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Well, it looks like Twitter is under ddos attack again.
Rob Schieber liked this
Explains much
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
Shel. when is your book out?
- Hugh MacLeod
The attackers picked a slow day for news wonder why?
- courtney benson
Just realized Twitter is working on the new retweets - could it be that they messed up and there is no DOS attack :-)
- courtney benson
Shel's book "Twitterville" comes out in September (I think Sept 3).
- Kenneth
Why did you link from Twitter to this restatement of your tweet? Where is the substantiating link? I thought you'd link to Mashable or TechCrunch or CNET article. What is this, friend? :^)
- Steven E. Streight
Is this a FriendFeed promotion. If so, it worked. It made me realize that I had not set up a personal FriendFeed account. Thanks! (RT @mashable: Twitter is Down: Long Live Twitter - http://bit.ly/VPP3t)
- Deb Markham
Twitter's down here in the UK. Everywhere?
Yep. I'm not getting Twitter here in texas, either. Which is why I'm on Friendfeed now...
- Hugh MacLeod
Yep. Not working for me, either...
- Hugh MacLeod
Yeah, 'been getting updates on the Leadville 100 all morning but this last few minutes nothing anymore (SE TX).
- 1x29
Error 101 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET): Unknown error.
- 1x29
HTTP Server Error 503 No available server to handle this request
- 1x29
Twitter went down on me.
Robert MacEwan, Darío Vasconcelos and Ryan Sholin liked this
That's gross...
- Ryan Mills
is it me or is this just wrong how you phrased this?
- Jim Goldstein
so you caused the problem - I knew it
- martin gover
Yep. I'm not getting Twitter here in texas, either. Which is why I'm on Friendfeed now...
- Hugh MacLeod
It sucks.
- Jemm
Good time to say "That's what she said"
- Shevonne
Twitter is 'Responding to site downtime' http://status.twitter.com/post...
- Yung-Hui Lim
Just popped back online for me
- Andrew Leyden
Did the same to me.
- James Rinfret
Very Gross.
- Glenn
Twitter live again
- Mike Shulman
you shouldn't kiss and tell - nasty
- Robert MacEwan
@gtzi How many followers does one need for Twitter to become TRULY useful? Hard to say, but for me it kicked in around the 5K mark.
George Tziralis liked this
Can you define what truly useful means to you? What has it done for you?
- Mike Bresee
Two main benefits: 1. If I have a question needing answered or a problem needing solved, I have this huge network of people who might be able to help me. That's the main benefit. 2. Twitter was GREAT at spreading early buzz about the book. The buzz made the book a bestseller in less than a week... and it's still feeling that momentum, big-time. Hugh
- Hugh MacLeod
from email
I'm getting worrying reports that people using gmail can't see my #CDFnewsletter images. And I SENT IT out on gmail! WTF?
They have to click the "allow images" option at the top of the page. I do that and your images show just fine.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
I know. They do that too. Hopefully the problem isn't too widespread.... Thanks for writing in! :) Hugh
- Hugh MacLeod
from email
Just sent out the #CDFnewsletter http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveabl... Anybody receive it yet?
just received the #CDFnewsletter
- John Deisher
Thanks! Yeah, people on Twitter are telling me they're now getting it... Hugh
- Hugh MacLeod
from email
Just posted a new Apple-bashing cartoon http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveabl...
Marcel Weiß, edythe, Brian Sullivan and Alexander Carlill liked this
Pretty weak for a bash don't you think?
- Brian Sullivan
Brian, I was being ironic when I said "Apple-bashing". Just being a tease etc. Please remain calm ;-)
- Hugh MacLeod
Since Web2 doesn't naturally facilitate critical thinking, it's either bashing or emotional blow jobs.
- Amanda Chapel
Yay! Blow jobs!!!
- Hugh MacLeod
Hmm -- what would constitute an emotional blow job I wonder?
- Brian Sullivan
Hugh... in the name of "art," you get away with a lot.
- Amanda Chapel
Yes, Amanda, that was all part of my evil plan from the very beginning ;-)
- Hugh MacLeod
Not funny.
- Amanda Chapel
@AmandaChapel I get away with being lewd on occasion, you get away with impersonating a woman. Vive la difference ;-)
- Hugh MacLeod
Small minds throw that accusation when offended. Sorry. The fact is I'm not impersonating a thing. I was adding to the topic here which was/is your cartoon.
- Amanda Chapel
Amanda, I am not offended, nor do I believe that your sex is female. Sorry if I have disappointed you on either count.
- Hugh MacLeod
Your judgment puts your "art" into question. That was the point. And again you underscore it. Fact is: Dopes don't produce art. They bash or give emotional blow jobs.
- Amanda Chapel
PS Good news is it makes you a hero among the talentless.
- Amanda Chapel
Hi, I am Anna! please how are you! hope you are fine and in perfect condition of health.I went through your profile and i read it and took interest in it,please if you don't mind i will like you to write me on this ID(anna4isaac@yahoo.com) anna4isaac/AT/ya/hoo/DOT/com hope to hear from you soon,and I will be waiting for your mail because i have some thing VERY important to tell you.Lots of love Anna!
- anna
1938media is brilliant and evil. I discuss why here:
Philip J Beyer, Tyson Key, Steve Averill and 25 other people liked this
This morning he was only following 30 people. Now he is following 3000+. of course now everyone is talking about that. More shortly.
- Robert Scoble
Is here -here-?
- Shawn Farner
I want my old Loren back. He is the Don Rickles of Twitter.
- Robb Vaules
All I know is I'm not ever going to a French restaurant with him. Maybe BBQ, but not French.
- Rod Bauer
I'm going to Like this one already ... even without seeing what Robert is going to say.
