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I only seem to use it when twitter is down. A better iPhone app might bring me around more often more "reader" like features (ie, let me add feeds and info that only I see like my google reader subscriptions and all of the tweets from my account on twitter) - Scott Watermasysk

Were we to use a horn or just a loud cow bell? - LPH™ and his dog P™

More cow bell. - Alex Scoble

Definitely needs more cow bell LPH. - Dion Hinchcliffe

Oy! - Steve Lowe

sounding off - Mattb4rd

Hi all. I'm pretty much always on FriendFeed =) - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

What's FriendFeed? - Andrew Trinh

I am using it. Still on the regular UI though, as that's what's bookmarked in my browser - Ian May

Same as Tina. FF is by far my favorite - Mattb4rd

Present and accounted for. - Rui Pereira

Friendfeed's the new brain feed. - jcunwired

on both in tabs.. ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

Me! - Karoli

Saying "Hi!". It's 3:14 here in Paris, but there's no night for Friendfeed. - Jérôme Flipo

Using FF. - Ghennipher

Sound off. One, two. - iluvgimp

Random Moment number 2: Awwww, my Yankees. - Terence

Beep beep - Steve J

using FriendFeed, but not as much as tweetdeck - Ken Gibbs Jr

! - lautaro

FF stand up! Right here. Would use more if there was a TweetDeck-like tool for it. (FriendDeck isn't it) - Ms_Krista

59:65:73:1f:20:49:27:6d:20:75:73:69:6e:67:20:46:72:69:65:6e:64:46:65:65:64:21 - Jason Nelson

Always and Forever - JSNFLMNG

FF works. - WorldofHiglet

aloha - BCK

I think the sound was muted. Lemme change that. - Beau Liening

Hee - Rodfather

Holla? - Andrew

Weeee! - AJ Batac

Hoooty Hoooo! - Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF

W00t! - Laura B.

Rasheen - Did you just see a cop? :) - Andrew

Does this message construe usage of FriendFeed? - rob friedman

yup - Hutch Carpenter

Present and accounted for - Devlin Dunsmore from twhirl

Here !!! - Eric Logan

Present! - Larry Hawes

*bum dance* - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Keeps me coming back. - Tom Landini

Blue leader, standing by. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

Check. - Warren Butler

Yep - John Collis

!?!... - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Hells to the yeah. - AJ Kohn

Wanted to smack Mike Arrington tonight. - Mol, Time Warping

I'm a noone! - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

wow it's empty in here! - BEX

Somebody in the house. Love the redesign. - Steve Isaacs

Techcrunch reported 637K unique users for the month. Michael doesn't read his own publication apparently. - Paul W. Swansen

w00t! FF rocks! - ~C4Chaos

Duh - Louis Gray

Yo Yo Domino! - Spirit 2.0

I am here. - Paul L. McCord Jr.

Testing...testing...is this mic working? - Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)

Ciao baby :) - enza (aka iVenus)

Reporting in from The Netherlands. P.S. Michael, you're an asshole! Oh no, I didn't really mean that. Love you Mike! ;) - Meryn Stol

here and thoroughly enjoying the Arrington roast - Daltonsbriefs

Arrington is a twat. That is all. - nouhad

Oui. - LogEx

using FF everyday. - MikeAmundsen

maybe (Arrington's personality) is a persona---like Andrew 'Dice' Clay (remember that guy?) - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Everybody is a somebody, unless they are a nobody? - Joe Pierce

Sweet...keep it going y'all! - Alex Scoble

count me in! - Jay

O HAI. I IZ NOBUDDY - Josh Haley

What's Friendfeed? Is it cool? - Walt Ruppar

Sound off 1 2 3 4. - Russellreno

Here - Bluesun 2600

Present - Herb Hernandez

One more. BTW, who's this Arrington fellow? - Ha3rvey (not Akiva)

BUELLER? BUELLER? FRY? FRY? - Josh Haley

What's friendfeed? - Glen Campbell, B.A.

Aaaaaaah! - Jeff P. Henderson

I need to catch up, because I don't know what he did now. I didn't bother to read his embargo-breaking story. - John E. Bredehoft from fftogo

here, here. - Thomas Hawk

better yet, go to his post on FF today and post your thoughts on why you like it more than twitter. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - Thomas Hawk

If it's not on friendfeed, I'm not interested, Thomas. :) - Alex Scoble

Best ignore those that think they know what is going on and preach about it. - CW™

Uhh oh, don't I act like that sometimes, CW? *goes and cries in a corner* - Alex Scoble

Your a scoble.. I don't think you can help it. ;) But you back up your statements, allow others the chance to change your mind and not go off to a Ashram and sulk when people complain about you. ;) - CW™

People are complaining about me? *goes and cries in a corner* - Alex Scoble

PEANUT SAUCE - Larry Hudson

What be this friendfeed you speak of? - ronin

Whats Friendfeed? - johnpiercy

I just signed up and searched my FB friends for FF users. 1 out of 215+ - Joel Watson

You say that as if it's a bad thing, Joel. - Alex Scoble

I thought only scoble fans use FF? :) or Andorid App Devlopers.. - Fred Grott

Tell that to the librarians who have no idea who Robert is and don't care. - Alex Scoble

I use. - Vijayendra (V-Mo) Mohanty

I AM!! - Internet's Tad

w00t! - Adam Lasnik

You mean yesterday's news Arrington ??? Or today's embargo Arrington? - David HC Soul

I just read Arrington's post and commented via FriendFeed (not to make any philosophical point, but because I'm on an older mobile phone right now using fftogo). While I had some quibbles, the fact remains that there are far fewer FriendFeed users than there are Facebook users. Then again, there are far fewer Twitter users than Facebook users, so simplicity isn't everything... - John E. Bredehoft from fftogo

The word I heard him use was "nobody", not "fewer", "nobody"...Perhaps I'm wrong though...either way, I don't care. I find friendfeed to be eminently more entertaining and useful than Twitter or Facebook. - Alex Scoble

That's what schema-less SQL said. - Mitch

If Twitter closed tomorrow, my life would be the same, If FriendFeed closed I'd lose all of you... - Jamie Ginsberg

huzzah! - Nathan Chase

And far fewer Mahalo users than any of them *rimshot* - Michael W. May

bbq - AJ Batac

I would just give him this link to see what "nobody" looks like: http://beta.friendfeed.com/scoblei... - April Russo (app103)

I'm a nobody. - Jeremy Brooks

nothing to see here for nobody...move on people. ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

Here's one more nobody for the roll call. - Her Lindsay-ness

I don't exist. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

There's a blank line above this comment. Strange - nouhad

"Liked" FriendFeed...(have love hate relationship with twitter and its whale mascot!) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Who is this Michael Arrogant, anyway? - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

what's a twitter? - Steve C

What is a Michael Arrington? - Fred Grott

We are here, we are here, we are here. - Larry Kless

Here too - Carl Pruitt

*raises hand* - Justin Korn

Present *raises hand* - Drew

I am nobody and I love friendfeed. - Robert Scoble

What's a Friendfeed? - KyleHase

are we going for a million comments? - Robin Barooah

It's a bit like I'm a PC. Unfortunately not that cool. FF is actually pretty cool though. - Joe Bland

the battle for the real time web has really just begun. magic happens. here. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Oh it's luke that now. - Tsega Dinka

Oh, looks like I missed somethign good. Oh, well. - Mona Nomura

Woot! - Aaron Tinling

Hello, Switzerland friendfeeding on the beta. - Richard A.

What a shame, there's nobody here. - Anika

I love friendfeed. - netvista

Go Friendfeed! - Edwin Khodabakchian

me too netvista3987 - Majento

and me - Richard Jones

I'm going with Scoble, and betting on this horse. This new UI is just a thing of beauty. This is how it should be. They're the ones who've found the Grail Castle. This is it right here. I'm just loving it. - Web Nex

Here. But off to bed soon. Back later. G'nite, FF. - Lisa L. Seifert

Love the new beta. Really nice job to Team FF! - Marc Chung

Who is this Arrington fellow? - Quasar

Wow, a whole ~120 people ... over 5 hours. I used to play on MUDs 10+ years ago with more simultaneous users. FF is 98% Scoble-hype noise, 2% RSS crawling. - Dossy Shiobara

@Dossy- your naivete is showing! - Bec Rowe @d0tski

@bec rowe - fine, I'll be generous, suppose there's a whole ORDER OF MAGNITUDE more users, 10x or 1,200 ... this is a big deal? Most major IRC networks each have 60k+ concurrent users and that's tech that's 15+ years old now. - Dossy Shiobara

??? - vijay

for such a "new and improved" UI, why do I have to scroll ALL the way back up to click the "comment" link? what, did none of the UX people think "gee, putting it at the bottom of the list of comments would be a good idea"? - Dossy Shiobara

seriously, people, stop being sheep. FF is cute but it's a pet rock. - Dossy Shiobara

uh, no Dossy. - Josh Haley

Dossy - I'm not sure if that was a joke or sarcastic comment or not, but just in case it wasn't...I strongly disagree. - Justin Korn

Well to be fair, I know my real life friends would never understand FF -- especially the filters. It's too much effort to set up. - Mona Nomura

Mona - I agree with that statement, but still disagree with Dossy. - Justin Korn

@Mona Ditto. But I don't come here for RL friends. I come here to connect with people like me. - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Arrington is a stupid. - Wo

Exactly -- I come here to escape from Facebook and when I want more conversation than Twitter :) Sheep we are not. ;) - Mona Nomura

I have 3 tabs locked into the first three positions of my always-open Firefox window: Google Reader, Gmail and you guessed it... FriendFeed. - Brooks Bishop

I am using FF because it's awesome. - Aaron Hood from BuddyFeed

Obviously using FF Beta right now - Arnold Zafra

All the time! FF Beta at the moment. - Anton

From out the Blu, I am. - Benjamin

What's a Michael Arrington? - Pete Delucchi

Nothing much, something Europe doesn't care for ;-) - Richard A.

*beep* - Lorenzo Strambi from twhirl

yes yes yes - Davide D'Incau

Sure, but as a casual user I don't see that much usefulness. Fun, yes. - Johan Mellberg from twhirl

I'm loving the new version. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Beta? Yes. Standard? Never used it. Barely got the hang of Twitter! - CAJ, somewhere else

Bring - It - Onnnnnnnnn! - Vicky

is arrogant arrington squirming yet??? - Rob Sellen :o)

Arrington sucks. An arrogant snob! - Ryo / Fuck Facebook

yo yo - Kelly W.

Here is to both platforms. Twitter for ease of use and Friendfeed for search and aggregation - Karen L Thompson from BuddyFeed

I'm on it! - Tracy Mendham

Nope, I'm not using friendfeed. Sorry to disappoint. - Aaron the Librarian

(like Horshack) "ooooh ooooh ooooh" - Bryan R. Adams

Absolutley! Great aggregator, but have to use Twirl or other app at work - Jonathan Decker from twhirl

Who the hell is Michael Arrington, and why should I give two tugs of a dead dog's cock what he thinks? - Steven Perez

damn you steven perez... speak ya mind for a change!!! ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

Perez: Some meatbag with an overblown sense of self importance - Mo Kargas

Arrington is a Web 1.0 dinosaur trying to make himself relevant still by being Jerry Springer without the entertainment value. - Bob M. Montgomery from twhirl

love it - Brian Frank

Just to note: I know damn well who Arrington is. He's that meatsack whose website couldn't hold its load for a few hours. But I'm serious about not caring what he thinks. - Steven Perez

that's r scoble too mo... ooops I'll get bashed! :o) - Rob Sellen :o)

I am loving FF. - Nation Hahn

what's FF nation? where you hear about that? arringtons blog by any chance? - Rob Sellen :o)

Often quiet, but still here & loving FF. - ilene from twhirl

I'm using it and loving it! - Samuel Driessen

i'm using....friendfeed beta - Alejandro

Conspiracy Theory: Alex just wants to have a post with more comments than Robert. Discuss :D - Bob M. Montgomery from twhirl

I'm in. - Aravind Jose

Here ;) - Nicholas James

hello - Alfredo

ff ftw! - minus-one

go, go ff! - graywolf

Michael who? - Anthony Citrano

Nobody goes to friendfeed anymore, it's too busy - Christopher Galtenberg

that techcrunch guy is pure noise - ignore at all cost :-p - mike "glemak" dunn

O Hai! :-) - Mathew A. Koeneker

I use FriendFeed all the time. Rarely if ever read TechCrunch anymore. - Andy Roth

I use Friendfeed. Love it. Wish it was integrated into gwibber... but I think it will be soon. :) - Amy H.

What's TechCrunch? - Great Scott!

