amani

yo - Bill McFarland

I'm here! - Bonnie Foster

HeRe! - Bruno Mertins

Whatup! - jamar78

Hooah! - Kevin Fox

Till they kick me out. - Tony, Paradox of FF

here but i can stop anytime - phil baumann

In! - Pon

Here! - Oracio

here - tevfik bülent öngün

I'm not, uh, like an addict, or anything. I can quit anytime. yeah - jeff hammond

w00t! - Shane

hi:P - K.D.

here - Panayotis Vryonis

I don't have time for this...I'm too busy liking stuff - Alex Scoble

Yo - Bret Taylor

Yep count me in!! - Guillaume Foutry

Present and accounted for. - Colette

Here - TonyatMATC

Present - Mike Doeff

It is amazing to see how fast these discussions fill up. - Damond Nollan

Present - Olympia Scott

yep! - Sets Turan

Howdy. - Daniel Morgan

Present. - Alonis

Sir Yes SIr! - Robert Kenney

Word - Matthew Horton

not an addict, but check in often - Göze Sencer

I'm only addicted to the email service - joebrooks

As always :) - Paul Buchheit

wassup - Alejandro

here - Ken Kennedy

Yup, that would be me =) - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

here - Matt Ruiz

Here Here! - Benjamin Golub

was going to be, but not anymore - LAST DAY OF WORK

here - ebru

here - Eric Logan

Here!!! :P - Chris Zlatis

Snorting a line of FF as I type this. - Penguin It's Cold Outside from fftogo

++ - jacek

Phew, still here ... - Tom Horn

I'm not here LOL - Robert Szabo

Here I be -/ - Chris Loft

I'm Free - kenneth glenn

Damn: a lot of addicts here still! - Robert Scoble from iPhone

Well, I *was* an addict until yesterday. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

alive and well. - Tyler Molamphy

present - Jeff Weber

yes we R - Johni Fisher

Hey, I can stop whenever I want. No, really. - Tom Landini

I'll leave kicking and screaming. - Andrew Smith

It's a trap!! - Micah Wittman from iPhone

---...--- - constantinos alexacos

Where else are we going to go? - Christian Burns from iPhone

Yep, here - LANjackal

Check - Jesper Lind

So addicted I said I was addicted twice. < g > - Rob Schieber

Hello everyone. - Ryan - @magicofpi

Here. - teh Dork Knight aka Kenny

always here! - Marco Ramirez

Hip hip... - Gary Gannon

Still here! - Lee Watters

Still around :) - Sean Powell

Always here! - Louis Gray

staying put until they kick us out. - michael sean wright

still not here :D - Robert Szabo

Yo! - Michael Porter

*cough cough* - John Ladd

Here. - Jon, the Chilled Beartato from Android

I am here. Isn't it now FACEFEED? - Francine Hardaway

Here! - OnuRC

I love that Bret, Paul, and Kevin checked in. They probably are looking at their screens and asking "what do we do now?" how about ship some new features before Facebook overlords take you off to do bigger things? - Robert Scoble from iPhone

I feel sorry for all you addicts. My use of it is purely social. - Bruce Lewis

Not an addict but I like it. - Joao Alves

I got the papers in my glove box....you ready to make a beer run? - Morgan Haley

Is Friendfeed a safe place to bring new friends? - Christian Burns from iPhone

I'm here - and staying here until Paul and Bret kick me out the </door> - AJ Kohn

yup. Guess I am. - Mark Interrante

+1 happy user... till now - giuseppe c. | markgreene

What am I doing? I don't even know. - Suzanne

Here!!! - Felipe Aneudi Campana from iPhone

Here for now... - Travis Tasset from iPhone

That hitler thing was amazing. That is all. - James Watters

present. - Trish Haley

Yo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Stephen Pickering

What of it. - Rochelle

"So, Who are you?" "very cool, very cool" - Stephen Pickering

what? - Nine

Just my luck. I got to this party about a month ago and NOW they decide to sell. - Ian Paul

FF4EVR. :D - David Vasileff

02:10 am and still here :-) - Willem (@wim66) ☠

Yo ¡Aquí! - David Austria

present - Albert Maruggi

Yo! - Mathew Barnes

presente - Eric Gagne

Not sure I'm an addict yet but I'm here and working on it. - Paul Goldsmith

I'm checking out not in. Friendfeed is on its way out kind ladies and gentlemen - Mark Essel

Here ! - DAL from iPhone

Checking in! - Marci Golub

Checking in - Richard Gallo

Here - Darrell Madore

Present! - MsJosay

Here and ready for duty sir! - David Damore

I survived the night. - Frankie Warren

yes - Matthew Schrock

Hello - Sue

Present - Joshua Kahn

I do like FF and use it almost every day. Wouldn't it be great if FB either left it alone so we can continue to use it as "professionals," or somehow incorporate it into a more "mature" version of FB that didn't have all the annoying, time-wasting apps, games, etc. I'd much prefer a totally customizable FF "wall." - Cathryn Hrudicka

I think FFundercats HO!!!!! would have worked but I'm here anyways. - Jimminy Fuller

yo - Rahul Krishnakumar

here! - Greg Louderman

are there fake friendfeed addicts? - acedanger

Oh I'm still here :) - Owen Greaves

here - John Kitchen

:) - Lindsay Davies

Hello? - Vaughn

you betcha - Rick Bucich

holy crap, looks like master and commander ;-) - Aad 't Hart

Not an addict but still here. - Brandon

hello from a german FRIENDFEED addicted :-) - Simon Zeimke

On in real time - Mike Lizun

Money rules! Money rules! Money rules! The world doesn't change! - ¡amFrancesco!

O HAI - Ambar Pansari from iPhone

Not an addict, but defiantly a user. Wish there was a desktop client though. Or TweetDeck integrated it. - Michael

:) - Joe

Present! - Denverken

Aye, Mon. - Gordon Swaby

PRESENT - Kamilah Gill

Check - Jason Heppler

It's nice seeing new comments drop down, sexy as fuck, bye friendfeed *snifs* - Gordon Swaby

president - Dennis O'Neil

Aloha - Nathan

Where else would I be? Facebook? Pfft ... - Kevin Mohr

Bueller, Bueller, ........ Bueller - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

Yeah, I'm here - outofmyarse

Sorry I was late.. I have a note from my parole officer. - Mike Shulman

Sir, YES, Sir! - Mycaptain

I CAN QUIT ANYTIME!!! - Jim in Real Time

here - Rahul Gupta

just getting started - Patrice Vizzone

Aye! - Joshua

hello there - Murilo Terrabuio

Here, I am - Luca Ciccarelli

Sorry I'm late. I was on Facebook. It works on a cellphone. - Paul Puri

here - Gary Prechtel

Present! - Diego Barros 

I'm not here often, but when I am... it's a happy place indeed... I hope they don't take away my fix! - Robyn Miller

Hey Robert - got a separate thread for people who have a healthy, positive relationship with FriendFeed? - Edward Coffey

Check - tristan

Marco! - Tomy Thomson

it's gonna take 11 years for FaceBook to catch up to where FF is now....isn't that how tech "progress" works? - Marg Uerite

Ahoy - Brett Kelly from iPhone

aye - chaz2b

Polo! - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

Ere I am in Aust standing up with my right hand raised yelling out HERE! - Bob Heath

Count me in. - Sebastian

Present - Charlie Anzman

Knock on wood! - Giorgio Zarrelli

O Hai! - Mathew A. Koeneker

Check - Erik Boles from iPhone

What's the qualifier for addict? If you believe the MacLean researcher, addiction is a choice! - Sally done with 2009

I MEAN IT!!! ANYTIME!!! - Jim in Real Time

O Captain, My Captain ;) - Stuart Miniman

hey! - Imran Jafri

yes - Steve Mott

I'm here. Now what? - Christian Collins

Actively fighting addiction to anything on a daily basis, but I'm still a FriendFeed fan! (I'd have been here sooner but I've been staring at Phoebe Cates pics for longer than I realized.) - Mark "Godt Nyt Ǻr"

Thank you Robert Scoble to be here. :) BTW is this looks interesting for FF replacement? : http://streamy.com/ ? May be... I'll try it to see. :) - Claude LaFrenière

Checking in! - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from fftogo

Count me in too please! - RobinDotNet from iPhone

raises hand! - Bhowmik Shah

not addicted but perhaps in a state of advanced 'like' - Threepwood

Yep Yep - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

Yeah. Going to miss this if it morphs into something else for real. - Robert Anderson

I need my FriendFeed! - Brandon Titus

I really Need Friendfeed! - TheHenry

Ya, that's me. - Sweyn Venderbush

Yo. - James (!?)

HOOAH. or something - mjc

Here. At the Rack proctoring an exam. - Stuart Rath

here - Bluesun 2600

Everybody sing: "They tried to make me go to rehab I said no, no, no " - Laurent

•_•*b - videopixil from Nambu

YEP! - Helen Sventitsky

check - Jaica Kinsman from iPhone

Here! - Michael Hocter

Aye! - Archangel ωαřмaiden

yo! - tomit

Why should I? Whats in it for me? You doing some sort of survey of people to send out the police to do a "Safety Check" on when the site is shutdown? - CW™

hola! - Oğuz Serdar

Aren't we all here? I guess that's the point why we adopted Friendfeed, while others just "heard about it", isn't it? - Wolfgang G. Wettach

What is the differential diagnosis for this condition? - Matthew DeVries

and many of us in Europe are sleeping. - Luca Sofri

better late than never. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Some of us in the USA are just busy, too. - Duncan Blake

Man, this check-in line is pretty darn long... must be Southwest. heh - Daynah

<raises hand> - Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)

please excuse me while I pretend to be one of your guys - Kirk

i am - Brian Hendrickson

I'm not addicted, I'm just a social FriendFeeder. - Joe Pierce

here i am - v per vitzbank

check 1,2 - Wayne Sutton

Here. - Bill Scherer

Here - Bora Zivkovic

.-.. --- --. --- ..- - - constantinos alexacos

hello - echostreamer

YOYOYO! - Mathew™ one of a kind

Eccomi, presente! - Alessandro

checking in from Tejas - George Dearing from BuddyFeed

Finally turned the corner. - Liza

trying to figure out how to use it... - Ted Kinzer

There sure are a lot of people in here. It's a good thing Robert got the big room with extra chairs. - RobinDotNet from iPhone

Here! - Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕ from BuddyFeed

Reporting! (My next blog entry will be called "Social Media Is My Crack".) - Dennis Jernberg

present. - Jim Halligan @jim

:( - Angus Burton

Roger, Roger! - Jim Bergman

late but here - Heather Solos

Yo. - Steve Lowe

all present and accounted for sir ! - John Wallace from BuddyFeed

Nah, I'm too busy posting #badjokememe stuff. - Ladybug Heather

I am in. - Gabe Taviano from iPhone

Present. - Christopher A Carr

Depends. - Nick Humphries

Not an addict yet, but I'm starting to work on it. - Alex Hellstrom

I'm working hard to get an addiction. - Minu Nianda

never left - Josh Haley

Robert, Now that you have us all here (or some of us), what are you going to do with us? - RobinDotNet

Here I am... sad but I am! - ¡amFrancesco!

Hiya. Still here. Don't plan on leaving for the foreseeable future. - Jason Huebel from iPhone

still here - echostreamer

Yes? - Fajar Nurdiansyah

here - Holly is Happy from iPod

I'm here, but is this FF or FB? - Dana Fosburgh

Guilty as charged. Use FF more than any other social network, including Twitter. - Larry Hawes

I can stop anytime I want... - mikepk

I can stop mikepk anytime I want... - Akiva Moskovitz

here - mike "glemak" dunn

holy cow that is a serious list...oh yeah here and dear!!! - Braden Douglass

the real time chat feed is simply amazing and what makes FF phenomenal! - Travis Tasset

I tried to get addicted but none of my friends could afford it. Now I just have bad dreams about Scoble. - Mr Saturday Morning NFG

Merhaba! - Barış (beyn.org)

here, too. - browneyes from iPhone

Yep. - joey

Here...and cloaked with sadness... - Anthony K. Valley ©

True. What will happen to FF now? - Barış (beyn.org)

Alright - Rodfather

:P - Phillip Stewart

Roger that - Rob Fahrni

(from Streamy) - Marcos

yo - Gus

cello! - Joe Silence is silent

You called? - Jeunelle Foster

you called? - pea

reporting in. - Randy Shapiro

ola. - anna sauce

hello my name is Kim and I'm a Friendfeedaholic - Kim Landwehr from BuddyFeed

1st Step - Thomas Page

True FriendFeed addicts don't need to report in. :P - Tad

yep - The Letter M

true friendfeed addicts are there.. always ;) - alphaxion

Tad: and yet you did! - Joe Silence is silent

Chiggity-Check! - Richard Merritt

Still following Robert the Wise. - Phil Boiarski

that's a *boolean true* - Peter Renshaw

check - Tim Ake

I'm here. FriendFeed will have to leave me, before I leave it. - Tyson Key

ayo... - Lipanantsi

Fashionably late ...BOOYA! - Rich Weaver

Chris Martin checking in - Chris Martin

Present - Craig Eddy

present but in 12 step for addiction - Criz

'Ere - Darren Heydon

yo ho ho! - Ferdinand Perez

I'm an addicted lurker. Does that count? - ax0n

Solid Copy - Drew Lucas from iPhone

Checking in by phone while on vacation. :) - CAJ, somewhere else from iPhone

here. anecdote: a friend of mine just signed up for FF this evening. apparently the FriendFeed hype of the last 24 hours pushed him over the top. leaves me wondering whether FF has actually gained users today?it would be a crafty way of marketing the service. I'll wake up tomorrow to discover that there was a problem with the paperwork and the FriendFeed team have had a change of heart. - JSLeFanu from BuddyFeed

late, but present - George Deane

Present and accounted for - John Pfaff

hello hello - shaun mclane

yo yo yo. ladi-dadi. - berchman

"raises hand" - Brian Appleby

i have been locked out of twitter since first attack on friday so just got into friendfeed and loooove it! - Alannah Ryane