- Nick in Manila
That reminds me...I owe Loren an apology. Off to email while you complete your thought.
- Ron's Home And Hardware
this is the funniest shit i've seen on twitter for a while. better than the bs bickering all of you seem to get up to on a daily basis. on the plus side, igor seems to have lost twitter (for the time being)
- Terry O'Fee
thats how the good personalities do it in this game. look at arrington. Hes an evil genius. It's not evil in a wrong moral type of way either.
- jason l baptiste
Why bother discussing it?
- Michael Krigsman
He is playing all of us like a violin and we are falling for it. We are dopes!
- Robert Scoble
you maybe. i'm sitting back and laughing...
- Terry O'Fee
Michael: Is someone forcing you to read things you aren't interested in? Holding a gun to your head? Seriously - not interested, don't read it.
- Renee Hendricks
Not me, I still don't know who the hell this person is.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
Krigsman: because so many people are. We are all self-centered and he is using us in a big play.
- Robert Scoble
he's not evil, he just call it like he sees it and refuses to take part in all of this mental masturbation over the teacup tempests that get whipped up in the twittersphere that really, in the end, amounts to very little. he's a cold dose of reality, which is a refreshing counter-balance.
- Morgan
Terry: I for one will not mourn the loss of igor (hoping it isn't just a short loss).
- Renee Hendricks
thank you morgan! *HUGS*
- Terry O'Fee
He banned me. I haven't the slightest clue why or when. I simply realized one day that he wasn't on my list and went to check. Loren is a nutjob - so I banned him back. He's the Howard Stern of social media.
- shira
Not sure what to make of it, but hey - he's seemingly been on the straight and narrow for the past few hours and I won't stop him.
- Shawn Farner
Susanne - you think he'll give up? I'm guessing he's just sleeping for the time being.
- Terry O'Fee
Terry: me too, truth be told. That is why Loren is brilliant.
- Robert Scoble
Or, he's off his meds
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
And now he has a database of 3000 dopes to have fun with.
- Robert Scoble
Robert - You're one of his targets! How you can sit back time after time and take it.. Hahaha Thick Skin maybe?
- Terry O'Fee
I'm still theorising somebody's slipped MDMA into Long Island's water supply..
- Terry O'Fee
Dave - Exactly!
- Terry O'Fee
"He's the Howard Stern of social media." shira - I think Loren would take that as a compliment.
- Mike Doeff
My primary concern is..uh...why do I care about what 1938media is doing? What has he ever said or don that was useful?
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
I would too. Howard Stern is great. He tells it like it is and never sold out. Not a big fan of his work but he deserves massive props.
- Terry O'Fee
shira: I blocked him here and on Twitter. Rahsheen: after spending time with Loren I realize we are all actors in his big play. He uses our egos and our predictabilities as roles in his play. I see what he is doing and I am in awe of how so many read his lines as if they were on a TelePrompTer. Including me. The dope army has arrived and Loren is its leader. Well played!
- Robert Scoble
He's definitely one I like to follow purely for his brutal honesty. Like a twitter mental sorbet.
- Renee Hendricks
Loren is a master. He plays us as if we were violins.
- Michael French
from twhirl
You can't deny he is good at getting people's attention but his personality is certainly not for everyone. I am still wondering what he actually does for work & to make money with 1938media.
- Johnny Makkar
I know somethiing was up when I got the "Loren Feldman is following you" email. He's been on a bigger than usual rampage the past few days.
- Rob H.
Terry: exactly!
- Robert Scoble
I'm waiting for one of you dopes to write a blog post about this ;)
- Terry O'Fee
Sure it's evil, but on the bright side, at least he's following me now.
- Logan Leger
What's the name of the play? Is it a drama queen, soap opera, or what? It is nothing wrong to be self-centered on a rational ground. It could take some introspection.
- Martin Lindeskog
Robert: Most likely that's the way he's playing it. Even so, I have to admit he's like an evil vice for me.
- Renee Hendricks
Until I become important enough for him to direct his attentions on me, I guess he's just another blow-hard in the social media space. I've watched a few of his vids...he only gets on my nerves. Anyway, I'm a black tech blogger. I don't exist to him.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
Johnny: entertainers make more money than newsmen
- Robert Scoble
"Or, he's off his meds - Rahsheen ™ " - Don't you mean on his meds?
- shira
Evil Genius. I heard he makes his cash writing for John Stewart ;)
- John Rubier
Agreed. Not sure about the "evil" part - just playing by his own rules. Loren's clearly very good at making people talk about what he wants them to talk about. But it is getting a little creepy all of that "niceness" coming from over in that corner of twitter. I'm wondering how hard it's making him laugh.
- Lucretia Pruitt
Oh Robert - According to Igor, it's your fault he was kicked off of twitter... He's writing a post now with all the latest conspriacy theories...
- Terry O'Fee
My god! http://www.igorthetroll.com/blog... He's LOST IT!!! WTF!!
- Terry O'Fee
Too bad Igor has absolutely no proof to his accusations. He is 100% completely incorrect.
- Renee Hendricks
Don't feed the trolls.
- Mike Doeff
Susanne - IT'S IGOR. Facts have no place in his life...
- Terry O'Fee
OMG! Igor's Blog post is a riot!! WTF?!! what a looney
- Susan Beebe
he's not evil. or brilliant. he's just figured out social media better than the rest of you ;)
- Erin @queenofspain
This IS just a twisted joke that I'm not in on -- isn't it?
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Terry:Sorry, slipped my mind :D
- Renee Hendricks
Igor's post so reminds me of what we used to see cross the CNN boards whenever anything happened between Israel and Palestine. toooo funny.
