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Set Up Space-Saving, Permanent Gmail and Reader Tabs in Firefox - Firefox - Lifehacker - http://lifehacker.com/5342149...

August 23, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Useful tips for unobtrusively having gmail (or any tab) always open in firefox. - Anant Gairola from Bookmarklet

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Learn "Hospital Corners" for a Crisply-Made Bed - Household - Lifehacker - http://lifehacker.com/5342879...

August 23, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

I've always wanted to know how to make a crisp "coin-bouncing" bed - Anant Gairola from Bookmarklet

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Swine flu deaths surge to 19; 1,203 affected - Economy and Politics - livemint.com - http://www.livemint.com/2009...

August 13, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Just checking to see how the "Share on FriendFeed" button works. I guess I should have used a lighter story, but this is what I was reading. Pretty scary the number of swine flu deaths in Pune - Anant Gairola from Bookmarklet

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A Jobs Bottom - Wall Street Journal - http://news.google.com/news...

August 13, 2009 from Google Reader - Comment - Like - Share

Job loss slowing down, some good news on the economy? - Anant Gairola

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Better coffee? Time to upgrade from a French press?

August 12, 2009 from email - Comment - Like - Share

Hmm. This seems like a fancier version of a French press, they claim it makes better coffee. Might be worth trying out. Via ijustine. http://www.aerobie.com/Product... - Anant Gairola from email

Robert Scoble

True FRIENDFEED addicts please check in:

August 11, 2009 from iPhone - Comment - Like - Share

K.Fatih Özçelik, Antika İnsan, Basak Sarica and 766 other people liked this

Here. - Damond Nollan

1304 more comments

Check..... - Amit Nangare

*raises hand* - MoTO Gutter Bumbershoot

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

here. - Luca Sofri

'sup - Nolan Alston

shuffles quietly at the back - Ivor Whitten

tap tap - Que Sarah Sarah

Present... - George Hall (Australia)

here - Kimberle Kelly

I'm not an addict. I can quit any time I want. - Ha3rvey (F please!)

jawohl. - Spidra Webster

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

Check Check - Robert Burgin

here - Ray H

check - Amani

yo - Bill McFarland

I'm here! - Bonnie Foster

HeRe! - Bruno Mertins

Hooah! - Kevin Fox

Till they kick me out. - Tony Miller

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 - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yep count me in!! - Guillaume Foutry

Yo - Bret Taylor

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

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

here - Matt Ruiz

Yup, that would be me =) - FFing Enigma

Here Here! - Benjamin Golub

was going to be, but not anymore - Lo the Baker

here - ebru

Here!!! :P - Chris Zlatis

Snorting a line of FF as I type this. - Penguin from fftogo

++ - jacek

Phew, still here ... - Tom Horn

I'm not here LOL - Rob aka Cerberus

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)

present - Jeff Weber

alive and well. - Tyler Molamphy

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 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. - tehKenny

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 - Rob aka Cerberus

Yo! - Libraryman

*cough cough* - John Robert Ladd

Here. - Jonathan Hardesty 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

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

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

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

present. - Trish Haley

What of it. - Rochelle

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

what? - Nine Ferdinand

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

presente - Eric Gagne

Yo! - Mathew Barnes

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

Checking in! - Marci Golub

Here ! - DAL from iPhone

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

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, CoG of FF

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

Present! - Denverken

Aye, Mon. - Gordon Swaby

PRESENT - Kamilah Reed (K. 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)

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

I CAN QUIT ANYTIME!!! - Jim the Blatant

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

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

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! - ↂGiorgiँ Zarrelliↂ

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 - Skyrimmin' It

I MEAN IT!!! ANYTIME!!! - Jim the Blatant

O Captain, My Captain ;) - Stuart Miniman

hey! - Imran Jafri

yes - Steve Mott

I'm here. Now what? - Christian Collins

Count me in too please! - RobinDotNet from iPhone

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

Yep Yep - Rahsheen the Dream

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. - Absentee

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

check - Jaica Kinsman from iPhone

Here! - Michael Hocter

Aye! - ωαřмaiden ☆Team O'Otto☆

yo! - Sullivan

hola! - Oguz 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

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

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&Cleo

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 "The Enforcer" Pierce

here i am - vitzbank (aka claudio)

check 1,2 - Wayne Sutton

Here. - scherbi: bottom dweller

Here - Bora Zivkovic

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

hello - echostreamer

YOYOYO! - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

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 ❧ spicy cocoa tart 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. - Ordinarybug Heather

I am in. - Gabe Taviano from iPhone

Depends. - Nick Humphries

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!

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

here - mike "glemak" dunn

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

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! - @barisunver #beyn.org

here, too. - browneyes from iPhone

Yep. - joey

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

True. What will happen to FF now? - @barisunver #beyn.org

Alright - Rodfather

:P - Phillip Stewart

Roger that - Rob Fahrni

(from Streamy) - Marcos

yo - Gus

cello! - Joe Silence

You called? - Jeunelle Foster

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 - iTad

yep - Marty

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

Tad: and yet you did! - Joe Silence

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

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 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

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. - Vezquex

·[▪_▪]· - 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 D

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

I'm a Facebook junkie - Mol, FF Music Lover

Yo. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons

Hi. - Trent Olson

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 the Blatant

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! - travispuk

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 from BuddyFeed

define addict :-) - Duane @PreppyDude Myers

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

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

^_^ - 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 (bird whisperer)

¡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

hola. - Sean Oliver

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

Yo! - JR

Count me as an addict. - Joey Gibson

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 (Team マクダジ ) 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

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

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

Checking in! - Glenn Slaven

whatup! :) - simran

Here as always. - Jeff Smith

Here. - Parth Awasthi

Do you even have to ask? - Johnny

Aquí! - Miguel

moi. - amygeek

Are we doing anything today? - Shea from iPhone

nano nano - Eran Even-Kesef

ok, I'll play - chrisofspades

:) - 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 - WoH: Minding her Steves

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

Arrrr!! - Adrian

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

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 - Feed of Dreams

Here - Véronique Rabuteau

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

Hey. - Kevin (barely visible)

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 - Technogran

Here here... - Alemsah Ozturk from iPhone

Here! - Jeff P. Henderson

here.. - Chris Myles

Hello I am here! - Chris Bellinger

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 m.ctor.org

✔ 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

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

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, bibliotecario

[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

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

Trying to keep the addiction low. - Muthu Ramadoss

Buongiorno - FullSite

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? - Множественный Митрич

заходит чувак к Scoble, а там чатег - Жаст Фофан

Boom - Simon Wicks from iPhone

а сколько у них тут каментов? - Множественный Митрич

смешные - Множественный Митрич

Свободу попугаям! - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

бггг - Множественный Митрич

zdrastvitze! - anna sauce

check! - Don Digidon

КТО ВСЕ ЭТИ ЛЮДИ??? - Танаев!

Right Here! - Ümit Orhan

present - Tamara

слабаки, до нашего чатега им ещё работать и работать - Танаев!

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

это не тру чатик - Танаев!

^^ KAKIE VASHI DOKAZATELSTVA? - Свидетели Доренко

кстати, все помнят, что у Даши сегодня день рождения? - Множественный Митрич

The view is better from here - Anthony

они виноваты сами. пускай теперь терпят. - ideali

о, зайка пришол! - Множественный Митрич

здравствуй Зайка. ты кого сегодня сделал счастливым? - Множественный Митрич

*facepalm* - Alex Kapranoff

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

Дашенька ушла в салон красоты, но я ей передам обязательно! - Множественный Митрич

路过：） - K.D.

нитрогай кетайца, у него там коммунизм, ему тяжело - Множественный Митрич

then ? - alperyz

превед кетайцам - Танаев!

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! - Множественный Митрич

а кто такой Скобл? - Танаев!

кстати да - Множественный Митрич

Greetings from Australia. Im here :-) - Aussie_Camper

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

кто все эти люди™ ? - brain

у них там ночь, они спят еще. вот проснуцца - прифигеют - Множественный Митрич

Triple check - Geer

их спрашивать бессмысленно - сейчас они спят, а когда проснуцца, комменты уйдут далеко вверх - Множественный Митрич

хоть тысячу каментов-то мы им сделаем сейчас? - Множественный Митрич

:) - Florent Morel

All your base are belong to us - brain

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. - Множественный Митрич

я уже спрашивал у Зайки, кого он сегодня сделал счастливым, но он молчит - Множественный Митрич

here - Ahmet Soyata

точно! поэт, пародист, переводчик. известный блоггер. - Множественный Митрич

я вчера был в издательстве, с меня сведения об авторе просят. давайте, говорят, напишем, где учился, что генеральный директор. и что известный блоггер. - Множественный Митрич

Here - Kevin J Hatton

here I am - Vedran Rudelj

чо ладно? - Множественный Митрич

blessed are the sick - undisclosed recipient

Бесков, не ругайся - Множественный Митрич

http://www.youtube.com/results... - Sinan İŞLER

а можно получить профессию известного блоггера? какие экзамены сдавать надо? какую специализацию лучше выбрать - микроблоггинг или аудиоподкастинг? - Множественный Митрич

*где можно получить профессию* - Множественный Митрич

а кто сертификат дает, что экзамены принимать можно? - Множественный Митрич

себе полайкай! (с) - Множественный Митрич

чо? - внезапно!

ой чатег - Вкуснейший хаос

давай Скоблу сертификат выпишем? - Множественный Митрич

известный блоггер - Множественный Митрич

в псто призывается Фил, рисовать сертификат для Скобла - Множественный Митрич

Checked-in - Özkan Altuner

согласен. экзамен принимает Зайка, сертификат рисует Фил. роли распределены. - Множественный Митрич

чорт. я опаздываю. убежал. сделайте, пожалуйста, тысячу. я буду иногда появляться. - Множественный Митрич

привет всем в этом чате - Серик, Берик и Ербол

только до 7 тыщ ему всё равно не дорасти - Серик, Берик и Ербол

привет этому чатегу. в прошлый раз не участвовала, но тут грех не поддержать. - teinett

ээ, зачем второй чатик сделали? - голова Альфредо Гарсии

показать американцам, где раки зимуют - Серик, Берик и Ербол

кстати, вы в курсе, что сегодня Россия играет с Аргентиной в Москве - отборочный матч на ЧМ-2010? сегодня в метро будет ЖЕЕЕЕЕЕЕСТЬ - teinett

пока они спят - nundesign

and here! - Arnaud Fischer

Here! - SimoTed

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! - Серик, Берик и Ербол

me too, me too! Facebook baaaad, friendfeed gooood!! :-) - Chris Pantazis

Скобла, защити наши интересы! - Серик, Берик и Ербол

girls, send your photos here -> - Серик, Берик и Ербол

let's chat!!!!1111111oneoneeleveneleven - Серик, Берик и Ербол

но только чтоп по-русски - Серик, Берик и Ербол

тема - Серик, Берик и Ербол

кстати, IM пропускает 90% сообщений. :( как вы следите за этим чатегом? - teinett

МОНЕТИЗАЦИЯ - Множественный Митрич

yeah - The Amber

а работа стоит? - teinett

Чятег вы молодцы! - ideali from iPhone

Guys, you russians are best! - Серик, Берик и Ербол

Австралийцы призываются в пост, где Бацек? - ideali from iPhone

уук - Серик, Берик и Ербол

опять русские с балалайками наперевес - голова Альфредо Гарсии

с блаблаблайками - Серик, Берик и Ербол

Митрич сегодня Скобл будет счастливым когда прознает силу Чятега. - ideali from iPhone

Ждем на машабле статью "после слияния с фейсбуком в уютный френдфидик ломанулись русские" - Жаст Фофан

это напоминает мне одну историю про Сосидко - Серик, Берик и Ербол

это что еще за на? - Пустотностьобусловленного

I'm still here. You won't get trid of me that easily. - James Myatt

а ты не был на канале #2ch - Серик, Берик и Ербол

привет чятег! - Sergey Juchkov

here! - Emanuele Guicciardi

ыч - Billy

Фил по вашему указанию прибыл. Чо рисуем? - Asphalt and Trouble

привент ивангелистам - Пустотностьобусловленного

И чо они должны делать? - Asphalt and Trouble

тусня Скоблов - Пустотностьобусловленного

Фил, рисуй все подряд :) - Sergey Juchkov

Вот еще, тредики читать! Я настоящий Friendfeed Addict - я пишу и рисую, а не читаю. - Asphalt and Trouble

русиш фантастиш скоблз - Пустотностьобусловленного

Скобл - это чувак с самым большим на данный момент количеством friends of в Френдфиде. - Жаст Фофан

dı rırı dı rırı dı rırı cant touch this :P - Sinan İŞLER

чятег, превед! - пора менять скриннейм

Наскоблил себе друзей. - Asphalt and Trouble

Have I accidentally clicked a translation button or something?!? - Nicola Quinn

массфрендер, масс его - Пустотностьобусловленного

中文用户飘过 :) - R093r-

^^^ гыгыгы - пора менять скриннейм

Дебютирует так сказать - Пустотностьобусловленного

from Russia with Love - Жаст Фофан

hello - Ru Viljoen

интересно в каком словаре можно перевести с русского массфрендер - Пустотностьобусловленного

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

нет, не сериаладдер, просто популярный чел. - Жаст Фофан

да не важно кто что говорит, Скоблись - Пустотностьобусловленного

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. - Множественный Митрич

ты кого скоблом назвал? - Пустотностьобусловленного

Yeah still kickin - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Holy moly - ◄ani625Ξ ಠ_ಠ

всем учить русский! - Пустотностьобусловленного

каждый день в зеркале вижу - Пустотностьобусловленного

албанский - Sergey Juchkov

learn albanian! - Sergey Juchkov

oh, now it's all water, all water... - K.D.

время от времени прорываются addicts забавно - Пустотностьобусловленного

зобанить их - Пустотностьобусловленного

@pozorro, на сертификат отдельно опубликуй, как нарисуешь! - nomoretears

аддикты чятега - Жаст Фофан

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

Почему каждый использованием Роберт Scoble как зовут? - Matthew Horton

ololo - Пустотностьобусловленного

Nice Russian Robert, Bulgarian isn't far off, be happy to teach you :-) - Dobromir Hadzhiev

it's very smal thread in russian - Sergey Juchkov

Google Translate тебе в помощь - Пустотностьобусловленного

ё - Sergey Juchkov

here is the link http://ff.im/2OQex - K.D.

привет и добър ден :-) - Dobromir Hadzhiev

@dobata hello - Sergey Juchkov

партизанщина сплошная - Пустотностьобусловленного

Здравей, България! Как ви времето? :) - nomoretears

линкер, все ещё впереди - Sergey Juchkov

@grantape да без разницы, nevermind - Пустотностьобусловленного

Вавилонская башня, realy ((= - brain

Он придет и молча забанит всё. - Множественный Митрич

I'll still be around as long as this site exists. - Neurario

Polacy? - Sergey Juchkov

Češi mají jedno? - Sergey Juchkov

хрена тебе. это я польский и чешский знаю :) - Sergey Juchkov

Here, Mostly! - Kreg Steppe

Хере Мостли - Пустотностьобусловленного

@sergey morning @nomeratears мрачно...чакаме слънцето - Dobromir Hadzhiev

@Dobromir 早上好！：） - K.D.

wombata misserious - undisclosed recipient

ОМГ. На меня подписался китаец, который тут в чятеге разговаривает! Чувак, тебе зачем? - Множественный Митрич

各位早安 - R093r-

вдруг и ты взаимностью ответишь... - Пустотностьобусловленного

А, он сразу же и отписался. Сириалэддер? Может, у него скрипт? - Множественный Митрич

да можно из постов чувака повыше - Пустотностьобусловленного

Доктор, у меня скрипт. - Множественный Митрич

(я ушел на час) - Множественный Митрич

пей масло - Пустотностьобусловленного

汗，上面的Robert都是假的_ _!!! - K.D.

vi a ze chempionz - undisclosed recipient

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 ... - Пустотностьобусловленного

Митрич, ему байки интересны. - Sergey Juchkov

I'm alive :) - Dimitar Tsonev

Скобалайзер мод он. - Пустотностьобусловленного

Ехал Скобл через Скобл. Видит Скобл в Скобл Скобл. Сунул Скобл Скобл в Скобл. СКОБЛ СКОБЛ СКОБЛ СКОБЛ! - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

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 - Пустотностьобусловленного

就看这楼刷刷的升啊 - 拓 | wavesand

Большой Калзоне и счёт товарищу! - голова Альфредо Гарсии

Скобл сломал Фэйсбук! У меня пароль не принимается и не ресетится. :( - nomoretears

страна СКОБЛЯНДИЯ - Пустотностьобусловленного

Russians! - Jacque

King Midas 2.0 — breaks every startup he touches - undisclosed recipient

БЛЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯяяяя - brain

Линкер - не надо - Sergey Juchkov

о, наконец-то просыпаются. "рашнз! рашнз!" - кричали они и прибегали смотреть и тыкать пальцем. - teinett

НЕ НАДО - Пустотностьобусловленного

Türkler sohbet! - Sergey Juchkov

может им еще вприсядку станцевать? - Пустотностьобусловленного

главное не заблудиться по дороге - Sergey Juchkov

и медведя показать? - Пустотностьобусловленного

VODKА PUTIN MATRESHKA - Пустотностьобусловленного

просто НЕ НАДО - Sergey Juchkov

MEDVEDEV - Sergey Juchkov

BALA-LIKE - голова Альфредо Гарсии

SGUSSCHYONKA is the brand new real thing - undisclosed recipient

Будет ли комментарий самого Роберта по поводу творящегося здесь пиздеца? - Профессиональный зануда

BANYA - Пустотностьобусловленного

SNEGUROCHKA - Sergey Juchkov

DED MOROZ - Sergey Juchkov

DEAD MOROZ - Sergey Juchkov

TOPOL - Пустотностьобусловленного

BALET - Пустотностьобусловленного

TOPOL-M - Sergey Juchkov

Пользуясь случаем хочу передать привет своей маме. Hi, mommy! - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

SATANA-22 - undisclosed recipient

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. - Asphalt and Trouble

Yes I have revealed your secret mwahaha. =) - Neurario

Введем новое слово в обиход инстранцев: GUSLI - teinett

Такой сиртификат пойдет? http://friendfeed.com/pozorro... - Asphalt and Trouble

чятег!?? - политична и асоциальна

кто посмел замолчать? - Sergey Juchkov

it's hide time. Enjoy yourself. - Luca Sofri

Эй! Разбудите там главного Скобла, у него в камментах русские! - Asphalt and Trouble

ТРУ РАШН СКОБЛЗ - Пустотностьобусловленного

@Лёля, нет, только Скобл - Sergey Juchkov

КОМЕНТЬ@ХАЙДЬ - Пустотностьобусловленного

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.

No - Matthew Horton

wow LONGEST post I've seen on ff 8) ...checking in too! - Ac0n (former Franc)

ОУ НОУ - Пустотностьобусловленного

This post is goes to hided posts folder - Jacque

Дайте им ссылку на лонгест пост. А то эти ламеры думают на этот. - Sergey Juchkov

@ocurro, it's not longest. Longest is 7k comments long. %) - nomoretears

Robert Scoble, Robert Scoble and 404 other Robert Scoble liked this - brain

проснулись черти - Sergey Juchkov

тогда не надо давать :) - Sergey Juchkov

ок - Sergey Juchkov

Это хромой. Вы знаете, это, верно? - Matthew Horton

it's small post. - Sergey Juchkov

I still love it. - Paul Kinlan

i just unhide, and I see the true Robert is coming :) - K.D.

The cake is a lie - brain

lol: 7020 coments - longest post. - Sergey Juchkov

Следующий! - Asphalt and Trouble

а вот если китайский френдфидик придет в наш чатег будет уже не так весело - Пустотностьобусловленного

Интересно - топикстартер подписался на получение комментов на почту или нет? - Sergey Juchkov

Серьезно. Качество> количестве - Matthew Horton

hide time... enjoy - Armando Grati

^^^^^^ like - Sergey Juchkov

all your base are belong to us - 13pm

怎样用假名的呀？ - 陈浩小贤

Тема эта должность была ясна. Давайте не будем принимать его. - Matthew Horton

ЭТО ХАЙД ТАЙМ - Пустотностьобусловленного

here i am and using the all new add comment feature :) - Ali

НЕ ПОНИМАЮ - Пустотностьобусловленного

что-то о качестве и количестве - Пустотностьобусловленного

и всё типа по теме - Sergey Juchkov

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 - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

@matthewhorton -What do you want to say? - Sergey Juchkov

@matthewhorton write in english pls, i don't understand your russian - Пустотностьобусловленного

up^^ - урановые бабушки

i don't understand russian - Sergey Juchkov

ЧМОГЕ ЧАТЕГГГ!!!!! - ʕʘ˕̥ʘʔ Нейродинамика

that thread is crazzy : P - Ac0n (former Franc)

Yes please to Google Translate integration. - Kol Tregaskes

merde alors! - Tom Horn

\o/ - Jemm

http://friendfeed.com/search... - Sergey Juchkov

какая гугля транслята? - Sergey Juchkov

я видимо так и не узнаю чо имел ввиду Хортекс - Пустотностьобусловленного

http://translate.google.com - Он работает лучше, чем вы думаете. - Matthew Horton

Hi, Steve - Пустотностьобусловленного

@matthewhorton давай все же на английском, моя твоя не понимай - Пустотностьобусловленного

Это делает работу плохо, но работает достаточно хорошо, чтобы понять. - Matthew Horton

*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? - ʕʘ˕̥ʘʔ Нейродинамика

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 - Пустотностьобусловленного

И общение с иными мирами френдфидика - Пустотностьобусловленного

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

@Matthew Horton НИВАЗМОЖНА - Пустотностьобусловленного

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

А вообще, кажется, не хватает еще парочки Хортонов для полного счастья - 13pm

Задолбало? Дави на "блок"! - ʕʘ˕̥ʘʔ Нейродинамика

НА АЛИЕНОВ НЕ БЫЧЕТЬ - Пустотностьобусловленного

Wow! - Велопрограммист Аркадий

unicode power! - bopm

BALALAIKA POWER - Taša Orbita

Привет, кстати. - Taša Orbita

babushka force! - bopm

кревед - bopm

КРЕВЕДКИ! МЫ ВАС НЕ ТРОНЕМ! СОЛДАТ РЕБЕНКА НЕ ОБИДИТ! - ʕʘ˕̥ʘʔ Нейродинамика from IM

Таша! - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

@matthewhorton let me hug you, we are friends, we do no wrong, juss bring happiness to people around, join us in rejoice! - undisclosed recipient

КЕНОБИ! - Taša Orbita

oh those Russians. They turn every topic into "chateg". - 13pm

check - Marco Fabbri

Тэш, я скучаю! - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

Это не настоящий чатик - Anton Volnuhin

Ты не чатег! - даже

@Maieutic Rejoice of what? - Matthew Horton

PUTEN WATCH YOU - Пустотностьобусловленного

and don't believe these Scobles, they're not real. But we are - 13pm

у нас в ебурге солнышко наконецто - ʕʘ˕̥ʘʔ Нейродинамика from IM

millomì - Francesco Cugurra

@juchkov, дизреспект. -1. - nomoretears

Haha, I /was/ beginning to wonder when Scoble had started speaking Russian - Ahsan Ali

But HE IS RUSSIAN - 13pm

ugh, Мы все знаем, вы все фальшивые. - Matthew Horton

I'm here! - ★ Soner Gönül

Они выучили слово «chateg»! Чуваки, еще несколько тысяч комментариев, и они научаться великому и могучему - fxf