We are truly the coolest bunch on the internet. - Raphael, Raphael

·[▪_▪]· - Desirade

Whats up? - AJ Batac

Present and accounted for! :-D - Amy Flynn

Hello, my name is Pete, and I am a FriendFeed addict. Will there be cookies and coffee at this 12-step meeting? - Pete Delucchi

Here stopped over on my way to Brightkite. - John C Ferron

I'm a Facebook junkie - Molly, New Ears :P

Yo. - Neal Jansons

Hi. - Trent Olson

is this a load test/friendly dos attack? :p - ௸ (k2g)

I'm not as active on FF as I used to be but I'm back. - Bob Gannon from iPhone

more than 2 days ago - Alistair (alpinefolk)

Little late but yes, I am still here. So to speak. - Martha

yo.. - Ricardo J. Valle

I'm new but i like it... - Jose Antonio Trujillo

Count me in even though I was just starting to get hooked. I guess it's time to find a rehab and get all sobered up until the next relapse with some other new addiction. Isn't life grand? - Usman Bashir

addict.. - Peter

Define addict. - Carl Black

Here too, lol - Ange Recchia/angesbiz

ANYTIME!!!! - Jim in Real Time

addict: currently 02:53 and I've failed to even start this weeks script because I've been messing about on friendfeed ;) - alphaxion

Not exactly addict but very close. - ashish from iPhone

03:01 in the morning in the UK and I am here! - Travis Koger

Since we are logging time its 5:05 AM in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and I am here too. :) - Usman Bashir

Travis get some sleep! - Arleen Boyd

Aloha! - Peter Liu

guten tag! - imabonehead

hmmm. - Carlos Ayala

hello hello - Tate DA FF MVP from BuddyFeed

define addict :-) - Duane-PreppyDude

Gonna miss you honey. This is Facebook for adults - Alan Morris

Is it just me or is the FF interface just plain usable? Clean! Uncluttered! Simple!. - Alan Morris

Yo - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

Check is in the mail. - Louis Trapani from iPhone

Wow Peter, Are we all that crazy for friend feed and twitter? - Marilyn Jansen Lopes

Aloha! Mahalo Robert... now WHAT IS the plan??? - Arleen Boyd

Hello there. this is today's last....go to bed now. - Carloe Stamp

present - Alex Scrivener

Allo - Jan Ole Peek

selamat pagi,, bon dia ,, good morning=)) - zʍıɔ

^_^ - HealingBrush

I could be an addict if there was an app for my phone like one for the winmo! - Andy Ghozali

Presente - patrick

Checking In.... - Chris Jackson

Not quite addicted yet here. - Mike Pennell

Where's Holden? Maybe celebrating his birthday early. - Myrna

Yes SIR!! - Mark Guadalupe

Present! - Adam Turetzky

Reporting for duty SIR! - Jack Humphrey

Yes - Christopher Galtenberg from iPhone

Checking in. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

¡Presente! - Luis D. Santos

On it constantly! - Tobin Truog

West Coast evening shift reporting for duty. - Kryptic

Connected across all social media.Who needs open social? - Lori Laurent Smith

Here! - David Cook

addicted for sure - Gersham Meharg

hola. - Sean Oliver

talk about a name and shame list... - Nathan Vingoe

Yo! - Walt Ruppar

Count me as an addict. - Joey Gibson

Till the servers shut down and they boot us off forever. - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

check - Kate

Always here! - Michael Cuff

need more, need more friendfeed than any one has needed before - Robert Higgins

Present. - Lucas

I am present and accounted for...well present anyway - Keith Murray

Here! - Barry Owens

You rang? - JA Castillo

I'm not sure is "being addicted to lurking on FF" counts, but I'm chiming in. - Christian (Simply X)

I JUST joined and am trying to figure it out. - Janine Nickel

Oui - J.D. Deutschendorf

I quit everytime I go to bed - Jeff (the マクダジ of FF) from iPhone

check. It rocks - Richard J Placide

I'm checking in from 37k feet on a Delta flight with GoGo Internet. If that's not addict I don't know what is. :D - Jay Cuthrell

Jay, you win ;) - Jesper Lind

oh hey, look, the added an "add comment" link to the end of the comment list. Huzzah! - Brett Kelly from iPhone

++Jay. I was going to do the same thing yesterday but I didn't want to pay the money. - David Cook

David -- this was a $9.95 session but you can get them for $7.95 and there are also 25% off coupons if you do online check-in prior to your Delta flight. That's an incentive for folks to use that service and offload kiosk use at the terminals. Very savvy marketing by the folks at GoGo and Delta combined. - Jay Cuthrell

Present and accounted for - johnpiercy

Yo Scobey! I like Dave Winer's thoughts on user owned tech companies ... been thinking similar things. - Jason Cronkhite

Scobey Scobey Doooooooooooooo! - Jason Huebel

check. - Justin Korn

here - Steve C

Ozgur reporting - Özgür D. Cyric from iPhone

in - sirishkumar

Present - Herb Hernandez

Yo! - Aaron Draczynski

Me too - Peter Hollard

Junkie - Genaro Bardy from iPhone

Seems like there's not much point being a FF addict, now. Bummer. - Kathy Fitch

Hola! - George The Writer

Checking in! - Glenn Slaven

whatup! :) - simran

Still here :) - 1x29

Here as always. - Jeff Smith

Here. - Parth Awasthi

Do you even have to ask? - Johnny Worthington

Aquí! - Miguel

moi. - amygeek

Are we doing anything today? - Shea from iPhone

nano nano - Eran Even-Kesef

ok, I'll play - chrisofspades

yes master - Weird Shanghai

:) - Susan Beebe from iPhone

I like this list of people, good crowd - Jack DeWitt Smith

Yo. (And what is the point of this thread and why are we all saying Yo?) - Bob Morris (polizeros)

Howdy! - Bec Rowe @d0tski

. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

aye - WorldofHiglet

And if you're a *real* FF addict, comment twice. - Dennis Jernberg

Robert. What's up? :D - DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE

Arrrr!! - Adrian

Here! - Peter du Toit (S.Africa) from fftogo

Here at 06:55 A.M. from iPhone. - Pasquale Grimaldi from iPhone

late, but check and still here. - Rocky

No matter how many times "ff!" is met with "??" I still preach. - Garin Kilpatrick

Another one for the books - Greg Birch

YO! - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

Here - Véronique Rabuteau

Sup dawg I be in your feed, checkin in - Geoff Schultz

Hey. - Kevin Pedraja

I'm late, sorry. :) - jcunwired

so... - Meg v. Meg v. 1.0.0.1

well, it's 12:12 a.m. and I'm perusing FF from my iPhone via BuddyFeed before turning in. so yeah, I guess I count. "Here!" (raises hand) - Don Faulkner from BuddyFeed

Here - Paola Bonomo

Here..from Shanghai - Marc Dong

My name is John, and I am a FFolic.. :-) - John Serra

Here from Hong Kong! - Dan Van Hoy

Here - Musa Yılmaz

Good morning from Finland. I'm here again. - Tapio Kulmala

Can't stay away. - Tanath

Checked in ...How can I check out - Sriks7

Sorry I am late - Emre Öktem

Becoming more so. - Travis B. Hartwell

Present - Sandra Large

Here here... - Alemsah Ozturk from iPhone

Here! - Jeff P. Henderson

here.. - Chris Myles

Hello I am here! - Chris Bellinger

hmm. Friendfeed response rate running about three times as good as a banner ad and about as good as a well placed Adword. - Steve Wilhelm

Am I too late? I've been out crying at my personal Friendfeed funeral :-( - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Ci sono - zuck from fftogo

Just woke up and saw this thread. Addicted ? I guess so... - Jacque from f2p

✔ I'm not addicted. I can quit any time I want. I just don't want to. ;o) - RetiredTeacherD

still lovin it - Mark Sorsa-Leslie

Teacher: Awesome checkmark ;) - Fajar Nurdiansyah

Jauser - Flynn (Michael A. Volz) from BuddyFeed

Yes it does ! :) - Veda Informatics

Oh I'm late, just spend to much time at Streamy - Michael Zehrer

:) - M F

merhaba - Sinan İŞLER

Here I am, having my first coffee in the morning. - Federico Bolsoman

wazzzzup - Andrew Salnikov

Breakfast FFeeding.... - David Peacock

Wof Wof, WOF ! - valerio fiandra from iPhone

addiction check! - ӊooқ

First site I launch - Patrik Arwengrim

checked in - Sarper Sılaoğlu

All present and correct! - Paul M Evans

Présent! (for how long?) - Zackatoustra

here I am - nessuno

I send newbies straight to FriendFeed as the base for all of their online activities. I wonder how it will change. - Sally Albright

I'm here - Mackley ॐ

ata ata hoglo hulu - Dan H. Racek

[DEAN HOLMES] - Dean Holmes

I recommend FF to some of my clients, and there are some companies and nonprofits with presences here—not like Twitter, but I'll be curious how that will be affected when FB takes over more. Most have FB fan pages, groups and/or causes, too. - Cathryn Hrudicka

Still here.......as always. - Iain Baker

huh? - bora "head" basman

Still here, but I don't know until when - Roberto from fftogo

Here I am - l'Ego di Gigi

Because.....? - Andrew Terry from iPod

checked! - Federì

yup - Thomas Power

Wassup? - Winston Teo

in - paniaguai

howdy! - Nir Ben Yona

I can give it up any time. I swear. - Matt G

Here! - Brome

Hey i'm in the hospital and I still checked. - Steven Cogswell from iPhone

Me definitely one of these. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Trying to keep the addiction low. - Muthu Ramadoss

Buongiorno - alex

Just another one. - M. Elena

Yo. - Carlton Hackett

What are we checking in for? Just to start a long thread? - Adam Helweh

in - MobilAdam

Where's duty free? - Paul Downing

sorry i'm late :) - Doruk Bayer

Late, but here I am. - Filippo Ronco

Not an addict but I'm here anyway :-D - Graham Lawrence

Reporting for duty. - Mark H

Here I am! Would you collect 50M$ to "buy-back" FF? :) - Marco Dal Pozzo [mdp]

Yo - Franz Binder

I hope I'm not an addict... ;-) Oh, well. - Hanna Wiszniewska

вписался - Alex Kapranoff

I'm here - Nick Bristow

8 hours later? i passed it! - Avi Joseph

yop! - zooz

привет чятег! давайте зохватим этот тредик? - Махатма Бугоганди

Yeah, me too. I just saw the request to have a comment link at the bottom of the comments from one of your friends just yesterday and here it is. I'd say they are listening. Thanks FF. - Keith Rowland

ЧАТЕГ МЫ ТЕБЯ ЗАХВАТИМ!!!111 - кесапмриот

заходит чувак к Scoble, а там чатег - $this->

Boom - Simon Wicks from iPhone

это наш чятег камон - кесапмриот

а сколько у них тут каментов? - Махатма Бугоганди

Давайте дадим чувакам ссылку на истинный чятег, пусть бояццо - кесапмриот

пиццот - кесапмриот

смешные - Махатма Бугоганди

Свободу попугаям! - Кеноби с кемпа

НАПИШИ ЗДЕСЬ ДВЕ ТЫСЯЧИ КАМЕНТОВ И ФРЕНДФИДИК ОСТАНЕТСЯ БЕСПЛАТНЫМ!!! - кесапмриот

бггг - Махатма Бугоганди

zdrastvitze! - anna sauce

check! - Maxim Getman

КТО ВСЕ ЭТИ ЛЮДИ??? - Нервный гик

Right Here! - Ümit Orhan

present - Tamara

http://friendfeed.com/ideali... MORE THAN 7000 COMMENTS IN SOVIETFRIENDFEEDIK - кесапмриот

ОНИ ПРИШЛИ В НАШ ФРЕНДФИДИК! - кесапмриот

слабаки, до нашего чатега им ещё работать и работать - Нервный гик

Да здравствует народ Чятега. Скобл мы следим за тобой™! Let our friendfeed alone! - ideali

это не тру чатик - Нервный гик

^^ KAKIE VASHI DOKAZATELSTVA? - Zen Zero

кстати, все помнят, что у Даши сегодня день рождения? - Махатма Бугоганди

The view is better from here - Anthony

ЧО, БУХАЕМ? ДАША ПРИВЕТ - кесапмриот

Ин совьет унион чатег чатит тебя - кесапмриот

они виноваты сами. пускай теперь терпят. - ideali

о, зайка пришол! - Махатма Бугоганди

здравствуй Зайка. ты кого сегодня сделал счастливым? - Махатма Бугоганди

*facepalm* - Alex Kapranoff

Дашенька, в этом уютном подобии чятега мы поздравляем тебя! - ideali

All your base are белонг ту ас - кесапмриот

Дашенька ушла в салон красоты, но я ей передам обязательно! - Махатма Бугоганди

路过：） - K.D.

