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Corvida, you may need a link to the Urban Dictionary for swagger jackin'. In the old days, we should have said to everyone: "Stop bitting Twitter." - Albert Willis

Because it's people's pictures next to what they said, with metadata underneath. Did somebody patent that while I wasn't paying attention? - Ken Sheppardson

A lot of sites are switching to this format. If you think about it....your average blog had this layout first..before Twitter. - Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF

You know, uniformity of UI sorta makes everything easier to use, no? Books have a title page, table of contents, a body, and an index, generally in that order. Are they copying some original, seminal work? - Ken Sheppardson

hmph. i left a comment and then there was an error. stupid beta!! - Liz

I guess unlike sites that just call themselves Beta for, like, five years, FriendFeed's is actually a beta, eh? ;-) - Ken Sheppardson

It is not like Twitters layout! OMG They have the sidebar on the right instead of the left now. - Mathew™ one of a kind

Would a FriendFeed 'room' be analogous to a Facebook 'group'? - Ladybug Heather

New design looks like frienfeed also. They're losers but less than %1 FB users know friendfeed, so who cares. - İbrahim Uzun [ j ]

mail2fb.com is empty !! : )) - Erhan Erdogan

that is funny!! - Susan Beebe

where the hell is "ability to search like Friendfeed"? in 2010? damn!!! :P - Goktug Gedik

"like" on Facebook doesn't bump the entry to the top. Not quite the same thing. However, you do get notifications on FB items that you "like". - Morton Fox

soooo true - Dobromir Hadzhiev

great! "HO" rulez! - Sinan Ata

It smells competitive (!) like Internet Explorer and Firefox. BTW I'm still using my operating systems default web browser. - A. Kıvanç Tanrıkulu

Oh this is good. *tips hat* - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

Paul liked this at Facebook http://friendfeed.com/e... - Erhan Erdogan

tesekkür ederim - stefan m. seydel/sms ;-)

Now someone should do what they copied from Twitter. - Corvida

You can hide now... I think search is the big one they're lacking. - Frankie Warren

Where's the ability to not get hit with a slew of stupid, annoying invites / requests as soon as you login??? - Patrick Jordan

most of my friends are using facebook only, these two sites should merge closer - classic

stefan: Do you like Turkish? I'm suggesting you a friend of mine, /directeur. ; ) - Erhan Erdogan

Ha! and here I am! 14 seconds after you called my name :) - directeur

directeur: Did you write a greasemonkey script for your personal buzz? :-) - Erhan Erdogan

:D No, not yet, should I? :) It was the first entry I saw and I read my name in it. Also, I have a very fun and smart idea for my next project (will tell you more on you know where :) ) Oh btw, how was Baku? - directeur

directeur: Baku was great, we should visit there again. They have awesome meals, songs, people... I wrote a post in Turkish about Azerbaijan at webrazzi.com. Try to read. :-)) - Erhan Erdogan

I will try! Thanks! :) Oh, tell me btw, you didn't forgot to bring a nice gift to you know who? I hope you didn't forgot!! ;-) - directeur

todo facabook MUAhuauUhauUauauUUauUAhU - Jordi Rivero

directeur: I'll answer all of your questions at FB chat. :-)) - Erhan Erdogan

This is so weird.. I was just thinking about this today, when I was arguing with my wife about why I post so much stuff. I'm thinking that personal branding is important. - Joe Mac Stevens

Really good stuff, Chris. Thanks for sharing. - Bruce Turner

Thank You! Excellent topic that I will delve into right away. - Wendy J. Roan from twhirl

Excellent piece by Chris! - Charlie Anzman

add this to listropolis - http://www.listropolis.com/2008... - shaun mclane

except that you do a US only list it is a nice list. would it really be asked too much to at least recognize that for example linkedin does not rule the world and write "join the leading biz network, like for example linkedin"? - Nicole Simon

Holy crap, Chris! This is great stuff! Would you say personal branding is for anyone, or more for people who have something to sell through their online persona (a product, service, or opinion)? - Zach Landes

thanks Chris - what a great resource - wil be sending this to all my staff - if only they will DO IT! :) - Brad from twhirl

Wow, this list is awesome Chris. Thanks for sharing it. - Jason Runyan

Kick Ass - Dave Peck

great article with fantastic tips - Mick Edwards

100 Personal Branding Tactics Using Social Media. Your title is awfully modest considering you covered every marketing aspect in the online world. - Collin