Мэтью нас раскусил! - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

Я ТОЖЕ СКОББЛ - Серик, Берик и Ербол

юхууу!!!))) а если еще весь чатег перечитают!!!! - даже

ДАВАЙТЕ ПАНИКОВАТЬ - Пустотностьобусловленного

KGB WATCH CHATEG - fxf

ААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААА - даже

START PANIC IMMEDIATELY! - Серик, Берик и Ербол

LET'S PANIC! Uiiiiii!! - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

chateg panic! - Sergey Juchkov

SCOBBLE FACEBOOK KGB CHATEG - Серик, Берик и Ербол

Don't believe Horton. We're real. And he's fake. - 13pm

CHATEG HAS U!!! - даже

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 - Серик, Берик и Ербол

Checking out! - Sergey Juchkov

Hi, Robert! - Пустотностьобусловленного

поскоблите чатег - Серик, Берик и Ербол

Ладно, я только в нетрезвом состоянии уделять достаточно внимания, недостаточно для того, чтобы верить или укусить вас - Matthew Horton

Hello chateg! - Sergey Juchkov

LOL Robert. :) - Robert Miller

IN SOVIET RUSSIA CHATEG PANICS YOU! - ʕʘ˕̥ʘʔ Нейродинамика

Hortex не надо меня кусать - Пустотностьобусловленного

опять Хортон тутфту несет непонятную - Sergey Juchkov

POSKROBLITE CHATEG - даже

укусить нас - Sergey Juchkov

ВСЕ ЯСНО МЭТЬЮ ПЬЯН - Пустотностьобусловленного

пьяный он видите ли. алкаш. - Sergey Juchkov

пусть у русских пить учится - Sergey Juchkov

VODKA DRINK DRINK DEBOSH - fxf

АЛИЕНЫ НЕДРУЖЕСТВЕННЫ! ХОТЯТ КУСАТЬ НАС! - Серик, Берик и Ербол

и работать после этого - Sergey Juchkov

Robert Scrabble - Серик, Берик и Ербол

Кто притворяется говорящим по-русски Меттью Хортоном? - ʕʘ˕̥ʘʔ Нейродинамика

@Matthew Horton http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7xzzEA... - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

ВЕРЬ! @ КУСАЙ! - fxf

НЕ Я - Sergey Juchkov

Matthew Horton, please stop drinking in chateg - Пустотностьобусловленного

Ладно, водка хороша. Я люблю пиво. Сталь Резерв FTW! - Matthew Horton

HE Я - даже

Америца сейчас вся спит. Где-то в 17:00 по москве там начнется рабочий день. Вот тогда нас всех запалят. :) - Жаст Фофан

beer - good! - Sergey Juchkov

НЕТ МЫ - 13pm

у нас есть еще 3 часа - Sergey Juchkov

Это он по сталь резерв какую-то марку подразумевает? - Пустотностьобусловленного

МЫ — МЯСО! МЫ – ГАЗ! - fxf

тоже ничего так :) - Sergey Juchkov

ЭТОТ ЧАТЕГ ОБОБРЕН УПЯЧКОЙ - Пустотностьобусловленного

надо притаиться, а потом КАААК ПРЫГНУТЬ! - Серик, Берик и Ербол

ПОПЯЧТЕСЬ @ КУСАЙТЕСЬ - даже

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! - Математический стендап

Ready to serve! - Anders Dahlberg from iPhone

зачем - Серик, Берик и Ербол

3 часа за скобление! Да вы оскоблитесь! - teinett

у меня чатик неимоверно тормозит - Серик, Берик и Ербол

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 - даже

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

Buradayım :) - Burçak Çubukçu

опять алиены - Серик, Берик и Ербол

Все, надоело. Когда настоящий скобл придет - скажите. - Asphalt and Trouble

Вы все упоротые! Вас всех забанят!!! - даже

Метью родил новый мем, не подозревая о том. Это хромой, но таковы Пивные правила. - ʕʘ˕̥ʘʔ Нейродинамика from IM

@burcakcubukcu merhaba - Sergey Juchkov

Мем-хуем - Taša Orbita

это хромой! get in da car! - Серик, Берик и Ербол

I'm here from Italy :) - Ale♪nastrorosa

ola - Durukan Duru

пойду пообедаю что-ли пока скобл не проснулся - Sergey Juchkov

Hi, Alessandra - Пустотностьобусловленного

BEER RULES - даже

Hi, Durukan - Пустотностьобусловленного

hello Italy! - Sergey Juchkov

Hi Roberts! - 13pm

Hi Robert :)) - Fatih Küçükbaltacı

Anseo - Ken Power from iPhone

Hey Robert! - Berk D. Demir

Hi my name is Rasmus and I'm an addict - Rasmus Lauridsen

Hi Rasmus! - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

Да сражу же видно кто тут настоящщие аддикты - ʕʘ˕̥ʘʔ Нейродинамика from IM

CICITMVI - FlyMeToTheMoon

CHO? - Пустотностьобусловленного

СИСИтмВИ - fxf

про сиси я понял, а дальше? - Пустотностьобусловленного

всех не забанишь! - Антискобл

WAKE UP SCOBLE - Пустотностьобусловленного

ну что, ЭПИГ ЧЯТЕГ или день пропал? - ʕʘ˕̥ʘʔ Нейродинамика from IM

CHATEG AGAINST BLOCKING RUSSIAN SCOBLES! - Антискобл

window, over wing please :P - Yunus Tunak

SCHITO? - ʕʘ˕̥ʘʔ Нейродинамика from IM

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 - Танаев!

водка - Танаев!

His name is Robert Scoble! His name is Robert Scoble! His name is Robert Scoble! - Taša Orbita

матрёшка - Танаев!

ПОМНИМ! СКОРБИМ! - Антискобл

матрёшка - Танаев!

нет, не так - Танаев!

... и скоблим тоже... - mikolka

VODKA - Танаев!

SPUTNIK - Танаев!

PERESTROYKA - Танаев!

PUTIN - Танаев!

буржуинцы начинают просыпаться. Я начинаю паниковать/ - ʕʘ˕̥ʘʔ Нейродинамика from IM

CHATEG COMES WITH PEACE - Антискобл

мы пришли с миром - Танаев!

самовар - даже

was that really Robert Scoble ? or hacked ? - даже

No. Impersonated. By several. - Dennis Jernberg

NAZDOROVIE! - ʕʘ˕̥ʘʔ Нейродинамика from IM

Кстати, если писать что-нибудь типа «Апруе ылцц оррке валдов», то особой разницы они не заметят. - Taša Orbita

^^^ LIKE - даже

++ - Taša Orbita

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

Checked. - Smeerch

Here! - Tiziano Caviglia

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. - Множественный Митрич

@meatreach yes, see next thread. Scobble becomes anti-Russian. - Never Impersonate You

here too:) waiting for my mission :) - abdellah

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. ;) - Множественный Митрич

Epic SUCCESS - Mark

I'm here! - Bastian

Here! - Martynas

Go & Come ! - JohnDu™

here i am - Howard Trickey

Use it every day. - Nils Sandin

check - arnaldostream

кисо куку ;) - пора менять скриннейм

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! - DanDan

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

Me! Me! - DGentry

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

@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

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? - Erfun

@scobleizer thank you, for understanding. be cool, guys we just want have fun here a little. Take care. - ideali

K - Glenn Fay

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

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? - Jason (not an Argonaut)

so is this part of the regular Scoble-cull? :p - Iwan

here - Contz

totally addicted - zsafwan 

Yes We Do :) - Jan Friman

right here, right now - Hakan İyice

@Iwan --hahaha "we could be so lucky" lol - Jason (not an Argonaut)

There is no addiction, only habitual sin :) - Mike Shields

@harfehesaab Уes, it is a Яecord for sиre ! .) - ритуализованная эмпатия

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:) - a little bit crazy

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. - Множественный Митрич

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

Here. - Joe Bonner from fftogo

@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? - Множественный Митрич

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! - Daniel van Moll

yes sir. - James Macgill

please don't go - Zach Scott

here i am! - Barbara R. S.

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 ) - Мистер Вульф

here - ahmet bulent

as requested - Al Pasternak

in the process of getting addicted...yo - Chad Gesser from BuddyFeed

Yo addiction as per requested Sir. - Steven J. Ram

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™. - Множественный Митрич

here - timepilot

hola - spiros

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 - Yes I am

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 - womarketing

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. - Zu from AOD

Here - and hoping that any changes here are for the better - that nothing goes backwards. - Courtney Engle

check - Dinc "Cтахановец" Arslan

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

Well, there is another party here in Chinese and Persian languages :)) Welcome joining! http://ff.im/6uezi - K.D.

Here we are! ;) - Осторожно!!! Я кчшч

Большой чятег, однако! :] - Осторожно!!! Я кчшч

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 :) - Осторожно!!! Я кчшч

Hey, this chatroom appeared to be quite small - only 1300 messages :) We've done 7000 in our Russian thread ;) - Осторожно!!! Я кчшч

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? ;) - Jason (not an Argonaut)

It was already mentioned here - check this out: http://friendfeed.com/search... - Осторожно!!! Я кчшч

@yogar thanx, I'm coming to visit you ;) - Осторожно!!! Я кчшч

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) - ilterocktive

Тук! - Valentine Valov

I'm always login in friendfeed - Edgar Rodríguez from iPhone

ehy guys! - ɔɹɐɯ

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 from iPhone

Present! - April Buchheit

here too - Flavio

here - Ruchira S. Datta

not addicted yet :) - vinod

presente - Eric Gagne

yo - Thomas Hawk

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 "thePuck" Jansons from IM

Check - Elf

I probably qualify. - 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 :) - Erfun

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

Here - Graham Bunting

Guilty - Ian Wright from BuddyFeed

Still? - Tyler Hurst

what for? - Ali Sanaei

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) Kepkep

Present - Dave Martin

Here :) - hollyrae

I'm late. But Mom got 75. Count me in though. - Ton Zijp

I'm here scoble! - Jason Pollock

presente - Eric Gagne

Yo! - Spiros A. Gianiotis

sup - Kostantinos Koukopoulos

Hi. - Mark Aitken

I'm a friendfeed addict and I'm here! - Bryce Campbell from iPhone

allo - Patrick

Here! - Bill Thomas

Here! - Steffan Antonas

Out - Declining Balance from Nambu

Still here - Transcribe It Quick

Here - Shannon - GlassMistress

I'm NOT addicted! - Iphigenie

I dedicate this song to friendfeed addicts :) http://www.youtube.com/watch... - ilterocktive

reporting for duty - Jason Miller

check. a little late. by i'm addicted, i swear!! - Mike

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

:) - romanzolotarev

in! - Andrew David

right here - Nightwatcher☣

✔ - Majento

amilateamilate??! - Sarah Lane

word - Fee501st

New fan but longtime subscriber. - Steven Zenith

Present! - Gary Gifford Jr

Hello! - dthree

me - John Mueller

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 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 and accounted for... - Brad

thread of the century. - Vezquex

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 - ---

I can stop whenever I want. Oh, wait... - dario

Here. Or did I check in yesterday about this time? - Mary B, VALUE author

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 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! - Cass

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

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

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 the Blatant

fftogo ftw - Josette

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 ! :] - pb:

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

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 P.

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 Ciftci

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. - pb:

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 <Pop-Rocks>

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. - Nicolai Butzki

Not addicted enough, obviously... - Daniel W. Crompton

trying to get addicted - Glenn Fay

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 C.

Still going on , uh? - Marco Massarotto

*bumps* the Scoble curve: bi-polar maybe? - sofarsoShawn <Pop-Rocks>

Hello. My name is Morgan and I'm a FF addict. So who do I have to blow to get a fix? :-) - Morgan

Yo - Aram Zucker-Scharff

Elo govna - Eric - Feed of Dreams

No - Scoble, Alex Scoble

check. - Bren

Triple check.. - Geer from Nambu

double present - sirishkumar

Here. - topernic

Here - نقطه

not #FEEDwithHITS - Yusuf Temur

проебали юбилей тредика - Eril

чудище #скобло озорно и лаяйяй ;) - Отборнейший бред

Present - StefanoHungBaoShi

Türk bir başkan :D - Özgür KARALAR

Ya - ⓎⒶ➌ⒺⓇ یاسر

up - چوب سیگار

چقدر معتاد ، اوه اوه ، وا فرفرا - آقا هادی

بله بله - جنابـ(ع)ـالی

up - ⓎⒶ➌ⒺⓇ یاسر

here :D - §╠╣/~\╠╣R /~\ /\/\ ♛

he he he :D - میر آق دایی آرش جون ®©℗™

yup - JSLeFanu

chateg up. - Cibron Nethis

и снова торжественно проебали юбилей! - Peter Fedin

arnaldostream to arnaldostream's feed, The Apple Room: TNW Apple, All Things Apple, Appetite

iPhone astronomy app, SkyVoyager, free today - http://www.tuaw.com/2009...

July 20, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"Today only, Carina Software, one of the premier publishers in the field, is giving away Mac, PC, and iPhone versions of their software for next to nothing. It's in honor of today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. On the iPhone, they are free, for the PC and Mac version, US$00.01. I'll focus on the iPhone offerings, in particular the more advanced SkyVoyager [App Store link]. Carina is also offering SkyGazer for free, which is slightly less advanced and has fewer features. I'd go for SkyVoyager at these prices." - arnaldostream from Bookmarklet

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Wow! Thanks! - Peter

It's a lovely app, too! - Ian Betteridge

Great tip. I've downloaded the app...SkyVoyager for the iPhone free today only. - Rob McNair-Huff

Downloaded today, awesome iPhone App! - Tyson Williams

Disappointing - the free Mac app is unavailable because of bandwidth spikes. - Bill Sodeman

D. Missed it by a few minutes. It showed free in the ap store when I started downloading it. As soon as I clicked Install it said I should wait since the ap was being updated. When I went back a secon later it was $14.99 - Anant Gairola from iPhone

Anant Gairola

I am extremely worried about India's future now that I have visited China. Industrially speaking there is no competition!

July 13, 2009 from iPhone - Comment - Like - Share

It's a myth to say that India is competing with China. We in India compare our progress to historical performance and feel happy. Every Indian politician should be sent to China to see what Infrastructure growth looks like! - Anant Gairola from iPhone

Leo Laporte

Arrived In Beijing - http://audioboo.fm/boos...

July 3, 2009 from leolaporte's AudioBoo - Comment - Like - Share

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have fun Leo, you deserve it. Be safe. - glenn frasier

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Only got 2 secs on the boo Leo - Euan

I'm travelling to Shanghai for the first time and it speaks to my geekhood that I am equally excited about going to China for the first tine as I am about the coincidence of going at the same tine as Leo. I'm flying from Bombay to Shanghai in 8 hours. - Anant Gairola from iPhone

Leo detained at the border - John Hillestad

LEO I so want to meet up and say Hi to you!!! - Chris Morse

why do people keep warning Leo about fees ? He IS the TECH GUY , I think he KNOWS about fees already! - John Hillestad

Glad to hear you arrived safely. Have fun. - Carlos

Wow, China acts fast shutting Leo down. (lets hope not). - Karl Madden from Nambu

the audio post is only like 3 sec long leo - Richard Thomson

What are you up to in Beijing. Hope you have a good time :) - Parvez Halim

Robert Scoble

53% of my 96,000 followers don't follow directions. They are useless. The others will discuss this on FriendFeed here:

June 22, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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you mean like so? :) - Iwan

381 more comments

huh? - Rasmus Lauridsen

:-) seriously, everyone wants followers but what good are they if they won't do anything you tell them to do? Useless! - Robert Scoble

hahah that is soo funny - Susan Beebe

yet sooo true. wondering just how long until people figure it out - Susan Beebe

is this a timed challenge? - Iwan

Hmmm... - Adam

Literally LOLing at this, Robert. - Ha3rvey (F please!)

Yes master... - Chris Forbes

i'm not sure what you mean ;) - Suzannah Archibald

I want to know how many of them consider themselves social media experts? - Colin Anawaty

bit of a pompous mood today? when have you ever expected anyone to follow directions on the net? - Doubledown_inSL

I was lost when Robert was at the 140 conference - he wasn't active here so I didn't know what to read...haha - Mike Bracco

*looks around for FF koolaid* - Susan Beebe

Fine, so I am useless. - Julie Anderson

Getting people to follow directions on the internet is akin to herding cats. Best of luck. :) - Keith Bourgoin

Any reccomendations for friend feed convos on the iPhone? - Stuart Tracte

lol - Miguel Rodriguez

FF sux nardz - Doubledown_inSL

How could I defy the techno-hulk? - Amanda Magee

You are fired up today...you might want to switch to decaf. GOOD GODS, WHAT AM I SAYING. - M.L. Stone

but 47% of people go on FF? that is quite good - Billy Fung

So, 47% or your followers are expected to discuss here? The comment counter is going to explode. - Brome

http://friendfeed.com/iphone works well. At least, it works well on my Android - Keith Bourgoin

3% of Scobes followers are still trapped on Myspace - Doubledown_inSL

twitter wasn't an interactive medium was it? :P - jaspio

What? - fanch_guy

Kevin: only about 42,000 of my 96,000 followers are here. Useless! I think they are all spammers or bots. - Robert Scoble

I'm amazed how fast this thread is growing. - Nick Prince

You mean 95,999 followers. - Robert Peterson

Very clever. - Nicole

that mass growing of the thread would be the 47% who can follow instructions ;o) - Carl Grint

I keep having to block spammy, icky followers on twitter, mostly porn and get-rich schemers..augh! - Susan Beebe

I refuse to respond to such a claim! - Al Fuller

seriously, how much is FriendFeed paying you? - Greg Hollingsworth

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." John 10:11 - don manu

What am I not supposed to do? Where is the line? - Brian Goss

Spammers and bots eh? Great minds think alike? - ralphsaunders

What prize are you going to give your 100,000 follower? - Mike Bracco

Greg: I got a free t-shirt. - Robert Scoble

*reading and where is my popcorn? ;) ;)* - Ronald

LOL - Schneider Mike

Flame bater - Ron Hudson

promised to cure cancer at 100k - Doubledown_inSL

I won't comment this thread ;) - DAL

Does it count if I follow you on FF, but not twitter? - Keith Bourgoin

Spammers are everywhere though including here. - Brian Sullivan

@Doubledown_inSL Now that's funny. - Mike Dowden

Power is a double-edged sword, Robert...lol... can be tough to galvanize one's - Carol Lynn Martens

wow... think we could crash friendfeed with this thread? - Chip McComb

ROBERT! I sent you like 500 @ replies on twitter, wth aren't you replying? j/k - Justin Hopkins

I don't get it - Amelia Rangel

Do you want followers or slack-jawed lackys? - Mark Petzold

how many comments per minute will appear in average :D - Flavio

LOL @ Justin - Doubledown_inSL

No one has to do anything anyone says/ - Paul Kinlan

let's see how 'stableizer' FF really runs *bumping up this thread *g* * - Ronald

No. I refuse to. But that doesn't make me useless. :-P - Ordinarybug Heather

show me a bridge - I'll jump after you! - BEX

FF is great, it just requires a higher level of interaction that many people don't have time for or interest in. - Stuart Tracte

new game: instead of "simon says" it is now "scoble says" - Chris Rogers

That's truth but I am one of the direcitons follower - Gent Thaçi

Just following instructions. - Larry Roth

Glad I caught this in my Twitter feed - I'd hate to be a bad directions-follower. - Shawn Farner

whatever you say - George Deane

^^ yeppers, i robot :D - Ronald

If you're happy and you follow (Scoble), clap your hands! - Carlos Granier-Phelps

I may of missed something, my bad.. - Sebastiaan van den Akker

Doh! Sorry, I clicked that link by accident - I'm in the 53%. As you were... - Andrew Jordan

Must do what Scoble says... Slow down comment box... forgot what this tread was about. - Drew S

/claps hands - George Deane

do what? - Mick

I agree that FF is better for tracking conversations, and hopefully @Twitter will get that. I still spend more time on Twitter - Matthew Scott Horbund

I follow directions but am often useless. Where do I fit? - Aaron Ball

53% your numbers are inaccurate. - Carlos Ayala

This should be interesting... - Robert Lee

YES O LORD AND MASTER, WHAT IS THY BIDDING :) - ftg888

wow, I'm not the only one who has no clue what's going on.. - Sebastiaan van den Akker

Grr... shouldn't have commented... Now I'll be getting IM updates forever!!!! - Carlos Granier-Phelps

I think this is just a psychology experiment... - Chip McComb

lol - Sebastiaan van den Akker

Commenting so as not to appear useless - Herb Hernandez

hahaha - Ronald

Carlos: lol - Larry Roth

what is actually ment by "directions"? - Clemsen

yes how is the number 53% found. - Daniel Graversen

as usual im in the minority (43%), Im never in the majority :( - George Deane

I hope you're wrong, Chip. Otherwise, you didn't see me here. - Shawn Farner

reporting for duty... - Todd Goldstein

baaaaah - mikepk

Scoble does have a lot of followers... - Sebastiaan van den Akker

I thought men were basically incapable of asking for directions, so why would they follow them? ;-) - Julie Bovee Hill

Robert, you are looking angry today. Take it easy, man! - Walter Lounsbery

d'oh! I meant 47% - George Deane

I am in building 44. Can you give me directions to 43? - David Connell

??? is this a test of the national broadcasting system? - Robert Wilkins

damn it scoble! get a real job! =) - Jonathan Crossland

Wow--never thought I'd wish for a "Don't Like" button or link, Robert! - Kathy Fitch

Robert's comments are very important particularly for political & development work. - Justin Long

Also important for business marketing. - Justin Long

U made me upset in first look then I realized what u mean and I found Im not not one of those. Hope you are not angry sir and wont fire me.. - Abhijeet Singh

I need a job like Scoble's... but in Miami. - Carlos Granier-Phelps

to comment or not to comment.... that is the question... - Kim

Are trending topics on friendfeed called "friending topics"? - Larry Roth

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ. (Ephesians 6:5 NLT) What was the question again? - don manu

hehehe... nice trick - Gustavo Munoz from twhirl

i think this thread goes 'epic' on FF ;) - Ronald

Robert, I'm up to the CHALLENGE of not being "useless." Actually, my business communication students at SFSU just heard my initial remarks which included THREE RULES FOR SUCCESS in BUSINESS [and everything else!] The rules: LISTEN CAREFULLY, READ CAREFULLY and FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS! - Shari Weiss

Apathy is the big killer of networks. - Justin Long

I'm here. That makes me not useless, I guess? - Celia

Robert Wilkins: it is my test to see how many spammers, bots, or jerks are following me. - Robert Scoble

I get alot of spam about sites who gives you followers, whats the point of the followers have no interresting to give to you? And whats most crap is that they have enabled auto-follow back.. grrr :P don't sign up on those sites people.! - @LarsenTweet

I like the constantly refreshed list but it doesn't half distract me from my own comment! - Joshua Davidson

hahahahaha, ok.. now I get it - Sebastiaan van den Akker

I Welcome our FF Overlords! - Al Fuller

Does this mean that you expect there to be 45,120 comments here? - Andrew Pass

I like Viagra. - Paul Puri

:-P - Lorenzo Strambi

a spammer... - Sebastiaan van den Akker

this is the only ff link of yours i followed. - moogs

You are usefull for us Robert =) - @LarsenTweet

I am getting a few new people to follow here, which is good! - Robert Scoble

Qbat aka Larsen: Agreed! - Larry Roth

I am not a bot! I am a free man! - Jeff Newfeld

Talking directions? - Sardar Mohkim Khan

i guess i've been lucky - i don't think i've seen any bots yet on FF (going now to check my short followers list) - Chris Rogers

Why do you think that people take the time to comment here? - Andrew Pass

This thread is like watching the real time web on steroids.I can't type fast enough to keep the comment box in view....yikes! - Dana Fosburgh

Robert - me too, thanks! :) - Susan Beebe

All you have to do is insult people and then they come :-) - George Deane

Notice how many of us follow when we are told we are not following. - Sandy McMerty

So, you're saying that people who don't use FF are spammers, bots or jerks ? - Djordje Lukic

So when you figure out how many there are, How are you going to auto filter them out? - Robert Wilkins

I read, I clicked, I arrived. I guess that means I'm not useless. - Mike

This comment intentionally left useless. - phil baumann

Seriously though let's not take the term 'followers' too literally. Just because I read a column doesn't mean I share the authors views. Just because you say lets discuss this on friendfeed doesn't mean I log onto FF and.......ah. OK....What is thy bidding?! - Joshua Davidson

