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FriendFeed Blog: You can now share files on FriendFeed - http://blog.friendfeed.com/2009...
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"To share files on friendfeed.com, simply click the "Files" link underneath the post box and select which files you want to include. You can also share files by including them as attachments on emails sent to share@friendfeed.com."
- Bret Taylor
from Bookmarklet
That's the new hawtness!
- Alex Scoble
wow
- michael sean wright
whoa!
- vijay
SEKRIT PLANZ! MWA HA HA HA
- Josh Haley
Excellent news, thank you Bret and guys! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
the game just changed
- chrisofspades
Haha! Nice...
- WorldofHiglet
nice
- endiaferon
This feature will help with using FF solely as a email mailing list.
- Kol Tregaskes
Now we just need page branding and some enterprise integration, and we can replace Sharepoint...
- sean andersen
Plus as a mail client too (kinda of anyway). I will have to get auto-forwarding my emails to my ff.com address again.
- Kol Tregaskes
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes. i'm trying to be coherent but that's all that's coming up. Thanks... whats the file size limit?
- Frankie Warren
this has awesomesauce all over it
- Alfredo
is video an option?
- Zee.
We have a rolling 24-hour limit for the number and size of files you can upload, but you probably shouldn't hit it unless you are sharing really big stuff.
- Bret Taylor
Are the files public when accessed via direct link? Or do they require authentication?
- Mark Trapp
No video at the moment, Zee.
- Ross Miller
Bret, will this work for attachments sent to share@friendfeed.com?
- chrisofspades
So tell me, how will you send email verification emails to new users when FF has successfully replaced email? </paradox>
- nickrw
nice!
- Mike Bracco
So, no BluRay rips, then :p
- Josh Haley
Mark: right now they are public when access via direct link (though the links are not at all predictable).
- Bret Taylor
Yes, file attachments to share@friendfeed.com work as you would expect.
- Bret Taylor
Very Nice
- Brent - Loving Life
neat-o!
- t i n y m
Bret - is music an option?
- Zee.
WIN
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Any other files that don't work with it?
- Kol Tregaskes
What's the file attachment size limit?
- imabonehead
Kol: i assume you can attach video? it just won't play in-line? or did i misinterpret that?
- Frankie Warren
@imabonehead, from Bret's comment above: "We have a rolling 24-hour limit for the number and size of files you can upload, but you probably shouldn't hit it unless you are sharing really big stuff."
- Dan Hsiao
@Dan, thx
- imabonehead
Liked Liked Liked (*99999) "You can now share files on FriendFeed" This is.. GREAT!
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
Frankie, video attachments aren't currently supported
- Dan Hsiao
Frankie, Ross says no to video, see above.
- Kol Tregaskes
MP3s?
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol: there is a stricter limit on audio files (3 per day).
- Bret Taylor
Yay, no more rapidshare! :)
- Kaan Ertürk
OK, but any format?
- Kol Tregaskes
I tried it with both a txt and a rar file but neither seemed to work (the message was posted without a file attached). [Update: works now for me]
- Philipp Lenssen
Gonna give a big W00T!! to this before I even read the whole thing...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
LOL, Tina.
- Kol Tregaskes
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
- Roberto Bonini
Perhaps we need a list of file types (and their limits) that are supported?
- Kol Tregaskes
Tina++, Holy Crap! :)
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
music files work! awesome! example here http://friendfeed.com/fredyga...
- Alfredo
Bret: What about attachments to comments?
- sean andersen
Swwwweeeettttt!!!
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Now all I need is a number where I can call and leave a VM that gets changed into an audio file, and I can get rid of drop.io for good! Yeah, we're never happy are we? Sorry....
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Greatissimo :)
- Stanislas Jourdan
Bret, does animated GIFs now work btw?
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks for the clarification on video :) how long will the files stay on the server?
- Frankie Warren
Tina - Perhaps if we leave a VM for the FriendFeed IM bot on Google Talk? That would rock.
- Mitch
Can we paste URLs into the box like we can for images?
- Kol Tregaskes
Seriously, guys, when and where do we start donating?
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'd prefer buying private shares, Akiva. :)
- Carlos Ayala
I think you can support them by buying the FF swags.
- imabonehead
cool
- Siavash
and sharing from URLs works! - http://ff.im/4o1RY
- chrisofspades
NIIIIIIIIIIICE
- Pedram
Pair this w/ a private room and you have instant office and/or project collaboration. Drop.io may have some competition. :)
- JA Castillo
JA, agree.
- Kol Tregaskes
Chris, cool. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
All we need now is a calendaring system and support for source code.
- imabonehead
mp3 sharing works in FriendFeed? Just when I'm thinking to share some 'musiclets' from time to time via Tumblr! mhh.. interesting, really!
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
Thierry, yep MP3s are supported.
- Kol Tregaskes
this is awesome, i was literally just trying to do this last night on one of our team feeds and had to post links to published google docs instead. going to try it out now. it's like they read my mind.
- Mike Elliott
Kol...we use Drop.io all the time here at my office. This would be great as it is supremely simpler. But approved file types and sizes needs to be understood.
- JA Castillo
Mitch, that would be an option, but I can only imagine the opportunity for the wrong voice file to go to the wronge feed...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
And Akiva is right...where do we start donating?!
- JA Castillo
If we had basic HTML support for first comments on FF, it could almost be used for mail (at least for forwarding and reading mail to and on it).
- Kol Tregaskes
JA, a list of supported file types, limits and sizes is needed... please. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Cool stuff
- Tyson Key
Any limits on the number of times a file can be downloaded, per day, out of interest?
- Tyson Key
Reminds me of Pownce :) Great addition!
- Holger Eilhard
NaFFster! :)
- jcunwired
Does this mean that the days are numbered for various Pownce clones and Jaiku? Facebook, start your photocopiers! ;)
- Tyson Key
this is GREAT!
- Cee Bee
Now cue Facebook adding this feature in 3.. 2.. 1..
- Daniel Sims
Yay! Friendfeed is yet another step closer to complete emulation of IRC :)
- Victor Ganata
Hey Bret, are these virus-checked?
- Jordan Hofker
@Jordan - good question
- andy brudtkuhl
Jordan, good shout.
- Kol Tregaskes
The moment I read this I updated my AV program.
