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I like having each service as an individual contact. Much easier. Can we see the same for Pownce? - Chris Nixon

Well, IMified has taken bot to a next level.. I even created a customized option to check my google calendar appointments for today (a quick schedule for today) by interacting with bot! Not sure, if they have one for Pownce.. - Jigar Mehta from bTT

One year later. Just bumping this because it's the one year anniversary of the only item on FriendFeed to get more than 400 likes. (452 at the moment) - Ken Sheppardson

450. - Volkan Yılmaz ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶

Mark lol :-) - Duncan Riley

I value Digg. But Digg is push; FF is pull. Which is truly the Web 2.0 application? - Chris Baskind

I also appreciate the egalitarian aspect of FF - no rankings, no voting (except for the likes - which help, but are based on content, no matter where it comes from) - and there is still a real feeling of community - Frederic

and no MrBabyMan, but in all reality Friendfeed is basically all stuff I like, with Digg I gotta sort though a pile of junk to find a handful of articles I like - BCK from twhirl

#3 is part of the social evolution. Eventually, we won't use services like digg, reddit, etc,. as much as before, not just because we won't have time :-) it's mainly because everyone can have the same "user power" when they submitting stuff to Twitter, Friendfeed etc,. - Orli Yakuel

should I comment on this or the digg post, hmmm - El-Hassan Wanas

It isnt overun but 11 people boosting the same political / copyright "news" to the front page every 3 minutes? - Soulhuntre from twhirl

I'm getting annoyed with half the conversation on friendfeed dealing with which social network is better. friendfeed is the best interface, but it is bad that there is nothing but a bunch of dorks here. IMHO MySpace and facebook has the best people... too bad the administration is fascist and the interface stupid. digg links to friendfeed. I don't have a problem with it beyond the fact that it is hard to use - Noah David Simon

@ndsimon totally agree ive hidden as many meta-high-noise users as possible but its hard to avoid. the main issue is that comments should be hidden by default and can be opened by clicking on. as it is they take up too much realestate and also keep old items at the top if they have comments which intermittently get added thus adding the item to the top again which shouldnt happen either. - ben barren from Alert Thingy

If users are finding some streams on FF too noisy, shouldn't they just stop following the user instead of constantly hiding their posts? You can't filter Digg's front page in the same way. - RyanEs

FF is a web 2.0 chat room. It def appeals to the tech first mover crowd as previously there was no good way for us geeks to have constructive conversations at any moment on any topic. Previously we would have had to participate out in the open with the Diggers or one blog at a time. - Jason Goldberg

I am still hoping to seem some improvements in sorting/organizing the FF view to be easier to scan at-a-glance, but I definitely like it much better than Digg. - Jeremy Hall

Go Duncan! Friendfeed starting to hit that sweet spot. - Alex Hammer

Agreed! - Jeremy Kunz from twhirl

I Digg stuff that people ask me to Digg that is actually good content. I never visit the site otherwise because my introduction to it showed me that it was just a bunch of elitist crap. My friends and associates should take action to promote my content based on the fact that it's awesome, not cuz I asked them to. - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

@chris - push is not web 2.0. Remember Pointcast? Total web .5 push tech. - Phil G

Excellent post Duncan, you are spot on. I don't even visit Digg anymore. Occasionally i will pull up there feed in G Reader, compare that to the countless hours i spend and devote on Friendfeed. The clear winner is FF on all fronts. - Mike Fruchter

The Wisdom of the Crowds depends a lot on who's in the crowd. - Leo Laporte

Do you ever sleep? =) - Craig Eddy

I love this http://mail2ff.com/ which is how I got the stats here. No, I don't sleep, at least not with a teething baby and a deadline for Fast Company magazine. Sigh. Truth is I'm addicted to this stuff. - Robert Scoble

Thanks for the mail2ff link...I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out how you got that here. - Craig Eddy

Soo.... how many people are following you on FriendFeed? - Orli Yakuel

11,556 are subscribed to me and I'm subscribed to 2,625. That's WAY faster growth than I saw on either Twitter or Facebook. - Robert Scoble

I wonder why this data is not open to the public. (and Wow!) - Orli Yakuel

They need a time active clock on there to see how addicted you really are! - Joe Dawson

Probably because it encourages contests which turn services really lame. - Robert Scoble

Robert, I see your point, but never felt this way on Twitter. I actually always thought it's an interesting piece of data. - Orli Yakuel

Scoble: Start posting boring stuff. Then I won't have anything to "like". :-) - Mitchell Tsai

Totally honored to be on your "People you find interesting" list. I'm pretty sure you are at the top of mine for people I find interesting. - Andrew Dobrow

People aready think that I am a freak! But what are you then?? *lol*...via feedalizr - Dieter Schwarz

how does FriendFeed scale at that level Robert from a usability perspective? I can only imagine the feeds of 2,600 people being a nightmare to keep up with - Jamie