- Karoli
which part? loren - probably. igor - certainly not.
- Terry O'Fee
I guess it's the Igor part that creeped me out.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Separating the mentally insane from the auditioning performance artists from the militant activists ... is, well, a tough job these days.
- Micah Wittman
Karoli - once upon a time it used to be funny. day after day of link spamming and I'm not too sure anymore..
- Terry O'Fee
ROBERT --- God you're right!! Brilliant - YES.. wow, Loren @1938media is amazing and wicked!
- Susan Beebe
Terry O'Fee - it wasn't funny on CNN either after the first couple of hours. We used to have to tag team those boards to keep them from degenerating into total insanity and even then we weren't always successful. It did spawn some awesome tools for management though. :)
- Karoli
karoli - as long as we can keep the billbo on fox news. he makes me laugh.
- Terry O'Fee
Regarding Igor's post: very funny. I had dinner with Israel's President last year and support Israel. My wife is an American citizen. Now you know why I blocked Igor long ago.
- Robert Scoble
Who's this Loren you speak of?
- Jesse Stay
Robert - Loren teasing is one thing, but that's just frightening.
- Terry O'Fee
I bet you are going to love this picture hahah http://twitpic.com/z8ab @Livecrunch
- Live Crunch Blog
He just went too far Robert, first he bans the french people, then he bans everyone that @ him , its just plain stupid, but after seeing his last tweet http://tinyurl.com/9ocogr I think he might have learned a lesson from someone, maybe its you Robert ;), he just needs to be more social, btw I wrote about him in a blog post : Tutorial for Anti-social people : How acting friendly might be good for you? http://tinyurl.com/84v3rn
- Ahmed
If you think he has learned anything prepare to be called a dope. He is using us all to make a point.
- Robert Scoble
it isn't me he is learning from. I do NOT recommend you follow everyone who follows you.
- Robert Scoble
alright, I understand, but what point is he trying to make?
- Ahmed
yes, Robert, what is the point? The man came out with a video depicting a black tech bloggers as being interested in mostly substance abuse and tracking prostitutes. he then followed this up with videos telling black people they were lame, saying that black people would never "get it together," and absolving white people of racism. so what was his point? that you can get attention or be a comedian to skinheads by "pretending" to be a racist fuckwit? can you please explain?
- Karim
I like how the word "Dope" has recently entered the Web 2.0 lexicon. We can thank Loren for that.
- Hugh MacLeod
Karim: the point he is making is we're all self-centered dopes who will talk about him if he does nothing more than block and then refollow you. Even better, when he abuses us with his "comedy" we talk about him even more. But, this week is all about his blocking and then turning nice. you should see how many people are talking about him. It's brilliant. And evil.
- Robert Scoble
it's NOT brilliant robert... its shows peoples DUMBNESS...like "nick nicholls" above... total sheeple action.... you said it robert... DOPES.. ;o).
- Rob Sellen :o)
I'm more offended by Britney Spears then that little .flv file with a funny Long Island accent
- paul mooney
+666 @Karim
- .LAG liked that
I knew it, he is using reverse psychology on us, I agree with you Robert, that guy is brilliant.
- Ahmed
I wondered if this was a new skit (like his Imus copycat crap) that he was pulling, but it seemed like way too much effort to engender just a few new yelling videos.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Robert, at most he is showing that *some* people are self-centered dopes. That's not "brilliant." It's not even news. I'm at a loss to understand your fascination with him and sycophantic adulation of him, given his racist videos for one, and his abuse of you personally for another.
- Karim
+++ Karim... well said... like you say it show THEM as dopes... :o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
Years ago, I'd decided that appearing mildly amused at a person's attempts to cause me discomfort would both make him feel ineffective and as unhappy as he was trying to make me. I wonder if that was Robert's strategy, but giving the offender compliments is an entirely different thing, I think. [grammar corrected]
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Mirroring is the best tactic.... mirror the idiots..and they dont know how to react. :o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
Yes, that's exactly my point, Mini. Any idiot with a $50 web cam can sit in their underwear and make racist videos or act out on Twitter. But as near as I can tell, only one of them gets regularly advertised by Scoble,.
- Karim
Karim: all good points. I never said I was not a dope. To me this is like that twitter phishing attack that was going around yesterday. It is worthy of a conversation because I see so many people falling for this. We're all egotistical baaaahhhhssssttttaaaarrrrrrdddddsssss and sometimes we let that show a bit too much.
- Robert Scoble
yeah, Robert, but you don't *laud* phishing attacks, you don't call them "brilliant." last i saw you talking about phishing attacks, you were saying, "Bad stuff. Be warned." (http://friendfeed.com/e...) and "Do not click [phishing] links..." (http://friendfeed.com/e...)
- Karim
when you said your son fell victim to the phishing attack, you didn't say (like you did above) that the phishing authors are "playing us like violins and we are falling for it. We are dopes!" you didn't say "we are all big actors in [the phisher's] play." you didn't smugly gloat that the phisher now has "a database of 3000 dopes to have fun with."
- Karim
i guess maybe the guy behind the phishing attack could start sending out racist tweets claiming that black people are lame. then you could call him "brilliant" like loren feldman?
- Karim
Social Media is like wine. If you don't mind a massive time sink taking over your life, the intellectual barriers to entry are few.
Reuben Thum, Dennis Homann, Mike Abundo and 23 other people liked this
I totally don't understand this metaphor. How is social media like wine?
- Michael Krigsman
I fully disagree with this. Wine is much better than social software
- Loic Le Meur
d'accords, Loïc!
- Prolific Programmer
Loic is dead-on right with that one!
- Michael Krigsman
I am enjoying some Merlot. Wine improves social software.