Thanks for forgetting about us - sheesh! ;-) - Jesse Stay

Me too. Drink some wine, it helps! - EricaJoy

Plus me, I think I'm a friend of a friend or something. - Ian May

This is the timeless question: Is it better to be pissed off or pissed on? Or get pissed? - Jay Cuthrell

with all due respect Chris, it's about reality - not how any media (new or old) tries to spin it. - Chuck Boyce from twhirl

+1 Robert, +1001 - Kirill Bolgarov

Am I reading the same link that you guys are? What I read wasn't about spin or blowing smoke. What I read was a call to take responsibility as leaders - to get people to quit looking at the problem and start looking for a solution. That doesn't deny in any way deny that there is a real problem, it merely focuses the energy on efforts that will move us through this next phase of pain faster. Of course it's 1:20 AM and I've had 3 beers after a 14 hour workday, so I reserve the right to be wrong. - Bill Sanders

Bill: the point that I was trying to make is that we're still calling in fire alarms and aren't yet able to call for much deeper help. - Robert Scoble

And a lot of the media and portions of the business sector seem content to jam the 911 lines with false alarms, to extend the metaphor, Robert. It's up to us in the New Media to be realistic, not morbidly sensational or absurdly optimistic. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

I agree with Bill (and Christopher Penn). Robert's right: there are still fire alarms yet to go off. But I can already read that on the home page of CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Google News, and a thousand other web sites. OTOH, there are a few that truly add insight, perspective and/or depth to the headlines. I think it does more good to "lead the way" than just parrot headlines. If I'm out of work, I'd rather learn how to improve my resume than hear about how many people are out of work. - Will King

I read the same thing as Bill and appreciate Chris's point: "Despair dies in the face of confident leadership" that's exactly what's missing in the White and Congress right now - they seem to be inspiring more despair rather than stepping up to the plate and leading coherently from the front. - Sally Church

Robert: Thanks for clarifying. I read it as a call to personal responsibility. I agree that the deeper help and rebuilding will come after the clean up. However long that takes. - Bill Sanders

The problem with all media right now is that reporters aren't experienced enough to be talking about what's going on. 100% of those on TV are hired by their looks/performance and not necessarily by their knowledge and experience in a certain area. That we have nearly no one that can logically explain what is going should say it all. If you can't talk about what it truly means to the... more... - Patricia

Know one way not to despair? I didn't have a dime in the stock market. Too poor. Someone joked the other day, "I invest heavily in commodities, like food, and gas." But what I'm doing, and how I'm going to approach this is I'm going to find ways to equip people. I'm going to push even deeper into educating on the business applications of the tools, including when people's jobs go belly up. - Chris Brogan

I'm not one that gets taken in by false prophets or sensationalistic journalism. Yes, this crisis is bad and there will be "casualties" - but crying about it isn't going to help the situation. The politicians are doing enough of this for us all. What I saw from Chris's post was exactly what we should always be doing - believing in ourselves and helping others where we can. I fail to see how that was "blowing smoke". - Danny Brown

I don't think what Chris is saying is all that complicated: he's just trying to get people to realize that despair is a choice, not a fate. Regardless of how dark things get socioeconomically in the coming months/years, we're all going to have to choose our perspective. How you see things precedes how you do them. People with desperate eyes do desperate things. - phil baumann

Chris: you'll find me doing the same as you. Helping people rebuild after a storm comes through is definitely a good role for all of us. But the storm still hasn't hit Silicon Valley yet with its full strength. That will come over the next two quarters. For me my role is to tell you how bad I see the storm being. It's not to pull back from the truth. And that's not "crying." Any more than a weatherman telling you to freaking get out of town before a storm moves in is "crying." - Robert Scoble

It is damn hard to lead when you haven't been realistic about where the heck you are to begin with. The idea that social media can "lead" the way out of re-set of the entire financial system is laughable. This should change some of the fundamentals of how our economy works - i.e., savings rate, regulation, sound long term priorities (not making the number quarter over quarter). It isn't doom and gloom to critically assess where we are, what is coming. Leadership is what we do once we've done that. - Brian Roy

Robert- oh I know. You're definitely on the optimistic (yet reasonably realistic) side. I mean, you've got other genetics mixed in there with that Valley living. Your post where you mentioned your brother's bar actually caught my eye. Finding those indicators like that and thinking about the downstreams of all this might be where others find an opportunity. Damn, it's a blog post I didn't want to write yet. Well, guess I have Monday ready. : ) - Chris Brogan

Brian: I don't see "social media" leading us out of anything, so there we agree. But I do hear the call to leverage all our channels of influence (including our social media tools) to help lead our way out of this mess. Obviously there will be differences in opinion on what to do and how to do it. And its a fine line to walk. Witness Robert calling it like he sees it and the angst it seems to have caused... - Bill Sanders

