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"he is right adidas want a cheap buy-in on the name he is not seeing anything of the money but they can wander around with the fact that the next generation of michael jordan wears addidas and not nike - lame." - Andreas Klinger

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September 13, 2009 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

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September 2, 2009 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

this is so beautifully easy the ugliest page i have seen in a long time - Andreas Klinger

Robert Scoble

How generations change: my son, tonight, after seeing something new from Google told the team "I'm not like my dad, I don't have a web site."

May 17, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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This is from a 15-year-old who is very expert with world of warcraft, has a MySpace page, a Twitter account, a friendfeed account, is very active on Mac Rumors, etc. - Robert Scoble

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He is on more of the Internet than probably 9 out of 10 humans alive and he defines himself to a Google team by not owning a web site. Interesting. - Robert Scoble

you should make one for him. - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

Making websites is time consuming and, in my opinion, not necessary if you simply need a place to publish to the web, talk with friends and get yourself out there. - Brandon Titus

Renting vs owning in real estate terms? - Micah

Alfredo: the unspoken message is that his generation doesn't need a web site. They'll still be a major part of the Internet. - Robert Scoble

Its the same with my younger relatives... They have a far more natural approach to the new media "So do you kids use the Internet regulary?" - "No..... Not that much?" - "So what do you do when you go online" - "facebook, youtube, myspace, for school, for work..." - "how often do you check facebook?" - "hmmm few times A day" - Andreas Klinger

How many teenagers want to (admit to) be like their dad? - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

It took me back to how I found my doctor. She's #1 on Yelp but yet had never been there. The world is changing and it no longer is only about having a website. - Robert Scoble

Rob: there's some of that in what he was trying to say, yes. His generation wants to be "more with it" than the previous. But I think there's something deeper going on. The 2010 Web isn't about owning a web site anymore. - Robert Scoble

He'll change his tune when someone with his name does something controversial and it's #1 on Google. - Mark

Sounds like the teenager asked by Don Tapscott ("Wikinomics") about why she was not using email to communicate with friends. Reply: "Hmm ... email. That would be the sort of thing you'd use to send a thank you letter ... to your friend's ... parents!" - John W Lewis

Mark: have you checked how fast friendfeed items are showing up on Google lately? I have. You don't need a blog or a web site to be on Google anymore. - Robert Scoble

John: exactly. - Robert Scoble

I think that domains will become mostly for business and the like while personal profiles will be controlled by social networks, profile sites (Google profiles) etc. - Brandon Titus

@Robert maybe - or maybe it's about owning an identity you control which may indeed look like a website but function as an identity broker owned by the user - Chris Saad

Some one still has to create the websites though. :-) - Jesse Stay

Can I get out of making a website for my teenage son with these arguments? - Anita Hunt

Chris: translation: own a Facebook profile. ;-) - Robert Scoble

But does the _you_ own the Facebook profile? - Micah

Your son has probably realized that most personal websites are never seen. - Trine Curtis

I too agree that the new generations do not need a web site. What they need instead is a presence on this Interweb. This can be achieve in many other more effective means than a personal web site; in the traditional sense. - Vinko

If you want to seed control of the social web to facebook then sure. Or maybe the next generation identity hub will be as distributed and open as a web-server - Chris Saad

I have more ego than he. I'll be damned if I'm going to let Facebook own me and my profile. meh. - Karoli

Micah makes a good point about renting vs owning. Also, some people just want communication, others will want permanence (that they own and control). I still suspect that as new generations age they will still want to create more of a legacy on their own domains. - Tinfoil 2.0

Or does Facebook own it (in the possession is 9/10 of the law sense) - Micah

It's the difference between having a web presences and a website... Just because I don't own my home doesn't mean I'm not a citizen. - Johnny

It was never about having a website. It never will be. It will always will be using the right tools to reach the right people. People that you care about and people that care about you. - Akshay Dodeja

Chris: his real identity is on MySpace. That's where his friends hang out and he's asked me not to link to his MySpace profile. Why not? Cause then all "my friends" will show up there. :-) - Robert Scoble

It's all about getting the most out of the web. If your own website doesn't do it but a Facebook profile does, then by all means don't do your own website. Marketing still isn't dead though - act on results. - Jesse Stay

The new generation's presence on the web will be fluid. They will not have one place where they blog, post photos or share their thoughts. It will transform as the technology transform. - Vinko

Akshay: exactly. That was his message to me. Plus there was a tinge of "that blogging thing is so dead." Heheh. - Robert Scoble

MySpace, Facebook, these are all nice walled gardens like AOL before them - but eventually the rest of the web will become just as rich and inviting as the walled gardens - and not because Facebook Connect. - Chris Saad

Facebook Connect is a great proof of concept, but the real solution will be based on open standards just like the web is based on TCP/IP and HTTP - Chris Saad

Chris: Facebook will be forced to open up. Why? Because Google will show them the money is in search and to do search, even in the real time web, you need to open up. - Robert Scoble

Robert, sounds like there's an opportunity to show him why it could be useful, if not now, perhaps in the future for him. - Jesse Stay

We'll be ripe for a backlash in a few years, especially if services don't keep moving in the direction of data portability. - Tinfoil 2.0

Robert: I have tried to many times to start a blog. Failed each and every time. Now I am trying different things and its working in some ways :) - Akshay Dodeja

Actually it's friendfeed that's going to show them that, but Google will be recognized by most of the world and Google definitely is moving to make sure that they are a player in the real time web. - Robert Scoble

No Facebook will open up because Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and others are working actively to dilute their lock on the social graph. It's in google's interest to continue to erode Facebooks monopoly so they can continue to index the social web - Chris Saad

Chris: sorry, that's a side show. The real action is going to happen in search. Or, something associated with filtered display. - Robert Scoble

The community has an opportunity to work with the 'loosers' and the startups to ensure that we don't crown a new king, but rather to push the web as the ultimate platform - Chris Saad

Facebook only competes with Google on the private web. Until they offer indexed, public search they will never be able to compete side-by-side with Google. They only offer a subset of what Google provides right now. - Jesse Stay

Awesome to see this conversation in "real time" - David Damore

Chris: the REAL money is NOT on the social graph. I can see this so clearly. Very few can, though. - Robert Scoble

@robert the real money is (imho) not in search but in knowing about the user - search is just yet the best way to know about him/her - facebook could deliever social enhanced adwords to the internet - Andreas Klinger

I'm not arguing about that - but if Facebook was left unchecked then they could own the new social search and monetizing the user not the page. That's why Google will work hard to erode Facebook's monopoly to ensure they stay in the game - Chris Saad

Andreas: that's what search looks like in the future. - Robert Scoble

Chris: true, but Google is NOT going to leave Facebook unchecked. Facebook needs to move much faster than it is, actually. - Robert Scoble

@Robert the real value is in the stream and being able to index it - which Google can't do with the Facebook feed - Chris Saad

Users are not monetizeable, by the way. Intent and other "about to consume" gestures are. I want an icecream is monetizeable. Eating an ice cream is not. - Robert Scoble

Eating chocolate icecream every wed IS - Chris Saad

It means you like dairy, chocolate and sweets on wed - Chris Saad

APML.org - Chris Saad

@ Chris Saad: +1 - David Damore

@Robert "i know you could now want an ice cream" is worth even more imho - Andreas Klinger

Chris: that's an "about to consume" gesture. Agreed. :-) - Robert Scoble

The real value is in being able to index the *entire* web, and knowing each user that is searching that entire web. Facebook isn't anywhere near being able to do that. - Jesse Stay

Andreas: or, if you are Gary Vaynerchuk you can make me want a merlot-flavored ice cream. That's worth the most. :-) - Robert Scoble

Robert: :) - Andreas Klinger

Jesse: Facebook has an index that Google can't get to and it pisses off Google. - Robert Scoble

@Robert Look forward to debating this with u in person tmr at 6pm - Chris Saad

Isn't the idea of social profiles a search to figure out what a user wants next, now? Like how people visit car websites before buying an automobile? - David Damore

Robert, Google has many indexes Facebook can't get to as well - Gmail, Orkut, Docs, Apps, many more... - Jesse Stay

But wait, surely he does have a web site, a blog, etc.? They are his Facebook page! - John W Lewis

@Jesse which is why Google, Yahoo, Microsoft etc are still in the game - the notion that 'Facebook has won' is just valley hype - Chris Saad

With the kind of information that Google is tracking isn't Google in the best place to monetize our conversations? - Vinko

There are 2 things we're talking about here - the "private web" and the "public web". Facebook has one. Google has both. - Jesse Stay

No we're talking about the document web vs. the Social web :) - Chris Saad

Chris, Google has both of those as well. - Jesse Stay

@Jesse agreed - Google is still going very strong - and should/will buy FF and Twitter to strengthen their position - Chris Saad

I dont like facebook, to me its a lot of social drama... - sergio luna

Jesse: Google's Infos about the Socialgraphs are too fuzzy. Gmail is like my telephone calllist - not my telephone adressbook - Andreas Klinger

Chris, or, just strengthen one of their existing products to compete. Google Chat stands out to me. - Jesse Stay

Andreas you should see my Google Voice address book. It wouldn't take much to connect that all together. - Jesse Stay

@Andreas Google's graphs are super active. Noise for google = pointers to the signal - that's what they do best - Chris Saad

Short question: am i the only one thinking that Social Widgets (Facebook Apps at external Sites) combined with an Advert System is an most interesting thing to come ? - Andreas Klinger

@Jesse their best bet is Gmail and Address book integrated with FriendFeed - Chris Saad

I don't like Facebook either. Now people I thought I'd left behind 20 years ago are finding me again. Yay. But more importantly, someone said ice cream. - Trine Curtis

Jesse: Yet, in my network, Skype Chat is much more widely used than Google Chat. - John W Lewis

Chris, agreed - there's a reason Facebook, Twitter, and FriendFeed all let you import your Gmail contacts. They want Google's private web. - Jesse Stay

@Andreas No you're not - If Facebook owns the social graph/stream then they will try to own the widgets and ad units - that's why the rest of the web needs to provide a viable alternative so that there is no new monopoly. - Chris Saad

I think that Google will strengthen it's social system by bringing in contact finding through the social graph from services like FriendFeed, Twitter, and maybe Facebook and clearing out the noise. Their contact manager or whatever will be strengthened once they have a real Google Chat, Google Voice, and Gmail working together. - Brandon Titus

I love coming over to FriendFeed to always see an amazingly active thread going on in the Scobleverse!! - Jason Pollock

in my network microsoft msn is the leader...neither skype or google chat are as strong - sergio luna

John, I'm talking about strength of the social graph in each one. Skype doesn't hold a finger to Google's contacts. - Jesse Stay

Sergio, agreed - Microsoft also has a very big potential to compete. I'd say they're more a threat to Google than Facebook right now in this area. - Jesse Stay