кетайцам напалм привет - кесапмриот

нитрогай кетайца, у него там коммунизм, ему тяжело - Махатма Бугоганди

then ? - alper*

чо сразу нитрогай, я превед передаю - кесапмриот

превед кетайцам - Нервный гик

И так чятег, пока Скобл не поговорит с нами представителями СовиетФрендфидика, все мои записи теперь можно читать в этом тредике. Пользуясь случае передаю Парню Бухайту и его команде большой привет, в связи с тем что [He can has sleep naw]. - ideali

превед кетаец! давай сегодня сделаем тебя счастливым! - Махатма Бугоганди

а кто такой Скобл? - Нервный гик

кстати да - Махатма Бугоганди

И ещё десять твоих друзей тоже сделаем счастливыми, китаец, у нас сегодня акция - кесапмриот

Мой Мир, вернись уже - кесапмриот

в чатег призывается Цукенберррггг! - кесапмриот

Greetings from Australia. Im here :-) - Aussie_Camper

кто такой Скобл. и вообще, объясните мне плз про звезд американоязычного френдфидика - кто там есть кто? - Махатма Бугоганди

зырьте, как притихли гики - кесапмриот

фтыкают в кириллические интернеты - кесапмриот

кто все эти люди™ ? - brain

у них там ночь, они спят еще. вот проснуцца - прифигеют - Махатма Бугоганди

Triple check - Geer

не там а здеся. звёзды американоязычного френдфидика здеся. давайте их спросим - кесапмриот

фаак, точно ночь - кесапмриот

а чо удобно. утром мы говорим, вечером они - кесапмриот

их спрашивать бессмысленно - сейчас они спят, а когда проснуцца, комменты уйдут далеко вверх - Махатма Бугоганди

а мы ещщё напишем - кесапмриот

хоть тысячу каментов-то мы им сделаем сейчас? - Махатма Бугоганди

а чего там делать - кесапмриот

:) - Florent Morel

http://ff.im/6umOQ - кесапмриот

для тех кто в контексте урбаншипа канешн - кесапмриот

All your base are belong to us - brain

дурик - кесапмриот

I am here Jedi master. - Steve de Mena

про этого Скобла статья в википедии есть. он евангелист. работал в мелкософте и в фаст компани. известный блоггер. - Махатма Бугоганди

кстати, можно обсудить вчерашник эпиктредик тут - кесапмриот

я уже спрашивал у Зайки, кого он сегодня сделал счастливым, но он молчит - Махатма Бугоганди

Митрич, этот скобл? http://be.wikipedia.org/wiki... Яндекс выдал - кесапмриот

here - Ahmet Soyata

точно! поэт, пародист, переводчик. известный блоггер. - Махатма Бугоганди

я вчера был в издательстве, с меня сведения об авторе просят. давайте, говорят, напишем, где учился, что генеральный директор. и что известный блоггер. - Махатма Бугоганди

пиши что генеральный блоггер - кесапмриот

Here - Kevin J Hatton

here I am - Vedran Rudelj

да ладно! - кесапмриот

чо ладно? - Махатма Бугоганди

blessed are the sick - fo sho

Бесков, не ругайся - Махатма Бугоганди

http://www.youtube.com/results... - Sinan İŞLER

мафия засыпает просыпаются гики - кесапмриот

а можно получить профессию известного блоггера? какие экзамены сдавать надо? какую специализацию лучше выбрать - микроблоггинг или аудиоподкастинг? - Махатма Бугоганди

*где можно получить профессию* - Махатма Бугоганди

экзамены надо не сдавать а принимать - кесапмриот

тогда все скажут вот блоггер и будут хлопать хлопать - кесапмриот

а кто сертификат дает, что экзамены принимать можно? - Махатма Бугоганди

настоящий генеральный блоггер можно афтограф и ещё экзамен хачу здать - кесапмриот

сам себе выдай что как маленький - кесапмриот

юноше, обдумывающему жутьё - кесапмриот

себе полайкай! (с) - Махатма Бугоганди

только щас понял, что мы в тредике у Скобла разговариваем. Скобла, привеееет! - кесапмриот

чо? - Лучше не знать

всё! - кесапмриот

ой чатег - payalnik

паяльник привеееет - кесапмриот

давай Скоблу сертификат выпишем? - Махатма Бугоганди

сертификат "русский блоггеръ"? - кесапмриот

известный блоггер - Махатма Бугоганди

пусть с али поразговаривает. будем щитать што экзамен и сертификат сразу опа и выпишем - кесапмриот

в псто призывается Фил, рисовать сертификат для Скобла - Махатма Бугоганди

Checked-in - Ozkan Altuner

согласен. экзамен принимает Зайка, сертификат рисует Фил. роли распределены. - Махатма Бугоганди

чорт. я опаздываю. убежал. сделайте, пожалуйста, тысячу. я буду иногда появляться. - Махатма Бугоганди

ок - кесапмриот

привет всем в этом чате - Химия и Жизнь

только до 7 тыщ ему всё равно не дорасти - Химия и Жизнь

привет этому чатегу. в прошлый раз не участвовала, но тут грех не поддержать. - Teinett

ээ, зачем второй чатик сделали? - Один дяденька

показать американцам, где раки зимуют - Химия и Жизнь

кстати, вы в курсе, что сегодня Россия играет с Аргентиной в Москве - отборочный матч на ЧМ-2010? сегодня в метро будет ЖЕЕЕЕЕЕЕСТЬ - Teinett

http://ff.im/6urbH - Скоблу привет - кесапмриот

пока они спят - nundesign

О, кукуц пришол - кесапмриот

сегодня в метро на машине не поеду ок - кесапмриот

and here! - Arnaud Fischer

Here! - Simone Tedeschi

а кто-нибудь хоть раз катался в метро на машине? в рекламе это показывают, а реально? хотя бы слышали что-нибудь про ваших знакомых? - Teinett

Фесйбук, где наши деньги? Мы ёрлиадоптеры, дай нам тоже бабла! - Химия и Жизнь

me too, me too! Facebook baaaad, friendfeed gooood!! :-) - Chris Pantazis

Скобла, защити наши интересы! - Химия и Жизнь

не не слышали - кесапмриот

О, греки пришли. Греки привееет! - кесапмриот

girls, send your photos here -> - Химия и Жизнь

let's chat!!!!1111111oneoneeleveneleven - Химия и Жизнь

но только чтоп по-русски - Химия и Жизнь

а ещё кстате можно всем дружно переименоваться в "Robert Scoble" - кесапмриот

тема - Химия и Жизнь

сиськам да! - кесапмриот

кстати, IM пропускает 90% сообщений. :( как вы следите за этим чатегом? - Teinett

МОНЕТИЗАЦИЯ - Махатма Бугоганди

по русски не катит, они там не поймут - кесапмриот

как как, из веба - кесапмриот

yeah - Amber, Random Time Lord

МОНЕТИЗИРУЙ @ ЛАЙКАЙ - кесапмриот

а работа стоит? - Teinett

Чятег вы молодцы! - ideali from iPhone

Guys, you russians are best! - Химия и Жизнь

yep! - кесапмриот

Австралийцы призываются в пост, где Бацек? - ideali from iPhone

уук - Химия и Жизнь

опять русские с балалайками наперевес - Один дяденька

руски блоггир привет - кесапмриот

с блаблаблайками - Химия и Жизнь

Митрич сегодня Скобл будет счастливым когда прознает силу Чятега. - ideali from iPhone

БАЛАЛАЙКАЙ - кесапмриот

Ждем на машабле статью "после слияния с фейсбуком в уютный френдфидик ломанулись русские" - $this->

это напоминает мне одну историю про Сосидко - Химия и Жизнь

не помню - кесапмриот

это что еще за на? - Непротивлени Злу Василием

I'm still here. You won't get trid of me that easily. - James Myatt

а ты не был на канале #2ch - Химия и Жизнь

это не на! это чятег! - кесапмриот

привет чятег! - Sergey Juchkov

here! - Emanuele Guicciardi

Старый добрый френдфидиик - кесапмриот

ыч - Billy

Фил по вашему указанию прибыл. Чо рисуем? - Ph

привент ивангелистам - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Скобла и Митрича - кесапмриот

менья зовут Иван Гелист - кесапмриот

И чо они должны делать? - Ph

тусня Скоблов - Непротивлени Злу Василием

а ты почитай тредик) - кесапмриот

Фил, рисуй все подряд :) - Sergey Juchkov

Скобла привеет! - кесапмриот

Вот еще, тредики читать! Я настоящий Friendfeed Addict - я пишу и рисую, а не читаю. - Ph

русиш фантастиш скоблз - Непротивлени Злу Василием

ок - кесапмриот

Скобл - это чувак с самым большим на данный момент количеством friends of в Френдфиде. - $this->

dı rırı dı rırı dı rırı cant touch this :P - Sinan İŞLER

сериаладдер штоле? - кесапмриот

ну значит мы пришли в нужное место - кесапмриот

чятег, превед! - тут не место для

Наскоблил себе друзей. - Ph

Руски френдфидик выходит на международную арену - кесапмриот

Have I accidentally clicked a translation button or something?!? - Nicola Quinn

массфрендер, масс его - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Скоблогер - кесапмриот

中文用户飘过 :) - Roger.Wei

транслейшен ему, смотрите - кесапмриот

^^^ гыгыгы - тут не место для

Дебютирует так сказать - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Учу албанскому - кесапмриот

from Russia with Love - $this->

hello - Ru Viljoen

privet - кесапмриот

интересно в каком словаре можно перевести с русского массфрендер - Непротивлени Злу Василием

На ифоне этот тредик не справляецо уже, и я перестал понимать кто чо говорит, когда кругом Скоблы. Чуть не проехал свою станцию. - ideali from iPhone

чего и добивались - кесапмриот

нет, не сериаладдер, просто популярный чел. - $this->

Придёт настоящий Скобл и зобанит всех! - кесапмриот

да не важно кто что говорит, Скоблись - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Грядёт настоящий Скобл - кесапмриот

от скобла слышу! - кесапмриот

Один чувак пришол в чятег и говорит я известный блоггер кто тут тру на первый второй рассчитайсь. А ему говорят чувак у тебя сертификат есть что ты известный блоггер? Вот иди Зайке экзамен сдай потом приходи. А Зайка стоит такой с топором и улыбается. Щас думает счастливым его сделаю. - Махатма Бугоганди

ты кого скоблом назвал? - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Yeah still kickin - Dobromir Hadzhiev

А другой чуваг пришол в чятег и говорит mi sami ne mestnie chekin pozhaluisto - кесапмриот

Holy moly - ◄ani625Ξ

I'm hererererererererere - FFTornado

всем учить русский! - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Скобла знаишь? - кесапмриот

Кого ищё знаишь? - кесапмриот

каждый день в зеркале вижу - Непротивлени Злу Василием

албанский - Sergey Juchkov

learn albanian! - Sergey Juchkov

oh, now it's all water, all water... - K.D.

i can speak albanian ok ok - кесапмриот

время от времени прорываются addicts забавно - Непротивлени Злу Василием

зобанить их - Непротивлени Злу Василием

@pozorro, на сертификат отдельно опубликуй, как нарисуешь! - nomoretears

они оскоблевают чо - кесапмриот

аддикты чятега - $this->

do you know the longest thread in friendfeed is in Russian?:)) link http://ff.im/2OQex - K.D.

если забанить - с кем трепаться? - Sergey Juchkov

http://friendfeed-media.com/a4d4902... – ы. %) - nomoretears

you lie - кесапмриот

Почему каждый использованием Роберт Scoble как зовут? - Matthew Horton

ЧО СКАЗАЛ САМ ПОНЯЛ ДА - кесапмриот

ololo - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Nice Russian Robert, Bulgarian isn't far off, be happy to teach you :-) - Dobromir Hadzhiev

it's very smal thread in russian - Sergey Juchkov

гугл транслейтерс камон - кесапмриот

Google Translate тебе в помощь - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Болгария привееет - кесапмриот

ё - Sergey Juchkov

here is the link http://ff.im/2OQex - K.D.

