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I'm slowly removing those that are just importing Twitter over to Facebook from my FriendFeed favorites and I'm now tracking them over on Facebook. - Jesse Stay

Robert - yep, I agree with you there. FB is now much more interesting for sure - Susan Beebe

Funny how, at least to a UK sensibility, 'tracking' sounds like 'stalking'.. - Andy Connell

Nothing really new about it - Facebook has had the Live tab on the homepage for 18 months. - Jamie

Jamie, it was removed back in March. They're bringing that back, and adding the "Hide" drop-downs that the previous feed had back to it. - Jesse Stay

It wasnt removed - they actually just improved it in March and made it the default, pushing the old style static feed to the Highlights section on the right. The Live feed update in March added the network and application filters so you could see a live feed by family, colleagues etc. I have little doubt the FF folks have had input into this release though... because it basically mimics the Live/Best of Day feel of FF. - Jamie

I sat next to Paul Buchheit yesterday and he said the FriendFeed team had nothing to do with it. But he likes it too. - Robert Scoble

Jamie, my feed never automatically updated after March. I had to click a link to get it to refresh. Yeah, it gave me the number of new posts, but it didn't automatically update. Maybe you were on a beta test of some sort? - Jesse Stay

I think I'm starting to understand. The Live Feed gives you everything that happens, in reverse chronological order, and you have the option to set filters on it. That's great. But when you log in you land on News Feed, which choses stuff for you, and in unexplainably non-chronological order. You have no power to adjust this? Ack - this smells like potential manipulation/advertising or something. - Michael Slattery

'Transition' is not a verb. It is a noun. Tell that to your followers. - Andy Connell

Wait... am I at Reddit? ;-) - Andrew Terry

'Transition' can be used as a verb. cf. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Transit... - SkepticAnimal

We do have an "Energy Source", it covers most of the earth! A DR> looking to cure cancer, stumbled upon the Resonate Frequency for hydrogen. While this could be combined with existing technologies, we will never see this. The PTB, will never let us have an abundant, clean energy source! they want to keep us under their thumb, and control every part of our lives! - Robert Ayling

Ecademy has been around since 1997 and is a profitable social network for small business owners and social media users. http://www.ecademy.com - Louis Gray

thank you so much Louis. - Thomas Power

Blah - shilling, we used to call this.. - Andy Connell

Sorry, that was uncalled-for - just fed up with promo/enthusiasm. Time for a break from FF I think.. - Andy Connell

Andy, if folks like Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook or Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn put together detailed videos, those are news. Ecademy is lesser-known, but has been around a long time, and Thomas is an enthusiastic supporter of FriendFeed, and a friend of mine. That this transparency is available is a good thing in my opinion. Being positive is not always to be mistrusted. - Louis Gray

Looks like Sarah has discovered zippers just like JJ - he loves my shirt with the zippers - Jesse Stay

Yay! I bet they were excited. :) - Rochelle

lovely! :) - Oguz Serdar

Haha - Thought I'd check in with the movers and shakers of the Friendfeed community. It's Saturday night, and so far I find baby pictures and wedding photos. I think we can safely say that the action is now elsewhere.. - Andy Connell

Thanks for posting these, Louis! Sarah and Matthew look thoroughly content! - Anne Bouey

You're welcome, Anne! Just for you, of course. Jesse, yes, Sarah loves zippers, including her own. She prefers to be clothing-free. And Andy, Friday and Saturday nights are family-friendly here on FriendFeed. For more techie stuff, please check the rest of my feed. Thanks! - Louis Gray

Nobody has done a better job of curating Twitter lists than you have. But I believe the majority of people will either rely on others' lists (like yours) or prefer an approach like my6sense has. In effect, yes you are right, and my6sense is right. - Louis Gray

Exactly... Different horses for different courses. - Johnny

Meanwhile, in the real world, nobody uses Twitter lists, and hardly anybody ever heard of my6sense.. - Andy Connell

Yeah, iterating fast..that's what it's all about. Utter nonsense.. - Andy Connell

Problem remains that a dev preference for Android won't matter if most customers prefer iPhones. - Ryan Waldron

