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and the music sounds as a good jazz quintet. Some people call jazz a noisy brouhaha, I call it symbiose :) - directeur via NoiseRiver

I do not follow him (and other social celebrities) on friendfeed, because their relevant content shows up in my feed anyway thanks to my network which acts as a social recommendation engine. As long as enough people in my network follow, like and share them, I do not have to do the same. - Lars Trieloff

directeur that is your method and I hope it works for you! I like to broadcast my message to people who listen and value what I have to say! I do not need millions of ears that do not understand my music. - Igor The Troll

Igor, I'm not talking about "my" music - I'm talking about the music that comes to my ears through the thousand people arround. I didn't meant that it was the best way to "broadcast" (though it may really be) I meant that the people arround him are smart generally and the "noise" they produce by sharing their information, ideas... is very beautiful. - directeur via NoiseRiver

Well if you can filter thousands of people to get a few relevant messages good luck. I have a tight knit selective followers/following that I get my signals from. I guess I follow leaders from the relevant industries. It takes a little time getting to know them, but I value their opinions. - Igor The Troll

I follow Scoble because he has tons of interesting information on an almost daily basis. - Muthu Ramadoss

I follow Scoble cuz he is SMART, techie at heart, and funny! Plus he brings news of good stuff fast and draws amazing conversations around it all...neat! - Susan Beebe

This is true, but Scoble is not the only 'node' in the network. This is an effective strategy if you want to know what is new in technology, but that's often different than 'what matters'. Either way, there's a reason I stay close to him, he's a good person. - Jeremiah Owyang

Jeremiah, of course, he's not the only node. By the way, If you're looking for jazz, Scoble is listening to Eminem :) And yes, I don't know him very much but from the few discussions I've had with him I'd say he's a good person too :) Now, me and him don't agree on some things but I like it when I have someone who brings new arguments to the table. And, yes, Susan's right too: he's smart, funny and techie: a geek :) - directeur via NoiseRiver

Scoble node FTW! woo hoo! - Susan Beebe

I follow Robert Scoble first because his name jumped out of the cloud at me even as a Liberal Arts kind of dude. I continued to follow him as my impression was the same as Jeremiah's. He is a good fella. Plus as has been mentioned he is connected with all that is tech. His many freinds/followers bring in things I would not otherwise be exposed to. - Mathew A. Koeneker via fftogo

I am not against Scoble god, but there are other deities out there! Maybe you will like Amon-Ra or join Trollism! Or whatever other fancy that pleases your social pallet! - Igor The Troll

The obsequiousness towards Scoble can get mighty heavy here on FriendFeed... - Rick Powell

And that is why I have not blocked you or anyone else or their full feeds. But some days you really push the part of troll almost too far. Today, so far, not being one of them. - Mathew A. Koeneker via fftogo

Igor: let's clear this :) I, myself, find him smart, funny and as much as geek as I like people generally. I disagree with him on a few things. There's lots of threads in FriendFeed where me and him have "trolled" about noise and signal for example. We have different (maybe the same finally, who knows) visions of these things. But, still, I do respect the man and he has the merits I said. The most thing that is worth respect in him, IMO, is his humility. Let's tell it, he's just humble to answer, discuss and explain anything techy with just anyone. You can't disagree with this. - directeur via NoiseRiver

Ha Mathew you so kind! But I will not submit to the tyranny of the Scoble god. I have my own God and only He I worship. - Igor The Troll

boy am glad I Blocked that Igor dude! hehehehe! - Susan Beebe

I do often tend to push the envelop, but mark me, it is always for a good cause. - Igor The Troll

Susan, maybe I will block you just for Fun, and tell everyone on the internetz how enamored you are with Scoble! LOL - Igor The Troll

@directeur, good point. - "Czar" DJ Peterman

He's a tech evangelist and I like what he preaches. - Vince DeGeorge

AMEN brother! :*) - Susan Beebe

Multi ears Shiva?:) - Igor Poltavskiy

directeur If Scoble is as humble as you say, why did he block me on Twitter and later on Friend Feed just because I wrote a critique post of him Pimping the Chinese Earthquake Twitter story? I was not the only one who criticized him on that. Danny Sullivan a highly respected Search Engine journalist who runs Search Engine Watch and Search Engine Land has also criticized Scoble for this! My post http://www.igorthetroll.com/bl... - Igor The Troll

Are we as Social Media bloggers not allowed to criticize another blogger for fear that they will block and out us to the community as a Troll? Is this not abuse of Power and corruption? Is this not Mass Media cronyism that we so full heartedly abhor? - Igor The Troll

Igor, I'm already aware of this actually and do believe that twitter is not a good place or a reliable medium for these kind of news. BUT I was talking about his behavior here. I don't know why are you having misunderstandings, you two alone can solve this alas. But overall from my own experience and interraction with him. He always has been friendly with me even when we disagreed. - directeur via NoiseRiver

A little more about Danny Sullivan! "Danny's expertise about search engines is often sought by the media, and he has been quoted in places like The Wall St. Journal, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, Forbes, The New Yorker and Newsweek and ABC's Nightline." http://thirddoormedia.com/team... Actually Danny worked as a BBC journalist, so I really respect his opinion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D... - Igor The Troll

directeur I think Scoble is a smart guy, but for some reason I scare him! Did I step on his Ego? I hope we can resolve our differences! I am not out to get him, or increase my followers, or my credibility by targeting him! - Igor The Troll

Igor; I hope you'll clear this like two gentelmen usually do: with a nice and friendly discussion :) - directeur via NoiseRiver

He also follows a lot of people back as well and generously participates in threads. Scoble isn't a user (in the base, nasty form). - Duncan Riley

I blocked Igor because he's a jerk and I choose not to let them into my life anymore. Sorry. I keep watching his behavior with others and see that I was right in my block. - Robert Scoble

Robert you keep repeating the word jerk as if it is the only word you have for me in your lexicon! So I will call you an Elitist and a corrupt hypocrite! - Igor The Troll

Maybe directeur can be Kofi Anan and mediate peace so we can avoid nuclear Annihilation between Scoble and Igor The Troll. LOL - Igor The Troll

Duncan, I wonder if Michael blocked me on TechCrunch because of his friendship with Scoble? I never said anything bad to Michael or treated him or his readers with any disrespect on TechCrunch. - Igor The Troll

Hum... what to say here? I'll have to moderate this thread if I spot any insult. Seriously. Don't get me wrong please!... Igor, you feel he misunderstands you? He won't see your comments here anyway since he blocked you. I deeply believe, like an old guy used to old means, that some email exchange will solve this. I don't know the details and to be frank, I don't have to know them... So use the classic methods and exchange friendly emails like gentelmen do. - directeur via NoiseRiver

Well, one person's opinion of the other seems a little closer to the mark. And let's just say, I'm not thinking of blocking Scoble. - Brian Norwood

directeur thank you for trying to help out! I am always open to make peace with Scoble or anyone else who feels they have been insulted by me! I am sure every user has different relationships with different people. I never go out of my way to disrespect someone! While I have my entanglements I judge each person by their own merits! Oh and no need to moderate, I would not offend a host! ;-) - Igor The Troll

Brian we all wear masks, if not, we would be naked! You need to look inside and judge a person by their merits of their substance not their popularity! But your opinion and judgment is yours. - Igor The Troll

This annoying "Igor the Troll" person has actually served a useful purpose, at least in my case: I was inspired to figure out what all this talk of FriendFeed's "block" function is about. Thanks Igor, now I will never hear from you again! - sage brennan