- Robert Scoble
Here here Robert. Enjoying some organic Carmel Valley merlot here.
- Jason Wehmhoener
Indeed it does, Robert. Indeed it does.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'd like to say I understand this, but I don't. :)
- emon hassan
@mkrigsman You need to drink the wine before attempting to decode the metaphor. Drink enough wine and it will be clear.
- Michael Markman
If Social Media is like wine than Twitter is like beer:)
- Igor Poltavskiy
Drink enough wine and the code will decode itself.
- Michael Krigsman
Maybe it should read "some" social media are "like wine" (huh?) since the original Twitter-er apparently doesn't consult "media" (plural, ie FriendFeed...) where people actually try to understand such cryptic statements.
- Brad Kligerman
If so, it's best served fresh. Think beaujolais nouveau.
- Nick in Manila
"With both social media and wine, to become expert in it, the biggest barrier to entry is not intellectual prowess, but time i.e. with both, you don't have to be a rocket scientist, you just have to spend a lot of time studying it." Is that clearer?
- Hugh MacLeod
much clearer, Hugh. Thank you.
- Valeria Maltoni
@ryananderson Poor ol' @amandachapel. By not having the balls to engage as a MAN who actually DID stuff, he had nowhere to go but down. Sad.
Bob LeDrew liked this
I was almost caught in the middle of this battle the other day -- obviously these two have some issues to work out. Not sure in public is really the way to do it
- Brian Sullivan
Brian, you're probably right ;-)
- Hugh MacLeod
he said BALLZ... uh uhu huh huh huh uh @aMANdaChapel
- Noah David Simon
could someone tell me where this person @aMANdaChapel has a right to say publicly that I'm a rapist? this has gone 2 far!
- Noah David Simon
there are libel and slander laws that go far beyond any terms of service. use them if you must. i suggest it.
- Andrew Feinberg
I might sue for libel if it effects my family biz, but so far she is such a joke that it helps me.
- Noah David Simon
in the mean time I need to prove who she is first for a court of law.
- Noah David Simon
Looking for a project to make love with!
purple freedom liked this
I like that line. I can certainly relate :)
- Hugh MacLeod
Wondering if they've invented an app yet that allows you to post on Twitter directly from Friendfeed...? More useful than doing vice-versa.
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have you looked at ping.fm? you can set it up to pot to FF and Twitter and identi.ca...) easily. Ping.fm is "write only" fyi.
- ron k jeffries
I believe there is a greasemonkey app that does just that. Try internetducttape I think. You should also be able to find it at ffapps.com
- David Adam
twitterfeed does that well but he's had some technical issues lately that he had to repair (not self inflicted) so not sure of the status - works well though
- mike "glemak" dunn
The GM script is here: http://tinyurl.com/2vu4q2 If you respond to a tweet in FF it's sent by Twitter as well as posted on FF.
- Jon Dillon
Thanks, Guys. I found the script: http://tinyurl.com/2vu4q2
- Hugh MacLeod
From The Guardian [UK]: "The World's 50 most Powerful Blogs". I'm Number 31, apparently. - http://www.guardian.co.uk/technol...
diana georgescu, Casey, Jamie and 2 other people liked this
damn ... im not even mentioned
- Nils Hitze
from twhirl
Interesting choices - not sure I'd say that some of them, number 8 for example, have any power as such.
- Richard Peat
Blogs?
- Tom Novak
Congrats. Are you surprised? What will you do with your power? "With great power comes great responsibility," and all that.
- Todd Defren
from twhirl
Todd Defren, "With great imaginary power comes great imaginary responsibility". ;-)
- Hugh MacLeod
Futzing around for a little while longer, then grabbing a shower, then drive 400 miles east to Austin, Texas. Coffee needed badly.
I've told some uber cool techie buddies of mine that were just visiting Edinburgh about your tweet up. I'm hoping they're giong to make the effort to pop by.
- Darcie
Darcy, tell you friends I hope they make it, thanks :)
- Hugh MacLeod
@1938media we do not allow personal attacks in comments on FastCompany.tv as a matter of policy and have removed several comments like that.
Nick O'Neill, Parth Awasthi, Karim and 47 other people liked this
Where's the comment policy about this? I can't find it.
- Matt Craven
some of the comments I saw before they got deleted were maybe harsh but they weren't personal attacks. they were about the quality of the show not about attacking you or shel. you just deleted every negative comment.
- Marcel Weiß
All comments except one sycophantic one was deleted. And that one looked like it was written by PR. I am really surprised. My suggestion would be to turn off comments. FastCompany is a censor? That's not something their PR people would like as a lead item.
- Frank Roche
To all the folks crying here -- Here is an idea. Create a better show you can. And please don't whine if your comments got deleted. Don't want to get your comments deleted - here is an idea - setup your blog, write a blog post on your blog criticizing to your hearts content. Nobody will delete that.
- Vic Podcaster
Is there any way to delete @vic's comment here? It seems overly negative and sarcastic.
- Frank Roche
This cottage industry that has formed around criticizing Robert and Shel is getting tired and worn. I think the people who are complaining are being disingenuous when they say they are just looking after SAP's money. No one seems to complain about the production quality of certain poorly lit loudmouths spewing in front of an isight. The censorship issue is clearly a red herring. I think someone is jealous of a couple of guys who actually have a sponsorship.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
The comments were attacks and were not constructive criticism.
- Robert Scoble
That's simply not true. I read the comments myself. They were hardly personal attacks.
- J T. Ramsay
Robert, please define "constructive criticism" as you see it. It makes no sense that some of those comments were deleted.
- Slobokan
@Scoble - you are normally pretty open about stuff. But your reply seems like a pretty lame cop-out.