All of these platforms have their advantages - the point is they are all social services and should inter operate for the benefit of the user - and benefit the bottom line of the companies that make it happen - Chris Saad

(Meta-point: this conversation IS the live web in action, but how does it scale? What happens to the quality of conversation if the rate of commenting on this topic exceeds my reading speed?) - John W Lewis

Then again, in the competition for people, once you're indexing every person with web access, you also have access to their lives, websites, and personal data. That's much more powerful than an anonymous index of every website on the planet. Facebook could have a chance. - Jesse Stay

This conversation is a byproduct of the the live web - but it's not much more than an indexable chatroom. The status updates and feeds that generate this conversation are the real interesting part - Chris Saad

@Jesse that's Facebook's play - and that's why Google and others are working to dilute the monopoly (a monopoly of mindshare at least) - that's why the community at large has an opportunity to support an open approach - Chris Saad

During times of change, we have an opportunity to ensure the outcome is open - open means innovation can surge ahead at the nodes instead of being controlled by a central authority - Chris Saad

Chris, at the same time indexing each individual rather than website could be more advantageous in the end. Google's not doing that quite as well as Facebook. That's not to say they won't, and they're definitely making progress at the moment. Google doesn't necessarily publish what they're tracking about you. Facebook does, via the live stream when you log in - which is more open per se? - Jesse Stay

For an interesting look at the cross-section of marketing / customer behaviour (mostly off-line, but the web is part of the story) and obsession, check out this documentary on contesters ("professional" contest participants) - just saw it on a plane ride http://www.cbc.ca/doczone... [Interestingly, when I searched for this documentary, I found the guy who pitched the... more... - Micah

Jesse by this argument is google "publically tracking for you that you publish your webpage" - Andreas Klinger

I'm checking out guys - nice chat :) - Chris Saad

Jesse, its just different type of technology you use - Stream.put or Ftp.put - Andreas Klinger

History will repeat! I started with email on CompuServe and did not communicate with others on other services, then discovered "internet mail". As with hardware, software, email and now social media, the architecture of vertical silos will gradually transform into horizontal layers ... from below! Only then does the "network effect" really start! - John W Lewis

Andreas, do you know everything Google has tracked about you? What about all the Analytics tracking on each website you visit combined with data they've learned about you elsewhere? With Google, there's no way to opt-out without just killing your internet connection. At least with Facebook, it's opt-in. Google, IMO, has the potential to be much more evil than Facebook. That is, unless Facebook enters the open web arena. - Jesse Stay

Jesse, this tracking is not public on facebook neither - Andreas Klinger

Jesse, true Google is big enough to pass the last frontier point of relationship to reality - Andreas Klinger

Andreas, I know almost everything Facebook is tracking on me because they at least publish most of it via my stream. True, I don't know everything, but I know a lot. Not only that but they give me controls on what they can do with what they're tracking. I can't do that with Google. - Jesse Stay

Jesse, the stream info is your active part not your passive part - Andreas Klinger

Jesse anyway i think we are talking about the same :) - Andreas Klinger

Ok gotta go for a slow-real-life Meeting - cya! - Andreas Klinger

I really think its not about who will conquer what i.e. google, facebook, etc... I really believe all this players are the basics, like the old economic scheme, I think we are going to evolve and use all this sites & technology in a very diverse and sophisticated form, kind of like what the brand Starbucks is to the old industry of coffee. google, facebook etc. are the industrial plants of our new digital era. - sergio luna

Andreas, agreed, but I can still opt in to Facebook. I can't opt-in or opt-out of Google completely. I'm just saying it's not all about "open" like Google would like you to think. That's just their Marketing play, and we're all falling for it. - Jesse Stay

Jesse, 100% agree - Andreas Klinger

Are we forgetting something? Facebook, Google, ... ARE websites. It is just about the level at which we engage. I do not need to build my own car to drive on the road; I can buy one, it is cheaper. But if I buy a Lamborghini or Porsche, I can still interact (inc. collide!) with you in your Mercedes! (For the public record, I drive an Audi.) Robert recently posted about geek disconnect, these guys are making the web consummable. - John W Lewis

So we've finally found the one person in the world who doesn't want to friend you on FB! - Rebecca Rachmany

Websites are so 1990s - Stephen Pickering

Makes me feel better for not updating my website anymore - I'm not behind, I'm ahead :D - Iphigenie

"I don't have a web site" indeed. My kids were not interested in learning how to create websites. "We have blogs on our cell phones." Well, then... - Rick Cogley

your son's approach doesn't sound as absurd as it might seem at first. look at skittles, who dropped their website and transfered everything to twitter! and i was just thinking the other day about an ngo-website i'm involved in and why not moving it completely over to a facebook page. - Johannan Edelman

Andreas Klinger

Cracking WEP and WPA Wireless Networks - Docupedia - http://docs.lucidinteractive.ca/index...

April 23, 2009 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

i will bookmark this online - because maybe sometime i will desperately need to get online at a secured wifi and will say to myself "doh at least i do friggin have the howto in my delicious account" - Andreas Klinger

Robert Scoble

Oh, what is Google going to do with my profile info? http://www.google.com/profile... Is Google working on a Facebook clone?

April 15, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Not a clone, but they've been moving the chess pieces around for awhile now, adding bits to each service to tie it all together and grow it socially. The most popular search engine, and a free (email) account are the foundations. - Tinfoil 2.0

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they need it imho to clearify their social graph informations they have due to the google accounts (and mail) - Andreas Klinger

and as the future social network is called internet they dont need to clone fb - just to have the correct socialgraph info (all imho) - Andreas Klinger

it's about time they get a decent, real, uberFriendFeed social, ... other than the old http://Orkut.com, popular namely in Brasil .. they have audience, visitors, and that is what really counts ... - pb:

My only concern is that my profile name would be the same as my email address. But I do agree, this could possibly make Google the 1 ton gorilla in the room, as if it wasn't content with being the 800lb gorilla in the room. - Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ

yeo Facebook clone, it is what yahoo wanted to do in turning their email into a social network but never did, Google thing is gona be much more it is gona be location aware using google latitude, plus friend connect. - Ali

@derek they will, but proceeding in a very misterious way... i wrote about it yesterday, in last months seems like: 1) All Social Network have his final plan and a lot of pieces come together piece by piece OR 2) They run, copy and try to take best of competitor without a global vision of the future ..... - CantorJF

@Mike Yeah that bothered me too, having my Gmail address as the profile name. - Sally Church

Lol, i just tweeted you about a post i did about this. "Google are building a social network under our very noses. It could be bigger and better than Facebook." http://is.gd/syn9 - Zee.

It's opt-in, so nobody is forced to do anything, and GOOG won't do anything if you do not condone it. How many profiles does one need? - coldbrew

Google is an extremely cold blooded competitor. They would build the most powerful strategic nuclear weapon and you wouldn't even know till it hits you with one. - Arvind

C'mon Robert, I told you what we're working on - open standards for making the web social. These are the same profiles used in Friend Connect, they just now have nicer URLs than before. Read http://bit.ly/OSqa for an overview - Kevin Marks

Chris Messina had a great article up about it all, comparing the two. Check out http://factoryjoe.com for his comparison - Jesse Stay

Kevin: I know that. I just wanted to have a conversation about this. The fact that you added onto it is EXACTLY why I started it. So people could hear directly from Google about it and now your answer will always be in the search engine here too. :-) - Robert Scoble

"what is Google going to do with my profile info?" - They turned mine into a newt, but it got better. - John Craft

I guess its quite a move for their mission to organize the worlds information. Ie people search or recommending stuff based on your profile. They could do that without a google profile of course. - Michiel Sikkes

So, Scoble, you are orchestrating 'conversations'? Sounds kind of manipulative, but at least your upfront about it. [EDIT: Do you always have ulterior motives?] - coldbrew

havn't read the whole thread, but Google isn't after Facebook, Google will spend money to buy FF cause FF is more open, and more compliant with Greader and Gprofile (notice that Google profile gather service like FF), you can add your service in your google profile, the second step will be to agregate those service, in Greader sharing and comment on feed is there , so there is 80% that google will make a bid on FF before the end of the year. (but will FF sell to google?) I may say No. - abdellah

Conversation baiting lol :) I agree that's a pretty fine line to walk. I think abdellah's point is an interesting one. not sure if it makes sense in the timeline that you gave, but perhaps eventually. have the friendfeed founders ever addressed the potential for being acquired? - Frankie Warren

coldbrew: my goal for life is to have an interesting conversation every day. By doing it here it brings out all the data about a topic that one needs to search for it later on, too. I see my role as sort of a talk show host. abdellah: I believe friendfeed and facebook are on a collision course. Why? Because the money is in search. Friendfeed has a much better search engine, facebook has the users. Which service will have the users AND the search engine first? Facebook. But if Google bought friendfeed ... - Robert Scoble

THAT would be very interesting indeed! Because Google has the users, too. - Robert Scoble

I would prefer that google bought Friendfeed instead of Twitter. :) - Frode Stenstrøm

Robert: Right, but as a "talk show host" i don't think your goal should be to sensationalize to spark conversation... granted you wouldnt have had a response from someone within google setting the record straight, but i dont think you want to sacrifice credibility in the process, right? just my opinion. - Frankie Warren

Frankie: it's not sensational at all. It's a legitimate question which deserves conversation. How is Google going to get into Facebook/friendfeed is a REAL question for our industry. - Robert Scoble

Frode: me too. Plus Google would get four of its superstars back that way. Twitter's technology isn't good enough, either. It'd need to be rewritten from scratch for Google. Friendfeed's is a much better code base. Of course since it was written by ex-Google superstars it'll fit right into Google's infrastructure. - Robert Scoble

Of course. Since Yahoo already tried the same thing.... - Mike Shields

Robert: i agree, but i dont think you believed they were building "a facebok clone" as kevin marks previously told you what they were attempting to accomplish? maybe im overreacting or just don't know the way things work quite yet :) - Frankie Warren

imagine this: Google + Friendfeed vs Twitter + facebook + Microsoft :) that would be a battle. - Frankie Warren

major bummer for me is that i use a google domain. the public gmail account has the shorturl i want to use on my g-domain profile and i can't use it. essentially, the gmail account is "squatting" on my shorturl and there's no way to stop that. makes the google profile kinda worthless for me. - MikeAmundsen

Their email client is already LIKE a twitter anyway... - tojfs7931

I really like this idea: I already use GMail, GReader, Picasa, etc. so it makes sense to have all of those services baked into my online presence. Facebook still has the bells in whistles (gah! - I don't care which 5 items you wouldn't leave the house without) but so didn't MySpace back a few years ago -- remember myspace?? - Brian Graves

nicholas - what we need is something like FriendFeed + SocialThing +Ping.FM and you'd have your google reader for social networks. - Bill Rawlinson

Googles purchase of Friendfeed would save the service I think. Twitter is now beeing mentioned in newspapers and TV everyday here, and is getting the kind of publicity that facebook got at the beginning. No one I speak to have heard about Friendfeed, but everyone that I show it to loves it. I think Twitter can stand on its own, but Friendfeed needs a larger userbase. I fear what Facebook would do to Friendfeed if they got hold of the company,. - Frode Stenstrøm

Jeremiah Owyang

It's 2.5 hours from the Friendfeed redesign, what are you predictions? What will it look like?