You suck, man. I refuse to be a minion. Oh, wait... shit... - Joey Gibson

<Insert clever comment here.> - caj

Am I in the 53% or the 47%? - Tony Connor

What type of followers do you need Robert? Tell us and maybe we will try to be better. - @LarsenTweet

DeVries: oh, I understand. We need better notified control. - Robert Scoble

150th - Harscoat

Well, those who don't do what you tell them are actually more useful. No for you directly, but for the society. They mix your directions with their own to create new ones. - Kirill Petrovsky

Is this a roll call :) - Boon Kwee

i'm just commenting to hang with the cool kids - ukgrad98

^^ Nope 'happy hour' at Scoble's ;) ;) - Ronald

"Follower" is a weird term. "Watcher" may be better. Follower implies action and engagement, and anybody who's used social media for more than 20 minutes knows that just isn't true. - Jared Smith

Have I responded quick enough not to deemed useless. I feel a little baaaaa now. - Crispin Heath

Jared: bing! - Robert Scoble

So if you ever figure out how to deal with the bots and all the "I will teach you to make millions with Twitter" junk let us all know! - Marshall Huwe

you are talking about twitter, they would be useless but they are numbers and number always count. - Madhav Tripathi

If we need to use friendfeed to be useful, are there any clients or is it only the webinterface. - Daniel Graversen

Marshall: this is how. Bots and spammers don't get FriendFeed. - Robert Scoble

Daniel: what is wrong with the web? - Robert Scoble

inscribo ergo sum (I write therefore I am) - Jeff Newfeld

Nothing, just seem deficult to follow more threads. But that is probably not needed because the whole conversation is in once place. No need to multitask. - Daniel Graversen

is it just me or is the most used "plugin" on FriendFeed twitter? - @LarsenTweet

Actually, I find FriendFeed useless. I was reading an article about Twitter being useless, but the news get faster there. We'll have to say thanks to TwitScoop for that. - Dragos Pirvu

I never use FriendFeed. it just agregates all my other feeds into one feed. thats all :D - Zafarali

Dragos: wait until you compare search here to Twitter before calling it useless. Among other features. - Robert Scoble

No bot me, no. Count me out for that one. - Ton Zijp

dragos: all the news on Twitter is on FF, plus FF has better conversation - what do you think is missing? - Chris Rogers

FriendFeed enables comments on your tweets.! - @LarsenTweet

Robert Scoble: I think the proliferation of tools for Twitter let you slice and dice the data the way you want it and that is helpful to many. I do like the Web interface for FriendFeed, but imagine the possibilities that some cool tools could bring. No? - Larry Roth

So then we need someone in your vast network to write us a little app that will map the Twitter users who comment on FF and then block all the rest! Or at least create a "Real" Group in TweetDeck for me. - Marshall Huwe

ha! - Ned Baugh

there are SO MANY COMMENTS HERE - Zafarali

the best part is u can track em - Zafarali

Is this the way to San Jose? err ... I mean Friend Feed? - Tom Horn

Twitter should have a option that people who want's to follow you must write a small text for WHY you should let them follow you or the other way around - @LarsenTweet

Did you know that more than 90% of all statistics are made up? ;) - Tim Young

I'm getting tired of having to block the spam followers everyday. - Ron Hudson

Working on both FF and twitter - but FF is easier to follow comment threads - kathysd

What is interesting is I am already following most of the people who commented here which proves my point. - Robert Scoble

I was carefully looking at this list the other day http://spinn3r.com/rank... - turns out many people on it barely/if at all - use friendfeed. - Nir Ben Yona

Can you guys slow down - I can't keep up :( - Al Fuller

I think Twitter and FF provide different things and there is space on the internet for both :) - Tom Griffin

I've had friendfeed for quite a while, but I've not used it much, how do I expand this chat? - Ron Hudson

How does this post check for bots? - Amit Morson

Followers can not be useless. At least you can be proud of the sheer scale. And I believe, you don't want to have a conversation with thousands people at once. That would be truly useless. - Grigori Milov

I am here with you - I think it is that only half want to have a say. - Robert Freeze

On Twitter I talk strangers V on Friendfeed I am among friends - Asgeir

I'd like twitter to have a "report spam" button, this would avoid quite a lot of hassle... - don manu

Ron: just click on comments link under the topic - @LarsenTweet

ya like that! thanks. How do I do that? - Ron Hudson

Why is it important that followers comment & discuss U2, @Scobleizer? BC U R green? - Petter Griph

Amit: bots don't follow directions from people who are not their owners. No bots here. - Robert Scoble

FriendFeed should get a comment button under all the comments - @LarsenTweet

Qbat: click on the time under the post and open it in a new window - Robert Freeze

Andy: I'm in the 35% that read the comments. Didn't want my lame joke to be a REPEATED lame joke. :D - Tim Young

Robert Freeze: aaah.! Thank you =) - @LarsenTweet

Robert: unless perhaps the bot has directions to comment on every Scoble post? - Brian Sullivan

This reminds me of that "following directions" test from grade school. 1. Read all instructions before beginning. (2 -> N-1). Lots of crazy instructions which we all did. N. Don't do any of the previous instructions. Turn the page over, write your name, and wait. - Don Faulkner

Robert Freeze, that never worked for me - Amit Morson

Go watch Perez Hilton's video about being beaten up last night and going on techcrunch - Mark

time for a pint :-p - tony bland

Robert Freeze that worked. that should be labeled a bit better - Ron Hudson

Andy: I didn't tell you to read all the comments! :-) - Robert Scoble

If I reply here that I think it's less than 53% I may actually prove myself wrong. So be it. - Arnd Jan Gulmans

Should be a rewind and play button so you can play back all the comments.. like google wave - @LarsenTweet

And how many minutes/comments-in does the Scobalizer stop reading the comments? Opps, I just see that we are not supposed to "read" to comments...only discuss them. - Stephen Price

Thats cause they were busy seeing what I am doing!! LOL, your not the only person bossing people around. - T.S. Elliott

How big is the percentage of your followers that doesn't follow you? - Arnd Jan Gulmans

I love Friend Feed! - Robert Freeze

Click here for 101 ways to get rich ... Woooops, sorry wrong percentage group. - Chris Spencer

The reason I don't use friendfeed very much is because there is no SocialScope support on my blackberry. As soon as I can get a sweet blackberry app I'll be here more. - Ron Hudson

Now if I can just get my mom on here. http://www.building43.com/blogs... - Robert Freeze

I don't want to be in the wrong group. :P - Sheryl

Ron: http://fftogo.com - Tom Griffin

Done, in. - Thom Kennon

Tom Griffin, I saw that, and it's "usable" but it's nowhere near the elegance and simplicity of say UberTwitter,SocialScope, or TweetGenious. I use SocialScope. It is an absolute Killer app. - Ron Hudson

Do I get partial credit for skimming the comments? No? Sorry, master. - malackey

Cool, so, I'm in the 47%, 35%, 29.4%, 100% and 100% ranges! I'm all over the place. Thanks Scoble and Andy for helping me learn something new about myself. - Tim Young

I see the "224 more comments" bit on FF and know I don't need to add another comment. Erm... - Ian Betteridge

FFtogo doesn't auto-refresh - Ron Hudson

To follow or not to follow, or to passive follow versus have an active conversation? - Peter Simoons

It's all about the user experience though - it's easier to comment to someone's question on Twitter by quickly clicking @ than click a link through to FF, faff about sizing the screen on the screen to wait for the comments to load, read them and then post, so yeah, I can see why many respond on Twitter than FF. I'm doing that more myself as currently very busy with work projects. This... more... - Sally Church

I refuse to fall prey to this ruse, Robert. Oh...wait... ;) - Robert J Taylor

I added you to my Live acct weeks ago. No reply. - Bret

I'm too sleepy to read all this right now. - Daniel Zarick

clever early morning link-bait - Jake Ludington

nice one :) you should do an NHST on that hahaha - The Pageman

They should change that from "followers" to something like "watchers" or "subscribers". As in "I have a subscription to the Scoble lifestream." - Steve Lynch from twhirl

discuss (Would hate to be useless) - Charlie Anzman

So is this a casual social experiment to determine rough percentages of active/rabid users who like to engage/participate with those they follow? - Eden Hensley

I completely agree! Unfortunately I might be considered part of that 53%! The only reason I am responding is because someone else I follow re-tweeted it. I personally have over 5000 followers but only regularly interact with 50 or so. Isn't Social Media about conversation and being engaging? Hmmm...... - Robert Dominguez

Robert: Very interesting experiment, one should use there own judgment over there (twitter) regarding bots and spammers. - Eran Even-Kesef

@Scoble: I'm listening. What are you going to say, or what did I miss? - Jason Cronkhite from Alert Thingy

It is a direction. Anybody must walk all alone ... so, what is the point? - bishoph

same here, most people don't read - Michael Reese

Smile and wave boys, smile and wave:) - Rick Bucich

great man！！no protect update.... and i just follow ..i 'd like be the unless fllower..lol~~ - HealingBrush

Not being a bot, I am compelled to follow directions. - Randall Fink

I am useless :-( - Andrew

Andy Bold, I played with iPhone page too, but it's just a pain to have to open the browser. The blackberry environment is all about easy simple communication. If I have to jump through hoops it breaks down. Not to mention a friend feed experience without push is not a friendfeed experience.\ - Ron Hudson

99% of your followers will not read the 250 comments proceeding this one, and I am one of those 99% - SteVe C

That'll teach me for ignoring Twitter for a few minutes a couple of hours ago! Late as usual. - Graham Stewart

Hey, much better here! Twitter sux.... after getting locked out of @freddavis for months with NO reply from Twitter, even after you tweeted @ev and @biz (thanks!)... so I my new Twitter name is @fucktwtr ... but much better to use FriendFeed! - Fred Davis

I almost thought that you have a big ego. :) - Shuuro

followers are for cults. twitter should change to readers/reading, because at the end of the day this is all about reading - Jim Posner

Adding my opinion to the rollcall, though I've just realized that i actually have no opinion on this. - Chris Foley

Clever. :-) - Patrick Ward

To much noise, the good data is lost. - Adam Mesenbrink

Yes to much noice. Maybe a way to mark comments as good could be a way to filter the comments. - Daniel Graversen

Adam, I think that's a limitation with the threaded discussion model of FriendFeed - it becomes very, very difficult to follow a conversation once it goes beyond a hundred or so comments. Of course, Scoble will come up with a search filter which makes it easy in about three comments from now, just to prove I'm wrong... :) - Ian Betteridge

I didn't realize followers were supposed to do what their followees said. Does that mean I have to open those links to help me make money on twitter? I was just using it for communication. Silly me. - RobinDotNet

Robin: communication takes someone on the other side listening and talking back. - Robert Scoble

Useless to YOU, perhaps. I'll bet they are getting value from the info you rpovide. Social media doesn't have to be about communication, it can be about "transmitting information" or some other morer restrcitive definition of what goes on. Some people just like to listen! - Jim Tierney

Useful post :) - Krishnamoorthy

Agreed! There are those like me who sit in shadows, read and do not comment... oh wait, crap! - Danny F Santos

Talking back is definitely good, but I'm still not clicking on those links telling me I can make money on twitter. I do talk back to people (as evidenced here). :-) So you have a lot of followers who don't. Do they even tweet? Can anyone explain why people join twitter and don't tweet? - RobinDotNet

Jim: I'm not a broadcast, though. Are people who just consume really useful? - Robert Scoble

And BTW, if you don't realize the value your personal brand gets from having those 48,000 followers whether they reply back or not, you're missing something! - Jim Tierney

Robin: people are used to consuming info and not talking back. I understand that. Jim: there is some value in having lots of consumers, yes. I just aspire to more. - Robert Scoble

lucky you that non all of them have an active role in your FF... how can you think of have an interaction wth so many people? - Paolo Galli from IM

I think you math is waaaaaaaay off. Looks like somewhere around 0.3125%(300/96,000 - rounding up) of your followers are useful, meaning you should edit your comment to say 99.7% of your followers. Really makes me wonder the true value of twitter if one of the top uses gets this percentage of useful following. The other possibility is that as followers increase, the percentage of attentive/usefull/whatever-you-want-to-call-it decreases. - Robert D. Fraser

Paolo: I've had interactions with tens of thousands of people here on friendfeed, just not all at the same time. Robert: you're right. :-) - Robert Scoble

Do you think those non-tweeting-twitterers sit at their desk and read all the tweets coming across? Or are they looking for something specific. - RobinDotNet

Scoble: You are asking questions and experimenting with stuff that I find interesting. Just reading through this thread provides some interesting insights into users' perspectives on Twitter. - Matthew Schrock

Is that southeastweb thing from a bot or some kind? - RobinDotNet

Robin: I think it's a spammer. But at least it's a spammer that follows directions. That said I think I'm going to block it. - Robert Scoble

Blocked. - Robert Scoble

Scoble you really can do it? I'm very impressed :) I'm jocking... I think many users on the web just read information but doesn't partecipate... it's to difficult ;) - Paolo Galli from IM

97.2% of all statistics are made up. - Jason A. Nunnelley

Tekany: and the statistics that aren't made up can mislead. :-) - Robert Scoble

Seeing a spammer blocked just makes me feel warm all over. It's so awesome. - RobinDotNet

I am exceptionally useless. - Geoff Schultz {TF}

Geoff: that's why I follow you! :-) - Robert Scoble

Following instructions is way overrated - Iphigenie

That's what I'll have on my next business card: Scoble found me useful, what about you ? - Antoine Bertier

RTFM or GTFO said the BOFH. - Jon Winters

Although at this point I would welcome someone giving me instructions as to the next steps in life - far too many options. Maybe I should crowdsource it, but I am certain not to like the results - Iphigenie

@scobleizer you crack me up sometimes! There, see this post went to you in both places... But I don't really feel like discussing it... ;-P - JR

Walt: heh. - Robert Scoble

LOL! Great job of being satirical! You have a lot of great followers. :) - James Stratford

Just sayin I could follow directions and discuss here if I wanted, but not interested in this discussion. However it did make me laugh that you called 53% of your followers out on not being able to follow directions. - JR

Alex, uhm like totally and stuff ... and uhm. Ya know. Cool. - Jason Nunnelley

BTW: where'd you see my reply come in from first? FF or as a mention over on twiiter? - JR

Walt: here on friendfeed. - Robert Scoble

Robert, you dropped your twitter response button. Makes sense, but was it purely to reduce redundancy? - Jason Nunnelley

viewing people as "useful" is problematic..useful to who?..tools are "useful'...people not so much...helpful may be a more precise word. - Jim Posner

Jim, wordsmith! - Jason Nunnelley

Hi - Tyler (Chacha)

.LOLz...great thread! - .LAG liked that

Twitter to me seems a big mess of information, I can't keep up with it! FF sorts the mess out nicely and without the spam. I much prefer FF. - Matthew Davis

Jim: you're right of course. I was just trying to be an egotistical bbbaaaahhhhssssttttaaaarrrrrdddd to get a conversation going. Jason: what did I drop? I didn't do it on purpose. - Robert Scoble

Damn it Robert, you got me to make an account here three days ago, what more can I do for you? ;-P - Shane Trammell

Robert, you are smart - Arvind

This is an easy way to get rid of bots. They don't have anything intelligent to share (like me)! - Carlton Prest

WTG sheeple for getting conned into commenting here... wait. um. - Scott Breakall

Robert, what if people want to reply and be engaging but don't feel like they have anything of value to say / to add to the discussion? - Wang Yip

Scott: Perhaps, but at least I un-liked it... - JR

Robert - what is the point of this? I took carrot... - Liza + = ?

Robert, I just put the lime in the coconut. Now what? - Sue Radd

Robert-Great discussion at 140, BTW. On another topic just watched the Perez Hilton video and trying to get my head around that rant..if you haven't seen it you should watch both sides of the feud with will.i.am. Interesting use of twitter and video to address insult/outrage. - Jim Posner

Sue, like it. - Liza + = ?

Yahoo Inbox: 178 messages. 132 are notifications of new comments here. Good job. :) - Tim Young

Ok now I "get" this FriendFeed experience. - Ron Hudson

lots of people commenting here--I wonder if it has to do with the time of day more than the topic - Brent R Jones

I have a fear of being useless. - Ron Wening

I hope I'm not within the 53% - Michela Cimnaghi /cimny

I just drove from Pierre SD to Fort Totten ND, so I'm a little bit groggy. What exactly was I supposed to do to pass Robert Scoble's version of a Turing Test? Also, is it really important that people think I'm not a bot? I bet there is still money in AI. - Matthew McCowan

Is that percentage of useless followers greater or less on Twitter. (I think I can predict your answer!) - Curt Mercadante

"I would never want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member." - jacek

This thread is taking me a long time to read when I haven't had coffee yet today. - Jannifer @wordsforliving

So, my understanding is.. one who doesn't give 'directions' to his followers is useless too. Mmhhh! yeah - Thierry R. Andriamirado

Robert - there's nothing egotistical about it! I'd also be remiss if I didn't add that I get plenty of thought-provoking value from you even when in "read-only" mode. Understandably my usefulness to you is nil in those cases. However (and I'm echoing at least one other commenter here: IRONY ALERT) I've found that by the time I comment in this type of thread, my exact thoughts have... more... - Jim Tierney

I just hope Scobleizer never directs me to do something self-destructive. I hate it when that happens. - DGentry

I don't think lurker are useless :), I don't think number of followers have a great significance, Friendfeed is a Virtual Life Streaming, and in virtual life (as in real life) some people don't have a direction, they live (however i prefer LIVE with all capital letters, and have a direction!!!). - CantorJF

90% of community members lurk. - Ⓒⓗⓡⓘⓢ Ⓟⓘⓡⓘⓛⓛⓞ

Twitter has become useless for any sort of participation - Jorge Escobar

Really, you Are scaring - Eta from Nambu

here. - metalerik

Yay for the other 47%. - Colette

So if we post here, are we teacher's pets? :) - Daynah

Members of the "TV Generation" are just not used to follow directions... (they sit and consume with chips&beer and maybe do some shopping via telephone - these are a well trained habits and hard to change)... - Arne Krueger

I'm jumping up for another cup of tea, be right back... - Deborah E. Bifulco

There clearly comes a point of scale where FriendFeed fails to delivery clarity...nothing useful on the first screenful or last... does that mean that 47% of your followers are unable to provide significant value? - David Race

Will there be and end of this direction? Do we want to close directions? I think somewhen even directions become useless - Vedran Rudelj

delivering significant value to ff and/or the subscribers depends on the roi they get... some people are just not using it - as it is intendet to be used. so what!? - Arne Krueger

If technology fails you, next time you are in Memphis lets get together for lunch. Great value remains in human contact. - Jeff Milton

That is priceless - Keith - @tsudo

I am not a bot, I am huma ... wait, oh yeah, I am a bot .... never mind, back to being useless. - John

Bots are human too. - Thom Kennon

No one say anything useful, otherwise this will have meaning. - Liza + = ? from email

Liza: shhhh. Heheh. - Robert Scoble

I found this thread useful. - Mike Nencetti

Love these types of threads - quite enjoyable! - Jannifer @wordsforliving

O Captain! My Captain! - Nicola Mattina

Commenting so I'm not included in the useless category... Also, I'd love to chat about this the next time you're around the FF office. - Ross Miller

There are 3 kinds of people in the world: 1. Those that follow Robert Scoble because he doesn't act like he's too good to talk to us. 2. Those that follow Robert Scoble because he is known to follow everyone back, and therefore he is good for "inflating" their follower count. 3. Those who have no idea why they are following Robert Scoble. - April

4th type of person follows for great feeds that generate discussion on FF. - Mike Nencetti

April, you forgot the fourth category: 4. Those who don't subscribe to Robert Scoble but find far too many of his posts liked and commented by their friends. - Hiding in Two Corners

But the only reason why Robert generates great discussions is because he is part of that discussion. He doesn't just drop & run, or only talk to people he thinks are "somebody", completely ignoring the rest of us. While he may have a big ego, it isn't so big that he thinks he's too good to have a real conversation with us. - April

53%? That seems a generous estimate. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Rob: I have almost 42,000 followers here and 96,000 followers on Twitter, which comes out to 43%. Glad someone caught me on my math! :-) - Robert Scoble

My casual research indicates about 1% will respond. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

even if they don't respond there is something to be said about passive observing- no? - michael sean wright

You call this a discussion? - Phil Boiarski

Phil: this is not a discussion. It's a lot of people following directions. :-) - Robert Scoble

Hi Robert, nice experiment! - Luis Enrique León

Aye aye Cap'n Scoble. Sorry I'm late but I just got done eating a plate of waffles in some diner in midtown NYC... - Aaron Strout

53% of your followers aren't followers in the sheep sense. That's a good thing. Lose the other 47% - C. K. Sample III

C. K. why must you self loathe on my thread? - Robert Scoble

I feel kind of funny. - Mike Nayyar

It's not easy being part of the 47% - Aidan Mann

I am not a sheep! Oh wait, maybe I am. - adam garrett

RS - The puppet master : ) - Mark Harai

I feel compelled to comment here... odd - Jan Ole Peek

Mark: who is the puppet master and who is the puppet? I'm answering you now. - Robert Scoble

Just following directions. Too many Mark's here though, I wish FF signed thing with our usernames. - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

You can change your display name any time by clicking on your name in the top right corner. - Mark

Robert: communication still occurs when unidirectional, surely the works of Socrates convey concepts to readers even today? - Mike Chelen

Wow! It wasn't till I finished reading through almost all the comments that I got what Robert was trying to say :) FF good, Twitter bad. But I can't complain since it was Leo Laportes constant references to FF that got me to join and Roberts comments that got me to try and really understand what FF is all about. Initially FF was a little overwhelming and the only reason I've stuck it through so far is because of the higher quality of content for a (mostly) passive FFer. - Anant Gairola

Writing that last comment took me 10 minutes! Really really wish there was a good FF iPhone application!!! - Anant Gairola

Anant: the content here keeps getting better as more and more people join (which is quite a few every week lately, my numbers are going up much faster here than on Twitter, the tides are starting to move). - Robert Scoble

baa baa - Kim Landwehr

I'm sorry... did you say something? - Sean

You have no Idea how tempting it is to reshare this - and discuss it over there >>>>>>>>>> - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

No rain, no rainbows.. - BryanSchuetz

FF is the only place I can dip into your content 'at will', Twitter is to noisy and makes me dig a lot further to see the flow of conversation and any associated references. - Threepwood

I like to lurk most of the time. I usually don't have much to add by the time I am able to read the whole thread. - Dan Douglass from Nambu

I'm with Dan (above). - Miss Elle from fftogo

Better late than never! - John Rubier

Testing the maximum for FF comments? :P - Barbara

Are you happy with how friendfeed is developing? What would you change, if you were in control? I love the daily digests, I prefer something filtering the best content from those I follow - Ryan Singer

first post... wait. - Aaron Baer

following........ - sirishkumar

amazing post. - Guy Vander Heyden

Suivez moi? - Gordon Joly

Oui, monsieur Gordon ! Où allons nous ? - Brome

<----- not a bot so what percent does that make me? - Howell Selburn from BuddyFeed

bleet bleet - Sriks7

Master is our friend! - Rick Cogley

Adding myself to the list :) - TiTi

Why a follower must follow direction? :) - Christine Yang from BuddyFeed

Lead, follow or whatever...Info on Neda http://tinyurl.com/nm9xdn - JoWazzoo

:) - Tony

This is a wicked and interesting post on FriendFeed =) - @LarsenTweet

by the way some of my twitter followers complain that, like you, I redirect them to friendfeed on every post there. Some say I have to choose between the two and they will follow me there, but not on both services. - Kostantinos Koukopoulos

Kostantinos: it's an open question how best to interconnect FF and Twitter. remember that there are a wide range of options, including sending comments or posts, and sending posts automatically or manually. the feedback from readers is helpful if it can be used to find the right balance - Mike Chelen

53% of your followers will leave you and then what? insult the other 47%. You can't just say it that way. You need to treat your followers with respect. Especially when you are your biggest fan. People will leave you in a heartbeat. - Jack Scalfani

Be a nice little follower, and drink the damn kool-aid! - James

Tyson to Tyson's feed, Robert Scoble

do you use any sms notifications for any of the web services?

