Just signed up around a week ago with livefyre. Have been more in listening mode but so far am really enjoying being able to really follow the live discussions.
- Jennifer Aderhold
You mean @replies are highlighted in blue? *mind blown*
- Johnny Worthington
Shiny! Must be better. Do they have a recommended users list? Can we get on?
- Chris Baskind
I thought that was cliqset? Only like 5 days ago
- Matthew DeVries
In biology, we refer to that colorscheme as "aposomatic". It means it's poisonous and will kill you if you consume it. Unless of course it's practicing Muelerian mimicry, where it pretends to be a poisonous thing, when in fact it's tasty and nutritious, like the Viceroy butterfly to the vomit inducing Monarch.
- Matthew DeVries
And oh my Bob in heaven...they are totally committed to this "fire" theme. It's like a restaurant that goes all the way to the hilt, calling bathrooms "Buckaroos and Daisies" "Maties and Wenches" etc.
- Matthew DeVries
And now I have that stupid Billy Joel song in my head... DAMN YOU SCOBLE
- Johnny Worthington
Well on the plus side, Livefyre allows you to report a user for things like "hyperbole"
- Eric Logan
Wow. That's ugly. I can't get beyond the ugly.
- Yolanda
I definitely am stoked to see live conversations, organized, too -- but I lasted about 25 seconds on the site
- Christopher Galtenberg
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh I get it now... It's threaded Twitter conversations... except without using Twitter kinda... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah... I wonder if it has the same 'noise problem' as FriendFeed does...
- Johnny Worthington
Looks like the type of site where the comments are going to be those of the YouTube variety.
- Yolanda
No time/date stamps, which made me a little confused, until I realized the comments were apparently last --> first
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
UGLY! No time stamps, can only see one conversation at at time. It think I'll stay here thank-you-very-much!
- Jeff P. Henderson
There are currently no fyres about sex. This site is either fake or not of this Internet.
- Andy Bakun
Doesn't really compare to Friendfeed as one of the main features of FF is still that it is an aggregator of all things. But there are some nice ideas in there. Will definitely have a look at it again over the coming weeks, hoping they will clean up the interface a bit. To little screen estate for the actual conversation and too much clutter around it.
- Mike Hellers
FriendFeed Comment is the new Yelp Talk. This tweet is useless without screenshots.
- Tim Jones
Is this a joke? It should be called HeadAyche.
- phil baumann
It's ugly yes, but come on guys, say something new. The ability to break sub-conversations out is interesting. They should look at creating new rooms in IRC.
- Kartik Agaram
Also, it seems like the conversations are more like IMs between a small number of individuals, seems like a lot of noise and not much true value... Could just be the quality of individuals participating of course... Something to watch, much like Google Wave in 2010
- Chris Reichow
I remember when everyone thought FriendFeed was ugly.
- Robert Scoble
Like Friendfeed, Livefyre allows people to join in conversations, but I don't see how it's better organized. I like the idea of kicking somebody off the thread if he/she gets too unruly, but I'm afraid someone might abuse it in the future and the result would be a thread that only the originator of the thread would like. I would rather have haters on a thread to show a semblance of balance. Livefyre's a great tool and hope to see more improvements in the future.
- Robert Sanchez Jr
It's better organized because you can find conversations by tags. So I can see only tech conversations. Here on FriendFeed I see all sorts of conversations mixed together. Also, LiveFyre lets you have threaded conversations, which makes long conversations much more useful.
- Robert Scoble
Wait, you can still see after looking at that page?
- Jimminy Fuller
Robert, you can really improve your Friendfeed experience by using lists. There's also robust search -- and metadata! I read that somewhere, at least. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
I think Robert's point is that FF lists only tag *people*, not conversations.
- Michael R. Bernstein
hmmm...Michael and Robert has a point there. It takes quite a bit of an effort to search for subjects/topics in Friendfeed/Twitter/Facebook as these seem to be more user-centric sites whereas Livefyre is more of a topic-centric. In Livefyre you can follow a topic instead of a person.
- Robert Sanchez Jr
Interesting how many people are focused on the look rather than the substance. This site has a lot of potential.
- Josh Fialkoff
Josh - Pretty is pretty important. I have to stare at that UI for hours and hours. It's best that it not make me stabby and depressed. I don't care if the site cures cancer, nothing is worth staring into that mess for that long.
- Matthew DeVries
This is a mess of a UI - If I'm looking for a real FF Clone, I'll go with Cliqset. It's about 2000 times prettier, same function, and none of those uncomfortably lame fire puns.