привет и добър ден :-) - Dobromir Hadzhiev

я так думаю веселье только начинается - кесапмриот

@dobata hello - Sergey Juchkov

партизанщина сплошная - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Здравей, България! Как ви времето? :) - nomoretears

линкер, все ещё впереди - Sergey Juchkov

@grantape да без разницы, nevermind - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Он придет и молча забанит всё. - Махатма Бугоганди

Вавилонская башня, realy ((= - brain

I'll still be around as long as this site exists. - Neurario

Polacy? - Sergey Juchkov

Да я полиглот прям - кесапмриот

Češi mají jedno? - Sergey Juchkov

хрена тебе. это я польский и чешский знаю :) - Sergey Juchkov

Here, Mostly! - Kreg Steppe

Хере Мостли - Непротивлени Злу Василием

@sergey morning @nomeratears мрачно...чакаме слънцето - Dobromir Hadzhiev

@Dobromir 早上好！：） - K.D.

wombata misserious - fo sho

ОМГ. На меня подписался китаец, который тут в чятеге разговаривает! Чувак, тебе зачем? - Махатма Бугоганди

он руски учит я думать - кесапмриот

here I am ! - Giovanni Cappellotto

各位早安 - Roger.Wei

вдруг и ты взаимностью ответишь... - Непротивлени Злу Василием

а иероглифы можно копипастить из википедии - кесапмриот

А, он сразу же и отписался. Сириалэддер? Может, у него скрипт? - Махатма Бугоганди

да можно из постов чувака повыше - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Доктор, у меня скрипт. - Махатма Бугоганди

приссал - кесапмриот

(я ушел на час) - Махатма Бугоганди

пей масло - Непротивлени Злу Василием

доктор, выньте скоблу - кесапмриот

汗，上面的Robert都是假的_ _!!! - K.D.

vi a ze chempionz - fo sho

亲眼目睹的事情，有一年过年，深圳梅林一个邮局，很多人排队寄钱回家，有个民工等着等着睡着了，抓在手上的几张钱撒了一地，保安就过去叫醒了他，让他小心钱，他说没办法，连续加了几个晚上的班，眼睛都睁不开了，保安马上和VIP室的 ... - Непротивлени Злу Василием

НЕПИЗДИ! - кесапмриот

Митрич, ему байки интересны. - Sergey Juchkov

I'm alive :) - Dimitar Tsonev

Скобалайзер мод он. - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Ехал Скобл через Скобл. Видит Скобл в Скобл Скобл. Сунул Скобл Скобл в Скобл. СКОБЛ СКОБЛ СКОБЛ СКОБЛ! - Кеноби с кемпа

what's with all the Russian? Can I have a large Calzone please? - MercyFlush

я запутался в своих двойниках. - Sergey Juchkov

终于发现了，这些人都是专业的”俄国闪客“！！！ - K.D.

ема, палево - Непротивлени Злу Василием

кальсоны себе сам надень федя - кесапмриот

就看这楼刷刷的升啊 - 拓 | wavesand

надо двойников забанить. пойду забаню - кесапмриот

Большой Калзоне и счёт товарищу! - Один дяденька

Скобл сломал Фэйсбук! У меня пароль не принимается и не ресетится. :( - nomoretears

моя китайская сущность скобла, ты о чём там иероглифируешь? - кесапмриот

страна СКОБЛЯНДИЯ - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Russians! - Jacque

Аре югангстерс? Нот ве а рашенз ага ага - кесапмриот

King Midas 2.0 — breaks every startup he touches - fo sho

БЛЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯяяяя - brain

Линкер - не надо - Sergey Juchkov

чего не надо? - кесапмриот

о, наконец-то просыпаются. "рашнз! рашнз!" - кричали они и прибегали смотреть и тыкать пальцем. - Teinett

НЕ НАДО - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Türkler sohbet! - Sergey Juchkov

ещё чуть чуть и нас по телевизору покажут! Течкранч привеееет! - кесапмриот

может им еще вприсядку станцевать? - Непротивлени Злу Василием

главное не заблудиться по дороге - Sergey Juchkov

и медведя показать? - Непротивлени Злу Василием

НАДО - кесапмриот

VODKА PUTIN MATRESHKA - Непротивлени Злу Василием

просто НЕ НАДО - Sergey Juchkov

MEDVEDEV - Sergey Juchkov

HE HADO! - кесапмриот

BALA-LIKE - Один дяденька

SGUSSCHYONKA is the brand new real thing - fo sho

Будет ли комментарий самого Роберта по поводу творящегося здесь пиздеца? - Никита Бегун

MEDBEDEB - кесапмриот

BANYA - Непротивлени Злу Василием

EDuHAR POCCuR - кесапмриот

SNEGUROCHKA - Sergey Juchkov

DED MOROZ - Sergey Juchkov

TETRIS! - кесапмриот

DEAD MOROZ - Sergey Juchkov

TOPOL - Непротивлени Злу Василием

BALET - Непротивлени Злу Василием

TOPOL-M - Sergey Juchkov

CCCP - кесапмриот

Пользуясь случаем хочу передать привет своей маме. Hi, mommy! - Кеноби с кемпа

SATANA-22 - fo sho

Wow I was so confused before I started mousing over your names guys. - Neurario

Теперь в подарок иностранцам дарят не только воду и матрешек, но и балалайки с ГУСЛЯМИ. - Teinett

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Sergey Juchkov

Скобл хотел видеть аддиктов? Скобл их получил. - Ph

Yes I have revealed your secret mwahaha. =) - Neurario

Введем новое слово в обиход инстранцев: GUSLI - Teinett

Такой сиртификат пойдет? http://friendfeed.com/pozorro... - Ph

чятег!?? - Ня!

замолчали чото аборигены - кесапмриот

скоро тыща каментов - кесапмриот

кто посмел замолчать? - Sergey Juchkov

it's hide time. Enjoy yourself. - Luca Sofri

Эй! Разбудите там главного Скобла, у него в камментах русские! - Ph

ТРУ РАШН СКОБЛЗ - Непротивлени Злу Василием

@Лёля, нет, только Скобл - Sergey Juchkov

КОМЕНТЬ@ХАЙДЬ - Непротивлени Злу Василием

404 других пользователя/-ей оценили этот материал - Sergey Juchkov

hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,now~~ You guys are playing with Robert's name :( - K.D.

А есть же игра такая Скобл, не? - кесапмриот

No - Matthew Horton

hide yourself K.D. :) - кесапмриот

wow LONGEST post I've seen on ff 8) ...checking in too! - 'Like' robot (frɐnc)

ОУ НОУ - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Дайте им ссылку на лонгест пост. А то эти ламеры думают на этот. - Sergey Juchkov

This post is goes to hided posts folder - Jacque

панислаась! - кесапмриот

@ocurro, it's not longest. Longest is 7k comments long. %) - nomoretears

на самом деле они нам наш чятег засрут если ссылки давать - кесапмриот

Robert Scoble, Robert Scoble and 404 other Robert Scoble liked this - brain

проснулись черти - Sergey Juchkov

тогда не надо давать :) - Sergey Juchkov

Crazy russians! - sottovoce

да пофиг что думают, каждому не расскажешь - кесапмриот

ок - Sergey Juchkov

ИХ ЖЕ ТУТ ТЫЩИ! - кесапмриот

Это хромой. Вы знаете, это, верно? - Matthew Horton

it's small post. - Sergey Juchkov

ok - кесапмриот

I still love it. - Paul Kinlan

i just unhide, and I see the true Robert is coming :) - K.D.

@ocurro Check in: http://friendfeed.com/ideali... - post with 7020 comments. Russian comments. - sottovoce

strange thread. what went wrong? - massagin

WE ARE ALL THE TRUE ROBERT - кесапмриот

@Robert Scoble sorry. Уже спалил. - sottovoce

сам ты странже - кесапмриот

schizofriendic delirifeed - massagin

The cake is a lie - brain

lol: 7020 coments - longest post. - Sergey Juchkov

Доктор, я Скобл. - кесапмриот

НАПИШИ ЗДЕСЬ ДВЕ ТЫСЯЧИ КАМЕНТОВ И ФРЕНДФИДИК ОСТАНЕТСЯ БЕСПЛАТНЫМ!!! - кесапмриот

Следующий! - Ph

а вот если китайский френдфидик придет в наш чатег будет уже не так весело - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Интересно - топикстартер подписался на получение комментов на почту или нет? - Sergey Juchkov

Серьезно. Качество> количестве - Matthew Horton

Gotcha! Scoble's discovered his nature - this situation looks much alike Agent Smith's multiplication )) - massagin

hide time... enjoy - Armando Grati

НА АЙФОН - кесапмриот

^^^^^^ like - Sergey Juchkov

АГЕНТЫ СКОБЛЫ - кесапмриот

all your base are belong to us - 13pm

Scobble Agents - кесапмриот

怎样用假名的呀？ - 陈浩小贤

Тема эта должность была ясна. Давайте не будем принимать его. - Matthew Horton

怎样用假名的呀! - кесапмриот

ЭТО ХАЙД ТАЙМ - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Чо пытается нам донести некто Хортон? - кесапмриот

here i am and using the all new add comment feature :) - Ali

НЕ ПОНИМАЮ - Непротивлени Злу Василием

что-то о качестве и количестве - Непротивлени Злу Василием

о должностях ещё - кесапмриот

ну раз просит не принмать, не будем отказывать, чтож - кесапмриот

и всё типа по теме - Sergey Juchkov

тема ясна чо - кесапмриот

Here I am - wolly

The theme of the post was clear. Let us not take it. - brain

Фигасе! ) - 4shir from fftogo

Word. - Charles LePage

^^^ оценил/а - Кеноби с кемпа

Сочи привеееет! - кесапмриот

@matthewhorton -What do you want to say? - Sergey Juchkov

@matthewhorton write in english pls, i don't understand your russian - Непротивлени Злу Василием

up^^ - Nazer

i don't understand russian - Sergey Juchkov

Таким образом весь русский френдфидик перезнакомится. Тусовочка лопнет - кесапмриот

ЧМОГЕ ЧАТЕГГГ!!!!! - Двадцать

that thread is crazzy : P - 'Like' robot (frɐnc)

Yes please to Google Translate integration. - Kol Tregaskes

merde alors! - Tom Horn

\o/ - Jemm

http://friendfeed.com/search... - Sergey Juchkov

наивные. гугл транслейт ага ага - кесапмриот

пусть переведёт "чятег" - кесапмриот

какая гугля транслята? - Sergey Juchkov

я видимо так и не узнаю чо имел ввиду Хортекс - Непротивлени Злу Василием

http://translate.google.com - Он работает лучше, чем вы думаете. - Matthew Horton

Google Scooble - кесапмриот

ОЙ - кесапмриот

Hi, Steve - Непротивлени Злу Василием

will echo have this? - Mark Essel

@matthewhorton мы знаем, что он работает плохо (а теперь переведи себе обратно, дурик:)) - кесапмриот

@matthewhorton давай все же на английском, моя твоя не понимай - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Это делает работу плохо, но работает достаточно хорошо, чтобы понять. - Matthew Horton

а давайте агитировать алиенов в одноклассники и вконтакт? - кесапмриот

*waiting for real Robert Scoble* - nomoretears

@matthewhorton speak englich please - Sergey Juchkov

we don't understand your barbaric language! pls speak English here - 13pm

какая тема чятега? - Двадцать

}{O}{O CMешНo - кесапмриот

I'm real!!!! - Sergey Juchkov

I will gladly. Robert is asleep, I'm sure. Now please stop this. People are getting very annoyed. :-) - Matthew Horton

Скоблятина - Непротивлени Злу Василием

И общение с иными мирами френдфидика - Непротивлени Злу Василием

если анноит - вали отсюда мудак. - Sergey Juchkov

I don't know if I'm a true FF addict, but I'm here nonetheless ;) - Peter Kruit

О как! Кого-то уже забодало. - Teinett

а eщё мoжнo мeнять английскиe бyквы в русских словах (фиг nepeвeдeт) - кесапмриот

Так, не надо тут на алиенов бычить - кесапмриот

@Matthew Horton НИВАЗМОЖНА - Непротивлени Злу Василием

red dawn - bopm

I sense the inspiration for an April Fool's Day gag... - Neurario

Ехал Скобл через Скобл, видит Скобл в реке Скобл, Скобл Скобл Скобл Скобл... - 13pm

@matthewhorton Just hide post :) Use the power of frf) - кесапмриот

А вообще, кажется, не хватает еще парочки Хортонов для полного счастья - 13pm

Задолбало? Дави на "блок"! - Двадцать

НА АЛИЕНОВ НЕ БЫЧЕТЬ - Непротивлени Злу Василием

АЛИЕНЫ НАШИ ДРУЗЬЯ - кесапмриот

Wow! - Вело из нержавеющей стали

unicode power! - bopm

МЫ ПРИШЛИ С МИРОМ - кесапмриот

BALALAIKA POWER - Я б в стагнации помéрла

наконецто алиены видят не кракозябры а чтото неведомое хохо - кесапмриот

Привет, кстати. - Я б в стагнации помéрла

babushka force! - bopm

кревед - bopm

КРЕВЕДКИ! МЫ ВАС НЕ ТРОНЕМ! СОЛДАТ РЕБЕНКА НЕ ОБИДИТ! - Двадцать from IM

11 друзей Скобла - кесапмриот

Таша! - Кеноби с кемпа

@matthewhorton let me hug you, we are friends, we do no wrong, juss bring happiness to people around, join us in rejoice! - fo sho

