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Robert Scoble
Robert Scoble
53% of my 96,000 followers don't follow directions. They are useless. The others will discuss this on FriendFeed here:
June 22 - Comment - Share
you mean like so? :) - Iwan
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:-) seriously, everyone wants followers but what good are they if they won't do anything you tell them to do? Useless! - Robert Scoble
hahah that is soo funny - Susan Beebe
yet sooo true. wondering just how long until people figure it out - Susan Beebe
huh? - Gabriel
is this a timed challenge? - Iwan
Hmmm... - Adam
Literally LOLing at this, Robert. - Ha3rvey (more more more)
Yes master... - Chris Forbes
You're not the boss of me! :) - jcunwired
i'm not sure what you mean ;) - Suzannah Archibald
I want to know how many of them consider themselves social media experts? - Colin Anawaty
bit of a pompous mood today? when have you ever expected anyone to follow directions on the net? - Doubledown_inSL
I was lost when Robert was at the 140 conference - he wasn't active here so I didn't know what to read...haha - Mike Bracco
I'm going to have to post a Tweet to ask what this is all about. - Kevin Carey
*looks around for FF koolaid* - Susan Beebe
Fine, so I am useless. - Julie Anderson
Getting people to follow directions on the internet is akin to herding cats. Best of luck. :) - Keith Bourgoin
Any reccomendations for friend feed convos on the iPhone? - Stuart Tracte
FF sux nardz - Doubledown_inSL
How could I defy the techno-hulk? - Amanda Magee
ahah, like most of the followers on twitter =) - Pierre TAMISIER
You are fired up today...you might want to switch to decaf. GOOD GODS, WHAT AM I SAYING. - M.L. Stone
but 47% of people go on FF? that is quite good - Billy Fung
So, 47% or your followers are expected to discuss here? The comment counter is going to explode. - Brome
http://friendfeed.com/iphone works well. At least, it works well on my Android - Keith Bourgoin
3% of Scobes followers are still trapped on Myspace - Doubledown_inSL
twitter wasn't an interactive medium was it? :P - jaspio
What? - fanch_guy
Kevin: only about 42,000 of my 96,000 followers are here. Useless! I think they are all spammers or bots. - Robert Scoble
I'm amazed how fast this thread is growing. - Nick Prince
You mean 95,999 followers. - Robert Peterson
Very clever. - Nicole
that mass growing of the thread would be the 47% who can follow instructions ;o) - Carl Grint
I keep having to block spammy, icky followers on twitter, mostly porn and get-rich schemers..augh! - Susan Beebe
I refuse to respond to such a claim! - Al Fuller
seriously, how much is FriendFeed paying you? - Greg Hollingsworth
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." John 10:11 - don manu
What am I not supposed to do? Where is the line? - Brian Goss
Spammers and bots eh? Great minds think alike? - ralphsaunders
What prize are you going to give your 100,000 follower? - Mike Bracco
Greg: I got a free t-shirt. - Robert Scoble
*reading and where is my popcorn? ;) ;)* - Ronald
Flame bater - Ron Hudson
promised to cure cancer at 100k - Doubledown_inSL
Where ya want 'em to go? If there's free booze/food involved they suddenly can do amazing things. - Grayson Daughters
following on twitter AND NOT subscribing on FF = useless? - Alexei Zheglov
I won't comment this thread ;) - DAL
Does it count if I follow you on FF, but not twitter? - Keith Bourgoin
Spammers are everywhere though including here. - Brian Sullivan
@Doubledown_inSL Now that's funny. - Mike Dowden
Power is a double-edged sword, Robert...lol... can be tough to galvanize one's - Carol Lynn Martens
wow... think we could crash friendfeed with this thread? - Chip McComb
ROBERT! I sent you like 500 @ replies on twitter, wth aren't you replying? j/k - Justin Hopkins
I don't get it - Amelia Rangel
Do you want followers or slack-jawed lackys? - Mark Petzold
how many comments per minute will appear in average :D - Flavio
LOL @ Justin - Doubledown_inSL
Huh, what? Should I comment here? - Kandeezie
No one has to do anything anyone says/ - Paul Kinlan
let's see how 'stableizer' FF really runs *bumping up this thread *g* * - Ronald
No. I refuse to. But that doesn't make me useless. :-P - Ladybug Heather
show me a bridge - I'll jump after you! - BEX
FF is great, it just requires a higher level of interaction that many people don't have time for or interest in. - Stuart Tracte
new game: instead of "simon says" it is now "scoble says" - Chris Rogers
That's truth but I am one of the direcitons follower - Gent Thaqi
Just following instructions. - Larry Roth
Glad I caught this in my Twitter feed - I'd hate to be a bad directions-follower. - Shawn Farner
whatever you say - George Deane
^^ yeppers, i robot :D - Ronald
If you're happy and you follow (Scoble), clap your hands! - Carlos Granier-Phelps
I may of missed something, my bad.. - Sebastiaan van den Akker
Doh! Sorry, I clicked that link by accident - I'm in the 53%. As you were... - Andrew Jordan
Must do what Scoble says... Slow down comment box... forgot what this tread was about. - Drew S
/claps hands - George Deane
do what? - Mick
I agree that FF is better for tracking conversations, and hopefully @Twitter will get that. I still spend more time on Twitter - Matthew Scott Horbund
I follow directions but am often useless. Where do I fit? - Aaron Ball
53% your numbers are inaccurate. - Carlos Ayala
This should be interesting... - Robert Lee
YES O LORD AND MASTER, WHAT IS THY BIDDING :) - ftg888
wow, I'm not the only one who has no clue what's going on.. - Sebastiaan van den Akker
Grr... shouldn't have commented... Now I'll be getting IM updates forever!!!! - Carlos Granier-Phelps
I think this is just a psychology experiment... - Chip McComb
Commenting so as not to appear useless - Herb Hernandez
hahaha - Ronald
Carlos: lol - Larry Roth
what is actually ment by "directions"? - Clemsen
yes how is the number 53% found. - Daniel Graversen
as usual im in the minority (43%), Im never in the majority :( - George Deane
I hope you're wrong, Chip. Otherwise, you didn't see me here. - Shawn Farner
reporting for duty... - Todd Goldstein
baaaaah - mikepk
Scoble does have a lot of followers... - Sebastiaan van den Akker
I thought men were basically incapable of asking for directions, so why would they follow them? ;-) - Julie Bovee Hill
Robert, you are looking angry today. Take it easy, man! - Walter Lounsbery
d'oh! I meant 47% - George Deane
I am in building 44. Can you give me directions to 43? - David Connell
??? is this a test of the national broadcasting system? - Robert Wilkins
damn it scoble! get a real job! =) - Jonathan Crossland
Wow--never thought I'd wish for a "Don't Like" button or link, Robert! - Kathy Fitch
Robert's comments are very important particularly for political & development work. - Justin Long
Also important for business marketing. - Justin Long
U made me upset in first look then I realized what u mean and I found Im not not one of those. Hope you are not angry sir and wont fire me.. - Abhijeet Singh
I need a job like Scoble's... but in Miami. - Carlos Granier-Phelps
to comment or not to comment.... that is the question... - Kim
Are trending topics on friendfeed called "friending topics"? - Larry Roth
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ. (Ephesians 6:5 NLT) What was the question again? - don manu
hehehe... nice trick - Gustavo Munoz from twhirl
i think this thread goes 'epic' on FF ;) - Ronald
Robert, I'm up to the CHALLENGE of not being "useless." Actually, my business communication students at SFSU just heard my initial remarks which included THREE RULES FOR SUCCESS in BUSINESS [and everything else!] The rules: LISTEN CAREFULLY, READ CAREFULLY and FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS! - Shari Weiss
Apathy is the big killer of networks. - Justin Long
I'm here. That makes me not useless, I guess? - Celia
Robert Wilkins: it is my test to see how many spammers, bots, or jerks are following me. - Robert Scoble
I get alot of spam about sites who gives you followers, whats the point of the followers have no interresting to give to you? And whats most crap is that they have enabled auto-follow back.. grrr :P don't sign up on those sites people.! - Qbat
I like the constantly refreshed list but it doesn't half distract me from my own comment! - Joshua Davidson
hahahahaha, ok.. now I get it - Sebastiaan van den Akker
I Welcome our FF Overlords! - Al Fuller
aye aye captain, just following your links not orders :) , sorry that i am not useful for you but you are useful for me, thanks Scoble. - Bager Akbay
Does this mean that you expect there to be 45,120 comments here? - Andrew Pass
I like Viagra. - Paul Puri
a spammer... - Sebastiaan van den Akker
this is the only ff link of yours i followed. - moogs
