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Heading Down Under for a Week - http://blog.louisgray.com/2012...
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Uli- #10, Glenn Slaven, Jemm and 9 other people liked this
have fun mate. .and do some sight seeing.. Opera house, Botanical garden.. da rocks..
- Peter Dawson
Visit Johnny, Melly , and the robot.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Aww. No such luck it appears.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
I would love to see Johnny. But I think the man is busy. We traded emails.
- Louis Gray
WHAT ABOUT ME??!!!!!
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Did somebody hear Melly?
- Louis Gray
It isn't fair. I had enough now I want my share.
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Welcome to my town!
- Glenn Slaven
I think Becca got the wrong idea about "down under"...
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
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FriendFeed Blog: Ben Darnell joins FriendFeed: Ben++! - http://blog.friendfeed.com/2009...
..и ещё раз помыла голову, Adam Spring, Kevin Mohr and 110 other people liked this
Welcome, Ben!
- Kevin Fox
Right on! Congrats, Ben.
- Micah
Congrats Ben! Also, congrats to FF you are lucky to have him!
- Jason Shellen
Data storage and scalability rock. :)
- Louis Gray
Ben's feed is here: http://friendfeed.com/bdarnell
- Bret Taylor
Congrats, Ben! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Yeah Ben!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
so i finally get my answer to this :) http://friendfeed.com/chris...
- MG Siegler
Yeah, sorry I couldn't respond to that one before. :-)
- Kevin Fox
well i be darned .... we now can rejoice, since fast paced additions to already good product are surely fastly coming about off the feedpipe ... it'l be a hectic season of finest upgrades ... I'm sure they'l start with keyboard shortcutze. ... I mean Google Reader rules on that. Intelligent to the extreme. ..Google.com, on the other hand - are we sleeping? .. not even "/" ??.. and that...
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- pb:
Congrats Ben! Totally agree with Jason. Our latest project wouldn't have become feasible without Ben -- I'm just so glad we managed to get a fraction of his time before he left! :)
- Simon
Congratulations, Ben! You're joining an awesome team.
- Anne Bouey
Woohoo! Another Googler :)
- Tim Hoeck
Congrats, you are now a "big company"! ;))))
- K.D.
That's not my picture! They got the picture wrong! In fact, I didn't get the letter of hire either. :( Oh, Hi there, Ben...if that's your real name. ;)
- Josh Haley
you're building a friendfeed army there :-)
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Congrats
- Özkan Altuner
Nice, any former Google Reader-er is a friend of mine.
- Mike Reynolds
gratz Ben!
- timepilot
Welcome Bret!
- Michael_techie
So, Facebook...?
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Poor Ben Darnell. The last to enter are always the first to leave in mergers.
- beersage
Either that or he scored big time with some accelerated vesting.
- Ken Sheppardson
Hiring new staff while in secret acquisition talks, not exactly classy guys. I hope Ben knew what he was getting into
- Glenn Slaven
Why on earth does he use the Duck Hunt theme?
- Vezquex
I don't know.. but it is awesome! :)
- Tim Hoeck
Wow, looks like somebody bumped this!
- Kevin Fox
I think there were a bunch of spam comments made to some 2009-era posts by FF employees. For some reason even after the spam is nuked, the post stays bumped.
- Stephen Mack
Yes, I blocked a spammer that was bumping old posts about FF themes and what not.
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
OH HAI!
- Eric
Well, let's see this as an opportunity to raise a virtual glass to Ben and FriendFeed-that-was!
- Kevin Fox
It probably had something to do with the Tornado 2.2 release. I noticed Ben was the one who posted about the release on HN earlier. Edit: Or it could have just been a spammer. *shrugs*
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
I don't think it had anything to do with the tornado release - a spammer bumped a bunch of Bret's old posts today.
- Ben Darnell
The incredible @bennybucko and I have been together for 10 years today <3
LoisMarketing, LB so u no it's real, Jason (not an Argonaut) and 41 other people liked this
Congra Rats to the both of you!
- Bubba Botts
Happy day!
- joey
Congrats!
- John (bird whisperer)
I have no idea how he's put up with me for so long, but I sure am glad he has :o)
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
congratulations! :)
- Joe The Sausage
Happy Anniversary!! <3
- aden {Chickadee}
Happy Anniversary :)
- Bren
congrats! happy anniversary!
- imabonehead
Happy Anniversary! <3
- Tamara J.
Conga Rats!
- teleken
congrats and happy anniversary!
- Sir Shuping is just sir
congratulations guys!
- Glenn Slaven
Happy anniversary, you two!
- Friar Will (:^)
Congrats!
- Michelle M
Congratulations!! <3
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Happy anniversary!
- Lix
Happy Anniversary… ^_^
- Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)
Happy Anniversary MellyBoo!
- MoTO Bott
Happy Anniversary
- AJ Batac :)
Congratulations!!
- Spidra Webster
Again, congrats!!!
- Uli- #10
Happy anniversary, you crazy kids :))
- WoH: Minding her Steves
Happy anniversary!
- <3Heather<3
Belated happy anniversary!
- Stephan Planken
dalziel on Excuses made for yoghurt commercial where man is head-butted to the floor - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"via Instapundit http://pjmedia.com/instapu..."
- Glenn Slaven
dalziel on As a father of a boy with Autism who's addicted to Minecraft, I thought this was funny - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"Well, because the rest of the activities are generic responses to stimuli, while the Minecraft one is very specific. Also because it suggests that if you're a Minecraft player you have ASD. Basically I laughed, I thought I would share it. I think that sums up about 98% of reddit at the end of the day"
- Glenn Slaven
dalziel on I just got a baby to sleep by singing "Daisy Bell" á la HAL. What geeky things do you do with your children? - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"Let's see, my 3 & 8 year olds had a combined Dr Who birthday party last year, where my wife made a Dalek cake & a hand made dr who doll http://peapillybean.com.au/tag... My 8yo puts on Dr Horrible if he gets to choose the music in the car I'm reading the Tiffany Aching series to my 3 & 9 year old daughters before bed each night & we're up to 'I shall wear midnight', which I'm reading on the Kindle app on my iPhone"
- Glenn Slaven
Yay for the Tiffany Aching series. <3
- <3Heather<3
"You And Whose Army?" sung as a lullaby.
- Joe The Sausage
A Map of the Sto Plains and Adjoining Locales « Reading To Our Kids - http://readingtoourkids.wordpress.com/2012...
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This is a beautiful map done of the area surrounding the Sto Plains on Discworld.
- Glenn Slaven
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Finished Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett « Reading To Our Kids - http://readingtoourkids.wordpress.com/2012...
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"We finished Wintersmith last night. We would have finished the night before, but about fifteen pages before the end, I noticed a distinct lack of questions at the obscure bits and giggles at the the Nac Mac Feegle bits coming from the bed above me (Alanah sleeps in a loft bed we’ve built above Sabrina’s bed)."
- Glenn Slaven
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The Secret Behind The Real-Time Web - YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Ross and Dan made this video to illustrate the advanced technology we use behind the scenes at FriendFeed. (Ross and Dan, you are amazing - I can't believe how awesome this thing turned out)
- Bret Taylor
from Bookmarklet
How very creative. This is very fluid and cool.
- Louis Gray
OK, not exactly what I was expecting, but very cool.
- Kevin Arth
Anyone have the video somewhere other than Youtube? it's banned here in Turkey and I can't wait until we get home (next month) to watch it!!
- Chris Myles
Bret, this video should be titled: A Love Song for FriendFeed ! Great vid (and music) !
- Ahsan Ali
This is awesome!
- Christopher Chung
with a community like this - you just can't roll-it into f.b.. keep the dream alive!
- michael sean wright
:O
- Josh Haley
Amazing, thanks for that!