June 1, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Nope. - Robert Scoble

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still a highly personal channel? anyone had any notable experiences with brands and SMS? - Tyson

Non comprehende - Geer from Nambu

I think I'd like to but... it's Europe, you know, Twitter and the likes didn't bless us with such things as SMS notifications. - Brome

Nope. - Abhishek

Remember The Milk - Twitter in combination. - Micah

Yes. - Pete D from fftogo

I get notifications from Backpack and Remember the Milk via Twitter - Brett Kelly

Nope - Anant Gairola

Google Calendar notifications work well in Europe. - Nils Sandin

Google Calendar :) - stanjourdan

Some Brightkite activity I think. And Remember The Milk. And AIM mobile forwarding. - David Chartier

Nishant

aah. the feeling of owning the first car. ! :-)

June 10, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Congrats :-) what did you get? - Anant Gairola

Anant Gairola

Ashok Leyland May sales down by 64.54% - Business Standard - http://news.google.com/news...

June 9, 2009 from Google Reader - Comment - Like - Share

More bad news on the auto sales front in India - Anant Gairola

Anant Gairola

India Car Sales Rise 2.5% in May - Wall Street Journal - http://news.google.com/news...

June 9, 2009 from Google Reader - Comment - Like - Share

previous bad news on ALL countered by some positive news. Then again, we knew that pass car sales were not hit near as bad as commercial vehicles - Anant Gairola

Kevin Rose

Screw You! I'm Done. Play Arrington off, Keyboard Cat - http://www.youtube.com/watch...

June 6, 2009 from Digg - Comment - Like - Share

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Love this - Bobby Edwards

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I don't love it, it is out of character and I suspect the tip of the iceberg. - Kevin J Hatton

I agree with you, Leo is a man of integrity and Arrington was way out of line - Lillian Banchik

ummm... wow. - Andrew Terry

Leo doesn't look good in this video if you don't know the actual story. - Chris

So where is the apology? - Kevin J Hatton

@Kevin Hatton - Mike Arrington has posted an article entitled "Ouch" at TechCrunch. - Andrew Terry

Thanks guys, I will check them out - Kevin J Hatton

FYI (to those curious) Leo's comment on the incident is on that post from Arrington ( http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... ) as an "Update." - Jason Nunnelley

Questioning Leo's integrity was uncalled for. I don't know Leo other than listening to his netcasts since he started and despite our limited digital one-way interaction I trust his judgment and wait to hear what he says about a gadget before I seriously considering purchasing. - Anant Gairola

I think Leo was cool with the "full disclosure" comment. It definitely sent him over the edge when Arrington suggested his review was influenced by a free review phone. It was definitely disrespectful. And, Arrington has acknowledged that. - Jason Nunnelley

What pissed me off MOST about arrington, is that I think he was deliberately baiting Leo..arrington is all about the 'page hits"..see techcrunch v. Last.fm - David J. Garcia from twhirl

Do you think Leo has a comment to make? or is it now best left alone, as apologies have been made. - Kevin J Hatton

Leo +1. What Arrington did was way out of line - Goktug Okan Oguz

So what does John C Dvorak make of all this? - Kevin J Hatton

Arrington is pissed becuase he didn't get one. He ego is out of control and it shows. - Chris Patterson

@jaymartinez Check out the audio Gilmore Gang Part2 for the 'actual' story http://ia311238.us.archive.org/3... - Chris

@macjunction (Kevin Hatton) http://www.dvorak.org/blog... - Chris

Thanks for the link Chris - Kevin J Hatton

Go Leo! You Rock. You did the right thing getting this asshole off the air. So WHAT if its a review unit? You're not entitled to an opinion of it? geez the nerve of some people! - Rustic Thoughts

@cptcomic [Chris] Secondary thanks for the URL. Better than Google :) - Jason Nunnelley

Well done - Joe Demartino

Hey everyone, if you do nothing else listen to part two because I think Mike Arrington comes out better, while Leo is still not over it. http://ia311239.us.archive.org/3... - Kevin J Hatton

I think it was big of both Arrington and Leo to apologize. - Garin Kilpatrick

Anant Gairola

Despite Improving, Job Front Remains Grim - WSJ.com - http://online.wsj.com/article...

June 7, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

So despite consumer confidence being up and housing market stabilizing the job market is putting a dampner on the economy. As imagined this is the worst job decline the worst in the last 50 years, and WSJ (and many others) saying it will go above10% by year end. - Anant Gairola from Bookmarklet

Leo Laporte to Leo's feed, TWiT Conversations

Live now: The Gillmor Gang with Steve Gillmor, Mike Arrington, Hugh McLeod, Andrew Keen, Kevin Marks, and Loren Feldman. http://live.twit.tv Discuss here...

June 6, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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how did he die ? - John Hillestad

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legal herion ? - John Hillestad

I don't wanna sound smushy but the world would be a worse place without Arrington, don't care if you guys love him or hate him xx - David Lloyd

Oh, just found this chat... thanks - Tina Chase Gillmor

wow - Karoli

kevin's link into live.twit.tv breaks - Karoli

my thoughts and prayers go out to his friends and family. also wish long life and good health to all of TWiT Army - Andrew Johnson

HI FROM GEORGIA GLAD YALL ARE OK - daveccorey

wow - David Lloyd

wow... - Chris Heath

I know serious Leo, that's serious Leo. - Mike Lewis

this will be news [edit: and it was http://www.google.com/search... & http://news.google.com/news... and personally I think Gawker had pretty good coverage of the whole dust-up http://gawker.com/5282089... ] - Chris Heath

no drama leo - Chris Heath

by that logic every person who revierws a product would be biased - David Lloyd

Techcrunch SUCKS! - Jason Hansen

wow! - John Hillestad

I'm so happy! - Jason Hansen

wow - just wow - Devin Baines

shortest gillmor gang ever - Karoli

lol that was classic - Chris Saad

Wow, social media drama! - imabonehead

/me applauds Leo for standing up to Arrington's crap - Omar Egan

Wow, I never saw Leo get mad before. That's a first. - Dave

Leo blew his top! - John Hillestad

It's about time someone put Arrington in his place. He is always so cocky! - Jason Hansen

man i only just caught the end - what happened? - h1ro

I missed it too - Simon Wicks

about time - Jim Posner

OMG - Steven (optionshiftk)

arrington accused leo of being biased b/c he got a review Palm Pre - Karoli

Props Leo - Nick Rae

Arington said Leo was biased because he has a review unit, Leo is the ULTIMATE ethical tech journalist. FUCK YOU ARRINGTON - David Lloyd

Leo got a review Pre & Arrington was giving Leo crap about it. - Jason Hansen

Leo for President - Matthew

what a shitty move from arrington - leo would never do that sort of a thing he is always so upfront - h1ro

wow. missed arringtons part but saw leos reaction twit live is running reruns. - Kiran Patchigolla

Kinda felt that one coming for a long, long time. - Mike Lewis

Arrington should not disrespect Leo on his own network - Steven (optionshiftk)

The problem with arringtons argument is that every single review unit in history must mean ervery reviewer was biased - David Lloyd

wow - Tina Chase Gillmor

wow from condolences to troll in under 10 minutes. arrington needs to take his meds.You rock Leo - Andrew Johnson

Arrington's an asshole - Devin Baines

What jealousy can cause. +1 Leo - David Schmidt

@Michael that was indeed quite an over-reaction - Chris Saad

relax people... let's leave the name calling out of here - decjr

Mike just proved his bottom feeder business model by attacking one of the most trusted people in tech - Matthew

Sorry about that guys, but I've have enough of Arrington's trolling. - Leo Laporte

michael arrington Leo always discloses that info - Andrew Johnson

got funky hold music on calliflower - Kevin Marks

Mike, I agree, that should be disclosed, but the tone indicated bias and it was disrespectful! - Mike Lewis

You have nothing to apologize for Leo - Matthew

Leo is not for sale, fuck you king of the trolls, you always think you are right - David Lloyd

You did the right thing Leo! - Omar Egan

as much as Leo maybe right... he really should be more professional.... - John Hillestad

@leo i don't think anyone that knows your work would *ever* think of you not being a stand up guy on disclosure - h1ro

Totally out of line Arrington-if you did your research you would have seen that Leo gave a fair review of the pre-he didn't say it was 100% perfect - Harvey Birdman

nothing like factions to spice up a 10-minute Gillmor Gang episode. ROFL - Karoli

No need to apologize Leo How you feel and how you react id your right no worries - Erle Stride

Seemed a little uncalled for, I think Arrington was justified in asking to get the facts out there, but then again, I don't know their relationship to each other, maybe Arrington was being rude, maybe there's a code you guys like to follow. - Colin

did i miss something? - Kevin Marks

I agree. Leo has a history of owning Palm products and he was happy to see the Pre possilby bringing Palm to life again. Never once was it a biased comment. It was him being honest. My friend has a Pre... I have an iPhone.... people that don't have an iPhone or don't want an iPhone, the Pre will be a great choice. Arrington is a jerk. - Jason Hansen

yes Kevin - Matthew

the audio should go viral soon - Jim Posner

Kevin, yeah. A small nuclear implosion. - Karoli

Professional? It's his network!! He doesn't have to put up with Arrington's crap. In any event I think Arrington needs to be more profesional and stop all that thoughtless crap he says all the time. - Omar Egan

Why are you confused Arrington? Are you serious? - Jason Hansen

well, that was interesting. - Chris Pugh

Hehe - this the Real Time Web in action, that's fo sho - Devin Baines

you exist only to cause conflict mike, thats your purpose in life - David Lloyd

Mark, that's kind of harsh. Just sayin'. - Karoli

You rock Leo - don't take that crap. Arrington is a troll and just trying to bait you. Stick to your guns on this one. - Mike

Just like to say I love what all of you guys do, laying your opinions out there and getting into heated discussion, I wouldn't like it any other way. - Colin

@Michael u do lots of dick things to amuse yourself - but this wasn't one of them heh - total over-reaction - Chris Saad

thats the point ...its HIS network... storming off mad is not professional..... as much as Leo was right to be mad , he should have just cut him off.... - John Hillestad

michael arrington doesn't seem to be able to not be in provocative mode when talking about products and services - leo called him out when he said "what are you gonna do about it?" so leo did something about it... kinda sux cuz i was liking the gillmor gang, but i respect leo laporte for standing up for himself in this instance even if it was a big misunderstanding - Chris Heath

apologies if i overeacted xxx - David Lloyd

Jeez, I leave for 20 minutes and miss it? you have got to be kidding me. This live stream approach is pissing me off. - Aron Michalski

It's his network, running Arrington's show... Leo did the right thing. - Omar Egan

Leo would have disclosed it was a review model. There was no need to accuse him of being bias just because it was a review model. Leo might have over reacted a little but Arrington was questioning his honesty and Leo maybe over enthusiastic but he his not dishonest. - Kim Landwehr

I'll be uploading the audio here: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TheGill... - Jack

as we are all effectively coming into leo's front room, anyone should be polite to our host - h1ro

yeah, why would Mike say "What are you going to do about it"? is he really that caveman-ish? - Matthew

kim they were talking about how it was a review model... - Chris Heath

Any chance we can hire someone from the Zapruder family to document this stuff? - Aron Michalski

Chris is right... Why would you ask, "What are you gonna do about it?" That was very childish. - Jason Hansen

@jason who said that? - h1ro

I have been so frustrated with many of the people on the Gilmor Gang, but someone needs to be talking about this stuff... [edited/retracted part of this comment] ... I don't think Leo should to take over, I just think something needs to happen to get the show refocused on the content and not the personalities. - Joel Asaro

Guys, Leo is human as is everyone. I'm not familiar with the previous relationship that he had with Michael, but he's probably having a bad day and got annoyed to be mistreated by Michael just like he did. I also dislike when people have prejudices against others. Furthermore, Leo was planning to buy his Pre a long long time ago. The fact that he got a review unit in does not make him biased. - Paulius G

Its kind of funny I turned on Twit Tv and all I got of the show was that last minute. - zephyrlily

If the Mike Arrington supporters ever bothered to watch Leo's shows, they would have seen he has stated it was a review model and even stated he will probably stay with his iPhone. So get a clue - Harvey Birdman

Joel, I love Leo, but he should absolutely NOT take over Steve Gillmor's show. - Karoli

cliff - please call me if you can - Tina Chase Gillmor

the thing i was most excited about leo hosting the gillmor gang is that there might be some decent production values! - h1ro

I agree with Kim Landwehr. I have never been able to find a moment in which Leo has been dishonest .. keep workin' it Leo! - John Blanton

tina - which #? d msg me. - Cliff Gerrish

Waiting for the TC post :) - Chris Saad

im sure mike will make a post out of this yes :) he will have a provocative title and claim he did nothing wrong - David Lloyd

Joel, that's TWiT (on sundays) - Chris Heath

Arrington - Leo said it was a review unit. To start spinning it that he may be "influenced" on a guy who's spent his entire career being an ethical journalist was unnecessary... especially when your hosting your show on his network. I know its in your nature but bro, that's not what the show is about - get a pause button. Stop burning bridges. - Thusenth

I'll miss Mike Arrington =( - Colin

just wild to hear Leo Laporte say "Fuck you"...he must've been brewing for awhile. - Karoli

Karoli - i was shocked too! - Chris Heath

yes, it was brewing for months - David Lloyd

Went downstairs just as everyone was signing on - came back up and it's over - :p - LPH™ and his dog P™

I think that's the first time I've seen angry leo - Chris Pugh

Mike Arrington, has a way to trip peoples trigger, he seems to get a kick out of it. Like it makes him a big man. - Kim Landwehr

Well, come on.... Arrington has been an ass for how long? - Jason Hansen

What's next a 5 minute NGL @ 3am PDT? - Aron Michalski

Wondering if somebody minds if we put the recording of this, shortest ever Gilmor Gang onto YouTube? - Mike Hellers

I won't miss him.. The show is always better when Arrington's not on the show anyways. - Omar Egan

years no doubt :p - David Lloyd

I agree with Leo 100% here. I would have said this in the IRC chat, but would have been booted. - Jason Hansen

I feel bad for Steve and Mrs gillmor tho - David Lloyd

Go Leo! :-) - Moobie

Is Tina Gillmor still in here? - Jason Hansen

Aron, a 5-minute NGL at any time of day would be more than what it is now. LOL - Karoli

Leo spends a lot of his own money on products to be sure that he doesn't "owe" manufacturers anything. Even his advertisements are only for products he uses and likes himself. He only requested this unit because he records today, the day the Pre goes on sale, so he couldn't go out and buy one. If Leo is biased about a product or a company it's because he genuinely likes it. It's something Leo takes very seriously, and he had every right to be upset at someone impugning his honor, rightly or wrongly. - invariant

hello - Tina Chase Gillmor

Kind of like telling a friend his kids are ugly while crashing at their house for the weekend...don't be surprised if you are shown the door. - Jim Posner

very true, invariant - Eric Florenzano

good point invariant - Chris Heath

hey Tina - sorry this happened - Hilary Talbot

Tina, I have a good feeling this will work itself out :) I think that boiling point just needed to happen and cooler heads will prevail :) - Mike Lewis

Did the show start at the top of the hour? - zephyrlily

Incredible: Someone already updated Arrington's wikipedia page with a short description of the incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Steven (optionshiftk)

The Mike: Arrington will never change. - Jason Hansen

Iunno invariant, I still think the question wasn't that crazy, and I was interested in the answer until I realized it really upset Leo. - Colin

I would be upset at having my integrity challenged too. - Karoli

love you tina, you are a top chick xxx - David Lloyd

I JUST POSTED TO YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Mike Bracco

Jason, agree, which is why you won't hear Leo and Mike together on GG anymore. - Mike Lewis

Tina.... MWAH. I'm coming your way next week... - Karoli

thanks @Mike Bracco - detorn

I think Leo is officially in the Gillmor Gang! - Wo

RETWEET: http://www.youtube.com/watch... - David Lloyd

Karoli - let's get together when you do - Tina Chase Gillmor

Colin - I'm not necessarily saying Mike was wrong to ask, I'm just saying that I could understand Leo's reaction. - invariant

In my best cartman voice "I'm taking my network and going home." - Paul E. Ester

I'm very shocked... for the record - Tina Chase Gillmor

crazy that this happened just signed up on ff to participate in the show - Will Fifer

What happened? - J. Gilbert - Joe Gilbert

I'm sad my GG was cut short. It's my favorite show of the week. - Wo

Hmm, I just re-watched the Youtube video, Arrington saying, "What are you going to do about it?" was childish heh, Leo called his bluff. - Colin

yeah the "what are you going to do about it" from arrington probably not a great move - h1ro

Just watched the video again - Seriously, Mike did nothing wrong heh - Chris Saad

re what happened Arington said Leo was biased because he has a review unit, Leo is the ULTIMATE ethical tech journalist - David Lloyd

If I was not there to see it live I would guess it was staged. - Steven (optionshiftk)

He never said he was biased - listen carefully - he just said let's get the disclosures out of the way and mentioned that Leo was one of the few to get a demo unit - that's it - Chris Saad

it was not staged, the anger was real - David Lloyd

Leo always seemed to be above the GG shenanigans but it's nice he's now down to the GG level. I respect that. - Wo

I thought Leo was being facetious - Steven (optionshiftk)

If things didn't get broken once in a while I might not think you guys were actually fighting, so keep it up! lol ;) - Colin

So I take it there isn't going to be a Gillmor Gang this week? - Dave

I think the "what are you going to do about it" was the kicker - Chris Pugh

I really hope it's not the end of TGG on TWiT. - Wo

GG is not dead, it will be back - David Lloyd

just not on twit - David Lloyd

well Paul, Mike did ask Leo what he would do about it. He did something. He cut his ass off - russellcoleman

@chris i think the "what are you going to do about it" wasn't exactly a calming move - more a troll move - h1ro

Chris, remember Mike was not watching the video, so he though Leo was being facetious - Steven (optionshiftk)

Damn, I slept through the Gillmor Gang, sorry Steve (I flew back from Virginia this morning and was dead tired. - Robert Scoble

yes russelcoleman haha - David Lloyd

got it on facebook too @russtbarnacle - detorn

Leo took his ball and is going home. - Wo

arrington has been a complete assclown on the show before - Moose

you missed a classic Scoble - David Lloyd

lol - detorn

it takes alot to upset Leo, i mean REALLY pset Leo - David Lloyd

Now this is really getting Web 2.0, even the Robert Scoble is here! - Paulius G

@Robert you can re-watch the whole 5 second show here http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Chris Saad

@scoble http://www.youtube.com/watch... action replay - h1ro

This had been brewing for a while.... It was only a matter of time.... Leo defended himself and was correct in doing so, It`s his network and his credibility which was questioned. - David Peralta

russtbarnacle - do you see any irony in the claim of the real-time web youtubed, friendfeeded, twittered and archived? LOL - Karoli

Maybe Scoble could have calmed Leo down. - Steven (optionshiftk)

RT http://www.youtube.com/watch... - David Lloyd

GG will still be on Twit as long as Mike isn't on it - zephyrlily

Dan is censoring the irc chat room... - John Hillestad

I was looking forward to the Pre discussion. - Wo

Before Thursday, Leo had said that he intended to buy a Palm Pre as soon as it came out, but that he'd like to get one a bit early, if possible. His radio show is on Saturday and he wanted to have one to review during that show. I don't think he gets review units very often; this one was something of an unexpected surprise. I think he only got it on Thursday. - Troy McConaghy

Robert Scoble - call Steve in 10 minutes or when you're alert - Tina Chase Gillmor

hundreds of peopel are watching this thread btw in real time - David Lloyd

I suppose it's just me, but seriously, half the time this show is "real time real time" and Scoble screaming FreidnFeed, power to Leo - Chris

NO MORE GILMORE GANG NOT ENOUGH RESPECT TO THE MAN PROVIDING THE SERVICE - Daryl Brown

think Leo was beyond calming down, it was weeks of little snide commentsb y arrington that exploded - David Lloyd

was great a few weeks ago when Loren made Arrington cry and go home - Moose

Leo really is doing a tremendous favor donating his time to broadcast the GG. After a 3 hour radio show, who could help but be cranky. - Steven (optionshiftk)

the incident : http://www.youtube.com/watch... - John Hillestad

Gillmor Gang continues. It has been around for years before twit - Tina Chase Gillmor

HAHA, awesome, Leo put the Pre unboxing video on! - invariant

Tina, wasn't it supposed to record on Friday at 3? - Karoli

Mike will apologize and that will be that. Leo felt insulted and it seemed to be a misunderstanding. Arrington respects Laporte and Laporte respects Arrington. - Wo

I just watched the video. GG will survive, but without Arrington. - Gilbert - Joe Gilbert

Thanks to whomever posed the incident; some things never change. - Aron Michalski

Sounds reasonable Mark, and I remember that Moose. To be honest, it's Leo's network and he can do as he wishes, and if you throw torches in his house, he's bound to crack eventually. Glad to see this up again, I missed it. - Chris

not angry at you or Steve, you are first class professionals tina xx - David Lloyd

"Arrington respects Laporte and Laporte respects Arrington." I have no idea about arrington but leo has called him a troll several times - jccalhoun

they shut the IRC down. FF is just as good - Mike

Why is Dan muting the IRC chat? Just because he doesn't like to see people talking about what just happened? - tollie williams

Just hope Arrington does not publish a defamatory post about Leo. - Steven (optionshiftk)

Yes...Karoli... but we had a family problem yesterday - Tina Chase Gillmor

Dan is a tool - David Lloyd

Tina, sorry to hear that. :( I nearly missed the fun. - Karoli

its funny everyone in California is a liberal until they CENSOR their own irc chat room.... very ' bush ' thing to do Dan.... - John Hillestad

There's a dictator in the IRC chat? Not cool. - Colin

There was use in shutting down the chat. People will use FF to discuss the incident. - Steven (optionshiftk)

that irc chat has more drama and BS going on.. i swear it needs to get a Daytime Emmy - Moose

I'd love to see Arrington go after Leo - Leo has waaaaaay more ethical clout than Arrington and the respect of the whole community / industry - Mike

you can't censor something if you aren't the government - jccalhoun

FF just gained a lot of points. - Colin

I am behind you leo - Theodore Grabow

Leo can do whatever he wishes with the IRC chat, it is on his server. Let's respect his authority. - Steven (optionshiftk)

Leo's rant > Christian Bale's - Chris

twit irc has never been a free speech zone. go in there and say the f word and see how long you last - jccalhoun

if Leo told Dan to shut down the IRC that's one thing, but I think Dan just made an executive decision which is only going to fuel the fire - Mike

jccalhoun after today that may be changing. LOL - Karoli

yeah the irc server is a bit odd, i dont think leos audience is children, who need protecting from big naughty words - David Lloyd

Been there jccalhoun, that's why I try to spend more time here. - Colin

Whoa. Not sure what to think about all that, but "Whaddya gonna do about it" is a pretty bullying -- even thuggish -- thing to say... - Amyloo

Oh please, if there's any time to moderate a chat room, it's now. - Bwana ☠

there is/was an adult irc channel - Moose

And our point Bwana, is that there is never a time to moderate. - Colin

mark, actually there are a fair number of tweens in there. - jccalhoun

hey Amy - Hilary Talbot

Leo had a right to be angry but I wish he hadn't gotten so angry as to close the show, would have been better to see them fight it out as to the Pre, a few fuck yous and then go on with the show - Stephen Pickering

facebook real time chat is better to be honest, we can speak our minds without being banned by those power hungry mods - David Lloyd