КЕНОБИ! - Я б в стагнации помéрла

979! - кесапмриот

oh those Russians. They turn every topic into "chateg". - 13pm

check - Marco Fabbri

Тэш, я скучаю! - Кеноби с кемпа

chyateg - кесапмриот

Это не настоящий чатик - Anton Volnuhin

Ты не чатег! - и ничего общего

@Maieutic Rejoice of what? - Matthew Horton

CHYATEQ - кесапмриот

PUTEN WATCH YOU - Непротивлени Злу Василием

and don't believe these Scobles, they're not real. But we are - 13pm

у нас в ебурге солнышко наконецто - Двадцать from IM

millomì - Francesco Cugurra

@juchkov, дизреспект. -1. - nomoretears

Haha, I /was/ beginning to wonder when Scoble had started speaking Russian - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

But HE IS RUSSIAN - 13pm

ugh, Мы все знаем, вы все фальшивые. - Matthew Horton

Девочки приходите в чятег - кесапмриот

I'm here! - ★ Soner Gönül

Они выучили слово «chateg»! Чуваки, еще несколько тысяч комментариев, и они научаться великому и могучему - fxf

Мэтью нас раскусил! - Кеноби с кемпа

Да! Чтоже делать! - кесапмриот

Я ТОЖЕ СКОББЛ - Химия и Жизнь

юхууу!!!))) а если еще весь чатег перечитают!!!! - и ничего общего

ДАВАЙТЕ ПАНИКОВАТЬ - Непротивлени Злу Василием

KGB WATCH CHATEG - fxf

ПАНИКААААА - кесапмриот

ААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААА - и ничего общего

START PANIC IMMEDIATELY! - Химия и Жизнь

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PAAAAAAAAAAANNNNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCCCCCC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - кесапмриот

LET'S PANIC! Uiiiiii!! - Кеноби с кемпа

chateg panic! - Sergey Juchkov

SCOBBLE FACEBOOK KGB CHATEG - Химия и Жизнь

Don't believe Horton. We're real. And he's fake. - 13pm

CHATEG HAS U!!! - и ничего общего

Тыща каментов ок! - кесапмриот

Checking in. - Robert Miller

А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А - Химия и Жизнь

Checking out! - Sergey Juchkov

Hi, Robert! - Непротивлени Злу Василием

Регистрируемся на рейс. Всем Чекин! - кесапмриот

PRIVYEEET ROOOBIII - кесапмриот

поскоблите чатег - Химия и Жизнь

фигота какаято - кесапмриот

Ладно, я только в нетрезвом состоянии уделять достаточно внимания, недостаточно для того, чтобы верить или укусить вас - Matthew Horton

Hello chateg! - Sergey Juchkov

давайте лучше поговорим о чом нибудь хорошем - кесапмриот

LOL Robert. :) - Robert Miller

чтобы верить или укусить вас - кесапмриот

IN SOVIET RUSSIA CHATEG PANICS YOU! - Двадцать

Hortex не надо меня кусать - Непротивлени Злу Василием

опять Хортон тутфту несет непонятную - Sergey Juchkov

POSKROBLITE CHATEG - и ничего общего

укусить нас - Sergey Juchkov

как там Аскарчик, протрезвел ли после вчерашнего эфира? - кесапмриот

ВСЕ ЯСНО МЭТЬЮ ПЬЯН - Непротивлени Злу Василием

пьяный он видите ли. алкаш. - Sergey Juchkov

пусть у русских пить учится - Sergey Juchkov

а, вспомнил, игра называлась Скрабл - кесапмриот

VODKA DRINK DRINK DEBOSH - fxf

АЛИЕНЫ НЕДРУЖЕСТВЕННЫ! ХОТЯТ КУСАТЬ НАС! - Химия и Жизнь

и работать после этого - Sergey Juchkov

Robert Scrabble - Химия и Жизнь

Кто притворяется говорящим по-русски Меттью Хортоном? - Двадцать

@Matthew Horton http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7xzzEA... - Кеноби с кемпа

НЕТ НЕ Я - кесапмриот

ВЕРЬ! @ КУСАЙ! - fxf

НЕ Я - Sergey Juchkov

Matthew Horton, please stop drinking in chateg - Непротивлени Злу Василием

НЕТ ТЫ - кесапмриот

Ладно, водка хороша. Я люблю пиво. Сталь Резерв FTW! - Matthew Horton

HE Я - и ничего общего

Америца сейчас вся спит. Где-то в 17:00 по москве там начнется рабочий день. Вот тогда нас всех запалят. :) - $this->

beer - good! - Sergey Juchkov

ГазМяс! - кесапмриот

НЕТ МЫ - 13pm

у нас есть еще 3 часа - Sergey Juchkov

Это он по сталь резерв какую-то марку подразумевает? - Непротивлени Злу Василием

даже два - кесапмриот

МЫ — МЯСО! МЫ – ГАЗ! - fxf

тоже ничего так :) - Sergey Juchkov

ЭТОТ ЧАТЕГ ОБОБРЕН УПЯЧКОЙ - Непротивлени Злу Василием

надо притаиться, а потом КАААК ПРЫГНУТЬ! - Химия и Жизнь

кукуц пригласи скобла в яндекс - кесапмриот

ПОПЯЧТЕСЬ @ КУСАЙТЕСЬ - и ничего общего

всем лежать два саса!!!!! - Sergey Juchkov

Robert Scoble has subscribed to Robert Scoble's feed. Robert Scoble, Robert Scoble and Robert Scoble liked it. - 13pm

зачем он в яндексе? скоблить будет? - Sergey Juchkov

нет слов! - Maria Podolyak

надо призвать Полумрака в чятег - кесапмриот

Ready to serve! - Anders Dahlberg from iPhone

зачем - Химия и Жизнь

3 часа за скобление! Да вы оскоблитесь! - Teinett

у меня чатик неимоверно тормозит - Химия и Жизнь

ВАС ВСЕХ ЗАБАНЯТ111 - 13pm

Я потерял интерес в данный момент. Я буду скрывать, как и любой другой. Это хромой, что вы захватили этот. Пивные правила. Спокойной ночи. :-) - Matthew Horton

скоблите, скоблите - они золотые - и ничего общего

I am here.. - Burak S. Vanlı

Да, Мэтью, это хромой. Мы старались все скрыть, но ты пришел и обнаружил это. Прости. Таковы уж пивные правила. - 13pm

here too :) - Ali Bahşişoğlu

Buradayım :) - Burçak Çubukçu

опять алиены - Химия и Жизнь

Все, надоело. Когда настоящий скобл придет - скажите. - Ph

Вы все упоротые! Вас всех забанят!!! - и ничего общего

Метью родил новый мем, не подозревая о том. Это хромой, но таковы Пивные правила. - Двадцать from IM

@burcakcubukcu merhaba - Sergey Juchkov

Рекламная пауза - кесапмриот

Мем-хуем - Я б в стагнации помéрла

это хромой! get in da car! - Химия и Жизнь

I'm here from Italy :) - Ale♫nastrorosa

ola - Durukan Duru

пойду пообедаю что-ли пока скобл не проснулся - Sergey Juchkov

Hi, Alessandra - Непротивлени Злу Василием

BEER RULES - и ничего общего

Hi, Durukan - Непротивлени Злу Василием

hello Italy! - Sergey Juchkov

Hi Roberts! - 13pm

Hi Robert :)) - Fatih Küçükbaltacı

Пойду покурю что-ли пока скобл не проснулся - кесапмриот

Anseo - Ken Power from iPhone

Говорят, тут всех банит Скобл. Скобл проснулся и боится правды!!! - кесапмриот

Hey Robert! - Berk D. Demir

Hi my name is Rasmus and I'm an addict - Rasmus Lauridsen

Скобл - Мицгол! - кесапмриот

Hi Rasmus! - Кеноби с кемпа

Да сражу же видно кто тут настоящщие аддикты - Двадцать from IM

CICITMVI - FlyMeToTheMoon

CHO? - Непротивлени Злу Василием

СИСИтмВИ - fxf

про сиси я понял, а дальше? - Непротивлени Злу Василием

всех не забанишь! - Антискобл

WAKE UP SCOBLE - Непротивлени Злу Василием

ну что, ЭПИГ ЧЯТЕГ или день пропал? - Двадцать from IM

CHATEG AGAINST BLOCKING RUSSIAN SCOBLES! - Антискобл

window, over wing please :P - Yunus Tunak

SCHITO? - Двадцать from IM

More than a friend of FriendFeed, was starting to use it as a full lifestreaming platform and loved it. It's made a whole lot of other sites make sense. - achean

Hi, I'm Bette... I don't know if I'm an addict, but I can't stay away... I keep checking, just to see if something's new... and I cry if I get no responses to a post. Is that addictive behavior? :D - Bette Cooper

балалайка - Нервный гик

His name is Robert Scoble! His name is Robert Scoble! His name is Robert Scoble! - Я б в стагнации помéрла

водка - Нервный гик

матрёшка - Нервный гик

ПОМНИМ! СКОРБИМ! - Антискобл

матрёшка - Нервный гик

нет, не так - Нервный гик

... и скоблим тоже... - mikolka

VODKA - Нервный гик

SPUTNIK - Нервный гик

PERESTROYKA - Нервный гик

PUTIN - Нервный гик

буржуинцы начинают просыпаться. Я начинаю паниковать/ - Двадцать from IM

CHATEG COMES WITH PEACE - Антискобл

мы пришли с миром - Нервный гик

самовар - и ничего общего

was that really Robert Scoble ? or hacked ? - и ничего общего

No. Impersonated. By several. - Dennis Jernberg

NAZDOROVIE! - Двадцать from IM

Кстати, если писать что-нибудь типа «Апруе ылцц оррке валдов», то особой разницы они не заметят. - Я б в стагнации помéрла

^^^ LIKE - и ничего общего

++ - Я б в стагнации помéрла

Апруе ылцц оррке валдов! Апруе ылцц оррке валдов! Апруе ылцц оррке валдов! - fxf

Бедный, бедный гугл-транслейт. - fxf

Yup, I have blocked all the impersonators now. You will still see them, but I don't see them and they no longer can comment on any of my items. - Robert Scoble

Present. - Dean

Yep Addict here :) - Russell G

Check :) in - Connee

addicted. - Miketrevis

горшочек, вари! - напряженная елка

ci penso :D - tiracconto

Checked. - Smeerch

Here! - Tiziano Caviglia

Пуськи бятые! Глокая имериалистическая куздра штеко будланула бокра, и теперь курдячит бокренка, а вы тут чятег развели! - напряженная елка

vabbe', eccomi - punkwithgun

+1 - Borgognoni

@scobleizer As far as I can see you have blocked not only the impersonators (who renamed themselves back the moment they found out you have a problem with this) but most of the folks who chatted there. - Махатма Бугоганди

@meatreach yes, see next thread. Scobble becomes anti-Russian. - Never Impersonate You

here too:) waiting for my mission :) - abdellah

Please only comment here in english, so everyone can understand what you write. The thread was started in english... - Flynn (Michael A. Volz)

Here - PiccoloImprenditore from iPhone

Maxatma: well, that's just too bad. I speak English. Sorry. People who don't speak English really don't have any business commenting on one of my items, except in rare cases. - Robert Scoble

Why you, Robert Scoble, don't block users from Spain or Italy? China or arabic countries? Those users that comments on non-English languages? - Never Impersonate You

I'm an addict so I'm here. - Francesco Passannanti

@Robert, in fact they do speak English. But they also do make fun of Friendfeed and everything that's going on there. You can block them or take part in this fun. ;) - Махатма Бугоганди

Epic SUCCESS - Mark

I'm here! - Bastian

Here! - Martynas

Go & Come ! - JohnDu™

here i am - Howard Trickey

Use it every day. - Nils Sandin

check - Arnaldo M Pereira

Very nice topic. - sottovoce

кисо куку ;) - тут не место для

Maxatma: I have enough noise in my life. I don't need to have more. - Robert Scoble

Epic success in banning innocent people - Never Impersonate You

Checking in - Johnny Chadda

What if I'm only a friendfeed addict in my current personality? My other personalities don't even use computers, apparently. - MλTT

@scoblezier, really? Why this census of the population is not noise? - Never Impersonate You

Never: no, it's not noise. What's noise is going off topic on a thread. I'm very close to blocking you too. Keep it up. - Robert Scoble

here! - Nilesh

Addicted but it's a love/hate kinda thing. - sean808080

Here! - Danli

I prefer FF over twitter and facebook, but all my friends are on twitter and/or facebook. Maybe facebook will get it right this time now that it has acquired FF. If they simplify it a bit more without removing functionality. Then I would spend a bit more time on FB. Lets hope all goes well with the merger. If not I'm jumping ship and going over to Google Wave. oh wait, I'm going to go with Google Wave regardless! ;-) - Captain Jack

Bu arada Russian friends Turkiye'ye selamlar gonderiyor. - ideali

Red 5, standing by - Danny F Santos

ideali: can you speak English please? Thanks. - Robert Scoble

Yep - Giorgio Burlini from iPhone

for 6 words, this post sure got a lot of mileage. What now Scoble wan kenobi? - shaun mclane