Jamie: it's easier to keep up with that level here than over on Twitter. Why? Most of those people aren't using FriendFeed to be interactive with, yet, but are just using it as an aggregator. look at how Mike Arrington is using it, for instance, he's only left three comments here total. Ever. So he's very easy to keep up with. - Robert Scoble

I think there could be some sort of filters he is using to find just what he needs in middle of all that information flow? Or am I right, Scoble? - Daniel Schildt

@Robert you are on it here though, even in the advanced search when you click on one user it comes back with - a nickname, like "scobleizer" - Joe Dawson

so gald you posted your stats robert. i did that yesterday afternoon at the suggestion of josef robey. it's very enlightening and i think FF should make it possible to make your stats public right in the service instead of having to screenshot them and repost. - Fred Wilson

i've now seen three of these, yours, mine, and josef's and they all are very similar with twitter being about half of the content, then blog and google reader. everything else seems to be pretty minimal except for people like me who are very active on tumblr. - Fred Wilson

Fred, mine as well, which is actually sort of an odd chart http://friendfeed.com/e... - Andrew Dobrow

Seems to be tracking those that are really active on FF, rather than those that are 'truly' interested ?? - Charlie Anzman

I think they are correlative factors, Charlie. It tracks people who comment on and like things you post. The people who score high are going to be people who are more active; they're probably actively commenting on and liking a bunch of other people's posts, too. - Mark Trapp

wow, I'm above Gillmor! *\o/* Go me! Go me! - Bwana ☠

Robert: I made a screen shot just after Rooms so I could track the changes each month. - Russellreno

I think Robert is one of the few people, if not the only one, who has Upcoming in his chart - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Scoble - would love to see #11-20... the top 10 is a little... typical? - Jeremy Toeman

Oh Yeah, I am totally stalking Scoble!! LOL. Actually, I love his stuff and enjoy nearly everything he writes cuz it's techie awesomesauce everyday! - Susan Beebe

FF3 and Vista FTW! - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Jeremy: very typical, 7 names show up on both mine and Robert's list - jcunwired

@Shey: Linux and FF FTW! and If not Linux, OSX :) - directeur

Josef's stats: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2144... - Josef

btw, I didn't mention this to Fred for the people part of the chart (I have none), I did it to gauge popularity of the product/service. Will be interesting to see these charts in a year. - Josef

Link to other people's stats http://friendfeed.com/e... - Mitchell Tsai

Robert: upload to Flick then use the FF Bookmarklet - The chart is easier to read. - Russellreno

this guy is crazy good. - Vincent

very cool. I wonder how he'll do with choreographed dances? are you going to put in SYTHYCD room? - Pokai

that was bad ass. - Joe Mac Stevens

I saw this on TV the other night and he's awesome. - Robert Scoble

I love this guy! I hope he can manage the choreography they'll be throwing at him soon. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Haha, you know you're good when it looks more like really well done CG than a human doing it live. That's great! - Bob from Alert Thingy

Watch me put my foot in my mouth! - El-Hassan Wanas

I guess I'm not the only guy who digs that show. :) - David Risley

it'll be interesting to see if this just repeats all year, or new moves are added. - Scott Cate from Alert Thingy

so who's better? Him, or David Elsewhere? http://www.youtube.com/watch... - shaun mclane

woof - Duncan Riley from fftogo

Dogster is Pawsome! @thrashr888 wants to find a way for every dog on the site to have a twitter feed after I told him about Jason Scott's cat this weekend. :-) - Lisa L. Seifert

indeed....via feedalizr - Eric Schlissel

Sweet! You'll be in my neighborhood, Robert. :-) Can't wait to see the results of your interview... - Lisa L. Seifert

Cool. I'll try to do a Qik too, although Rocky is bringing all our HD equipment. After that we'll head to Mochi Media. - Robert Scoble

@scobleizer don't let Ted sniff your butt...via feedalizr - Eric Schlissel

scoble mochi media are good value, their tshirts arent half bad either - Duncan Riley from fftogo

Thanks, Eric. Duly noted. Promised myself I'd log off before midnight, so Feedalizr is bookmarked (& earmarked *ahem* - pun intended...) for installation tomorrow. - Lisa L. Seifert

@scobeleizer - will you send a tweet if you do a Qik? Please? Thanks! - Lisa L. Seifert

Lisa: yeah, I'll try to do that. We'll be there at 1 p.m. - Robert Scoble

Scoble: You and Rocky should have lunch at Axis Cafe' beforehand... BEST Tomato Basil Soup EVER and a pretty tasty turkey sandwich with pear/currant relish, chipotle mayo, bacon. Great coffee. Wine & beer, too. YUM! @1201 8th Street, east of DeHaro (street Dogster is on...) on the SE corner of 16th St. & 8th St. Or go afterwards. The Dogster folks eat there often as well and can help you find it. :-) Looking forward to the Qik. And say "hi" if you meet my friend, Paul Thrasher and/or his dog, Griffin! - Lisa L. Seifert