You are usefull for us Robert =) - Qbat
I am getting a few new people to follow here, which is good! - Robert Scoble
Qbat aka Larsen: Agreed! - Larry Roth
I am not a bot! I am a free man! - Jeff Newfeld
Talking directions? - Sardar Mohkim Khan
i guess i've been lucky - i don't think i've seen any bots yet on FF (going now to check my short followers list) - Chris Rogers
Why do you think that people take the time to comment here? - Andrew Pass
This thread is like watching the real time web on steroids.I can't type fast enough to keep the comment box in view....yikes! - Dana Fosburgh
Robert - me too, thanks! :) - Susan Beebe
All you have to do is insult people and then they come :-) - George Deane
Notice how many of us follow when we are told we are not following. - Sandy McMerty
So, you're saying that people who don't use FF are spammers, bots or jerks ? - Djordje Lukic
So when you figure out how many there are, How are you going to auto filter them out? - Robert Wilkins
I read, I clicked, I arrived. I guess that means I'm not useless. - Mike
This comment intentionally left useless. - phil baumann
Seriously though let's not take the term 'followers' too literally. Just because I read a column doesn't mean I share the authors views. Just because you say lets discuss this on friendfeed doesn't mean I log onto FF and.......ah. OK....What is thy bidding?! - Joshua Davidson
You suck, man. I refuse to be a minion. Oh, wait... shit... - Joey Gibson
<Insert clever comment here.> - CAJ, somewhere else
Am I in the 53% or the 47%? - Tony Connor
What type of followers do you need Robert? Tell us and maybe we will try to be better. - Qbat
DeVries: oh, I understand. We need better notified control. - Robert Scoble
150th - Harscoat
Well, those who don't do what you tell them are actually more useful. No for you directly, but for the society. They mix your directions with their own to create new ones. - Kirill Petrovsky
Is this a roll call :) - Boon Kwee
i'm just commenting to hang with the cool kids - ukgrad98
^^ Nope 'happy hour' at Scoble's ;) ;) - Ronald
"Follower" is a weird term. "Watcher" may be better. Follower implies action and engagement, and anybody who's used social media for more than 20 minutes knows that just isn't true. - Jared Smith
Have I responded quick enough not to deemed useless. I feel a little baaaaa now. - Crispin Heath
Jared: bing! - Robert Scoble
So if you ever figure out how to deal with the bots and all the "I will teach you to make millions with Twitter" junk let us all know! - Marshall Huwe
you are talking about twitter, they would be useless but they are numbers and number always count. - Madhav Tripathi
If we need to use friendfeed to be useful, are there any clients or is it only the webinterface. - Daniel Graversen
Marshall: this is how. Bots and spammers don't get FriendFeed. - Robert Scoble
Daniel: what is wrong with the web? - Robert Scoble
inscribo ergo sum (I write therefore I am) - Jeff Newfeld
Nothing, just seem deficult to follow more threads. But that is probably not needed because the whole conversation is in once place. No need to multitask. - Daniel Graversen
is it just me or is the most used "plugin" on FriendFeed twitter? - Qbat
Actually, I find FriendFeed useless. I was reading an article about Twitter being useless, but the news get faster there. We'll have to say thanks to TwitScoop for that. - Dragos Pirvu
I never use FriendFeed. it just agregates all my other feeds into one feed. thats all :D - Zafarali
Dragos: wait until you compare search here to Twitter before calling it useless. Among other features. - Robert Scoble
No bot me, no. Count me out for that one. - Ton Zijp
dragos: all the news on Twitter is on FF, plus FF has better conversation - what do you think is missing? - Chris Rogers
FriendFeed enables comments on your tweets.! - Qbat
Robert Scoble: I think the proliferation of tools for Twitter let you slice and dice the data the way you want it and that is helpful to many. I do like the Web interface for FriendFeed, but imagine the possibilities that some cool tools could bring. No? - Larry Roth
So then we need someone in your vast network to write us a little app that will map the Twitter users who comment on FF and then block all the rest! Or at least create a "Real" Group in TweetDeck for me. - Marshall Huwe
You don't want followers, Robert—you want minions. I've got a few myself, and they're great. - Glen Campbell
ha! - Ned Baugh
there are SO MANY COMMENTS HERE - Zafarali
haha :) - Johnny from BuddyFeed
the best part is u can track em - Zafarali
Is this the way to San Jose? err ... I mean Friend Feed? - Tom Horn
Twitter should have a option that people who want's to follow you must write a small text for WHY you should let them follow you or the other way around - Qbat
Did you know that more than 90% of all statistics are made up? ;) - Tim Young
I'm getting tired of having to block the spam followers everyday. - Ron Hudson
Working on both FF and twitter - but FF is easier to follow comment threads - kathysd
What is interesting is I am already following most of the people who commented here which proves my point. - Robert Scoble
I was carefully looking at this list the other day http://spinn3r.com/rank... - turns out many people on it barely/if at all - use friendfeed. - Nir Ben Yona
Can you guys slow down - I can't keep up :( - Al Fuller
I think Twitter and FF provide different things and there is space on the internet for both :) - Tom Griffin
I've had friendfeed for quite a while, but I've not used it much, how do I expand this chat? - Ron Hudson
How does this post check for bots? - Amit Morson
Followers can not be useless. At least you can be proud of the sheer scale. And I believe, you don't want to have a conversation with thousands people at once. That would be truly useless. - Grigori Milov
I am here with you - I think it is that only half want to have a say. - Robert Freeze
On Twitter I talk strangers V on Friendfeed I am among friends - Asgeir
I'd like twitter to have a "report spam" button, this would avoid quite a lot of hassle... - don manu
Ron: just click on comments link under the topic - Qbat
ya like that! thanks. How do I do that? - Ron Hudson
Why is it important that followers comment & discuss U2, @Scobleizer? BC U R green? - Petter Griph
Amit: bots don't follow directions from people who are not their owners. No bots here. - Robert Scoble
FriendFeed should get a comment button under all the comments - Qbat
So, 47% will choose to do their own thing and not comment on here. Wait - what? Doh! And 65% won't read the comments that have already been made because there are already 'too many' :-D - Andy Bold
Qbat: click on the time under the post and open it in a new window - Robert Freeze
Andy: I'm in the 35% that read the comments. Didn't want my lame joke to be a REPEATED lame joke. :D - Tim Young
Robert Freeze: aaah.! Thank you =) - Qbat
Robert: unless perhaps the bot has directions to comment on every Scoble post? - Brian Sullivan
This reminds me of that "following directions" test from grade school. 1. Read all instructions before beginning. (2 -> N-1). Lots of crazy instructions which we all did. N. Don't do any of the previous instructions. Turn the page over, write your name, and wait. - Don Faulkner
Robert Freeze, that never worked for me - Amit Morson
Go watch Perez Hilton's video about being beaten up last night and going on techcrunch - Mark
time for a pint :-p - tony bland
Robert Freeze that worked. that should be labeled a bit better - Ron Hudson
Andy: I didn't tell you to read all the comments! :-) - Robert Scoble
If I reply here that I think it's less than 53% I may actually prove myself wrong. So be it. - Arnd Jan Gulmans
Should be a rewind and play button so you can play back all the comments.. like google wave - Qbat
Lots of users are already on the service but, under utilize it. Really still don't understand how powerful the service is or how to use the filtering system. - Eric Logan
And how many minutes/comments-in does the Scobalizer stop reading the comments? Opps, I just see that we are not supposed to "read" to comments...only discuss them. - Stephen Price
Thats cause they were busy seeing what I am doing!! LOL, your not the only person bossing people around. - T.S. Elliott
How big is the percentage of your followers that doesn't follow you? - Arnd Jan Gulmans
I love Friend Feed! - Robert Freeze
Click here for 101 ways to get rich ... Woooops, sorry wrong percentage group. - Chris Spencer
The reason I don't use friendfeed very much is because there is no SocialScope support on my blackberry. As soon as I can get a sweet blackberry app I'll be here more. - Ron Hudson
Now if I can just get my mom on here. http://www.building43.com/blogs... - Robert Freeze
