Greg K.

hmmm... i believe the original post by louis said "most" not "all" ...via AlertThingy - Snipergirl

They're both right. You should work your tail off to get sponsorship, but you should also work your tail off to make sure the blog is...um...deserving. - Ontario Emperor

Good dialog - Charlie Anzman

Most bloggers don't get paid much anyway. I'm guessing the average blogger makes less than $100 a month, with most people who blog making $1 a month. - Mike Reynolds

@Mike I think you would be pretty damn close - Steven Hodson

Hey FF devs, if you can figure out how to do "Group Similar" to keep these kinds of items not only together, but also ensure the comments stay in one place, that would be awesome. - Vince DeGeorge

You give it to Scoble, the originator of the content. Other benefits would be that as Scoble has more followers, your "Like" will be exposed to more viewers, especially as the story goes up the page. With the FriendFeed community growing, if we all "liked" shared items, which are frequently duplicated, we'd be in a spiral of happy feelings. (BTW - That's my 1000th FriendFeed comment!) - Louis Gray

it's an interesting question - but we might not have to answer the "who's first" question....rather, why not share likes universally? If Scoble shares a link and I "like" it, and then someone else shares that same link later on, Friendfeed could notify them that "x number of people" have also liked that article....rather than re-bubble all the links up to the top, maybe only the original link that was submitted gets bubbled up. - Adam Kazwell

@Vince That would be excellent. Another way to find people from around FF you have stuff in common with - if they've shared or liked similar articles. - Cyvros/fyc

Louis, you are a writing machine. How many words a day do you type, and what's your typing speed? - Vince DeGeorge

@Vince, your suggestion seems to be quite valid - Varun Mahajan

@Vince: They have the ability to group similar, but they choose not to because they don't want to. They want each instance of the post to have its own community. - engtech

Ginger - I agree with Louis. You should give it Scoble since he is the originator of the content. And thanks for kind words. I will keep posting great stuff. - Atul Arora

@Vince, it's been a long time since I checked typing speed. I should do that some time. But writing for me is pretty easy, and fun too! - Louis Gray

I'll like the same URL multiple times. - Mike Reynolds

if you give it to somebody else than the "original" then I assume there is something you like about this specific entry and not the original. [which is also why I asked for the bookmarklet to find stuff because I want to find the original. - Nicole Simon

But sometimes I hit like because the comments were as (or more) interesting than the original post. Often, it is the comment stream that causes me to click the link in the first place. - Diane Ensey

"(Twitter) It’s where you meet new people!". I am relatively new to Twitter. I have not yet figured out how exactly you easily meet new people. Probably friend feed is better for that? - Davide D'Incau

I think Friendfeed provides a much better center for comments, feedback and general interaction with new people. I find twitter just too difficult to follow in terms of the conversation threads. IMHO Twitter is a great micro blog tool for the A-list and a great tool for the average joe to throw stuff out to a small group of friends. I'm dreaming of the day when we have access to everyone's centralized feeds and can comment and interact from within one platform. Friendfeed is moving us a step closer. - Phil Ashman

They have huge challenges ahead. Powerset is pretty good at extracting information from Wikipedia, but then again this is structured text. Powerset could end up as a research-tool, though. I found interesting factual information there - things I didn't find using Google. - sebmos

Like? - ⓞnor

i was talking to a former engineer about what they have and don't have. he was really frank about it but for the internet: they obviously have a long way to go but the stuff they do have is remarkably cool. - paulm

If you were around in the 18th & 19th centuries, you must being getting really old and cranky. :) - Chris White

Diane, do you think Friendfeed / Twitter et al are helping or hurting? - Adam Lasnik

It helps for me! I read the original article, read the comments, read the FF comments and by that time some kind of fermentation occurs in my brain that could be identified as reflective thought. What is most helpful, however, is the quick feedback. If your reflection is muddled and unclear when you write it down, you can count on a Twit/FF post to make you clarify your argument. That said, it just adds another layer of information to the stream we are already subjected to.... - Diane Ensey

Diane, we still think. we just think different. :) - chartreuse

Or perhaps it is just the deep thinkers who left their mark, so we *believe* everyone was a critical thinker. - Diane Ensey

Yeah all the junk that was written back then has probably disappeared. - Devin Anderson

There's also an element of confirmation bias here. People who write deep and insightful articles tend to have small and specialised audiences. It's only the fluffy thinkers who get a mass audience. If Don Knuth had a blog how many people would or could read it? - Adewale Oshineye