- dkb
According to Ross, they used about 1030 individual pictures in the final version. Stop motion is a lot of work :)
- Bret Taylor
Sure, sure--give away all the secrets. (Are those Lego dudes union?)
- Kathy Fitch
very creative. wonder how long it took to do that stop-action?
- berchman
Ross's best work so far ! great job Ross
- goutham
Major props to Ross and Dan. FriendFeed lives on
- Shane
That's priceless. Great job, guys.
- John Craft
This is superb. I just showed it to my 5 year old son who enjoys Lego and has already taken some great photos, including one or two of his toys. So now he has the seed of the idea that, in time, he could take multiple stills and put them together to make moving pictures. Thank you very much for posting it and giving me and him that opportunity. Maybe, he might use FriendFeed one day too!
- John W Lewis
Great project!
- Anne Bouey
AWESOME!
- Kevin Fox
I think they need to make a full stop-motion version of the Matrix in legos. Now THAT would be awesome. I wonder what bullet-time looks like in LEGO?
- Bret Taylor
i'd pay to see the stop animation lego matrix, but not the sequels
- patrick
"Equipment Generously Provided By Casey Muller" - hahaha!! THIS IS AWESOMESAUCE!!! I love the creative energy and vibe in this video... LOTS of work went into that one! Thanks guys!! :)
- Susan Beebe
Genius, how much time did that all take?
- Wayne Hornsey
Chris Myles: if you want ot - DM me an address and I'll mail you a copy.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
That is so awesome
- Glenn Slaven
happy-making!
- Felicia Yue
I am more proud than ever for being a FriendFeeder :)
- Arvind
Wow!!!!!
- Mona Nomura
Excellent!!
- Kol Tregaskes
That's great!
- Devon Govett
Cool! The friendfeed's manufactury
- Benedetto Vacca
неплохо, неплохо! Продолжение будет?
- atner
Lots of handshaking I see :)
- Nicholas Kreidberg
hahaha very nice stop motion and music!
- Alex Huinchucleffy
BUMP
- Roberto Bonini
FULL OF WIN
- Jac Falcon
What's worse than school drop-off/pick-up? Making school lunches.
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I'm glad you're figuring this shit out in kindergarten 'cause I ain't goin' for all this complaining in first grade. No, ma'am.
- Nakachi
It's my first week. I have 13 years of this ahead of me. WHY DID I NOT THINK OF THIS BEFORE I HAD CHILDREN??!!!!
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Try homeschooling, you avoid the first & don't need to rush for the second :)
- Glenn Slaven
But then I can't nap ;o)
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
That's what brandy in the milk is for ;)
- Glenn Slaven
oh deary me.
- Joe The Sausage
The Last Psychiatrist: Couple Reveals Child's Gender Five Years Too Late - http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2012...
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"It's a boy! And he's five. Beck Laxton, 46, and partner Kieran Cooper, 44, have spent half the decade concealing the gender of their son, Sasha. "I wanted to avoid all that stereotyping," Laxton said. I'm confused. Is being stereotyped as a boy worse than being stereotyped as a court jester with an extra chromosome? "Wha--! That is so offensive!" Agreed. So why did she do it?"
- Tudor Bosman
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"What drove her to using her child as a you-go-first skydiving partner is the desire to be something coupled with the terror of doing anything-- which results in ambivalence and inertia camouflaged in a consumerist lifestyle full of meaningless choices. This leaves a lot of unused emotional energy left over for me me me. She's had 46 years to obsess over her identity, and this is what she came up with, a hail mary pass in the second half of a mid-life crisis."
- Tudor Bosman
"And so a person who knows not what to do with freedom, a person afraid of power, has a choice: either the transgressions are filtered through a proxy that has proven it can stand it-- modeling your bad ass self after someone already bad ass, or projecting your impulses onto someone else; or you pretend that something else, entirely artificial, is what frustrates you. Knowing where the...
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- Tudor Bosman
"This is why I know that while Beck seems like a hippie-atheist-feminist-freethinker, she is undoubtedly a completely ordinary middle class housewife, no different than the Kansas PTA members she would hatefully roll her eyes at for voting Tory instead of Labour. Her life has been marked by nothing eventful, nothing challenging, nothing unusual, nothing difficult, so she will have...
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- Tudor Bosman
" 'Sasha's gender was almost revealed when he took to running around their garden naked, but Beck was resolute and encouraged him to play with dolls to hide his masculinity.' Hide it from whom? The kid knows he's a boy. If he wants to play with dolls that's one thing, but evidently the dolls aren't for him, for his benefit, but as a signal to other people. Not wanting other people to...
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- Jimminy, CoG of FF
It's not that she didn't want to impose a gender on the child, it's that she hates the gender that he is. If it was a girl it would not have happened. She encouraged him to act feminine. There's no evidence that she encouraged him to partake in any masculine activities. She didn't want to avoid a gender stereotype, she wanted to impose the gender that she wanted him to be.
- Glenn Slaven
It's my birthday today, I got an xbox 360 & kinect. Spent most of last night playing Halo Reach.
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Happy birthday!
- AJ Batac :)
Happy birthday!
- John (bird whisperer)
happy bday!
- imabonehead
thanks!
- Glenn Slaven
Joyous Life Anniversary!
- Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce
Happy birthday!
- LB so u no it's real
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Coral breakthrough offers climate hope - http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news...
"CORAL reefs may be much better able to adapt to rising sea temperatures due to climate change than previously thought, according to a breakthrough Australian discovery revealed yesterday."
- Glenn Slaven
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I got the job. I'm no longer a substitute, effective tomorrow.
Nakachi, Jeanine W., Bruce Lewis and 100 other people liked this
Congrats!
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Congrats!
- Chris Topher
Yay! #Kermitflail
- caj needs a haircut
yay!
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Good on you sir.
- Eric
Woot woot! No more substi-TOOT!
- Jyl Bit
WooHoo! Congrats!
- vicster
Yay :)
- Pete
CONGRATS!
- AJ Batac :)
Congratulations!!
- Kevin Johnson
Congrats!
- Soup in a TARDIS
Woohoo!
- Kirsten
Congratulations Jim!
- Glenn Slaven
Way to go!
- Anika
HUZZA I SAY, SIR! HUZZAH!
- MoTO Bott
Yay!!
- aden {Chickadee}
woo hoo!!
- Georgia
w00t
- I like big Botts
Thanks everyone. I was starting to think that maybe I wouldn't get it, but when the principal talked to me yesterday she said that I said something during the interview that made her mind up right then.
- Vicarbott
and that was.....?
- MoTO Bott
Boom. Congrats, Jim.
- Derrick
They asked what I liked best and least about the position I was filling in for. I said that those moments when a life skills child has an epiphany are my favorite. I shared a story about the boy I work with suddenly discovering how to do a soccer dribble. He hadn't been able to run up and kick a ball before that, and suddenly he was dribbling the ball down the playground. That's what sealed the deal in the principal's mind.
- Vicarbott
cool.. what was the least favorite moment?
- MoTO Bott
Well done, Jim, on everything, that's a big achievement <3
- WoH: Minding her Steves
getting hit in the face with a dustmop that was thrown full force by a kid.
- Vicarbott
well yeah, that would be bad.
- MoTO Bott
When we had our FF meet-up and you described the little boy with Down's. I saw something so deep in your eyes and body language. It was love. I believe the story with the emotion that is projected from you had to do it.
- Janet-The Bottley Crue
yayyyyyyyyyyy Jim
- just ZONED
Congratulations!!
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
Thanks again everyone.
- Vicarbott
Helen says (and I quote) "wooooooooooooo!"
- Pete
Congratulations!
- Corinne L
Yay! Well done!