April 6, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Facebook? lol - Jason Kintzler

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Steampunk! - Vezquex

After reading Gillmor's piece, I'm going to expect it to track all the real time moving pieces on one page. Not just by people, but by events. - Jeremiah Owyang

this is me "like"ing the above comment lol - stanleyyork

Here's Steve's post http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009... - Jeremiah Owyang

Hopefully a little bit cleaner, easier to read and follow, more like Google Reader. I also hope it has feature to help me remember where I stopped reading/browsing. - Samuel Driessen

We should expect to see more of the 'real time' feed being in the normal experience,perhaps on side bar. - Jeremiah Owyang

Eric's comment on that post is really what I was thinking. Gave up reading after some sentences scanned here and there... - directeur

Built-in 12v batteries? - Ha3rvey (F please!) from fftogo

I hope it's also easier to start using. I had a hard time moving over to FF. - Samuel Driessen

Agreed, FF has a harsh startup experience. Many barriers to entry. - Jeremiah Owyang

I hope it's pink and black and has glittertext. - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Two words: Animated GIFs. - Mike Nayyar

I'm betting they've made effective use of the <marquee> tag. - Joey Gibson

Here's a thought, maybe the redesign will look more like Google IG - Jeremiah Owyang

with all the hype so far, could it possibly live up to anyone's non-embargoed expectations? - Peter Kim

Peter: what hype? I've been watching every conversation coming through here and you haven't seen hype yet. Wait until we actually get to tell you what we think! It hasn't even been on Techmeme yet. And, we've been very careful to say that what's coming is compelling to consider, not that you'll like it. I don't like everything about it and am writing a long list of things I don't like about it. But it IS compelling and DOES change the world. It will live up to THAT hype. - Robert Scoble

A magical unicorn will arise from my computer and announce that Friendfeed has cured cancer and instilled world peace. - Steve Rubel

Steve: what version are you using? My version just brings me a donut and coffee in the morning. ;-) - Robert Scoble

Robert: The unicorn is in build 5143 - Ken Sheppardson

Ken: I think you have friendfeed confused with WIndows 7. :-) - Robert Scoble

Steve Gillmore has seen that unicorn, and I think Scoble is holding back - Richard Binhammer

"What does your FriendFeed say to you?!" no, it's not rice crispies. - MicahBear78

Richard: heheh. Well, we have 59 minutes to go! - Robert Scoble

It won't be any good unless it requires you to install some stupid plugin like version 12 of Silverlight... - James

Can't wait. Scoble what time are you putting your video's up?? - Roberto Bonini

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - Andru Edwards

What, me upgrade? - Adam Metz

I predict I will like it. lol...Oh wait too late for a prediction. - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

Scoble, you do hype up products, I'm with Peter on this one... - Jeremiah Owyang

http://beta.friendfeed.com/ - Andreas Klinger

Really great right now :) - Alp B.

Robert: guess Techcrunch shortened that time, so now we can check it out. But where is your video????? :-) - Richard Binhammer

Richard: it's uploading at 127.3 KB/s. Sigh. - Robert Scoble

Alright, here's the beta test http://beta.friendfeed.com/ - Jeremiah Owyang

looks like it's much more real time than before, uh? but I like it, clearer view. great job - Alberto D'Ottavi

UI is fugly. Prefer the white space. - Sally Church

Robert, with more things like FF, and your videos we need bigger and better broadband pipes in this country :-) - Richard Binhammer

I don't know. Still seems a little chaotic for me. This will take some getting used to. But the UI is definitely nice. - John

Robert Scoble

The new friendfeed is now up at http://beta.friendfeed.com/

April 6, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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woah this is fast... - Zee.

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almost unusable :( - directeur

i love how the comments load - Lasse Johnsen

this is awesome - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

works as well on beta.friendfeed.com - Jaap Willem

Holy cow this is freaking awesome - Craig Eddy

hard to follow comments if you look else where - Yunus Tunak

It's a great update - Lucas Araujo from twhirl

Isn't it? - Robert Scoble

well, my first vote is no. i'm one of the 'aggregator' people. if like FF cuz it's *not* a live stream. bummer. - MikeAmundsen

Yep, it's live. - Yuval Atzmon

I love it :) Too fast, so I dialed it down by immediately switching over to one of my LISTS - that was way better! List Mgmt is a must for real time feed mfmt - Susan Beebe

very nice, thanks for the link. - Nathan Eckenrode

didn't love it. - Gökmen Karasu

I like this! - António Teixeira

Mike: that was my first feature request: to have an aggregator view. - Robert Scoble

Mike, I'm with you. Try Streamy at http://www.streamy.com. You might find you like it more. - Kevin Kuphal

Wow ! ... LOVE the new look ! very nice - Rich White

the "XX seconds ago" does not update in realtime, though - Till

Pretty cool - Fred Hsu

This is a little too fast!! - Niall Connellan

wow!! its really dynamic first impressions = awesome! - Jay

Really nice.. quick and clean - Louis-Philippe Gauthier

Oh man this is really addicting already. - Justin Yost

I like the look, and the way the new likes and comments just show up as part of the post instead of a whole new line. But the whole thing being real time, and updating while you are trying to write out a comment is a bit much. I imagine if you are following thousands of people this will become really hard to manage. - Simon Wicks

Makes for a fun Monday for sure. - Jeff Stannard

wow! this is really gonna hamper productivity. Plus, Information overload! Hope it doesn't get too distracting. - Tarun

Jason: on the iPhone there are still bugs. It's hard to click like in the real time feed. - Robert Scoble

Productivity is gone :-/ - Susan Beebe

I agree. - Teri Temme

Robert - you just have to be FAST! :) - Susan Beebe

This is twitter on crack! - Andreas Klinger

Nice to see that this is all real-time now. - Geoffrey Wiseman

wow, you can see the comments appearing in real time... niice - Leandro Ardissone ⍨

So how are you supposed to read anything when it's always moving? - Todd Hoff

lies - Stuart Evans

This is actually really cool - Kurt Jarchow

Direct Messages are pretty cool. - Justin Yost

It is way too fast. Need a setting for refreshing on an interval, rather than real time. - Josue Fontanez

Oooo the page is moving. Color me impressed - Marcus Beagley

I am getting dizzy with so much speed. LOL - Carlos Lorenzo

Where's the re-share and link to this entry? Also, can't find preferences link. - Rui Pereira

Robert how many direct messages did you get? - İbrahim Uzun [ j ]

Firendfeed's problem isn't down to technology its down to name. Twitter has been behind FF for ages, but its name and the whole "Tweet" thing latches on with average people where as FF appeals to geeks like us that can appreaciate the differences and can remember more than one technology buzz work. - Mark Ritchie

Feed aggregation and sharing meets real-time messaging--this is a powerful unified communications platform--wait till they integrate real-time video! - Rory Conway

well it's a pretty radical change, at first glance I like but can see how this is going to be very difficult to keep up with - Dave Schwab

ok now it works hmm i think ive seen this beforeeeee ooo twitter maybe - Stuart Evans from twhirl

FF needs rating (like) of comments - how do they want to filter the good ones at live speed otherwise - Andreas Klinger

Looks kinda like Twitter, but that's not bad because I like Twitter! :) - Svartling

This seems more intuitive somehow. - craterdweller

I like how the content is moved to the left and and the operations are to the right. - Todd Hoff

Found the link to this entry: click on the time (how un-intuitive :) - Rui Pereira

Twitter crashed; wonder if this buzz helped - Kathryn Martyn

@mark ritchie - no, I don't think this is the problem. The mass market doesn't neccessarily want an overwhelmingly rich feature set. A simple proposition/UI often satisfies more people. Friendfeed, (and to an extent twitter tools such as tweetdeck) turns digital communication into a full-time occupation - as William Gibson said '‘They sat around accessing [social] media all day and talking about it, and nothing ever seemed to get done.’' - jeremy ettinghausen

Damian - thanks for noticing that - sounds cool huh?! - Susan Beebe

Not so sure all feeds should be equal. Knowing something from twitter for example is critical to the amount of attention I'll give it. - Todd Hoff

WHY DOES IT NEED HULK SMASH HANDS? - James

Seems much faster, love the real-tome comments. - Alex Scrivener

FF has been my best bud for close to a year. without a solid aggregator feature, i'm gonna hafta get a new best friend. - MikeAmundsen

not sure i like mixing users and groups into subscriptions, either. like the DM option (we'll see how that goes), like the "My Discussions" (do that lots now) - MikeAmundsen

Wow. This is a game changer. By commenting on an entry in the main feed you are basically initiating a direct message conversation with everyone who is tuned into that entry. - Barak B

easier to use,seems to be faster than the older and i like the new presentation :) ! - Alice Cordonnier

Like the UI - less wasted space & grouping of items more visual. I love innovation:) - Dave Blankenship

Still needs some work: Can't add new feeds, updates are too fast, no preferences ... Like it thou! - Rui Pereira

Right, read the FAQ: http://beta.friendfeed.com/about... - Rui Pereira

It's ok. I'm not overwhelmed with the changes. - Trevor Trumbo

dont like, but the concept is nice - Jordi Rivero

Generally like all the design changes. Looks nice. - Todd Hoff

When I'm reading comments and they start scrolling down, that is not good. I drink from a glass, not a firehose. - Todd Hoff

it shouldn't be like real time ... and the style is not good too ... - Viva Vida

what as the big fuss about? its good, but not "great"! and plenty of beta issues - like the offscreen updates shifting text you are reading "onscreen"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @scobelizer, is there an underhanded deal going on that we don't know about... you're note usually *this* pawny about the hype! - simran

Jesse Stay

Will Marketing become "Social Media", or will Social Media become just "Marketing"?

March 31, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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I'm seeing a lot of people saying things like "he/she does their social media", as though it's the new marketing department - Jesse Stay

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@jesse imho sm is only one aspect of social web - its for content and multiplication - good marketing is content and its multiplication - Andreas Klinger

most likely Social Media will turn into Marketing in both the good and the bad way - Dobromir Hadzhiev

@jesse @andreasklinger check out what Naxos is doing with http://tr.im/nml30k Is that good marketing content for the social web? - Vinko

Vinko, I think it would be better if someone influential were handing out those free 1-month subscriptions instead of them trusting users will follow them and continue following them just for the subscriptions. - Jesse Stay

You may be correct about someone like you or Scoble giving out the 1-month subscriptions. Although I don't think Naxos is looking for a correlation between followers and subscribers to their service. Of course if the individual is one of the same that will be a bonus. - Vinko

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Initiative Heinz Prüller - http://www.initiativeheinzprueller.at/

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Steve Rubel

Friendfeed is the Next Great Blogging Platform, Here's Why... - http://www.micropersuasion.com/2009...