- jcunwired
Are the shared files located in the enclosure tag of the feed? And can we filter feeds by enclosure type?
- Cliff Gerrish
Jordan- yes, we virus scan them.
- Casey Muller
Cool, Casey. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
LOL Victor ... true that. Well done FF team.
- Amani
from IM
Awesome, thanks Casey.
- Jordan Hofker
Cliff- only media files (images and audio) are included in feeds at this time.
- Casey Muller
Haha, Victor. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Uh, question two: how long before one of the **AA's gets all pissy? That would be sad. Is there a size limit?
- Jordan Hofker
search by file type?
- Jason Wehmhoener
Jason, good shout.
- Kol Tregaskes
Jordan - what is **AA's ??
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
This will go a long way in convincing some of my Yahoo Groups to move to FF. Although we must have a list of file types supported, retention times and also if there is a max number of d/l's.
- Gil Francisco III
This is awesome but I'm also concerned about the type of people this might bring to the FF community.
- Johnny
Gil, I'm seriously considering moving my Y!Groups list members from there to FF.
- Kol Tregaskes
This is one of those features that people don't complain about even though they didn't ask the community prior to launching ;)
- Frankie Warren
Dare I ask about Boobies.jpg.virus.exe? - Oops Casey says they are virus scanned
- Richard pancakhaus Walker
Jannifer: RIAA and MPAA, specifically. Say someone shares a copyrighted song or something...RIAA gets cranky.
- Jordan Hofker
Am I the only person that thinks this is an incredibly bad idea?
- Jason Nunnelley
.m4a files sent from the iPhone's Voice Memos feature aren't given a player but are making it through the mail to FF feature. Any support for a player coming down the line?
- Christopher Harley
How about .zip s that are password-protected? Reject I hope... (edit) .zip not supported at all, I gather, good!
- Richard pancakhaus Walker
yeah search by filetype absolutely! filetype:pdf, filetype:mp3, filetype:zip, filetype:doc etc.
- Nathan Chase
Christoper: (via Bret) "Unfortunately we only can play back MP3s at this point. The iPhone voice memos are in M4A (AAC), so we really want to support them, but it is a bit more difficult with Flash and our media setup at the moment."
- Ross Miller
\m/
- metalerik
abi allah tuttuğunuzu altın etsin **love**
- Ahmet Alp Balkan
Jason, I might be with you on this one.
- Johnny
This is nice! Very nice!
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Yippie-kai-yay :))))
- A.T.
Thanks, Ross. The paid app, iProRecorder http://www.iprorecorder.com/ suffers the same limitations.
- Christopher Harley
NICE!!! Been waiting for this... thanks FriendFeed team!
- AJ Batac
Cool! FF is becoming more of a platform of choice for me. Thanks guys :)
- Dilip Dand
Very Cool !!!
- Eric Logan
I'm not sure that I'm going to use that feature (I rarely share docs over the internet that weren't created in Zoho or GDocs, anyway), but still it looks pretty neato.
- Miss Elle
Bret, do you have any restrictions to protect against music filesharers etc so you do not become an RIAA target?
- Travis Koger
@ Travis: I was just wondering the same.
- Brian Chang
Bret Taylor, a friend of mine uploaded 1 mp3 and it disappeared. Now he can't upload any mp3 file, seeing a [The "" file type is not supported]. Broken message?
- Jason Nunnelley
"You can only upload 3 audio files every day. Please try again later." Too bad because I was really just trying to see what files worked. .wav aint one of them. No audio notes from Evernote, iPhone, iProRecorder. I soooo want to love this but It's not doing what I need it to do. This feature needs to support some kind of multi photo post with a recording appended to the message. That should be right out of the box. Video needs to come right behind it. Music is cool but citizen journalism is even cooler.
- Christopher Harley
seriously useful.
- Calvin Ayre
I haven't tested this but, how exactly are you determining audio file types, just using the file extension. If so there is a work around with a simple file rename, an example would be if you change an .mp3 to a .pdf and let people rename it once it becomes local on their machine. EDIT: This workaround would also allow video to be transferred.
- Jimminy Fuller
Maybe I don't know enough, but doesn't this kind of open the door to slipping malicious code to unsuspecting users?
- Fleagle
this is the best thing I know this morning when I open my eyes, well done!
- K.D.
that is AWESOME!
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
Fleagle: It is possible that someone would do that but FriendFeed is fairly well self monitored. It is still a small group of people in comparison to other networks.
- Jimminy Fuller
Glad for this feature, though perhaps close partnership with Box.net or similar could keep FF storage costs better contained? Not criticizing, just hoping Core Team doesn't get distracted by extending (and babysitting) commodity services. Keep up the great work!
- michael silverton
Kudos on the added features!
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
可以分享文件，friendfeed更好用了。
- 老巫师
哇塞，这个强的。 I like it.
- xiawinter
Wow. Just wow. Thanks.
- Laura Norvig
NICE! Thanks for the info.
- Cyndi ~ @muchmorethanmom
Tell us more. Tell us EVERYTHING about the file "FF secret plans.pdf" shown in the blogpost <http://friendfeed-media.com/0fe9b6e...>.
- ianf ⌘
Oh, very awesome!
- Scott Magdalein
It's *machine code*.
- Karl Knechtel
Karl: FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
- Chris, Without Direction
So we can setup private groups and share questionable files ? :)
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
That's pretty much what I was saying, Ahsan. I did one earlier as a test to prove my point, (NOTE: it is a clean file, direct from Revision 3) at http://friendfeed.com/jimminy...
- Jimminy Fuller
Excellent! Thank you!
- Diego Barros
"Rapidshare Fined $34 Million for Copyright Infringement" (http://mashable.com/2009...)
- Ozkan Altuner
Hmmm @Ryo, good catch, posting directly from Android to FF your voice messages, would be cool!
- Ozkan Altuner
Can we tell the lawyers that they "won" and give them all the money? Then start over with a new set of I.P. laws and a new currency? Pretty please?
- Richard pancakhaus Walker
Must you force downloads on HTML files?
- raphaeL
This is great. I'll try this instead of posting to Ipernity.
- Rick Cogley
Seems like a good step in the right direction indeed the concerns are founded based on previous experiences but it is a good start.
- Ubuntu101
Is it possible to set it up as part of the feed like a podcast?