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
from Android
Congratulations, Jim. :) You deserve it, and those kids will be blessed to have you.
- LB so u no it's real
Congratulations!
- Tamara
Yay!
- Tiddy Bott
Yeah! Congrats, Jim :)))
- CarlC
Jim, that's fantastic news. Congratulations!
- Micah
Yay!
- Auntie Buttinsky Botts
Johnny, you just made me cry . . .
- Auntie Buttinsky Botts
Congratulations!
- Anna Lynn M.
Happy for you honey :)
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
congrats!
- imabonehead
congrats!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Congratulations!
- joey
Sweetness!
- Cristal Blue Persuasion
congrads!
- chaz2b
reddit is offline in protest of PROTECT IP and SOPA - http://www.reddit.com/
"submitted by reddit to blog."
- Glenn Slaven
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O NOES!
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Good story tellers make their audience suffer so much... *sigh*
- CW✔
Sherlock?
- Glenn Slaven
Luther did this too. 4 episodes and I was all "THAT'S IT??????"
- G Dub of the Carolinas
Glenn, yes. Great show! Love it.. but... seriously.. cliff hangers suck.
- CW✔
I love BBC shows.. great writing. Awesome acting. but the Seasons are sometimes painful.. granted if they had to write for more shows in a season, it probably would dilute the actual quality of the show. Gee Dub I just looked up Luther. I'll be adding it to my list of soon to watch shows. Thanks for sharing.
- CW✔
I love the Law and Order UK show too. I think a full season is 6. I actually kind of like it because the focus is on quality over quantity.
- Derrick
D, I'm going to have to check that out.
- CW✔
The Rise of the New Groupthink - NYTimes.com - https://www.nytimes.com/2012...
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"SOLITUDE is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea I call the New Groupthink, which holds that creativity and achievement come from an oddly gregarious place. Most of us now work in teams, in offices without walls, for managers who prize people skills above all. Lone geniuses are out. Collaboration is in."
- laura x
from Bookmarklet
Pop science for my fellow introverts.
- laura x
Interesting that she thinks Internet-enabled collaboration is different. This introvert agrees.
- barbara fister
Open-plan offices are of the devil IMO; something someone came up with with as a rationalization for squeezing more people into less space.
- Andrew C (✓)
Yeah, the internet part was the only thing I thought was really interesting in the article--the rest was sort of recycled pop psychology. I have a love/hate relationship with our staff area--I do have a private office, but it has a wall of windows and an open door, so it's not really private. On the other hand, since I think being available to staff is a big part of my job, I do like...
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- laura x
That said, I was just re-reading Walter Murch's "In The Blink Of An Eye" (one of the most thought-provoking books in its tiny size class) and there was a bit on collaboration vs the solitary artist. His topic is film editing and filmmaking, but he drew a parallel to fine art; the transition from fresco painting, which by nature was multi-disciplinary and required a team, to the solitary...
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- Andrew C (✓)
laura, I was thinking a bit more about this and I think have a non-technical example supporting the concept behind the piece. As far as I understand how TV comedy writing works, the stories are created and roughly outlined entirely collaboratively, in a big meeting room. But once the outlines are ready, the scripts are assigned to individual writers or fixed writing teams, and those are...
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- Andrew C (✓)
Very interesting article around this topic written a few years ago by Joel Spolsky about how you should give software developers their own offices and not stick them in cubicals http://www.joelonsoftware.com/article... very much against the 'common wisdom' of how to organise staff today
- Glenn Slaven
[high-walled] cubicles are still a big step up from completely open plan. =P But yes, real offices are better than cubicles.
- Andrew C (✓)
The "common wisdom," while common, is not very wise. Multiple studies dating back to the early 1960's have shown that software developers are more productive when working in a secluded, isolated office. This is why every IBM building has private offices; even though they cost more initially, the payback time is under a year for the increased productivity.
- I like big Botts
from iPhone
The first paper I read about this dated from some time in the '80s, and the researchers said up front in the introduction that they expected open concept of some sort to be better, since it would be more conducive to team building and free consultation. And then it went on to report that open concept sucked and private offices were way more productive.
- DJF
Watch a couple of episodes of Mad Men, and you'll see why we have open concept offices: with the elimination of the typing pool, there was a bunch of open space, and building offices is too expensive.
- DJF
sofarsoShaw BAZINGA! to sofarsoShaw's feed, Funny Pics and Videos, The Solidarity Project, AASFSHNR, Patheos Conversations, Sports Talk 2.0
I love #Tebow, proof to the point religion is sh*t loser, maybe just prayer harder next time and get down on your knees more often it increases the signal, so next time you’ll win. Riiigghhht Or maybe he’s been praying to the wrong g_D this whole time. Whooooops, jokes on you hehhehhehee :D // God be with you. Quel perdant!
Shawn, if you think the point of prayer is to obtain victory, you're missing the point.
- Johnny
Hater much?
- Mo Kargas
Thanks for being the voice of tolerance and acceptance.
- I like big Botts
It's an easy target and a simple argument to make... This argument has the EXACT same validity as me saying that all the bad things that have happened in Shawn's life is because he DOSEN'T pray... But I don't make that argument because as Mathew 6 goes onto say... "does worrying add another hour to your life?"
- Johnny
from iPhone
48% of people polled thought divine intervention played a part in how well he was doing. I think that means 48% of people polled believed that God wanted Tebow to win football games. Maybe Tebow isn't praying for that, but at least some people think the point of God being involved in sports is to pick the winning team.
- <3Heather<3
I believe Tebow himself has said that God doesn't care who wins a football game
- Glenn Slaven
I know what that's like. When the Pats were caught filming on the sidelines people really flipped at anyone who was a fan.
- <3Heather<3
Now I don't mind a good ribbing, and a lot of the comedy is funny, but translating football to religion and back again is just kind of weird. There are lots of players that believe lots of different things. To put too much personal capital into an athlete is a mistake in my opinion.
- Eric
from iPhone
I think when people are very visible and outspoken on a subject, they open themselves to criticism for what they do and say as much as they open themselves to praise.
- <3Heather<3
Lol quite exactly Heather. No problemo :), doubtless some will take offense at my POV on religion, but I don't care I don't ignore the facts of the matter. Religion has for the greatest part been and still remains, an affliction in human affairs, and cannot be omitted from discussion of the considered life. Have you ever been hated and discriminated against for just because who you are?...
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- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
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All that is a FOOTNOTE! to the focus of this post, so those more personal comments I'm not going to address except to say, reread & reread again the above comment, to understand. Oh and yes like Heather said very revealing...interesting
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
from FFHound!
I don't take offence at your POV on religion. I do get kinda pissed off at you being a fucking asshole about it, though.
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
To be fair, when people push faith and religion, it's rarely recognized and reacted to to the same degree people react to criticism of faith and religion.
- <3Heather<3
x_X
- Derrick
I fail to see how a post like this proves your point, Shawn. If you feel the need to be this viscous to express yourself, perhaps you need to examine your rationale. You sound self-righteous and petulant, but have no problems tearing into others who apparently exhibit the same behavior. Hell I even understand good old fashioned heated debates, but this just smacks of "I think I'm right,...
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- Mo Kargas
Listen, I take no issue in you taking issue with the public opinions with a specific person, but all the "Broncos deserved it" crap is uncalled for. It's just football and to roll me up as a supporter of someone's personal politics or religion when I'm supporting the team I've rooted for for many years, that is just tacky shit.
- Eric
I think that this post wasn't meant in any way to attack anyone's personal beliefs. We should all be entitled to our own beliefs and opinions, right?
- Tamara J.
from FFHound(roid)!
I don't know Tam - "religion is shit, loser" kind of says a lot IMO.