Jelly beans! - Bwana ☠

Nobody here but us chickens. - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

huh!? What?! - Katie: Witch Of The West

Arrington knows I use FF - I too need "intervention" :) - Susan Beebe

I'm not sure 219 people prove him wrong... - Carter Rabasa

Arrington who ?? - Peter Dawson

Bump :) - Stephan Miller from Friend Deck

I'm a friendfeed - its offers better value for the investment - Chris Rogers from Nambu

Using ff more every day - Gordon Corte

still going - Josh Haley

yep - Elena

new to friendfeed and liking it very much - brainno722 (Peter)

bumpity bump.... - Rob Sellen :o)

um....... :o) - Rob Sellen :o)

Huh? What?!? - Katie: Witch Of The West

I never use friendfeed and I'm never ever on it. I can't believe you'd accuse me of such a thing! - Jim Hearts FF

hey - Stanislas Jourdan

Something tells me he's not impressed yet. - Shey, Jamaican of FF

something tells me THIS proves how little he uses this place ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

That's OK, I get the sense that most people here couldn't care less. :) We use friendfeed because we like it, not because some A-Lister that doesn't even participate here thinks we should or shouldn't. - Alex Scoble

I agree.... :o) - Rob Sellen :o)

*comment deleted to keep up appearances that I'm a nice guy* - Michael W. May

Loves me some FriendFeed - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Shouldn't this be on a TC post since all those comments will be sucked into the blog itself? - coldbrew

agreed alex, if you watch your brother's video of the pre-beta walk through from last weekend, mike was there, engaged and asked good questions of bret and paul, but then he goes off and belittles ff & those using it - immature or trollish not sure which it is... - mike "glemak" dunn

But Alex.. your bro is a supposed A-lister... - Rob Sellen :o)

dunn: Arrington is providing feedback. I'm sure team-FF can handle it. - coldbrew

yeah the feedback he provides is..."the worse way to use friendfeed" :o) - Rob Sellen :o)

My brother also participates here a lot, so when he says something is great or sucks here he has some authority...certainly a lot more authority on the subject than you know who. - Alex Scoble

drive by - I'm in - Rick Bucich

You'll notice TC's FF integration is one-way (i.e. FF>TC), not synch. - coldbrew

FF is the FFuture - Alan Cheslow

Who's Michael Arrington? ;-) - Kenton

I'm soaking in it. - Mark Dorgan

FriendFeed is the best social service; just too much for many people to handle...yet! - Neal Jansons

I do like FF - but it can be a lot to handle. - Bill Sodeman

yeah..... - Rob Sellen :o)

It doesn't get much better. Still here after a year. - David Cook from fftogo

yeah...great eh :o) - Rob Sellen :o)

i am and its soo much better. Tell mike the tech rumors are better here, too. - Roberto Bonini

my head hurts. || button is my friend - Todd Randolph

Right on Alex! To enhance what I said yesterday, FriendFeed is the "coolest app" to consume information on the Internet and interact with smart people. - Eric Berlin

I use FF! - Damond Nollan

:o) - Rob Sellen :o)

here I am - Bill from twhirl

ding dong. - Tobias W.

AOL! - Alex Scrivener from twhirl

Who the F is Michael Arrington? - Mattb4rd

He's some dude who unwisely said that nobody uses friendfeed. - Alex Scoble

So much better than twitter! - Bo Stern

Nah, I never use FriendFeed. FriendFeed uses me! Don't ask. - Brad Butner from twhirl

*rolls eyes* Outlandish statements are how Arrington moves the space. It doesn't matter how the space moves, as long as it moves, then Arrington can remora off it. He doesn't care who wins or how his little bombs affect anyone, just as long as it moves somewhere. He's like a weapons dealer who foments the extension of wars so he can sell the weapons to both sides. - Matthew DeVries

It's Michael Arrington. His ego is the size of the Sun and is infinitely expanding like the universe. All I hear is "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah." - Zach Flauaus

Love the new FF - LeighaB

Go FF! - atanas

Trying it again and liking it - Todd Dewell

Ho ho ho Happy FF-estivus!!!! - George The Writer

How about some comment pagination, I love scrolling and everything... - Alex C. Williams

Hear, hear, Alex W. Something needs to happen with comments. - Kamilah Gill

so.... arrinwho? - Rob Sellen :o)

I luuurve friendfeed! - Rob Sellen :o)

;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

:o) - Rob Sellen :o)

ho - Laura Norvig

Aloha! Been here for over a year now. - Bill Sodeman

blurp - Johannan Edelman

linky to another similar thread ... http://friendfeed.com/e... - Peter Dawson

My thread was first and my brother was just being a copycat. First! - Alex Scoble

Put both threads in a room, and similpost in both. The power of the exponent! - Matthew DeVries

yep, that Scoble is a copycat !! :)- - Peter Dawson

I think the only way to settle this is with a good old fashioned slap fight. Or a drinking contest... Either way we need video of it. - Joe Pierce

But I said "First!" That's the internet beat down right there. - Alex Scoble

more comments than likes? how can that be... you commenter's who have yet to like...like.. and those who have yet comment...comment..and like ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

I'm down with FreindFeed. My usage has skyrocketed since the beta launch. - Tim

Kol Tregaskes

What's the longest-distance relationship you maintain (or ever have)?

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How do you stay in touch? If it's a romantic relationship, how do you make it work? - today's Plinky: http://www.plinky.com/prompts... - Kol Tregaskes

~4000 miles, although the distance in the relationship only lasted about 6 weeks before I packed up and moved in with him. - ilene from twhirl

Kol Tregaskes

There is little thing called the Super Bowl going on today. I haven't a clue what it is. ;-) Who's NOT watching it today?

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And how big a deal is it in the US? Does everything standstill for it? - Kol Tregaskes

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I'm calling it American Rugby Day :) - Richard ¿digame? Walker

Very big deal! We are having 11 people over because we have big screen TVs and HD. It's a day for hot wings, pizza, beer, chips and dip etc... The commercials are a must watch also. - BEX

It's a huge deal, yeah. But I don't care about sports, so I won't be watching. Unless I flip over to see the commercials. And these days, you can catch the best ones on YouTube later anyway. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

I have no idea about it, either. You're not alone in that regard. - Tyson Key

@Flippity Heh, it sounds mixed up. /me ducks ;) - Tyson Key

BEX, that's what I gather, for me it seems the commercials are 1. more worthy of watching that the Super Bowl and 2. Actually worthy watching in the first place - lots of trailers?? - Kol Tregaskes

I still remember NPR about 10 years ago: "The Cowboys of Dallas, in what apparantley is their championship..." Because football is normally beneath NPR reporting subjects. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

It's the Campbell "Soup" Cookoff! - Phil Boiarski

Is that today? - Glen Campbell, B.A.

ME. Taking a moment to catch up on email, web, do some programming, clean the house, play tennis. - anna sauce

I'm not, doing work press upgrades instead. :-) - Dan Morrill AKA Techwag

I'll be playing WALL-E on the 360. - Alex Scoble

I'll be watching it but I won't inhale. - Jim Hearts FF

I'll be asleep, early night tonight for a very early start. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

VandenBerg, perhaps you have missed Frank Deford's sports coverage: http://www.npr.org/templat... . Or maybe Stefan Fatsis' sports commentary: http://www.npr.org/templat.... Or maybe Ron Rapoport's Saturday morning sports discussions: http://www.npr.org/templat... - coldbrew

Just sayin :) - coldbrew

@Kol - I hear they fill the SuperBowls with cereal and hand them to people, or something like that. ;) - Tyson Key

"Soup?... In err... Bowl?" ;) - Tyson Key

I'm from the UK and I'll be watching it :) - Nicholas James

I have successfully avoided "the big game" for nearly a decade now. - MicahBear78

I might not be due to recent events at home. Not feeling it. - David Cook

I hate bowling so no way - sofarsoShawn

I always wondered why Americans got so hyped up about ti, seems cool though ^_^ - Gordon Swaby

I'm not! Already watched the commercials a couple of days ago. I have no interest in the game. - Jeff P. Henderson

It will be background noise. I will probably not do much "watching." - Martha

It begins in just over 2 hrs. My tv is a head twist to the right from my monitor. Sometimes i will sit in front of the TV but not often. - Russellreno

Is that today. It must be Super Monday. Keep us poor souls in Australia informed. I don't even know who is playing. Updates on commercials pls. - Chris Loft

It's BIG...The HAND EGG Championship of the WORLD. It's kinda like the World Cup for the rest of the world. Go Cardinals!! - Larry Lewis

Never heard of it. Some kind of tenpin championship, perhaps? - Andrew Terry

If a team I'd ever supported were playing I'd stay up for it. The best bits (half time and the crazy ads) usually end up on YouTube the day after. That'll do me fine. - ilene from twhirl

The irony here is those who're the watchers will not be answering to this post - sofarsoShawn

It's a huge deal, but it's boring as hell and takes forever to finish. The parties , food, and commercials are the only actual fun parts. With TiVo or DVR, it's real easy to skip the so-called action, and just watch the fun parts. - Dave Roth

Not watching. - Bren, Photophobe

I am not watching, still in Davos, flying home in a few hours. - Robert Scoble

I am also not watching the Superbowl today. About the watch the President speak, then getting ready to go for a 2-hour, 14-mile run. I may watch a little of the end of the game, if I remember it's on... - Rob McNair-Huff

No TV. Not watching. - Rod Bauer from twhirl

Will not watch, Kol. - Reuben Thum

I'm not a big sports person.. I have tried and attempted to watch sports, american football was a snooze fest for me because of all the stopping and starting instead of fluid action. About the closest I get to interest in a sport is WWE, but that's cause it's more a fusion of action and bad 80's soap operas, even down to the outfits and hair! ;) - alphaxion

The Dog Whisperer is on! - David Slater from twhirl

I watch it for the Ads. If there was a 30 minute post game Ad show, I would watch it (and skip the game) =P - RAD Moose

Which teams are playing? - Ricardo Vidal

Not watching it. Not even for the ads - I'm sure I'll see the best of them online anyways. Last year I went to the movies, but sadly there's nothing playing I want to catch this year. So I'm planning on just going out to dinner at a non-a-sports-bar restaurant and then coming home and watching a DVD with the girlfriend tonight. - Eric P

I'm not. But I'd be interested if it was a skins versus shirts! - Katie: Witch Of The West

well in australia we kinda can't... - Terry O'Fee

Not watching, not caring. - Summer

your american version of football is kinda boring anyways... - Terry O'Fee

isn't it kinda depressing that the top event in american football is overshadowed by a few minutes of adverts? - alphaxion

Liam Delahunty

I think I fall a little bit more in love with @stephenfry everyday. http://www.stephenfry.com/blog... The girlf knows.

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Does @stephenfry know??? That is the question. - Roberto Bonini

Let's all send him DM's and tell him! (KIDDING!) - ilene from twhirl

Kol Tregaskes

So who's here on FriendFeed at the weekend? Sign in here...

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Just me? :-) - Kol Tregaskes

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Here for a bit, then off out! - Vicky

me :) - Niki Costantini

*raiseshand* but not for too long. Going to use the - queue the drum roll - good weather outside to go out for a photowalk... - Holger Eilhard

me, as you see - Richard A.