- Ubuntu101
Excellento - inline playing of mp3 files at last - this will be dangerous. But is there are limit??
- Chris Loft
embedding mp3's is just fine when it works .. I've been trying to get a podcast rss feed I have setup imported for the past 8 hours straight only to find out that each time it's not importing squat.
- John Blanton
from twhirl
I take that back it worked once but everything in the description tags showed up twice.
- John Blanton
from twhirl
:( Apparently not *.pdn files (Paint.Net)
- raphaeL
Thx! FF continues to rock :)
- Krishnamoorthy
why the limit on audio files?
- Tyler Gillies
Can us folks with Symbian OS-based devices have some Adaptive Multi-Rate codec/AMR file love, too? I believe that some Samsung and NEC phones also use that audio file format...
- Tyson Key
Oh, and Google Earth KML files, and Ogg Vorbis files aren't supported right now either, for what it's worth. Still, it's a nice idea, so far.
- Tyson Key
wow :)
- Mucio
I'm disappointed that the PDF of your secret plans is only 1.2 mb. Surely there's more?
- Dnl
anyone know the file size limit?
- Julian Seery Gude
My old Motorola Que made .3gp files too. Facebook can process them. You want to be at least as cool as Facebook, right?
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!
- Micah Wittman
FYI Micah, it works with *.user.js files... you know what that means...
- Mitch
*happy dance* this is really innovative and highly useful...thanks FF :)
- Susan Beebe
oh heck yes
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Tried to share an .hta file with Micah yesterday....couldn't attach it. Tried to zip it and still couldn't attach it. Ended up tossing it in my dropbox and posting the link. :-(
- April Russo (app103)
LOL at the FF secret plans.pdf!!
- Darren Heydon
Exclusive: Inside Pixar - A Photo Tour [May 7th, 2009: Bump inspired by AJ's amazing find: http://friendfeed.com/ajkohn... ] - http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m...
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^that's a cube! SO much awesome
- Mona Nomura
from Bookmarklet
Wow Sure is... :)
- JegerPhil - Phil
Look at all the cereals and peanut butter! =O http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images...
- Mona Nomura
I wish i could work some place that fostered creativity...
- Tad
i don't understand why more companies aren't creative in office space. google, pixar, etc. all the top companies know that old 50's cubes are out and new "open" "inviting" areas are in.
- Chris Harris
But but but, that's what FF is for! ;)
- Mona Nomura
.....why are there like 8 jars of peanut butter and like... ONE jar of jelly? BIZARRE
- Mona Nomura
Chris: agreed. a happy workplace = happy employees = productivity
- Mona Nomura
Happy workplace == home
- Tad
Mona N: sad that equation is in limited production.
- clarke thomas
Tad: but if home = FF?? ;) @clarke: and people wonder why companies such as these are so prosperous......
- Mona Nomura
Most companies are still stuck in the old industrial factory mentality when it comes to workers. Sadly, even most software companies.
- Tad
Aren't a lot of companies are slowly catching on... I heard Facebook and Apple's cafeterias rivals Googles...
- Mona Nomura
DSaad69: knol.. Google's wiki?
- Mona Nomura
Knol (Google's wiki) See it here: http://knol.google.com/k#
- Mona Nomura
Mona: Perhaps there are more varieties of Peanut Butter (Creamy, Chunky, Organic, etc), but everyone only likes Strawberry jelly.
- Justin Korn
JK: but only one jar? I would fight people to get to it everyday... Dude, this is in Emeryville. We should SO go check it out
- Mona Nomura
It wouldn't be that hard for Facebook. They're tiny compared to Google's massive campus. They don't even need a cafeteria. They could just hook up a deal with the restaurant that's next to them on the bottom floor or any of the other eateries around them.
- Louie
Mona: I'd be totally down to go check it out!
- Justin Korn
@Louis: but it's the THOUGHT that counts dude. @JK: I wonder if there're any FFers who work at Pixar... hmmmmmm
- Mona Nomura
i've seen this. pretty cool stuff. it actually makes one want to work productively
- Cee Bee
Mona: I bet there is, but if not, someone out there (Robert Scoble, Louis Gray, etc.) has got to know someone...
- Justin Korn
@mona HOLY COW. Learn my name beezie!!
- Louie
Got a buddy who works there and went on a tour... amazing place. They even have family oriented events in their quad area. Their movie theater gets special advance screenings of all the major blockbusters. Sadly, I'm still waiting for my invite... ;)
- Jericho
I worked next to the Pixar compound for 3 years. They have a lunch room, yet they kicked out one lunch spot and are still trying to get Semifreddi's to move. I like the movies, but it would have been nice (given their lunch room and roving cake cart) that they'd preserve lunch spots for the rest of us.
- AJ Kohn
I love that they have a CEREAL ROOM
- Bartek Ciszkowski
By the cereal room?! Rick! =O @AJ: VERY important question. Is the food free?!
- Mona Nomura
The cereal room is probably the most important thing in the world.
- Steve Spalding
When my business gets really huge, it's the Free Toast Room. Great bread, and toppings are on the house.
- Chris Baskind
@Mona: I don't know for sure. Never did get inside. I'm pretty sure it was. I know the cake cart was free.
- AJ Kohn
@Chris: Count me in. @AJ: free cakes = better than nothing @Steve: Agreed!
- Mona Nomura
I work in one of Pixar's old building, before they moved to emeryville.
- Alan Le
Oh wow, look what I found. Bump for the memories.
- Mona Nomura
I'll continue to backup to Delicious, but I'm switching to Diigo. - http://www.diigo.com/profile...
Bryan R. Adams, KARR 4.0, Robert Felty and 25 other people liked this
I'm taking Delicious out of my FF stream to avoid the echo.
- Chris Baskind
What's wrong with Delicious?
- Morton Fox
Nothing. Diigo is better, though. Does a lot more.
- Chris Baskind
from IM
Agreed
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I find I'm using the on-page notes and highlighting. The Diigolet bookmarklet is fast and does a bunch of cool things, and everything gets sent to Delicious, anyway. Win.
- Chris Baskind
from IM
I approve this message
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
I jumped on the Diigo wagon once. Was great with all the things it does which delicious don't do. But after a while I realized that I only use the same features as delicious, and delicious is just faster, so I quit diigo... What is it about Diigo you think is so fantastic? Is it just the option to do more things, or do you actually use it to do more?