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
I have to agree with Mo and Melly on this one. I don't see any qualitative difference between evangelical religious people and evangelical atheists - so self-assured they know the answer that they dismiss everyone else as stupid and/or doomed. Good luck with that.
- Bren
"Is it one prayer? No, it is two- one uttered, the other not. Both have reached the ear of His Who hearth all supplications, the spoken and the unspoken. Ponder this-keep it in mind. If you beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! lest without intent you invoke a curse upon a neighbor at the same time."
- Eivind
I think it's interesting that the assumption is Tebow's praying for his own success, and not offering thanks for the blessings he feels he has received. I would be curious to hear what he has to say on the matter.
- Bren
Goodreads people: can you recommend any groups on that service?
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I'm not in any Goodreads groups at the moment.
- John (bird whisperer)
I'm in a couple related to some genre interests, but I haven't paid much attention to them so I can't really say how good they are. It's one of those things where I intended to participate, but didn't.
- Katy S
^ Ditto.
- CarlC
Harry Potter Freaks
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
The Sword & Laser group is great if you're into fantasy or sci-fi, it's the discussion forum for the S&L podcast http://www.goodreads.com/group...
- Glenn Slaven
Merci, les gars :) (et la fille)
- Brent
The one I meant to participate the most in is Classic Horror Lovers. I do go through it every now and then to get reading suggestions.
- Katy S
I used to read nothing but horror. Then I stopped. Other than Stephen King, Poe and Clive Barker, who else would you recommend?
- Brent
I've been reading more of what is sometimes called "weird fiction" or "weird tales," so a lot of Algernon Blackwood, Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, some Shirley Jackson, etc. I also go on ghost story binges, so a lot of M. R. James, Le Fanu (who, also has a fabulous sapphic vampire novella called Carmilla), W. W. Jacobs, and others. I really love short stories and there are some good collections out there. S. T. Joshi edits a lot of good ones.
- Katy S
Oh yeah, and Marvin Kaye edits some good short story collections in that area (and fantasy and science fiction), too.
- Katy S
Thanks, Katy.
- Brent
Like, totally married and stuff.
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Congratulations!
- John (bird whisperer)
Yay!
- Marie
YAY!!!
- Fikisha
CONGRATULATIONS! :D
- JA Castillo
Congrats!
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Congrats!!
- Brent
WOOT!!!!
- Mary Carmen
Congrats, y'all!
- LB so u no it's real
Woot! Congrats and stuff!!!
- Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce
woohoo! congrats!
- imabonehead
Congrats! *continues squeeing*
- <3Heather<3
YaY!
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Congratulations guys!!
- Glenn Slaven
CONGRATS!!!!
- Bubba Botts
conga rats!
- holly #ravingfangirl
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- Chris Topher
:D
- Vicarbott
Congratulations!!
- Kevin Johnson
CONGRATULATIONS! I'm so happy for you two. You made my day.
- joey
Congratulations! ^__^
- Tamara
Oh wow, wow, wow! Congratulations, have fun you crazy kids!
- TINY REPTILIAN PYROMANIAC
Congrats!
- CW✔
<3 Congratulations <3
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Congratulations!!
- Lix
Congratulations, J and J!
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
*Squeal* Congrats dudes!
- Lo the Baker
from Android
wow. congratulations!
- peamageddon
Like, congrats!
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
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from Android
You two are awesome, congratulations!
- Tinfoil 2.0
w00t! :)
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- DJ Stevie Steve
from Android
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- The Amber
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- Harold
Congratulations, you guys!! *dabs eyes* *throws rice* <3 <3 <3
- WoH: Minding her Steves
W00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Congratulations!!
- Tamara J.
from FFHound(roid)!
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- AJ Batac :)
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OMG! Congratulations you two!!! Many happy wishes to you both!!! :)
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- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Awesome!! Congratulations!!!
- Gabrielle
*Tears up proposal lines* WELL IF THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO DO DEAL WITH
- Mike Nayyar
Seriously, mega congratulations.
- Mike Nayyar
OMG YOU GUYS!!! Congrats to you both!!!
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Congrats!
- ebru
Congratulations! Wishing you two a lifetime of happiness :)
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Congrats and best wishes!
- I like big Botts
from iPhone
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- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
from Android
How sweeet :)
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Congratulations!
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con'grats !!
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Congrats to you two! Awesome.
- SAM
Congratulations!! I'm so happy for both of you!
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congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Fanfare! Congratulations! Wishing you all the best.
- Uli- #10
SO happy for you! Congratulations!
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YAY, congrats!!! :)
- Susan Beebe
Congrats :)
- Rodfather
W000t! Happy day!
- Auntie Buttinsky Botts
Congratulations to you both! *heads over to the open bar for FFers only*
- Corinne L
This is full of #Win.
- Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)
Awesome--Congratulations. :-D
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
I’m watching Firefly 1x14 “The Message” - http://czarism.com/post...
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Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce and Glenn Slaven liked this
"What'd y'all order a dead guy for?"
- Glenn Slaven
The best outtake in history is from this episode.
- Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce
Shit.... I'm going to be 32 on Friday...
Derrick, Louis Gray, Kelli H. and 3 other people liked this
Old sausage
- Mo Kargas
and that's bad...why?
- Sir Shuping is just sir
I'm already 35, biatch.
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
I'll be 33 on Tuesday week
- Glenn Slaven
I'll be 35 next month.
- DB - Just DB
i'll be even deeper into my 40s next month.
- Joe The Sausage
I'll soon be a decade older than all teenagers.
- Julian
you still got milk on your breath, son
- MoTO Bott
You are a youngster . . . says the 50-year old preacher man.
- Friar Will (:^)
Holy crap. I'm turning 40 this year. You can right ahead and shut your young ass up, snapper of the whipper.
- Akiva
I turned 51 on Monday, you … whoever you are.
- I like big Botts
32. I remember 32. That's the year I finally found the right woman. Also more than half my life ago.
- Walt Crawford
How? Because you're getting old.
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
dalziel on Whut - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"Whatever wifi network you're on has a content filter on it. No idea why the book depository got filtered, it's certainly not a malicious site. You need to talk to whoever runs the wifi network you're on"
- Glenn Slaven
dalziel on Whut - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"That's not from alien blue it's from your ISP/network"
- Glenn Slaven
What is your FF Comments/Likes Ratio? (Comments divided by Likes to 2nd decimal place - as of now) - http://flickr.com/photos...
Halil, Cristo, denis and 120 other people liked this
1.05 (670/633)
- Micah
from Bookmarklet
Can you remind me again where to find those stats?
- Brian Johns
Brian, go to "Me" link (http://friendfeed.com/brianjo...) which defaults to the Feed tab. Look at the sidebar on the right, below Discussion.
- Micah
0.75 (926/1226) - still relatively new here
- mikepk
I only see my stats for the last week (17/14 = 1.21) Please tell me your 670 number is for more than just a week!
- Brian Johns
1.44 (566/391) for brianjohns (after week tally you should see a comma then 'all time' count - I can see it on your page)
- Micah
OK, sorry. I'm a total dumbass. I stopped reading after the weekly totals...
- Brian Johns
3.74, which seems way off of everybody else's. I wonder what that says. I comment a lot more than I like.
- Cyrus Lendvay
0.79
- Brian Roy
0.77
- Eric
0.67
- Nine
0.77
- Shey
0.76
- FFing Enigma
1.39.
- Rochelle
1.80
- Brian Sullivan
1.61 - I only 'like' when I want to throw my support behind a topic but don't have anything constructive to add.
- Bjorn Stromberg
1.12
- Tinfoil 2.0
1.41
- WoH: Minding her Steves
5.08 (3181/626) !