- Matthew DeVries
A comment to the effect that it was odd not to see a fire about sex impelled me to try to start one: "What do you think about sex? Join my conversation happening now on #LiveFyrehttp://su.pr/1LBCYf "
- SuezanneC Baskerville
Tags? People have to actually *create* those, and conversations are too throw-away to really have that done well, and avoid spamming (witness hash tags). That said, I have a saved search here on FF that shows me entries that have "protip" in the content, and it updates live. FF not having threaded comments is actually an advantage, it keeps things on topic and encourages creating new root entries as things diverge, or creating a room to centralize stuff on a single topic.
- Andy Bakun
"Musion Eyeliner is a high definition 3D holographic video projection system allowing a spectacular 3-dimensional moving life-size hologram to appear within a live stage setting using Peppers Ghost technology. Eyeliner brings dramatic, previously unseen 21st century video film effects to live events, including audiovisual artistic performances, conference or trade show presentations, retail displays and large-scale digital signage."
- esther ♥ ♫
from Bookmarklet
At first I thought it was some type of hoax, but after watching the Cisco presentation with John Chambers, I realized it was real. I love what Cisco is doing and I believe that they are the ones who will be the leaders of the next generation of communication technologies. They get it, and if they didn't, I don't think they would be betting their company on it, which is exactly what they are doing.
- Michael Fidler
Tune in tomorrow, when I try and look even more horrific.
- Steven Perez
i should take a camera phone shot of myself just after i take off my CPAP mask in the morning. i look like a fscking corpse, and not a fresh one.
- Joe Silence
I think I just won the Embarrassing Photo Meme. Forever. :D
- Steven Perez
These look amazingly great.. Going to try them tomorrow night (for yet another dinner, Charlie and I, since he is back from families for Christmas holiday.
- H0llywoodWh0re
from Bookmarklet
I fixed these, last night. I got 2, Daddy got the rest. So I'm assuming they were good! -- I may fix some more soon, I have a week, of full self reflection and about two or three weeks of learning how to cook for a man.
- H0llywoodWh0re
Best? Certainly the most popular and specifically the most popular 'technology' list, however they define that. And is the 16,668 followers for all the list or just one in particular?
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol: Thats the total followers of Robert's lists.
- Nicholas James
""The title of the book is a little bit of a shock tactic, I think, but though we are not advocating eating anyone's pet cat or dog there is certainly some truth in the fact that if we have edible pets like chickens for their eggs and meat, and rabbits and pigs, we will be compensating for the impact of other things on our environment.""
- H0llywoodWh0re
from Bookmarklet
""You might think the reasons for this may be: they don’t have time they are selfish they don’t care they don’t have an incentive to do it I was perplexed on this and over the last six weeks I spent some time talking to many of these smart people to understand what could be the reason. The results were very interesting. The rest of the article is based on those findings. Note: This is about smart people who are not sharing enough. So please don’t generalize this about all smart people."
- H0llywoodWh0re
from Bookmarklet
The "blog" she runs is a linkfarm and I wouldn't be surprised if she thinks all men are sexist - females like that, deepens the gender divide. Ugh.
- Mona Nomura
"I normally go crazy over making lists and getting it right. This year, I will simply tell you what five albums I played the most, enjoyed the most, will be enjoying for years to come like old friends. Those albums that instantly come to mind easily fill the top five; after that, a top ten or 15 is doable but becomes more and more difficult with each addition and soon wants to become a top 20, 40, etc... So, screw it *chuckle* If there is call, l will add the simple list of 60+ albums I enjoyed and are worthy of checking out, those that were the nominees, so to speak."
- Michael W. May
oh, the list: 5. Guitares Cinématiques - Penguins On Mars, 4. The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love, 3. Polly Scattergood - Polly Scattergood, 2. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns, 1. Metric - Fantasies looks prettier with more info at the link.
- Michael W. May
why, oh, why do i still not get "Daniel" by Bat for Lashes?
- edythe
That track is one of two I still only like as opposed to love on the entire album. But considering how well it did and how many year end lists it is on, I think we are in the minority, Polly *chuckle*
- Michael W. May
Hee, yeah, Daniel's one of my favorites on the album. Which ones are your favorites?
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
In descending order of minuscule differences in love: Moon and Moon, Travelling Woman, Glass, and Sleep Alone.
- Michael W. May
I love Sleep Alone, and I like Glass. I've learned to love Moon and Moon, but it took a while. I like the ones with the epic instrumentation and driving beats more.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Sleep Alone KILLS ME. It's my favorite.
- Lis Miller