- Peter Efland
i agree. i do the same chris. i have all my diigo bookmarks copy to delicious, which i've taken out of my feed here. i also select which bookmaked diigo items i want to share here in my feed via the private/public feature. i find diigo to be more full featured with regard to its customizing and editing features as well as "easier" to search for items. works for me
- Cee Bee
It works for me too and I've been using Diigo's groups, used some existing groups and created some so that additionally to tags I categorise bookmarks into different groups. The bookmarklet makes it easy to do that. I also get a daily email or subscribe to the RSS feed of groups I'm particularly interested in.
- M F
I have mostly switched to Diigo from Delicious for all the reasons mentioned. I've noticed, however, that Friendfeed doesn't pick up Diigo descriptions. I wish it did.
- Sean McBride
Same here.
- Chris Baskind
from IM
Damn, you post this on Saturday and come Monday the site falls apart! LOL I've gotten 500 errors 3 times tonight form them and haven't been able to get to my bookmarks for at least the last 2 hours. Hopefully this will pass.
- Adam Turetzky
Hey, Scoble isn't the only person who can bring a promising new Web 2.0 service to it knees.
- Chris Baskind
from IM
They seems to have gotten in back together.
- Chris Baskind
5 Common Newbie Mistakes - http://www.banane.com/workblo...
Andrew Smith, Bartek Ciszkowski and Shey, Jamaican of FF liked this
Very good article. I do our companies newsletter and I'm making half of these mistakes, ugh. Atleast now this weeks newsletter won't be hurt by these!
- Bartek Ciszkowski
@Bartek, hey that's great! Glad to hear it helped.
- anna sauce
Table of Condiments That Periodically Go Bad
Steve Long, eric mortensen, Bartek Ciszkowski and 84 other people liked this
Butter = 1.5 months . Olive Oil = 6 months . Bacon Bits = N/A
- Mona Nomura
OMG this is awesome.
- Jennifer Leggio
TOTALLY. I can't stop staring at it. haha
- Mona Nomura
Ooh, good find. I want this in large size for the side of my fridge!
- Rochelle
Yes! My Baco Bits are still good!
- Stu Andrews
from twhirl
Yeah, this is VERY useful on the side of the fridge. I had it up in my old place and used it often.
- Lisa L. Seifert
I need to put this on my fridge; I am terrible at knowing when stuff goes bad
- Aaron Krug
FOR THE LAST TIME! Mayonnaise = MIRACLE WHIP! THEY ARE THE EXACT SAME THING!
- Michael Forian
I am SO with you, Aaron. I just go by sight / smell. Worst case scenario - I get the runs. Boo Hoo. be back later ppl, I'm actually working today, wow.
- Mona Nomura
Fantastic colors... You find the best stuff Mona!
- Mitchell Tsai
um michael, no, they're not really... they taste different. maybe it's just the flavoring. check the ingredients. mayonnaise is eggy, miracle whip is sweeter
- Kamilah Gill
Michael Forian: BITE YOUR TONGUE! Miracle Whip has that zesty thing going on. Nasty. :-| REAL MAYO = deliciousness and all things good.
- Lisa L. Seifert
Aaron, I have another list on my fridge already of when things go bad. I found that years ago. not as fancy as this, and it's for all foods, not just sauces.
- Kamilah Gill
Hollandaise ftw
- MLx
Kamilah: Share? Maybe someone can make it pretty... :-)
- Lisa L. Seifert
hahaha!
- Anna Haro
sure thing, Lisa, here 'tis: http://www.pastrywiz.com/storage...
- Kamilah Gill
they can't quite spell "refrigerated", but it's still been handy.
- Kamilah Gill
Love it!
- Anne Bouey
Thanks, Kamilah! Anyone wanna' make it purty?
- Lisa L. Seifert
Good to know that special sauce lasts 2 months...
- John Ford
Mayo is NOT EQUAL TO MIRACLE WHIP!!! (I gather caps are needed to join that particular discussion). Miracle Whip has a lot more sugar in it. And, sorry, it is vomitus. Love the chart, Mona. Where oh where do you find this stuff?
- Laura Norvig
Careful with that syntax, Laura! I believe you meant to yell, "MIRACLE WHIP IS NOT EQUAL TO MAYO!" ;-)
- Lisa L. Seifert
Nice--that's a pretty funny chart. Now that's creativity!
- Dave Saunders
from twhirl
I protest! Vegimite lasts longer than 2 months1
- Glenn Slaven
YUCK!!!!
- Mona Nomura
Mayo != Miracle Whip!!!! Diabetics CANNOT have Miracle Whip because of the sugar content. Pure mayo is oil and eggs. Period.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
MAYO >>>>>>>>>>> Miracle Whip. /end discussion.
- Mona Nomura
Agreed Mona /closes book emphatically
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
In my family, it's Duke's Mayonnaise or death. No other options.
- Paul Reynolds
Mayonnaise = egg yolk, vinegar, oil, salt. Miracle Whip = water, oil, vinegar, HFCS, food starch, sugar & chemicals. i.e.: Mayonnaise <> Miracle Whip. (qed) It's not bad, though.
- ha3rvey (big appetite)
cool! printing......
- videopixil
Paul: I live 5 minutes from the Duke's Mayo factory...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Love it! Peanut butter would have trouble lasting 4 days in my place, let alone 4 months.
- Charles
Ketsup?? What?
- Jordan Hofker
what about redii whip?
- Cecil Sandus
Keep 'em comin' Mona ... my nightly upper. This is GREAT!
- Charlie Anzman
Charlie - are you on Seesmic, too? @Ceci: Cool Whip?
- Mona Nomura
Mona - I have a Seesmic account and it's on this week's to do list! (Maybe I'll comb my hair this time .... maybe :)
- Charlie Anzman
Cool! 8 months for honey? Don't they last forever? :D
- Ron
Of course it does, Ron. Just ask the archaeologists who find it...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Rochelle: Here's a larger color version [Robert Anton Wilson, MIT - 8/1/06] http://web.mit.edu/dryfoo... which was produced from the BW version (much more boring) http://backtable.org/~blade... It appeared in a mock calendar diary for 1997 and was produced by Potlatch (the paper company) under the title "365 Ben Days." The concept and design was by Dana Arnett, Ken Fox, Fletcher Martin and John Naresky of VSA Partners, Chicago.
