10 Reasons why Twitter is for you and FriendFeed is not Dave Winer talks about why FriendFeed hasn’t gotten super popular yet. He thinks there’s space for a new service between Twitter and FriendFeed. Everyone knows I’m FriendFeed’s #1 customer, but I’ve been studying the two services for a while and have found 10 reasons why FriendFeed isn’t right for you. 1. Twitter has one way to get content into the system. You see a box. You type. You push a button that says “update.” Compare this to FriendFeed. Let’s try to count the ways you can get content into the system. a. the standard way on the top of the page, but there you have to choose whether you are putting in a message, a link, a photo. b. Import your site. Or your Flickr. Or your YouTube. Or your Facebook. Or your Twitter stream. Or your blog. Or your Disqus comments. Or your Upcoming.org stream. Etc. Etc. There are 59 services that can be brought into FriendFeed. Very few services do the same for Twitter. c. You can “Like” an... - Cao Xiaogang
中国的中产阶级是最热衷谈论出身、地段、档次和腔调的，他们跟底层的大众比钱多，跟上头的新富阶层比品味，在祖先留下来的那点有限的历史里，费尽心机淘出一点金粉，抹在自己的脸上。同样的作为，在旧大陆和新大陆的中产阶级也都发生过，因为他们拥有的资本非常有限。最近看到许知远发在FT中文网上的文章，提到中产阶级，大致是他们只关心自己的小天地，没有社会责任感。一个不负责任的阶级，注定是个弱小的群体。 - Cao Xiaogang