- Tom Quinn
blackmailismylife: well, we judged them as attacks. There is, like Jay noted, a group of anonymous people who are just saying negative things about Shel in a way that's personal and attackive. I'm not going to put up with it anymore, at least on FastCompany.tv. Wanna do it somewhere else, like here, fine.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, they are baiting you.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
Constructive Criticism: next time ask a question without saying "um." Attack: you're an idiot.
- Robert Scoble
Jay: that's cool. Comment policy is important. It's not that I'm getting it right. I used to be far more open to letting people post whatever they want, but I'm definitely changing my view to match what you posted.
- Robert Scoble
Cream rises ;)
- Oldengrey (Jay)
I used to run a pretty busy community driven website, and was continually surprised at the amount of time and effort people would put into fighting with each other over the most petty and seemingly innocuous things.
- Jonathan Beckett
Tony: we wrote a book together, are friends, and I like him a lot -- he's helped launch dozens of companies in Silicon Valley. Loyalty in life has served me well.
- Robert Scoble
Tony: well, there will be major changes to the show starting on Friday. I'd love to hear your feedback about how the show goes. Your feedback IS being heard.
- Robert Scoble
1938 should shut up and move on. This crap only gets press because people keep trying to create a scandal.
- Andrew Ruess
from twhirl
The expression "jackalling" is sometimes used to describe the work done by a subordinate in order to save the time of a superior. (For example, a junior lawyer may peruse large quantities of material on behalf of a barrister.) This came from the tradition that the jackal will sometimes lead a lion to its prey. In other languages, the same word is sometimes used to describe the behavior...
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- Oldengrey (Jay)
Trying to create a scandal? Naw, I don't think so. I think people are just concerned about legitimate comments being deleted from fastcompany.tv. It reeks of censorship from within, and it does not look good from the outside.
- Slobokan
Censorship is an issue here. Deleting comments after the fact is not a good thing. If you don't have a policy then at least have comments placed in moderation first so they never appear. The fact that they were public and then removed just looks bad.
- Tom Quinn
Only one of the negative comments was preserved in Google's cache, but I for one would have left it up. Yes, it included the statement "Shel...do yourself a favor and go away," but it did include a valid comment about having the subject of the video actually appear within the first two minutes of the video.
- Ontario Emperor
@Ontario Emperor: Just Googled the comment you mentioned. Reading the whole comment I can see why it was deleted. Have I read worse comments on say Digg? Yes, but let's agree it would have been fine for the person to leave their feedback that they wanted to see the guest Tim Ferris before 2:27 minutes into the show, sign their name to it, and leave it at that.
- Loren Heiny
Someone should setup a comment mirror site or a wayback machine of sorts for blog comments.
- Eddie Codel
Sometimes bad PR may be good PR and I wanted to watch the interview myself: But I have a question Is there a low(er) bandwidth feed available, preferably without Flash?
- Arnd Gronenberg
Matt: our policy is here and covers all Mansueto Digital sites: http://www.fastcompany.com/service...
- Robert Scoble
Lots of professional media sites remove comments for a number of reasons. I'm happy to review the comments again tonight, but FastCompany’s initial review (they were deleted by a team at FC) were that they were pretty classic “troll” attacks. Sites such as NewYorkTimes.com review all comments for personal attacks before posting comments and we have adopted a considerably more open policy than this. But we'll consider all suggestions as to how we should handle our comment policy.
- Robert Scoble
Mooney: that's not constructive. How would you improve them?
- Robert Scoble
You know who you remind me of? The U.S. Government, you subdue all dissenters
- Andrew Fielding
Andrew: really? I didn't delete your comment here, so that proves you are wrong. There are plenty of ways for you to make personal attacks on the Internet. It's just that we're not going to let you do that on our properties. That's what Valleywag, your blog, or FriendFeed is for.
- Robert Scoble
Mooney: I'll personally review your comments shortly, it's also possible our spam filter is catching some of them. A couple of mine are held in moderation too.
- Robert Scoble
I don't see the big deal. People need to stop hyping this up. Companies have a responsiblity to mitigate risk. Taking down hate speech, abusive language, etc. is not a bad thing. Scoble can use FF, and/or his blog to 'keep the conversation' pure if needed. It's not like FC is the ONLY place for a discussion to occur. 1938media needs to chill.
- Ryan
@Robert - this can be an important point "but FastCompany’s initial review (they were deleted by a team at FC)" - does that mean you and Shel (and I haven't watched, so I don't know) did or did not participate or direct the deletion? Maybe there should be some way to keep the comment, since part of it could be useful, and delete the personal attacks with [PA deleted by admin]
- Sean
Don't see what a lot of people are complaining about. FastCompany has every right to remove comments from their own site. If anyone is upset by this they can post their comments elsewhere. It's not like there's nowhere else to post such comments.
- Paul Grav
I think you may have coined the word 'attackive'. Nicely done!
- Seth Eagelfeld
As far as I see it, a blog author or company has the right to remove whatever comment they want if it reflects negatively on the site or the authors. Free speech is one thing, but it's another when you have someone's name and reputation on the line. I support Robert in the decision. Don't let the trolls bait you anymore.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Thanks for posting the link - but your terms of service open to a blank page (checked on several browsers) and are on fastcompany.com rather than fastcompany.tv - there's no link at all on the fastcompany.tv site - how is someone to know what the comment policy is? Can anyone actually open the terms of service link on fastcompany.com??
- Matt Craven
There's nothing censoring you from saying what you want but, when you are on someone else's "turf" ..even if it is virtual turf..it's their rules. They aren't telling you that you can't speak at all or, you can't say something on your own space. They are just making sure their own site has the look and feel they are striving for. Otherwise, everything would turn into Digg or YouTube with comments. It's not "censoring". It's saying "Go somewhere else."