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steve, can i stop by with some meds today? :-P - Allen Stern

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@Allen depends on the meds! - Steve Rubel

I go where the community is. So what's the best way to build a community here? - Tiffany Monhollon

dont worry steve they will be easy to take - Allen Stern

Allen, no injections! - Steve Rubel

That's why we dropped by the blog post, left a comment and then came back here. - Richard A.

Follow people, participate. - Richard A.

Great post, Steve. I agree. I much prefer FF. Another great feature of FF over Twitter is the customizable rooms. - Waynette Tubbs

can't say that i prefer FF over Twitter or vice-versa. i fear that twitter's simplicity is the key to its success, and adding any new features would turn me off. i was away from FF for a while, but back on again. my interest goes in waves. - Kevin Sablan

I also think your twitter experience varies depending on whether you're a big player or someone following the big players. Robert Scoble asks for something, he gets answers. John Smith might not get the same response. FF has a much better system to allow for others to get exposure. - Peter Spook

your post reminds me of a old presentation i did at a barcamp in austria - you should even add filtering via knowledge by social network graph to your idea - i've uploaded my presentation here: http://bit.ly/gosM - Andreas Klinger

custom domains would be awesome - Hans Kainz

FF is on fire and will have success, but I'm glad you're not the PM. Maybe I just have a problem with using the word 'blog' as part of the description, just like 'microblogging' poorly describes Twitter (and the clones). Twitter is elegant and simple, and also quite superficial which I think the mainstream audience will prefer. The engagement of the somewhat_early_adopter crew now on FF seems to have you drooling, but don't mistake that as the norm. - coldbrew

So you think it would be a good idea to have this like a big blogging platform??? i dont know... overboard a bit really I think... I would hate this place to turn into a bloody scoble blog - Rob Sellen :o)

I can it being a center for more in depth discussion and posting than twitter. I can also see it as an almost real time blog format, which Scoble is playingn with right now. Longer blogs? Not sure yet - Michael VanDervort

Friendfeed for me isn't a blog, it's "fflog" I COINED IT! - orionstarr

I agree about the participation side, but "Blogging Platform" it is not, unless the text posting adds more tools. - Jorge Escobar

If you add the things you suggest, you don't have a blogging platform, you have Tumblr. - Rex Hammock

Rex, except Tumblr does not have the community mojo that FF has. - Steve Rubel from IM

If the platform were to change as you suggest, Rubel, do you think the dynamics and "mojo" would remain the same? - coldbrew

It might become more complicated as more text finds its way into here. - Steve Rubel from IM

Once I thought of just directing my current blog URL to a Facebook page and be done with it. Luckily I didn't do that. But reading you now makes me think a time may come where I might considering moving my blog -or actually my blogging activity- entirely into Friendfeed. - Ignace Rodriguez de R,

great post Steve, i think folks are sometimes too critical of the design - where if Twitter is the only comparison, it's night and day. Just for purely tracking my diggs, reddits, etc. it's useful... but that's such a small piece. - Jason Hoch

I've been saying this since Scoble was accused of neglecting his blog for twitter & friendfeed - sofarsoShawn <Pop-Rocks>

noteworthy conveniences at Friendfeed: 1) one can subclass a specialized interest and publicly share in a separate "room"; 2) one can easily incorporate single items from others by "reshare"; 3) searching under Everyone can bring up obscure but astonishing stuff; 4) resharing can be generalized in the room by subscribing to several external blogs/services; 5) an embedded player plays... more... - Adriano

I think if you can manage your FF wisely you not need to check your mails anymore... - Syed Akram

Steve! sorry to be smart assed. But I have not seen one blog post here right? They just link back to your blog imo. You are fleeing to friendfeed because of the noise ratio. I hate FF :) 3 reasons and boy there are more. The only conversation goes on with the A-listers. No conversation comes my way on FF. It does though on Twitter. Twitter gives the smaller fish a place to converse. It does not work here on FF imo. Scoble has neglected his blog by hanging out here. All just my valid opinion :) - DC Crowley

... Mike Arrington brought this up first and he's right. FF and jsut video's for Fast company will not get Scoble the exposure he used to have. 3/. FF cost to much time to stay on top of stuff. I have a life and hallelujah a job that needs attending. The attention required is too much. - DC Crowley

DC: you are totally wrong. Most of the conversations here happen with non-A listers and I can prove it. My "best of" is very diverse. - Robert Scoble

Steve, I would *love* to see this "FriendFeed as blogging platform" happen. Ever since Facebook updated its platform, it's been hard to convince my "normal" friends to hang out @ Friendfeed because it's just too hard for them to grasp. Heck, Twitter is hard enough for many of them to understand. Here's to *selling* it as a blogging platform. Just might work! ;) - Barbara K. Baker

From Scoble's feed, also why: http://friendfeed.com/e... - sofarsoShawn <Pop-Rocks>

Robert Scoble

If you want more followers on Twitter and friendfeed here's what to do:

January 11, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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1. Stop begging for followers. It turns off all the interesting people. - Robert Scoble

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2. RT smart people's stuff but add onto it with a good comment. - Robert Scoble

3. If you have something smart to say, say it to someone directly like "Hey @techcrunch you should check out the new Palm Pre." - Robert Scoble

I now await the inevitable flood of "RTs" of this message ;-) - Warren

4. Send wine or other bribes to people who make lots of noise. - Robert Scoble

Sounds like someone's running low on wine :) - Eric Florenzano

5. If you are friends with a real celebrity bring them around at blogger/twitter parties. Make sure you get them to follow you and remember your name. All good twitterers have iPhones or other phones that they can tweet from. - Robert Scoble

6. Put your twitter and friendfeed addresses on your business cards. - Robert Scoble

7. Talk shit about Eric Florenzano. :-) - Robert Scoble

Ok, well that's *someone's* blog done for tomorrow, then! :) - WoH: Minding her Steves

8. Follow people back if they add value. 1938media has added 1,000 new followers since he started following everyone back. - Robert Scoble

What kind of wine goes with bribe? Did you ask GaryVee while in Vegas? - Dave Cadoff

9. Talk shit about that Scoble dude. Yeah, me. Sometimes it gets a link and a follow. Especially if you teach me something while you are calling me an idiot. - Robert Scoble

LOL *hands Robert a bottle of wine* Please add the "don't pout or make a twitter fuss when you notice someone drops you. Insecurity isn't a attraction" - Sprite

10. Be interesting. Craig Newmark got hundreds of follows in first evening (I was the first to follow him) after I tweeted about him. Why? Because he was interesting already. - Robert Scoble

Remember it's not about the followers - it's about the relationships. Your purpose of having many followers should be so you can build relationships with as many of them as possible. - Jesse Stay

11. Do something sensational like tatoo your twitter address onto your face. - Robert Scoble

BTW, (real-life) relationships then bring more followers - Jesse Stay

Wine? Bribe? Anything will get noticed. Better yet, put a custom label on it and include your Twitter address on it. - Robert Scoble

Liked for the 'talk shit about Scoble'. Also, Scoble, do you accept Mead? - Will Higgins™

12. Hang out with Jesse Stay. Better yet, bring him to Twitter's headquarters for an interview (that's what I did and it worked). - Robert Scoble

I've tried to do everything on this list, but the tattoo isn't going to work. I've already branded my twitter address onto several steers. - Mike Nayyar

13. Stalk Guy Kawasaki until he calls the cops on you or follows you. - Robert Scoble

14. Get naked. Take pictures. Include your Twitter address. - Robert Scoble

er - we've seen most of your body, Robert, so where's *your* tatoo? - WoH: Minding her Steves

15. Tweet from a burning plane. - Robert Scoble

16. Tweet from jail. - Robert Scoble

17. Tweet your marriage proposal. - Robert Scoble

Robert, so you're saying I got you more followers? - Jesse Stay

18. Tweet you are dying. - Robert Scoble

19. Be a member of congress, or better yet, Barack Obama. - Robert Scoble

This would loose me followers. Trust me on this. It would also get me a few lawsuits I think. :D - MarkCarras

this is going to go on for like...days...isn't it :P - Erin @queenofspain

#18 is reasonable, as long as you don't actually die. Lowers your productivity. - Ken Brady

Jesse: hanging out with you made me far cooler than I was previously. - Robert Scoble

If I'm gonna get naked, I've got to have some sort of revenue coming in. At least enough to buy a netbook with. - a runcible MiniMage

Write a FriendFeed post about how to get others to follow you - Jesse Stay

20. Get your picture on the Twitter blog. (Actually that didn't work that well because they didn't include my Twitter address). Heheh. - Robert Scoble

be yourself and those that fit with you will follow? or at least seem a certain way for that audience? - David

21. Tweet while having sex. Or getting drunk. Or, better yet, doing both. - Robert Scoble

Robert, no, I must say I became much cooler hanging out with you - Jesse Stay

Will: Mead? Absolutely! - Robert Scoble

Jesse: that's what you think. Ask your real friends and they will probably tell you otherwise. :-) - Robert Scoble

22. get on Leo Laporte's show and have him order his listeners to follow you. He did this last Sunday to my son and you should have seen the followers roll in. That dude has POWER!!! - Robert Scoble

Robert, I asked them and they said you're the man - Jesse Stay

23. Get @garyvee to take you wine tasting. Tweet it. - Robert Scoble

24. Write a book about Twitter. - Robert Scoble

naked pictures drunk sex and dying. got it. Oh, also, be Barack Obama. ANything else? - Erin @queenofspain

25. Get Chris Brogan to say you are smart. - Robert Scoble

Be hot and make sure your avatar shows it - Chris Saad

WTF how pathetic do u have to be tohave this desire to be followed.Ppl follow u cuz they find u interesting & if not they will dump u period.Being a Personal Ball washer is just lame to get to have followers.be sure to hold ur ground. - Baba

26. Get into an argument with @techcrunch. - Robert Scoble

I've mentioned my Twitter account on The Tech Guy but I think my last name throws people. :D - MarkCarras

27. Question @loic's Frenchness. - Robert Scoble

Go to breakfast with @techcrunch and he tweets about it randomly - Chris Saad

"Have Scoble say you are interesting." Just worked for a few people I am going to "try follow". - Dean Clark

Erin, welcome to Twitter ;-) - Jesse Stay

28. Be like Baba and call everyone who worries about being followed an idiot. Or 28B. Agree with Baba. Personally, he's right! - Robert Scoble

Tell any blogger they're wrong - Jesse Stay

29. Claim you are above this stupid game. - Robert Scoble

Quit Twitter, come back after 2 months - Jesse Stay

All bloggers are wrong at least every few posts. Especially me! :D - MarkCarras

30. Follow more interesting people. That's why I've said for a year now it's most important who you follow, not who is following you. What I really was trying to say there is if you want better followers you've got to follow better people. - Robert Scoble

lol Jesse. Twitter? What's that? I thought I was learning how to sell a shamwow - Erin @queenofspain