Me too. Going offline in 30 minutes but I'll be back later. - Tapio Kulmala

mememememe!!! - Bec Rowe @d0tski

me - Roberto Bonini

Reporting in - Mo Kargas

YO! - BEX

Here! - Andrew Terry

I'm almost always here ;o) - Seth Greenblatt from NoiseRiver

here - Lu Tao

If this is the sum total of weekend FF usage, FF must really be saving on the bandwidth bills ;) - Roberto Bonini

here for now then taking kids to sneak preview of Space Buddies and then off to 12U basketball game and then 12U winter baseball practice - Alan Simpson

Me!! - Emma

I'll be here for a little while. Then I'm driving to my mother-in-law's house. There's no broadband where she lives, but I might be able to get back on with my iPhone, assuming AT&T has decided to put a signal there. - Joey Gibson

Me, but I shouldn't be. I have this offline weekend rule. So don't tell anyone :) - Sasha Kovaliov(.com)

Me, on and off. Going to watch a movie in a while with my daughter when she's finished tidying her room. - Nicola Quinn

On and off I imagine. Today I'm watching episodes of Black Books and grinding on an MMO at the same time. Threw open Twhirl to see what's interesting in the world. - ilene from twhirl

On and off today as I try to get caught up. That's as likely as Google flagging the whole Internet as malware. Oh wait.... - Kevin C. Tofel

I'm always around. Kinda like that rash... - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

I´m here. Should be working some overtime though.. - Thomas Bøhm

I am for now, but have to go out and get my eyes checked. ^%#@#$%^^%(. Will be back later tho. - Martha

Moi... - Tyson Key

Hello. - David Cook

watashi - vijay

present - sofarsoShawn

Signed. - "Joey"

Hello! - Steven Perez

Oops, sorry I buggered off for a few hours. Hello all!! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Darn the Wii. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Nicola, what movie? Enjoyed it? - Kol Tregaskes

ilene, Black Books is gooood! Very funny. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Hidy hi! - Nicholas Kreidberg

Not for long....I hope - Katie: Witch Of The West

I'm here. :) - Mol, Time Warping

I'm here for a little bit - Justin Rains

I don't feel so alone now, thanks. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

I'll be on for most of the weekend. I'm working up until Superbowl Gametime - Larry Lewis

I'm always in and out 7 days a week unless I go out that is - Ian May

I'm here, sorta lurking in the shadows like I usually do. - Sally Robinson

Here - Valley

I'm here....wait..I have to go! - Terence

Sally, there is nothing wrong with lurking. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Terence, nooooo. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Maybe - Jim Goldstein

sorta kinda - Chris

I'm signing off...after one more refresh ;) - sofarsoShawn

I'm here, checking in every so often throughout the day. - Mike Fruchter

now and then, between errands and such - William Harryman

Me, me, me, me, me, me, meeeep. - Alex Scoble

Bill Romanos - Bill Romanos

Howdy - Christian (Simply X)

this post is not here - Matthew DeVries from fftogo

Here. - Russellreno

Present - Herb Hernandez

here here - Nia

in and oout - Helen Sventitsky

Hey, Kol. - Reuben Thum

I am here all the time: day, night, week days, week ends, holidays, etc. - April Russo (app103)

present and unaccountable! - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

I'm here but going in a few minutes. Busy Saturday! - AJ Batac

Hey, Reuben! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

So that's quite a few of you then. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

I'm here kind of. Wrangling with an stubborn wireless card that doesn't want to connect over WPA. - Got Love For DB™?

Peeking in. Can't stay. - Jen (SquirrelGirl)

Yo - Steve Rubel

sorry it's 80 degrees here in so cal, time to head to the ocean. - Steve C

Present! - Jason Williams

Moi. Since I at my parents house I do nothing but relax - it is wonderful. - Nation Hahn

just one more refresh... - sofarsoShawn

In the house. - Phil Boiarski

Don't matter what day of the week it is. -[ - Chris Loft

Present - Michael Fidler

*waves* - Susan Beebe

Here! - imabonehead

Late to the party but here for a while - Advanced Brain

Here for a while after I feed dogs - Ginger Kenney

Bueller? ... Bueller? - Joe Mescher

I am just a fignewton of your imagination. - Adam Lasnik

Ooh fignewtons.. - CW™

its me - Amber, Random Time Lord

im here but working. how is everyone? - Adam Singer

I'm here, off and on. - Carmen

Here. Suffering. - ld

Here - Eric @ CS Techcast

Here :) - mashable

Ditto - Carlos Granier-Phelps

present - Bill Futreal from twhirl

i'm here - Jamie Mack from twhirl

I like to see mashable react here :-), more accesible. - Richard A.

Morning all!! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Moi. I am here. - Adriana

present. - Bren, Photophobe

*flexes* - Rodfather

TROLL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Oh great. The trolls are up. I'm beat. Not THAT kind of Beat even though I was as Vesuvio's tonight ::) - Richard ¿digame? Walker

TROLLS never SLEEP LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

here... - Gökmen Karasu

in and out - Jim Hearts FF

here too - Flavio

up and down - Richard ¿digame? Walker

Kol Tregaskes

Nearly half of all Americans want to live elsewhere, study finds - CNN.com - http://edition.cnn.com/2009...

January 29 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"Nearly half of Americans would like to live someplace else, according to a national survey." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

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Let's put this to the vote on here then. How many Americans out there want to live elsewhere or are you happy in America? - Kol Tregaskes

Happy in Portland, OR. But I moved here. - Christopher Harley

Okay. Someone should come up with a social interactive site that lets people swap houses, then. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

I've got wanderlust, so I'll definitely move in a bit. But I move all the time. It's what I do. - B. Hatin

I love living in LA, but I so desparately want to live someplace else for a couple of years. Preferably out of the country, but a few choices spots in the US would do. - Anika

Mark, yeah, I'll swap with anyone who lives in New Zealand. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Kol, you won't have a problem there, New Zealand have negative immigration, mostly to Australia but elsewhere as well. - Amit Morson

Aniaka, I know what you mean. I can think if of few places I would care to live outside of L.A. Most are international too. - Michael Fidler

I'm very happy where I live right now on the Big Island of Hawaii; can't imagine living anywhere else after this - Sandra from twhirl

I'm absolutely pleased at where I live and can't think of anywhere else in the US that I'd trade it for with the exception possibly of San Francisco. But, like Christopher Harley, I chose this city and moved here. - Akiva Moskovitz

I'm happy in America, but not in Maryland. I would like to move home to Kentucky. I would, however, move to London for a while if I got the chance - Alan Simpson

i wouldn't mind moving out of this country and going to europe or south america (again) - Cee Bee

Deliberately misleading, anti-American headline. The survey was not about America, it was about the the city, state or region of the country where people live currently. It does not mention people wanting to leave the U.S. at all. Disgusting how many people immediately jump on the "America sucks" bandwagon - feel free to move somewhere else if that's the way you feel. - Rob Sterling

why is everything so...anti american, pro american??? you people make me laugh. - Rob Sellen :o)

I love DC. I loved LA and wish it was near me, but I am happy where I live - Shevonne

Shevonne - what part of DC? Actual city or an outlying area? - Alan Simpson

I'd like to live some place other than Texas, in fact, many places in the U.S. are preferable to Texas. - Trish R

Fairfax. Tell me that I finally found a DCer here - Shevonne

Sure. I would like to move to Delaware, where taxes are lower than in New Jersey. - Morton Fox

OMG, both Robs, where did you guys read in this thread that "America sucks"? - Anika

@Shevonne - I live in the DC/Baltimore suburbs - Right next to Ft Meade in Odenton, MD - Alan Simpson

Coooolll.....You are pretty close! - Shevonne

I've always said there are only 2 places in the US I'd live .. in N. VA where friends and family live or in L.A. Now that I've been in L.A. for a bit, kind of thinking I may go back to VA. People tell me I should venture to other places but as much as I've liked other cities none of them really call to me. - ♥patricia♥

Frankly I'd like to give Madrid a try for awhile. And you can't wave Bush at me anymore saying "don't leave us now, with HIM!" - Richard ¿digame? Walker

Well of course, we always have something to complain about. Nothing is ever good for us or meets our standards. - "Joey"

someplace without snow? - John Flynn

I was about to say, half the world wants to move to america so let's have a swap. On a more serious note though, there is a willingness to relocate in the US that you dont have in many other places. - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

My ex couldn't wait to move out of this area. He would spend all his time badmouthing the city and state and fantasizing about other places to live. The thing is, I don't think he'd be happy anywhere. And I love living in Virginia Beach. After spending the first 12 years of my life moving, this is my first and only real hometown. - Ladybug Heather

Amit, really? Why move to Australia? It's too hot there. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Spidra, Ireland would be a nice place to live, definitely. I wouldn't live in UK if I had the option though. - Kol Tregaskes

Not me! ;) - Sarah Perez

I grew up in the midwest and was in IL, WI or MN fup until I moved to England a decade ago. I moved because I was marrying a Brit, but I learned a LOT about the places I'd always lived in simply by exposing HIM to them. I spent most of my life in a suburb of Chicago and never really appreciated it until HE was telling me what a beautiful place it is and how he thought Chicago was one of... more... - ilene from twhirl

Spidra, really, that's very surprising (about Ireland). :-( I'd say definitely give it another go. - Kol Tregaskes

A couple of years ago I would've moved out of the US in a heartbeat. Now I'm perfectly happy in LA - guess I just needed a bigger city to play in. But if I had a good opportunity to move to a different country, I'd probably say yes out of pure wanderlust. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Well why don't these people spend more time making wherever they live a better place instead of complaining about it, moving, and then continuing to do nothing in their new place of residence? How do people expect to receive so much if they contribute so little? - Devlin Dunsmore from twhirl

Devlin, a good point. - Kol Tregaskes

@Pea NoVA is where it's at!!!! - Shevonne

Once again, Devlin, like the Robs before you it seems you've jumped to conclusions. Where did you get that people weren't dong anything in their communities or were complaining about where they currently lived? - Anika

I live in Hotels, a crash pad in Atlanta, and in West Palm. Oh and out of my luggage. So yea just living in one place would be nice. - Brandy Lea

It's very easy to blame your life on where you live, but with few exceptions there are always positive things to be found wherever you're at, and yes, the grass is always greener. If you start getting into the political systems, that's another ball game entirely. - Ian May

Not sure if you were directing that at me, Spidra, but you're right,there are all sorts of reasons why people move. I've lived in quite a few different places, and different countries too. I think you've got to make somewhere home, to know for certain if you could really call it home, and I've also found that a place you really did call home, often isn't anymore when you go back there. - Ian May

Ai! El Devlin me ha pillado! Voy a escondeme! Et puis, le bloq. C'est pas grave. - Richard ¿digame? Walker

Donde se vende sombreros de culo? - Richard ¿digame? Walker

"Translation: Spanish » English ¿Donde se vende sombreros de culo? ¿Where sells hats ass? " I couldn't resist, Spidra :) - Richard ¿digame? Walker

Anika... not sure where I jumped to any conclusions. :o/ - Rob Sellen :o)

The Goodie Room: Zee.

[WEB / TIP] One of the Most Useful “Web” Tips I Have Ever Learnt: A Unique Password for Every Site. - http://thenextweb.com/2009...

January 20 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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Just like a different email for each site to track spam. - Andrew Trinh

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This is my default. Different password for every site and let firefox do the remembering (not the highly sensitive passwords though). - EricaJoy

Thanks for this - personally I have a password db but I run a forum with a lot of inexperienced people who get their accounts taken over and then say 'But it's too HARD to remember a better password! It's not MY fault they stole my account!' This is something I'll be passing on to them. - ilene

YES, this is a huge element of online ID security - Susan Beebe

my tip is creating a diff password for every site by adding the name of the site somewhere in the password itself. - sean808080

That's exactly what I do, Sean. - Timothy Griffin

Just make sure you keep track of them or you'll end up like me - Charlie Anzman

Cheers for the advice, Charlie -- I use Yojimbo to keep a note of them all :) - Timothy Griffin

Robert Scoble

Scobleizer - http://scobleizer.com/2008...

December 27 from Scobleizer -- Tech geek... - Comment - Like - Share

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Love the Blog post Robert - Tyler (Chacha)

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Thanks! Screwed up the title, which said Loic and Mike are wrong. - Robert Scoble

Nicely said. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

Wouldn't any tweetrank algorithm include the number of followers as a component at least? - Todd Hoff

Nope ... - Tyler (Chacha)

Totally agree. Even people with a lot of followers post tripe sometimes. I'm not interested in digging through the remotely related stuff the ones with more followers have said to find what I'm looking for. - ilene from twhirl

todd: why would it? Number of followers is totally irrelevant. It doesn't show anything other than that twitterer is popular. In fact it would decrease the relevancy of most tweets. It should NEVER be applied globally and even if you could study it in a micro way it probably introduces more noise than it's worth. There are far better ways to find the most authoritative tweets. - Robert Scoble

I'm not at all interested in the total number of retweets or likes. Why do I build up a social network? Because these are the people I trust, so I would be much more interested in a search which considers my preferences in the past (people I follow, people I share likes and comments) to a much higher degree than other random peoples likes. - Peter Hoffmann

Peter: right. The people you follow are much more important. But the people following you? Irrelevant. - Robert Scoble

The Number of Followers couldn't be included for the simple fact that in an infinite universe where anything can happen, the number of followers could affect the results in a bad way. The number could get so big that you end up messing up the system. Might not be probable, but true - Tyler (Chacha)

@Peter, but if people you follow got their tweets retweeted/liked, wouldn't you like that to be at the top? - Tyler (Chacha)

Authority and popularity are most definitely not the same. So, it depends what one is actually trying to find. If finding authoritative information is the goal, then one search strategy and set of parameters is required. On the other hand, if the underlying goal is enhancing the scope of one's broadcast outlet, then Loic's strategy and priorities seem to be correct. Ultimately, there's no right or wrong answer, just depends on what you are actually trying to achieve. - Michael Krigsman

Chacha: what does what you just asked have ANYTHING to do with the number of followers you have? It doesn't. But I like your idea. - Robert Scoble

I can settle for being off-topic and having a good idea :P - Tyler (Chacha)