- Candace
Sean: Shel was not involved in deleting the comments. My bosses told me they were doing that and I agreed with them. So, the responsibility is mine, but there is a team watching the comments and deleting ones that aren't constructive criticism.
- Robert Scoble
Seth -- I'm wondering if there's a way to be constructively attackive or if being attackive is inherently personal and destruckive.
- Omar Gallaga
I wasn't making a personal attack, I was just saying using a politically charged analogy to say that I believe deleting anything other than spam or vulgar comments is something that shouldn't be done as it blocks the ability for other readers or viewers as it may be in your case, to see what others are thinking. I do however appreciate that you are taking a stance on this and looking in to it. I was going to say more but it seems that there is a maximum limit for comments on FF.
- Andrew Fielding
Matt: http://www.fastcompany.com/service... works here on several browsers. Part 3.2 (i) is the part you are looking for.
- Robert Scoble
BTW I just saw Sean's idea and I think that is a great idea, keep everything but the vulgar or vitriolic personal attack.
- Andrew Fielding
Friendfeed is the new Slashdot!
- paul mooney
Strange, the Service Terms won't load for me. No 404, just no content at all. I value sites that remove nonsense comments and spam, but often find the legitimately critical comments the most interesting. The grey area, of course, is tough, and will obviously piss off people one way or the other. Sometimes the "x comments below your threshold" approach is worth the complexity. Let people see the nonsense if they really want to.
- David Sky
Think you could take a hard lesson from @garyvee - Leave everything up. Taking stuff down leads to harsh discussions like this. Leaving it up rallies your supporters and in the end leaves you better off.
- Mark Drapeau
Weird, I'm getting a blank page now too. I'll get the tech guys to figure that one out. Sorry. I think a server is barfing.
- Robert Scoble
Mark: good point, but this is a business site and we're looking for a different tone to the comment area than, say, you'll see on Gary Vaynerchuk's site, or here on FriendFeed.
- Robert Scoble
I guess I don't really understand why you folks think that you have some sort of "right" to have your comments--legitimate or otherwise--displayed on FastCompany's site. I'm not a big fan of the material, but I sure don't have any expectation that FC will "publish" my feedback, even if it is constructive. If you want free/open conversation, you have blogs, FF, twitter... lots of venues. Nobody's "rights" are being violated.
- Ken Sheppardson
@Scoble...if this was still your personal site with no affiliation with FastCompany, SAP or any other, would you have handled this the same way?
- ryangraves
At the end of the day, it’s the right of the owner of the blog to have whatever TOS they want. People have to expect that a more mainstream pub will have stricter policies than a personal blog five people read anyway, no? Still, that’s no guarantee because everyone runs things differently. (Just scan the crap on Huffington Post, YouTube or Breitbart and see that TOS mean jack there.) I’ve also seen personal blogs ban people for things like opposing viewpoints. Bottom line: It’s FC’s blog—it’s their rules.
- mtlb
I have to agree with Mark Drapeau. No matter what, it is just better to leave stuff up and let things run their course. If someone attacks and what not, they will slowly lose credibility, even if it doesn't seem that way. I do agree that having people post insulting things is never wanted. When you take an action though you'll always have those ready to pounce and try and discredit you, etc. Just everything in my involvement with online communities has taught me that. Delete dups and link porn lol
- Dean Clark
ryangraves: I've been deleting comments on my personal site too and blocking people here on FriendFeed. I've had enough of jerks in my life. I don't need to have them part of my life anymore.
- Robert Scoble
Ken -- I think it's because people expect guys who are covering Web 2.0 culture to approach it in a Web 2.0 way, not in a "We own this site and can do whatever we want with your (unnecessary) participation" kind of way. I think that's what's angering people. And given the potshots Scoble regularly takes at "Old media" I find it ironic.
- Omar Gallaga
@Mooney: what confuses me is why you or anyone would even want to insult Scoble. he does a very specific thing for a specific audience. he gets incredible access to great companies and people who open up to him because he is genuinely interested in them. that is a rare, valuable thing. he is not the most polished journalist in the world but i and many others are okay with that. i don't like airbrushed journalists who tick off the whos, whats, wheres and whys and move on.
- mike
Dean: I disagree with you. I used to agree. But then I look at how Digg has gone downhill and how YouTube's comments are totally worthless. Omar: Web 2.0 does not mean you have to put up with jerks or trolls. Sorry. If I ever gave you that opinion, then I was wrong.
- Robert Scoble
There's a fine line that needs to be established and enforced with any comment policy, but basically, anywhere you want to be a bully online, if it's not in your own schoolyard, expected it to get deleted. Robert, I think the problem here is that line needs to be more clearly defined.
- Paul Short
Andrew, philosophically i agree with you...but anyone who has run some kind of online forum or even blog comment section can tell you that if you let really aggressive, insulting comments become a regular thing, it can drive away the majority of users who would otherwise have a productive discussion. it's fast company's house and they can throw out whoever they want for whatever they want. that ability can be abused but in this case i think they did the right thing. especially since robert is talking here
- mike
I didn't see the comments, but I saw the video and I wish you had asked Tim more about BodyQUICK. I had to look long and hard to find the ingredients and then showed them to a Herbolist. She was very familiar with all the compounds, but laughed because the best of them would have been cheaply sourced and in minuscule quantities and the rest were fillers.
- paul mooney
Paul: I agree. I'm still trying to figure out where that line is too.