What kind of wine are we talking here? - Chris Poirier

Mark, you bet, but we are all type-A personalities. We hate to be told we're wrong and will defend it to our dying day. :) - Jesse Stay

31: Give away something. Hold a contest. - Robert Scoble

Launch a great Twitter service and stick your twitter name in the footer - Chris Saad

32. Invite Louis Gray over for dinner. Make sure he brings his twins. Take pictures. 1000 extra points if you bring shirts for the twins with your Twitter address on them. - Robert Scoble

be in a warzone and don't die - Simon T Small

33. Do something outrageous for followers. - Robert Scoble

Start a thread going on and on about it on FriendFeed :) - Chris Saad

imagine what'd happen if you had sex with Obama on a burning plane heading for a warzone, whilst drunk, and piloting the plane? - Simon T Small

@Simon ROFL too funny - Chris Saad

34. Chris Saad is right. Speaking of Chris, if you party with him in Amsterdam you'll get more followers. Oh, and if you are the guy who wrote http://www.twittervision.com you'll get more followers. - Robert Scoble

Not 'Chris Saad' robert - @ChrisSaad :D - Chris Saad

Get in with the Mommy Bloggers and #GNO Tweeps - Jesse Stay

35. Get your Twitter address on CNN. UPDATE: Hey, Chris Saad here you have to put http://www.friendfeed.com/chrissa... heheh. - Robert Scoble

Good call Jesse, I was going to say piss off the mommybloggers , but getting in with them works too...lol - Erin @queenofspain

I've had 2 new FriendFeed followers just from this thread. - Jesse Stay

Follow Garry Vee (don't ask me to spell his full name out at this time of night, please?) what kind of wine goes with Twittering. *lol* Well, Gary Vee is THE wine expert on Twitter. :P - Mol, FF Music Lover

be Robert Scoble - Simon T Small

36. Jesse Stay found a new one: comment on lots of friendfeed threads! - Robert Scoble

@simontsmall post your Twitter feed here http://twitter.com/simonts... - Simon T Small

Erin, it is my goal to be King of the Mommy bloggers - Jesse Stay

Follow just 1 online multi-level marketer and you'll has a ton start following you - Paul Povolni

I buy dinner for anyone who comes to my area and contacts me through Twitter...and is following me. :D - MarkCarras

I find that not following people back increases the rate at which I gain followers - Simon T Small

Simon: being Robert Scoble is pretty hard. You've gotta keep coming up with new ways to find followers. It's easier to call him an asshole on twitter. Even better, call him, TechCrunch, 1938media, JasonCalacanis, Guy Kawasaki, and a few other people assholes. - Robert Scoble

37. Jeremiah Owyang found this one: stop Twittering. - Robert Scoble

I'm amazed I don't get called an asshole more often. I think this should be my New Years Resolution. :D - MarkCarras

38. Follow someone, then when they don't follow you back, call them out on it and say they are lame. - Robert Scoble

Robert: haha! I'll try it now :) - Simon T Small

39. Come up with a new Twitter game. Get it retweeted by Chris Brogan. - Robert Scoble

Make a real funny stream on Friendfeed, but better yet put it on your blog so SEO really gathers people to it and put your Friendfeed/Twitter handles right in the post - Ian D. Nock

40. Pay Magpie to spam everyone with your Twitter address. - Robert Scoble

41. Go to Gnomedex. - Robert Scoble

Oh don't tell people to talk shit about you. It's kinda sad to see people talking crap about you, then when you're some place they are, they turn all fanboy. - Anika

Robert: wait, not change in plans, I don't hate those people, damn it! - Simon T Small

No one gets to be King of the mommybloggers until I deem it so dammit - Erin @queenofspain

42. Hang out with @newmediajim at the Inauguration. - Robert Scoble

I figured it out before Jeremiah: http://staynalive.com/article... - Jesse Stay

43. Hang out with Hillary Clinton in Davos (my dream). - Robert Scoble

Erin, but I thought you were the Queen of Spain - Jesse Stay

44. Come up with a new set of rules for Twitter behavior. - Robert Scoble

Oh boy, Mr. Scoble. I hope you are not Tweeting while getting drunk and having sex... Poor Mommy and son... Some things need to stay sacred. Do you really want the world at large to know what you are doing at all times? Quit goofing and send us more tech info we enjoy. Great videos from CES by the way. I even got my partner to come and watch some of them. Thanks for the good stuff! - Colleen

45. Get more followers on Facebook then get them all to join you on Twitter. - Robert Scoble

46. Be @god. Even better. Be @god and hand out beta invites to something cool coming soon. - Robert Scoble

Colleen: I didn't say I use all these ideas. But I've seen them work on other people. :-) - Robert Scoble

Don't forget the with @mchammer part - Jesse Stay

Give a talk at a geek event and make sure you give out your Twitter name for feedback - Chris Saad

47. Twitter the birth of your new baby (high risk, if you aren't there mentally during contractions you might see your iPhone thrown across the room). - Robert Scoble

Pay @MrTweet to recommend you to everyone - Chris Saad

48. Tweet exclusive Apple news before anyone else does. - Robert Scoble

49. Be the first to retweet a big earthquake tweet. - Robert Scoble

Got any more? - Robert Scoble

Throw popularity out the window and somehow measure influence (stay tuned) :) - Chris Saad

Make a list of ways to get more followers. - Scott Kingery

change your name to your @twitter handle - Simon T Small

Chris: hah, even better, have so many followers already that you break MrTweet. :-) - Robert Scoble

50. Post cleavage pictures of yourself with your Twitter name plastered on the picture CLASSY! - Mona Nomura

Ustream the birth of your new baby (even higher risk, but at least you have proof): http://www.ustream.tv/blog... - Jesse Stay

51. Follow everyone then unfollow as soon as you get a follow - follow that? - Mona Nomura

Chris: Influence is gold, like it, am tuned - Simon T Small

This post alone lets me see the value of FriendFeed over Twitter for conversations. Glad the list above isn't documentation of your personal twitter conquest, but a record of some of the looneyness of Twitter follower greediness - Paul Povolni

52. Move to SF and go to every. single. Tweet-up! YAY HOW FUN! - Mona Nomura

Be Warren Buffett or similar. - Moushumi Kabir

Scott: I don't know that this list helped me that much. But, how about a list of things that will get rid of followers? I bet that one would work better. - Robert Scoble

53. Set text alerts for Brightkite and follow all the huge Tweeter's comings and goings - show up and SUBTLY introduce yourself so you'll be name dropped. Keyword = SUBTLY - Mona Nomura

54. Go to every single conference and shamelessly pass out your Twitter in lieu of email! - Mona Nomura

Streak at the Supebowl with your twitter name on your front and back(side) - Simon T Small

Be a default on FriendFeed - Jesse Stay

Nice to see this list here instead of scattered across oblivion---I mean Twitter... - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

use http://search.twitter.com to find people that like what you like, @reply them and RT their stuff. :) - Simon T Small

Jesse: that only used to work. There are no defaults on friendfeed anymore. In fact, if you don't have any friends it won't recommend anyone to you. - Robert Scoble

Name drop as much as you can and do whatever it takes to get written up on ValleyWag (wow, I've learned a lot in six months!) - Mona Nomura

Get Robert Scoble to tweet that he can't believe what's going on at your birthday party even though it was a tame house party with friends - Chris Saad

Tell people to NOT follow you. I mean it. Don't. - Andrew Smith

Get your name on Alltop - Jesse Stay

another posting sponsored by Palm *yawn* - Dieter Schwarz from Nambu

Post a bajillion pictures of your kids, pets, and more kids. - Mona Nomura

Make sure you participate in every. single. Robert post and name drop him as much as possible. ;) - Mona Nomura

Mona, great one - Kids, Dogs, and Kittenz - Bacon, too - Jesse Stay

@Dieter if a post was sponsored by anyone scoble would let u know - trust me - Chris Saad

Go to every. single. event and take + post as many. pictures. as you can w/ the "famous" people and PING.FM THOSE PICTURES! - Mona Nomura

Here's a novel idea - Have something interesting to say and focus on producing value instead of your follower count :) - Chris Saad

Mona, Facebook and Flickr tag them as well - Jesse Stay

Always respond to people with an "@" ie: @scobelizer WOW this thread RULES - since you never know what Google's indexing! - Mona Nomura

Dieter: Huh? If anything this post would be sponsored by Seagate. You can follow them at http://friendfeed.com/seagate (Seagate sponsors my video show, not my friendfeed account). - Robert Scoble

Mona: 'post famous pictures' Love it. Works a charm on facebook. - Simon T Small

i have a new one: use Browser bugs to greet your blogvisitors with their twittername http://is.gd/eMdF @andreasklinger - Andreas Klinger

Chris: having something interesting to say? No, that couldn't work, could it? I'd rather talk about my followers. :-) - Robert Scoble

Retweet this thread (no, that's not a request, it's an idea) - Jesse Stay

Robert: U do both so its all good :) - Chris Saad

Chris Saad: yer talkin crazy with that last one. Focus on content? Insanity. - Scott Kingery

55: Dieter reminded me of one more: talk about products that already have Twitter accounts. When I talked about HR Block they followed me. So did Ford. So did Zappos. - Robert Scoble

Get a tshirt made with your twitter name on it... - Luke Harvey-Palmer

Find a unique thing that you can help another Twitter user on - the bigger the user, the better. Fix their problem. - Jesse Stay

So did @HeavyAsHell Oh wait, that's my site. :D - MarkCarras

Luke: T-shirts are so common. How about shoes? Jeans? Underwear? Don Box used to have his company logo on underwear. Called them "Boxer shorts." I still remember those, even though I've forgotten all the lame Tshirts I've ever gotten. - Robert Scoble

Only a slut is going to be able to advertise well with branded underwear - a runcible MiniMage

Compete for the most followers on Twitter - didn't Leo and Calacanis do that at one time? (or am I getting the contenders wrong?) - Jesse Stay

MiniMage: not true. Don Box is no slut. He now runs a team at Microsoft. - Robert Scoble

Spam FF with your useful knowledge - WoH: Minding her Steves

Be an early adopter - be one of the first, get in early, and build a follow base early - Jesse Stay

Another one? Take pictures of Twitter users and follow them. They almost always follow back. - Robert Scoble

I aint never heard of Don Box, and that means I didn't see that underwear! ;). No, seriously, I concede, but I had to make a retort. - a runcible MiniMage

This thread is my bucket list. - Eric Florenzano

I think a good way to make more friends is to live an interesting life. Life is a journey. You meet people just around every corner. Twitter happens to be one of them. - Helge V. Keitel