I don't want to be in the wrong group. :P - Sheryl
Tim: I'm a 65%er :) Though I am now in the 13.9% that skim comments to see what's going on. And also in the 29.4% of people managing to find replies to their comments in the Scobleflow. Definitely in the 100% of people wanting a Comment link at the end of each conversation since I moved back to Safari. Oh, and also in the 100% of people who take conversations off topic while making up statistics. - Andy Bold
Done, in. - Thom Kennon
Tom Griffin, I saw that, and it's "usable" but it's nowhere near the elegance and simplicity of say UberTwitter,SocialScope, or TweetGenious. I use SocialScope. It is an absolute Killer app. - Ron Hudson
Do I get partial credit for skimming the comments? No? Sorry, master. - malackey
Cool, so, I'm in the 47%, 35%, 29.4%, 100% and 100% ranges! I'm all over the place. Thanks Scoble and Andy for helping me learn something new about myself. - Tim Young
I see the "224 more comments" bit on FF and know I don't need to add another comment. Erm... - Ian Betteridge
FFtogo doesn't auto-refresh - Ron Hudson
To follow or not to follow, or to passive follow versus have an active conversation? - Peter Simoons
More stats: 41% will miss Robert's reply to them in the reply flood, 26% will see it and not answer, 22% will have ADD (the tech curse) and already be doing something else, and 1% will see the reply and see it as an excuse to make up some more statistics. (And reply that I definitely have not read all the comments ;-) ) - Andy Bold
It's all about the user experience though - it's easier to comment to someone's question on Twitter by quickly clicking @ than click a link through to FF, faff about sizing the screen on the screen to wait for the comments to load, read them and then post, so yeah, I can see why many respond on Twitter than FF. I'm doing that more myself as currently very busy with work projects. This... more... - Sally Church
And, somewhere in the horde, somebody will belatedly realise that he somehow manages to fall into Robert Scoble's "useful" list. Darn it - will need to post more signal and less noise now! ;) - Andy Bold
I refuse to fall prey to this ruse, Robert. Oh...wait... ;) - Robert J Taylor
I added you to my Live acct weeks ago. No reply. - Bret
I'm too sleepy to read all this right now. - Daniel Zarick
clever early morning link-bait - Jake Ludington
nice one :) you should do an NHST on that hahaha - The Pageman
They should change that from "followers" to something like "watchers" or "subscribers". As in "I have a subscription to the Scoble lifestream." - Steve Lynch from twhirl
discuss (Would hate to be useless) - Charlie Anzman
So is this a casual social experiment to determine rough percentages of active/rabid users who like to engage/participate with those they follow? - Eden Hensley
I completely agree! Unfortunately I might be considered part of that 53%! The only reason I am responding is because someone else I follow re-tweeted it. I personally have over 5000 followers but only regularly interact with 50 or so. Isn't Social Media about conversation and being engaging? Hmmm...... - Robert Dominguez
Robert: Very interesting experiment, one should use there own judgment over there (twitter) regarding bots and spammers. - Eran Even-Kesef
@Scoble: I'm listening. What are you going to say, or what did I miss? - Jason Cronkhite from Alert Thingy
It is a direction. Anybody must walk all alone ... so, what is the point? - bishoph
same here, most people don't read - Michael Reese
Smile and wave boys, smile and wave:) - Rick Bucich
I too am tired of blocking spam followers on twitter... - W. Brant Kesseler
great man！！no protect update.... and i just follow ..i 'd like be the unless fllower..lol~~ - HealingBrush
Not being a bot, I am compelled to follow directions. - Randall Fink
I am useless :-( - Andrew
Re blackberry access, try http://friendfeed.com/iPhone - it's supposed to look good on BB too - Andy Bold from email
Andy Bold, I played with iPhone page too, but it's just a pain to have to open the browser. The blackberry environment is all about easy simple communication. If I have to jump through hoops it breaks down. Not to mention a friend feed experience without push is not a friendfeed experience.\ - Ron Hudson
99% of your followers will not read the 250 comments proceeding this one, and I am one of those 99% - Steve C
That'll teach me for ignoring Twitter for a few minutes a couple of hours ago! Late as usual. - Graham Stewart
Hey, much better here! Twitter sux.... after getting locked out of @freddavis for months with NO reply from Twitter, even after you tweeted @ev and @biz (thanks!)... so I my new Twitter name is @fucktwtr ... but much better to use FriendFeed! - Fred Davis
I almost thought that you have a big ego. :) - Shuuro
followers are for cults. twitter should change to readers/reading, because at the end of the day this is all about reading - Jim Posner
Adding my opinion to the rollcall, though I've just realized that i actually have no opinion on this. - Chris Foley
Clever. :-) - Patrick Ward
To much noise, the good data is lost. - Adam Mesenbrink
Yes to much noice. Maybe a way to mark comments as good could be a way to filter the comments. - Daniel Graversen
Adam, I think that's a limitation with the threaded discussion model of FriendFeed - it becomes very, very difficult to follow a conversation once it goes beyond a hundred or so comments. Of course, Scoble will come up with a search filter which makes it easy in about three comments from now, just to prove I'm wrong... :) - Ian Betteridge
I didn't realize followers were supposed to do what their followees said. Does that mean I have to open those links to help me make money on twitter? I was just using it for communication. Silly me. - RobinDotNet
Robin: communication takes someone on the other side listening and talking back. - Robert Scoble
Useless to YOU, perhaps. I'll bet they are getting value from the info you rpovide. Social media doesn't have to be about communication, it can be about "transmitting information" or some other morer restrcitive definition of what goes on. Some people just like to listen! - Jim Tierney
Useful post :) - Krishnamoorthy
Agreed! There are those like me who sit in shadows, read and do not comment... oh wait, crap! - Danny F Santos
Talking back is definitely good, but I'm still not clicking on those links telling me I can make money on twitter. I do talk back to people (as evidenced here). :-) So you have a lot of followers who don't. Do they even tweet? Can anyone explain why people join twitter and don't tweet? - RobinDotNet
Jim: I'm not a broadcast, though. Are people who just consume really useful? - Robert Scoble
And BTW, if you don't realize the value your personal brand gets from having those 48,000 followers whether they reply back or not, you're missing something! - Jim Tierney
Robin: people are used to consuming info and not talking back. I understand that. Jim: there is some value in having lots of consumers, yes. I just aspire to more. - Robert Scoble
lucky you that non all of them have an active role in your FF... how can you think of have an interaction wth so many people? - Paolo Galli from IM
I think you math is waaaaaaaay off. Looks like somewhere around 0.3125%(300/96,000 - rounding up) of your followers are useful, meaning you should edit your comment to say 99.7% of your followers. Really makes me wonder the true value of twitter if one of the top uses gets this percentage of useful following. The other possibility is that as followers increase, the percentage of attentive/usefull/whatever-you-want-to-call-it decreases. - Robert D. Fraser
Paolo: I've had interactions with tens of thousands of people here on friendfeed, just not all at the same time. Robert: you're right. :-) - Robert Scoble
Do you think those non-tweeting-twitterers sit at their desk and read all the tweets coming across? Or are they looking for something specific. - RobinDotNet
Scoble: You are asking questions and experimenting with stuff that I find interesting. Just reading through this thread provides some interesting insights into users' perspectives on Twitter. - Matthew Schrock
Is that southeastweb thing from a bot or some kind? - RobinDotNet
Robin: I think it's a spammer. But at least it's a spammer that follows directions. That said I think I'm going to block it. - Robert Scoble
Blocked. - Robert Scoble
Scoble you really can do it? I'm very impressed :) I'm jocking... I think many users on the web just read information but doesn't partecipate... it's to difficult ;) - Paolo Galli from IM
97.2% of all statistics are made up. - Jason A. Nunnelley
Tekany: and the statistics that aren't made up can mislead. :-) - Robert Scoble