- ◄ani625Ξ ಠ_ಠ
0.66 - I tend to 'like' things without needing to comment further, I guess, and I notice I usually like the things upon which I comment. Well, frequently.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
.39 (2457/6242) I guess I don't comment much. I do 'like' a lot of things, it would seem.
- Bren
0.62 then again i have over 11,000 comments
- Cee Bee
1.23 (5287/4229) - I am put to shame by Cee Bee's participation, good grief!
- Lindsay
@Cee Bee I think you meant 0.62
- ◄ani625Ξ ಠ_ಠ
1.27 (902/705)
- Leandro Ardissone ⍨
yes, thanks for the correction. lindsay, you're making me feel bad. lol
- Cee Bee
0.8576, I only like mostly when I'm going to comment
- Mol, FF Music Lover
1.55 endlessly repeating. This Like/Comment included.
- Dana D
before this comment: .69 I kid you not.
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
So far: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81 ... (if you average 1 comment per like, you'd be 1.0 ... if you're 0.xx you might herd content more than discuss ... if you're whole numbers above 1 you may not 'like' much or discuss plenty or both)
- Micah
CSV_A: 1.05,0.75,1.44,0.81,3.74,0.79,0.77,0.67,0.77,0.76,1.39,1.8,1.61,1.12,0.141,5.08,2.41,0.66,.39,0.62,.62,1.27,0.8576,1.551,0.69
- Micah
1.83
- Grant Bierman
I tend to like allot of photos which really don't need comments.
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
InPerpetualMotion(Gina k), I really liked this 'Like' of yours (in a series of pics, so I flickr fav'd it): http://friendfeed.com/e... and commented. Thanks!
- Micah
.37 1002/2708
- Michael Fidler
this is what scobes walls would like if he didnt have FF
- sean percival
I haven't seen Marc Canter's fabled fence (just heard about it), but I imagine this but on wood pickets :)
- Micah
This week: 2.48 (1162:467) but this is not the norm, my likes usually match or are higher than comments, overall: 0.95 (14228:14846).
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks Michael, Kol! I'll recalculate average/median when we build up some more data points here.
- Micah
1.03 748/723
- Keith - @tsudo
.68 6986/10194 Someone wrote a great article on the comment-like ratio a few months ago. Search on FriendFeed is crashing on me... I'll try to get the link.
- Mitchell Tsai
Thanks Mitchell (btw, search crashing on me too - lots)
- Micah
1316 comments/20221 likes (0.06), according to Windows Calculator, although I probably screwed up.
- Tyson Key
*bump*
- Micah
Thanks, Mark!
- Micah
Thanks Spidra!
- Micah
0.95 (1520/1604) - it's 2+ months later, and my ratio flipped (more Likes by .05)
- Micah
.7 (1204/1724) - before this comment at least.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Thanks, Rachel!
- Micah
3.46 (3665/1057) before this comment and like.
- Kevin Fox
Thanks, Kevin. 3+ is quite the comment on your commenting activities :)
- Micah
I've got stuff to say.
- Kevin Fox
3.98 (900/226)
- Richard Lawler
1.02 (3538/3484) for sofarsofarshaun
- Micah
.34 (600/1747, not counting this comment)
- Michael Hocter
Thank you, Siavash and Michael
- Micah
.52 overall, but .68 this week.
- Rebecca Lasley
Nice, thanks Rebecca.
- Micah
1.31
- Rah-PM 2012
0.56
- imabonehead
Rah and imabonehead - rock on! (Richard too!)
- Micah
0.16
- Anne Bouey
1.39
- JCunwired
4.62 (287/62) -- Yikes! I'm chatty.
- Ted Roden
Thank you kindly, Anne, jcunwired and Ted.
- Micah
2.63
- Bryce Roney
Thanks for joining in, Bryce.
- Micah
.15 all time, .13 this week.
- Lix
.52
- David HC Soul
Thank you, Alix and David! (and Alix, you're tied with Siavash for the Highest Like ratio. Wow).
- Micah
2.94
- j1m
Thank you, j1m. Ok, I'm gonna roll this up into a csv and call it a night.
- Micah
CSV_B: 0.95,0.7,3.46,3.98,1.02,0.15,0.34,0.52,1.31,0.56,0.16,1.39,4.62,2.63,0.15,0.52,2.94
- Micah
this week = 0.45%, alltime = 6.43%
- chaz2b
CSV_B Mean: 1.49 (previous mean for CVS_A: 1.27)
- Micah
Of course the numbers can easily lie, but I'm gonna say it anyway: "We're getting more conversational, people!"
- Micah
0.49 (493/988)
- Bluesun 2600
816 / 2502 = 0.326139089 overall | 50 / 233 = 0.214592275 this week I like much more than I comment. (maths via google)
- Chris Loft
3026/5013 = 0.6036
- Roger Chen
chaz2b, Bluesun 2600, Roger, Nicholas — thank you!
- Micah
5.25 but I don't know what this *means, yet. maybe I'm just stingy with my "likes" compared to others?
- Marg Uerite
Thanks jamar78 and Marg!
- Micah
A recent change in FF: now the comment count shows total number of comments (previously multiple comments in one thread only counted as one) http://friendfeed.com/e... so all the numbers above are from the old methodology....
- David HC Soul
My new ratio: 0.76 all time (old methodology .52).... this week 1.39
- David HC Soul
*bump*
- Micah
1.26 (2965/2346)
- Micah
Thanks, Glen and pea!
- Micah
Looks like my ratio as flipped again (comments back to dominating again). Seems to match my own awareness I've lately been commenting without Liking (commenting is my inherent recognition of value to me and the additional Like is when it merits an extra bump to help discovery by others).
- Micah
.38
- Ryan Dadey
Ryan, I have to say, that's one high caliber ratio ;)
- Micah
An update it's .44 which is an improvement from .36
- Michael Fidler
2.00
- Anthony Citrano
0.97
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
1.5 exactly
- Ahsan Ali
2.94 1040/354 I have likes set to post to twitter automatically, so I'm careful with them. :)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
0.85
- Steven Perez
0.73 up from 0.66 on Jan 08
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
0.37 for the week past, 0.45 on the whole.
- Parth Awasthi
Michael, Anthony, Ahsan, guruvan Steven, sıɹɥɔ and Parth - thanks for dropping in your stats!
- Micah
5.81 i'm not using it as does everyone else here. that is fer sure.
- Marg Uerite
But remember, the comment counts also includes comments imported from other services.
- Ahsan Ali
Ahsan, huh, I'd never considered that.
- Micah
17942/30571=.59
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Alex, thank you, sir.
- Micah
ALmost 2:1 exactly.
- Amani
Much obliged, Amani.
- Micah
3062/5777 you do the maths.
- Will Higgins™
Thank you, amin/gnu
- Micah
7.16
- Ken Sheppardson
*bump* (SEE ALSO http://friendfeed.com/jungleg... )
- Micah
1.45 (4374/3026)
- Micah
1.73
- Aron Michalski
0.92 now. I think the movie reviews have been getting me closer to a 1 to 1 ratio.
- Steven Perez
0.77
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Steven, yep, you were a 0.85 in April.
- Micah
2.10 now ...
- Amani
0.97 now.
- Eric Johnson
Amani, so your comments have climbed a bit.
- Micah
Thanks, Eric.
- Micah
Probably, just chattier then :)
- Micah
I'm down from 7.16 to 6.94 :-)
- Ken Sheppardson
Ken, the FCC may be interested to explore how your "I'm down" may be offensively self-deprecating ;)
- Micah
.56 eeep, must try harder
- Threepwood
4.52. I don't bother to like things I've commented on, since commenting already flags it as interesting.
- Andy Bakun
0.46 (1698/3638)
- Glenn Slaven
Threepwood, Andy, Glenn - thanks (Andy, that's my mo too; then I'll Like if it warrants a "double vote").