Oh, check FF.. doh FarceBook... my fingers are crossed in hope. - Greig

Me! Me! - DGentry

@scobleizer i can speak english and i beg you to remove bann from all russian friendfeeders, because we are all from it-community, working in internet companies and we came with peace, you asked for feedback from friendfeed addicts — we show you how really it is being frf addicts, we change names, we chat, we making things that are not serious. Why so serious? Unlock people, they are not bots, they just playing the game of real addicts and have fun. Common. - ideali

shaun: I started this post to demonstrate that a lot of us are still here and aren't likely to leave. At least not quickly. So, life goes on after FriendFeed gets acquired by Facebook. Point proved. - Robert Scoble

Robert He says ; Our Russian friends say to hello to Turkey - Osman Üngür

Osman :) - Ergin

Beyler, bana bir sey anlatin, bu kadar ciddi olmaya ne gerek var? Translation: Guys, why so serious? - ideali

Good morning, Robert! - Hector

here - Maitani

ideali: have them send email to scobleizer@gmail.com and I'll unblock anyone who says they weren't impersonating me. - Robert Scoble

Hector: good morning! I need coffee. - Robert Scoble

@robert yes they (we will) stay here, I think tat the migration process will take time and after reading @Paul Bucheit, I think that what we all are trying to get even if we don't say it explicitly is to preserve a kind of intimacy (beeing a part of the Huge faceBook community) don't mean that FF community will preserve their intimacy, why should a community be a plan one, (let imagine a community as a set of sub-community) that all. - abdellah

Wow!! So many likes and comments; is it a record Rob? - میر «عرفان» موسوی

@scobleizer thank you, for understanding. be cool, guys we just want have fun here a little. Take care. - ideali

K - OakleighVermont

Er-fun, This is the largest list of comments I've ever seen on FF... but no idea if it's a record or not - Roy Herrod

@harfehesaab, it's far from record - напряженная елка

whenever you're ready - patrickdh

the record is in our russian community, guyz. - ideali

Roy: it's not even close to being a record. It's nice to see that there's still a nice group hanging out here, though. - Robert Scoble

Totally addicted - Fernando Parra

"fax a cat" has 711 likes : http://friendfeed.com/funny-p... anything else top that? Is there a ff record page? - JSNFLMNG

so is this part of the regular Scoble-cull? :p - Iwan

here - Andrea Contino

totally addicted - zsafwan 

Yes We Do :) - Jan Friman

right here, right now - Hakan İyice

@Iwan --hahaha "we could be so lucky" lol - JSNFLMNG

There is no addiction, only habitual sin :) - Mike Shields

@harfehesaab Уes, it is a Яecord for sиre ! .) - obz

Here - Chris Riewe

Just for the record, yes and loving the "add comment" at the bottom.. it was a long way to scroll back up otherwise. - Rhys Amos from iPod

I'm here captain! ;-) We may be on a dying ship, but I'm glad to have sailed with her. :-) - darnell from BuddyFeed

http://friendfeed.com/sonergo... True FRİENDFEED addict! - ★ Soner Gönül

Хотела остаться в стороне. Но тут такая "пьянка"! Всем привет в этом чатиге:) - Неформат

I feel like such a slacker checking in about 12 hours later. You caught me the one night I go offline early. - Rob Diana

Present And Accounted For - Roberto Bonini

check - Mark Zip

I do. - dstamand

Slow response from me, but still ... - Christian Bolstad

@Robert RE "I have enough noise in my life. I don't need to have more" - isn't it a lot of noise having 26K subscriptions and 46K subscribers on your frf account? I'm kind of surprised - you create a community that large around yourself, yet when you see a new and unusual activity you just block it right away. - Махатма Бугоганди

Good morning from the east coast! - Domingo Rogers

Maxatma: when people impersonate me I have no patience. Sorry. - Robert Scoble

present and accounted for - Shawn Roos

Checking in. - Warner Crocker

here - Tracy Benham

I am in, of course!! - Ronald

Still figuring it out, but liking it - Rob Fisher

'morning and checking in from Washington, DC. - Ken & Kiyomi

Here. - Joe Bonner from fftogo

Red october checking in - James Tenniswood

@Robert, patience? Who's talking about patience? It's about curiosity, not patience. When something strange and unusual happens around you, you can either try to stop it or try to see what it can develop into. You choose to stop - and it stopped. Well, not stopped - just moved to some other place. And do you really know what it was and what it was about to bring you? - Махатма Бугоганди

Pow! - Rolf Schewe

+1 to Maxatma :) - Connee

why so nervous? - Connee

Глядико, чатег) - Кто здесь?

Late to the party but here all the same. - Pete Gilbert

+1 to Maxatma too - Shareli

оО - Monk Albino

Oh Captain, My Captain! - Dan van Moll

yes sir. - James Macgill

please don't go - Zach Scott

here i am! - barbarars

yo ;) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

check. - Brian Sloane

hi. i can get a note from my wife and kids. - Thom Kennon

here - saskia

I love the fact that I can't read a good amount of the comments here :) FFAddicts without Borders - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Check - Marco Massarotto from iPhone

да, чатег однако ) - Pavel Rogozhin

here - ahmet bulent

as requested - Al Pasternak

in the process of getting addicted...yo - Chad Gesser from BuddyFeed

Yo addiction as per requested Sir. - Zax Stevens

ну пиздец понеслась - Dolgiy-Rapoport

Here.. yay! - seda irengü özmen

Check - Eric Johnson

There!, Am I wrong or they added "add comment button" at the end of comments? - Antonio Correnti

Guilty as charged :). Hope FF will continue to kick ass, even after being acquired by Facebook. - alfred westerveld

I don't think of it as an addiction though I do get severe withdrawal symptoms for taking a long hiatus.. hmm - Wang Yip

@Паша, чятег был утром, но потом проснулся топикстартер, пришел и молча забанил всех™. - Махатма Бугоганди

here - timepilot

hola - spiros

Hello! - Chris Luckhardt

Yes sir. - Vinay | विनय

howdy - Brandon Ball

My middle name is belated. - Benjamin Taylor

Do I need to state my first name (Hi Robert - My name is Laurie and I am a friendfeed addict! "Hi Laurie" :)))) - Laurie DesAutels

I'm here - Michael_techie

I'm getting there. - Spencer

Sup? - Brent - Loving Life

word. - Ron Wening

Japan here! はい！ - Rick Cogley

here - imran

not sure if I commented already but I will add onto the pile. - beersage

pick me! pick me! pick me! - .i.m.a.r.s.o.r.a.m.a.

oups !!! - Polluxe

comment number 1287... - Yann Ropars

This is trying to become the longest thread in the history of FF, eh? Nice show of hands, definitely good numbers! - Bora Zivkovic

Wut? Oh, HERE! - Noah Gray

Last, but not least - Paul Brannan

Here I am from Italy :-) - catepol from iPhone

from Italy too ;-) - Andrea Colaianni

I;'m currently in Rome, Italy - Danica Radovanovic

Nobody from Russia here already? - Кто это тут у нас

Here I am. - Evan Travers

Addiction came in again, I raise my hand. - ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,

Here - and hoping that any changes here are for the better - that nothing goes backwards. - Courtney Engle

check - Dinc Arslan's Alter Ego

Walmartization of friendfeed now in progress - imran

whaddup - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Если все забанены, то хто ето пишетъ? - Кто здесь?

Present - TheDiva Rockin

Hello and goodbye. - Carlton Prest

Party's not over yet? :) - Sasha Kovaliov(.com)

I'm here, until the bitter end :p - Patrik Johansson

Well, there is another party here in Chinese and Persian languages :)) Welcome joining! http://ff.im/6uezi - K.D.

Here we are! ;) - Сергей Мартынов

Большой чятег, однако! :] - Сергей Мартынов

Nice to see so many languages. - E-Advocate Network

Better late than never! - Sherry BakerBrio

Here! - David Sharpe

I'm here - Amit Morson

here. - felix

what was that again? - Karthik Sridhar

Ой, да это маленький чятег оказывается. 1300 всего. У нас-то 7000 было :) - Сергей Мартынов

Hey, this chatroom appeared to be quite small - only 1300 messages :) We've done 7000 in our Russian thread ;) - Сергей Мартынов

Present. I'm here in Chile. - Roberto Arancibia

@Сережа Мэ Come to join our chatroom:) http://ff.im/6uezi - K.D.

In the house. Long live FriendFeed. - Joel Zehring

presente! - Alex Sauceda

yo - Jeremiah Owyang

What is this 'Russian' thread you speak of? ;) - JSNFLMNG

It was already mentioned here - check this out: http://friendfeed.com/search... - Сергей Мартынов

@yogar thanx, I'm coming to visit you ;) - Сергей Мартынов

Im back! - Lee Kent

Present from Romania - cata b

Present. - xero

İşsiz güçsüz bir sürü adam işte. Dağılın olm. (No, I'm not addicted, I'm just watching) - ilter

Тук! - Valentine Valov

I'm always login in friendfeed - Edgar Rodríguez from iPhone

ehy guys! - marc

me! - prezzemolo

Greetings from Bulgaria! - Valentine Valov

:O) - Jeanne

I'm here all the way from South Africa! I dig this service and I'm not quite ready to give it up. Regardless of the news about the acquisition, this remains an awesome service. - Paul Jacobson

I'm new to ff but find more valuable information here than anywhere else! - Janet Crance

Hello! Here I am! - Maria Gabriella Quadri

Oh hello there! - Jaremy Rich

Here - 1Co from iPhone

+1 - gerri A. from iPhone

Present! - April Buchheit

here too - Flavio

here - Ruchira S. Datta

not addicted yet :) - vinod

presente - Eric Gagne

yo - Thomas Hawk

Not addicted to Friendfeed too, but I really like it. More than twitter, perhaps because of the overview on smalltalk. - Melanie Langenhan

Me! - Satya

Here! - Anne Bouey

Me too! - Tudor Bosman from Android

ok, now what? shall we dance for you? - Trent Shields

You can dance if you want to. - Neal Jansons from IM

Check - پلانگتن

I probably qualify. - Fa La La La Lindsay

Count me in - Andrei M. Marinescu

I'm here. Still :) - Svartling

yes, we can dance, we can dance, everybody look at your hands! - .LAG liked that

if i leave a comment means I am an addict? - Nikos Anagnostou

1360 is that all out of a so called million hmmm ... must be more like 100,000 users in reality then - Thomas Power

if if I "liked" - does it make me an FF addict ? - Peter Dawson

aye! - vino

I am not a true addict but I checked in to be part of the record :) - میر «عرفان» موسوی

I find FF the most useful of my social networks. - Leigh Marriner

Checkin in - Bryan R. Adams

Got other things to do too :) - Richard Hill

hmmm.. - Krishnamoorthy

Addict? Neh. Loyal, now-more-than-a-little-concerned user? Yeh! - Anthony Citrano

Well, sure. Yeah, fine. Count me in. - Jason Pontin

Just arrived. Is this the way to the next cliff? - goodmachine

+1 - Liviu Barbat

Here - Graham Bunting

Guilty - Ian Wright from BuddyFeed

Still? - Tyler Hurst

a little bit. - Vincent van Wylick

what for? - سیدعلی‏سنائی

Hollah - Greg Santos

I'm Thaths and I am a FF addict! - Thaths

Check me in... - Alb.

present. - Marco

Check. - vic from iPhone

burada ;) hier, here,voilà... - Bengi Kılıç

Present - Dave Martin

Here :) - Holly Rae

I'm late. But Mom got 75. Count me in though. - Ton Zijp

Those Russian impersonators made fun much resembling dance macabre. Feasting friendfeed's transition? ) - massagin

I'm here scoble! - Jason Pollock

presente - Eric Gagne

Yo! - Spiros A. Gianiotis

sup - Kostantinos Koukopoulos

Hi. - Mark Aitken

hmmmm - John Ruth

I'm a friendfeed addict and I'm here! - Bryce Campbell from iPhone

allo - Patrick Janidlo

Here! - Bill Thomas

Here! - Steffan Antonas

Out - Declining Balance from Nambu

Still here - Transcribe It Quick

Here - Shannon

I'm NOT addicted! - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

I dedicate this song to friendfeed addicts :) http://www.youtube.com/watch... - ilter

reporting for duty - Jason Miller

check. a little late. by i'm addicted, i swear!! - Mike

Whoops. I am a little late. But I came didn't I? LOL. Yes, sir. - Zachary TG

ping - Sameer

Here. - Araceli

Ok! - Business Blogger【ツ】™

Here. - Iván Abrego

Been without a computer for a couple of days. The horror! I'm here. Finally. - Julie Barrett from twhirl

:) - Roman Zolotarev

in! - TheBuzzMachine

touch down - Африки

right here - Arash Nightwatcher

✔ - Majento

amilateamilate??! - Sarah Lane

word - Fee501st

New fan but longtime subscriber. - Steven Zenith

is this thread a record ? - johnpiercy

Present! - Gary Gifford Jr

Hello! - dthree

I don't know how I rate my addiction relative to others, but I shared Hitler's reaction upon hearing the acquisition news (despite happiness for Paul and Bret) - Chris Duffy

@johnpiercy check it yourself: how many therads have more than 7k comments http://friendfeed.com/search... ) - massagin

me - John μller

it's my soc media glue. - John Czwartacki

Half here. - Eddie G

Holla. The only way I can keep track of the flowers in all these blessed walled gardens. - saltpeter 【ツ】