Seeing a spammer blocked just makes me feel warm all over. It's so awesome. - RobinDotNet
I am exceptionally useless. - Geoff Schultz
Geoff: that's why I follow you! :-) - Robert Scoble
Following instructions is way overrated - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
That's what I'll have on my next business card: Scoble found me useful, what about you ? - Antoine Bertier
RTFM or GTFO said the BOFH. - Jon Winters
I like threads like this. As well as pointing out who it may be useful for me to subscribe, that I haven't already, you get the occasional comment that allows you to increase your "People blocked" count by 100%... - Andy Bold from email
Although at this point I would welcome someone giving me instructions as to the next steps in life - far too many options. Maybe I should crowdsource it, but I am certain not to like the results - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Robert: To be honest, I think sometimes folks are intimidated by the breadth of knowledge that you and others on FF seem to have and your ability to engage in discussions. They may feel that they need to say something 'brilliant' or not say anything. I will admit that that I fell into that category up until recently. To your (and others') credit, once I took the plunge I found that this wasn't the case. You guys still know WAY more than I do, but that's one of the reasons I'm here - to learn! - Alex Hellstrom
@scobleizer you crack me up sometimes! There, see this post went to you in both places... But I don't really feel like discussing it... ;-P - Walt Ruppar
Walt: heh. - Robert Scoble
LOL! Great job of being satirical! You have a lot of great followers. :) - James Stratford
Just sayin I could follow directions and discuss here if I wanted, but not interested in this discussion. However it did make me laugh that you called 53% of your followers out on not being able to follow directions. - Walt Ruppar
Alex, uhm like totally and stuff ... and uhm. Ya know. Cool. - Jason Nunnelley
BTW: where'd you see my reply come in from first? FF or as a mention over on twiiter? - Walt Ruppar
Walt: here on friendfeed. - Robert Scoble
Robert, you dropped your twitter response button. Makes sense, but was it purely to reduce redundancy? - Jason Nunnelley
viewing people as "useful" is problematic..useful to who?..tools are "useful'...people not so much...helpful may be a more precise word. - Jim Posner
Jim, wordsmith! - Jason Nunnelley
.LOLz...great thread! - .LAG liked that
Twitter to me seems a big mess of information, I can't keep up with it! FF sorts the mess out nicely and without the spam. I much prefer FF. - Matthew Davis
Jim: you're right of course. I was just trying to be an egotistical bbbaaaahhhhssssttttaaaarrrrrdddd to get a conversation going. Jason: what did I drop? I didn't do it on purpose. - Robert Scoble
Damn it Robert, you got me to make an account here three days ago, what more can I do for you? ;-P - Shane Trammell
Robert, you are smart - Arvind
This is an easy way to get rid of bots. They don't have anything intelligent to share (like me)! - Carlton Prest
WTG sheeple for getting conned into commenting here... wait. um. - Scott Breakall
Robert, what if people want to reply and be engaging but don't feel like they have anything of value to say / to add to the discussion? - Wang Yip
Scott: Perhaps, but at least I un-liked it... - Walt Ruppar
Robert - what is the point of this? I took carrot... - Liza
Robert, I just put the lime in the coconut. Now what? - Sue Radd
Robert-Great discussion at 140, BTW. On another topic just watched the Perez Hilton video and trying to get my head around that rant..if you haven't seen it you should watch both sides of the feud with will.i.am. Interesting use of twitter and video to address insult/outrage. - Jim Posner
Sue, like it. - Liza
Yahoo Inbox: 178 messages. 132 are notifications of new comments here. Good job. :) - Tim Young
Ok now I "get" this FriendFeed experience. - Ron Hudson
lots of people commenting here--I wonder if it has to do with the time of day more than the topic - Brent R Jones
I have a fear of being useless. - Ron Wening
I hope I'm not within the 53% - Michela Cimnaghi /cimny
I follow Mr. Scoble, but I feel no particular obligation to be useful to him for anything. - Pat Rice from twhirl
Twitter rocks, but I'm starting to see more value in FriendFeed - Adam
I just drove from Pierre SD to Fort Totten ND, so I'm a little bit groggy. What exactly was I supposed to do to pass Robert Scoble's version of a Turing Test? Also, is it really important that people think I'm not a bot? I bet there is still money in AI. - Matthew McCowan
Is that percentage of useless followers greater or less on Twitter. (I think I can predict your answer!) - Curt Mercadante
"I would never want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member." - jacek
This thread is taking me a long time to read when I haven't had coffee yet today. - Jannifer @wordsforliving
So, my understanding is.. one who doesn't give 'directions' to his followers is useless too. Mmhhh! yeah - Thierry R. Andriamirado
Robert - there's nothing egotistical about it! I'd also be remiss if I didn't add that I get plenty of thought-provoking value from you even when in "read-only" mode. Understandably my usefulness to you is nil in those cases. However (and I'm echoing at least one other commenter here: IRONY ALERT) I've found that by the time I comment in this type of thread, my exact thoughts have... more... - Jim Tierney
I just hope Scobleizer never directs me to do something self-destructive. I hate it when that happens. - DGentry
I don't think lurker are useless :), I don't think number of followers have a great significance, Friendfeed is a Virtual Life Streaming, and in virtual life (as in real life) some people don't have a direction, they live (however i prefer LIVE with all capital letters, and have a direction!!!). - Lucio Riccardi - CantorJF
90% of community members lurk. - l0ckergn0me
Twitter has become useless for any sort of participation - Jorge Escobar
Really, you Are scaring - Eta from Nambu
here. - metalerik
Yay for the other 47%. - Colette
Does this post count as "discussing?" - Mark Jepsen
So if we post here, are we teacher's pets? :) - Daynah
Members of the "TV Generation" are just not used to follow directions... (they sit and consume with chips&beer and maybe do some shopping via telephone - these are a well trained habits and hard to change)... - Arne Krueger
I thought I'd contribute further to this discussion... you're welcome. - Mark Jepsen
I'm jumping up for another cup of tea, be right back... - Deborah E. Bifulco
There clearly comes a point of scale where FriendFeed fails to delivery clarity...nothing useful on the first screenful or last... does that mean that 47% of your followers are unable to provide significant value? - David Race
Will there be and end of this direction? Do we want to close directions? I think somewhen even directions become useless - Vedran Rudelj
delivering significant value to ff and/or the subscribers depends on the roi they get... some people are just not using it - as it is intendet to be used. so what!? - Arne Krueger
If technology fails you, next time you are in Memphis lets get together for lunch. Great value remains in human contact. - Jeff Milton
That is priceless - Keith - @tsudo
I am not a bot, I am huma ... wait, oh yeah, I am a bot .... never mind, back to being useless. - John
Bots are human too. - Thom Kennon
No one say anything useful, otherwise this will have meaning. - Liza from email
Liza: shhhh. Heheh. - Robert Scoble
I found this thread useful. - Mike Nencetti
Love these types of threads - quite enjoyable! - Jannifer @wordsforliving
Oh, yeah? - Baard @ Pixum
O Captain! My Captain! - Nicola Mattina
Commenting so I'm not included in the useless category... Also, I'd love to chat about this the next time you're around the FF office. - Ross Miller
There are 3 kinds of people in the world: 1. Those that follow Robert Scoble because he doesn't act like he's too good to talk to us. 2. Those that follow Robert Scoble because he is known to follow everyone back, and therefore he is good for "inflating" their follower count. 3. Those who have no idea why they are following Robert Scoble. - April Russo (app103)
4th type of person follows for great feeds that generate discussion on FF. - Mike Nencetti
April, you forgot the fourth category: 4. Those who don't subscribe to Robert Scoble but find far too many of his posts liked and commented by their friends. - Scott of Two Countries
But the only reason why Robert generates great discussions is because he is part of that discussion. He doesn't just drop & run, or only talk to people he thinks are "somebody", completely ignoring the rest of us. While he may have a big ego, it isn't so big that he thinks he's too good to have a real conversation with us. - April Russo (app103)