Never a time to moderate eh? Well have fun - Bwana ☠

hey hil, did you catch that? - Amyloo

My 2 cents, I'm behind Leo 100%, there is no need to give assholes like that airtime. - Robert Hafer

yes, it was all over in minutes... - Hilary Talbot

Yes.. Gillmor Gang is off ... Arrington out line .... for third time .... - Michael Holzinger

yes cos preteens have never heard curse words, their lives will be destroyed! - David Lloyd

Chris - don't be silly. Leo's rant was nothing. Is everyone so bored today that they have to get off on this nonsense? - LPH™ and his dog P™

I think Dan did not like people posting the youtube links to the F bomb so he censored the room like he would Gitmo - John Hillestad

I think leo felt slighted from steve when he wasn't introduced in the beginning. During the arrington exchange Steve is laughing away. - Paul E. Ester

Besides, Bwana, it just sends the conversation here... until this thread gets deleted (if it does). - tollie williams

i'm guessing the people talking about "power hungry mods" are people who pissed off the mods... - jccalhoun

Dan runs a tight ship - russellcoleman

When someone is typing the letter "a" 600 times a minute and actually ruining the service, sure, use the system to fix that, but other than that, this current mute is silly. - Colin

Yeah, because IRC is a right, not a privilege - Bwana ☠

I would assume Leo will delete this conversation - Steven (optionshiftk)

oh, I love it when people are called 'power hungry mods'. It usually means they've done something right. - Karoli

Tina: I will call Steve. Wow, sounds like I missed a something. - Robert Scoble

the biggest thing to happen in the TWITverse in like...forever...and Dan shuts down the chat? weak! - zefyr

If this thread gets deleted by anyone it'll re-start somewhere else... You just can't stop it. - Holger Eilhard

Arrington abuses Scoble all the time, but Scoble just laughs - Stephen Pickering

Robert - you certainly did - Devin Baines

I wonder if killing the show was what Arrington had in mind as a response when he asked "Whaddya gonna do about it?" - Thusenth

OK Robert... yeah, you missed somethiing - Tina Chase Gillmor

Can they just do the show today without Leo. They have a great panel and I want my GG this week. - Wo

Of course not Bwana, but if you want to facilitate open discussion, keep your channel open. - Colin

cut & paste this thread to prove it ' existed ' - John Hillestad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Aron Michalski

LOL @ Scobles understatement - Moose

"What are you going to do about it?" *initiating shutdown sequence* - zephyrlily

google indexes this stuff fast anyway - Karoli

Steve says GG will resume as soon as we can make new arrangements - Tina Chase Gillmor

resume as in today.. somewhere else? - Moose

good old steve, another one of the good guys - David Lloyd

today Tina? - Wo

any one with firefox could have downloaded it already for "posterity"... - Aron Michalski

thanks for the update @tina - h1ro

Will Steve try and stream it over ustream? - Steven (optionshiftk)

not today maybe tomorrow or Monday after WWDC - Tina Chase Gillmor

Here's a similar incident that happened in the past: http://www.techcult.com/wired-v... - invariant

@Bwana Moderation certainly helps in many cases, but it's also nice to have an unmoderated place to chat for those that want it. - Antoniu

TWiT is much more than just the Gillmor Gang though. - Jason Hansen

I'm not sure why it pushed my buttons so hard - closing down the show was overreacting for sure and I apologize for the disrespect it showed the other panelists. Arrington is a piece of work. I can think of one time when he stimulated the conversation in a very positive manner (his question about how to respond to an invitation to talk from a guy he was slamming) but most of the time he... more... - Leo Laporte

Aron, Theatre of the Absurd is an excellent description. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Karoli

Well Tina, if we can help by being an audience, just let us know when and if it's happening... - Aron Michalski

This is absolutely asinine. Leo Laporte has done nothing but good for his audience and viewers in the past. Leo deserves better than to work with some boldfaced idiot like Arrington. Leo was NOT in the wrong by any means necessary. I couldn't care less if I ever heard from Arrington again. - David Ford

And Mike really wonders why people "do things" to him...? - Holger Eilhard

good statement Leo - David Lloyd

I would have to say that Arrington was the straw that broke the camel's back. It was a BIG straw, but Leo has been under a lot of stress as of late. Hang in there Leo! - Patrick Hall

Why isn't the Gilmore Gang part of the whole TWiT feed in iTunes? - Michael Kaiser

Well done Leo, he really is a troll and I applaud you for not putting up with his shit. - Simon Tracey

WTG Leo - Moose

he is a troll, the king of the trolls, but he is just so damn powerful and influential :( - David Lloyd

Leo: Let Gillmor Gang do their own thing. - Jason Hansen

Jason is coming to the TWiT network btw, as a sindicate - David Lloyd

It's all fun and games until you get kicked off TWiT - Bwana ☠

Does Gillmor Gang get posted somewhere after the fact? http://gillmorgang.techcrunch.com/ hasn't been updated since April. - Thusenth

@Leo Thanks to you sir for standing up for us. I for one have NEVER liked Arrington. I don't think the GG should continue on TWiT. - David Ford

You called his bluff Leo, I say continue without Arrington, if that's possible. - Colin

Wow. Leo's response to what happened was very honorable. That shows the difference between Leo and Arrington. Arrington would never have the decency to respond in such a reasonable way on FF. That's why we love Leo. - Steven (optionshiftk)

Oh No, ARRINGTONS POST is up oN TC - David Lloyd

doesnt mention leo tho - David Lloyd

lmao Bwana - Moose

@leo i don't think anything that happened today has even slightly damaged my opinion of you or the Twit network. it seemed like arrington was deliberately trying to push your buttons for whatever reason. i think you made the move that was right for you at the time. keep up the great work and go have a nice cup of peppermint tea - h1ro

What an interesting political dilemma. Leo won't do anything with Arrington, Steve edits TechcrunchIT - Karoli

I would never kick you off Bwana! - Leo Laporte

Leo: The only people you didn't disrespect was Steve Gillmor, he laughed through the whole thing, & Arrington. - Jason Hansen

GG Never felt like the right vibe for TWiT. Don't blame you for how you feel Leo. No worries. Please come back on and we can do something fun. - Libertine

Yeah Karoli. Therein lies the difficulty. - Leo Laporte

Looks like Leo does have some weight behind him - Earthquake just felt in the Bay Area. - Mike

Wow, I missed a lot. Leo, keep Gillmor Gang off of TWiT. You did the right thing, and I thank you for it. - TeraDyne Azurepaw

Leo :) - Bwana ☠

I think they're saving up so that catching up on back episodes will fill your hard drive... - Aron Michalski

Stick to your guns Leo. Integrity is everything. - Chuck

Leo, in response to your question of whether to cancel the GG, I personally like it on TWIT Live. - Steven (optionshiftk)

"Dan if all the chat is going to be for the next half hour is people obsessing about it - i think it's best not to have open chat." WTF? lol - Erle Stride

Wow, never seen Leo like that. Gotta defend yourself if someone thinks your being bought out. - Adam Windisch

Let's go back to broadcasting GG the old way... I want to throw Mike off the show. - Jerry Schuman

wow can't believe I missed it give em hell Leo. Please don't cancel the gilmore gang though, I love to hate those guys - BryanSchuetz

MP3 of the whole show: http://www.archive.org/downloa... - Jack

The thing about Leo, he wouldnt even advertise a product he doesnt love! he has to ADORE A PRODUCT to endorse it - David Lloyd

I think Dan is out of line cutting off IRC, if Leo didn't want conversation about this he would have deleted this thread. - Mike Saraf

Well, my vote is that the Gillmor Gang continue without restriction. If restrictions mean not working with you, Leo, then I guess that's my vote. - Karoli

@mark link for arringtons post on tc? - h1ro

I could do without GG on Twit Live personally, never felt like a good fit compared to the rest of your shows. Would personally rather see your time/energy on more interesting things (the new Google Show, for example). - Patrick Sullivan

Erie - I don't blame Dan...I would have just moderated the channel for voiced users though. But he runs it, and there's always other places to chat. - Bwana ☠

Leo, I enjoy the Gillmor Gang on TWiT Live but don't think you should stand for being bated and trolled. - Chris Pugh

I love GG with Loren .. Arrington is a distraction at best - Moose

Just get rid of Mike, everyone else seems to play nice, he's the common denominator in every incident. - Colin

@Mark That post has nothing to do with what happend on Gillmor Gang though. - Antoniu

Bwana Who's Erie? - Erle Stride

it was a mistake h1ro, it said it came from arringtons twitter, but its not about leo but about engineers they poached - David Lloyd

I didn't "cut off irc".. i decided to mute it for a few minutes to qwell the constant gossip. It will be back in a few minutes. - Dan Hendricks

Steve laughed because surely he thought this was a joke - Tina Chase Gillmor

With htat said, I'm no fan of Mike Arrington's. I am a GG fan and a Leo fan. - Karoli

Erle - Erie is you when I'm reading without my glasses - Bwana ☠

i think many of us thought it was a joke for the first few seconds - David Lloyd

:) - Bwana ☠

Leo is going on techmeme? - David Lloyd

I imagine Gilmore and Arrington may be a package deal - zefyr

Bwana I know just breaking balls - Erle Stride

I agree that Dan should unmute IRC. @Bwana, he didn't filter it for trolls. He personally didn't like the TWiT community discussing the current event. IMHO - not the best use of censorship. - tollie williams

I deserved it :) - Bwana ☠

irc has a gossip filter? - Moose

Would be a bit politically touchy for Steve to toss Mike off GG to stay on Twit network...just sayin'. - Karoli

Isn't this all Marc Canters fault? He usually brings the sunshine to the gang. - Paul E. Ester

So did anyone happen to record video of the show? I missed it - BryanSchuetz

IRC is back for anyone interested - Mike

Dan - do your thing. I have an inkling of an idea of what you're going through. - Bwana ☠

Maybe they can alternate Mike and Leo each week? - Dave

So lets see Huge issue happens in Twit And the way Dan feels to deal with it is to NOT allow Leos' Army to discuss it? WOW - Erle Stride

FF > IRC - David Lloyd

Dan, good thing tomorrow is a slow tech news day, huh? :P - Mike Lewis

until they add custom formatting here? Lo - David Lloyd

Wow I've only seen two episodes of GG so far. Gotta say last weeks show was better. Hang in there Leo. - John Brazel

you got that one right Professor. - John Blanton from twhirl

RT http://www.youtube.com/watch... - David Lloyd

Some people are calling this set up...i don't believe it, but i guess its possible. - Zee.

Full show here, it was good at the beginning: http://www.archive.org/downloa... - Jack

RT Jason Calicanus "This is what happens when I resign from the Gillmor Gang... everyone loses it! :-)" - David Lloyd

Doing set ups is not Leo's style, which is the reason I absolutely don't believe the theories of this being intentional. - Paulius G

Yeah, for a moment I thought it was staged, like all this Bruno Eminem thing, but I guess it's NOT. - Nir Ben Yona

If this was a setup then Bruno's balls in Eminems face was real - Chris Pugh

well Leo can act, but that would be an oscar performance - David Lloyd

Zee: it's not setup. Boy, this has kicked off a whole debate in the scoble household with Maryam and Halley Suitt. I sure missed a humdinger to sleep through! - Robert Scoble

Just to be clear, I almost always buy the products I review, mostly because I don't like "owing" the PR folks and I hate the "when are you planning on covering it" phone calls, but also to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest. My policy when I accept a review unit is to return the unit and buy one at full retail if I want to keep using it. I don't even do "friends and family... more... - Leo Laporte

Well said Leo! - Harvey Birdman

I wonder if the show notes are on the twit wiki yet - David Lloyd

Leo has 30 year history of integrity - David Lloyd

@Leo Mike never accused you of otherwise - Chris Saad

Leo: I just received a Palm Pre unit that I have to return in seven days, too. - Robert Scoble

He was just getting the disclosures out of the way - Chris Saad

Leo, as someone who occasionally reviews products too, I totally get where you're coming from. Questioning your integrity was out of line and yes, trollish. - Karoli

Leo you are beyond reproach. - BryanSchuetz

right on - and that's why we all respect your opinion - h1ro

Chris, there was more than that to it - Karoli

We know, Leo, and we trust your reviews as a result - Devin Baines

Not so Chris - he very clearly was implying that there was some quid pro quo for the review unit. - Leo Laporte

Thank you Leo. Now, to those of you who said otherwise about Leo, I have the same thing to say to you as he said to Arrington. - David Ford

What Mike asked was fine, and how Leo responded was fine, what was not fine was the comment, "What are you going to do about it?" - Colin

No he really wasn't - listen to the youtube recording - he stopped you before you even reviewed the thing and just wanted to get the disclosure out of the way - Chris Saad

You don`t have to explain yourself Leo, your integrity is well recognized and we don`t pay attention to trolls. We are behind you 100%. I say the show takes a hike - David Peralta

re colin, flame baiting? - David Lloyd

Sorry guys, but all I can think of right now is : Man I love friendFeed - TunisianGuy

It was snarky, and the reiteration of the "free pre" thing was just the extra stab. - Karoli

can you call tina please Leo xx - David Lloyd

@tunisianguy i just wish that friendfeed would autoscroll to the bottom of this page when there is new content - h1ro

Awesome statement Leo, I just reblogged it so people are clear - Bwana ☠

@Leo as I said above - Mike does lots of crazy things - this wasn't one of them - his point was "did u get a free one, wow most of us didn't" - Chris Saad

I'm really bummed out because I like both Leo and Mike and now I feel a bit caught in between. Sort of like having two divorcing parents, I guess. - Robert Scoble

Mark, am I flame-baiting do you mean, or Mike's comment? - Colin

Everyone is on your side Leo! you did the right thing, don't doubt that for a second! - Jack

Gilmor Gang should continue on TWiT, with Steve in charge of the guests he wants to bring on. Michael Arrington can cause friction but there has been plenty of outrageous comments on GG. Arrington is too much of a force in the digital universe to simply ignore. I very much admire Leo for what he is doing with TWiT and understand losing his temper. But, if Leo doesn't want to do the show, then have someone else "moderate" it. We need to hear all sides and opinions presented on shows like GG. - Michael Ritter

Leo got Pwned lol. - Matt Ruiz

friendfeed needs to either put a margin at the bottom of the page or else stop scrolling when i'm typing. it's distracting to type while messages push it down. grrrrr. - Karoli

RT Scoble---pick the better parent then---Leo - Harvey Birdman

Remember when RSS was dead? Those were the days. Ok, last week. - Professor Messer

Leo, we know better, despite what arrington says. I hope you don't think we'd believe him over you. - Lise

We love you Leo! - Moobie

that means two Christmas's Scoble = Win - BryanSchuetz

Harvey: I will stay with both. My friends don't force me to choose. - Robert Scoble

Professer Messer, LOL. Ah, for the good ole' days when RSS died. - Karoli

@Robert choose life :) - Chris Saad

Well said, Robert. - David Ford

Chris Saad that name rings a bell, doesnt he own apml.org? - David Lloyd

Canter was on GG via TWiT.. showing everyone his stash of weed....Steve forgave hime for that and he was back on a few weeks later - Moose

Chris: it's interesting how things like these cause conversations big time. - Robert Scoble

@Mark yes I do - Chris Saad

:25 in the youtube video trying to figure out what Arrington says... - Thomas McGivern

Robert, not so interesting. Conflict always draws observers and opinions. - Karoli

@Robert of course they do - this is one big highschool replay :) - Chris Saad

Leo was very clear it was a review unit. Had Arrington stopped there things might have continued fine. He continued saying "Free Pre"and then said "What are you going to do about it". It was classic bully antics .... - Jason Beck

Chris: life is one big highschool replay. ;-) - Robert Scoble

Hey ProfesorMesser loving the aplus course-you are a great podcaster.(will this get me an A) - earl wallace

Yet another reason for me to continue my personal Boycott of TC. Just as I was starting to read them again, :( - Jimminy, CoG of FF

@Robert lol true I guess - Chris Saad

Agreed, this is life. - Colin

@Scoble -- lol, wish you'd been there.. might have diffused the situation! - Adnan

Free Pre which yo8u can keep for 7 days? Thats hardly a game changetr - David Lloyd

Leo, I have total respect for you, your approach and network. You had every right to respond as you did. We all know you are a gadget freak and have always appeared to operate with forthright integrity. My own run ins with Arrington for holding a non-Arrington opinion (read popular) probably don't even register with him. It left me feeling as if I had been played and with a very bad taste in my mouth. Success is measured in different ways. - Aron Michalski

In other news, I'm still not getting a Pre, but it's a cool piece of hardware! - Mike Lewis

Jason: Arrington is a bully sometimes, but that's what makes him interesting. Not everyone likes that approach, though. - Robert Scoble

Its not late to bring some peace back - Johni Fisher

You don't bully leo though scoble - Jack

...and the pug barks, life goes on. GG will find a new home, which we may or may not find because it will be real-time only, and we will have to rely on reading our tea leaves or gluing ourselves to Twitter and/or Friendfeed to find it. Ah, the power of the gesture. - Karoli

I feel that Mike is losing 'street Cred" in the tech world..... - Stanley Suan

Just finished watching Apocalypse Now for the first time - crazy film - almost as weird as the @leolaporte @arrington freakout :) - Chris Saad

Adnan: I doubt I could have diffused this one. I would have been forced to be on Leo's side because I have a review unit now from Palm too. - Robert Scoble

You have a "free pre" then in Mikes eyes - David Lloyd

It's on the reddits now - http://bit.ly/u0Ilr - James

"what are you going to do about it?" is never anything but a dick move in my book - jccalhoun

Arrington maybe interesting to the people watching the conversation, infuriating those who are part of the conversation.. - Kim Landwehr

was the google show suposed to be sat and gg on fri? - Steve Ford

Tina I pinged you yesterday about getting together with Karoli. - Francine Hardaway from BuddyFeed

No reason Leo need suffer fools gladly on the network he created. Rock on Mr. Laporte! - John Brazel

Actually Canter is infuriating - Mike is fun :) - Chris Saad

Steve: yes, but the Gillmors had a family issue they had to take care of yesterday. - Robert Scoble

Francine - sorry didn't get it .. Yesterday was a mess for me/us - Tina Chase Gillmor

whats arringtons take on all this? - Dano Hart

he hasnt commented publically, he is with his dog - David Lloyd

Don't you Think the GG meltdown was really about Rajeev's death and raw feelings? - Francine Hardaway from BuddyFeed

I like cheese. - Benjamin Grelle

Who really cares what arrington's take is on anything? - Harvey Birdman

I like John Cheese - David Lloyd

@ right, but it seemed to me that there was lots of stuff going on backstage getting it together and onto youtube and so on, and this will likely disrupt that effort. As well as the political concerns you mentioned before. - Hilary Talbot

that was @karoli, sorry - Hilary Talbot

Ok! Is there any other show please. I'm all set up. Bulleit Bourbon and everything! Damn you Palm - TunisianGuy

Yes, they needed you there Robert. I think you could have diffused it, like you did when Jason and Cantor were getting into it, but I have to admit I've never seen Leo get that angry - Stephen Pickering

Dano - I don't think arrington understands what happened, he said earlier he went for a walk - Moobie

@Harvey lol err... everyone cares - that's why he runs one of the biggest Tech news & events companies in the valley - Chris Saad

Stephen: I agree, I've never seen Leo lose it like that. Arrington makes me feel like that once in a while too. - Robert Scoble

There's just something about the Gillmor Gang that seems to engender flame-ups. It's not the direction I want to take TWiT, frankly. - Leo Laporte

Hard to have a decent conversation when someone is poking you with a shark stick, don't care who it is... - Aron Michalski

I agree with Harvey, no one cares - David Peralta

@Chris-that's funny, I've only heard about him because of Leo. - Harvey Birdman

Leo I've watched you from all the way back since ZDTV. Even helped out in the chats as a ZDTV chat host. Still watch you today. I have deeply respected you from those days and after what I've seen today I still hold very high respect for you. It's not cool to see anyone question anyone about their integrity over any product or anything for that matter. Just sounds more like this Mike... more... - Grady Joslin

has gillmore commented - Steve Ford

I think most of us would agree leo - Jack

@Grady Joslin - Well said, and seconded, sir. - David Ford

I agree with you Leo - Theodore Grabow

Updated the bootleg feed: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TheGill... - Jack

Agreed Leo - Moobie

Well, at least I didn't have to miss the Belmont Stakes! - Stephen Pickering

Leo I'm with you. You don't need a show like GG on your network - russellcoleman

Waffles are also delicious. - Benjamin Grelle

Halley says "your sleeping was brilliant strategically." Ahh, my nap wasn't planned. Heheh - Robert Scoble

i'm glad to know friendfeed can handle all this.hehe - Dano Hart

arrington posts on techcrunch http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - jccalhoun

RT ARRINGTON http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - David Lloyd

Dano: there's a reason why I have been so excited about friendfeed. - Robert Scoble

Decent post by Arrington with some gracious comments - David Lloyd

He respects Leo I think - David Lloyd

Looks like we need president Obama to mediate between the sides and straighten the difficulties, otherwise the gang will be out of its sting. - Nir Ben Yona

@robertscoble yeah I like this better than twitter, but everyones on twitter. That TC post is what I wanted to read was mikes side, just cause I'm curious - Dano Hart

anyway to get the latest post at the top? - detorn

obama is too busy going on ' date night ' - John Hillestad

Good post from Mike. - invariant

Good post form Mike. with an apology - David Lloyd

Mike apologizes to Leo - David Peralta

if Leo was 99% of any other tech journos, he wouldnt have gotten that apology - David Lloyd

Respect exists. - David Lloyd

Do a twitter search on leo laporte and you see thousands of people agreeing with leo. sometimes people just need to be told what they are doing is wrong and leo did exactly that. thumbs up leo - Austin Garrod

yes ive been monitoring a number of comment places and its 95% support Leo across platforms - David Lloyd

Arrington apologizes, the nukes are put away. - Karoli

if most people weren't supporting Leo I don't see arrington apologizing. doesn't arrington have some place besides the front page of techcrunch to apologize? Some place that won't get him more publicity and make him out to look like a big man for apologizing? - jccalhoun

well I am sure this might make techmeme, what do you think? - David Lloyd

Good post by Mike Arrington on Tech Crunch, He obviously spoke before he thought and now is sorry. - Kim Landwehr

In some strange way, I think Palm is the winner here - Bwana ☠

the Arrington apology doesn't sound like an apology... he's saying he is sorry leo was offended by the question, not that he asked it... - detorn

finally got to the end of this thing.... friendfeed conversations are getting way way too long.. guess that's kinda the worry leo has had about 'spam' on ff - Christopher Harris

whats that tech site which has the gutter news? - David Lloyd

I now have a headache - Bwana ☠

he did apologize : http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - John Hillestad

James: for arrington, thats a gracious apology, as close as will ever be - David Lloyd

To quote Arrington's "apology" - "Comment moderation is going to be tight on this post, so keep it constructive." Unlike here where we can actually speak out minds and exercise our opinions without moderation. Arrington has lost a lot of credibility here I think. - Simon Tracey

Weakest. Apology. Ever. - Eric Florenzano

The full show! http://www.archive.org/downloa... - Chris

Well that was a very nice apology. I might have to reconsider. - Leo Laporte

Leo-don't, he's not worth it. - Harvey Birdman

"And I don’t consider asking a journalist to disclose if a device he says he loves was given to him for free or not as being a particularly trollish thing to do." Arrington see not an apology, an explanation. Not taking sides either way, but call this what it is - detorn

Not one of the finest moments on TWiT but very understandable. Leo's built a great career out of his knowledge and integrity and Arrington seems to be the type to push anyone's buttons he can.... That's what has made them both successful in their own right. Cooler heads will always prevail, and I think this is won't be an exception - Kyle

@bwana I agree on both statements. It is good for palm and I do have a headache from catching up on all this.hehe - Dano Hart

Leo be the better man and accept his apology and keep the show running... - John Hillestad

Whoa. I was just gonna question if Leo was going to reconsider. I think respects you, Leo. Mike is who he is, but I think he realized he screwed up. - Lise