Build up and help out a non-A list, but up-and-coming A or B list Twitter user or blogger. They will be more appreciative (it's those people that like the shirts and swag). - Jesse Stay

Tweet something like this: "I'm looking for funny people to follow, do you know any?" - Robert Scoble

Never sleep - Jesse Stay

#ces09 hash #mwsf09 tags #cwc09 use #sxsw09 them #snl as #jackiepetersspawn much · #gaza as #hiphop possible #burritos every #dubstep other #microblogging word = KEY (relevance matters not) - Mona Nomura

Get @gapingvoid to use your twitter address in one of his cartoons (he designed my business cards and you would be amazed how well that works). - Robert Scoble

@Mona use a hot suggestive silhouette as your avatar - that alwasy helps too - Chris Saad

Mona you are *so* followed - Jesse Stay

Take Louis Gray to a Vodka bar. You might not get any followers, but you will have a good time and he doesn't drink so you'll have a safe drive home, too! - Robert Scoble

Create a custom T-shirt with "I Love Your Stream" (mine) on front(or your own words) and your Twitter name on back. I did it with @crypticfragment at zazzle.com. Still waiting for it. I didn't put twitter name on back though, should have, but not trying to gain HUGE followers, just the ones that would like to hear about furniture,interior design and eco home stuff! I put: twitter:FTW, on the back. - Leslie Carothers

Robert, not to mention get on the front of Valleywag - Jesse Stay

I keep hiding this but it doesn't stay hidden. :( - Mona Nomura

Jesse: I find that I get a lot of followers by keeping the A list on the A list. Who wants to deal with those assholes if they fall onto the B list? - Robert Scoble

I'm with @garyvee & how he encourages us to *execute the best YOU* - don't try to be anyone else but the *best* you... your passionate self. Peeps who resonate with you will follow. And for sure add value, retweet good resources, build peeps up, thank those who comment on your blog & RT you. - Mari Smith

58. Post to a list to get people to follow you. such as the one explaining how to get people to follow you... - Sheraz Mahmood

ROFL Robert! - Jesse Stay

share links to awesome blog posts - Simon T Small

Sheraz Mahmood I just tried that, thought i'd do something, but 10 minutes later and nothing *cries* - Simon T Small

59. Be the center of the universe...the rest will follow - Sheraz Mahmood

Unnecessarily talk about iPhones. - Mona Nomura

Start browser wars. - Mona Nomura

Re-Tweet all of Tech Crunch's posts. - Mona Nomura

Start Steve Jobs rumors - Mona Nomura

Name drop Hollywood celebrities even if you don't know them. - Mona Nomura

By the way, I'm following everyone who has participated on this so far. Why? Because only geeks would be online on a Saturday night and I want to follow all the geeks. So, everyone here has at least one follower on friendfeed. - Robert Scoble

write a dramatic post about a family from Romania with a child with down syndrome and ask people to donate money. - Simon T Small

Robert: You'll need to unfollow me, its 6pm Sunday here in Aussieland, so I'm not a commited geek sorry - Simon T Small

Robert: Gotta do something while Windows 7 downloads :) - Scott Kingery

Haha!! So busted - very good point re your last comment, Robert. Thank goodness for fab understanding spouses is all I say. hehe - Mari Smith

60. Get on FriendFeed and Twitter super early and become de facto popular. And yes, #32 is a must. - Louis Gray

Another tip: Don't live in Australia nearly NOBODY here is on Twitter - Simon T Small

Compliment the crap out of "A-listers" and always laugh at all of their jokes. Make sure to add at least seven exclamation points. ie:"LOL!!!!!!!!!!" to stand out from the crowd. - Mona Nomura

Note: above only works if you participate in every. single. one of their posts on both Twitter and FriendFeed! - Mona Nomura

Mona: absolutely! :-) - Robert Scoble

Robert: 5:30 pm in Tokyo. I'm pretty much just getting going for the day. :-) - Ken Brady

Say something that makes a 200 + comment thread ;) - videopixil

When you send bribes, make sure to research. ie: LG doesn't drink but Robert likes wine. Subtly ask for preferences so they'll get something they actually _like_ <--KEY. - Mona Nomura

Use Tweetdeck and apply filters to see subjects you are expert in. You'll notice lots of people look for advice in certain fields so you can reply and show your expertise. I notice those people you help are happy and more likely to follow you even if you don't follow them. - Luca Filigheddu from fftogo

Have a sense of humor! - Mona Nomura

@videopixil Of course, that applies to most things Scoble says. - Ken Brady

@tkpleslie says," Ask people like @scobleizer sincere question about whether Nokia's new phone works for people, like me, that wear hearing aids when's he's in Japan in middle of your night at the actual Nokia conference where phone is being intro'd for first time. He did respond,nicely,but did not follow so I guess it doesn't work too well. - Leslie Carothers

Send Mona lego art wrapped in bacon. Oh wait, that'll get you friendfeed follows. - Yuvi

better yet. take Robert AND Louis to a Vodka bar - Erin @queenofspain

OMG iPhones are SO 2008. Becoming a Palm, Pre, and Nova fanbois = FUTURE - Mona Nomura

@Mona Humor is key. What better length at which to be witty? Any longer than this and most of us become dull. - Ken Brady

Robert, I kinda bagged you, with a positive spin, it got me on openzap 'today's best' http://openzap.com/ - Simon T Small

Crap, #palm #pre #nova #followme #ILOVEROBERTSCOBLE!!!!!!!!!! - Mona Nomura

This was before I really understood as @marismith says, that true value in twitter for me is having followers and following those people with intersecting paths because, like in real life, that's how interesting real conversations have a chance to develop into fuller, deeper, more lasting relationships. - Leslie Carothers

Robert, It's Sunday Morning in Loviisa, Finland ;) - Helge V. Keitel

Leslie: I did follow you here on friendfeed. I still haven't been able to find out if it works well for hearing impaired. I'm sure it does, though. The speaker phone on that device is pretty darn good. - Robert Scoble

Speak in SAT verbiage at all times to make yourselves sound smarter. - Mona Nomura

Never admit: ay kin knot reed end rite... :( - Mona Nomura

This is a great list Robert, I love making new friends. All those awful things people are saying about you must be wrong - aren't they? -] - Chris Loft

Post YouTube clips of classical music to make yourself seem more cultured. - Mona Nomura

Share everythign popular on digg because if it's on digg, it MUST be cool. - Mona Nomura

stop following people who post about following and follow people who don't try... - Ryan

mention yourself on Scobles friendfeed (@mattrendo) - Matt Rendo

Keep up with memes since everyone wants to hear what's been repeated on the web a trillion times without contributing a new opinion. ie: CES looks cool. - Mona Nomura

All great points. I've always hated requests for follows. I'm only attempting something like it for charity. In that instance, those who do the same should be very clear about WHY they want followers in the first place. Otherwise it looks like you're just in it for yourself. - Brandon Mendelson

@mattrendo, already been said up there! But you FAIL since you forgot the hashtag: #scoblizerrulesOMGWTFBACON. - Mona Nomura

Chris Loft: everything said about me is absolutely true! :-) - Robert Scoble

So it's true that you have huge... giant... socks? - Chris Saad

Thanks for the follow here on FriendFeed, Robert. I know this is where you interact. But,because home base for me is Twitter, I never saw your follow here until I went to comment on this thread! It's too much for me to constantly go back and forth and also keep up with work, life,friends and family.How do you guys do it? Thanks, tho, Robert,for letting me know. I learn from you ALL the time. - Leslie Carothers

I really am not obsessed with more followers. Sure I appreciated them as much as the next person. It is not a popularity contest for my use case. Hence, I will never be a "Top 100" person on Twitter. ;) - Rodney Rumford

If it's on the Internet, it is ALWAYS true, Robert. ;) - Mona Nomura

Try to explain yourself out of being a geek when you really are - Jesse Stay

I am indeed a failure, all the more reason to follow me... and that BACON Mona N. mentioned - Matt Rendo

Get Robert Scoble to Foreward/Afterword your book for you - Jesse Stay

@Jesse I'm incapable of explaining myself out of being a geek. Better to embrace it. - Ken Brady

61: Add on to a Robert Scoble numbered list with an incrementally interesting item. - Steve Garfield

Bacon IS the future, Matt! - Mona Nomura

#monanisaddicatedtohashtags :P #simonlikeshashtagstoo - Simon T Small

Is this the biggest thread ever on FriendFeed? - Eric Florenzano

Get Rodney Rumford to Foreward/Afterword your book for you - Jesse Stay

This is an EPIC thread. Thank you Robert and THANK YOU INTERNET! - Mona Nomura

62: Follow Steve Garfield in a Scoble numbered list - Jesse Stay

bacon - http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2008... - Matt Rendo

#WWRD - videopixil

I wonder how long it will take Friendfeed to add comment ratings like Digg? - Simon T Small

Hey Mr. Scoble! You make it sound like a bad thing to be online on a Saturday night. -Mr. Geek ;-P - Eddie Soto

Refrain from hijacking someone's thread by digressing with bacon - Focus, Matt. FOCUS! - Mona Nomura

Hilarious thread BTW!! - Eddie Soto

Content is king!!!!!!! (Mona see, 7) - Amit Morson

See... Me=failure A sense of humor seems to attract followers too. - Matt Rendo

Memorize this entire thread by EOD Monday and recite it back to Robert - on video! - Mona Nomura

Re-Tweet all 264 lines Googleplex times - or until the FailWhale / FailRobot appears. - Mona Nomura

Talk about how much you love Twitter and Facebook. - dont' forget the hashtags: pound facebook pound twitter. - Mona Nomura

Jesse. OK. Now I am smiling man... lol. By the way thanks for writing the afterword for my twitter book: Twitter as a Business Tool. - Rodney Rumford

Deem yourself a Social Network Expert and write a bajillion blog posts on "How to Use Twitter for Business" - Mona Nomura

Oops. Sorry Rodney. Bad timing... :) - Mona Nomura

Be consistently random - wait, no, then they will unfollow you :( - Matt Rendo

Always use emoticons as disclaimers! - Mona Nomura

What is this thread about?. I forgot by the time I read to the end of it. - Jim Bednarz

Bash on mattrendo - Matt Rendo

Always use *this* emoticon: :-) - WoH: Minding her Steves

Have foot in mouth moments. Oh, wait... - Mona Nomura

63: Profit!! - Aaron Baer

Be a spam artist - Matt Rendo

Follow everyone posting here - Sheraz Mahmood

back up your success with nothing more than 140 characters - Sheraz Mahmood

I've noticed that people who start a controversy, especially with a high profile person, get an immediate boost in followers. You'd think it would backfire but it seems to have the opposite effect. Maybe it's the trainwreck factor? People curious what on earth will be said next? - Liz

Apparently posting on Scoble's Friendfeed works... 6 followers in the last few minutes. - Matt Rendo

Woah. 278+ comments. Impressive! This is definitely one that will stick on FFholic for a while. - Phil Glockner