53%? That seems a generous estimate. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Rob: I have almost 42,000 followers here and 96,000 followers on Twitter, which comes out to 43%. Glad someone caught me on my math! :-) - Robert Scoble
My casual research indicates about 1% will respond. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
I can't put my finger on it, but I feel somehow manipulated...? - Mark Jepsen
even if they don't respond there is something to be said about passive observing- no? - michael sean wright
You call this a discussion? - Phil Boiarski
Phil: this is not a discussion. It's a lot of people following directions. :-) - Robert Scoble
Hi Robert, nice experiment! - Luis Enrique León
Aye aye Cap'n Scoble. Sorry I'm late but I just got done eating a plate of waffles in some diner in midtown NYC... - Aaron Strout
53% of your followers aren't followers in the sheep sense. That's a good thing. Lose the other 47% - C. K. Sample III
C. K. why must you self loathe on my thread? - Robert Scoble
I feel kind of funny. - Mike Nayyar
It's not easy being part of the 47% - Aidan Mann
I am not a sheep! Oh wait, maybe I am. - adam garrett
RS - The puppet master : ) - Mark Harai
I feel compelled to comment here... odd - Jan Ole Peek
Mark: who is the puppet master and who is the puppet? I'm answering you now. - Robert Scoble
Just following directions. Too many Mark's here though, I wish FF signed thing with our usernames. - manielse (Mark Nielsen)
You can change your display name any time by clicking on your name in the top right corner. - Mark
Robert: communication still occurs when unidirectional, surely the works of Socrates convey concepts to readers even today? - Mike Chelen
Wow! It wasn't till I finished reading through almost all the comments that I got what Robert was trying to say :) FF good, Twitter bad. But I can't complain since it was Leo Laportes constant references to FF that got me to join and Roberts comments that got me to try and really understand what FF is all about. Initially FF was a little overwhelming and the only reason I've stuck it through so far is because of the higher quality of content for a (mostly) passive FFer. - Anant Gairola
Writing that last comment took me 10 minutes! Really really wish there was a good FF iPhone application!!! - Anant Gairola
Anant: the content here keeps getting better as more and more people join (which is quite a few every week lately, my numbers are going up much faster here than on Twitter, the tides are starting to move). - Robert Scoble
baa baa - Kim Landwehr
I'm sorry... did you say something? - Sean
You have no Idea how tempting it is to reshare this - and discuss it over there >>>>>>>>>> - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
No rain, no rainbows.. - BryanSchuetz
FF is the only place I can dip into your content 'at will', Twitter is to noisy and makes me dig a lot further to see the flow of conversation and any associated references. - Threepwood
I like to lurk most of the time. I usually don't have much to add by the time I am able to read the whole thread. - Dan Douglass from Nambu
I'm with Dan (above). - Miss Elle from fftogo
Better late than never! - John Rubier
Testing the maximum for FF comments? :P - Barbara
Are you happy with how friendfeed is developing? What would you change, if you were in control? I love the daily digests, I prefer something filtering the best content from those I follow - Ryan Singer
first post... wait. - Aaron Baer
following........ - sirishkumar
amazing post. - Guy Vander Heyden
Suivez moi? - Gordon Joly
Oui, monsieur Gordon ! Où allons nous ? - Brome
<----- not a bot so what percent does that make me? - Howell Selburn from BuddyFeed
bleet bleet - Sriks7
Master is our friend! - Rick Cogley
Adding myself to the list :) - TiTi
Why a follower must follow direction? :) - Christine Yang from BuddyFeed
Lead, follow or whatever...Info on Neda http://tinyurl.com/nm9xdn - JoWazzoo
:) - Tony
This is a wicked and interesting post on FriendFeed =) - Qbat
by the way some of my twitter followers complain that, like you, I redirect them to friendfeed on every post there. Some say I have to choose between the two and they will follow me there, but not on both services. - Kostantinos Koukopoulos
Kostantinos: it's an open question how best to interconnect FF and Twitter. remember that there are a wide range of options, including sending comments or posts, and sending posts automatically or manually. the feedback from readers is helpful if it can be used to find the right balance - Mike Chelen
53% of your followers will leave you and then what? insult the other 47%. You can't just say it that way. You need to treat your followers with respect. Especially when you are your biggest fan. People will leave you in a heartbeat. - Jack Scalfani
Be a nice little follower, and drink the damn kool-aid! - James
Robert Lee
Robert Lee
http://www.zillow.com/blog... via @addthis
May 6 from Twitter - Comment - Share
Bad tweet by me! This is the link to the actual Zillow article regarding the decline in housing prices. - Robert Lee
Robert
Robert
Thinking about ColorEfx again. 5 days left of my trial... #photog
May 6 from Twitter - Comment - Share
Nik Software? Were you aware of this? http://www.niksoftware.com/complet...? - Robert Lee
Veronica
Veronica
I'm usually pretty good with constructive criticism, but when someone says they just can't stand the sound of your voice... well, shit! What the heck can I do about that? Hah!
May 4 - Comment - Share
Yeah, that sucks. Been there. - Eric @ CS Techcast
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Nothing you can't change who you are! They say this in person? or online? - Fee501st
Online, of course. All I can pretty much say is "Sorry!" Can't please all of the people all of the time, right? ;) - Veronica
I've experienced not being able to stand certain voices, but your voice has a very pleasant pitch and timbre. - Christopher A Carr
Just fake a Russian accent like Leo. ;) - Chris Luckhardt
Yea I figure online, I doubt that person would tell that to you personally. I think your voice is fine! - Fee501st
Whoever said that has 'issues'. Your voice is congenial and pleasant to listen to. Perhaps they are more comfortable with someone who sounds like Beverly D'Angelo. The one from Entourage not National Lampoon's Vacation. - Gregg Scott
You were not on American Idol, I guess, so why is somebody complaining about your voice? Which is not unpleasant, if I remember correctly. - Oliver Bouchard
Thanks guys, now I feel like I was fishing for compliments! It was more meant like "can't sweat the stuff you can't change." well, I suppose I could do some voice coaching, but who has time for that?? hehe. - Veronica
@Chris Leo gets emails about his accents, people saying he making fun of people! Like Veronica said you can't make everyone happy - Fee501st
I heard Celine Dion had to face the same obnoxious comments and we all know where she is. I guess the best thing to do is - carry on. - Nir Ben Yona
@Fee501st: People need to chill, yes? :) - Chris Luckhardt
That's funny... You started off just a voice on "Buzz Out Loud". I would say you progressed pretty well from there. - Greg Layman
Some people (myself included) over 30 find "High Rising Terminal" (upspeak) rather annoying. But you really don't do that. - Christopher A Carr
People who give feedback that say you suck and you suck at suck so you suck are not saying much. THEY are the annoying ones. - Eric @ CS Techcast
your voice is very pleasing - steve mellott
Yeah but, you're hot. - Jonathan Tatham
Kindly point them to the mute switch, and privately flip them off. :) - jcunwired
Jonathan... ugh. Go away. - Veronica
high rising terminal...would be a good star trek episode - steve mellott
Haven't you ever watched "My Fair Lady"? There's plenty you can do. "The rain in Spain..." - Fleagle
Kick him in the balls and ask him how he likes his voice now? :D - ChiliMac
I was thinking during yesterday's TWiT that you had a great voice. I would rack this up with the"everyone has a sense of style but not everyone has good taste" sentiments. - Jude
nah, you have a great voice. - Thomas Hawk
Ask if he/she prefers the sound of your middle finger instead - Shevonne
I'm more interested in the words and information rather than the pitch of the delivery... which, btw, I have no problem with. Heck, I do a podcast and I sound like a hobo eating a chicken... - Johnny Worthington
Just let it go and just realize there are many more of us out here that don't feel that way. - Robert Lee
Whoever said that is clueless - you have a lovely voice. - Leo Laporte