- Mitchell Tsai
I saved a larger (966x587) snapshot at Picasa http://picasaweb.google.com/MitchTs... http://friendfeed.com/e... for anyone who wants to print this.
- Mitchell Tsai
10 Geeky Movies to Raise Your Kids On | Geekdad from Wired.com - http://blog.wired.com/geekdad...
Anne Bouey, Anthony K. Valley ©, Mitchell Tsai and 19 other people liked this
"In our never-ending quest to provide you the tools and knowledge to raise your kids in your own geeky image, we present you with a list of 10 geeky movies to raise your kids with. This is a starter list, and by no means comprehensive. It also skews towards the younger set because we have to lay the proper geeky foundation. As always, leave your suggestions for additional titles in the comments."
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
All of these movies win by several orders of magnitude. Nice of them to namecheck Labyrinth for tweenagers, though I thought it was no more scary than Dark Crystal, but then I haven't seen either for a while. Great list! :)
- David Young
Yes, ET is missing, as is The Princess Bride and about 10 Disney films (animated and live action)
- Michael W. May
I dunno. I've always found ET a bit boring. *ducks*
- David Young
Hm... I don't know what I'd take out, but definitely Real Genius needs to be on that list.
- felix
Real Genius is so not for kids :P Tweens are pushing it.
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
Totoro is so, so good! I was surprised that my daughter is completely indifferent to Star Wars - she might be too young for it right now, so we'll be trying again next summer. I loathed ET when I was young, so she hasn't watched that yet.
- Karen Mohler
Newsarama.com : GHOSTBUSTERS 3 IN THE WORKS - http://www.newsarama.com/film...
Nathan Chase, Bartek Ciszkowski, Mark Trapp and 8 other people liked this
"After what seems to be years (okay, decades) of rumors and stories, a third Ghostbusters film is in the works, this according to The Hollywood Reporter. As the trade reports, the film will be something that’s become popular with other franchises such as Batman, James Bond, and most recently Superman – that is, a reboot. Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, writer/producers of NBC’s The Office have signed on to write the film for Sony. Reportedly, the new version will restart the franchise (both in the film world and for Sony), with possible involvement from the original cast members, though the original cast would not be in major roles in the new film."
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
ARG [unlikeunlikeunlike]
- Michael W. May
Nooo...the world I knew is dead
- Mo Kargas
Even the ghost is scared and puzzled. Just look at him.
- RAPatton
ha!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Um, without original cast? Do. not. Want. (But walks away humming the theme song anyway. oh, Bobby brown, how I hate thee. "Too hot to handle, too cold to hold, call the Ghostbusters and they're in control...")
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
Insta-liked for Ghostbusters reference, then found out it was going to be a remake. You can't remake/reboot Ghostbusters! What's the sodding point? It's close to perfection.
- David Young
Why must they f* with the good treaments? There are plenty of good scripts that have been destroyed by directors, actors, producers, editors, studios, that could use a good remake.
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
I am both excited and disappointed by this news. I'm torn with emotion!
- James Ferguson
they'll probably CGI it to death as usual, and rush things around so much that you can't see anything. ugh.
- Kamilah Gill
*oy* bad, bad, bad!
- AJ Kohn
i can't imagine Ghostbusters without the original cast, so this seems like a really risky move - could be awful
- Nathan Chase
only one question comes to mind... why?
- Harold
I already watch ghost hunters
- orionstarr
Make Your Own at magmypic.com - http://www.magmypic.com/
Brandon, Mitchell Tsai, Vinay | विनय and 63 other people liked this
They automatically generate embed codes for different sites. :) Thanks, Chris ;) ...um Sorry for the middle one. It's kinda creepy.
- Mona Nomura
Well, the right most one is kinda creepy. Middle one = Good. Photoshop?
- Yuvi
Look at the size of that pizza slice!! :O
- Mladen Srdić
Mona really, where is that pizza from?
- Anna Haro
So when does the next issue of Sexy Librarians Of The Internet hit the newsstands? :P
- Johnny Worthington
Middle one = photobooth from a mega ultra ginormous Mac. It's on my Facebook, YO! @Mladen: I ate two!! :) Anna: From some random pizza place in NYC. :)
- Mona Nomura
Why it hasn't the Geek of year?
- Saman
nerd love <3 Mona
- mjc
LOL, Nerd of the Year indeed. The middle picture looks like you're about to crawl out of my TV because I watched a video tape. At least you called me 7 days before to warn me.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Mona, you rock!
- Josh Haley
new meme!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Blame Chris Pirillo!
- Mona Nomura
the one in the middle reminded me of: http://img.photobucket.com/albums...
- Alejandro
But it's SO HUGE!!
- Mona Nomura
LOL@Alejandro
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I HATE SANDCASTLES!
- Mona Nomura
Alejandro S you just made my day!
- Toby Graham
That sandcastle picture is EPIC
- Mona Nomura
I drink your milkshake!
- Tad
That brings all the boys to the yarrrrrd.
- Mona Nomura
crap. Not another one!
- Adam Helweh
I already pulled off the double-meme twice now
- Outsanity
I was the first, Adam!! Outsanity: PLEASE PLEASE don't tell me manga + this? :|
- Mona Nomura
Plus this and lolcats
- Outsanity
Go look at Bwana's STAT! http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Mona Nomura
I'm diggin the hat
- Michael W. May
Thanks, MWM!!!! :)
- Mona Nomura
I gotta try this when I get home. :) More fun than the manga one. haha
- Daynah
Mona? I love you. Thanks for eating a pizza. :-)
- Lisa L. Seifert
Lisa? I love you, too. Together, we are Mona Lisa!
- Mona Nomura
Oh. My. Gosh. Rawksome! :-D
- Lisa L. Seifert
Rawksome! OMG, I've never head that term before!!!
- Mona Nomura
Create Separate Profiles in Google Chrome for Family Members and Stay Extra Safe - http://www.labnol.org/softwar...
Bartek Ciszkowski liked this
help: what's the best service for showing screen to hundreds of people without requring a download, view in browser?
cjmart and Bartek Ciszkowski liked this
vyew?
- l0ckergn0me
I looove Yuuguu but they limit it to 30. . .but my bet is that they would be willing to make an exception for you?