Nice post. Your example about supply chain management was good. For something about Seesmic, you would be first and not Loic, if twitter follows what he says. - Ramkarthik

Followers could be mapped to inbound links, which is a part of pagerank and can be gamed etc. The system has to be smart enough handle gaming in any case. Inbound links is an indirect measure of quality for the page. So since FriendFeed is mentioned frequently by you and you have a number of followers it seems reasonable to infer you should be higher in the search results. Pick another subject where your keywords/categories are less dense over time, like politics, and I would sort you lower. - Todd Hoff

I love twitter/friendfeed and the like because I don't have to care about 1 particular person - the communities as a whole tend to bring me what I need. I wake up each morning and clear my tweetdeck "all feed" and just go from there. The creme rises - it's not like blogging. It just comes to me and the more I follow, the better content I get.... - George Smith

Why does any search on Twitter have to include identity metadata? If I want information in Chinese Supply chain management, do I really care who the information comes from, as long as it is accurate and verifiable? Loic and Arrington are just creating another popularity contest. - Bob Blunk

Bob: I disagree. @liamcasey's information on the Chinese Supply Chain is going to be a lot more accurate and verifiable than mine will be. - Robert Scoble

Robert, it think that what is relevant is for me to decide when I am performing the search. I am looking at this from a user standpoint. When I google "chinese supply chain", I don't add @liamcasey to the search string. And neither do I expect to see his tweets as the only result for the search. - Bob Blunk

Bob: no one is saying his tweets should be the only one. It's just that you should be able to look at it through the metadata. His tweets on the topic will probably get retweeted more than mine, for instance, and also thanks to http://www.peoplebrowsr.com I can tag him as expert on Chinese Supply Chain, so shouldn't that bias the results when you search for Chinese Supply Chain tweets? - Robert Scoble

this is certainly a problem with Twitter search from the beginning, I don't care about the popularity contest behind the search rankings, I only want accurate information. - Bob Blunk

regardless of how comprehensive Twitter search is done, I hope that Twitter is not behind it. An independent company needs to design the search and peoplebrowsr would be my choice. - Bob Blunk

Louis Gray

10 Pointers for Generating Traffic to Your Blog - http://www.louisgray.com/live...

December 8, 2008 from louisgray.com - Comment - Like - Share

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Post by Mike Fruchter: http://www.friendfeed.com/fruchte... - Louis Gray

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hooray for the pretty crayons! :D In all seriousness, this is a nice post by Mike (again!) :) - Susan Beebe

Louis, this is the best piece of advice I've read on the matter so far. Congratulations. - Rubin Sfadj

@Rubin, Mike is a very smart guy and he writes clearly. Glad you liked the piece. - Louis Gray

@Susan, @Rubin, @Louis, I appreciate the kind words. Thank you. - Mike Fruchter

"liked" for the picture. I swear! - Mike Fruchter

Thanks Louis. Good post. - Rod Bauer from twhirl

There is also getting inside of a firestorm like the last couple of days for me, although keeping even a percentage of the traffic is going to be hard now the storm is subsiding. Any advice on that one? - Ian D. Nock from twhirl

What firestorm is this, Ian? Can you share a link? - Daniel J. Pritchett

Good post especially for anyone starting off in blogging, I would recommend reading this - Rajiv Doshi

@Mohomed: oops, just noticed I just wrote 'Congratulations'. Thanks for correcting me. Congratulations, _Mark_ ;) - Rubin Sfadj

Great post. - Svartling

Aye! Excellent common sense. - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

Someone liked this so much they stole it! :-) http://nicksays.typepad.com/nicksvi... - Louis Gray

Louis: Wow! Content theft... that's (though common) messed up! Even took your crayon photo. That's balls - Enrique Gutierrez from twhirl

Yikes could it be more blatant? =/ Perhaps it's intended as flattery? It is a great post (on the site where it belongs, though!) - ilene

@Louis - people unclear on the concept .... at least they linked to Mike's blog! - Laura Norvig

Mike - didn't know you were guest blogging over at 'nick's view' blog! Great post. - Hutch Carpenter

Hutch, neither did I. It was effortless on my part. Ha, Thanks :) - Mike Fruchter

Nick's site looks like one of those WordpressDirect pseudo-splogs. Shame. - abacab

really great post as mentioned in the post comments - Peter Efland

"Ask for link exchanges" That's usually the part where I hit the Spam button. - Philipp Lenssen

"Have bright, colorful stock photography"? - Gabe

My firestorm... the hullabaloo about Wikipedia filtering the UK.. My personal blog had a tiny 100x increase in hits on Monday http://nocky100.wordpress.com/2008... - Ian D. Nock from twhirl

I love crayons...everyone should have a big box of them! I love great blogs like Louis' ... everyone should LINK to and COMMENT IN blogs they love! - Internet Strategist

Svetlana Gladkova

Do You Remember What We Did On Our Computers When We Had No Internet? - http://profy.com/2008...

December 12, 2008 from Profy - Comment - Like - Share

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played and wrote video games on the Commodore 128 and 64 - Dan Morrill AKA Techwag

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oh dan, I have not thought of the people who wrote them, only remembered those who played - Svetlana Gladkova from twhirl

Lotus 1-2-3 - Hutch Carpenter

Hutch, you really have a great memory - Svetlana Gladkova from twhirl

BBSes! Compu$erve! Word processors, programming in BASIC, and Coleco games! Lotus 1-2-3, CP/M, and amber screens! - Nine

Swap meets and floppy disks :) - Thomas Bøhm

Gregory, great name, deserves a dedicated post. - Svetlana Gladkova from twhirl

@Nine: Thanks for reminding. Where are they now? - Svetlana Gladkova from twhirl

@Thomas: I often miss floppy disks, they were so cute and delicate and it was so easy to destroy them one had to be gentle :) - Svetlana Gladkova from twhirl

I know someone who still has his old BBS code stored away on his computer. As for the Coleco games... I think I still have them in a box in the basement. - Nine

I could play Donkey in BASIC for hours when I was a kid. I eventually graduated to Windows 3.1 and could play Solitaire for hours. For the most part I saw computers more related to work than play. Now it's more a symbol of life... disconnect my internet/computer or the coffee maker and I'll die! - ilene

@ilene: That's the history of computing in games, really - strange you realized they were for work eventually :) Very passionate remark about disconnecting, are not you worried about this dependency? - Svetlana Gladkova from twhirl

oregon trail and odell lake ;) - Adam Singer

ASCII Pitfall! - Anika

Jason: Absolutely true, so many things stay unattended because we are all "busy" online. Like, I still have not sorted out my wedding photos for that perfect album - 2 years after the wedding itself. Shame on me :( - Svetlana Gladkova from twhirl

BBSs.... loved, loved, loved my BBSs. And I was only 11. - Jen (SquirrelGirl)

dbase, Lotus 1-2-3, Wordperfect, Clipper, and some assembly for fun - Nikos Anagnostou

I once lost myvroadband completely for six months. Only switched the pc on for work and the occasional game. - Roberto Bonini

It's funny but my computer is pretty useless these days without a net connection. I used to have program for everything, but now we turn to the net. - Eric @ CS Techcast

oooh! Infocom games! Zork, Hitchhiker's Guide, and such! ... man I miss those. - Nine

Play wiffle ball, nerf football, or play with Transformers. - Rodfather

Apple Logo with the "turtle". - Derrick

I loved Logo - Rodfather

Life was much different without computers. I remember the simple things.. like going outside. - Rodfather

Learned how to make the Internet up and running :) - Artemko

BBSs, Desqview, Windows 3.xx, SimCity, C programming, 123, WP, Word - Alexandros Georgiadis

Browse through CD after CD of shareware games I actually paid for! I'm talking about paying for the SHAREWARE version not buying the full version. What was I thinking?! - Devon Campbell

BBS? - Head Ov Metal

Print Shop, tried to figure out programming, games - including one that played 'Flight of the Bumblebee' as the background music. Had an Apple IIE. - Victoria Plautia

I ran a BBS, Grant's Place. - Grant Bierman

Print Shop was the bomb for making flyers! There has been internet since I started actively using the computer, there just wasn't HTTP yet. I played SimAnts, Telnet to MUDs, Gopher for information, program in Microsoft QuickBasic 10 Print "Alan was here"; 20 Goto 10. - Alan Le

I suppose a BBS isn't quite the internet, since it was direct dial up... I never knew it without internet, it might have been email and newsgroups and irc, but it was internet - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

Thanks to everyone for refreshing our memory, I totally forgot many of the things you mentioned here! - Svetlana Gladkova from twhirl

We bought them to use for "homework" but all they did was keep us from it. BBS's were kewl. That is where socially networking really began. If you were too poor to call long distance, all your BBS's were local, so think only on a local scale, all your neighboring tech geeks. We had picnics, meetings, all kinds of fun stuff. - mandyvan

Mandy, that's exactly why I bought my own first computer and it quickly turned out that there are lots of things that are more interesting than homework that it allows one to do. - Svetlana Gladkova from twhirl

I visited my parents this weekend and guess what? They are still using dial-up!!! Can you imagine browsing Gmail or FRF on dial-up? You should either be very-very-very patient person or just close browser and go get drunk :) My notebook seems dead w/o Internet access. It's like having a hammer with no nails to work with. - Sasha Kovaliov(.com)

Sasha, I know that feeling when you feel your notebook is not worth anything at all without internet :) And it is quite scary when you think of the pace technology is developing: I myself was only able to switch to DCL from dial-up some 3 years ago only and until then we somehow thought dial-up was just fine and spent the whole nights downloading large files. But of course with today's applications I can imagine a frustrated user trying to work with them on a slow connection. - Svetlana Gladkova

Robert Scoble

13,000 people think Facebook is going to start charging in 2009. Please DO NOT invite these folks to FriendFeed. Idiots.

December 12, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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http://www.facebook.com/group... - Robert Scoble

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It's just a hype; I think every service got this stuff. Wait a few weeks, maybe month, and nobody remembers. I've seen this in ICQ over a decade ago. - Uwe Schwarz

Uwe: yeah, I just think it's funny that some people will believe the lamest crap just because it's on the Internet. - Robert Scoble

I just remember "Wag The Dog": "the war is over, I've seen it on TV". Same story, many people just believe instead of asking. - Uwe Schwarz

You can count me in for not inviting them over here! - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Robert these 13000 people would not know what to do on Friendfeed and leave in less than 5 minutes of signing up. - Bhavishya Kanjhan

this isn't the first or the last group like it, it's a good indicator of which of your friends are morons. - Richard Lawler

Eldon: I hope I don't have that many idiots following me. :-) - Robert Scoble

How about emails like these: "Bill Gates/Nokia/whatever will donate <something>, if this message is sent to 1000000 people". When I get something like this from some friend, I get disappointed on him/her... - Jemm

there are 100 of these groups each week... everyone ignores them (well everyone important anyway ;)) - Thomas

Funny thing is - facebook is probably worth $3.99. Although I notice the French says $3.99 per month which would be a bit steep. - Matthew Neale

but wait, i thought hotmail was closing the free service unless 2 million people add group Z ? - Matt Randles

These groups are as old as Facebook itself. All they do is prove: heavy Facebook users = lemmings. :p - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

I love you, Robert! - Ladybug Heather

Wow, now it's at 18,000. - Michelle Martinez

There will always be a VIP group of sorts... back when Facebook started it looked like early adaptors were joining over there. Then came Twitter, now Friendfeed. If Friendfeed gets too mainstream (if that's possible) I'm wondering what's next. - David Bisset (sn)

Why would they do that? They are already getting tons of money from sponsors and advertisers. Duh! - Shevonne

@David: In the Web 2.0 world, there's bound to be something new and already in the works. I wonder what it is too, but I'd be surprised if it's not currently under construction, or even ready to launch. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

I wouldn't call them idiots. If they believe it, they believe it. So if it happens are the non-believers idiots? Hmmm - Bwana ☠

:/... I doubt it will happen. They get enough money from advertising surely. - ralphsaunders

This was the funniest quote I've seen microblogged in a while! Of course how many of these people use to (or still do) pay for Classmates or Reunion, so naturally they believe this garbage. - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

Reminds me of the false rumors a few years ago about AOL, Yahoo, and MS planning to charge for email to eliminate spam. Move on - nothing to see here. - Mike Doeff

It's already 39,265 members in that certain group… - Daniel Schildt

One thing to notice in this compared to older rumors is the amount of speed people notice it. - Daniel Schildt

I might join and post something saying "Suckas!" - Shevonne

40,000 now. Wow. I kind of enjoy the silly little worries of people. - Daniel Zarick

wow. morons. Everybody knows that friendfeed's not gonna start charging until 2010! - Jim Hearts FF

@Jim - Facebook - Shevonne

Shevonne... yes, I know. I was referring to Scoble's original post where he urged us not to invite them over here. - Jim Hearts FF

@Jim - We should. We would probably scare them from ever using the Internet. hahaha - Shevonne

Shevonne -- good point. - Jim Hearts FF

These are the same idiots who are worried about being charged per email. I don't think they'd know what to do with friendfeed even if they were invited. - Mr. Gunn

I wonder how many are over the age 0f 17. How many of voting age are in the group of 13,000. - Franklin Pettit

I swear that first sentence just made my blood pressure shoot up 20 points. The second sentence rapidly lowered it. I have a few people added who unfortunately take everything forwarded to them as fact. They will never get an invite. This is my hideout from the people who shouldn't be allowed online. - ilene

Chris, the group is not about pro features. They claim there will be NO free access to FB after Dec 31. Quite a different thing... - Ray Metzen

And the group has 56,000 members now! Amazing... :( - Ray Metzen

More than ever… 91,481 members at the moment of writing. - Daniel Schildt

LOL, yes! Go go go! - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

Amen - Tyler (Chacha)

All Things Google: Ray Metzen

Gmail Gadget for Google Desktop - http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008...