I'm new, but I am here - Ethan

Present. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF from iPhone

yessir. - Nathan Chase

Present! - Ludwik C. Siadlak

I been Scoblized - again! - Kevin Laverty

Hope this deal preserves FF's power and usability. FF:FB::Mac:Windows. - David Lounsbury

check - Drew S

Count me in. - Nick B.

here. - Scratch5150

Here and accounted for... - Brad

thread of the century. - Raphael, Raphael

FIRST! - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

presente - Eric Gagne

701 and counting - Julie Williams

i'm here too - Mehmet Fatih YILDIZ

Homer says "Mmmmm .. FriendFeed" - Gary Etie

Check :) - Stijn

There's got to be a prize for doing this! Here! - timedalkat from Nambu

1451st! :) - Eric Geller

1452nd! :P - L'avvocatessa

I can stop whenever I want. Oh, wait... - dario

Here. Or did I check in yesterday about this time? - MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF

I always am coming back for more... And each time longer than the one before - Bryce Campbell from iPhone

Yes? - Steve Lynch from twhirl

auuu, pa ovo jos traje? - Danica Radovanovic

Here I am. - Andrea Beggi

One more. - Laura_aka_Fujiko from fftogo

Started a "Save FriendFeed" Facebook group, because I love irony ... http://www.facebook.com/group... - Paul Holmes

Checking in 23 hours later, which probably makes me the semi-addict that I am - Eric Berlin

Do I have to check in every 60 minutes? - Louis Gray

I'm checking in again. - DGentry

Louis: you can if you want! I heard you can drink a Diet Coke once a day if you check in! - Robert Scoble

that I don't understand at all - Mark

are you checking to see who has left since the FB purchase? I'm staying here! - Katy Barrilleaux

I just expanded this thing, what a fun ride! - Cassidy

What if I drink a Diet Coke every 60 minutes? Then what? - Louis Gray

presente - Eric Gagne

Yes! I'm 23 hours late. :s That doesn't make me an addict. Damn. :( - Faraz Mullick

so only a few % of rob's followers on here responded? - Mark

Just logged into Friendfeed in the last 24 hours. This seems a lot cleaner than Twitter for certain. I'm an organization freak! - David Kolln

Mark: I have 46,000 followers, but the usual thing is only a percentage of them show up on any week. - Robert Scoble

That's sad - Gianluca Neri from iPhone

I'm sure this is part of Scoble's plot to poll all the people who really read his posts, and unfollow the rest. So I raise my hand. - Shivanand Velmurugan

Just a wannabe. Not an addict (yet). - Carole Hicks

It might also be a way for me to filter down my "following" count (diff (my followers, scoble)) are the only people I really need to follow. Those that scoble follows, I can safely unfollow and use Scoble as my social media filter :) - Shivanand Velmurugan

Roflmao Om Shiva you are destroying us :) - Jeunelle Foster

Loading this thread on the iPhone uses 1% battery life lol - Mark from iPhone

check - Joe Dawson

pardon the arrogance but it really sucks this great forum of sharing will turn into a myspace humdrum. Now I have to find another SM where first adopters and well informed techies won't haft to compete with general "noise" - earl wallace

check. getting close to 1500! - Jordan Brock

Hey - Colin Hendricks from iPhone

How you doin'? :-) - Red Label

Wow... long list! I'm here :) - Frank Da Silva

So, does anyone know the number of actual Friendfeed subscribers? Buehler? Buehler? - Martha

Now that's an excellent question. - Dennis Jernberg

Only 15 more comments to go and this thread will make it into the 1500 category http://friendfeed.com/search... - Jay Cuthrell

Well, here's a comment I can later delete and rob the owner of 1500! - Matthew DeVries

I just mention the 1500 mark since it was such an iconic query to see... that and the 500 Likes club of FF posts. It's pretty exclusive stuff... but it's also sobering to note that the subject matter required to get to these levels isn't always a uniform mix of cares/concerns. - Jay Cuthrell

When I heard the FaceBook news, I tried to quit FriendFeed and I couldn't... I'M HOOKED - The Web's Wendell Wittler

i clicked the "1488 more comments" and my computer nearly exploded. and yes, i am using an amiga 500. - jack

Now that I have instructions (thanks LouisGray) and figured out my Bookmarklet! I am LOVING the ease of use! addict - not quite... - Robyn Hawk

you're addicted to deez nutz - skunkman62

LOL - skunkman62. It's all good, the sun is still shining. - Harold Cabezas

Is this the location of the next FA (Friendfeed Anonymous) meeting? - Cynthia Holladay

LOL - Cynthia - nfan12

Monkey #1496 reporting in, sir. For true ADDICT status, I'd say the cut off is the first hour. The rest of us are wannabes. ;-) - michael silverton

ANY! FLIPPING! TIME! - Jim in Real Time

fftogo ftw - Josette Torres

asdf - Benson Miller

FriendFeed user even before Robert Scoble joined the bandwagon - Shakeel Mahate

I'm a true addict - Jorge Escobar

wow! that's a big social - 1500 some ! :] - Petr Buben

I'm a true FriendFeed addict. - Evaristo

i am japanese! - psychedesire

yeah ! - MisterQ

Sir yes sir ! - Christopher Yeo

president. - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

present - Laura Norvig

Still here. Its not really a problem yet. - Eric Logan

Here, 1500 comments or so later. - Gus Cuddy

OK I'll check in now that the thread is up to 1500+... - Stephen Mack

yo joe! - Wally Punsapy

I'm just trying to figure this out. Will I get used to i?? - Janet Frasier

holy friendfeed...this thread hasn't died yet? Point made Robert. - shaun mclane

I didn't "check in" yet.. - Tim Hoeck

It's not an addiction until there's an intervention. - Bill Sodeman

Some of us addicts will refuse any intervention. Especially by Facebook. ;) - Dennis Jernberg

I like it!!! I really, REALLY do : D - Ellen Spencer

Yo! - Aram Zucker-Scharff

Actually, I lied. I am not a die-hard friendfeed fan. I desperately want to be but have just not been able to get into a good "feeding" rhythm. Maybe I need to add some more friends - Anant Gairola

Present. - Vijay

:) - Nick Soden

here - Robert Freeze

here I am - Danilo Paissan

all on board - Save As : Panos

actually I am addicted to twitter more. I use friendfeed a lot none the less. - Volkan Özçelik

count me :) - Meriç Dağlı

here - Erdinc Çiftçi

Presente - Ruben Sanchez from Android

i'm in - Anton Noginov х

Add me from Cambridge, UK and DuoFertility the fertility monitor - Philip Baddeley

have we broken the FF comment limit yet ? - David Pascoe

I'm in. - Peter Smulovics

naa-ahaa ... i have seen threads with 4k, 10k+ comments .... right here, on Friendfeed. - Petr Buben

Présent - Harscoat

1537...checking in... - Bob DeMarco

Here - Keith

I don't need to be addict. I'm just here, everyday, absorbing so many geeky info :D There's no place like FF - Lysender

I'm still with ya, Robert. Whatever FB paid for FF, it wasn't enough! - Donald C. Lindsay

New here, but learning. Tips for best use? - Barbara Langham

@bdlangam From my perspective the #1 tip in this category is: Explore and define "best use" for yourself. Despite potential "finishing" impression of some productive consolidations in this collective-collaborative cognition space, the emergent #cognosphere is still WAY too nascent to assert anything other than initial impressions. March to the beat of your own drum; build your own... more... - michael silverton

yeah sorry, late. was at Shambhala Music Festival, I know tardy, sorry... - sofarsoShawn

I'm getting hooked, still figuring it all out - Michele McGraw

I think I do. Not enough contacts to make a impression. - Michael Schlag

Better late than never.. - Ginger Kenney

here - Brady

Late but here. - Kolja

Not addicted enough, obviously... - Daniel W. Crompton

trying to get addicted - OakleighVermont

Definitely addicted. Not sure I want to stop using just because FB bought it. - Rick Cogley

checking.. - Leandro Ardissone ⍨

I'm the 1500th visitor. What did I win? - Ruben

Robert-I'm listening - Dean Holmes

Here we be! - Gary Dale Cearley

here! - Domenico Calojero

Still going on , uh? - Marco Massarotto

*bumps* the Scoble curve: bi-polar maybe? - sofarsoShawn

Hello. My name is Morgan and I'm a FF addict. So who do I have to blow to get a fix? :-) - Morgan Haley

Yo - Aram Zucker-Scharff

Elo govna - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

No - Alex Scoble

check. - Bren -- Designated Driver

here! - T. Brent, technopeasant

Leo Laporte

I left Twitter for Jaiku. Then Jaiku left me for Google. I moved in with Pownce but it died. I went back to Twitter, but flirted with Plurk, Identica, and Rejaw, and even tried doing it myself with Laconica but it was Twitter I really loved. Twitter finally broke my heart so I left it for Friendfeed. Now Friendfeed is leaving me for Facebook. No...

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It's like the internet version of Days of Our Lives - Jon, the Chilled Beartato

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HAHAHAHAHA.... - David from IM

Haha. ROFL - Roberto Bonini

is friendfeed going anywhere or will it just get better? - Craig Shipp

I'm with you Leo. - Oracio

It reads better than Soap - my roadmap is very similar but I'll forgive FF and live happily ever after with it (for the time being, anyway) - Nicholas Paul Gordon from iPhone

You're the best Leo. Canadians are the funniest people. - Dan Lessard

I'm betting they'll slowly digest it into the Facebook news feed. They claim that Friendfeed is staying put for now, but that won't last. - Ken Bauer

And we keep following Leo all over the place! - Robert Scoble

Long live Leo - Randy Pollock

When will we all get in a long term relationship and stop getting our hearts broken? - Nate Pilling

so what is more important, the medium or the people, hope that FF will let us export our content, and our social netork :) (in my wild dreams) - abdellah

Need ice cream? I'm new to FF, and kind of sad I didn't jump on the proverbial wagon sooner! - Elizabeth K. Barone

Feels to me like maybe it's time to go back to building a distributed network, rather than hopping from service to service. - Ken Sheppardson

I hope you leave your standard breadcrumbs so we can find you in the next chapter of social interaction. - jcunwired

But where to next? That's the question. Wave sounds great, but the implementation will be a PAIN. So where? Oh LeoMoses...where is our path in the desert? - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

Sounds like a hurtin' country song in the making. - Bill Rodman

The wave of the future is wave - Randy Pollock

Well you can't say that what is happening in the 'social sphere' is boring by any means! - Matt Cassem

I think Leo's audience is more likely to click "Like" or "comment" than Scoble's is. When Leo and Rob are both posting on FF, Leo gets more likes and comments - Mark

Didn't you leave a post earlier saying how funny it was that people complain anytime there's a change (referring to the FF buyout)? This sounds like a complaint to me. - Fleagle

Not complaining - just thinking about the future. I think a little Friendfeed DNA will vastly improve Facebook. And I think Facebook is already the big winner with the general populace. I also think we geeks need a corner somewhere else to hang out in. - Leo Laporte

And I have no plans to leave Friendfeed. Yet. - Leo Laporte

Yet being the operative word..... - Roberto Bonini

sounds like a country song to me - gavin

As for this geeky alternative, http://a.tinythread.com/ just showed up in my feed this morning. Thoughts? - Craig B.

I feel more of a personal connection with the FriendFeed team than I have with other services I've left, and that will be a big part of why I will stay as long as possible. - Louis Gray

^^^ replace "team" with "community" and there's my reason for sticking it out. - jcunwired

Its also going to take a very long time to go through content and bookmark/store it elsewhere. Evernote is going to be used heavily in the weeks to come. - jcunwired

The only way to have control is to use your own URL - Craig Shipp

Wait till you meet Facebook's randy cousin Overly Friendly Book =) - Cynthia Yildirim

what Louis gray said. I'm going to hang around until the lights go out. - Jordan Brock from BuddyFeed

What they said, I don't see any reason to leave FriendFeed unless something actually changes that makes the service worthless to me. - Craig B.

And many times you cheated Twitter, she was always loyal to you. Thats mean someting! - Jacque from f2p

yup me too Louis and I don't know any of them - Thomas Power

Plurk's not worth leaving anyone for. - Rachel R.