I kind of figure from Mike Arrington, this is about as big of apology as he is going to give. - Kim Landwehr

Make peace not war Leo. - Willem (@wim66) ☠

Leo, my friend, for Arrington, that was as close to getting down and kissing your feet he will ever do to anyone. He respects you. - David Lloyd

Leo, even though I am a fan of the Gillmor Gang, I completely understand if you decide it would be best if they find another host. - Dave

Peace may be the best solution here; although I do agree the GG stands out as having a different tone than other TWiT shows, not one I'm particularly fond of. Maybe a peaceful parting is the best solution? - Jason Beck

You are all friends ....we cant change the past go for a better future - Johni Fisher

Nice, I post a reasonable comment on TechCrunch, and it gets rejected. Now who's biased? ;) - David Ford

Let the show go, Leo. Bitter, yammering tech-challenged guests aren't part of TWIT's future. - Robert Kenney

The best trolls always say just kidding at the last second. Kudos to Arrington for being an epic troll with that techcrunch "nonpology" - Dan Hendricks

Yeah, what an apology. Arrington is just butt-hurt that Palm knows he's not a journalist and his "publication" is something to be avoided. - Adam Turetzky

Don't piss off the geeks they love Leo. DOS maybe? - Randy Green

Leo - I would sleep on it over a fine wine and a Palm Pre - Bwana ☠

Wow! Just heard it. I don't know who Mike Arrington is, but Leo has kept me up to speed on all things tech for at least a decade now. I'm sticking with Leo. - Michael Kaiser

In the words of Admiral Ackbar, "It's a trap!" The apology was strategy not sincerity. - Benjamin Grelle

I say let Arrington go play in his own sandbox hardly a loss to the tech community if he never appears on another show with Leo. - John Brazel

It just isn't TWiT's style to be honest Leo, plus some of us are really missing Munchcast, even if that probably wouldn't land in place of it. Either way, I'm really tempted to get a Pre at some point, looks like a reallly nice phone. - Chris

It would be nice if this came to a peaceful conclusion, but it would be a mistake to continue GG on Twit, the show is too trollish and I suspect Gilmore encourages it. - Moobie

No. Arrington is STILL being a douche in his post, 'The fact that few people ever return them is rarely brought up.' (Heavily implicit thuggery.) Leo is above question. No forgiveness. - Libertine

Let it go Leo, they deserve themselves. - Richard Coppen

I just love in Mike's apology where he says "I didn't think..." Yeah Mike, apparently you didn't think. And look what you stepped into. It's shame people are still like that these days. Leo I just say part ways with him. Its not worth supporting such... crap. - Grady Joslin

just told my parents about what happend and the first thing my dad said was, good for leo, i know airengton, he deserves it - Austin Garrod

Leo, as I don't care for the language, I believe you did the right thing, you don't need that type of show, keep up the good work. - Robert Lee

Let Gilmore and his people go. Not what your network needs. - saf

keep GG on TWiT if possible, it's been good - Christopher Harris

I like Leo on GG. A different vibe from the actual Twit show. I listen to most of the shows on the network, GG was/is really cool for what it was/is. - detorn

Disclosure: when I got back from Virginia this morning a Palm Pre was waiting for me. I didn't ask for it, I didn't know it was coming. It is only for seven days (I have to send it back). Now, that said, I think it's a valid question to wonder what Mike is wondering. It's something I always ask myself when I get goodies from the industry. Did I get these because I'm too nice? I used to... more... - Robert Scoble

What was the idea behind having GG on TWiT in the first place? Because of Leo's relationship w/ Gilmour? - Kyle

I left that comment over on TechCrunch. - Robert Scoble

You know, I've been a fan of TWIT and Gillmor Gang since the first time I heard both podcasts. I know Steve and Tina, and have a great deal of respect for what Steve does with the Gillmor Gang. It's pretty aggravating to read all these nasty barbs aimed at Steve. It's a different show. It's a great show. It's not TWIT. But why is it that everyone wants to draw a line between them? - Karoli

I like Leo being direct, admire men that are like that. Also Leo has always been honest.GG had always negative karma. Shut down show and do something better with valuable time. - Heiti Kruusmaa

Well! That was a nice 90 minutes of high drama. Kinda like a made-for-TV movie. Steve did say he thinks it's a video show - Amyloo

wait, has tech crunch never received a test unit? - Austin Garrod

Leo any idea when a real review is going to come, I've caught bits and pieces of your "ongoing" review since the unboxing. The fact that most recently I had heard you'll stick with your iphone, but respect the tech in the pre. - Steve Ford

I can see the Leo Versus Arrington mashups on youtube now? - Randy Green

Leo, although I find the GG to be informative and entertaining in it's own way, I never thought it could be done in a style or format in line with the production quality you regularly offer on the TWiT Network. - Craig Durling

Karoli: people want to choose sides in fights like this. I don't know why that's a human reaction, but it is. Leo has a lot of very loyal fans. I'm among them. We all ourselves Laporteans, even. I'm also a major fan of Mike Arrington, but Mike often gets people to have a quite different relationship with him. People often see him as rude or worse. That's because Mike often says stuff... more... - Robert Scoble

I thought this thread would be the one with the highest amount of comments on FriendFeed. But here's one with over 6,000: http://friendfeed.com/ideali... - David Schmidt

Robert: Well, having been the butt of Mike Arrington's need to say incendiary stuff, I understand that. However, Steve Gillmor is not Mike Arrington. GG is not Mike Arrington. There is much, much more to GG than Mike Arrington. would be nice to see them judged separately. - Karoli

in ealier conversations with david pogue leo proved his lack of any bias. - Tobias Lewsadder

I hope the gang ( excluding Arrington) from GG will be back on Twit individually at some point. They are all great guests each with strong personallities but much character. It can be hard for so many strong personallities to be in the same room or discussion sometimes but they have done a better job than I could do on the show, so props to them. I think arrington becomes a troll when in the mix, he can't hang with the big boys. JMHO&2C - Andrew Johnson

Leo, GG does nothing to help the TWiT family of shows. Looking across the shows, it should hold no place in your schedule. I'd rather hear something else. - Rob Blatt

Get Mike Arrington on TWiT tomorrow! That = ratings! - Chris

I want The Gillmor Gang on TWiT. It's not consistent in it's quality but often times can be the best show on the web. TWiT will give it the kind of audience it deserves. I hope Leo can work with the Gillmor Gang including Arrington and help them produce and distribute thought provoking content. - Wo

@david wow, wish I knew what that thread was all about - BryanSchuetz

Rob: I think Leo is trying to build a network with a variety of styles and topics. That's key to having a strong network. I know a radio station owner who has both liberal and conservative talk show hosts who hate each other. But by doing that he has a far bigger audience than if he just went all one way where everyone got along nicely. Plus the station looks far more professional and objective than if it were all run by Rush Limbaugh wannabes. Same for Leo's network. - Robert Scoble

I enjoyed GG on TWiT when I was able to see it. It is a group of people with strong opinions and that is not necessarily a bad thing. I didn' - kenneth glenn

The Gillmor Gang is my favorite show on the network, call me shallow and entertainment-hungry, but I really do like when people discuss things with this much passion, especially technology! - Colin

Leo: I think you should reconsider, not because you were wrong to get upset, but because it probably isn't worth cutting all ties. That is too absolute and despite his serious faults Arrington does have things to contribute. That said I totally agree there is just something about GG that causes flame ups and unless that can change you shouldn't have it be a part of TWIT. - Joel Asaro

Colin: we are passionate, aren't we? - Robert Scoble

@bryan: Haha, I thought Google would be assisting. Check this: http://tinyurl.com/qnugbz - David Schmidt

Robert: You are, and I wouldn't have it any other way. - Colin

Colin: people who are passionate often get misunderstood or cause opposite passions in people. I've run into that many times. How many people have asked me if I get paid by Friendfeed because I'm so passionate about it? - Robert Scoble

@david heh, figures who in here reads Cyrillic? - BryanSchuetz

it is the passion and the humor that draws me back. That, and the fact that you all force me to think. - Karoli

If The Gillmor Gang stays on TWIT I think Leo should step out of the "host" chair and be a guest with someone else controlling the board. - Chris Pugh

I've wondered if you get payed by FriendFeed myself hah, nah I'm kidding. - Colin

I feel bad for Steve Gillmor that his show was ruined today by a stupid remark and a temper tantrum. - Wo

Karoli: being on the Gillmor Gang causes me to think harder than anything else I do during the week. Trying to keep up with all the other people is mentally challenging to me. - Robert Scoble

Wo - and that's a first? :) - Bwana ☠

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - Matt Ruiz

@Chris P - what would that solve? - Lise

so is GG toast? or needs to be reformatted? - Steve Ford

You guys are like professional athletes, putting yourselves on the line with the same opinions we have, so that we don't have to. - Colin

Steve Ford I'm sure everything will be worked out in the next few days - Andrew Johnson

Leo should bring in Merlin Mann to host the GG, now that would be fun to watch. - BryanSchuetz

Lise, Leo could walk off the show and not shut it down. There are other people on the show who made time to be available. - Chris Pugh

i need to say sorry to leo because in the chat room i was mad at him for cutting the show but it was his right to do after what mike said what happed i was on usterem and it got cut off so i didnt see the whole thing so i just saw a video of it so i apology to leo - Andrew Villafane

Steve: Gillmor Gang is not dead. - Robert Scoble

wish it was old days when men cleared misunderstandings with pistols and swords:) then men also choose their words and showed more respect :)... - Heiti Kruusmaa

I figure they will straighten it out between them once they both cool down. - Kim Landwehr

If the show continues, and especially if Mike is still on it, you guys are doing something with the Gillmor Gang that I don't think I've seen in any type of media anywhere else. - Colin

We need that kind of Tech Jerry's TV - TunisianGuy

Gillmor Gang is not dead. Hopefully Newsgang isn't dead either, just waiting for a place in time to be resurrected. But then again, North Korea hasn't apologized to South Korea for the threats...so who knows? - Karoli

Colin: the show will continue. - Robert Scoble

leo laporte has always appeared to me to be a gentleman and to let someone bring you down to their level isnt flattering. the "what are you going to do about it?!?!"comment unfortunately showed the maturity of the conversation. - Tobias Lewsadder

I like GG on the TWIT network and Leo's presence on the show. I just hope that in whatever future there is there is a time shifted alternative to missing it every week. - Aron Michalski

Robert: I too posted on Mike's article. I struggle with his way of drawing out a story because it always appears to be disrespectful to the person he is trying to pry the story out of, typical of mainstream journalism IMHO. The story is more important than the people involved. I think Mike could have been more tactful in light of the great job he did on Rajeev. I know if we wait long enough with those who piss us off eventually show us their good side. - Owen Greaves

hey robert so with the new studio you are makeing you could broadcast it - Andrew Villafane

Interesting that Arrington's swipe at Leo was the same thing that he swiped at me and a zillion others for...as if we couldn't possibly offer unbiased reviews of products/sites/services. - Karoli

I posted the following on Mike's Ouch post: Thanks for the post, Mike. Apology accepted. Now that I know what was going on in your mind, I apologize to you. There seems to be something about the Gillmor Gang that just engenders over the top passion. I’m embarrassed by my overreaction. Peace. - Leo Laporte

Nice, move along people ;) - David Lloyd

Andrew: I don't have the studio built and I don't have the ability to host that here, my bandwidth isn't reliable enough. - Robert Scoble

Robert/Colin: I hope the shows doesn't just continue, but improves... There has to be a way to have these really interesting and important conversations without all the ego and defending semantic arguments instead of trying to understand one another. - Joel Asaro

Nice to see that it all worked out so well. - Antoniu

Wow, things move fast on the www. Nice on you both to offer apologies that fast :) - Lasse Reiersen-Gravdal

Leo: nice, hope the show can go on! I think it would be nice to have not so many quick arguments, either, but that's the Gillmor Gang! - Robert Scoble

Joel, pearls don't exist without sand irritating the oyster. Just sayin' - Karoli

arrington is good at what he does and gets results, that cant be disputed. i watched his interview with kevin rose and kevin rose looked so uncomfortable the whole time - Tobias Lewsadder

Lasse: welcome to the real time web! - Robert Scoble

Aw Leo, you're too good a man. He's an a-hole. Don't be embarrassed. - Libertine

Glad both parties apologized. Stupid comment and over reaction. Gillmor Gang next week? - Wo

GG on TWiT is the best match to bring forward thinkers and tech enthusiasts together, it will be great if Leo reconsiders. If not, I will follow Steve and the Gang wherever they decide to continue with this realtime experiment. - Alberto Saavedra

real time web wins again - David Lloyd

leo proves to be a true gentleman!!!!! - Tobias Lewsadder

Arguments is not the problem. Questioning ethics is. Rule #1 Dont fight a land war in aisa. Rule #2 Dont piss of the host when it is dealing with ethics - Darryl Adams

I know this incident will color the future epsiodes of the "The Gillmore Gang" podcast, and the perception of the people who hear about the incident and wonder what, why, who about the podcast. - Stanley Suan

so leo will there be a show next week or you dont want to do it anymore??? - Andrew Villafane

Leo: how about with Steve, have you talked with him? - Robert Scoble

The real time web isn't always puppy dogs and ice creame cones - Chris Pugh

the real time real world isnt either Chris :p - David Lloyd

It's nice to know that you guys are human, and you get much more respect from me knowing that you are. - Colin

Stanley: On the real-time ADHD web, no one will remember what happened yesterday, much less a week ago. - Karoli

Leo, everyone is entitled to get angry when core beliefs and standards are insulted. Just hit the mute button on twitlive next time! Bombs away!!! :) - Wookie

However weird it may sound, it was good to see Leo being able to get upset like that. Just proves he can be human too. Was wondering if he's entire mind worked in a G rating ;) Also proves how passionate he is about his work. And good on being such a gentleman afterwards! Good going Leo! - Lasse Reiersen-Gravdal

That's Gracious of you Leo. Time will heal. I think both of you work so hard the stress just mounts. I do wish the show could keep its edginess but not get personal. Debate the issues. You did have a right to be angry, I'm not questioning that. I just wish the show in general got some kind of professional adjustment, if that's the right word, have the structure of Twit where there is debate but it doesn't get personal - Stephen Pickering

Oh dear. Still, in all these years it's about the 1st time. Almost superhuman not to have exploded before. - David Jones

I had never been on Friend Feed before (only heard so much about it on TWiT); however, when all this went down, it was the first place I thought to turn. I finally "get" the hype. - Jason Beck

@jay http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TheGill... - Antoniu

Jay: Link to Gillmor Gang - http://gillmorgang.techcrunch.com - Karoli

Leo works too hard. He's there too much. I wonder who would be an ideal fill in, if he could take more time off? - Stephen Pickering

Leo accepts! http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - Chris

Wow, I think that posting the incomplete episode complete with Leo's rant/breakdown/whatever it's called is just totally disrespectful to him. Leo's a person who's never had these kinds of breakdowns in the past and I don't think it deserves to be publicized in the GG feed. - Paulius G

Paulius: Leo regrets blowing up as loud as he did, but he has no problem with that video clip - David Lloyd

I'm staying out of this one - let me say though, I wouldn't be following TechCrunch if it weren't for Leo - Leo has serious authority here. - Jesse Stay

Leo didn't break down. He got pissed off. And rightly so. He said what he wanted to say, and he's resolved the matter. Don't see the problem. - Karoli

Paulius: I think Leo more than anyone is aware of the consequences of being live all the time. - Lasse Reiersen-Gravdal

Heck, I wouldn't be on Twitter if it weren't for Leo. I wouldn't have a Mac if it weren't for Leo. I wouldn't have built my own PC if it weren't for Leo. I wouldn't be using Digg if it weren't for Leo. I wouldn't have an iPhone if it weren't for Leo. I'm dead serious in that - Leo has had serious influence in the things I've tried over the last 5 years or so. - Jesse Stay

Leo, I wouldn't worry about it. Arrington Deserved it! As long as I've listened to your shows, I know that you won't push a product unless you think it's ACTUALLY good, and that if a product sucks, you'll either not talk about it, or trash it if it deserves it. Arrington was just being a dick, and While I wouldnt have shut the whole show down, there's a good chance I would have kicked him off myself. - Justin Flood @justinflood

Do you think Leo will ask Mike for a preview of the Crunchpad??? - Darren Rowley

Just read Michael Arrington's explanation and frankly, I'd like to hear about the "story that is brewing about favoritism at Palm" and TechCruch's analysis of reviews. It's obviously an important and sensitive issue if it engenders situations like we have just witnessed. Leo, bring Michael back and let everyone talk about disclosure issues, favoritism, and gadget reviews from everyone's perspective and experience. Your audience will benefit from a rational discussion of this important issue. - Michael Ritter

I just watched your video with Mike Arrington. You just made a new fan. :D Hope you enjoy your pre. - Jason Pope

I can see why Leo blew up. Arrington is trashy and seemed to question the integrity of someone who actually cares. Not sure why Leo was on Gilmore Gang in the first place. Not the place for real interest/ideas. - Darrel Davis

love ya leo. - Mark Outten

It's nice to get a realtime issue in some sense, to work loose the shaky brickwork. the web is a wild and wonderful place. Although real emotions are involved, the live nature of the content does make certain people respond differently. - Steve Ford

I've trird to watch the Gilmor Gang, but can't get through it. It doesn't fit the TWiT lineup. Leo, let it go, you have better programs that you can do instead. - Brian Cagle

http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Jason Pope

Leo would never waste fbomb for publicity - Art

I like Steve, but I agree with Brian - it's a different audience, not TWiT's - Jesse Stay

Admittedly I don't listen to Leo live very often but after many years of following Leo around the web it was actually very amusing to see and hear the foul language I'm not used to hearing outta Leo. Way to go Leo, I appreciate you sticking up for yourself! :) - Ryan

This just in: I just talked to Dave Winer and he made the most important point: what about the show? I called Steve Gillmor and he's going to try to reassemble the troops (including Mike) and we're going to try this again. I'm on my way into the studio now. - Leo Laporte

YAY! - David Lloyd

Leo needs content. While Twit Live is based on the brand of "Leo", he does allow over voices like PC Perspective and This Week in Fun to use his facilities. He has full editorial control on what he has on his network, and that is his right. I only stated to listen to GG after it came to Twit. So maybe Steve expanded his listener base, but maybe he does not need too. That question is up to Steve - Darryl Adams

Leo you're a good man - Jesse Stay

Wow, thats great Leo. Looking forward to it :) - Lasse Reiersen-Gravdal

Lol, god he loves his community doesnt he? - David Lloyd

_serious_ realtime shit - Amyloo

Leo suffers for his audience, now it is out turn :-) - Darryl Adams

gotta love live real time. - Steve Ford

Yes! :) - Adnan

<3 real time xx wish my friends got it - David Lloyd

Can the bandwidth support this episode? Ha! - Michael Kaiser

Then I'll stay up for a while (it's 2:14 am here) - Willem (@wim66) ☠

Incredibly admiral thing to do, a lot can be learned from this whole series of events. - Jason Beck

I've watched Leo "alter" his views going from the pc shows to the mac shows, but I have never felt Leo was or ever would give a positive/negative review to something based upon getting a freebee. - Brian Cagle

Can we get Dave Winer on the show too?! :) - Adnan

Lol, someone posted Keyboard Cat playing off Arrington but it got deleted on Youtube - zephyrlily

we want david winer - David Lloyd

why would youtube delete a keyboard cat vid? - Bwana ☠

Cool :-) I did remember last week you were a little peed about the trolling nature of Mike and I agreed then and more now Good on ya - O W

I think the author deleted it @Bwana - zephyrlily

Wait, who's on their way into the studio right now? - Colin

scoble you going to be ontine for round two? - Steve Ford

Dialogue is good to work through an incident such as this. I'm glad that Leo and Mike responded so soon afterward. Apologies came quick and bitterness didn't have time to set in, which could have caused enmity between them for years to come. I've learned to be careful with strong initial reactions because I may not be totally understanding where the other person is coming from, and that is the source of so many of these kinds of problems. - Allen Blair

The best thing about this video is about 50 seconds in when Loren Feldman realizes Leo Isn't joking around as he bows his head and goes into his happy place while mommy and daddy fight: http://img.skitch.com/2009060... - BryanSchuetz

Lol :/ - Colin

If you guys put this back together, you guys rock, seriously. - Colin

Steve: I gotta drive up to the city, so will be calling in from my new Prius. - Robert Scoble

This video has "Keyboard Cat" written all over it! - Chris

Serenity Now. Serenity Now.... :-) - Jeff Weber

chris can't we get like a keyboard penguin or something.. you know something fresh... - Steve Ford

I'm so thankful that R. Scoble invented "real time web"! I'm joshin' :) Unless he actually did. - Michael Kaiser

I thought Al Gore invented it? - John Brazel

There goes the Bulleit Bourbon? - TunisianGuy

@BryanSchuetz ROTFLOL - Adam Turetzky

don't know about him, but I am done, that's for sure. These apologies took too long to come imho - TunisianGuy

I was missing the show until I saw the article on Techmeme, yay! - Ryan Massie

The show must go on http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Amyloo

Back live woooo! - Moobie

live.twit.tv - TunisianGuy

yayyyyy - TunisianGuy

Someone with mad skills please mashup the GG video with keyboard cat to the tune of "Saturday Nights All Right for Fighting" by Elton John. Ohhh were back live, cool. - John Brazel

Part2 - Willem (@wim66) ☠

Very civilized! Way to get it together guys! Job done! :-) - Moobie

LOL. This is better than TV - Bwana ☠

we need a minute please - Tina Chase Gillmor

@Bill Lol @ the plant - zephyrlily

I guarantee half the TWiT fans have their recorders going now :) - Bwana ☠

Bwana - Lol! :-) - Moobie

I upped the first part here: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TheGill... and will do the same with this part - Jack

Was this the "new media" equivalent of O'Reilly's great "F$&k it, let's do it live" outburst? (not to compare Leo to Bill as Leo Rules) - Tim Hughes

I blame the Pre Leo... - Bwana ☠

Personally Leo...I enjoy the show. Hope it continues it is very intelligent 99% of the time. There is a lot to be said about the show...and all that goes on on it. - Kevin Hart

keyboard cat is uploading again...i deleted it because the quality was too poor - Thomas McGivern

I love it, it makes me remember the good ol' days of IRC. - Ryan Massie

Love ya Leo. Takes a big man to own up to a mistake (understandable as it may be) - Scott Edwards

Now the show will be tame :) - Bwana ☠

I can just picture keyboard cat waiting for the cue - zephyrlily

lol - Chris

LOL stop zephyr...I'll be laughing the whole show - Bwana ☠

You are a class act Leo! - invariant

Arrington's "apology" was merely a bunch of excuses ("I wasn't watching the video, blah, blah") I don't come to TWIT for confrontational tatics like Arrington's. Dialogue and discussion -- yes. Being a jerk -- no. - Joel R

LEO: I was the one who quickly posted the YouTube video (MPB326) and I felt kind of bad about it in a way. I have been following you since your Tech TV days and love what you are about. I think you were totally in the right in this situation although overall I think it was a misunderstanding. Message me if you want the link to add an annotation to the video. - Mike Bracco

Yes, mike's audio is fine. - Cliff Gerrish

leo, you are great. - Oldengrey (Jay)

Well done both Leo and Mike - Kim Landwehr

Perhaps there is hope for the Middle East. - Karoli

hiccup - Tina Chase Gillmor

Leo, I think you overreacted a tad but I reckon I would've too, Arrington was way to quick and aggressive in his questioning. At least you guys made up. - Marco Ho

Tina, recording part ii - Cliff Gerrish

What Calacanis incident? - Chris

Well done Mike - I have high respect for Arrington after this. - Jesse Stay

I like Arrington's style. - Colin

thanksCliff - Tina Chase Gillmor

it's not the questions Mike asks, it's the snark-laden tone. - Karoli

Questioning a man's integrity without any justifiable reason is an insult and Leo is absolutely correct for what he did. - Paul