- Josh Dilworth
looks like we're going with DimDim
- Marshall Kirkpatrick
Yeah DimDim rocks.
- Zee.
dim dim dim dim dim
- Bwana ☠
“Simpsons” Scenes and their Reference Movies - http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007...
Erick Jimenez, Cecil Sandus, Кто здесь? and 55 other people liked this
That's just awesome.
- Andrew Trinh
ALL of those posts = all kinds of awesome
- Mona Nomura
Dude..you could look at those pics all day
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Did you see all of them? SO ultra cool.
- Mona Nomura
Awesome idea. Love it.
- Lon Harris
from twhirl
Robert Muraine Ikea Commercial Full Version - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Roney Smith, AJ Kohn and Bartek Ciszkowski liked this
SYTYCD. Best popper ever!
- AJ Kohn
The girl really laid down some smooth, pop locking moves!
- Roney Smith
This is just a test. This is an oil painting that I did of myself 5 years ago. This easy new way to share stuff might get me making more art again finally :) totally diggin it.
edythe, RAPatton, Lillian Chow and 15 other people liked this
Moar please. :)
- Yolanda
Thank you! thanks guys!
- Kamilah Gill
Nice job!!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Really nice work...
- James Fridley
hey, i like that, kamilah. nice. i like the colors as well.
- edythe
70 Things To Do Before Having Children - http://www.marcandangel.com/2008...
.LAG liked that, embee, Rishabh Mishra (p248) and 24 other people liked this
i made a things to do before I die list quite recently..now I need to find the damn thing. Sky diving is definitely up there though & I believe I wrote that I wanted to land on my land.
- Zee.
Use Evernote for your Bucket Lists.
- Ernie Oporto
Ohhh, I am ALL about this list!!!!! :D
- Anna Haro
You can do these after kids too, most of them with them.
- RAPatton
..... 99. Get an epidural, 100. PUSH!
- David Knight
What might be a good idea is the new thing called email mine is jason@sisilili.com if you are interested in doing some of this list I were for one hope to be in position to have a go at it before the year 2050, the only thing about this list would mean that we would have to escape Friendfeed and I do love FF but its not on the list and it means going outside and doing something. Thank...
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- Jason
Where was this list 3 years and 10 months ago!? =P
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Actually, a significant number of these I didn't do until AFTER I had kids. And a lot of these, I would never do - before OR after kids. ;)
- Nathaniel Payne
Some of these, I had no desire to do before I had kids. Now, even less. Still a good list overall, though.
- ha3rvey (big appetite)
did most of em, gonna do a few more despite having a new kid now
- adolfo foronda
Am curiously attracted to such lists, maybe because they remind me to keep pushing forward with some of these/similar items with a "carpe diem" attitude, maybe because they offer affirmation when I nod my head "done" for so many of the items. Here's another fun list from 4 guys that roadtripped on a bus along the US West Coast last year and caused a bit of a media stir of support in their pursuits (and encouraged others to pursue their dreams/wishes): http://www.theburiedlife.com/list...
- Casey
I went skydiving a couple week ago. It's fun, but I wasn't overly impressed.
- xero
seriously...? Like "meh"?
- Zee.
It's not a big adrenaline rush like you'd think. It's more like swimming than falling, plus on a tandem you're strapped to an experienced instructor. The only adrenaline rush you'd get really is fear/nervousness if you have any. I'd recommend going, some people fall in love with it. I'll get licensed one day, but I'm not in a big hurry. Paragliding might be more my speed, since the landing approach was the most fun, second was the freefall part.
- xero
xero, have u bunjee jumped? How does that compare?
- Zee.
You know, a lot of those things in your list you can just as easily do after having kids. They're not high risk, nor massively time consuming. Some you can even share the learning experience with your family.
- xero
xero, agreed no doubt...it's not my list though btw, I just shared it.
- Zee.
I haven't bungee jumped, it's on my list though. It's supposed to feel more like falling and be a bit more of a rush. You generally don't have time to hit terminal velocity and there are objects close enough for you to recognize you're actually falling.
- xero
rgr
- xero
My daughter just called .... SHE'S ENGAGED!!!!!
Victor Ryden, Susan Beebe, Franklin Pettit and 45 other people liked this
AUGH! Congratulations to her! Great news!
- Candace
congrats!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Congratulations!!
- Mona Nomura
Congratulations Mr.Anzman! :-D
- Anna Haro
Mazel tov!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Mazel Mazel!
- Justin Korn
Grats!
- Pete Delucchi
hey congratualtions! (this is good news, right? we like this person she got engaged to?)
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
Congrats!
- David Muir
Congrats
- Josh Haley
congrats.
- Tsega Dinka
Anna - Mr. Anzman was my father ... You can call me Charlie :)
- Charlie Anzman
Congrats on your daughters engagement.
- David Cohn
Sorry Charlie.. :)
- Anna Haro
does she have any single sisters? kidding. congrats!
- Cee Bee
congrats
- Duncan Riley
Congrats!!
- Lisa L. Seifert
Congratulations father of the bride!
- Larry Kless
from twhirl
congrats!
- Yuvi
Congratulations! :)
- BeeLing
Mazel Tov on your excellent news.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Congratulations, Charlie!
- Mark Trapp
congtrats! just went through this w/ my oldest daughter. this might help you prepare: http://bit.ly/4pTOwn
- MikeAmundsen
Congrats!
- Hao Chen
Congrats Charlie!
- Mike Fruchter
Congratulations Barb and Charlie. Is he worthy?
- Peter Troast
Great news, Charlie! Congrats!
- ha3rvey (big appetite)
USB 3.0 gets seriously detailed - Engadget - http://www.engadget.com/2008...
Bartek Ciszkowski and Tim Hoeck liked this
Tungsten lighting is SO un-flattering for the chords... it washes out its natural coloring
- Mona Nomura
Green Expander | Panda Cubs Born in China - http://www.greenexpander.com/2008...
Alex Scoble, winckel, Jas Sandhu and 25 other people liked this
:)))
- Hao Chen
he's doing a baby pushup :)
- Alan Le
Wait till he learns kung-fu! :P
- AJ Batac
wow
- anna sauce
Must...get...antidote...for cute...
- XDpaul
Oh, he so cute!
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
My high school freshmen English teacher had us write a letter to ourselves, and he would mail it ten years later. That was ten years ago. Can't wait to read what I wrote. He was my favorite teacher.