- Micah
1.31 (4,471/3,401)
- Karoli
Thanks, Karoli. And the both of us have a _very_ similar ratio and absolute numbers. wow.
- Micah
Thanks, Ryo!
- Micah
Andy, scroll upward and you'll see a couple calculations from before (January: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81)
- Micah
In March the Mean was: 1.49
- Micah
1.021276595744680851063829787234042553191489361702127659... via Wolfram Alpha
- tom murphy
Thanks, tom. And though a bit verbose, your friend Wolfram is resourceful :D
- Micah
0.55 (254/444)
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
Thank you, Willem.
- Micah
In April you were 0.97, so you're liking more / commenting less.
- Micah
1.88 (779/414)
- Ton Zijp
Thanks, Ton.
- Micah
0.43 (3597/8305).
- Parth Awasthi
0.74 (1970/2667)
- S of 2C
And thank you Parth, Scott.
- Micah
Parth, compared to your April numbers, you've been consistent.
- Micah
2.12 is my ratio.
- Rick Cogley
Thanks, Rick!
- Micah
Np Micah. What is that photo?
- Rick Cogley
.54 (4148/7674) Updated!
- Michael Fidler
Rick, you mean that face with glasses I photoshopped tint into with an apparently disembodied arm which is actually very much attached to my eldest son? It's mostly just me :)
- Micah
Thanks, Michael. Yes, you have a rising tide of comment percentage (oh, wow, you were one of the originals from January - cool!)
- Micah
1.82 from 798 comments / 438 likes
- David Damore
Thanks, nivé and David!
- Micah
2027/1594 = 1.27
- Brome
0.58
- Marc Dong
2.9 (3,242/1,116) mhhh.. time to straighten my use of FF a bit.. thanks for this entry
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
Brome, Marc and Thierry - thank you!
- Micah
Thierry - yeah, 2.9 is fairly high - got to pick the pace on like side :) [but hey, whatever works for you is fine]
- Micah
1.91
- MiniMage, enterRUPPted
Thank you Nicholas and MiniMage!
- Micah
Yeah, that's a decent upward rise in comments, Nicholas.
- Micah
.6 (6,000/10,000) 3rd update - Now it's time to flip this on its head. My goal is to have (16,000/16,000) next time I post here. Regardless of what happens, I'm just looking forward to the next 10,000 comments, likes, posts, and new relationships I make here. It's all good!
- Michael Fidler
1.76 (7539/4290) My commenting habits haven't chanced much, but it felt like I clicked Like a lot less, and this ratio confirms that for me.
- Micah
It's that time again.
- Micah
.50
- LB so u no it's real
Thanks, Laura! (you're a 50-caliber gal!)
- Micah
0.64
- Imabug
Thank you, Imabug.
- Micah
4.67 (I'm greedy :p)
- directeur
0.99
- Steven Perez
1.06
- Vicarbott
.81
- Brent - Yes I am
.63
- metalerik
Thanks Imabug, directeur, Steven, RAPatton, Jim, Brent and metalerik!
- Micah
.83
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
0.78
- Pete D
.82 as of right now. edit: on January 8th it was 0.39 -- when I saw that, I decided to make more of an effort to comment. When I hit 10k "likes" I decided I wouldn't "like" anything else until I also had 10k comments.
- Bren
.11
- Penguin
And thank you Jimminy, Pete, Bren and Penguin!
- Micah
2.47 as of right now.
- Jonas, Leper of FF
Micah, are you doing something with these numbers? If so sounds interesting.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
0.58
- Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)
Jimminy, I'm copyrighting every single number. It's kind of a honeypot ;) Actually, it was curiosity mostly, but I also hope to build a sampling (small and self-selecting as it may be) for anyone who might want to analyze it.
- Micah
Jonas, James and Kurt - thanks you!
- Micah
You're welcome. I hope the results do some good. :-)
- Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)
.31. I have almost 4 times as many likes as comments.
- edythe
Thank you edythe and Eric!
- Micah
195/245 makes 0.8 rounded not including this one which would be 196/245 making 0.8 unrounded,
- tom murphy
Thanks, Tom.
- Micah
1.98 (588/297)
- Bryan Zirkel
1.67 (19,550/11,684)
- Mitchell Tsai
1:2
- Jeff P. Henderson
Bryan, Mitchell and Jeff P. - thanks, guys!
- Micah
1.18 - it's always been close to 1, since day one, for some reason.
- Laura Norvig
Wow, Penguin is a prolific liker!
- Laura Norvig
2.67 (875/328)
- Nathalie
Thank you, Nathalie!
- Micah
2.18
- Spidra Webster
1.29
- Mark J
Thanks, Spidra and Mark!
- Micah
0.49
- Jammy Lee
0.825
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Jammy and Mathew, thank you very much.
- Micah
2.16
- Sue - Friendfeed is best
I don't know I just like that picture
- Brian Hendrickson
.40
- Ben Hanten
SuezanneC, Brian, B E N and Joe - thank you all very much!
- Micah
Joe, it's like see the odometer click through a nice round number - it's just inexplicably engaging. :)
- Micah
1.40, nearly the square root of two.
- Vezquex
Thanks, Raphael and Andy!
- Micah
1.15 (6777/5873)
- JA Castillo
12.23 (844 / 69 ) I guess I take my likes seriously ;)
- Chris Myles
1.63
- Serkan Mutlu
Wow I didn't realize I was so out of whack!! 12.23 that's got to be a record (and I don't even import my feeds with the summary as a comment)!!
- Chris Myles
.87
- Nine
Thanks JA, Chris (wow, 12+ is unusual :), Serkan and Nine!
- Micah
Micah.. I told you I take my likes seriously; ). You *might* want to ask (in a separate post) what percentage of likes were used to "bookmark" a post or save it for later VS actually "liking it". I NEVER used like for that.. but I did use a private group that if filled with my own topics (and comments)..
- Chris Myles
1.78 (8529/4782)
- Micah
Likes are down relative to comments, which matches my much lower frequency of liking. I'm a more selective liker than ever.
- Micah
I don't think I could argue that any particular kind of ratio is "best", because if Lurkers like to Lurk and cultivate (via Likes) and the Chatty-ites love to chat, to pump out much many more comments than Likes, each can be happy and make for a great social experience.
- Micah
383/372
- Ashish
'Just clicking "Like" seems too easy' — Jason, that's because you're from the Chatty-ite tribe :)
- Micah
Thanks, ashish.
- Micah
wow, what a difference time makes, when i 1st posted on this thread, 6.43%, now = 1.25%, for a 5.18% difference, :o (and this is the earliest post to date i've recovered of my activity on ff)
- chaz2b
chaz, I think there's been a big fluctuation for most people (maybe not that much). This is the oldest post on which you commented that you've recovered?
- Micah
When I first saw this: 1.91 Sept 28: 1.94
- MiniMage, enterRUPPted
536 comments in the last month has me at .8736...still creeping toward 1.00
- Bren
.64
- Shannon Jiménez
Thanks, MiniMage (2x participant!), Bren (3x!) and Shannon (your inaugural visit!)
- Micah
Thank you, SustainedEuphoria.
- Micah
I 'liked" this to change my ratio! (1.22 1040/850)
- Mark J
Thanks, Mark.
- Micah
1.45
- Brett Kelly
Thanks, Brett :)
- Micah
5.67 all time. Second highest ratio on here. Woot! I love to talk.
- Kevin L
Thank you both, Kevin and mridul (the two of you balance it each well :)
- Micah
1.80 (10,189 / 5,666) [compared to Likes, my Comments still continue to rise]
- Micah
1.02 (10323/10161)
- Bren
.5666 currently (30,084/53,093)
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Thanks, Bren.