December 7, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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Google Desktop's integration with Gmail has always been slow and unreliable. The new Gmail gadget for Google Desktop doesn't add your messages to the index, but it's a small version of Gmail's interface that sits in the sidebar. You can read your mail, send replies, star messages, perform searches directly from the gadget. - Ray Metzen

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It's really, really clunky; almost to the point of unusability. - vijay

It's one of the few big disappointments from Google. I don't have any unusual networking set up, but I can't get this to connect to the internet at all. I can't find any trace of it even attempting to connect to the internet. I'm not alone, but based on other comments, I guess I'm not missing much. I'll stick with my Gmail app in Chrome. - ilene

I have used the gadget for a few days now and I find it quite useful as a notifier and for quick previews of incoming emails. I didn't see any connection problems, but I agree that there's still lots of room for improvement and in it's current state the gadget is certainly not a replacement for Gmail's web interface or a real email client. - Ray Metzen

Louis Gray

Disqus Gets Serious About Growing Comment Spam Problem - http://www.louisgray.com/live...

December 4, 2008 from louisgray.com - Comment - Like - Share

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Sometimes getting hit with spammers is an indicator that you've "made it" ;) - Christopher Golda

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I've only just started using Disqus recently, so it hasn't been an issue yet, but it seems like they're heading down the right track. Hopefully it will be enough - spammer infestations are nasty! - ilene

I didn't get any DISQUS spam until I switched to WordPress, now I get tons. I think it's an SEO thing, or maybe it's because I wrote a post saying that WordPress improved my SEO and now my site is showing up in some SEO-related search. Frustrating. - Daniel J. Pritchett

Good, I love Disqus and any improvement to the system is always welcome. - Aram Zucker-Scharff

I tried Disqus, but couldn't get feedburner to accept my feed with Disqus turned on. Anyone else having, or not having this issue? - Bill Sanders

I did not have that issue, Bill. However, I setup Feedburner before I installed Disqus. Have you tried going that route? - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

I remember when everyone said that I should abandon the comments on my blog in favor of disqus because I hate moderating my own comments so much for spam. - Thomas Hawk

@Thomas: There are 101 reasons to choose DISQUS over other comment systems: Network effects due to a comment network that's bigger than your blog, automatic email reminders and reply by email, avatars, threading, up/down-voting. Ok that's more like 5, but you're shortchanging your blog if you don't have all of those. - Daniel J. Pritchett

@Thomas, there is little spam on Disqus vs. real comments. But they do come in batches, and usually on old, once-popular posts. - Louis Gray

maybe. I worry that spam will be just as bad on disqus, as it is now most of my spam comes in batches on older popular posts. But I have to deal with it every day and now must moderate all comments on my blog. I'm not ready to move my comments to disqus because I have more confidence that Google (i.e. blogger) will be around in the future than disqus. I'd hate to put a lot of effort into disqus like I did with Pownce only to see it gone and all of my blog comments with it gone in the future. - Thomas Hawk

I understand your concern about the comments disappearing. DISQUS is nice enough to auto-sync comments back to your WordPress blog so that they're never lost but I don't know that they've done that for Blogger. - Daniel J. Pritchett

I agree with Christopher Golda - Getting spam comments for the first time was really exciting, it was an indicator that my blog was beginning to pop up on the radar - Mauricio Reyes

I´m not that charmed by being spidered. - Thomas Bøhm

I've seen an uptick in spam recently, and not on old posts... - Taylor Davidson

Thanks Tina - I'll give it a shot. - Bill Sanders

Derrick

How often do you talk to your parents?

December 6, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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I talk almost everyday with my mom. - Bibi

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Once or twice a week. We have a standing Sunday-afternoon call, and usually something turns up that I want to talk to them about during the week. Or I chat with my dad on Google Chat. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

I talk to my mom everyday. - Michelle Martinez

about once a week; depends on what's going on. - jbrotherlove

Most days! - Emma

Daily. - Nation Hahn

I'm avoiding my Dad as we type. - teh Dork Knight

Never to my mom. 4 times a year with my dad. It would be more with him if 1) he was ever home, 2) returned a phone call and 3) didn't talk so damn much. - Anika

I haven't talked to my mother in years. She is the only person I have blocked on YIM. My dad, for some unknown reason, stopped communicating with me (and my daughter) a little over a year ago, after announcing he was getting married for the 3rd time. It's been a rough year for me. He's one of my favorite people in all this world and someone I admire very much. I can only say that about 5 people that have been a part of my life, and 2 of those are dead. - April Russo (app103)

once a week. - DJ Swole

A couple times a week on average, but rushed; we don't talk talk as often anymore. - Michael W. May

almost daily - Ms_Krista

every other day, but sometimes more - RAPatton

as much as I can avoid it - sofarsoShawn

Everyday. - Mattie Kenny

very often, despite the fact they are separated.. - George The Writer

Nearly every day, though they often don't recall it. Or where I live. - Glen Campbell, B.A.

Everyday. - Mark Wilson

A few times a week, we're on really good terms, but they're moving abroad in a couple of years, so I'm making the most of them being around now! - Vicky

Every week perhaps. Depends. We have a 5 month old baby girl so there´s a lot of reporting. - Thomas Bøhm

Every day. - Steven Perez

I don't talk to my mom nearly often enough, and I feel guilty for it. - Joey Gibson

used to be every two weeks (she is 13000miles away, so the phone was expensive), then every week since Dad died, now 2-3 times a week on Skype. - Bora Zivkovic

I hardly talked to my dad when we lived in the same house. I feel a bit guilty though. We both should try to talk to each other more. - Derrick

Everyday. - Parth Awasthi

3-7 days a week. i should probably stop that too. - tiffany

I try to avoid them, but it's hard. The house is big, but not that big and it carries sound well... - Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF

about 4 times a week. my father who's in his early 70's (got his 1st computer last year and since then has turned into a 16year old girl) emails me FWD'd msgs everyday. And hits me up on skype everytime i make myself visible. I thought about getting him an iphone, but i wouldnt be able to afford the text plan. ;) - Carlos Ayala

Every day. Thank God :) - Mohamed J

About two to three times per month. - Janet

Rahsheen, you suck, don't make me come over there - Denise

Because of money (or lack of it) I've had to move back with my Mum. My Dad passed away in January, it's just my Mum, me and my dog, Kaz. :-) So we speak all the time. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

I talk every day with my mom. Family is very important for me. - Marcel Janus

About every other week on average, usually online. More often if they have *whispers* c-o-m-p-u-t-e-r p-r-o-b-l-e-m-s. - ilene from twhirl

Once a minute every hour -

um, daily. Sometimes I skip a day. - anna sauce

Quite often - Nicholas Kreidberg

LOL! I didn't know my mom jumped on this thread. Thank you, Filtrbox :) - Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF

David Cook

There are 4,347 people in the U.S. named David Cook. http://www.howmanyofme.com/ - http://www.howmanyofme.com/

December 4, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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At least there are 4,345 other people that are tired of being compared to the American Idol. lol - David Cook

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There are 71 people with name Jason Shultz - Jason Shultz from twhirl

249. But that's with my formal. I'll try "Katie" in a minute. - Katie: Witch Of The West

Yup, just like I thought, I'm the ONLY one. :D - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

19 with my first (really it's my middle) and last name. Pfft, surely there are more than that! - Carmen

Ha! I guess it's good I go by Katie and not Katherine. There are only 90 as opposed to 249. - Katie: Witch Of The West

There are 3 who have my current name. There are 77 who have the name I'll have a year from now. :) - Ladybug Heather

39 of me, but I'm by far the cutest. - Derrick

Well, of COURSE you are, Derrick! - Ladybug Heather

1,031 with the name Lindsey Smith not as many as I thought - Lindsey is Fierce!

13 people named Marco Nunez - sweet site, interesting stuff - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

36 people with my name! - heather ♥s fauns on mars.

Wow! It told me that: More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Ian are male. Hey! Shoot... let's get this clear... I am not the 0.1% OK? - Ian May

"1 or less" people with my name, no big surprise there! - Nicholas Kreidberg

" There are 1 or fewer people in the U.S. named <MY NAME>. The estimates for one or both names are not absolute. There may be fewer people with this name, or none at all." - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

OMG!!! "There are fewer than 1,529 people in the U.S. with the first name Stupid." "There are fewer than 336 people in the U.S. with the last name Blogger." - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

LOL @Stupid Blogger! - Ian May

Nicholas, they apparently broke the mold after you made your entrance, dude. ;) - Derrick

Only 31 of me :) - Soulhuntre from twhirl

There are 1 or fewer people in the U.S. named Matthew Ernisse. -- I sure hope the or fewer evaluates to false... - matthew john ernisse

@ Tina I would not be surprised to find out that those 1529 are all employed by the government in some way... Oh, and there's 26 of me out there - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

Only one of me in America (and I would say in the whole world) - Kevin L

Only one of me as well - you can all count your blessings! =) - ilene

ilene dover? - Lindsey is Fierce!

there are only four of me. - ♥patricia♥

653. (And one of them lives two blocks down the street.) - John Craft

There are 8,291 people in the U.S. named Andrew Smith... Do I win :) Oh, and I'm in Canada. - Andrew Smith

There are 1,397 people in the U.S. named Robert Patton. - RAPatton

I'm the only one with my real name according to this site and Google. - LogEx

There are 25 people in the U.S. named Adriana Reyes.-- Hmmm... kind of like that =) - Adriana E. Reyes

Estimated "4 or fewer" - so along with the most famous of our set, now living in London I believe, and one in Sydney Australia I know of, there might be three more in Us alone? Come out, come out where ever you are... - David HC Soul

There are 148 people in the U.S. named Thomas Hawk. - Thomas Hawk

There are 37 people in the U.S. named Deborah Schwarz. And yes, it looks like Andrew Smith is the reigning champion so far for the most common name amongst us. - David Cook

Derrick

Would you consider dating someone who openly admits having cheated on past partners?

December 4, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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No! I found out later my ex cheated on all past partners and guess what? Wasn't too faithful to me either. - Shevonne

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"You say you want my trust and Told me you were leavin'. How am I to know that you won't do it to me? You're tellin' me it's different But what the hell is different If you cheated on him you'll do it to me." - Ginuwine - Shey, Jamaican of FF

I think it depends on the degree of severity. If they did it one time, 10+ years ago, regret it a lot, etc. that would be different than someone who has done it in every single relationship, doesn't think it's a very big deal, etc. It would be case-by-case situation for me, rather than an automatic yes/no thing. - Rochelle

@Shey Hellz Yeah - Shevonne

Just remember . . . not everyone admits to it. Who's to say you won't find someone that has and will never tell you. - Lindsey is Fierce!

In the past, I would've said HELL TO THE NO, but my ex boyfriend cheated on his ex gf but he never cheated on me. Bottomline: depends. - Mona Nomura

Past performance is not necessarily a guarantee of future results. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

But if they have cheated on EVERYONE they have dated, then no way - Shevonne

I would, because I've been that person. There's a big difference between mid-20s Jon in NYC and 21-year-old Jon living in Italy for a couple years. 5 years isn't huge time-wise, but can contain huge personal growth. I would give a person the benefit of the doubt and let him/her fuck it up later. - Jon Anderson

Might be a good think if they've cheated. It's out of their system and they know the aggro it causes. - sofiagk

I would, but I would probably be a bit cautious and guarded for a bit. And like others have said, it would also depend on the degree/quantity/timeframe of when the past offense(s) occurred. - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

Plus you should only say "no" if you never cheated in your life. Not once. Never. Not even a peck. (Which I can safely assume is not the majority of the population, even if its not admitted amongst the nouveau puritans) - sofiagk

I haven't considered dating since I got married. - Glen Campbell, B.A.