Jess, Charlie Anzman, Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah and 40 other people liked this
what an incredible idea
- Nathan Rein
I was in 1st grade during the Bicentennial in 1976 and we made a time capsule. We opened it when we all graduated from high school, added more to it and sealed it up again, to be opened by our kids/grandkids in 2076.
- Trish R
What happened if you changed your address..10 yrs is like a long time ?
- Peter Dawson
With Facebook and other tools its not hard to find people and atleast get in touch with them :)
- Bartek Ciszkowski
that is such an awesome idea and it's great that a teacher would think that creatively. It shows his passion for what he does.
- Thomas Hawk
Hao, we did this too! We were told to write about what we wanted out of life and our greatest fear.
- Anna Haro
I think I'll do this right now.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
We're doing something kind of like it. We're writing letters to be be read again at the end of the year in English this year. Not quite as exciting.
- Jake (aka Jawee)
from twhirl
@Anna, did you get to achieve any of your childhood dreams, overcome your greatest fear?
- Hao Chen
@possible248 I like the way you think. :)
- Hao Chen
@Hao--I'm doing both those things right now...it's an interesting time! :O & :D
- Anna Haro
that's pretty cool.
- ChangeForge | Ken Stewart
from twhirl
This is why I keep a hand-written journal. :-) And I actually do go back and re-read them. Used to be every year, but now it's more novel-length.
- Lisa L. Seifert
wonderful idea! Do you think you will have the same email in ten years ? Then it would be a lot easier!
- JegerPhil - Phil
http://www.lettermelater.com/ this would be useful :)
- JegerPhil - Phil
we're doing something like that here on FF, and with our blogs (if you have one)... the main reason i blog is to see how my own thinking evolves over time. sounds like a really cool English teacher, btw!
- .LAG liked that
I found a letter I wrote to my parents in the early 70's. I have not read it yet.
- Russellreno
jeez... i think I'd be a little afraid to read it
- Nathan Rein
I've looked up old Usenet posts that I wrote in the early 1980s. In fact, I'll be using one in a presentation that I'll be giving later this week. While the presentation focuses on law enforcement use of the Internet and other technologies, I threw a few general slides in there. The first shows the header for a Usenet post I wrote in 1982 about the then-new "Call of the West" album. The second shows the current Wall of Voodoo MySpace page. Just goes to show there is nothing new under the sun.
- Ontario Emperor
in 1982 i was posting on local BBS's with a Vic-20
- Nathan Rein
August 16, 2008: Fun on the tundra! - The Cellar - http://cellar.org/showthr...
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Claude Betancourt, 李华顺, Hutch Carpenter and 5 other people liked this
Good thing this was just a cub
- Brian Sullivan
hahahha, I find this way too funny for just how close that guy was to being eaten. It's the circling around that did it for me
- Bartek Ciszkowski
tag, you're it!
- Ňicķ
Flat Iron Steak with Herb Butter and Pomme Frites - http://fotocuisine.com/2008...
Bartek Ciszkowski liked this
this is ... sexy. I'm going to make this for dinner this week. Good tips on making fries.
- Bartek Ciszkowski
Django 1.0 beta 1 released! - http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog...
Bartek Ciszkowski, Thomas Brox Røst and Eric Florenzano liked this
Y Combinator To Offer Standardized Angel Funding Legal Docs - http://www.techcrunch.com/2008...
Tom Stitt, Mrinal Desai, Peter Renshaw and 74 other people liked this
"Early stage venture firm Y Combinator, which has funded over a 102 young startups, has “open sourced” the legal documents that they provide to their startups to use as they seek additional funding. The documents were created with their law firm, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati"
- Paul Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
Love! ;-)
- Erhan Erdoğan
Link to the documents: http://www.ycombinator.com/seriesa...
- seman
Thanks for the link. Good stuff.
- Jason Carreira
Paul Graham is doing a terrific job. FEw days ago, for thr first time, they published a document showing what kind of startup ideas they particularly look for, and now this!!! Cool.
- Hayk H.
Thanks
- Harun Baris Bulut
Anyone know why the documents were taken down so abruptly last night?
- Gerald Buckley
4 Ways to Enhance Your Blog With FriendFeed - http://www.bwana.org/2008...
David Knight, xero, Flemming Funch and 48 other people liked this
Now this would be great advice if I actually had a blog.
- Ole Begemann
Bookmarked, thanks.
- Mike Fruchter
Excellent. Thanks for the tips. I may take a run at the Wordpress Plugin.
- AJ Kohn
Sweet list, thanks!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Thanks for mentioning me!
- Benjamin Golub
from fftogo
No problem Benjamin, you and Paul opened up a lot of possibilities
- Bwana ☠
APIs are powerful things; FriendFeed (and RSSmeme) both have them and I want more people to understand that it isn't complicated to use them.
- Benjamin Golub
good read though I closed my blog......via feedalizr
- bvs
A lot of folks including myself are intimidated when they hear "API"
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I never thought the RSS mechanism would work differently with the API. Ignorance I guess. I have some experience working with Twitter and Jaiku APIs and I don't think they did this. I could be wrong.
- Bwana ☠
I wish the plugin worked on WP.com blogs.
- Jennifer Leggio
I just wish there was a general solution to allow everyone to use this great plug-in. I tried having a go to get it to work on my Tumblr blog but it wasn't having any :¬( Good solid HTML widget to add to my CSS is what's needed ;¬D
- CannonGod
Pat Hawks already had a proof of concept for Blogger, I thought?
- l0ckergn0me
I'm working on a php script that merges Friendfeed likes and comments with Disqus comments. Still in early stages, but let me know if anyone would like to take a look (twitter klecu or comment on my blog http://klecu.com/article...)
- Kevin L
When I blogged this (May 28), no Blogger solution existed.
- Bwana ☠
I just went through the process of adding friendfeed to my own site (holgr.com) last week and also found your site. It's a good starting point! Unfortunately the "default" options are pretty scarce and not really flexible. Fortunately - however - the API is so simple that you can create a nice embed yourself using the documentation.
- Holger Eilhard
2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony - The Big Picture - Boston.com - http://www.boston.com/bigpict...
Lyn, Jonathan, Amber and 79 other people liked this
Is it ironic that they had far more performers in the opening ceremony that there are athletes participating in the games?
