There are multiple ways to Rome... so also multiple ways to suc6. It will not change anything! - Aad 't Hart
The "product so good we don’t need sales or marketing" philosophy was also referenced in the Sarah Lacy book "Once Your Lucky, Twice You're Good". Which by the way is a good read. - Tom Wentworth
True. One sentence would be enough. Maybe location as well? - benedikt
I've been thinking the same thing as I've been checking out fellow FF users who have been subscribing to my FriendFeed. This will help me to decide whether or not to subscribe to them as well. I hope that Ben Golub is listening :-) - Thomas Ho via fftogo
There's a part of me that likes the leveling aspect of ff - without profiles, you either know the person by her name or reputation established elsewhere, or her content speaks for itself. But I'd also like to do some networking here and profiles make it easier to search and find people who are doing the same thing. - Todd Mundt
Yeah, shouldn't be too hard to add that. I'd love to also see a blurb about FF'ers in the little popup box when you hover over the username. - Paul Short
It would certainly save going to Twitter to read their bio and check out their website. - Sally Church via Alert Thingy
The assumption is that the bio is useful. Ultimately I've relied more on what a person posts than what their bio says. - Todd Jordan
Don't add mini-profiles! I like how FriendFeed sticks to basics (it's "core competencies"). I enjoy looking at people's LinkedIn/Twitter/Facebook pages for the other info. However, a pop-up with some mini-profile stuff might be helpful (ala Sally Church). Just don't clutter people's main pages with more stuff like most other social networks. - Mitchell Tsai
very true. at least a fields for real name and an url - kosmar
yes, i agree on that. Maybe even a more detailed profile page?...via feedalizr - Ryo
Why ? I never looked at them in Twitter except to find a pointer to a blog or website to determine the legitimacy of individuals. FF has pointers to find blogs/twitter feeds and more. You are what you post! - Brian Sullivan
totally agree. impossible to know who is the personn subscribing to your feed by just scrawling his feeds - ouriel
yes, that is what we need, another profile to up date (can't wait for data portability). I always simply go check the profiles of users at Twitter, LinkedIn or their blog before subscribing. - Lou Paglia
Well, a suggestion - couldn't FF just import the short Twitter bio? It does take time checking people out first. I was/am wary of randomly connecting, check out the Twitter blacklist too and avoided a couple of people that way. What happened to Ariel could happen to any other female on here, so caveat emptor. - Sally Church
they also need a real alert system to enable the monitoring of interaction on your feed. right now i have no IDEA when someone likes something or leaves a comment. I need to check my own feed manually every now and then - ouriel
Definitely import the Twitter profile. I would appreciate the snapshot of who the person is without having to go dig in the feeds. - Judi Sohn
@ouriel: I second that point. I'd like to be notified when someone comments on my posted items. Not even sure that's RSS-able in here, is it? - Bryan Person
I think I don't need it now. Because I know all of my friends, if I need more info, I can check their other profiles. - Eren Emre Kanal
What I would like in FF is the ability to block at the individual blog level. It would be handy for people with more than one blog (especially when some are in languages other than English or blogs are personal/business) and you are interested in following only some. - Brian Sullivan
nice post Scoble...I like the freebie "secrets" that Brian didn't share LOL - great stuff! - Susan Beebe
The best PR: create an uber useful product that targets people who (a) have large audiences and (b) can't keep quiet about using it. Eg, FF targeting Robert Scoble. :-) - Ranjit Mathoda
I'll just point people to my comment on your blog and Loic's post so I don't repeat myself, again. - Andrew Feinberg
Terrific post Robert. I see some Tipping Point thinking there (re: influentials). - Hutch Carpenter
Ranjit... FriendFeed didn't target Robert Scoble. But the idea is good. - Louis Gray
I've really been getting into Diigo, despite a somewhat opaque presentation of a very rich feature set. It does have a well-executed Firefox sidebar. Send links, bookmark to delicious as well, create lists of bookmarks, comment on others' bookmarks, create groups. Quite cool. http://www.diigo.com/ - Rick Powell
Soulhuntre Google has Kool-aid? I thought it was the Odwalla in the lobby that was doing the trick. ;-) - Robert Scoble
Even if you go back 5 years and see the big picture, Robert is right MSFT have not won this - Sally Church via Alert Thingy
The way to view this chart is to go back to the day before MSFT announced it was going to try to buy YHOO. Notice the big spike in YHOO back in January? Look at the day right before that. Now can you see that YHOO wins, MSFT loses, GOOG wins? - Robert Scoble
I sold my last MSFT at 100 (pre-split) around 1999 (a little early, not 1989, that was a typo), and many MSFT buddies sold at 120. Since then, MSFT has been a poor stock investment. - Mitchell Tsai
scoble - let's at least wait a day or two, eh? - Dave Hodson
LOL. MSFT isnt goign to be a big changer, stock wise. So for quick hit investing? Yeah, it sucks. But that isn't the only measure of a company or leadership. Stability is good too. - Soulhuntre via twhirl
Dave: why? You think that everyone who holds YHOO stock hasn't heard of the news yet? You think things are noticeably going to change tomorrow? I don't. - Robert Scoble
scoble - guessing that there is a contingent of folks that think a deal is still coming, either with MS or GOOG - Dave Hodson
I'm confused at the point of this chart, it shows them all as trading about 20% down... I wouldn't consider yhoo or msft winners when comparing them to goog via most metrics. msft's been trading in a range forever now. yhoo's been more volatile, but not volatile up, really... - felix
New chart by Scoble is more dramatic. - Mitchell Tsai
But what can you really glean from the first day of trading after the withdrawal? Maybe as the consequences become more apparent yhoo will fall even more. Maybe grow. They certainly aren't getting very good press right now, which may or may not mean anything. Regardless, these things take time to get worked out. It's too early to declare anyone the winner or loser... - Michael Allen
Robert - ah, I see what you're talking about. The market spoke just in terms of the M&A that didn't happen. I think the odd thing is how much YHOO gained from the offer - 17% I guess. I wonder if that's residual from folks believing that walking away is just an MSFT tactic... same with msft's loss of stock price. What other 'splanation is there for msft to lose on the offer *and* lose on walking away? - felix
Yang said Microsoft's bid of $31 "substantially undervalues" the company. Today, however, "the market has spoken" (to quote you) and said YHOO is worth less than $25. If you listen to what "the market" is saying, it is not calling Ballmer a *loser*, so much as it is calling Jerry Yang a *liar.* :-) - Karim
Robert - ever heard of the saying that the market is a voting machine in the short term and a weighing machine in the long term? It is too soon to say what the market 'thinks' - Sriram Krishnan via Alert Thingy
Yahoo is doomed. They have nothign happening, all they have now is a merger with Google... and the resulting regulatory problems. - Soulhuntre via twhirl
Yahoo is doomed. They have nothign happening, all they have now is a merger with Google... and the resulting regulatory problems.Of course, I will be VERY amused to see Google slammed for monopoly issues. What goes around comes around. Use the court as a weapon, get nailed by them... - Soulhuntre via twhirl