You forgot to add being Karl Rove to the list: http://twitter.com/KarlRov... - Roberto Bonini

Wondering is anybody will read all these comments. I do believe if twitter doesn't get it together, that a large group will flock out to another destination. ala: Poof! - Dave

Hey @scobleizer, your post would have been more appropriate on a blog. - Klaus Alexander Seistrup

Post photos of cute puppies on FriendFeed. - Amit Morson

To get followers, jump into a Tweetchat "room", get into the convo, follow folks then tell them in the chat room that you are following. For the "Happy09" chat, there were tons of people in there. Better yet, start your own chat/chat meme! - Jesse P. Luna

@ reply like crazy to let the person know you followed them ie: @Scobleizer HI I FOLLOWED YOU FOLLOW ME BACK repeat until FailWhale/FailRobot shows up. - Mona Nomura

Well, that's starting to work . . . anyone else getting lots of new friends? . . . and I didn't have to insult anybody. I think I might have to post one of my classical video clips for Mona http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Chris Loft

Leslie, the N series work v well with the hearing impaired, but the iPhone works even better from my experience FTW! - Sally Church

One thing that annoys me: people who discuss their follower numbers on twitter. Its just not interesting! I just subscribed to someone and unsubscribed the next day as 4 tweets were about passing 10000 - I'm very glad for you but it is just noise in my feed. Now I understand the feeling - I was amazed the day 100 people followed me (it is all relative :) ) - but it is not necessary to tweet about it. - Iphigenie

I was going to send you some Swiss wine Robert, but I was told it doesn't travel well, so drank it myself. Just so you know, it was good :-) - Paul Shadwell

I'm paling up with several here, in spite of what Mr. Scoble says about Saturday night geeks. -Mr. Geek ;-P - Eddie Soto

Participate in a Robert Scoble's friendfeed conversation on Saturday night, have him follow you, post the screenshot of him following you - Bertrand Doux

On the subject of more followers, arrrrrgh! *runs screaming from room.... * - Sally Church

Tweet about Windows 7(or something equally as interesting), which I'll be doing a lot of in the coming days, It's installing as I type this! - Kevin Lloyd

Tweet, but don't tweet too much because people apparently don't want to hear from you (or is it just me! ;)) THAT much! :) - Christopher Kusek

I'm using Windows 7 right now! I've posted tweets and videos of it on YouTube - check it out! http://friendfeed.com/e... - Will Higgins™

Paul, what's that about swiss wine not travelling so well? It travels beautifully (but you need to get the good ones). It is so hard to find outside Switzerland because the swiss tend to drink all of it. - Iphigenie

Liz, I thought that was really funny cos it's Sunday evening here. I'm not some z-list geek sitting here wasting my time on a Saturday night. -[ - Chris Loft

point 4 above is shameless self-plug :) but entertaining :))) - Отборнейший бред

64. Comment on a Robert Scoble list at 2:21 AM in bed becausse you could not sleep - Tyler (Chacha)

65. Plan to write a blog post on thisentry in the morning - Tyler (Chacha)

66. Fail at placing a space between in this and entry on a scoble list ( iPod recognizes Scoble as a word and auto completed it) - Tyler (Chacha)

You guys are awesome by the way. - Tyler (Chacha)

Tattoo your twitter/friendfeed address on other people. - Kevin Leroux

lmao!!! great one Robert - Kaysha

get stuck on a bus in death valley in the middle of the night with robert scoble. - Christine Lu

Follow an obscure norwegian and get incoherent conversations about whales, blåbærsyltetøy, and the semantic web;) (which may make people curious.. or unfollow you actually..) - ɯɥøq sɐɯoɥʇ

Get up at 6 am on Sundays if living in Europe because otherwise you miss Robert Scoble's craziest moments and most interesting threads = people *damn* I should have never slept in! - Gaby K. Slezák

A real one: Upload a sexy picture on your profile or your twitter bg !! - İbrahim Uzun [ j ]

Claim that Scoble and Techcrunch are simply manufactured entities by a mysterious corporate power using Coke vs. Pepsi tactics to polarize the masses in an effort to conquer the world. - Bob Starr

RT @scobleizer Robert this is good advice, except I don't see any reference to bodacious tat-tas. ;) - John Craft

RT @scobleizer Robert wow, your post generated so many comments, is this the most number of comments from a single tweet in Twitter history? Can anyone confirm? - Alvin

Sorry not Twitter, this is from FriendFeed :) - Alvin

67. write about stuff you are enthusiastic about and that's only covered by a handful of people yet (like virtual worlds, metaverse) and shamelessly reveal that you are enthusiastic about that in one of the most commented on @scobleizer threads ;-) - Gaby K. Slezák

stop reading half way but say it was awesome anyway - Stephen Breen

You forgot about having a whole lot of time on your hands! - John D Reasor

yet still looking busy kthxbai - ɯɥøq sɐɯoɥʇ

Stop caring who follows you! - Elias Bizannes

I can't scroll to the bottom ;-) This list is hilarious! Robert, I'm glad you have been taking notes this whole time! - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

Do NOT use the phrase "social media" in your Twitter bio. - Frank Scavo

"16. Tweet from jail" ahahahahahahaha :) - disconnesso

I knew I should have tweeted from the back of that police van on the stroke of new year's eve, watching the fireworks. And walking away. Walking. With a big grin on my face. We'z not dus photoz. Doh. - Chris Loft

Write an "unofficial biography of Robert Scoble" and have it published? ;) - Tyson Key

Post a picture of you with someone famous... http://tinyurl.com/8xbcds - geekazine

“Scoble's law of unfollows: for everyone who you get on Twitter that says they will unfollow you will get 87 new followers.” http://tinyurl.com/9oahwc - Tapio Kulmala

Talk about the versatility of bacon - BACON - crisp, tasty BACON - BEX

Just noticed this is a very dude-heavy thread (not all but mainly) and that I mainly subscribe to guys on FriendFeed. But on Twitter I have about 60/40 men/women Following mix, I think. It was the comments about ta-tas and sexy profile photos that made me realize the difference. - Liz

nope its nun of the above; .they are just hacking into your FF account;If you really want more followers on Twitter and friendfeed this is what you do, its...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.they got me. - tomartomartini

Set up a low-wage tweet farmer in China. - Richard Sprague

Use Jennifer Aniston's cleavage as your avatar. - Jim Mitchem

omg I go to bed and you people KEEP GOING. unreal. - Erin @queenofspain

Yep .. I think this has reached the most active discussion .. ever (It past Dave Winer's post which is most discussed in past 30 days) - Tyler (Chacha)

Come on people! We need to reach 500 comments! - Tyler (Chacha)

Tweet unto you as you would like to be tweeted. - iamkhayyam

Create a Robert Scoble fan blog and title it Mr. Awesome. :) - Bill Romanos

69. start a list and slowly move out of it as other members of the community move in to pick it up (there is no 68) - you are now running things without even being there. - Valeria Maltoni

Be a more interesting what Robert? :p oh and maybe follow the fastest top ten commenters here. - mrsha

I don't remember any friendfeed item getting more than 300 comments. I think this is now the new high water mark. Wow! - Robert Scoble

Or: Post a “If you want more followers on Twitter and friendfeed here's what to do:” tweet :-) - Marco Massarotto

Not being in this comment stream is so embarrassing. Wait, so is BEING in this comment stream! - Tom Guarriello

i wonder if you did it all wrong, would you really get no followers... - Iphigenie

Joelle: if you did it all wrong you would still get followers but they just would be all spammers. - Robert Scoble

Robert - define spam... Is this post spam? - Brian Roy

Comment on the longest thread in Friendfeed history. - Mike Lewis

You're right! I forgot about the spammers :D - Iphigenie

it seems pretty simple: post interesting things, interact thoughtfully, and be patient - Kelly W.

70. When all else fails, make interesting crap up about Robert, Gary, Brogan, etc.. - Todd Jordan

It isn't how many follow you... it is the quality of those you follow. But... that makes it hard to keep score and determine who is "winning". - Brian Roy

patient? I want 1000 followers and I want them now! ;) (actually, I am with Kelly on this one) - Iphigenie

How to get Robert et al to follow you - http://friendfeed.com/e... - Todd Jordan

Commentate on sports during the game or politics during debates. - Nicki Laycoax

Put a nice Twitter Icon on your blog like mine http://marketingtechblog.com - Douglas Karr

You know... Chris Brogan liked a post of mine and retweeted it letting everyone know... it ended up bringing me about 800 new visitors in the span of 2 hours. There's definitely something to be said about being seen with the right people. :) - Steven Sanders

Hey Robert, say something positive about each of us today? Really be a boost. - Todd Jordan

AVG works just fine for me under Windows 7! - Dave Oliver

Todd: you all are beautiful. And smart. That's why I am following everyone on this thread. - Robert Scoble

It's simple, but just do two things (in order): 1. Create good content. 2. Market that content in an intelligent, non-spammy way. - Daniel Miessler

Daniel: marketing part is what we're really talking about here. How to/who to/when to/where to/what to market. - Todd Jordan

OMG this is STILL alive?! WOW - Mona Nomura

Keep it going!!!! - Tyler (Chacha)

I'm wondering at how many comments this will start crashing browsers - Iphigenie

That said: Talk about Twitter and FriendFeed all day every day. Don't forget to include: "I AM A SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERT" in all of your profiles. - Mona Nomura

Make special badges that scream your self proclaimed title. You know, kind of like flair? Or girl/boy scouts? - Mona Nomura

@Mona - heck yeah, huge % of new followers claim to be soc media experts. - Todd Jordan

Todd- FAIL. You forgot Rule #163. NAME DROP. @scobelizer (I'm just namedropping but really addressing Mona... err @monaaa) - Mona Nomura

Not call anyone out but I think it should be: " I AM A SOCIAL MEDIA SLUT!1!" ;-P - Mathew A. Koeneker

Mathew - CRAP you stole my thunder... I'm working on a blog post entitled "How to know if you are a social media slut"... thanks! - Brian Roy

Brian - I hope that comes after: "10,000 Ways to Effectively use Twitter for Business" - Mona Nomura

I wish FF would timestamp comments. It'd be interesting to know how this conversation flowed...or jumped around. - Liz

Mona - pretty sure those two are the same post... No? - Brian Roy

Liz: Just hang out over the little convo balloon to the left of the comments. It shows you how long ago the comment was left. :-) - Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™

Be serious at ALL times since analyzing Social Networks with charts and graphs is THE FUTURE! - Mona Nomura

Announce your twitter address after saying the pledge of allegiance over the school intercom system. - David Rose

I drunk tweet all the time, and it doesn't help. People just email you AA invitations. - Alex Wilhelm

+1 Mona! I'll make a video of this :D - Yuvi

Since you are all here... I was wondering. Have you seen my car keys? - Brian Roy

Will find out soon if becoming a social media diva pin-up acquires more followers :) - Nicola Quinn