@Ryan That seems to be changing fast. When talking about phones before everyone wanted to talk about Iphone, now it is all about Android - Asgeir

Really? - Andy Connell

I had a read a Computer World article stating that the Android did not appeal to women at all. They are a significant share of the market. - Jerry Perez

Jerry: Appeals to me :) - Amy

This is why I said Computer World article, so I wouldn't get crap! Love you guys anyway. Besides, any ladies on here probably are the exception. - Jerry Perez

Jerry: I've just realised I don't know any women with an iphone or an android... excuse me while I go and educate my friends. - Amy

yey Android! - Tim Jones

Because we buy on the rumor and sell on the news. Slow-newsers are buying at the top. You have to understand both. - Cliff Gerrish

Cliff: agree there's room for both. Andy: disagree the fork comes after the dust has settled. It seems like there should be a provision for a user in scanning the news to say whoa, hold up, that's something worth exploring. I know, it's called a bookmark, but who ever gets back to those? Same with conferences, podcasts. I'd love to see a practice bloom in which any discussion ends with... more... - Amyloo

I see nothing wrong with "fast" as long as it's accurate. And there's the rub - fast often turns out to be wrong (balloon boy, Ft. Hood, etc.), and being wrong no longer has any consequences. Frank Reynolds was humiliated when he wrongly announced James Brady was dead in 1981 - today's stenographers just throw it out there under the guise of "we're just repeating what we heard." Stenography isn't reporting. - John Craft

Holden, you're always welcome - your articles are always well thought out - Jesse Stay

Oh, so is Holden saying FriendFeed's lists are wrong? (FriendFeed doesn't have any limits while Twitter does). I disagree with Holden. I am bummed that FriendFeed didn't win in the marketplace so we are stuck with a service with limits. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

I never saw once in that article "Friend Feed is wrong". He used FF as a point of comparison. The article was good. The average Twitter user (me) won't have a list of 500 people. Plus, the cap on 500 helps keep the lists more organized as well. - Candace McCarty

Didn't you mention FF or am I reading two things at once again? Hell, I don't know. It's late. I just got in. *keyboardface*. Edit: No you didn't, the other blog I was reading mentioned FriendFeed. Fail. :( - Candace McCarty

Which makes my point have even more oomph. Well, my first point. Because if FF wasn't mentioned then the article really didn't say "FriendFeed is wrong". ...Yeah. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. - Candace McCarty

The average FriendFeed user won't have that many either. That said limits are easy to work around. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

If you say limiting Twitter to 500 on lists is good you are DEFACTO arguing that FriendFeed did it wrong because there are no limits here. I have one list with more than 10,000 on it here. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

here pls glemak (@) gmail - mike "glemak" dunn

me too! :) nhaima [ at ] gmail.com - nhaima

ugur.gok [@] ideamedya.com - Uğur GÖK

iiiiiiandy@gmail.com ...please... - Andy Connell

8*8 = 64 ;) doganli@gmail.com - Sinan D

OK, that's a wrap. People I've nominated: asmus at lauridsen.me glemak at gmail.com nhaima at gmail.com ugur.gok at ideamedya.com iiiiiiandy at gmail.com kernelppc at gmail.com desskymk at gmail.com doganli at gmail.com - Vezquex

and obviously thank u ;) - nhaima

yes thank you very much, to keep the karma I will of course do the same :-) - Rasmus Lauridsen

thank you Veƶqueӽ - Sinan D

I salute you, sir.. - Andy Connell

Oh, shit. I screwed up royally. I skipped you by complete accident, and missed the letter R in rasmus. I feel like an idiot. - Vezquex

:-( Thats what happens sometimes Veƶqueӽ no problem. Thought counts - Rasmus Lauridsen

when I get I will invite jamar78 and rasmus ;) - Sinan D

thank you! - Vezquex

If there is a generous soul out there who has one: vincentxcode@gmail.com - That'd make my day. Thanks! - Vincent X