Leo, I think you need to change your FaceFeed status to "It's Complicated" ;) - Daynah

Play this thread off, keyboard cat. - Fleagle

You have to go back to your blog. It still loves you Leo. - Dave Winer

Screw you, Friendfeed! - Andrew Leahey

Users today are investors too - only the 'exit' for us is not lucrative.... its the other way sometimes :) - Mrinal Desai

I just had the idea: wow, how good will Faceboook become though this input? (JUST imagine tagging ppl in FB the way U can Tag them in FF.) - oliver gassner

Love Stinks. - shelter watch

I'm quite surprised that you could keep track of all that! - Robert Alex

Leo Laporte listed his relationship as: "its complicated." - Randy Shapiro

Damn thats complicated - drmacintosh

Don't worry Leo, its not you, its them... - Steven McGurn

so where do we go now? - Brian Appleby

I agree with Jonathan Hardesty "It's like the internet version of Days of Our Lives" - And sites keep getting killed off only to come back to life a month later! - Amy Flynn

very true, however on the other hand, we are getting closer to that one service which everyone will be on... and I dont think twitter is going to be that one - Bryce Campbell

Facebook buying FriendFeed is like having to MOVE just when you got your house all dressed up and made into a comfy HOME! I don't feel like doing it again! - Arleen Boyd

Now that Facebook and Friendfeed have married, I'm waiting for Twitfacefeedplebospacening. - Anthony Marco

You all just have ants in your pants :) - Jeunelle Foster

Leo, u by your self made two companies (services) out of 3 famous and made Google interested enough to buy 2 of them (Jaiku & FF). Google also tried to flirt with Twitter as well. So which one u choose now? Cause we will follow u :P - Sam Ehsan

Sounds like some of my past love affairs. Of course, I'm married now. That, um, was prior. - Paul Chaney

lmfao, its so true leo, so true! - Derek Bender

Feeling a bit worn around the edges? ... me too! - Susan Beebe from iPhone

Speaking of Days Of Our Lives: Didn't that show jump the shark when the serial killer was unmasked as Marlena (a character I used to have a mad crush on, and who's now mostly a professional victim)? Then all the "killed" characters came back to life, since they were only what I call "soap opera dead"... - Dennis Jernberg

And if everyone follows you, then your all having affairs all over the place! LOL - Sandra Large

I think it's back to the TWiT Army! - Paul Salzman

It's not like we have proposed Healthcare reform, or anything really important, going on in the U.S.A. - Steve de Mena

it's getting ridiculous, FEDERATED is the word! - Dobromir Hadzhiev

who is actually leaving FF? have many people vowed to do so yet? I'd like to but there isn't any alternative. - Denise Young

the joys and sorrows of everyday social IT folks... :-) - Thomas Lee

People are talking a lot about Streamy today. Might be an alternative. - Caio Cesar

Streamy seems to be crashing left & right tho. - Rick Cogley

Not to mention Pownce was shutdown as soon as it got good! - Kenneth Reitz

No mention of Microsoft Vine? - Robert MacEwan

yep. welcome to another episode of; As the Stomach Turns. one big soap opera. - Scratch5150

I've decided I'm not going to tell ANYONE which site I'm favoring... not even myself! I swear! As soon as I decided that FF was my new place (a couple months ago) THIS happens! It's like magic, but in a bad bad way... - Mark "Godt Nyt Ǻr"

Why do we all assume this is a bad thing? Maybe the FF Facebook combo will be better?? - Craig Shipp

Maybe they'll keep both open -- FF is the open side, and FB is the closed side. - John Flinchbaugh from IM

Social Networks are sluts? - TheDiva Rockin

It sure is. - Jason Hill

I know exactly how you feel. What's a person to do? I am mad at Twitter for suspending some of my accounts. First, the accounts kept causing the password to reset, then they were suspended, all around the time of the DOS attacks. All I ever used Twitter for was to advertise my businesses, and for fun. Now I don't know where to go. - DogPatch

Here's some thoughts on what's going to happen:http://kennethreitz.com/blog... - Kenneth Reitz

It's like my beloved Archie comics romantic twists from childhood! Archie loves Veronica who loves Reggie who loves Betty who loves Archie... ;) - Shawn Zehnder Lea

More like "As the worm churns" - Houseofmax

한글 와서~ 루거 .. 당신은 정말 잘 생기고있다 누드 사진 기다리다 :] - HealingBrush

One of the funniest sad stories I've heard in a long time... - Aviva Gabriel

Gotta find one who is a lady in public and a whore in the bedroom. One who looks like a woman, but thinks like a man. One who tells you you're the only person in their world and worships the ground you walk on. One who's from Venus but want's to live on Mars. One who you know will always be there even when the chips are down. One who looks like a movie star, but doesn't bust the credit... more... - Jan Simmonds

I think a lot of people LOVE to think negatively and don't want to think positively. They think FB is BAD and will ruin FF, but I think if they do it well, FB won't be the bad guy. I think most people who are irked about this are irked because they think the FFers "sold out" to the "man". - Molly, New Ears :P

@Mollyanna - I disagree. I am irked because the future of FF is completely uncertain. It's more likely that FB will let FF flounder and close it down than it is that FB will invest time and resources in maintaining and enhancing FF. FB has other interests and is splitting up the FF dev team. That does not bode well for FF. I don't begrudge the FF devs for taking the money. I would be... more... - Fa La La La Lindsay

Leo, I hope you mention FriendFeed in your Dubai TED talk ! :) I'll try to be there ! - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

@Jan You're an asshat. - Ian Wright from BuddyFeed

leo, check out Streamy.com. I'm actually commenting to friendfeed from there right now...you may like it better. - Casey Petersen

looooool =)) - ★amin.m★

Haiku Laporte - Outsanity

that was cute! :O) - Jeanne

@ian - "Wordsmith. Public relations undergraduate at The University of Texas. Feminist Capitalist. WordPress geek. Future commercial rights attorney"...surely that kind of asinine comment is beneath you! - Jan Simmonds

Maybe they're just not that into you. - Elizabeth Johnson

Wait... who's on first? - Michael Rosenau

Logged in to suggest that many of us have tridden a similar path, but a lot of people have beaten me to it! I miss Pownce - SpionKopRed

wow, Leo. You've got relationship issues! - Justin Bradshaw

there there, Shawny's here... - sofarsoShawn

I sense a pattern here.. maybe you always seem to go after web2.0 services that are bent on ditching you :) - Shivanand Velmurugan

Arleen Boyd

I am SOOO tired of Twitter having issues! I wish more of my friends there were here on FriendFeed!!!

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You need to start telling them about FF, I like the format as well, because you can follow the conversation. - David Cole

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Hello! - Chris

depends on how much longer FF sticks around for... - Kim

Chris subscribed to ya! Mahalo! David - I DO! I tell them at least once a day to join me here for a more in depth conversation. I even stopped one conversation cold this morning and told him it belonged here not on Twitter. - Arleen Boyd

Kim - sadly it is a concern. I just see FB messing up FF in the future... and people don't want to keep jumping networks. - Arleen Boyd

I so agree! Tired of Twitter Twissues! - Jeff Hurt

FriendFeed is a MUCH better communication arena, but it's just not as "catchy". Very little customization. - Nick Armstrong

My Twitter is running soooo slowly. - Jason Pollock

I'm here :o) - Kimberle Kelly

Sadly, no need to tell anyone about FF anymore - We've been sold out :-( - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Jason! Chrome says Twitter... that link is BROKEN! LOL! - Arleen Boyd

Jeff, Nick, Kimberly... Twitter's twashy twerrible architecture will be the death of it! - Arleen Boyd

This IS getting kind of old! - Stephen Kruiser

Jennifer sadly I agree... but there must be something we can do! - Arleen Boyd

So what could we do @Arleen? - Jeff Hurt

Okay let's go get everybody HERE where we can have real discussions... then we can plan our Long Term strategy for Citizen Journalism! They won't do away with this FF for at least a few months! - Arleen Boyd

All ideas for saving a FF like community (or if we must plan a mass migration) post HERE! - Arleen Boyd

yeah FF is cool, hope it doesn't change now that FB bought it, hope it gets better...not sure why twitter keeps going down,but FF seems more reliable&works w/twhirl, FB doesn't - Patty from twhirl

At least we have each other here... @ least 4 the time being on FF... How're you, Arleen? - CarolAnnB

Oh Me 2. I feel like I'm to loud for the small room. LOL - Carol Rambo

...maybe Twitter's just gotten too big to be supported by just one company? imagine if all telecom service was run by just AT&T. Twitter needs legitimate competition, so that it's millions of users (and growing) don't constantly get inconenienced by inevitable systems problems, hacker attacks, etc. - .LAG liked that

I believe it will be a bi difficult to get everyone over here...Worth a shot though. We ARE going to need to make a change since it seems that Twitter is impotent in running a dependable service. - Alonis

This has been bugging me today too, Arleen. Of course the last time it wasn't an issue with them so much as it was an outside attack upon their servers. - Harold Paxton

Patty, CarolAnn, Carol, Lag, Alonis... we have a finite (and unknown) amount of time to DO something. FF has a simple reliable platform that works well for connection and discussion. But, w/ FB it will eventually be integrated and get cumbersome like FB is! So... we need something else ya? What do you really want/need most in a network community? These guys only care about real time search and how much $$$ they get for that. - Arleen Boyd

Twitter is working again.... - Claudia Rahanmetan

Hey twitter is working fine now check out :) - cheth

Yay! Now to reload tweetdeck. - Harold Paxton

Mahalo Arleen, yes I do believe we need a better platform, this is why I do jump in with both feet on some of the app's. I'm always looking. I do have a lot of tech's that I follow as do you. I'm interested, if you find better, you will let us know, right? LOL - Carol Rambo

FF seems like the best alternative right now to twitter,as long as it doesn't change,not sure what else is out there similar to twitter - Patty from twhirl

I hang my head in shame as I bounced over to Twitter the minute it was up... problem is: though I ADORE and value the awesome conversations with you here... there are others I don't want to ignore on Twitter... so split... damn FB for buying FF! - Arleen Boyd

Okay, I'm kind of feeling like a Yo-Yo with twitter today. - Harold Paxton

Why Harold! Are you a Twitter Yo-Yo or a Twitter Ho?? *giggle* - Arleen Boyd

I'm trying to use friendfeed for the week and seeing how it works out. I just wish there was more apps for it. - Robert Alex

LOL Thanks a lot, Arleen! I think I may be both!! Looks like Twitter is working on the web side of things for me. but the tweetdeck is problematic. - Harold Paxton

Robert I found with the grouping ability and the discussion threads - there's no need for much in the way of user apps here. It's so simple clean and USABLE! Do use the grouping features both for "friends" and "Groups" and have fun with real discussions you can follow! Harold, TweetDeck doesn't work w/ my follower count. I tweet via the Web! - Arleen Boyd

Thanks for the advice to, Robert, Arleen. That's helpful for me too! - Harold Paxton

Do you have any groups you recommend? - Harold Paxton

Harold, I'm in te Hawaii group of course to see my local Ohana! And with the BlackBerry group cause I have one, and with Backlink free and Audiophile... but those are just my personal interests. I also like tech stuff but am in many on Facebook. I organized my friends here in groups depending on what they talk about most. - Arleen Boyd

I do enjoy the groups feature a lot. That only may get me to switch. - Robert Alex

Okay. Thanks, Arleen. I appreciate the info :-) - Harold Paxton

So Robert is asking people if they're leaving FF. Without a plan guys we got same 'ol same 'ol... so WHAT is important to you?? - Arleen Boyd

Roger that Arleen, signed up 15 minutes ago as "backup." I echo your sentiments exactly. - Paul Roberts

FF more important to me as aggregator of my other content but as Twitter has issues I'm liking the communication interface I think twitter still be my primary - WarLord

Welcome to FriendFeed Roger! - Arleen Boyd

Yes, I intend to periodically post a tweet that says, "FEED ME! http://friendfeed.com/tekee" - Ted S

I LOVE Ted's tweet! Works! I didn't know I wasn't subscribed to you and now I am! - Arleen Boyd

you are not alone in that... - Dan

I am a member but haven't really used this too much. Does it work like Twitter? - Beverly Monical

Beverly, yes, but with threads and no whales. - Marco Neves

Yeah, FriendFeed is so much faster in posting, too. I love it. Let's start the next wave in social media! Twitter has jumped the shark. :) - LisaGemini

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What's with the fists, Paul? :) - April Buchheit

congrats Paul - Zee.

I thought it would make a funny picture April. - Paul Buchheit

Secret backyard meetings FTW. :) - EricaJoy

What? No lawyers in suits? Mark's setting a pretty low bar on the dress code for this sort of thing...:) - Tomas Remotigue

Our lawyers were wearing shorts actually -- no air conditioning at their office on Sundays I guess. - Paul Buchheit

Zuckerberg's the only one from FB who could be bothered to show up? - Andy Bakun

American big business such a formal affair - Robert Higgins

Contrary to popular misconception, lawyers don't actually enjoy wearing suits. Haul us into work on a Sunday, and we'll definitely be dressing comfortably. :) - Brian Chang

Andy, the person on the left is Vaughan Smith from Facebook. Sanjeev (the fourth FriendFeed founder) is not pictured because he was boarding an airplane. - Paul Buchheit

Paul, that's so awesome. FB's an awesome company to do business with. - Jesse Stay

Congrats. Happy for you guys. - Tsega Dinka

Must have been exciting, congrats. - sean percival

Congrats, and thanks for having us here. Much success in whatever comes next. - Chris Baskind

Yeah, wishing you guys all the best, its been good fun hanging around here thanks!! - Mel Buckpitt

Congrats to you guys! - Jack Wilson, K4SAC

Congratulations you guys!!!! I love the Teak Conference Room table :) - Susan Beebe

:-( - Jim in Real Time

Hey Paul congratulations - FriendFeed has been leading the way since its inception. Are the photos you've posted copy-protected or could I use them in a story on the deal? - Mitch

Mitch, feel free to use the photos. - Paul Buch

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