Ginger Makela

Here's a conundrum: who do I give the "like" to? Scoble, whose brand already has major momentum and already has comments. Corvida, who got to it first (as usual). Ontario Emperor (who I don't "know" but has great commentary), or Atul Arora, who posts a lot of great stuff but doesn't get many likes or comments? - Ginger Makela

Hey FF devs, if you can figure out how to do "Group Similar" to keep these kinds of items not only together, but also ensure the comments stay in one place, that would be awesome. - Vince DeGeorge

You give it to Scoble, the originator of the content. Other benefits would be that as Scoble has more followers, your "Like" will be exposed to more viewers, especially as the story goes up the page. With the FriendFeed community growing, if we all "liked" shared items, which are frequently duplicated, we'd be in a spiral of happy feelings. (BTW - That's my 1000th FriendFeed comment!) - Louis Gray

it's an interesting question - but we might not have to answer the "who's first" question....rather, why not share likes universally? If Scoble shares a link and I "like" it, and then someone else shares that same link later on, Friendfeed could notify them that "x number of people" have also liked that article....rather than re-bubble all the links up to the top, maybe only the original link that was submitted gets bubbled up. - Adam Kazwell

@Vince That would be excellent. Another way to find people from around FF you have stuff in common with - if they've shared or liked similar articles. - A Bat

Louis, you are a writing machine. How many words a day do you type, and what's your typing speed? - Vince DeGeorge

@Vince, your suggestion seems to be quite valid - Varun Mahajan

@Vince: They have the ability to group similar, but they choose not to because they don't want to. They want each instance of the post to have its own community. - engtech

Ginger - I agree with Louis. You should give it Scoble since he is the originator of the content. And thanks for kind words. I will keep posting great stuff. - Atul Arora

@Vince, it's been a long time since I checked typing speed. I should do that some time. But writing for me is pretty easy, and fun too! - Louis Gray

I'll like the same URL multiple times. - Mike Reynolds

if you give it to somebody else than the "original" then I assume there is something you like about this specific entry and not the original. [which is also why I asked for the bookmarklet to find stuff because I want to find the original. - Nicole Simon

But sometimes I hit like because the comments were as (or more) interesting than the original post. Often, it is the comment stream that causes me to click the link in the first place. - Diane Ensey

@Mike: Main problem with that is it takes up space in your Likes page. Perhaps if there could be grouping in *just* the Likes page for people who like the same URL multiple times... - A Bat

i would assume a 'this originally belongs to' could make sense. all those tinyurl services seem to enerate one url from a base link, so resolving is possible, google shared items are usually going back to a link or they go to a redirect link (which is the same all the time as well) etc. - Nicole Simon