Thank you very much Sinan - Rasmus Lauridsen

I hope all of the lucky ones "share the wave" ... - HN

If one is available I'd love it: darkfreudeman @ gmail :) - adf

does who get it please invite others sd11208 at gmail - Stalyn☂

did u send to desskymk? the 8th one ? - Sheldon (old zos)

patrick.becker1985@gmail.com , please - Patrick Becker

send please ..... danilopalermo[@]gmail.com - Danilo Palermo

never got this, anyone else in the top 8 get theirs yet? - mike "glemak" dunn

nope, but I'm not sure since I just the day after tried making the asmus email. But as I understand it they are letting the invites out really slow on a fifo basis. - Rasmus Lauridsen

cool thanks rasmus - patience is a virtue but a painful one ;) - mike "glemak" dunn

I would like one :) parrish (dot) andy (at) gmail.com - Andyparrish

I am still waiting - Sinan D

@sinan me too :( - nhaima

I'd love to have one if you still have any. rosepena@gmail.com - Rosemarie Pena

suppose this means that the queue is long eh ;) - mike "glemak" dunn

received it on asmus lauridsen.me this morning! Thank you very much Mr. Veƶqueӽ - Rasmus Lauridsen

sadly there are no nominating open at the moment :-( But as soon as I can I will invite however many I can through. Will start thread then :-P - Rasmus Lauridsen

just got mine too but no invites to give out yet - glemak (at) googlewave - thx vezque :) - mike "glemak" dunn

I would liki one, thanks ..... http://scr.im/hnp - Danilo Palermo

Would be much appreciated by me as well.. http://scr.im/thom - ɯɥøq sɐɯoɥʇ

My girl watched football (REAL football) with me tonight too. Isn't it the best? :) - Josh Haley

:) - Johnny

Your the best dad and husband in the world!!!!!!!!!! - Rachael Worthington from iPhone

/love Rachael's comment. :) - Louis Gray

Awww. Amazing game, wasn't it? And even though I hate Man Utd with a passion the extra time was correct. Gosh football needs to introduce the rugby style of time keeping, then they'll be not dispute. - Kol Tregaskes

The extra time was correct? 7 minutes? Of 'injury' time? When neither trainer once entered the field of play, and there was not one injury worthy of note? Really.. - Andy Connell

Actually, the goal was scored around 5:45. Now a little appreciated fact is that when you score a goal or make a substitution (about 30 seconds), it does not waste time, it actually gets added. So 4 goals in the second half, plus 5 substitution made 4 minutes. Also, the last Man City goal was scored at 89 mins and that time was added into injury time as well, plus a substitution was made in injury time which all added up to about 6 minutes. Simple maths... and a fucking kick ass football side. Sorry... - Johnny

Don't be sorry - just explain with your 'simple maths' how it is that, after Utd had scored their 'goal' the ref allowed only a further 17 seconds of play. On the other hand, don't waste your time. We've all had enough of the 'little appreciated facts' coming from United fans.. - Andy Connell

Tehehe... You can buy a team of champions, but all the money in the world will never buy you a championship team. We could also talk about the hand ball in the box... or don't City fans want to talk about it :P - Johnny

Also, in case you were wondering.... the way I found out these little know facts was it came up after the game on our local Australian broadcast... The host was a City fan... He said it was stretched but not outrageous. - Johnny

PLUS... Kol is a Liverpool supporter... If a Liverpool supporter backs Man Utd, you're argument is immediately invalid :) - Johnny

Ah, Aussie red - no further explanation required.. - Andy Connell

Hey, I follow Brisbane Roar, the team beat more in injury time then ANY side in the known world :P - Johnny from IM

Haha.. - Andy Connell

http://www.guardian.co.uk/footbal... - Andy Connell

The extra time is correct, 4mins extra time, then the celebrated added a min then the substitution about about 30 second. The winner was scored 1 second over the allocated time but I think we'll give the ref that. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

I still hate Man Utd. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Andy... I'm sorry, but that 'study' is like conducting a survey of pink elephants in a pink elephant factory and claiming that only pink elephants exist... Show me a study that includes ALL teams at ALL grounds over the past 10 years of the EPL and we'll talk... This just sounds like more blue tears - Johnny