I only cheated once when I was 16 and never did it again. I think sometimes people cheat once and they feel so much guilt that they jut can't imagine causing that hurt to someone again. However, in the case of my ex..... - Shevonne

Having been the victim of someone who was cheated on, and looking back on that experience, I'd be open-minded enough to let someone who would share that info with me have a chance. But looking back at my POS ex who was just a small, small man (pun intended), I feel for whoever he ends up dating. - Derrick

Good idea, Glen. - Yolanda

There is a difference between someone who cheats and someone who has cheated. Usually, someone who cheats will do it again and probably has other red flags going on. I'm usually willing to give the benefit of the doubt to someone who has cheated, but cheaters never prosper. - Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF

+1 Glen - Derrick

If you're just going to hang, then it shouldn't matter. If you are looking for an actual relationship with this person, then hell no. But then again, I'm in Glen's corner. Haven't dated since I got married, either. ;) - Helen Sventitsky

I've done it, so it would be lame of me to punish someone for doing what I'd already done.... - Iain Baker

Simple. No. They're clearly going to jump ship if they get a little horney or get a better offer. - Toby Graham

Toby I beleive you're thinking about it the wrong way round. you should be thinking "there is no better offer out there so if they go it's their loss". Ego has a lot going for it in situations like these. :-) - sofiagk

This whole conversation is why I don't do closed relationships. Human sexuality is fluid and everyone is a lot happier when they can screw around (with certain relationship-specific boundaries) and not get in trouble for it. - Sparky, a big deal

Once a playa, always a playa.... - Ms_Krista

Sparky I like your line of thinking - sofiagk

Sofia and Sparky showing me the error in my ways! - Toby Graham

I don't think I would no. Once a cheat always a cheat from my experience. - Kol Tregaskes

Toby :-) funny. we all deal with stuff like that in different ways. It's interesting to see how different - sofiagk

I think it will be quite difficult to find anyone who has never ever cheated on any partner... Of course that doen't mean we have to like the fact, but guess we have to accept it. - Peter Efland

It depends on if they have accepted responsibility for their role in it. If they're trying to excuse it by blaming their partner or whoever they cheated with for encouraging it - then it seems likely there'd be a repeat in the future. - ilene

just because they were stupid once, does not mean they will be again. may have learnt from their mistakes - ♥ Stephiepooos ♥

Fuck no -

ProBlogger Room: sofarsoShawn

“If I could request your help please, I'm having trouble embedding the friendfeed widget in tumblr. Has anyone done it? Or know how? It's driving me bananas! Thank you!” - http://friendfeed.com/e...

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I know this is fairly old, but I'm willing to have a look if you've not got it fixed up how you want it yet. - ilene

ilene

The 10 Most Devastating Insults of All Time | Cracked.com - http://www.cracked.com/blog...

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Fantastic comebacks! - ilene

Graham English

I'm pretty sure that I never searched for "Britney Spears" last year. Does this makes me better than everyone who did? http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press...

December 1, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Personally I can't get over the fact that after all the media attention Britney has had that anyone needed to search. - ilene

Good point. - Graham English

Brad Kligerman

As our Thanksgiving Saturday begins to wind down, we look out across a Paris skyline under an intense snow storm. Like icing on the cake.

November 29, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Happy Thanksgiving from an ex pat in England. It's interesting to celebrate it abroad - I've had to ask overseas visitors to bring tinned pumpkin and it gets rationed till the next visit. It sounds a beautiful scene in Paris tonight. - ilene

My favorite "Thanksgiving in Europe" moment seeing the French confronted with a pumpkin pie. It doesn't go over real well, but we're making strides. Have fun. - Brad Kligerman

Ah yes, the pumpkin pie moment... 'It has real pumpkin in it?? Ewww! That can't be nice!' I've managed to convert a few, but I still figure it'll be another 10 years before I can buy tinned pumpkin in the shop. I think I'm going to try substituting butternut squash next year. - ilene

Graham English

@THE_REAL_SHAQ http://letmegooglethatforyou.com http://www.google.com/search...

November 28, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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This cracked me up! - David Fendley

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haha glad it did - Brendon Wadey

As long as you don't laugh when @THE_REAL_SHAQ kicks my ass. - Graham English

I don't know. If he live tweets the ass-kicking... ;) - David Fendley

It'd end up on YouTube anyway... ;-) - ilene

LOL. He'd probably have time to live-tweet in between punches. - Graham English

hahaha yea - Brendon Wadey

totally should have used this when someone emailed me asking if there was a limit to how long a text message could be :-) - Richard ¿digame? Walker

Robert Scoble

According to my FriendFeed stats for every participant there are 4.69 lurkers. I discuss how I learned that here:

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For the past several months I've been following EVERYONE who shows up on my view. Those are participants. People who click like. People who leave comments. I am now following 4,601 people according to FriendFeed. Yet if I look at the larger pool of who is following me there are 21,578 there. Who are these lurkers? Have I caught every participant? - Robert Scoble

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Sneaky :-) - Gordon Saunders

interesting - Brendon Wadey

you should get me that many followers lol - Brendon Wadey

I'm pretty sure I've caught most of the participants. Why? Because I've both begged for people to let me know and, also, because if you look at how 4,000 people link out to other people and get their audiences involved you'll see that they touch more than 100,000 FriendFeeders. - Robert Scoble

so do you still believe there are >100K FF users Robert? :) - Jeremy Toeman

Interesting statistic. Seems like a fairly high participation rate. I wonder how that compares to other social media sites such as Twitter as well as Blogs? - Jeff P. Henderson

It would be great if you could compare numbers with other notables to see if this is specifically a Scoble ratio, or a more generally observed phenomenon. - Gordon Saunders

Brendon: followers are fun, but following is more important. Someday I'll write a book about why. But, short version is that if you follow smart and interesting people they'll get you involved in interesting conversations. They'll make you smarter and more interesting. Guess what? That'll get you more followers. It's a vicious cycle. I haven't seen anyone with a lot of followers who isn't smart and interesting here (and/or a participant). - Robert Scoble

That is why I'm so picky about who I follow. - Mathew™ one of a kind

Jeremy: yes, there are. Provably so. Just visit the "Everyone" feed and you'll see that most of those aren't in my sphere of influence. Heck, there's an extremely interesting Farsi crowd here that I can't even read, so I don't follow them for the most part. - Robert Scoble

That is probably the most useful tip I have heard from anyone in quite awhile, it makes sense and is true. But yes followers are fun :) - Brendon Wadey

The wonders of a larger sample size... see by that standard, I'm following 119, and have 86 following me. Since I've started using FF, I've had ... less than a dozen comments and likes combined. So if I were running these numbers, I'd say - "interaction on FriendFeed is nil - whereas interaction on Twitter is incredible"... then again, my echo chamber resides in Twitter and is small. Breaking through that is the next trick... - Enrique Gutierrez

Jeff: on blogs the rate of lurkers is much higher. Arrington has a million RSS subscribers, yet how many of those participate in his comments? Only a very small percentage. - Robert Scoble

Funny, I am subscribed to every single person on this thread so far, which validates that I don't have any participants who I haven't followed yet. Wonder what all those lurkers are doing? I bet that they very rarely visit FriendFeed. - Robert Scoble

Robert, when you start going into higher numbers; any group of people becomes representative of the general demographics. This means it represents the same classes of people: 20% Leaders, 80% followers. You, Sir, belong to the former. Your numbers are representative of the same fact. I do not anticipate this to change, this is the structure of the society, how we are built. - Parth Awasthi

@Robert, That is what I suspected. Comparing Blogs to social media sites is an apples to oranges comparison. - Jeff P. Henderson

Scoble, your point on touching 100,000 FriendFeeders is interesting. Am comparing it to the statistic that LinkedIn shows on people connected to ones contacts..i have 13,000 contacts via the immediate 194 of mine. But purely in terms of engagement/participation am thinking FF beats LinkedIn. - Mahesh CR

Parth: yes, but this is the first time in history where we have the names of the lurkers! :-) - Robert Scoble

That is an amazingly high participation rate - Internet Strategist

I'd love to know what they're all doing, especially the 15 people that should (by the 1:4.7 ratio) be interacting with my feed. I should hire a team of christmas elves to hook up the comments on my timeline... - Enrique Gutierrez

Participation is also harder on popular blogs now, with many requiring registration, captchas or email confirmation steps. The harder it is to say what you want, the less likely folks are to bother. - John

hahaha - Brendon Wadey

Yea there are many blogs that I go to but never comment, because I don't want to take the time to sign up for that blog nor do I want more accounts with places I might only go to once in awhile. - Brendon Wadey

The Lost Lurkers of Atlantis. Imagine if they all decided to decend upon a comment thread all on the same day. There should be a count down or something to give it a shot. - Micah Wittman

I lurk, therefore I am - Pete Gilbert

@Brendon That is why I wish everyone used Disqus or something where you don't have to sign up just to leave a comment. Cause I personally will not sign up. - Mathew™ one of a kind

@Robert, I think there are plenty of lurkers that do not participate, but read as they either do not have a significant enough interest in the topics at hand or they do not agree with the views posted and do not wish to start an argument. I believe the latter was very true during the election, especially for those with Right leaning views, who were grossly outnumbered by the Left leaning points of view here on FF. - Jeff P. Henderson

Yup and hopefully one day that is how it will be - Brendon Wadey

I'm a lurker, for the most part, I have a hard time bouncing around to everyone's feeds. I really should consider just using FF as my main source. It's so handy. - Chris Pugh

I certainly hope I'm not a lurker! Though I don't really participate on FriendFeed as much as I'd like. I'm actually more on Twitter and FB than FF, and I've tried to heavily integrate both only to find that I updated too much when I did that. How do you mitigate the overabundance of updates? lol - Carlton Hackett

What would a social network with no lurkers look like? - Ziad

Here's the problem. I bet that there are tons of lurkers who don't even sign in, or follow. So, there are now three classes of people here: 1. Participants. 2. Logged in lurkers. 3. Invisible lurkers. I bet that for every one participant there are 5 in #2 and 50 in #3. Participants are worth their weight in gold. - Robert Scoble

wow - Brendon Wadey

Carlton and Pete: I already followed you, so you aren't a lurker. :-) - Robert Scoble

Whats great is after commenting on this post a couple of times I've had two ppl subscribe to me in the past two minutes. - Mathew™ one of a kind

John, Brendon, that's why I'm glad to see Disqus, Backtype, IntenseDebate & other comment mechanisms that avoid the need for that. - Richard ¿digame? Walker

I have been added people since this convo as well - Brendon Wadey

Very interesting, indeed. I had actually stopped reciprocating follows, this being one of the reasons. I figured that, if someone was worth following, I would see them in my view at some point. Otherwise, they are probably not active or don't have anything I want to see. I think FF may be the only service where you can do this. - Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF

Is that called "followed by association"? - James D Kirk

I too agree on who you follow too, it does make you smarter and I need to work on being a bit more involved as well. - Barbara Duck

I can only think of a couple of possible explanations. I'm sure a certain percentage are just people who never took to the service and never came back. The other explanation is simple enough - in any medium where there are creators and consumers the consumers far outnumber the creators. I'm kind of surprised the ratio is that low actually. - invariant - farewell FF

@Robert Do you know what your most commented FF post has been to date - how many comments attached? Thanks. - Micah Wittman

Hahaha @Scobleizer I don't know about this one. Perhaps for someone that has an incredible volume of audience, sure... in fact, I'm sure there's some bell curve you can apply to an equation with enough samples from people. The attention bucket is exponential & variant significantly. such as - 8 readers on my blog, subscribed, but approximately 1000 readers a month. We need to take a sample & get some data & charts going. - Enrique Gutierrez

Not sure there's much wrong with lurking - Usenet used to encourage a period of lurking before participation to get a feel for the group. Perhaps people are naturally doing the same thing here. - John

I also want people to realize that just because I don't subscribe back to you doesn't mean I hate you or something. It either means your just not active enough, fill most of your feed with Twitter, Wakoopa, etc or you are just too knew and I don't know yet. - Mathew™ one of a kind

stats is one of the hardest things to get, and get done right. - Brendon Wadey

invariant: we always knew that the lurkers far outnumbered the participants. We saw this back in the mid 1990s on CompuServe (where people PAID to participate and read forums, so we had lots of good numbers). Back then it was 1 to 50 or lower. I bet that the real lurkers aren't even subscribing . I think FriendFeed has demonstrated that there's a third group that was unmeasurable before: lurkers who will log in to get something of value or just to try out a service before discarding it. - Robert Scoble

understandable - Brendon Wadey

1:5 particpant vs lurker ratio. That's pretty good ratio in an online community. - Leon Ho