- Micah
Thank you, Alex :)
- Micah
that was my third post... It's interesting to see how the number has changed. of course, I manipulated the number to a degree, because I stopped "liking" things for a while...
- Bren
Bren, the other thing that can seriously throw off someone's stats is a feed that upon each item it imports adds a comment automatically.
- Micah
true. that can seriously inflate comment stats, of course. Then you have someone like RAPatton, who posts a gazillion comments, in part because of his playlist posts where he will list each song in a separate comment. I found, after this post in fact, that I tended to "like" things much more frequently than comment on them, that I was lurking instead of participating. I have changed the way I use ff rather considerably, and I think for the better.
- Bren
1.8
- Que Sarah Sarah
4.26?
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Thanks, Sarah, Tutivillus.
- Micah
1.19
- Joe Bonner
Micah this is like 11 months ago, I see you have almost doubled your rate. lets make a graph for everybody now, :)
- ۳۰ مرغ Loves Y'ALLLLL
Quick, someone write a greasemonkey script to inline some google charts! (tap-tap-tap...wut? don't look at me ;)
- Micah
Thanks, Joe. And you thank you, Mahmood :)
- Micah
Thanks, Glen! Your comments in the ratio have gone up too.
- Micah
1.70 (it was 1.41 on Jan 8)
- WoH: Minding her Steves
WorldofHiglet, thank you :) The comments are strong in this one.
- Micah
0.64 (2,589/4,051)
- Chieze Okoye
0.58
- Thomas Page
Chieze and Thomas - thank you!
- Micah
*bumpage*
- Micah
So, Micah, we never did find out what you were doing with this info....
- WoH: Minding her Steves
2.21 (2,812/1,275)
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
0.27 (5637/20234) - I only see a couple people lower than me.
- John (bird whisperer)
4.06 (747/184)
- Jan Ole Peek
WoH, World Domination.
- Micah
Rene, John and Jan - thank you, all three! :)
- Micah
0.97 (6,694/6,929)
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Thank you J., Jimminy and آقای تلخک :)
- Micah
2.23
- Paola Bonomo
0.71 (8,200/11,551) updated
- Michael Fidler
0.03 (284 / 10378)!
- Daniel Rowley
Thanks Paola, Michael, Artemko, J. and Daniel!
- Micah
*thanks Christopher thoroughly*
- Micah
14.86 (1442/97) I'm going the wrong way!!
- Chris Myles
1.77 (11831/6622)
- Micah
0.56 (2059/3703)
- Joel Webber
0.89 (1,766/1,986)
- chrisofspades
Thanks, Joel and Chris!
- Micah
In 4 days it will be 1 year since my first recorded stat here. My comments/like were almost a 1:1 ratio then. Now comments are almost double likes for me.
- Micah
Easy
- Kevin J Hatton
jamar78, same trend for you, it looks. :)
- Micah
1.00 a year later. {edit -- screwed it up the first time. not telling what I did.}
- Vicarbott
Thanks, Jim!
- Micah
.52 this year.
- LB so u no it's real
Thank you, Laura =)
- Micah
75,415 comments/1,286 likes = 58.64 - i wish the auto inserted comments didn't get counted... the true number is probably much much close ot my number of likes
- Chris Heath
1.09 (11910/10953)
- Bren
1.97%. thanks again micah, this has been a great metric to measure my first year here on ff. As the year went (this being the first record of me being here that i've found): , 6.43%:1.25%:1.97%
- chaz2b
Chris, Bren, thank you. And chaz2b, thank you too - glad it's a special marker for you. :)
- Micah
0.91
- Bruce Lewis
0.13
- Morton Fox
0.86
- Brent
1.69 now (1.70 on Nov 10th and 1.41 on Jan 8, 2009) -
- WoH: Minding her Steves
0.23
- Mark H
How is this thread doing in the longest-lived-ff-comment-thresds-ever contest?
- j1m
5.76 right now
- Kevin L
0.53
- Rodfather
1.49 (2,222/1488)
- DB - Just DB
What's the photo, Micah?
- Brent
"I must not ask Micah questions" written out a bajillion times.... :)
- WoH: Minding her Steves
LOL @Higlet - Correct. (but Brent, you can also ask the Mathematics Dept of West Bohemian University in Pilsen, Czech http://www.fav.zcu.cz/en... [via http://maisonbisson.com/blog... ])
- Micah
0.32 (2011/6291) Looks like I need to comment more. =)
- Beau Liening
Thank you, Beau. And, by stating you want to comment more you're already helping the cause :)
- Micah
2.09329564 (10366:4952) I don't think that I'm the norm here
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
*bump* - It's that time again, folks.
- Micah
1.71 (16,017/9,357)
- Micah
0.91 (13,933/15,222)
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
2.66
- Marissa
1.48 (2,469/1,669)
- DB - Just DB
Thanks, Jimminy, Marissa and Daryl. :)
- Micah
1.21
- Jenny R
Thanks, Jenny!
- Micah
1.10 (4874/4448)
- DGentry
2.17 (2860/1321)
- I like big Botts
2.13(7957/3734)
- Melanie Reed
Thank you, Denton, Glen and Melanie!
- Micah
63.58 (97,534/1,534) -- interesting that my last three digits are the same there, eh? (note, i already posted a month or two ago when i first saw this thread)
- Chris Heath
Thanks, Chris!
- Micah
0.87 (3770/4312), so I'm either getting more commenty or less likey. [0.74 (1970/2667) was what I previously reported back in June]
- S of 2C
0.92
- Brent
This project has had me consider commenting more than liking.
- Brent
Thanks Scott, pea and T. Brent.
- Micah
Brent, interesting. Look forward to more commentary. :)
- Micah
1433/1161 = 1.23
- cdogzilla | downgraded
1.19 (5132/4316)
- Ruchira S. Datta
Thank you, cdogzilla and Ruchira!
- Micah
1.00 (4661/4659) -- goal achieved :)
- Brent
0.94(15045/15978) 0.83, (28.August.2009); 0.97, (11.Nov.2009); 0.91, (17.April.2010); 0.94, (11.May.2010).
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
1.65 (18,070 / 10,970)
- Micah
*bump* It's that time again, folks.
- Micah
1.05 (1710/1625)
- cdogzilla | downgraded
1.66 here. Chattyites 4ever!
- Lo the Baker
Thanks cdogzilla and Lo!
- Micah
Last year my comments were around 7000 and likes around 2500, for a ratio of 2.80. I consciously chose to do more liking over the last year. As of today my comments number 10,782 and likes number 7,666, for a ratio of 1.41.
- Stephen Mack
Jason, Stephen - cool. Thanks for keeping updated here. :)
- Micah
Thanks, RG
- Micah
1.03. Micah you've made over 18000 comments since you first posted this.
- chrisofspades
0.76 (3,624/4,766) Egad that's only .1 improvement since 2009-01-08 :-P but at least it's moving in the right direction.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
3.25 No wonder I always had to stand in the hall in school for talking ;-)
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Still right at 1:1. W00t.
- Vicarbott
1.15 (14662/12739)
- Bren
chrisofspades, crazy isn't it. :)
- Micah
kima, tortoise wins and all that ;) Thanks, Shannon. Jim, you have maintained balanced in the force you have. Thanks, Bren.
- Micah
1.34
- Mark J
2.33 :( my new yr's resolution was to "like" more, imma not doing sucha good job, :(
- chaz2b
Thanks, Mark, and chaz, you'll get there. :)
- Micah
1.61 (20,661 / 12,818)
- Micah
*BUMP* - It's that time again. THANKS!
- Micah
1.76 (15,652/8,886)
- Jenny R
.81 = 4926/6038 I'm eighty percent talkative people.