Tina, the first part is here if you need it http://www.archive.org/downloa... - Jack

karoli, re: snark, which is what made the contrast with the nice in memoriam so jolting - Amyloo

He never apologizes.... explains his attitude. - zephyrlily

keyboard cat is back up!! http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Thomas McGivern

This is one of the most amazing interviews I've ever heard. I am learning so much, and gaining a ton of respect for Arrington after this. - Jesse Stay

No doubt about it, these guys are heavyweights. - Colin

The same props go to Leo for being such a great interviewer. - Jesse Stay

Steve is angry :( - David Lloyd

can't blame Steve for being angry. A lot of crap was posted on this stream that was unfair to him and to Tina. - Karoli

Thanks Karoli ... tough few days - Tina Chase Gillmor

Scobey! Welcome to the show! - Colin

Yay, we have ourselves a show - Robert

Jack, are you recording? - Robert

I wish Mike would open up more - he really is a good guy inside, and has great intentions. - Jesse Stay

moving right along... - Brad Kligerman

yep, this part will be up at http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TheGill... later - Jack

So what's happening in tech? - Colin

This week in therapy - Thomas McGivern

Leo vs Steve is coming up next... - Chris

Thanks Jack, all those missing these live shows thank you - Robert

As a journalist you have to ask tough questions - Jesse Stay

This is even better then a 2-2 tie in the 12th... oh yeah, the Dodgers won that one. - Brad Kligerman

I'm glad I stayed up (it's 2am here) reading the FF comments and TC comments - I nearly went to bed thinking the show would be taking another hiatus - Jack

Steve has a good wife. - Colin

I seriously cannot believe this has happened. Kudos to you, Leo and definitely Mike for not throwing the F You's back and apologizing so quickly. I am happy that these two have a respect for each other and tech to and us, to come back, publicly apologize and try to continue to do the show. I'm almost teary eyed! - Lise

Leo's in his "battle stance" - Colin

Leo doesnt need Gilmore's Gang! - Chris

Is this a kumbaya moment or another shit storm? - Brad Kligerman

Chris, networks have interdependencies - Karoli

We shall see. - Antoniu

Wow, I just dropped in on some serious stress! - Aaron T. Harvey

Robert remember this is Our community. Leo Gives us a voice and we use it. - Andrew Johnson

I'm not saying everything that is said is correct or needs to be said though - Andrew Johnson

Andrew, so you're saying that because I am a GG fan from way, way back, I'm not entitled to speak, or be heard? - Karoli

For GG to work on Twit network, Steve has to retake center stage on the video feed... the production has to visually and audiably recenter around Steve. - Brad Kligerman

of course i'm not saying that Karoli - Andrew Johnson

I wonder if this video will go viral like Santelli's? - Stephen Pickering

Excellent point Brad - Robert

My point, Andrew, is that Steve has a community, too - Karoli

I do agree with Brad. - Karoli

I'm just saying that the show came to our commmunity so we get a voice too - Andrew Johnson

Yeah, I think out of respect for Steve, Leo should have maybe left, but not pulled the plug - Stephen Pickering

I'm listening to the restart of the show with all the kiss and make up. Bottom line GG doesn't belong on TWiT and should go somewhere else. - saf

Steve needs to stop reading this chat - Robert

I agree, I think he's taking it too literally - zephyrlily

i think it is irc that he is speaking of - Andrew Johnson

Wow, this makes for an interesting Saturday online. - Verbal

Steve Gilmor please dont take yourself so seriously - earl wallace

Oh that's not true, Mike. I don't want a fight. The drama was interesting and so is this public apology but I want a show about tech, not flame wars. I can go read youtube comments for that. - Lise

Lots of respect for the content, but seems like its about the people instead of the ideas way too often. - Joel Asaro

Pretty hard not to read the chat....Steve has always been tuned into viewers' responses. - Karoli

FTR I like every single person on this call. I find this show incredibly interesting because they're all truly opening up. I want this to continue if every episode can be like this. - Jesse Stay

We don't have a problem with you Steve, thanks for putting this show together. - Colin

Leo, the drama is the show. - Karoli

i'm confused... leo added drama too - Preternat (Ken Cadby)

This is not going to end well...... - David Peralta

If I wanted Meet the Press, I'd turn on David Gregory - Karoli

This is the most riveting show on any network I've seen in a while, it's genuine. - Matthew

Uh oh, the Middle East won't reconcile - Karoli

Gillmore Gang has value but Steve cant handle the spotlight...welcome to radio, tv, etc if you put yourself out there you need to expect this to some extent - Gary Gannon

I don't get Leo's rap on the 'drama'. Ageed Karoli - Brad Kligerman

Ohhhh.... - Amyloo

Woah - where did Dave Winer come into this? - Jesse Stay

internal angst - zephyrlily

I remember drama on the GG 2 years ago, its not all from the "chat" or even just Dave Winer... - Robert

the content is what it is because of the conflict. It is. - Karoli

Gilmore Gang has always been about conflicting personalities in tech... Leo, you should have known that when you let Steve do his show on TWiT - Ryan Merket

Everything is political. People are passionate. It is what creates pearls - Karoli

Steve's feelings are hurt. I think because what Leo did, by closing the show, really made Steve feel like he wasn't in control. Okay, I get that. I hope they can resolve this now with Steve. - Lise

'do without the drama' Steve Gillmor. Leo has got to understand that statement. - Brad Kligerman

Steve is a gateway drug, like marijuana. - Colin

I think nobody's better than Leo. But geez, once again it seems his ego's in the way. - Preternat (Ken Cadby)

We need Steve to hook all these people up! - Colin

talking about each other is part of the attraction. It is one way to figure out how people think - Karoli

We don't want to see you dead, Mike - Stephen Pickering

It's like watching Crossfire, but with a bunch of tech geeks - zephyrlily

There's drama because this show gets bogged down in personality fights. - Joel R

We're not crazy!! *twitches* - Robert

the content and the passion are indivisible - Hilary Talbot

I would never spit on you, Mike. And I'm proud of you for how you've handled all this. - Lise

SteveGillmor - Based on the comments in this thread, I suggest you come back to uStream - Karoli

I <3 you all guys - Jesse Stay

@Jesse The show is happening now because of a conversation that Leo had with Dave Winer according to Leo's post in this FF thread - Antoniu

Sounds like they have patched things up. - Mike Doeff

Mike, it the whole anonymity thing... we don't want you dead. people just shout because they think you won't hear. - Jan Zimak

@321 I don't understand how that has caused drama though - Jesse Stay

Man they are really slamming us here on FriendFeed - Stephen Pickering

Underwear 12 y/os? wtf? - Ryan Merket

What if I'm in my undies AND rational still? heh - Lise

I haven't read anything here that was like life threatening - Stephen Pickering

OMG, you guys have a show where you are critical of your subjects, you get heated and personal sometimes yet blame us in chat for doing the same sometimes too? It is our fault? We are the bad guy? lololol - Andrew Johnson

This chat is infinately more mature and constructive than the IRC chat is - Robert

Is Robert on an AT&T network? Is that how bad it is? - Stephen Pickering

i think leo and mike have made up, but steve is the one with the attitude now - Dano Hart

Please no one tell the IRC chat about this chat - Jesse Stay

That IRC chat is a disaster - Mike Doeff

Being in the chat room is a bit like being at Comic Con, you always think YOU'RE the normal one, but everyone looks a bit crazy to outsiders. - Aaron T. Harvey

I think more of the 12 year olds are on the irc, Robert. heh They're not quite FFing yet. - Lise

Jesse, why does Arrington slam the FriendFeed chat so much? I've never read terrible things here - Stephen Pickering

No, @Dano, Steve is the one that still has something to work out. He's trying to save his show. - Brad Kligerman

Of course Scoble would say it is easy to block people here - Jack

Many of us here are on all chats simultaneously - earl wallace

Brad, Steve's show will go on whether it's here or some where else - Karoli

Stephen, I'm not sure, but this particular chat has been pretty anti-Arrington before this current live stream. He may be referring to that. FF in general has been pretty anti-Arrington from what I've seen. - Jesse Stay

You guys have made that show, you're doing it right now. - Colin

you make it sound like it's all at Leo's command. It's STEVE'S show. - Karoli

can we PLEASE talk about the Palm Pre. I'm drunk already - TunisianGuy

gillmorgang is valuable to me... I waited the whole week for this. Their are other people on this thread who also find it valuable. I don't understand why there is a question as to whether it should be on the network or not. If people don't like it, they can skip it and watch the other shows that they do like. - Adnan

Just missed the GG incident this afternoon, but got to see FF unfurl the story (and the youtube replay). I'm not going to weigh in on the personalities because I just discovered GG this week...I was going to start listening for energetic and insightful banter. Now, I have been thinking about what happened today and about the back-and-forth I've read here. From the few podcasts I've... more... - Jason Miller

why do you want Gillmor Gang to be TWIT II? - Karoli

Seems to me that the back story is that Arrington was jealous that he did not get a Pre and wanted to spoil the fun. Pretty simple. Getting lectured from Arrington on disclosure ethics was the last straw for Leo. - Jim Posner

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I like this show because it's powerful personalities. - Colin

I think the debates and snarky comments are what makes the show great - Gary Gannon

Jim, I think it's a misunderstanding more than anything from what it sounds like - Jesse Stay

why is there a problem with drama? These guys are passionate - Tina Chase Gillmor

Robert I think is friends with everyone. I don't know if I've ever heard of anyone he hates. He's good that way. - Jesse Stay

Tina, I have no problem with drama. I'm not in love with SNARK - Karoli

Jesse, no, Mike really was attacking Leo's credibility, and I'm not anti Mike. I like Arrington - Stephen Pickering

The drama is the reason I listen to GG, and not TWiT - Jack

Gillmor's talking but no one can hear. - Sprague D

Gilmore is always angry, aggressive and unpleasant, and he fosters that. Period. It's not the conversation, it's the tone. It's unfriendly and it's not Leo. If Gilmore wants that as his show, cool. But I'm with Leo in that I don't think it fits well with Twit. - Libertine

Ohh! Awwww. First time in a while to FF and I thought I could catch GG (kinda tough, just look at the sub-domain on TC; I thing they went "underground" for a reason). I appreciate both sides of the story. Everyone should calm down and join my new movement: What Would Spock Do? or WWSD? - coldbrew

Karoli - I think you hint at the problem SteveG is discovering. It's Steve's show on Leo's network... using Leo's live audience, and Leo's live chat... Steve's seeing *Leo's* network react, and not seeing *his* audience's feedback. As a result: he's offended. - tollie williams

Drama is fine, Leo just doesn't like it when people call him out on getting free/pre-released stuff, and saying "Love it! Totally impressed..." -- which he should have said "Palm sent me a 7 day loander to try it out, and I love it, totally impressed" - Ryan Merket

I think if we got Feldman on here he could solve this for us: http://img.skitch.com/2009060... - BryanSchuetz

All I can say is I have gained a completely new respect for Mike Arrington from this show. He manned up to this one, misunderstandings were cleared up, and I see him as an entirely new person after this. I give him my respect on this one. - Jesse Stay

good point ryan merket - Dano Hart

I'm not a regular listener of GG, but the times that I've tuned in seemed like there was drama and people were a bit flaming. I like shows with less drama than GG. I'm not sure who has reason. I don't think that this is black and white. Having the show squeaky clean wouldn't be interesting, but the drama just gets annoying and simply delays the tech. - Paulius G

Moral of the story: Don't call out Leo if he holds the "off" button - Ryan Merket

@tollie very good insight - earl wallace

Stay: Agreed. - coldbrew

Audiences long for access to this show. - Colin

@Ryan that's not the case at all - Harvey Birdman

So, I missed the setup of this call. Is Scoble the moderator? Why is he on? :) - tollie williams

Leo having Steve turned down is EXACTLY what is wrong with the show in its current form - Jack

There's a difference between a spirited discussion and flaming. - Mike Doeff

+1 Colin - Brad Kligerman

You all need to *come back* and make up live. [EDIT: I mean "real time"] - coldbrew

Hug it out guys. - Mike Doeff

Jack, agreed. - Karoli

I agree with Gillmor , no need to change the show... go to Mevio where the ADULTS are - John Hillestad

"With all due respect". Got it. - Sprague D

The show would fit the network if it doesn't disclosing free/pre-released phones. - Ryan Merket

Steve and Leo I think have different audiences. It all comes down to if it's worth merging those audience. - Jesse Stay

I'm happy that Leo cares about us as a community. The normal, non drooling ones, of course. - Lise

Ryan missed a 1 hour Palm Pre unboxing where Leo stated about 20 times it was review Unit...but that's ok. - Bwana ☠

I think we might be seeing the end of the GG/Twit collab. Steve is realising its not working. Leo seems conflicted, he wants to keep the content on the show, but he is not comfortable with it. But Leo does an excellent job of hosting the show. I fear for the continuity and quality of the GG if its not on Leo's network - Robert

Without a community there's no one to consume your content. - Aaron T. Harvey

"I dont care about the community"-Steve Gillmor. My respect has risen for Mike Arrington and lowered for Steve Gillmor tonight.amazing - Dano Hart

Dano, how about the full quote? What he said was "I do what I think is important to do" - Karoli

Can you imagine a professional broadcaster on TV or radio talking about their audience this way? - Sprague D

It kinda hurts when the broadcaster publicly advises dosent care about his listeners - David Peralta

I think my favorite Gillmor Gang episode was the one where Marc Canter kept showing a big bowl full of marijuana buds on his video screen every chance he could get. That was classic! - Thomas Hawk

"those people who don't like reality"... ok. same to ya. :) - Preternat (Ken Cadby)

Steve please do this on a closed call - earl wallace

Steve is just hurt. And I think he's not feeling respected. - Lise

Leo just pointed out my entire current frustration... why the hell is the show not post-published if Steve indeed feels that people -should- be able to Fast forward through it - Robert

"I dont care about the community" implies "I mostly care about the content' - Brad Kligerman

@Dano agree, if Steve doesnt care about the community at all then why put it out? Just talk to your buddies on the phone. - Gary Gannon

Just produce a show where you argue about tech and not about each other. Outside of this incident, it's all very self-indulgent anyway. - bobrudge

Bwana: This is looking for justifications while already having one's side chosen - coldbrew

I can be passionate while avoiding drama. It's an acquired skill. Kinda like laughing without shooting milk through your nose. - Bwana ☠

Interesting to see if there is any brand impact to all of this..Seems they all have the Martha Stewart problem with the name and brand tightly coupled. - Jim Posner

This show is going no where now - Jesse Stay

It looks like the show will be moving to a different 'network'. - Verbal

This has been brewing for a while - Mike Doeff

i think the community can create content,and help and push content. So saying you don't care about the community,is not saying your care more about the content - Dano Hart

Anella: Yes ;) - coldbrew

The problem is Leo can turn off the show - Jack

The show can go on with Leo - Bwana ☠

The thing you all should know about Steve's community comment? He does care about the community. Do you think people who don't care bother with discussions on FriendFeed? All he said was that ultimately HE does what HE feels is important - Karoli

dude bwana,shooting milk thru your nose IS a skill.hehe - Dano Hart

Rename it to The Leo Laporte Gang! Thats what it is! - Chris

Leo you can build up TWiT Sunday and then split it soon into Sat/Sun - Preternat (Ken Cadby)

The show can go on without Leo - Bwana ☠

Jack: Yes, broadcasting live via IP is so difficult these days. It would take millions! - coldbrew

Steve is just too hurt right now. I feel bad for him. But he needs to cool down - Lise

Bwana, yes, but can it go on with AND without Leo? - Jesse Stay

I am Reviled - Preternat (Ken Cadby)

Why does Steve do a show if he doesnt care if people watch it or not? - Chris

Jesse - I see what you did there. Wait..No I don't - Bwana ☠

Chris, because he believes the content is important. - Karoli

Steve works for Mike, BTW. - Oldengrey (Jay)

Steve you know more than anyone else the internet mirrors real life. Please understand the chat in the same light. - earl wallace

No one is dependant on anyone else. Steve can organise the show on his own wherever he wants, like he did for a long time. - Robert

Gillmor could take this live on his own with minimal help. Lots of people *sitting* here could do it in an hour or less. - coldbrew

Bwana, I'm confused! - Jesse Stay

If Steve does want complete control then he does need to move it. You can't have complete control when Leo sits at the helm - Lise

We Collegiates are Reviled - Preternat (Ken Cadby)

Who would have thought an hour ago that Gillmor would be the one to come out of this the worst - seems to have taken an ego hit and wants everyone to remember it's 'his' show. Pretty pathetic performance. - bobrudge

Leo was liberal with those F bombs : ) - Mike Doeff

collegial is for talk shows, radical is for Gillmor - Brad Kligerman

LOL Mike. Seriously. I really like Arrington a lot more now. I can't believe he stepped up and handled this so awesomely. "F you. F you. F you. Bye" haha - Lise

Yeah - Leo's got it - Gillmor Gang needs to decide what it wants to be when it grows up. What's the overall purpose and premise behind the show? - Jesse Stay

You can't take it with you has never been more true. - Aron Michalski

Steve is coming off a little bit arrogant, though rightfully so in some ways. Honestly, I think that Leo should stay on GG, but take it off of TWiT. If Steve wants control, he should get it. - TeraDyne Azurepaw

oh now steves crackin the jokes.alright! - Dano Hart

@Steve ROFL. Looks like we hit a resolution. - Ryan Merket

Stay: It's that there is no premise and it's some people Gillmor knows and likes talkin shit. - coldbrew

stop trying to classify things, Leo, and go with the flow. It's been kinda working since Gillmor Gang has been here. - Brad Kligerman

Jesse, I agree w/ you (and Leo) that Mike has proven to be a different person that I previously thought he was. Silver lining here might be that these types of 'misunderstandings' are headed off before they boil over in the future. - Chris Heath

Someone just asked me this question: if this is gillmor, why is laporte seeming to host? (1st time on GG) - Karoli

coldbrew, I think with that, Leo's taking risk then. Steve's got to state what the show is for it to make sense on Leo's network. That's nothing against Steve's show - it's just in conflict with the organization of Leo's network. - Jesse Stay

I think we forget that these guys have real lives, real problems, and stress that can leak into this show. - Mike Doeff

932 PM GEORGIA hi is dave glad yall are back on - daveccorey

Karoli, because it's on Leo's network - Lise

It's kind of surreal to hear this thing play out while in my car. Thank you, iPhone app. Can the Pri do that? :-) - Joel R

LOL - Last words out of Mike's mouth, "and I got a Techmeme headline out of it" - Jesse Stay

Can someone please turn this drama into a 30 second video for YouTube :0 - Preternat (Ken Cadby)

okay, real last words out of Mike's mouth, "Go Leo!" - Jesse Stay

I love so much that they brought this back out live to do it. - Lise

Who in here has this recorded? - Jesse Stay

I'm kind of amazed at about how transparent these guys are being. I appreciate that. - Mike Doeff

Whoo! GO JACK! - Robert

No offense Steve, but welcome to the real-time web - Jesse Stay

I'll put this up at http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TheGill... - Jack

Leo, remember that people can scrub back on the BitGravity feed and then screen-capture or record the audio. - Paulius G

Welcome to the interwebs Steve - Gary Gannon

Christopher: yeah, I heard about SkyFire on Windows Weekly. Sounds pretty cool. - Joel R

I knew it would be a tame show after that - Bwana ☠

LOL Leo. Awwww @ the loooove - Lise

That was actually pretty interesting, maybe we'll see a This Week in Drama soon. - Antoniu

I learned a lot from this. As I said before I have a newfound respect for both Leo and Mike Arrington. - Jesse Stay

I wanna hug all my gadgets. Yay tech! - Lise

i'm hungry.whos buyin? hehe - Dano Hart

This is TWID! - Joel R

is the bar open yet? - Andrew Johnson

TWiD - nice! - Aaron T. Harvey

After all of that i do have more respect for Mike now, I think alot has been learned today - David Peralta

@leo it always good to hear an opinion that you don't hear agree with. you can't have good without evil. - Jan Zimak

Everyone has a shadow, the trick is learning how to give the shadow recognition privately, so that it doesn't come out publicly like it did today - Stephen Pickering

And 3 hours later we get the Pre review - Jack

Judging by Leo's little presentations, the Pre interface seems pretty slow - Bwana ☠

that would drive me nuts - Bwana ☠

Nice UI - a little 'roundy/pudgy' though. Is it comfortable to hold? - Aaron T. Harvey

Aaron, yeah looks kind of thick - Mike Doeff

Right, it's not as fluid as an iPhone. It's ages better than any Windows mobile or Palm OS phone, but still not too close to the iPhone. However, competition is great. And this hopefully means more interesting features in the future from the iPhone. - Paulius G

Bwana - Just got home and stumbled across this thread. What would we do without Friendfeed?! - Charlie Anzman

Diabolical. Legal maelstrom becomes misdirection play, host catches fecal backlash. - Aron Michalski

Steve/Tina - Hang in there. I'll touch base soon, hopefully we can connect next week - Karoli

Charlie - we'd be all over Google looking for details :) - Bwana ☠

I like that app dock - Mike Doeff

I wonder how the battery life is with background apps running, since the drain on the battery is supposed to be one of the reasons that Apple won't allow background apps on the iPhone. - Antoniu

321 - Despite what Apple may say, it's a memory issue moreso than battery - Bwana ☠

Is anyone going to post the make-up video? - Jim Posner

that phone does look pretty slick - Dano Hart

looks sluggish - Robert

anyone want some koolaid? - Preternat (Ken Cadby)

No it doesn't matter..I noticed it when he first unboxed it - Bwana ☠

It's sluggish all around - Bwana ☠

bye - Tina Chase Gillmor

I love great notification systems, and Palm has one - Bwana ☠

Apple should hire the guy who hacked together Growl for iPhone :) - Bwana ☠

Definitely cool how notifications and things pop up on the screen - Cory Roush

Thanks! My stream is stuttering so I'm getting gaps - Aaron T. Harvey

flawless ustream for me today - Preternat (Ken Cadby)

That charger is ingenius - Jesse Stay

Nintendo kills me with that - Bwana ☠

Jeff Cannata on TWiT?! - Chris

It doesn't make sense...that's why it infuriates me - Bwana ☠

Will it sync with Palm Desktop is the question I have - Bwana ☠

For the die hard Palm'ers - Bwana ☠

Did the Pre show up in iTunes? I heard it does... - Aaron T. Harvey

Nicholas James : Unfortunately I'll only be posting audio :-( - Jack

That'll come - Bwana ☠

People have to update their code to catch the Pre's browser string - Bwana ☠

do a quick test - Bwana ☠

Call goog-411 and surf while you do it :) - Bwana ☠

It's a good time to be a Phone lover - Bwana ☠

It is "good competition" to the iPhone - Jesse Stay

Pres, G1s, and iPhone giving Nokia and RIM some stiff stiff competition - Bwana ☠

Poor Motorola - Bwana ☠

monday it will be 3rd - Byron McCollum

O_O dead pixel blues - Bwana ☠

Storm 2 will be out in a few months...love the competition - Bwana ☠

his thumb covers 4 keys - Bwana ☠

Best keyboard I've ever had was the T-Mobile MDA - Jesse Stay

i could never use that analog keyboard - Byron McCollum

Leo - if you're missing a Brazilian BBQ (we, the enlightened, call it a churrasco), then your priorities are certainly out of order. Get off that ball and in front of a skewer of meat ASAP. Grad yourself a caiparinha, too. You've earned one or four today. - Jason Miller

I couldn't go back to a physical keyboard. - Aaron T. Harvey

That's your "We'll do it live" moment Leo :) - Bwana ☠

For me the apology will long out-live the video. - Colin

LOL Bwana - Lise

Nooooo - Bwana ☠

Dont do it Leo - Andrew Johnson

We could post your apology - Aaron T. Harvey

Mostly you gain publicity, not negativity. - Colin

I wouldn't :) :) - Bwana ☠

Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer >:D - Bwana ☠

do just the tribute and cut after that - Andrew Johnson

Don't put it back on Leo. Only those of us following from the beginning will get it. - Lise