Another reason: in the time it took me to type my comment this post went from 2 to 40 comments. Everything that needs to be said gets said very quickly on your posts. - invariant - farewell FF

Micah: I don't know which of my FF items was most commented on. Seems that a very high comment rate is more than 100. It's rare that I see that here. Brendon, agree, stats are full of lies. One thing that's very interesting is that I found three new people on this thread so far. - Robert Scoble

When someone follows me, I typically look at their content and frequency of posting before deciding to follow them. As Robert said, I 'm looking for quality content also (i.e. stuff that is interesting to me). - Jeff P. Henderson

Rahsheen, didn't you recently say "if I'm not following you back, it's my fault I'm sorry" or something like that? Which is it? - Richard ¿digame? Walker

Brendon - I don't think it'd be that difficult. You'd have to get a small number of the few types of Internet people out there... all in all - you could probably run this experiment with (arbitrarily) 24~ people's stats - Enrique Gutierrez from twhirl

Leon: the problem is I don't know the real "lurker" numbers because I can't see FriendFeed's true traffic for my posts. So, there might be 5-100 more "unregistered" lurkers here that we can't see, which would bring down the ratio more to be closer to blogs. - Robert Scoble

yea true - Brendon Wadey

Those numbers are more in line with what I've seen moderating forums and in ecommerce conversion rates. There will never be anything with NO lurkers because there are so many who are afraid to say anything. Forcing people to log in or sign up is a major participation killer, so anyone serious about increasing participation really needs to remove those obstacles. - Internet Strategist

I've already had two people subscribe to me since this thread started. - Jeff P. Henderson

@ Jeff I do the same exact thing. - Mathew™ one of a kind

I tend to work the opposite way around - I'll subscribe to somebody when I see an interesting post/comment, but unsubscribe later in the rare case that I find I can't cope with their content. - John

I just finally got a TypePad account yesterday because I really wanted to leave a comment in a blog that required one. The first comment I made was suggesting they remove the requirement to log in. To the blogger's credit he immediately DID remove it AND followed up with me. What we do - every little improvement - makes an enormous long-term difference. - Internet Strategist

I do a lot of lurking, and I follow a lot of links and Google a lot of things that I've never heard of before. That's how I ended up here, it's also how I found Twitter. I think sometimes it's networking or info overload that causes people to abandon communities or services they've joined or spend more time reading than commenting. It's easy to end up out of your depth. - ilene

That is exactly how I work as well - Brendon Wadey

I don't even remember how I found out about Friendfeed. I think it was through Twitter. Hell I don't even know when I joined. Just know that it was sometime in the middle of July...I think. - Mathew™ one of a kind

@ilene, that is exactly the value of following interesting people on FF. Once you do that, participation is inevitable unless one is very shy. - Jeff P. Henderson

I also found it through twitter, didn't use it for awhile and just started using it quite abit now, starting to really like it :) - Brendon Wadey

Friendfeed really is something, I have just spent an hour using this application (yes I consider it an app) and have really been enjoying myself. :) - Brendon Wadey

Robert: Right. I wonder at what point a high comment count precipitates branching off onto a new FF post or even something longer format (I have had the urge before, but shrug it off b/c the immediacy loses steam). I've noticed you springboard to a blog post at times, but my recollection holds that it's related to a convergence in your broader experience and not specific to a frenzy of response (measured by volume of comments). - Micah Wittman

@Jeff I've tried that on Twitter, but at least here it seems likely that even if you don't have a direct connection to someone already that you might still get a response. :) - ilene

@Bredon Wakoopa considers it an app as well. - Mathew™ one of a kind

I know the blog posting series I want to read: a system to regularly make the rounds of all the appropriate Social Networking sites, keep multiple blogs updated, and stay on top of it all. - Internet Strategist

oh how i love web 2.0 :) :) - Brendon Wadey

I originally viewed friendfeed as a way to keep up on postings throughout the web from the people I enjoy following. I added links to some of my own sources but didn't really expect anyone to follow me. I think a lot of people use friendfeed analogously to an RSS reader but grouped by people instead of websites. - invariant - farewell FF

Checked email. 2 FF subscribes and a Facebook friend request to boot (I may get to that one in a week) - Micah Wittman

One thing I have noticed regarding the number of comments and participation on a post is, that it is not only related to the level of interest, but is definitely dependent on the time of day, who, and how many people are on FF at the time. i.e. Friday night is a good time to post if you want interaction. - Jeff P. Henderson

I would bet a lot of people signed up once to check it out and never came back. There are a lot of ways the site could improve for first-time users, which would improve retention. - Louis Gray

Posting is good. Interesting posting is better. I prefer people who post when they have something to say, rather than just to participate. - Alexandros Georgiadis

Louis: I bet a lot of people visited it from my blog once and didn't even sign up. Getting people to participate really is difficult, isn't it? - Robert Scoble

lol @ Jeff P. Henderson - you know what that says about our social lives - Internet Strategist

@ Louis, that is very true and has been discussed many times here. New FF users do not have a very good experience the first time they use the service until they are following several active people. Those who do not understand this may move after their first visit. - Jeff P. Henderson

What is even more interesting is people who answer me over on Twitter but won't participate here. That, too, is interesting behavior. - Robert Scoble

Do those twitterers know about FF? - James D Kirk

Robert started this by posting the comment to Twitter and here. Does anyone know if he has written anything on Social Media strategies like that one? Or know of anyone else who has? One thing FF could do to improve usability is to put the comment option at the bottom too instead of just at the top. - Internet Strategist

I second that, Internet Strategist. "Comment" at the bottom, too! - Alexandros Georgiadis

Plus, no going to the top of the page after subscribing to someone. - Alexandros Georgiadis

Yep, my scrolling finger is getting mighty sore on this thread.... ;-) - Jeff P. Henderson

James: yes. See http://www.twitter.com/scoblei... . Internet Strategist: nope, I haven't written anything up about these strategies yet. I'm just playing and learning. - Robert Scoble

Auto refresh or Real time would be nice - Alexandros Georgiadis

WOW 90 comments in less that 45 minutes! - Jeff P. Henderson

For new FF people, I think there should be a part 2 to that lovely video I remember seeing when I first joined. Like a Top 10 list of things to do once on FF. And some recommended followers as well. That should get you off to a running start. - Amani

Louis Gray has written countless articles on his Blog about how to use FF. Definitely worth a read. http://www.louisgray.com/live... - Jeff P. Henderson

Thanks Jeff. Just what I needed. I just figured out how to import my blog feed and to filter anyone's feed to see just their blog posts. How can they be sharp enough to make those easy and not put the comment option at the bottom? - Internet Strategist

I rarely log in to FF to participate as most of my social circle hasn't adopted FF, let alone Twitter yet. However, I was on FF before you, and for a while I had an 'imaginary' Scoble set up to follow. Now I use the comments feature of the Facebook news feed like I would FF. I don't have time to participate everywhere, so I usually participate where my closest-knit social circle is present. Not sure what kind of a 'lurker' that makes me, but hopefully that gives some helpful insight. - Mike English

Oh, and I saw this first on twitter, but for once came over to comment. - Mike English

I just started following you about a week ago only on freind feed. It's really neat to see that you are taking the time to see who all of us are so to speak. - Enriqueta

I suspect that everyone uses SM sequentially instead of all at once because there are too many. Based on this FF exchange has been far more illuminating than Twitter so far. What we need is a tool that automatically logs in a particular persona to each site. One that we can configure to present links to all potential places to visit and drag and drop them to the priority we prefer. Ideally it would allow a large number of personas and easily switch between them. (That could be a programming challenge.) - Internet Strategist

Mike: cool, welcome back. I am on Facebook more lately too, but the quality of the conversations are decidedly different, which I find interesting (although the participants have a lot of overlap, which also surprised me). Enriqueta, welcome, hope to see you more! - Robert Scoble

My info-stream comes mainly from the nexus FriendFeed - Greader with Twitter as the connective tissue. Even when I'm bounced to a source site (blog, news), all of my dialogue (comments, chat) has moved to the FF space. But the trickle down (or up) effect from comments being moved between platforms (blog> Greader> FF> Twitter> blog...) has de-centered the conversation. New protocols to structure this ecosystem (where & under what circumstances to leave a comment, start a conversation) are emerging. - Brad Kligerman

I can't participate in all smart conversation initiated by all friendfeed's smart guys.. even though I want to.. therefore I lurk.. - Pico Seno

You weren't kidding about "countless" articles on FF. There are 689 of them! I thought some might be interested in his latest http://www.louisgray.com/live... - Internet Strategist

@internet Strategist, Subscribe to Louis Gray here on FF and you well see all of his new articles as soon as he posts them. - Jeff P. Henderson

I already did but thanks for the suggestion (in case I hadn't figured it out yet). I subscribed to you too. Thanks for the assistance and I do hope you'll visit my blog. It is at http://GrowMap.com and I added it to my feed here so you can get an idea what I post about there. (Filtered posts at http://friendfeed.com/growmap...) - Internet Strategist

Hmm, I have an even lower participation rate. For every participant, there's at least 6 nonparticipants. @Robert, do you look for new participants in the public feed? - Tanath

Tanath: yes, I do look there often to see if anyone is doing something I'd be interested in. - Robert Scoble

I'll wager (fairly heavily) that "lurkers" aren't really even "lurking". Let's face it, if you like FF, it's fun to be engaged, but why on Earth would you just "watch" all this chatter? Seriously, I cannot think of a worse hobby than "I lurk on FriendFeed"... - Jeremy Toeman

@Jeremy - I disagree. Lurking on FriendFeed can be quite fun, entertaining and informative (not that i'm a lurker). My guess is the lurkers don't read through all the "chatter" but rather skim through and find interesting links and information they may be, or may not be, looking for. - Justin Korn

Interesting discussion. I'm very new, Twitter and FB about a month ago and FF this week. Still finding my feet or rather still trying not to put my foot in my mouth when commenting. Must get over that and just go for it. Would say I've never seen anything like this before but then, as I said, am new to social media anyway so what do I know. Great being here, already inspired a new work of art :) - Nicola Quinn

Talk about being super-transparent in a way. - Ms. B

Ditto @Mike English: "I rarely log in to FF to participate as most of my social circle hasn't adopted FF, let alone Twitter yet. I don't have time to participate everywhere"...and I am pretty much shocked that some people do. My ex-husband, a programmer, and his crowd all Twitter, which is interesting to follow because he and his friends are very smart and all involved in technology,... more... - Colleen

Colleen I agree, it's a strange but interesting world here with few rules which makes it both refreshing and quite exciting. And I love the new topics I've been able to explore which I wouldn't bother looking into any other way. It's also great to be able to reply in more than 140 chars here. - Nicola Quinn

Jeremy: there are a wide variety of reasons that people would lurk here. Did you know that lots of these threads are showing up on Google now? So, people are finding them on Google, reading them, deciding they are lame, and moving on. Other people are hearing about various things here over on Twitter. Others are hearing about them from various blogs. In fact, if you visit my blog you might see my FriendFeed item on my blog. Are you a lurker? Hmmm. - Robert Scoble

Robert, shouldn't you be asleep, or packing or something? - Nicola Quinn

i think you are doing it wrong robert ;) - Chris Hofmann

I've been frustrated lately with lack of purposeful dialog with me on Facebook and Twitter, even though I've been doing everything I can to get some type of interaction. I'm hoping FF will be the answer I'm looking for in finding actual participants and making true connections. - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Chris: of course I'm doing it wrong. That's why I'm following all of you so I can learn the right way to use this darn contraption. Jannifer, welcome, will be looking for you. Nicola, already packed. Sleep? Um, would like to, but got this stupid expense report I'm finishing up. - Robert Scoble

I signed up because it sounded like a cool idea, really. xD Nowadays I just link people to my FF account and let people find my other social presences from there. It's much more simple for me, in that way. - Neurario

Can't find who said, why would anyone want to add people they don't know? That's exactly why I joined here to find some new cool friends and repattern my aging neurons with some stimulating ideas and conversations :) - Nicola Quinn

Bon voyage Robert, have a great trip, Spain is fantastic and hope your expense report didn't give you too much of a headache. - Nicola Quinn

Forrester / @jowyang has some interesting related stats here http://blogs.forrester.com/grounds... - Mike Reynolds

Lurking is always necessary for a beginner. People learn to participate in time. It's like high school on the net. - Phil Boiarski

I am not sure your analysis of the lurker stats stands up. Obviously for your feed it is true but to generalize is probably not appropriate. There probably a number of reasons why people lurk on your feed but participate otherwise. First is that comments on your posts tend to get very noisy, very quickly making it difficult and time consuming to participate other than a quick scan. Second is that a lot of FF do not have English as a first language making it even more difficult for them to participate..... - Brian Sullivan

