Interesting. I wish I saw more Friend of a Friend. Of course, whenever I see one of those, I subscribe. - Robert Scoble
Franklin, click "hide" on any Friend of a Friend entry, then click "See options for hiding other items like this," then choose either "Hide all stuff from friends-of-friends" or "Hide all stuff from Friendname's friends-of-friends" - Mark Trapp
Franklin: click "Hide" and then click the options. You'll see that turning off Friend of a Friend is one of the options. - Robert Scoble
Back to the thing that caused this post. What about the Friend of a Friend posts pissed you off? I'm always trying to figure out what kind of behaviors here make people mad. - Robert Scoble
Mark: Thanks. I'm still getting used to the interface. - Franklin Naval
I are confused. I can't find said "Hide" - Outsanity
I like what you said and tend to do the same, but then, I only got the message through the friend of friend feature... nice contradiction - Julio Alonso
@Scoble: Originally I loved the Friend of a Friend because it was a brilliant discovery mechanism. As FF has grown, I have more (direct) friends so I was slowly overcome by an insidious growing stream that included micro-posts of the sort I despise ('I have a runny nose. Goodnight'). I could have filtered individuals or specific services but blocking all FOAF has been like a breath of fresh air. I will still discover interesting people (who are commenting) but I normally only add 1 friend a day. - Andy C
I had Friend of a Friend turned off but I see it as an way to find new people now. - Ross Armer
As a newcomer to FF, I like the FOAF feature. But I must say that it generally results in similar content -- because these friends tend to have similar interests. I peruse the "Everyone" tab now and again to see what I am missing in other circles. (My conclusion is there are few other circles yet on FF.) - David Muir
I find FOAF is like the Explore button on Flickr - Tom Quinn
I've turned it off myself. You'll find me or I'll find you. I don't need the recommendation in this manner. It's crowding my stream and I can't get to people that I actually want to read. - Corvida
Found this post via the FOAF feature. Gonna subscribe to Andy C now. That's the benefit you lose when you turn off FOAF - finding people you didn't know about. - Hutch Carpenter
So I borrowed my house mates pc.....This is such a thought provoking post. I had decided to start adding at least one name person per week as they jumped out at me. Just added someone in fact. Corvida has a great idea that in a fashion we we bounce into what we are meant to see. In opposition would seem to be wading thru a sea of noise but finding pearls in the making. Darnit if I don't like both. I will still keep the flow unfettered. :) - Mathew A. Koeneker
it seems silly this desire to control the "noise" by closing off the system so that only what is already inside stays inside, for by taking this defensive stance there is a very low probability of any new information entering the system and thereby allowing one to be educated, entertained and enlightened. - Nathan Eckenrode
So surprised to see this as the best post of the day. For me, the whole value of FriendFeed is in the friend of a friend. I subscribe to certain popular people just to get the benefits of who they follow! - JMaultasch