- Gabe
really freakin awesome pics!
- Tim Hoeck
Spectacular!! I love fireworks, displays and LEDS! Visuals are awesome..
- Akshay Dodeja
Oh, that AT&T picture. Classic!
- Colby Olson
↑ 楼上这一句笑死我了
- Calon
not ATT, but ur-anus...
- Pajama Domain
from twhirl
I'm still wowing! Awesome photos!
- BeeLing
not AT&T, it's earth XD
- fiorano
加油，北京！
- 阿石
the last photo in the series offers some contrast. another great 'big picture' post.
- eric mortensen
Awesome shots. In the crazy world of internet, I first saw these pictures from the Czech republic at widelec.org before finally seeing the Boston.com website.
- Mitchell Tsai
Creating a basic API with Django - http://playgroundblues.com/posts...
Stanton Teters and Bartek Ciszkowski liked this
Top 10 Mugshot T-Shirts - ComedyJuice.com - http://comedyjuice.com/2008...
Sean Oliver, Louis Bourque, Tony C (Unrated) and 9 other people liked this
I chuckled at "I'm Rick James B*tch"
- Mattb4rd
loved the "nobody's perfect" with that face.. perfect
- Pascal
Like these. Liking the last one best of course. But all cute.
- Todd Jordan
nice boobs on the right
- Noah David Simon
I wonder if the T-shirt fit the crime? Or got them arrested in the first place.
- Larry Kless
from twhirl
@Larry: Good point ;)
- Jemm
Pictures of the morning - http://picasaweb.google.com/anafrie...
david beckwith, Christopher Sacca, winckel and 37 other people liked this
Wow, that's a lot of tickets
- Casey Muller
Alternatively, if the smog is that thick and doesn't dissipate to show a blue sky, you could probably just paint it blue...
- Kirk Kittell
More faked pictures, huh? ;)
- Paul Buchheit
there's haze which is what you see most often in Hong Kong, and then there's pollution which you see in China. You should be able to see through haze, hope no sandstorms happen either
- clarke thomas
Thanks for sharing all this!
- Anne Bouey
Smog. Awful Olympics:(
- Igor Poltavskiy
They're just doing their part to patch the hole in the ozone layer.
- Jim Norris
The answer is totally different. The smoud (like smog but cloud-not-fog) cover is to protect the networks from pirate satellites that want to use their powerful telescopes to view and broadcast the Olympics live and for free.
- Kevin Fox
Does the haze in Hong Kong result from air pollution in Guangzhou and Guangdong? EDIT: Nevermind, i found my own answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- John Lam
In an independent effort to monitor air quality not far from the Bird's Nest, the Associated Press began measuring and publishing data in this interactive feature. Updated daily, it shows how air quality varies dramatically, depending upon winds and prevailing conditions. http://hosted.ap.org/special...
- John Lam
Twitter now enabling threads - http://marcello.delbono.eu/2008...
Kevykev, Bartek Ciszkowski, Rutger Blom and 3 other people liked this
NICE
- Mona Nomura
I look forward to see it totally integrated in the default twitter UI. It shouldn't take too long.
- Marcello Del Bono
Toddler stood on the potty, stuck his butt out, and pooped on the floor next to it. Close enough I guess.
Nathan Rein, James Ferguson, Bartek Ciszkowski and Geoff Schultz liked this
that is hilarious
- Bartek Ciszkowski
been there.
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
both my cat and my kid have done htis
- Nathan Rein
every time I see the words "social media marketing" a little piece of me dies inside
kamla bhatt, Tony, Eric Schlissel and 26 other people liked this
glad to hear I'm not the only one
- Deepak Singh
Why?
- Brian Sullivan
In theory I'll agree with but in practice social media is where I consume a lot of my information. When marketing is done right it's just information and I can take it or leave it, but if it's not coming through the channels I use I'm never going to see it/get it. Do I want to see social media overrun with bad marketing and PR gimmicks? No I want to see marketing people get better.
- Michelle Jones
It's going to happen, because there's no way to escape from them. They'll infiltrate your friend networks just like they infiltrated your inbox, and the race of "who can shout their message loudest" will begin again. How many times today have you spread a marketing message without realizing it? Friend requests will become the new spam. How many people have been followed by a spammer on twitter?
- Mr. Gunn
Someone called "TheBioinformatician" with a blank profile linking only to a blank blog subscribed to my feed today. How many of you added him just based on his name and the fact that he's following you?
- Mr. Gunn
Yet here you are, on a social media platform. Of course, there's going to be marketing, how else will a certain type of people rise to the top?
- Vincent van Wylick
Thank God it's always more or less the same people rising to the top and we all know them all too well...
- Matthias Schwenk
Vincent, I don't think that's the kind of marketing Gina's talking about. Marketing your own skills and experiences is, as you point out, what's supposed to happen. Marketing of products and services that are not your own, but rather those of a company that you're being compensated to promote is what gets in the way of the kind of marketing that's supposed to happen. There is a clear, bright line that separates the two kinds of marketing that advertisers fail to respect.
- Mr. Gunn
In fact, exposing as many people as possible to "message X" is considered by them to be marketing of their skills and experiences. That's why the two can never peacefully co-exist.
- Mr. Gunn
Mr. Gunn, I don't follow anyone who doesn't update material themselves, or contribute meaningfully to friendfeed
- Deepak Singh
Actually, my post was sarcastic. I said "a certain type." Marketing is a commercial activity, invented to sell products and services. That relationship between company and (potential) consumers is fairly established. It's the "social" (which some call "people") marketing that is so unpleasant, imo, because you don't form relationships for relationship's sake, but for marketing's. It's even more invasive of your privacy than the other kind.
- Vincent van Wylick
So we're singing the same tune, then. Thanks to you both.
- Mr. Gunn
would conversational marketing be a better term. At least that might imply some effort to connect with us not just blast us
- Mark Scrimshire
I don't know if it would be better. The way I see it, social networks were designed primarily for the purpose of getting away from marketing. Would we need social networks if we could trust that any email entering our inbox came from someone we know and want to talk to, and if web searches weren't cluttered with irrelevance? OK, so they help with aggregation of activity, too, but that's only one of their functions. Filtering out marketing is certainly another.
- Mr. Gunn
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