- Robert Scoble
Clearly, personal attacks ought to be axed but the line is fuzzy. I say err on the side of letting negative comments stay and address them head on. A negative comment, even one with a personal attack element, if properly addressed will usually do the trick, at least for the onlookers-- you will not sway the detractor, however. And like David Sky, I find the dissent worthy of notice, not negation.
- Joseph Ferrara.Sellsius
Joseph: I used to agree. But if you let unconstructive comments run rampant it just takes over the tone and things turn worse and worse. It's one thing to do something simple like "I sorta like what you're doing, and here's how to make me really like it..." But it's a whole nother thing to come in and just try to make people feel bad. One is a constructive conversation, the other is just "I'm here to make a political point and rip you down." Er, "I wanna be a jerk."
- Robert Scoble
Mooney: why trust a content site at all? Either you like the content you see there, or you don't. If you care about the stuff you see there, but would get a little more enjoyment out of it if it were a little different, then let's have a conversation about that.
- Robert Scoble
Might it be best to deal with this sort of situation by just following a policy of turning off all comments? I don't just mean on this post in particular, but blogs in general. Push the conversation to platforms like Twitter, FriendFeed, the commentator's own blog, etc. Everybody is free to say what they'd like to say, nobody's forced to provide a platform/audience for views they don't agree with, but yet the material/discussion is still out there for anyone who wants to see it?
- Ken Sheppardson
Should the presidential candidates each have to provide some amount of time, on their dime, at the end of their ads/speeches for the other candidate to respond?
- Ken Sheppardson
Ken -- that's a dumb analogy and I mean that in the kindest, most constructive way possible.
- Omar Gallaga
If people dont have the brains to make decent comments, or the balls to name themselves, who cares if they are removed. Robert - Shel, just keep doing what you do well guys.
- Scott Purdie
I admit it. I've deleted some blog and forum comments too as well as edited out foul language when needed--though I'm more likely to delete than edit. Editing doesn't seem right. I've also walked away from people that want to endlessly argue about one thing or another, hung up on sales reps calling me and thrown away unopened mail. Should we require everyone to attend to everything anyone wants to say to them?
- Loren Heiny
Omar: I appreciate the feedback. :-)
- Ken Sheppardson
Mike, i have had leadership roles at forums and on large IRC channels and i know it is hard to police and I also know from experience that annoying and unproductive comments make serious people less enticed to contribute but I also believe that good constructive criticism that is not overtly complimentary has an important place in the discussion (comments as it may be) as well. From what i can tell, some of the comments that were deleted fit this description while others were clearly personal attacks.
- Andrew Fielding
...(continued) that obviously did deserved to be either completely deleted or have specific parts of content censored. .... on a completely different note, I thought FriendFeed had no limit to the size of entries, i keep running into the fact that comments are limited in lenght, argh.
- Andrew Fielding
I think you should censor this type of information. I think people at the moment don't understand why it should be censored but then if a personal attack occured to them, they'd want it removed so i don't know why people are complaining about these things.
- Nicholas James
@Nicholas James I've had personal attacks taken on me in various forms at various locations and I take it all in good fun, if someone is wasting their time to make a personal attack on me I figure that means i've done something well enough to garner their attention and make them feel that i warrant a personal attack, this is all about each person's individual philosophy and what we believe should be the presiding philosophy in this instance.
- Andrew Fielding
On my blog, I ask ZDNet to kill all personal and nasty comments. Those comments inhibit serious discussion among other participants.
- Michael Krigsman
I admin a large online community. You have to be very strict moderating and remove personal attacks immediately. You also have to be very consistent. Leaving attacks up for a long time and then taking them down is the probelm here, you have set the wrong precedent. I agree that personal attacks should be removed but you need to do it consistently from now on.
- Chris Paton
I don't thnk comments need to be constructive though. It's fair to say the videos are not very good without offering solutions (as long as it's said in a non-offensive way). I personally have enjoyed watching many of the videos. Scoble and Shel are not TV personality types, they are just two geeks interested in what they are discussing. If they are discussing something I find interesting too I don't mind if they are sometimes little too close to the mic.
- Chris Paton
@mooney - you said, "Robert: You do understand how horrible your fastcompany.tv videos are?" that is pretty insulting.
- mike
@Andrew Fielding - point well taken. didn't mean to imply lack of experience. just trying to make a point that you obviously already understood. :-) and yes the limit on comment size is frustrating....usually leads me to only putting one space between periods and the next sentences.
- mike
Robert: You are getting it right, especially in the charity you grant differing views. This is the Slashdot vs Digg argument rehashed. Discussion management is the factor which determines your target audience. Slashdot routes around this with their own elaborate moderation/sliding scale system which allows individuals to decide what level of cruft they wish to be exposed to. You are catching flak due to *all powerful* editors making that decision for the populous. A common gripe when editors decide.
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Bravo, Robert!
- Oldengrey (Jay)
@scobleizer Man, this comment thread is soooooooooooooo 2003 ;-)
- Hugh MacLeod
I agree with hugh... you should delete the whole thing and see how loud that makes the moaning and wailing! ;) Only kidding. Seriously tho... you have every right to say whatever you want on your own blog, FF, Twitter, and any other platform that allows you to say it. You do NOT have the right to say it on my blog, FF, Twitter, or any platform that I have control over. It's reality people. Learn to cope.
- Lucretia Pruitt
So what is the issue here? Pretend I'm new. Is this a matter of censorship vs freedom of speech? Is this a matter of personal attacks vs constructive criticism? Either way isn't that all best seen from the eyes of the person who has control to allow or decline those comments? No where am I shown that I am commanded to let people say anything they want on my sites.
- Mike Lewis
Simple solution - someone will register slowcorporationtvsucks.com (or perhaps even use the fastcompanytv name - it may be legally allowable in this instance). Only negative comments will be allowed. Verizon can sponsor to show that they "get it." Whatever "it" is.