- hollyrae
Thanks, Jenny and hollyrai!
- Micah
2.2
- I like big Botts
Thank you, Glen.
- Micah
0.77
- Steven Perez
0.31 (14566/47299)
- John (bird whisperer)
John, you're a 'liking' fool! :D
- Jenny R
Apparently I'm the human version of FALOB
- John (bird whisperer)
Ha! (and thanks, John)
- Micah
Double ha!
- Jenny R
Thank you Steven.
- Micah
1.04
- Scott (Honey Boo-Boo!)
2.28
- Jesse Stay
1.66 (updated)
- Eric
1.25
- holly #ravingfangirl
Thanks Scott, Jesse, Eric and holly!
- Micah
58,144/3,749=15.509, basically due to multiple feed imports.
- Daniel Mietchen
*BUMP*
- Micah
1.60 (22,066/13,819)
- Micah
:) @Jason.
- Micah
0.69
- Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)
0.76
- Steven Perez
slightly off of my usual this time: 1.01
- Vicarbott
Thanks James, Steven and Jim "STAY-ON-TAR-GET" Jannotti. :)
- Micah
.98(20,405/20,834)
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Thank you, Jimminy, Greg and Bren!
- Micah
1.88 (21954/11691) Chatty Cathy, apparently.
- Jenny R
11289/9010 = 1.25 (wonder if some comments are from imported feeds)
- Mike Chelen
Thanks Jenny and Mike. :)
- Micah
Sorry - Micah .... but the math is just too complicated :)
- Charlie Anzman
Charlie, I'm make it simple. I'll do the talking, you drive the get-away car—we'll split it even: 80/20.
- Micah
Damn, More Homework.
- Brent - Yes I am
including this comment (119,119C/1677L) ... 71.03
- Chris Heath
1.21
- Joe Bonner
1.56 (24,076/15,472)
- Micah
*BUMP* - it's that time again. Also, I passed 24K comments recently.
- Micah
0.74
- Michael R. Bernstein
Thanks, Micahel.
- Micah
113,457 comments / 166,887 likes = .68
- RAPatton
2.02 (31627/15675) I need to start liking more and shut the hell up.
- Jenny R
1:1.618, of course.
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
2.60
- Jack&Cleo
I was waiting for that from you, Mr. Haley.
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
from Android
Those are some heavy hitter numbers there, RAPatton. Thanks. :)
- Micah
I've been on FF for a long time, Michah, because I am really, really old.
- RAPatton
LOL Josh. These aren't the maths you looking for. [lateral hand wave]
- Micah
Jenny, do not take your own advice; not advisable.
- Micah
Thanks, Jack & Cleo.
- Micah
RAPatton, you're not old—you triple-comment-excerpt every bookmarklet post :))
- Micah
Cristo, this post is an ancient relic. Handle with care.
- Micah
0.13
- Morton Fox
Okay, Micah. <----I had to resist the urge not to post that because I know it's going to up my comment count. ;)
- Jenny R
But how many of those primordial, high interest posts are still active. Uh huh. :)
- Micah
Thanks, Morton. BTW, when you posted in February, it was exactly 0.13 also.
- Micah
Jenny, resistance is futile; embrace the rising tide of comments.
- Micah
Comments are more difficult and time consuming than Likes. I'd be happy about a high comment:likes ratio except that many are surely imported from feeds, while every Like is manual.
- Mike Chelen
it has changed to 2.2256 now as Sep, 6 2010.Labor Day. :) I added the date for future references.
- ۳۰ مرغ Loves Y'ALLLLL
IN HONOUR OF DERRICK'S 100,000th LIKE: http://friendfeed.com/micahwi...
- Micah
1.54 (25,102/16,257)
- Micah
.82
- Alex Scrivener
Thanks, Alex.
- Micah
1.48 (6653 comments / 4480 likes, 18SEP10) - Apparently I'm talking more!
- Mark J
2.29.... 26 HR, 89 RBI
- .LAG liked that
.15 on March 21, 2009. Now .19.
- Lix
Thanks, MarkJ, .LAG and Alix! :)
- Micah
Thank you, Deepak!
- Micah
1.47 (24757/16749)
- Bren
I make a lot of comments but no one like me, so I guess the ratio is infinite or undefined.
- Sue - Friendfeed is best
1.45 (29653/20444) *BUMP*
- Micah
1.22 (31900/26233)
- holly #ravingfangirl
.59 (58,923/99,251)
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
6.61 (2825/427 )... I'm a wee bit chatty
- Shannon - GlassMistress
I had exactly a 2:1 ratio as previously reported [Aug 30, '09], now I am at: 1.7241:1 ratio. 6,067 comments to 3,519 likes.
- Just Joe
0.79 as of 6 Jan 2011.
- John E. Bredehoft
my brain hurts
- Morgan
Two years later and my ratio has climbed from 3.4 to 4.675. I've got a lot to say, apparently.
- Kevin Fox
Funnily, I didn't notice until after leaving that comment that when I reported my stat in 2009 I also followed it up with "I've got stuff to say." I didn't say it was *new* stuff...
- Kevin Fox
1.000 (27093/27080)
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Now 2.2 - was 1.8
- Que Sarah Sarah
I've had an improvement since the last few times this has come up. I was .49 or close to it, now I'm running a .57 ratio
- Bluesun 2600
1.68 (55826/33281)
- Jenny R
81.1 - rising consistently
- Chris Heath
1.59 (9,426 comments/5,940 likes; 06JAN11) Still climbing!
- Mark J
Some people like *likes* a lot more than others!
- Mark J
I think this is the oldest thread I see that still gets new comments added.
- Sue - Friendfeed is best
*BUMP*
- Micah
1.40 (32175/22968)
- Micah
I dunno, I'm not good with math
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
0.35 ... Apparently I'm not very talkative.
- John (bird whisperer)
Thanks, John and Shawn.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
looks familiar...
- WoH: Minding her Steves
2.6 (wow, this thread is like my yearly checkup; thanks micah and friendfeed, 3+years and going strong [6.4%, 2.33%])
- chaz2b
1.02 (38,615, 37,927) 9/27/11
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
1.29 (36,959 / 28,580)
- Micah
Thanks, Jimminy, Bren, WoH, and chaz2b. :)
- Micah
.46 now. :)
- LB so u no it's real
Thank you, LB.
- Micah
0.33 (34741/105115)
- John (bird whisperer)
0.93
- caj needs a haircut
Thanks John. Gracias, caj.
- Micah
1.57 (24,460/15,624). It was 1.12 the day after the OP.
- Tinfoil 2.0
The likes dim and comms brim.
- Micah
2.91; 6.43% (@ 2yrs ago) 2.33% (@ 1yr ago). for history's sake, this thread was started shortly after i found friendfeed, or friendfeed found me, so it holds a special place in my heart. thanks for keeping it around mr micah
- chaz2b
You're certainly welcome, chaz2b. In some way it feels like a living heirloom to me. :)
- Micah
1.66 (13,580/8196)
- Mark J
*BUMP*
- Micah
1.25 (40,008/31,895)
- Micah
1.15
- Kristin
0.33
- John (bird whisperer)
1.41
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
5.12
- Julian
3 (2.991) (and now the list has become too lengthy for me to track my progress, ;) [dumb me, i have a post not 10 lines ago in history, from 090711 2.91; 6.43% (@ 2yrs ago) 2.33% (@ 1yr ago) ;) ]
- chaz2b
1.76. Last two entries were 1.8, 2.2.
- Que Sarah Sarah
from iPhone
1.91
- I like big Botts
.79
- Shevonne
24 072 / 35 095 = 0.685909674
- AJ Batac :)
0,77 (before and after this comment)
- loi
2.65 (69,814 comments/26,281 likes)
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