PLAY with your followers and build a community of FANS. Start a meme, host a trivia session (@linnetwoods), do fun thematic Blip.fm sets (@jesseluna, @Dave_Malby), start a fun-spirited smackdown battle with another Twitterer (@Dana_Wilhoit and @SeanAMcAlister). UStream and play Wii while you're lightly toasted with a fun friend (@queenofspain) - Jesse P. Luna

Start your own threads using all and only Robert's suggestions. Originality means nothing, it's all about being a Robert clone! - Mona Nomura

Be imperfect, fragile, human - someone everyone can relate to. - Tomi Itkonen

Participate in memes where you can post old pictures of yourself from 70s, 80s or 90s. - Larry Kless

71. Create a list that combines Sex and Windows http://friendfeed.com/e... - Tyler (Chacha)

Hate on someone enough for them to write about you. It worked for Sean Hammons (Clicky) and Techcrunch.......... - Alex Wilhelm

i'm afraid some of those won't quite give you the right kind of followers - Iphigenie

entertain! - kosmar

I'm wondering if everyone who has commented here is at least following each other now. - Nicola Quinn

Nicola - no. I think I have a block on my account that I can't figure out. ;) - Jim Mitchem

Oh dear Jim, that doesn't sound good. Just managed to subscribe to you so that's ok then. - Nicola Quinn

Nicola Quinn: I have not had one new follower from this, but I did have an entertaining conversation. - MarkCarras

There Mark, you've got at least one :) - Nicola Quinn

@nicola you followed me :) - kosmar

Kosmar, I did! You following me? - Nicola Quinn

@Scobleizer so far I tweet from party, wc, roadtrip, first minutes of the new year, wc again, meeting, boring meeting, boring presentation, wedding, engagement, hospital... I think I am on good track !!! - Alemsah Ozturk

Talk like you are deluded into thinking the iPhone and Apple computers are superior machines. - Mark Stahler

Help Robert getting 400 comments or any other all time high on friendfeed! - Gaby K. Slezák

Wow. 400. - Robert Scoble

Here's the 401st for good measure! I kinda use Twitter and FF to keep up with new, and record ideas and thoughts for myself, but if some people out there find a common ground with me, that's very cool! I think too much is placed on these online friend / follower counts overall tho... BTW, this comment is probably on the "How NOT to get more followers on Twitter or FF" list. :) Keep feeding me the knowledge Scobs! - AdPanda

You can order custom wine labels to bribe Scoble with at http://www.bottleyourbrand.com/ - Gail Gardner

Spell @Scobleizer correctly when trying to drop a name ... lol. - Robert Couture

Bump .... @charlieanzman. I can't believe this thread! - Charlie Anzman

Charlie - the sheer #s of comments or the fact that this is such a popular topic? - Susan Beebe

How can you possibly read all of this and get anything done? This is an example of FF overkill. - Scott Maentz

@Susan folks are now commenting for the fun of it. :) - Todd Jordan

Wow! I remember when this began as three items, then Scoble got all giddy and inspired and started this hilarious chain of absurdity. Well done Mr. @Scobleizer - Paul Povolni

Make sure to be a hater and nit-pick on every. little. thing. someone does online! - Mona Nomura

Take everything someone says as a personal attack and rant! - Mona Nomura

Complain about every. little. thing. - Mona Nomura

no Mona you are wrong. - Brian Roy

Change your display name everyday aNd mAkE sUrE tO tYpE LiKe DiS - Mona Nomura

Make sure to kiss a whole buncha *ss and name drop, name drop, name drop! - Mona Nomura

every 3rd comment should be "noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooopooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooopoopoooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooppooooooooooooo oooo" wow... It is hard to enter that many o's on an iPhone. EDIT -> I put in spaces - apparently I annoyed Brandon... - Brian Roy

@Brian: Please edit your post so it doesn't break everyone's feed. I'd like to not hide this item. Thanks. - AJ Kohn

oh... Ok. It is hidden now. - Brian Roy

@Brian: Thank you. Greatly appreciated! - AJ Kohn

423 comments? :O - Will Higgins™

I think that I made a comment on this post but I can't find it. And Mona, you are cracking me up!! - BEX

I wonder if there is a limit to how many comments can be added to a post on FF - Susan Beebe

The funniest part about all this is that I've gotten a *ton* of followers for posting on this thread. Weird! I think once my programming-related FF activity resumes people will drop from my feed like flies :) - Eric Florenzano

Too bad I can't tweet the link (yet) -- of this 400+ comment -- I don't know how to call this. Not a Tweetversation by any means. A FFversation? Anyone come out with any sensible terms? - David Feng

I have some ideas, none of which are usable. - WoH: Minding her Steves

subscribe to Friendfeeds for Twitter Celebs and read their Twitter hints... Start with Scoble.. - TechMama Beth Blecherman

I see "423 more comments". That's the most I have ever seen so far in FF! - Winston Teo

TechMama: that will work very well. Of course then you'll only be fed shallow news. The real good stuff is on the K list. They aren't on the bottom, so they have a few followers, but they really don't give a shit so they are very real and teach you stuff. Unfortunately they usually don't stay on the K list very long. They either get moved up pretty fast or they get put in rehab for social media addiction. - Robert Scoble

You don't. - David Spinks

What was this thread about? I forgot, AGAIN! - Jim Bednarz

Jim: me too, it's taken on a life of its own. Oh, yeah, it was about how to make money with friendfeed. Heheheh. Yeah, right! - Robert Scoble

Quick! Scoble's about to do a 'How to make money on friendfeed' post now. Looking for the hattrick ;~) - Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct

Ed: heheh. how to make money in friendfeed? Get a million followers. The money will come. Or maybe not. :-) - Robert Scoble

Robert: I guess you could charge for seminars on how to get a million followers ;D - Seth Greenblatt

Robert - Think you broke your own record with this one. 255 Likes and 437 comments ?! Guess nobody's embracing Friendfeed tonight :) - Charlie Anzman

Nobody's gonna read this, but I can't help observing that "I've got 10000 followers" is kinda like saying "I have 1000 books on my bookshelf", as if the number, not the content, is the important thing. - Mr. Gunn

Charlie .. his last one has 300 comments and over 300 likes I believe ... But this thread is 70 people away from reaching every single person on Friendfeed. (Given the 500 like rule) - Tyler (Chacha)

Better than the cover of Rolling Stone!! http://blog.twitter.com/2009... - Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct

ChaCha - Ya gotta love it. Now when he reaches everyone on the Internet ... :) - Charlie Anzman

Susan - Wasn't ignoring you ... just got lost in the middle of this ScobleChaChaMeMeWhateverItIs ... night all :) - Charlie Anzman

Most importantly, get followed by @scobleizer hope he retweets, likes and/or comments on your posts. - Christian Anderson

Christian: that's fair. I keep hoping you retweet, like, or comment on mine! :-) - Robert Scoble

Yikes, I see there are 442 "collapsed" comments that follow Robert Scoble's teaser! (I won't dare to "expand" them - it would take ages to read them all.) The subject clearly preys on people's minds... Scoble has a knack for hitting the right button! - Yule Heibel

I wonder if Mobile Safari would have such an implosion that the iPhone would shatter in my hands, if I tried to expand that thread. - a runcible MiniMage

doing video works pretty well too :) - Loic Le Meur

great, robert, this is *really* pushing the limit :) - Alberto D'Ottavi

tweet about the size of Robert's ..... =X - Rachael Depp

whoa comment frenzy! @FriendFeed can you please build a Comment Quality filter before I attempt to make sense of all this user generated erm "content"? Now there's a question: how do we measure Comment Quality? - Bob Hitching

And then you hate IM... - Dario Salvelli

I was lucky enough to arrive at his 3rd or 4th point... it was amazing to see it happen on the fly, as I and other people jumped in. It was like a chat room or IM chat. - Simon T Small

Oh, and by commenting a couple of times on this post, I got 36 new twitter followers and about 6 new friend feed followers in 12 hours - Simon T Small

omg.. why isn´t there a comment link on the bottom as well ? Especially useful on the iphone. I forgot the witty remark that would ensure me thousands of followers by the time I finger-scrolled to the top and to the bottom again on this insanely long thread. Oh, well, at least my comments are seen sometimes.. hello ? - ɯɥøq sɐɯoɥʇ

I do like how #1: Stop your bloody begging and whining for followers is still showing though. :-P - Mathew A. Koeneker

this is so last week... - Edward Zwart

Robert: You need to add one more. "Send Tweets from a Ferry when a plane crashes on the Hudson" like http://twitter.com/jkrums - Alex Sauceda

"Hudson-Plane" and the Web2.0 viralism response http://friendfeed.com/rooms... ; http://friendfeed.com/e... - ewing2001akaNicomedy2010

Re: 18., Tweet from the great beyond. INSANE follow numbers then. ;-p - mtlb

This is certainly quite interesting thread. I wonder how many Likes this will get. :D - Daniel Schildt

This thread has become a meme unto itself. As I once said, Robert Scoble plays social media like a virtuoso musician. FTW - Sheldon Steiger from twhirl

this stuff works for real! wow! - Siddharth Parmar

I felt like bumping the most discussed conversation ever on Friendfeed. Here ya go - Tyler (Chacha)

or tweet about this friendfeed-post! - bumping ;-) - Torsten Eckert

Become a Needle in a Haystack - geekazine

Have them join up on sprnch and watch them walk around in real time. http://sprnch.com/search_... - SpRnch

Link your Twttter Account @SAMMCOOPERMED on Http://SAMMCOOPER.COM via Twitter Link Pics All over your site! this really workS! - SAMMCOOPERMED

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"Hi kopp, ich kann leider das Javascript nirgends in deinem HTML Code finden. Bitte inkludiere die oberen zwei Zeilen mit <script> kurz vorm </body> lg andi</script>" - Andreas Klinger

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January 7, 2009 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

A smaller script i did which displays the twitter name of a visitor of you webpage ! - Andreas Klinger

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JamesM's kernel development tutorials - http://www.jamesmolloy.co.uk/tutoria...

January 7, 2009 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

summer activities - Andreas Klinger

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Die grünen Facebook Wahlplakate 2008 - die.socialisten.at - http://die.socialisten.at/die-gru...

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Der Wähler als Wahlplakat - Andreas Klinger

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“mein Klub” die Fussball Applikation von BILD.de - die.socialisten.at - http://die.socialisten.at/mein-kl...

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Mein Klub eine Facebook Applikation von Bild.de entwickelt durch die.socialisten.at - Andreas Klinger

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CNNBC video - http://www.cnnbcvideo.com/taf...

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incredible! - Andreas Klinger

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We All Hate Quickbooks, Do You? - What Twitter Users Are Saying - http://weallhatequickbooks.com/

October 22, 2008 from delicious - Comment - Like - Share

very good marketing idea - Andreas Klinger

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