Could be that they need a hearing aid. My Dad did and it made a world of difference. :) - Mathew A. Koeneker
I'd have to agree with Leo on this...by the way your TZ bloopers are funnier then Patrick's - John Blanton from twhirl
one more "I like your voice" vote here ;) - Alejandro
I am the most nasally sounding person on earth. Ever. You have a steady, rhythmic voice. Whoever said that to you probably don't sound none too good him/herself, I guar-on-tee. - Mike Lewis
off note, i like how you use Shit but then use the word heck - Long Vo
You could spend the rest of your life in that Darth Vader voice changing mask. :D - Jason Wong
The correct answer to that kinda comment is 'Well, I don't like your face.' :) Are you expected to speak like a BBC presenter in the 50s? (Actually, that'd be hilarious!) - Amy
thats why i use friendfeed, ;/ - chaz2b
Use a bit of helium. - Morton Fox
You could vaderize your voice! Get a mike and voice sythersiser. You could do Steve hawkings, darth vader, or @leolaporte. - Darryl Adams from Nambu
Long, I'm cracking up at your comment! Goes to show how comfortable I am swearing online ;) - Veronica
Tell the truth, it was Scoble that said it, wasn't it? :) - Mattb4rd
Maybe you should get a voice synthesizer , like Dr. Hawking. Then they'll like ya - Srujan Ameda
I believe the end of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back has the most satisfying way to handle the haters. Maybe not the most feasible but, you know. - Joe Pierce
Veronica - I'm in the liking of your voice column, but I (sincere) never saw you as someone who'd troll for compliments, so you must be looking for real solution ideas. Mine - Try a jaunty accent, maybe that horrible attempt at British that Princess Leia used for the first 1/4 of A New Hope, or Canadian. - Matthew DeVries
Matthew, see my above comment where I said "this wasn't meant to be a fishing for compliments post." - Veronica
they can't stand the sound of their heart. they're just projecting that b.s. on you... - Scott Colley
Veronica, you know I'm too lazy to expand this thread to see the other comments. - Mike Nayyar
Hence my reaffirmation of such. As in, you do need to say cause it goes without saying. - Matthew DeVries
I think you flip them off... silently - mikepk
You should ask for a sound file of that person's dulcet tones, post the file here and let us do the rest :) - Thomas
DSP? Catch a cold? - KyleHase from twhirl
I haven't heard your voice and apparently it is just fine, but anyone who does a lot of speaking might benefit from a voice coach consultation...or even listening to a recording of themself if they haven't already. We all sound very different to others than we do to ourselves. As a for instance, if a woman has a high, little girl voice (and they are out there) just tucking her chin a... more... - Ginger Kenney
Simply tell 'em, "Luke, I am your mother" - Jim Espinoza
Veronica, might I suggest you just call Mike, Bill or Kevin from Rifftrax to do some voice overs for you, maybe all three for a special Tekzilla: Riffed episode? Maybe that'll make your critic happy ;-) - Bob M. Montgomery
That's pretty damn harsh - Mo Kargas
It's worse when you can't stand the sound of your own voice. In the end, what you have to say is what that really matters. - Mike Beck
You could always consider inhaling Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Jay Cuthrell
I can't find any videos of girls doing SF6 :( - Matthew DeVries
To be clear... don't play around with this alone http://www.youtube.com/watch... seriously... the last thing I want to be associated with is promoting the huffing of something that will displace oxygen and put you into hypoxia - Jay Cuthrell
@dariusmdev - you just needed to search a bit more -- girls doing SF6 http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Jay Cuthrell
I recommended reviewing Ear Plugs on Tekzilla so they don't have to listen to you... - Brian Wagner
I don't know what that means... - Veronica
*nods* - Jay Cuthrell
I was told I sounded like an AM radio once...will never forget it. - Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
@Rah - someone told me I sounded like a female impersonator once... yeah, that made me feel pretty good about myself! - Her Lindsay-ness
Yeah, that hurt me for a while, then I realized that nobody else felt the same and many enjoyed my singing voice. That's what I get for wasting time worrying about what a respected adult thought. Will have to make sure my kids don't listen to anyone's opinion but mine....LOL - Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
They must have bad hearing. - Garin Kilpatrick
Well, Veronica, you can't do it right for everyone, even if you could just change your voice. So forget about it, you are famous enough, and you will get over the few people that don't like you, or your work. :) - Ryo / Fuck Facebook
If someone said they can't stand the sound of your voice, that's not constructive criticism. It's just being rude. I'd say to just ignore the entire thing. Nothing you can do about that. - Candace
Veronica, heard you on the last TWiT, couldn't disagree more with whomever said that. I agree with Candace, just ignore it. - J.F. Brissette
Wow - that's pretty harsh whoever said that and as others have said has nothing to do with constructive criticism. For whomever the hater is, I mean, it's not rocket science, right? They can turn you off, mute you, ignore you or whatever. Life is too short to be worried about pleasing people, but most especially those who are rude and totally tactless. - Dennis Higgins
I could agree with the person on the subject of my voice. I can't stand the sound of it, either. - MiniMage, sheeple of FF
People can be so insensitive. - Jeff Warren
Or the message that is integral to one's soul? - Gary Walter (gwalter)
Mike Reynolds
Mike Reynolds
Are you right-handed or left-handed? (Need this for a survey my son is doing for school, he's 9). Thanks! :)
March 17 - Comment - Share
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Right. - B. Hatin
Ambidextrous - Sally Church
right - sofarsoShawn
Right. - i80and
Right - Alex Scoble
lefty - Vicky
right - Shirley Wu
Right - JA Castillo
Thanks team, looks like many righties. I'm a righty too for writing, but am ambidextrous when it comes to sports. - Mike Reynolds
@Mike - same. Right for writing, ambidextrous for most other things. - Jennifer Dittrich
L - Todd Hoff
Right - CW™
right - Matthew DeVries
left (or "correct" as I like to call it ;) ) - alphaxion
Right - Sarah Peterman
Right - Glen Campbell
Left, though I feel like if I was right (less unique) I might have skipped answering. - Kevin Fox
Right. - EricaJoy
right - Bryan Clark
left - sofarsoShawn
Rightie here - embee
right - Mattb4rd
ambidextrous - J. Abdul-Qahhar
Right - Elmira Gazizova
I'm an ambi - Keke
right-handed - Shawn Duffy from twhirl
Right. - Stormy
Right - Sarah Miller
right - Simon Wicks
Right-handed - Patrick Jordan
Right - Loren Heiny
Left Handed - Patrick from twhirl
ambidextrous - mjc
right handed - Rachel Lea Fox
Left (very ambidextrous though as well) - Penny
Left. - Rob Schonberger
right - Jason
I'm the oldest of five. The oldest two (me and my brother Phil) are left-handed, the other three kids are right-handed. Our parents are right-handed too. It's too early to tell for my two kids (1 1/2 and 3 1/2), but I think they're going to turn out right-handed. There you go, nine data points for your son's survey! - Stephen Mack
Right - Aaron Hood
right - Michael Hocter
Right - Rachel Walden
ambi - sofarsoShawn
right - Glenn Slaven
Left. Only one on either side of my family. - tinypants - Hagitha of FF
right - Mark Shoemaker
right. - iMorpheus from twhirl
left - sofarsoShawn
Hey, you already answered thrice before. - Stephen Mack
Right handed. 100% - Cyrus Lendvay
Right - Ben
right - Anne Bouey
left - Andre
Right. - Zach Flauaus
im right handed, my wife is right, my son is left (handed) - Picolo
right - browneyes
Right handed. - Beau "Slick Foot" Liening
left - Robert Lee from twhirl
Right. Did Akiva respond? If not, I'll answer for him. He's also right handed. - Rochelle
Right - Seek Ground
right - sofarsoShawn
right - Alan Simpson
Right - J. McConnell
left, but ambidextrous for almost everything except eating with chopsticks - Rebecca
left, but have a feeling that because this survey is opt in, it will be much higher then normal. - Davis Freeberg
Left handed. - Neal Jansons
Ambidextrous - Shevonne
Ambidextrous but still right dominant - Kevin Bondelli
Right - Joe Pierce
right - Bora Zivkovic
Right - Carmen
right - Alejandro
Righty - Micah Wittman
right - Josh Haley
right - Trevor
Right - Justin Korn
Right - Heather Solos
Right - Steve Lowe
Ambidextrous. - Mona Nomura from fftogo
right - Richard A.
Left - Mel Buckpitt
right - Al Degutis from twhirl
Right - Rob H.
Right - Jeanine W.