Judge a man not by his friends, but by his enemies! - Colin

we love you, Leo! And now, even Mike. Good job, Mike. - Lise

We love ya Leo! Thanks for your support of us! - Aaron T. Harvey

Go eat some meat Leo - Bwana ☠

You deserve a few choice cuts - Bwana ☠

See you in the morning, Leo. - Lise

Man, one can only dream to have a setup like Leo :) - Bwana ☠

Oh no, so much for the chat rooms slowing down tonight. Maybe I need to make some new macros for tonight :-P - Andrew Johnson

now i want BBQ, thanks for another fun day everyone, tty tomorrow - Andrew Johnson

this type of reality that we saw today is why the future of media on the web is so exciting .. we like real opinions and real emotions ... not the puffed and polished punditry that the mass media (blech) tries to spoon us on a daily basis. Keep doing the show Leo, we can take it, and the content is quality. - Joe Magennis

Don't worry Leo!!! Good on you!!! - Andy

Haha, this is drama for geeks. - Manuel Mas

Wow Leo never seen that side of you Mic really asked for it though, One thing i can say about Leo Laportes reviews and recommendations is they are always what he really believes...... - John Spencer

I'm listening to the later call where Leo says he feels like Arrington baits people and Arrington is not once denying that he does. Arrington also says he never apologizes which also says a lot about him. If you are wrong what is so hard about apologizing? - jccalhoun

I belive we saw true real-time reality TV in it's truest form today. - Allen Blair

Seems to me Friendfeed is the winner in this scenario - chad cicconi

listening to this later call I get the feeling that some of these guys have a difficult time clearly expressing themselves. They are also overly hypersensitive but aren't aware of just how abrasive they themselves are. Get thee to a therapist. - jccalhoun

Chad - Not sure I follow your logic but 1110 comments says a lot about the 'players' and an incredibly wide spectrum of opinions. - Charlie Anzman

Gillmor is now blaming the chatroom for the tone of the show? How is that? - jccalhoun

Gillmore wants to take his ball and go home... Steve give it up and do your show we love you Man. - Rock

Leo I hope that you keep this show. It is a bit different from other shows but the drama mostly is incidental to some really interesting discussions. I think a lot of it is direct styles of discussion between passionate personalities. - Dominic

I'm not a big fan of the drama! I don't care for the show. To much beckering! I don't believe it fits the TWIT network. - MarK

They don't seem to understand Leo's point that you can be aggressive without taking shots at people. - jccalhoun

If Steve wants to take his ball & go home then FINE...Arrington was wrong & Steve is wrong not to acknowledge it...Techcrunch has been hit time & time again for it's "ethics"..Maybe that's why Palm didn't send them a review unit? Why send one to someone who has pre-judged your product? Arrington the Bill O'Reilly of tech? - David J. Garcia from twhirl

Just watched the re-run. Leo, Gillmor Gang is the best show on your network and Dominic nailed the reason why there is drama and today we got the confirmation that you're only human too. - Alberto Saavedra

Just dump the show. I'd rather watch reruns of your other shows that are all superior to what Steve has to offer anyway - Andy

i want to go to techcrunch to see if Arrington has brought it up, but then I'd be giving that bastard pageviews. - Dave Martin

dave: mike posted his side of the 'blow up' in a post titled "ouch" and he posted the youtube video too - it was kind of an apology, and leo accepted and apologized himself for his reaction - leo came back to the studio, got mike, steve, and scoble on and they talked it all out - hopefully everything is all good - it was re-running on the stream, i think that's over tho and the stream is on to the next re-run - Chris Heath

Can I download the show somewhere? - Wo

dave: in the 'second half' of the GG mike admitted that he only apologizes about once a year, and that he was being and asshole - Chris Heath

Downloads available here: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TheGill... - Jack

i think mike and leo are cool now - but steve still seemed pissed that the audience doesn't read his mind or something - it's kind of akin to how steve get's irked by people asking about the podcast for the GG (which hasn't been available since april) - steve moving over to twit widend his audience and he probably feels a bit out of control of his show since the audience (live audience... more... - Chris Heath

as I stated earlier on Twitter I have blocked techcrunch via OpenDNS settings - John Blanton from twhirl

Listening to the continuing discussion of this blow up reminds me of the reaction of the NPR Planet Money blog commenters to Adam Davidson's interview with Elizabeth Warren. Long after the protagonists have calmed down and made peace, the internet seethes with rage. Where's the sense of perspective, friendfeed peeps? - Matt Hall

Yeah, but he's unboxed a Pre at this point so... yeah :) - Jay Cuthrell

Matt Hall -- it's only been like 4 hours since it happened. That's hardly "long after" ;-) - jccalhoun

jccalhoun - In the real-time world it is ;) - Matt Hall

If you go by Steve's logic and he doesn't care about the audience, then it doesn't matter if the plug is pulled. Don't think Leo minds banter, but just doesn't want the kind of p2p internal drama trolling you'd see on a World of Warcraft forum per say. Mike was def out of line, he apologized. Steve on the other hand seems like he needs to let "his" show go to Leo. Leo appears... more... - Jonathan Langdale

Here's the NPR Planet Money episode and blog post I mentioned, for those of you who can't get enough of the drama: http://www.npr.org/blogs... - Matt Hall

Most entertaining GG moment ever! - Douglas

I am a huge TWiT content listener, and the primary emotion I feel after all of the shows is typically enthusiasm, optimism, and general good feeling. GG often leaves me frustrated over lack of manners, respect, and behavior issues. Passion over topics cannot disguise the fact that the overriding tone is contrary to the rest of the TWiT shows. I think it does not fit. - Amac

This one is rapidly heading for 1500 comment territory... http://friendfeed.com/search... - Jay Cuthrell

Leo doesn't need to "take over" the Gillmor Gang, he has TWiT among others which I think with the cross-pollination of some elements of the GG (JC for example) and exclusion of others (MA), is almost as good an experience. What amazes me is that Arrington still wonders why he polarises so many people... - Hamish MacEwan

Just woke up from a Nice little Nap Has the GG been recorded somewhere? Really would like to see Todays GG 2.0 - Erle Stride

Thank you Nicholas - Erle Stride

Anyone that Listens to MacBreak or TWiT knows that Leo has said he was going to buy a Pre a hundred times. Receiving a review copy means nothing, that is the industry standard practice. No apologies needed Leo, you were justified to be upset. Keep up the great work and you have my support! - John - becomingamac.com

I think Leo should either pull the show from TWiT or allow someone else (Colleen?) sit in his seat to produce the show. Steve and Leo have very different goals. Leo puts his focus on the quality of the product for the audience. Steve puts his emphasis on running the show and doesn't care as much about quality. Leo spends thousands on equipment and facilities; Steve probably bought his webcam and headset on clearance and hosts the show from a rumpus room. - Matt Matthews

it appears that there is a demand for gg and if leo thinks its in the best interest of his nework to host it, i support that. however i think that it may be something he should consider having someone else host. as his network grows he is going to need to share the helm and this may be a perfect opportunity. personally i would love to see it a little more like the old tech tv lineup.... more... - Tobias Lewsadder

Last week the Gillmor Gang was moved to Friday recordings and Leo did call in from home with Colleen runing the board. That was going to be the new recording arrangement but personal issues meant that the show couldn't be done this Friday and so they did it Saturday. So at least the plan was for Leo not to be appearing on the show from his studio any more. - jccalhoun

As far as I'm concerned the GG has always been an inferior offering which seemed only to serve the egos of those involved, long before it ever was hosted by TWiT Network. I don't think TWiT would be any the less without it. Regardless of the current argument. - Dave Wallace

Wow. Just saw what happened earlier. Good for Leo. I'm quite confident that Leo is not proud of his behavior, but Arrington has been an insufferable prick for quite some time, and utterly had this coming. That it came from Leo speaks volumes, and should have Arrington re-thinking his own conduct. - Phil Essing

Nicholas James: Thanks for the update, but were these pro-forma apologies? Leo's reaction to Arrington's characteristic button-pushing was about as genuine as they come. I would expect Leo to apologise for his behavior, but not for putting Arrington in his rightful place. - Phil Essing

I have to add I really enjoy the GG when Leo is NOT in Studio Leo should step back and be a guest out of the studio - Erle Stride

This has to be the biggest FF comment list I've ever seen. I'm with Leo! - Jim Graham

Just listening to part 2. Scoble just called in... Michael and Leo still making up. Steve's still waiting to weigh in. I think the fundamental mismatch between Steve and Leo's approaches to dead air is irreconcilable, and today sort of brought that to the forefront. - Ken Sheppardson

Not just dead air, I guess. Hm. - Ken Sheppardson

We love you Leo! - Imran Idris

Not sure why people are calling for the GG to be removed from the Twit Network. It's an odd fit but a good one nonetheless. Whatever happens I am glad that apologies have been exchanged and we can draw the line on this drama. - Jamie

Been thinking about all of this since it happened, and particularly about the impression that people took away from Steve's comment about community. Unfortunately, people listened to the first part without putting it into the larger context of the entire statement. When looked at in the context of the entire statement, it is completely consistent with how Steve Gillmor rolls. It is an... more... - Karoli

+1 Karoli - Brad Kligerman

The answer is clear. John C. Dvorak should be added to the mix. The TWiT+GG+CG trifecta would be the driving cat. - Jay Cuthrell

arrington shut down the comments on his post "ouch" at techcrunch dot com. he was getting ridiculously rude comments. isnt that why everyone was mad at him, for being rude? - Tobias Lewsadder

Tobias: Actually, they were mad at him for questioning Leo's integrity. That's a little different from being rude. I suppose they didn't listen to Part II of today's Gillmor Gang, where Leo and Mike made amends, and Mike admitted he was a couple of steps ahead in the conversation, forming a rant about Palm. It was an astonishing moment for me to hear him admit he was 100% wrong. Given that he did, rude comments seem a bit out of line. I'd have shut them down too. - Karoli

1164 comments. woah - Tyler Gillies

Tyler - I know right. This thread has two winners: 1. Palm 2. FriendFeed - Bwana ☠ from IM

a truly bad day with an incredibly awful end. Good night. - Tina Chase Gillmor

I can't believe there is already a Keyboard Cat on this, lol. - Jamie

just stating the obvious: as everybody knows gilmor gang is pretty much a bunch of old men cursing, declaring their opinions, & highlighting time and again that ugly kindergarten fights can break out regardless of age, education or status. it fosters dirty tricks and underhanded-ness. at times it's trying to have an edge with uninteresting cheap shots. the people aspect detracts from... more... - sɹǝɥʇɐǝɟʞɔɐןq

http://tiny.cc/0diXG Maybe this is why Palm didn't send Mike a Palm Pre to review???? "We’ve never broken an embargo at TechCrunch. Not once. Today that ends. From now our new policy is to break every embargo. We’ll happily agree to whatever you ask of us, and then we’ll just do whatever we feel like right after that. We may break an embargo by one minute or three days. We’ll choose at random." - Andy

@vstromdek but the record (now at 1173 posts with this one) is remarkable not only for the quantity of posts but also for its qualities> the diversity of points of view and the spontaneous manner that 2 communities (GG & TWiT) converged + deconverged around a strange and exceptional event. I agree @bwana, a victory for Friendfeed and real-time webs. - Brad Kligerman

WOW!!! Leo said a bad word. - Joe Demartino

...but I truly believe Leo is underestimating the essential force of Gillmor Gang: it is NOT a question of 'drama,' rather a question of the creative process engaged through critical confrontation, whose goal is the emergence of raw IDEAS. 'Idea' does not always = 'content.' The entropic spin-off of this process can perhaps be 'dramatic,' but drama is neither the intention, the device nor the content. - Brad Kligerman

That was amazing. Don't press the buttons of the man pressing the buttons, huh? I think some animosity was brewing from Leo over the Last.fm RIAA issue that TechCrunch was on to. I like a lot of TWiT shows: the enthusiasm, humor and inquisitiveness draw me in. Now more than before, I appreciate the transparency of disclosures (review unit vs. purchase) that have always been there, but not as glaringly emphasized. - Kevykev

The GG is the only show I don't watch on TWiT. It won't be missed, Leo. Don't waste your time with it anymore and focus your time on the other great content you create. That guy is a jerk and you don't need to feel bad or regret what you did. - MIQAL

Questioning Leo's integrity was uncalled for. I don't know Leo other than listening to his netcasts since twit started and despite our limited digital one-way interaction I trust his judgment and wait to hear what he says about a gadget before I seriously considering purchasing. Leo's a seasoned enough professional that he's probably over the whole thing by now. Leo - From 9,000 miles and 10 times zones away - keep up the great work! - Anant Gairola

Had a feeling it would be busy here................. - Kevin J Hatton

Karoli-I heard Steve's comment re: community as he will not pander to any "community." If a community forms around his work great and if it doesn't that is ok too, is my take away from his comment. I am sure Leo having the power to shut down the show was a turning point as well, where it leads will be interesting to see. - Jim Posner

karoli- i consider questioning someones integrity to be rude and insulting. arrington came off as a jerk. i did listen to that second gg and was rather impressed by how open both were and actually was a bit saddened by arringtons current emotional status. steves comments on how it was "his" show were a bit annoying but he is right. it would be interesting to see how well the show did... more... - Tobias Lewsadder

This gets a *facepalm* award for obvious reasons... see http://friendfeed.com/ffacepa... - Richard Walker

Jim: The community that forms around editorial integrity is a far better one than the opposite. The issue of control, though...that's huge. Tobias: I agree that death threats are always out of line. And my dislike for Arrington and feelings that he has no compunction about stomping on people and then playing the victim when they push back do not mean that I support in any way, shape or... more... - Karoli

wasn't a fan of Steve Gillmor and didn't care for show didn't watch after second one - Bob

keyboard cat #2 on digg.com http://digg.com/gadgets... I dont know if this makes me love the internet more or hate it. - Thomas McGivern

Loren Feldman's video response is good. - Stephen M. Otto

The second part of the show (post blow-up -- with Leo, Michael, Steve, and Scoble) is replaying right now on http://live.twit.tv. - Ken Sheppardson

Seems a lot of brouhaha about a couple friends having a spat. Not sure doing this in the public-stream is adding much value. It's a bit like watching Oprha Winfrey and Barbara Walters having a spat on their show. Maybe it's entertainment? - Michael Metz

Listening to the replay of the post-blow up broadcast. I totally understand why Leo blew up. I recently had a similar blow up where an aspect of integrity was questioned by someone close to me, and it hit a nerve. On the other hand, I think the purpose of GG is to probe deeply, and sometimes prosecutorially. If Leo doesn't want that style on his network, he should set GG free. - Stephen M. Otto

Wow. I always miss the good stuff. Well not "good" but you know what I mean. - Rustic Thoughts

Wow the Pre is a might sexier than my bulky android with that ridiculous "chin" - Rustic Thoughts

I love the intro music.... - Rustic Thoughts

hey from georgia STILL WITH LEO the twits vedios out of order again stick kams working ok - daveccorey

I'm jumping in--I wasn't at Woodstock, but I'm part of this historic conversation. And I'm with Leo. Anyone who has followed Leo for any length of time knows Leo's ethics. Shame on you Mike Arrington. You embarrassed yourself. And you revealed your true self. - Hamilton Wallace

Hmm. . .wonder how many more people will know about the Pre as a result of Arrington's dickishness? Could this be something new: the Arrington bump? - Hamilton Wallace

Would love to see Arrington on Cranky Geeks. Great job, Leo!!! - Jim Corkrum

We can haz FF entry for TWiT? - Ken Sheppardson

thanks to Denise we will in a second ken - Chris Heath

I love Friendfeed! I don't find it difficult, not even a little bit. - MarK

I wish the newest post in the thread was at the top. On mobile, it's a HUGE pain to scroll through all of the messages to the bottom. - Karoli

Leo, you did the right thing. Mike A. is an A-hole. - Samuel Cohen

is that my denise!!? - jeneane sessum

(still watching) - jeneane sessum

Wow... that Bing video search is... let's just say the secure web gateway market just got a nice pop. - Jay Cuthrell

Matthew: Everybody was pretty much already on a side. This just gave them a reason to cheer for their team and against the other guy. - Ken Sheppardson

In case anyone hasn't heard it, the 2nd part of the show is here: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TheGill... - Jack

I can empathize with Leo. I've flown off the handle in similar situations. Arrington did have an intriguing point, but it seems like he hijacked the conversation and got burned trying to be sensational. If he had waited for a break in the conversation around whether the Pre was actually any good and brought up his point as a topic of discussion, things would have gone much better. I think I'll steer clear of GG. - Sam Ellis

Dude, MA is a total Richard. I am suprised you put up with it as long as you have. Everyone has limits man, I hope you don't feel guilty for it. - Adam Deem

I'd love to filter out comments that are mostly "Person X is a(n) [adjective Y] noun Z." They are EXTREMELY tiresome to wade through. If you have built a case on an individual write it up and point to it. Then you can enjoy moderating idiotic comments to your own post. That said, what I read here before my eyes glazed over isn't so bad on the whole. - Richard Walker

Christian Bale vs Leo Laporte vs Mike Arrington REMIX (with added calacanis dancing): http://tinyurl.com/l2vmyf - Linton Davies

ZGood Job Leo It your network and everyone need to keep that in mind - Richard Thomson

My rather late 2 cents on the Arrington/LaPorte exchange are here: http://bit.ly/aKZUc But Leo, you raise a MORE IMPORTANT POINT! The GG is not a good fit for your network. A few weeks you all laughed when my comment calling Gilmore "mean" bubbled up on the Skype-a-sarous. There is a reason that his show results in flame outs. Its the rather mean/unkind manner of the host. Guests take... more... - Dale Dietrich

Dale: I've been listening to some back issues of the GG and News Gang since this incident. I'm seeing that SG is very good at what he does, though he does it in a prickly and abrasive way. Sometimes he can be abrupt, but he is well informed and opinionated. It would be good for Leo to keep the GG in the TWiT stable - it broadens his portfolio, it keeps the cutting edge and insightful... more... - Jason Miller

Jason Miller: Well said. Steve is the best at what he does. It does take effort to get in the groove, but it's worth every second. - Karoli

Got here from TechCrunch. FriendFeed: ".. the nearest thing to Shangri-La for mob justice enthusiasts.". - Marisa Duma

not #FEEDwithHITS - Yusuf Temur

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Core sectors' best show in 10 months - Economic Times - http://news.google.com/news...

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Layoffs begin at Satyam, non-techies first to go - Financial Express - http://news.google.com/news...

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Satyam starting with layoffs, HR, admin, training - non-techie people going first. I was going to say that I hope the economies turn around before they do too many layoffs, but these actions sound like they are more a factor of the buyout by Tech Mahindra - Anant Gairola

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Eicher Motors sees demand recovery in CVs by yr-end - Reuters India - http://news.google.com/news...

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India's GDP Growth Beats Estimates Amid Global Slump - Bloomberg - http://news.google.com/news...

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Saying the worst is over for the Indian economy is a pretty bold statement. I hope he is not far off the mark! Stories with a positive spin starting to come through from the US also so maybe the worst is over! - Anant Gairola

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Netbooks: Apple Is Coming To Kill You - Forbes - http://news.google.com/news...

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Microsoft May Rename Live Search 'Bing': Massive Ad Campaign Planned - PC World - http://news.google.com/news...

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Bing... as in Chandler?? - Anant Gairola

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Have We Become Too Dependant on Google? http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs...

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Jott for voice/txt notes. Evernote for pictures of labels, business cards and screen snaps. - Jay Martin

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Google Notebook. - Morton Fox

It was Google Notebook but I am giving Evernote a go - Mel Buckpitt

Evernote is it for me now. We're editing the demo now, will be up on Monday. Great stuff. - Robert Scoble

Evernote definitely has the best functionality, I just haven't been able to push myself to start using it. - Shey

Gee, sry but it's still a pen and paper. - Adrienne Van Houten

Adrienne: that's because you haven't seen what Evernote can do. - Robert Scoble

Notepad. Viva la Old School! Yes. I'm serious. - Art Lindsey III

Onenote most often, but Evernote is a good clip capture tool. - Soulhuntre from twhirl

Evernote - use it every day. Notebooks need to have sections or chapters, and the Mac version needs to add audio recording, but otherwise it's great. - Dean Terry

best notetaking for me is my moleskine for on hand, and jott when behind the wheel. - sean808080

Notepad++ largely, but increasingly using Google Notebook. - Derrick Burns

Evernote. mostly use it to keep track of real estate listings. (used to use OneNote--haven't opened it in months!) - Jasmin Smith

Franklin organizer. Paper is the best. - Victor Ryden 美久太阿

Jott for voice notes, Evernote for pictures and text but iPhone produces very blurry and unusable business cards with Evernote so far, needs a focus-adjuster app to be effective. - Sally Church

Google Notebook. Trying to find practical uses of Evernote. It still doesn't seem to have a collaborating notebooks feature. - Chris Chua

mindjet mindmanager and moleskin - adolfo foronda

Evernote, has more flexibilty then Google Notebook. There are a few fearures I would like to added but it does the trick for me. - Paul from twhirl

evernote all the way. rich internet app with clients for most major PC and mobile platforms, and sync to cloud is quick and reliable. text deco of images is a nice bonus. they do need to spend some time observing the list features of OneNote and the search search ux of Spotlight - even the best apps can always improve. - Jon Price

Right now it's Gmail and IMAP but I am playing with Evernote. I do have concerns though about trusting my info with your cloud. You're doing all the right things. It's just that you're new and I need to get to know you. I trust Gmail. - Steve Rubel

Vim! In second place comes Mousepad. Third place is "cat - > note.txt". - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

Evernote is a great service/app, but I still find I can write faster in OneNote. - Rafe Needleman

what about notepad++ - Eric

Rafe: I'd be convinced if you could get me OneNote on my iPhone. - Robert Scoble

Evernote + Reqall is a killer combo on the iPhone/Web/Everywhere - Nicholas Molnar

Google Notebook on computer, Jott when mobile. - Ian May

I love Google Notebook, need to find a good mobile alternative. - Rahaf Harfoush

Honestly, a moleskine notebook and a decent pen. A recent development for me, but it's working great. I get WAY too distracted taking notes on a computer where there are so many fun things I could be doing with my spare seconds! :-) - Josh Bancroft

I have a voice recorder on my mp3 player and on my phone, but I still mainly use a moleskine and a box of mechanical pencils. Old school, that's me. - Steven Perez

While on foot, it's either my Nokia N95 8GB or my Moleskine, but with computer access it's either Evernote or Google Docs. - Niklas Pivic from Alert Thingy

Mail.app. Comes pre-installed. Easy to use. Notes are synchronised across all of my devices (Mac Mini, MacBook and iPhone). Notes are also available online via MobileMe. I don't need to wait for any app to launch since I always have Mail.app running anyway. - Paul Grav

Evernote is great but needs a printer driver and better inking. OneNote is king on TabletPC's for inking. Evernote is king for syncing. - Andrew Forde from twhirl

Evernote has great features, but I still find the desktop client a bit hard to use at times. Would like it a lot more if there was a proper app for my Symbian phone. - Sam from twhirl

3x5" index cards. - Brent Newhall

/agree with @Dukeswharf. An S60 client would be awesome. I've been trying to get the imap setup to work but it doesn't seem to want to cooperate. - patrick

I've made a list of todo/GTD tools out there on the web; Evernote > http://evernote.com/ scrivener > http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scriven... DevonTHINK / DevonNOTE > http://www.devon-technologies.com/product... SohoNOTES > http://www.chronosnet.com/Product... Voodoopad > http://flyingmeat.com/voodoop... journler > http://www.journler.com/ Mori >... more... - Thieme Hennis

it ALL gets dumped into Evernote. And occasionally I sort it. - james

Evernote for me right now, though I find it a little slow at times, that may just be my net connection. - Anant Gairola

Evernote for me!! Excellent tool - Jose Luis Santos

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