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Wow, this is one of the most serious discussions on FriendFeed ... I definitely agree with Robert on this one ... I think everyone deletes personal attacks ... u don't need a policy ... it is a rule of thumb in blogging
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ok
- ahmet bulent
hmm... i think you subscribed to me already when i first started this account months ago.,
- excalipoor
giving it a shot
- eric Norlin
I'm up for it.
- Ivan
I'm in
- Peter Ghosh
I'm in.
- Tim Kress-Spatz
check it.
- Michael Leis
Word!
- Will Boyd
pimp me, pimp you
- Andrew Spencer
click me. i'm a whore
- Nan San
Hi Jason, ok so does Foundue have a FF account yet? l like his Flickr pics!! ha, ha!! (BTW, I am @smbeebe on twitter)
- Susan Beebe
Hi Jason, it will be nice not to have the Twitter out of service page, Gotcha in San Diego
- Debra Oliver
m'kay.
- AJ Kohn
Lets all make one big happy family :)
- David W
That...is a lot of comments. But I'd like to join this ragtag crew.
- Ben Parr
Dude this is the longest chain of answers I've seen in FF. But I'm in :)
- Alex Popescu
Does this mean twitter is dead? or did that happen a while ago?
- Jed
Okie, here I am commenting... follow me, or something!
- Vermyndax
Connecting.
- William Meloney
You asked for it, Calacanis!
- Mike Lewis
Some day we'll all have biological implants for social networking. And, this will be all so 2008!
- Walter McNabb
Reciprocate :-)
- David Peacock
Add me in
- David Daniels
CalacanisNation on the move...
- Pete Arden
Good luck, converting the entire list is difficult, So add me!
- Jason Kintzler
At least this seems to work :-) ... please follow
- pool101
Please add me to the list
- Tom Carroll
just signed up for FF myself!
- Mark Fusco
Hanging out at the bottom of the list
- Dominik Hofmann
FriendFeed is about to take over
- Miguel Carrasco
Great stuff Jason, fan of your work. It would be great to have a Twitter/FriendFeed contact sync application. I'm sure you know some peeps to make that happen. =D
- Grahm Skee
Just discovered friendfeed. Pretty cool stuff.
- George Gray
Thanks, Jason.
- Joe Colacurcio
Just joined FF. I'm headed to Brentwood next week, any tips on restaurants?
- Brian Blankenship
Hey Jason
- Akshay Dodeja
Actually, you know what? I rescind. Please don't follow me.
- Phil G
hello
- isky
Sure, count me in. I quite rule!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Sure Jason... shoot me a line, I'll be your friend
- Dave Senior
Enjoying Friendfeed. Come join the party!
- Mindy Koch
Checking in...
- Chris Hileman
Count me in too! Thanks!
- Michael Gianasi
For sure Jason :)
- mark.kemperman
add me.......
- Jeff Crace
post
- russ nelson
add me in
- Don Rogers
I just created my Friend Feed account.
- Durwin
finally registered for friendfeed. it's awesome ~
- wilson
hi jason...friend me up! or friendfeed me up!
- Laura
My hat there are a lot of comments here.
- Paul Jacobson
Wow, I am late to this party but if its still going, I am in
- Andy Breeding
Hi Jason, add me in!
- Hilary Marsh
How much longer before other gaming strategies are invented to increase the value of your friendfeed persona?
- Shakeel Mahate
Who *wouldnt* want to have JC following them? :)
- Jeremy Toeman
Please do.
- Robin Barooah
hope you are still fallowing this Jason
- Gaspare
I'm on board
- Mark Alves
one of the greatest things i ever did was make people think i didnt exist
- Randy
Add me... Thanks... (Why are you doing this? I mean, really...)
- Carlos Caridad Montero
This is actually quite interesting. I wish I had thought of this.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
hm.
- Amund Tveit
Hey follow me. I rule.
- Shawn Farner
add me toooooo
- tarraguna
I would like a follow. Thanks
- Sweyn Venderbush
sounds good to me.
- Mark Chandler
Yes, please.
- Morton Fox
whatever you say boss :)
- Myke
i think the efficiency is lost in this method
- Andrew Wise
freedfeed is - how they say - the bomb
- Jeremy
I have you on mine, following me may or may not be boring :D
- Renee Hendricks
following you on twitter and now on friendfeed
- Robert Wheeler
Apple flipped Rogers Canada the proverbial middle finger. Hooray!
- Steven Elliott
Thanks Jason, Go Mahalo!!!
- Bobby Edwards
Social Network of the week? Why not?
- Jay Savage
boop!
- Sam Purtill
I'm in.
- jered reynolds
Liking FF the more I play with it.
- Todd
alrightee
- James Joyner
Yooo hoooo.. ;-) Thanks Mr. Calacanis!
- Da-Chief
Yes.
- Russ Johnson
Count me in and you might like my webcomics
- Joe Chiappetta
From Twitter to FF, here we go!
- Catherine Juon
Ok I'll bite!
- Sean Kelly
Hey Jason! Listen to me! :)
- Simon Plashkes
I'll simply cite Rob Clark, who so eloquently put it: "I believe you're already subscribed to me, but now you can be double-secret-subscribed..." ;-)
- Carlos Granier-Phelps
Hi there. ;).
- Ernesto
subscribe to me!
- Wesley Barrow
Hey Jason how the Super Car going bud....
- John Spencer
Sure! Join!
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
OK, I am responding
- Matt M Perez
Wow Matt, way to dig up an old post :)
- Simon Wicks
Ok, here is a comment!
- Alan Alpar
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