Right - Alfredo
Right - Brian
Right - Dragos Ilinca from twhirl
Right - sofarsoShawn
Left. - .LAG liked that
right - Steve Lacey
left - Kevin Johnson
Right - Lou Paglia
What? - Bwana ☠
It's a simple question: which hand are you more at ease using, your left or righ? me I'm a south paw. - sofarsoShawn
right - Rodfather
right-handed here... Tad is left-handed. We always have to set next to each other to eat with him on my left or it's no fun. - Her Lindsay-ness
Right-handed. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Lefty. - Tom Landini
right to the death - sofarsoShawn
right - Shane Wolsey
Lefty, but can do many thing with both hands, like play trumpet. Just can't write right. - Eric @ CS Techcast
Right - Anand Sharma
Right. - Nate Pilling
Right! - Michael Forian
Right - Chris Rivait
right - Adam Matthews
Right - Jasmin Smith
Right handed. - Lis Miller
right - Markus Merz
Right - Grant Bierman
left - Duncan Riley
Right - Rob Kramer
Right. - Louis P. from twhirl
Dexter. - Phil G
Left - Ivan Campos
Ambidexterous, but I use my right, cuz flipping between the two freaks people out. - Steven Perez
Left for everything but playing guitar or golf. - Christian (Simply X)
Thanks everyone for helping my son complete his research. :) - Mike Reynolds
Right - Andru Edwards
right handed. - Parth Awasthi
Right - Amani
Left - Chris Cotsapas from Nambu
right - Ivan Zuzak
mostly right (thankyou nuns) but actually pretty ambi - WorldofHiglet
Write left, everything else right. - ronin
left - Selma
Right. I'm a klutz with the left - €€€€€€€€
Right. - Ton Zijp
Ambi - BeeLing
right - vijay
left - Tine
right - Chris Loft
right - Keith - @tsudo
right - Chieze Okoye
Right. - Roberto Bonini
Right. - nakachi
right, but i can write backwards with my left, too. it's just not as pretty. - Trish Haley
Right, as is my wife. - Paul Jacobson from twhirl
oh, and three out of my four kids are right handed. josh is, too. too soon to tell for zoe. - Trish Haley
Both. Cant remember what it is called. Good luck to him - Martin Liechti from fftogo
@Martin "Ambidextrous" and I'm right-handed. - Dennis Bjørn Petersen from twhirl
right - Baard @ Pixum
Right, heres a thread from earlier this year if it helps http://friendfeed.com/e... - Darren Heydon
right - Onur Gündüz
right, as are mum, dad, sister and both kids. Brother is left-handed though. - i-Zimbra
right - Manuela
right, but try to use left more for symmetry :) - Rui Pereira
Right - Imabug
right. my left hand has an iq of 3. - Bec Rowe @d0tski
right - Richard Akerman
right - Kris
My dad broke is right hand two times in a row when he was six. So things he learned then, like writing, he does with his left hand. He also still eats his soup using his left hand. For the rest he does everthing with his right hand. One cool trick he has up his sleeve is that he can start writing a sentence with his left hand, switch the pen mid-sentence, and complete the sentence with his right hand. As for me, I'm a plain boring righty. - Jeroen Van Goey
Residual effects of childhood polio have forced me to be right handed but according to medical professionals, I ought to have been left-handed. (That may skew your results a bit!) - Jill O'Neill
right handed. - Thomas Hawk
Right. - Joey Gibson
right - Hitesh Sawlani
Right. Interesting trivia: my grandfather was left-handed, but was made to learn how to write with his right hand. - Kevin L
Right. - jjprojects
Left. And left-footed. And left is my master eye. Though I use a cricket bat right-handed. - CdL Creative
Right - Jordan Hofker
Right-handed - Tyson Key
Right-handed - Joseph Ferris
I can write with my feet, hahah joking i'm a righty - Gordon Swaby
Right - Thomas Power
right - acedanger
isn't this response somehow amazing for your 9 year old - Thomas Power
Right handed (I think) - Joe Dawson
i'm left handed and proud of it! :) - Les Zaldor
right handed, and also proud of it. - Nick
right, handed but left foot centric. - clarke thomas
Right - Yuvi
Right - bet you wished you used a poll now, rather than having to count all these - Nigel Walsh
Left - all the way - Adrian
Right handed. - James Ferguson
Right! - Charlie Anzman
I write with my right, but do other things like, pour water and shoot basketball with my left. *shrug* - Derrick
right. except I fish with my left. - JoEllen
right - Dennis R.
Kid deciding if he's right-handed "today" http://friendfeed.com/e... - Micah Wittman
Ambidextrous - write with my right; cut, throw, catch with my left - Andrei M. Marinescu
Right. - Kol Tregaskes
Right - Lorin Olsen
Mostly right, but ambidextrous for some things (like I iron left handed) - Patricia F. Anderson
left handed - nouhad
Right is right. - Steve C
Right, mostly. Weirdly, I use a bow and arrow, dial a telephone and swing a golf club left-handed. - Bill Hooker
well, whoa, just saw this thread, i'd have to say left - sofarsoShawn
Heh heh, sofarsoshawn has now answered about a dozen times. - Stephen Mack
Left - Michael Zitek
Right (although started left handed, due to seriously broken arm became right. Can still shoot left handed, though) - Steve Newton
Right for most everything that requires manual dexterity. - Jeff P. Henderson
right handed for pretty much everything - Morgan Haley
Right - Jeremy Brooks
Right - Russellreno
left - Jay
Right - Samuel Driessen
Left. - Becca
Right - Julie Barrett from twhirl
Right - Geoff Schultz
I've totally commented enough on this, but whatever: right - sofarsoShawn
right - Nir London
right - Great Scott!
Left-handed - Sally Robinson
Right, but bat and play tennis/golf left. - Kelly W.
Neither, I lost both my hands in a tragic gold smelting accident. - Will Higgins™
right - Sheila Taylor
Rignt and left but more right - RetiredTeacherD
right - Yunus Tunak
Both - Mil∂d
Right (: - Üçer Aksu
I'm right-handed, but my mother uses her both hands! Now 2 ones were added to your son's survey counter. ;-) - Bita
right handed - Rajiv Doshi
right - Zee.
very decidedly right handed. And right footed, I can't do a thing with my left on a soccer field. - Martha
lefty (Southpaw!) - Daniel D. Cole
Genetically L. ETA: mom is R, dad and brother are both L. - fn (fairnymph)
Right handed - Abbas Haider Ali
wow mike, this thread is longer than a scobleizer ;) - mike "glemak" dunn
Right handed - Robert Hafer
right handed - Harold
right - Kamilah Gill
left - Warren Butler
right - adf
right - karchesky
right - Joshua Smith from twhirl
lefty :) - Anna Lynn M.
right - amelia arapoff
Right but ambidextrous from practicing in highschool - @CrystalinaB
practicing what in high school Crystalina? - Steve C
Are we going to see stats? - Chris Cotsapas
right, but left-able - JSNFLMNG
Right! - Jeff Eddings
right-handed, but I play drumset left-handed(although not very well) - Cornelius Toole
right - Eric Berlin
left - Jorg Jansen
right - Rob Sellen :o)
both, but naturally right - Toby Graham
right - Scott W.
I am left handed, however I use my right hand to scroll up and down and to search the web with the mouse. Using the left hand is just weird for me. - Patrick from twhirl
Yep! - Adam Lasnik
Adam - does your "yep" mean you're..."handed"? - Hutch Carpenter
No, it means I'm indeed either right-handed or left-handed. Okay, so maybe that makes me handed. Or handy? :) - Adam Lasnik
Steve Rubel
Steve Rubel
Is Friendfeed the next big thing or are we just bored? Discuss.