I think the most important thing here is to engage in this discussion with the assumption of goodwill and do our best to understand the other person's POV. Afterall, we are (mostly) after the same things. - Bill Sanders

I'm starting a new weekday radio show about HOPE on blogtalkradio. Starting Monday, October 13th at 3:00 PM EST. All the details are over here: http://offonatangent.blogspot.com/2008...... I'm tired of hearing all the negative talk. Join in. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stevega... Guest call-in number: (347) 215-8647 This show will broadcast daily at 3:00, starting Monday October 13th and end on Monday November 3rd. Thanks, --Steve - Steve Garfield

Bill: amen! - Robert Scoble

At the risk of sounding pedantic, the fundamental difference between social media and mainstream media is that (wait for it)... it's social. If all we do with that gift is repost mainstream media reports about how bad it is, shame on us. If we can find a way to translate the social piece into action, that could help in practical ways. Here's one idea I have, which I acknowledge is vague... more... - Tom Cunniff

+1 Tom - I'll give it some thought. - Bill Sanders

Tom: I'm holding a Twitter and FriendFeed meeting at the Half Moon Bay Ritz on Tuesday evening to do just that. Network to see where jobs are, how we can help each other as we go through this storm, etc. - Robert Scoble

Do NOT let this economic downturn get to you. Exercise regularly, wach what you eat, and look for ways to help others. Get personally involved in outreaches to those less fortunate than you, such as the homeless. If this downturn evolves into a full blown Depression, there will be massive soup lines. Get involved in food distribution. AngelFood Ministries offers food at a significant... more... - J. D. Ebberly

In times like this. Truth is the only way we can fix things and move forward. Honest discussions are what we need from our leadership with responsible tasks that the average citizen needs to do. Need simplistic steps that we can all follow. - CW™

@Robert, Credibility only comes from spreading doom and gloom? I don't think so. Either you're simply reporting facts or you are editorializing. If the latter, I'd prefer someone not simply ringing fire alarms. - Howard Keziah

Hi-- I took some weekend interest in this discussion and many of your comments. First. I think the spirit of your discussion is right on, I just feel the social media movement hasn't quite figured out how to build the bridge to the next era that transcends the education factor and mass utilization barrier. It's the literate elite who really get social media and utlize. Whether the U.S.... more... - Scott M Iseman

I posted the full text of this comment at http://www.acemarketingagency.com/in-the-... - Scott M Iseman

Congrats Laura. Great stuff - Charlie Anzman

congrats! - mjc

Laura, congrats and best of luck. - Capn' One Eye - adrift

This is one of the best written, most helpful ebooks I've read in ages! Seriously - I get so many offers of free ebooks these days that I don't even have time to read them, but I am very glad I made the time to read this one. - Dana Willhoit

Chris, Thanks! Looks packed with a lot of useful information. Can't wait to finish reading it. - David Finch

Excellent material. Thanks for taking the time to publish this Chris. - Mike Fruchter

Ditto Mike - Great stuff - Charlie Anzman

Good stuff... I just got started but it's on the iPhone for reading on the plane tomorrow. - Abbas Haider Ali

He's comparing the wrong services - if Twitter wins in this comparison for being open (I argue it's far from such), identi.ca wins the entire competition! - Jesse Stay

i think we're confusing a seeded position for a victory here, personally. - idnan

I don't think he's right. Yes, Twitter is more fully functioned than most other systems, but he gives a pretty substandard look at other platforms. I've been using Identi.ca for a while now, and new features pop up each week. It's more stable, more transparent, opensourced, and I get the impression that the devs (mainly Evan) really really care about it as both a platform (and its ability to be reproduced) and as a network (like twitter). - Sam Dodge

The bottom line is that there's an amazing ecosystem built around Twitter. No other micro-blogging platform even comes close right now. That's not to say it'll always be so. I'm on Identi.ca and it's nice, but there's not much going on there right now. Now that Identi.ca has a Twitter-compatible API, many Twitter services are now compatible, but without the traffic, that doesn't get you much. - Albert Willis

My feeling is Twitter will win, despite other "nicer" services... name value is a lot, and if the issues are smoothing out, Twitter will win on name recognition alone. - Tim Hoeck

I don't disagree with Chris to the point that those third party tools were vital in building Twitter to what it is today, but as more and more tools become available for services such as Identi.ca the selling proposition comes down to one thing only: community. Twitter has a huge community, other sites don't. - Duncan Riley

twitter was the first, is and will be big for some time, and just like in almost any other case will lose it eventually to a better service (the shift has started already, it's just a matter of time) - Dobromir Hadzhiev