That gives another really good reason why something like FF is so good. People who don't know English or even another language they could spend there time reading people's posts and even asking questions, and could possibly help them learn that language. - Brendon Wadey

There may be others as well but they don't immediately come to mind. I think to judge participation you need a broader set of data. How many FFers are there? How many have ever participated? How many have participated in the last day, week, month? I am thinking that participation on a broad scale might be even more than you 4.69 stat indicates. - Brian Sullivan

You are right, and if you look back into the comments as I said earlier that one of the hardest things to get and to get done right is stats, it's almost impossible to get depending on what you are looking at. But yes, if you can get that information it would show a better picture, and probably would be much more. - Brendon Wadey

Another problem with using your posts as a gauge-- because of the stupid FF bubble algorithm this post has stopped rising to the top even though comments and likes continue to be added. Even with your posts the participation rate might be higher if this was not the case. - Brian Sullivan

Echoing a lot of comments here w/ my own take: I'm a sysadmin & programmer on Twitter & FF for a couple months. Believe it or not, none of my family friends or colleagues use either so I have been lurking until I got a feel 4 how it works and until I felt I had something worth saying. To me, there are so many out there that comment and participate with nothing useful to say. I would rather be a lurker than one of those guys! - Brendten Eickstaedt

Is something useful opinion? - Brendon Wadey

As someone who would consider themselves a lurker, I agree with HealthMash. There is quite a bit of participation that adds nothing to the conversation. - Joseph Ferris

Yes absolutely. What isn't useful, at least 2 me, are comments from people who clearly just want their name out there. As Jim Rome says "have a take and do not suck!" - Brendten Eickstaedt

2 me FF most useful as the aggregator of my info-stream. I first found of b/c I am on so many social sites I can't keep them all straight. Just point people 2 FF and be done w/ it. Until a couple of days ago I didn't read a single comment or follow a single person. I did use it to find the info streams of other interesting people tho but never followed them. I guess that makes me one of @scobleizers invisible lurkers! - Brendten Eickstaedt

Yes like others, I get responses not here, seems few people I know are on FF. Interestingly I get more feedback via Facebook via the Twitters I do than Twitter, problem is I'm not getting complaints from FB people about me 'flooding their feed'. If I disconnect Twitter and FB it would literally be like cutting the rope to Facebook, I find little there except the group I know IRL and responses/dialogue to keep me there - games and apps and groups don't do it for me. - Tim

I actually think part of the problem is there are too many social media sites - competition is spreading groups far too thinly - why I've never signed up to Bebo and delayed with Facebook and Twitter, and only recently signed up with LinkedIn. I felt I had too many others (Livejournal, Podcasts, Myspace, RSS feeds, forums etc). It's only recently I felt those apps had a maturity and enough followers in people I know personally to go for them. Twitter I think has a LONG way to go in that department. - Tim

Word of mouth and first impressions mean a lot. It took a few enthusiastic comments regarding FF for me to check it out - and I had to make the commitment to try it. It's also nice when the service is clearer - such as the '25 uses for FF' etc posts. Those are great - not everyone will find those. It's important when you're importing what others say. It nearly got me disowned for embarrassing a family member once - and caused us both to quit that particular networking site. - ilene

I have to agree with Tim on two points. A lot of the members of my site and listeners to my show are not into a lot of these newer social media sites, which is somewhat ironic given that they are techs who do gravitate around two of the oldest forms of social networking on the net - BB forums and newsgroups. Also, these sites are now so numerous the entire arena can be overwhelming. - Rick Savoia

clever idea Robert! - Susan Beebe

I wonder if that 4.69 number will go down over time as some people move from lurker status to interactive status? FF isn't for lurkers it's for conversations and not passive users. Lurkers should stick to TV, radio, and other one way media outlets. - Jeremy Campbell from twhirl

I think you have missed people. Unless you stop unfollowing from time to time. Perhaps, the comments or likes disappeared before you had time to see. - MaryAnn Chick Whiteside

I decided to do a little research with FFHolic and it seems the participation rate is around 80% - http://blog.justinkorn.com/index... - right on target with Robert's numbers - Justin Korn

I think your discovery of such a high "participation" rate just goes to prove that FF is still in the Early Adopter phase. Those 100K or so that are using it, are USING it! - James D Kirk

i wager 25K "active" users. #1 user = scoble (~19K subs), #1 room = rww (~3K subs). seems hard to believe that there would be any more than that... - Jeremy Toeman

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yep.. http://friendfeed.com/asfaq.. am from Mumbai and helped spread the Mumbai attack news on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/asfaq.. - Asfaq

Yah, I'm in Australia :) http://friendfeed.com/jjproje... - jjprojects

http://friendfeed.com/sanjays... Am in Chennai, India - Sanjay Subrahmanyan

http://friendfeed.com/wyattpe... - another Australian - Wyatt Peak

Damn, Scoble. You're fast! :) - Graham English

http://friendfeed.com/kopi - Pico Seno

http://friendfeed.com/sconsult UK - Gordon Saunders

Graham: I thought it was a great idea! Already I found a bunch of cool people to follow. - Robert Scoble

http://friendfeed.com/warrens... - AU :-) - Warren

This turkey from Turkey ;-) - Erhan Erdogan

http://friendfeed.com/ircubic I'm a Norwegian :) - Daniel Bruce

Jansen http://friendfeed.com/jansen @ Hong Kong - Jansen Lu

Anyone from Barcelona? I'll be there Sunday. - Robert Scoble

http://friendfeed.com/grumpym... - another Warren from Aus - Warren Butler

http://friendfeed.com/ilenea - UK :) - ilene

Robert: You're telling me! Holy tidal wave. :) Love it! - Graham English

From New Delhi, India http://friendfeed.com/narendr... - Narendra Nag

I'm in China - http://friendfeed.com/perrywh... - perry whitecage

Parth Awasthi, India - http://friendfeed.com/parthaw.... - Parth Awasthi

http://www.friendfeed.com/pdenlin... In various places in China - Paul Denlinger

In Canada, http://friendfeed.com/bmancre... - Brendon Wadey

http://friendfeed.com/jongos In Uganda, Africa - Jon Gosier

twitterer from bangalore http://friendfeed.com/prakashf - Prakash

from Greece http://friendfeed.com/nikan - Nikos Anagnostou

New Zealand! http://friendfeed.com/simiana... - Jonah Merchant

Canada http://friendfeed.com/miketod... - Mike Todd

from Bangalore, India http://friendfeed.com/maheshcr - Mahesh CR

Canada: http://friendfeed.com/wilhelm... - William Bakker

Toronto, Ontario, Canada http://friendfeed.com/elastic... - Tara

UK http://friendfeed.com/dianas - Diana from Alert Thingy

Singapore: http://friendfeed.com/dregar - Andre P. Siregar

http://friendfeed.com/somenice - Andrew Smith

Canada... is that too close? - Ken Morley

Mexico!... http://friendfeed.com/jorgeav... - technocrat.... - Jorge Avila

ITALY: http://friendfeed.com/cgrassi - Christian Grassi - Christian

Melbourne, Australia: http://friendfeed.com/d0tski - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Representin' UK http://friendfeed.com/matthar... - Matt Harwood

Philippines: http://friendfeed.com/jackst - Jack

In Canada but English: http://friendfeed.com/worldof... - WorldofHiglet

Another Aussie - http://friendfeed.com/thegadg... - GadgetGuy

England - http://friendfeed.com/adean - Alan Dean

Romania/Italy http://friendfeed.com/limmoni... - Monica Muntean - Ioana Monica Muntean

Russia, if you want :) http://friendfeed.com/lawlesz - Vitaly Pimenov

Alberta, Canada http://friendfeed.com/micahwi... - Micah Wittman

Toronto, Canada: http://friendfeed.com/shey - Shey, Jamaican of FF

http://friendfeed.com/gaz4695 Gary from England :-) - Gary

India - Bangalore http://friendfeed.com/itsmeri... - Ritesh - Ritesh

Robert, I've not seen a single Spaniard here, and I've been looking. Don't know why! - Richard ¿digame? Walker

http://friendfeed.com/nobabe and hi, from austria - vienna / viennawoods - Margit Hinke

Salzburg, Austria http://friendfeed.com/kohlhof... (sound of music town) - Alexander Kohlhofer

Kuala Lumpur http://www.friendfeed.com/thechan... - Carolyn Chan

Netherlands http://www.friendfeed.com/dehaasp... - Peter de Haas - dehaaspeter

Germany http://friendfeed.com/binderm... - Mirco

http://friendfeed.com/berryg - Dutch entrepeneur from The Netherlands - Berry Groenendijk

http://friendfeed.com/santiro... - Madrid, Spain - santiromero

http://friendfeed.com/alemsah - Alemsah Ozturk

http://friendfeed.com/pisihole - Bahadır Çiftci(Pisihole)

Barcelona, Spain - :-) - eduardo remedios

I'm in Canada. http://friendfeed.com/tanath - Tanath

http://friendfeed.com/pandemia Italy :) - Luca Conti

http://friendfeed.com/chantal - Toronto, Canada - Chantal

Hi! Alberto from Milan, Italy http://friendfeed.com/dottavi - Alberto D'Ottavi

https://friendfeed.com/thesliv... from the UK - Simon Lucy

http://friendfeed.com/adrianh... - UK - Adrian Howard

http://friendfeed.com/davemac Melbourne, Australia - David McDonald

http://friendfeed.com/aadjemo... Delft, Netherlands - Aad 't Hart

http://friendfeed.com/fons - Fons Tuinstra

http://friendfeed.com/koltreg... - Kent, England - Kol Tregaskes

http://friendfeed.com/sveinhd Bergen, Norway - Svein Håvard Djupvik

London - http://friendfeed.com/jonprice - Jon Price

Berlin, Germany - http://friendfeed.com/berlini... - Roman von Contzen

This feels like a party! Hi from Greece: http://friendfeed.com/past - Panagiotis Astithas

Athens, Greece: http://friendfeed.com/ageor - Alexandros Georgiadis

Athens, Greece http://friendfeed.com/talos -Vicki Kolovou - Vicki Kolovou

http://friendfeed.com/bhavish... - I'm in Birmingham, UK - Bhavishya Kanjhan

From Turkey. - İbrahim Uzun [ j ]

http://friendfeed.com/ekimkaya (Istanbul, TURKEY) - Ekim Nazım Kaya

http://friendfeed.com/andreas... Berlin, DE - Andreas

http://friendfeed.com/nicolaq... In the UK, south, on the beach. - Nicola Quinn

http://friendfeed.com/ianlipm... ... UK, East Anglia (it would be good to get some UK feeds, had enough of US politics now!) - Ian

http://friendfeed.com/joedaws... - Joe Dawson

Why do you want to subscribe to people you do not know? - Divided By Zer0

London UK - Dave Nattriss

http://friendfeed.com/vmlemon - I'm somewhere in North Yorkshire, in the UK - Tyson Key

http://friendfeed.com/mindaug... in Vilnius, Lithuania - Mindaugas Dagys

http://friendfeed.com/loshavr... I'm currently in Liverpool, UK - Adam

Toronto, ON http://www.friendfeed.com/goggles... - Rick Jessup

http://www.friendfeed.com/cains London - Steven Cains

http://friendfeed.com/larsvedo - Vancouver, Canada - Vedø

Divided: why do you want to read a newspaper made by people you don't know? Or buy a car from people you don't know? Or eat a meal made by people you don't know? - Robert Scoble

http://friendfeed.com/jamessp... - Maidenhead, UK. http://jamesspratt.org/blog - James Spratt

http://friendfeed.com/motionb... - Cambridge, Ontario, Canada - Chris Luckhardt

Milano, Italy, http://friendfeed.com/slowfin... - Slow

http://www.friendfeed.com/profitb... - Nicholas James

http://friendfeed.com/philhel... - Philip Ferris - Cornwall, UK - Philip Ferris

A large part of the membership of The Life Scientists room is non-USA. - Mr. Gunn

http://www.friendfeed.com/carlmor... from Cardiff, Wales, UK - carl morris

http://friendfeed.com/didicha... - Israel - Didi Chanoch

http://www.friendfeed.com/timbear... - London, UK. Not sure what a 'good' friendfeeder is though, LOL - Tim

http://friendfeed.com/ernieya... - north wet coast of turtle island, courtenay, canada - ernie yacub

http://friendfeed.com/shedali - london, uk - Franz Sittampalam

http://friendfeed.com/vinko - currently living in Hong Kong. - Vinko

http://friendfeed.com/divedi - Bulgaria, Europe - Dimitar Vesselinov - Dimitar Vesselinov

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