May 23, 2008 - Comment - Share
I think the rooms are an interesting addition. It's like we've gone full circle, back to IRC and chat rooms. - Kathleen Anderson
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could be both. - Marcel Weiß
def. both - kosmar
Answer one because of answer two. - Matt Harwood
Don't you feel like going from one fancy club to the next when the former is too crowed and not 'in' any more? - David Álvarez
I think FF is great in how it is a centralized place where different viewpoints about a multitude of topics can be shared and discussed - acedanger
It's easy to forget amongst the chatter and noise that FriendFeed is quite a powerful aggregation platform. Think of the seven blind mice (or men, depending on which version you've read) who are all trying to describe an elephant. They can only sense one part of the elephant and so they guess differently because one feels the trunk, another the tusk, one the leg, the tail, and so on.... more... - Mark Dykeman
Anyway, in the moment - and as twitter is still fragile - it is getting a lot of scope - that is -imho- the power that may give a big push forward ... wait and see ;-) however it is better for conversations than to abbreviate Ur statements so that you can crop it into this ****** 140-sign limit ;-) - michael h
Full circle to back to IRC? I never left it :> - Sam Levine
Friendfeed is at least this year's big thing. But they've got some improvement to make before others see it's value (threaded comments, dupe reduction, etc.). - Shey, Jamaican of FF
Friendfeed is the web2.0 version of IRC's and MUD's. The concepts are old, but the implmentation methods are new. BTW, can any1 clue me into why MUD's (multi user Dungeons) games and forums are not called "social media" app's of their time ?? I mean the term "social media" is a bunch of crock and totally overated, IMHO - Peter Dawson
solly - jst threading this conv0- steve's blog post - http://www.micropersuasion.com/2008... - Peter Dawson
I might not have 1000 twit follows anymore,but since I blew up NoahDavidSimon and QRU due 2 Panopticons, I noticed friendfeed has improved new following selections. many people I was meeting on twitter were random b4, now I use friendfeed as a screening service 2 figure out who I like b4 I sniff ass with 'em. I now can get to know a person's comments b4 I follow just cuz it is a random... more... - Noah David Simon
as the panopticons fellow... imagine instead of 21 twitter accounts. 21 friendfeed accounts and you don't tell people they are all you. you then have a conversation with yourself and force yourself to the top of the feed. yes I have already thought about it. next panopticons will be an imaginary friend in friendfeed that uses rss from sneak accounts on twitter. how does that break... more... - Noah David Simon
FF need to group the duplicates, that's the one weak point I find here right now, just posted on the feed instead of the discussion...via feedalizr - Dobromir Hadzhiev
I vote for bored. - MichelleBB from twhirl
the next big thing. - Thomas Hawk
I strongly believe the concept behind FriendFeed is part of the overall shift that is occurring within our society with regards to the way we use technology. The adoption of the cell phone, instant messaging and new social networking and communication innovations are getting us used to the idea that if we want to interact with someone RIGHT NOW we should be able to. That said I think FriendFeed in its current form is something that appeals to a select group of individuals. ran out of room - TBC - Marco(aureliusmaximus)
Look at the topics that garner the most consistent attention and activity - post something about FriendFeed, Twitter or the overall direction or uses for social media and people swarm - post something regarding just about any other topic and it will hardly get a second glance. Obviously just an extension of FriendFeed's user base. Not bored - just very interested in the changed taking place. The next big thing but not in its current form. - Marco(aureliusmaximus)
Throwmy vote in the hat for the next big thing. - Robert Lee from twhirl
That depends - what was the last big thing? - Brian Sullivan
Next big thing, I've found more cool stuff watching the activity around Thomas Hawk in two weeks, then two years on MySpace and Facebook. FF is it for me here on out, the best of all worlds. - Ace
I think for the tech crowd it's the next big thing...Beyond that?...It's tough to say. - Chris Rossini
the next big thing. But not for the majority - not yet. - Baard @ Pixum
I'm not bored, and I certainly hope it's going to be big cause it's great. A bunch of us life science/bioinformatics geeks have built a community here that we haven't been able to anywhere else (even the recent uptick on Twitter was driven by FriendFeed IMO). That in itself says something. - Deepak Singh
Twitter is still very much this year's thing (and still has a lot of room to grow). Friendfeed (like Twitter) is simple on the surface yet brilliant (and better). It's all about the buzz. It very well could be the next BIG thing. Was thinking the same thing as @Kathleen last night. In some ways, we have come full circle. - Charlie Anzman
Next big thing. "Yes, FriendFeed Will Be Mainstream (by 2018) and Here's Why" http://tinyurl.com/3na5pm - Hutch Carpenter
I've been using FriendFeed as a business tool. It allows me to aggregate content from lots of great sources (like your blog) and share the most relevant topics to my co-workers. My co-workers subscribe to my feed as I filter out all the noise for them. I see a tremendous amount of potential for FriendFeed as a lightweight knowledge management tool for businesses. - Tom Wentworth
I've been thinking a lot about this too. FF is positioned well to be the next big thing for the bleeding edge early adopters and the uber geek set. I see it continuing to grow because of the richness of the conversation, diversity of views, the immediacy and the openness (at least on the inbound side). That said, I can't imagine it fully blows up and goes mainstream – for exactly the same reasons that make it a hit with geeks. - Christian Anderson
I don't know if FF is solving a problem for the mainstream. Besides early adopters I don't know any people who feel that they are using too many services and NEED way to aggregate the content. I need that so I love FF, but we are in the minority and it will remain that way. I also like FF right now because of the quality of people who you can reach at this early stage. - Rajiv Doshi
this is the best thing I liked after Google Reader - Arvind
Rajiv, I completely agree. The aggregation and quality of conversation is what keeps bringing me back. - Al Stevens
I've felt the same way with each new thing. I started using Plaxo recently to get my address book under control, and liked Pulse for it's ability to aggregate all my other services... and a day later I discovered Friendfeed... and Disqus... where does it end? - Mitch Contla
The question should actually be "Is Lifestreaming the next big thing". FriendFeed is but one of many services that facilitate Lifestreaming (or Social Services Aggregation). You see that some alternatives are mentioned in the comments already, and I cover the whole sector at lifestreamblog.com but in any case I think the answer is a resounding YES. News about Lifestreaming services have... more... - Mark Krynsky
Its all about the “Atomization of Conversation” (http://tinyurl.com/5k2hq2) - Dave Raffaele from twhirl
Mark, I get what you're saying but when I ask my non tech friends on the information flow that they deal with on a day to day level they look at FaceBook as being the pinnacle of lifestreaming. They see it as the way they can keep up with friends in a bitesize way. I see facebook taking the lead as the lifestreaming choice if they can add that functionality and allow you to filter the noise in a more lifestyle streaming manner. - Stewart Steel
@Mark Krynsky - good point about recasting the question as "Will Lifestreaming be the Next Big Thing?". FriendFeed clearly has the jump on everyone else, but the category is nascent. - Hutch Carpenter
I find that I resist jumping on bandwagons. I did resist FF for a while but I'm glad now that I joined. - Capn' One Eye - adrift
Well now that Twitter's out, I'm using FF instead of the other microblogs out there (Jaiku, Pownce etc), it's fair to assume that conversations will shift to FF (a point re-inforced by Jeremiah Owyang) - Sachendra
Thomas Hawk
Thomas Hawk
MacBooks will take 50% of notebook market within a year - http://www.livedigitally.com/2008...
May 22, 2008 from Digg - Comment - Share
now if only i could afford one! =D - jerry
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Bold prediction. I'll still be using my Thinkpad. - Morton Fox
I can hear Jobs' sinister world conquering laugh now. I really need to upgrade my g4 PB :( - Greg Tarnoff from twhirl
Decent enough logic although he probably would've gained credibility if he hadn't have suffixed a deadline to it all. - Akiva Moskovitz
I saw an article the other day that said Apple had 66% of the total market share of computers costing >$1000. I was shocked. - Robert Lee from twhirl
Thomas I agree that if price is not a criteria Apple wins. But I just had to take a Dell as the cost was half of a MacBook Pro. It hurts but saving $1600 buys a lot of bottles of wine. - Jon Erickson from twhirl
Robert, and as someone else recently quipped, that's like saying Rolls Royce sells 66% of all cars over $200,000. - Akiva Moskovitz
Jon went the route I did. Took a Dell for much less so I could afford other things... like rent, food, gas. =D - jerry
I'm not sure I'm buying the Rolls-Royce analogy at the $1000 price point, but I understand your point. - Robert Lee from twhirl
I wish that would come true; but I know it won't, not within a year atleast. The philosophical conflict is much greater than it seems like. Since An year ago when I made the switch, I have myself converted atleast three friends to Mac devotees. But it is only after I have tried to convince 30. People choose Ubiquity over Experience. TCO over Hidden Costs. - Parth Awasthi
Agree with the sentiments, but I don't think the large enterprise market will adopt Apple yet. We'll see if iphone 2.0 starts making inroads here as well. - Eric Thompson
@ Jon Erickson - Just out of curiosity, how did the Dell that you saved "$1600" on match up feature wise against the MBP. I know from just playing on dell.com that when you configure a Dell that is comprable to a MBP that they are normally very close in price with the Dell sometimes being more expensive. As for market share, BMW and Mercedes engineer some of the finest automobiles on the road and they will always fulfill a niche. Likewise for the Mac...and that is ok. - James
@James I tried to get the configs as close as possible, 4g ram, dual processor 2.5, 320g hd, 17 inch monitor, everything similar. Dell had $400 off promo but total before tax and ship $1600 the MBP was $3200. I wanted the MBP, but want could I do? - Jon Erickson from twhirl
Robert Lee
Robert Lee
Using Twitter to Friend Feed Contact Importer (version: 0.0.4) - http://InternetDuctTape.com/tools...
May 22, 2008 - Comment - Share
Twitter to Friend Feed Contact Importer finds all of your Tweeps on Friend Feed and automatically subscribes them. - Robert Lee
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