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American Vice: Mapping the 7 Deadly Sins - http://www.wired.com/culture...
Nilesh, Ritu and iTod Pouch liked this
Wired.com & Kansas State U Geography must hav some time in their hands
- polou/indigo_bow
from Bookmarklet
How is greed "average income compared with number of people living below the poverty line"?
- τorƍue
Or, alternatively, those that are living below the poverty line see others with much, and succumb to greed and discontent.
- τorƍue
DISGRASIAN OF THE WEAK! Asian-American Women Most Likely to Attempt Suicide at Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture - http://www.racialicious.com/2009...
Melissa, iTod Pouch, Homer Gaines and 6 other people liked this
"Asians love being the best. But here’s one superlative we don’t love–Asian-American women are most likely to think about and attempt suicide, more than all other Americans, according to a new University of Washington study. The study, published in the current issue of the Archives of Suicide Research, found that 15.93 percent of U.S.-born Asian-American women have contemplated suicide in their lifetime, as opposed to 13.5 percent for all Americans, and that suicide attempts among us were also higher than the general population, at 6.29 percent vs. 4.6 percent."
- Jason Toney
from Bookmarklet
That's surprising. As someone who suffers from depression and has considered suicide many times, I tend to pay attn to media reports of suicide (granted, most suicides don't make the papers, I guess). The only Asian-American woman I remember committing suicide is the author of the "The Rape of Nanking".
- Spidra Webster
hmm. i feel like a large percentage of the suicides (and attacks) that happened at my alma mater involved asian females. and yes, there were enough while I was there for me to keep a running tally :( i suppose this might explain it.
- Liz
Oh, I can totally believe this. I've had 6 female friends in HS kill themselves. All Asian. College was much worse. The pressures of fitting into boxes and such has to suck.
- Admiral Anika
HAAAAAHAHAHAHA!! OSX 10.7 Def Leppard!
Praveen Vasudev, Jason Clarke, Mark Krynsky and 14 other people liked this
(I'm going to hell for this one but...) I heard it runs on only one ARM processor...
- Johnny Worthington
+20 Johnny!
- Martin Bryant
I heard that too Johnny, save me a seat. :)
- Adam Turetzky
Oh... \m/ >.< \m/
- Johnny Worthington
*Got Johnny's joke after reading about this unknown band from Wikipedia* :D
- Jemm
Pour some sugar on me... who doesn't know that song.
- vijay
"Mac OS X 10.7, "Def Leppard," will feature a special one-handed typing interface." I couldn't remember this joke. Johnny yours was just as good. But this one I saw this morning. http://twitter.com/cieslak...
- Adam Turetzky
Who's on the back of the box, Snow? (Informer...icky boom boom down)
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
Super Epic Rainbow Cake - http://whisk-kid.blogspot.com/2009...
Pilsonia, Kim, tony obregon and 73 other people liked this
O_o
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
L-O-V-E.
- joey
Dang, they stopped at 6 layers :P
- Daniel J. Pritchett
*SWOON* <3 <3 <3 <3
- edythe
I have to make this cake.
- tab thinks you're awesome
The phrase "that is so gay" has never been more deserved :)
- Sparky
I wish I could "Like" Sparky's comment.
- Andru Edwards
How do I get a slice of this gayke?
- Andru Edwards
I feel sick already
- Kevin J Hatton
Am I lame for not making the gay cake connection without having Sparky point it out for me?
- Daniel J. Pritchett
This reminds me of a cake I made for my niece when she was 3 or 4. I didn't do quite that many layers, but it was still colorful. (When I had asked her what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday, she said "rainbow.")
- Katy S
That reminds me, I need to make a trip over to SFMOMA for a slice of Mondrian Cake: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- vicster is...
vicster, is that a regular featured dessert there? I must have a slice!
- Derrick
Lets Eat the F- Ck Out that
- johnpiercy
Have you ever had rainbow jello, Derrick? It looks much the same, and used to be a regular at our house when I was younger. http://images.google.com/images...
- Louis Gray
Derrick, I hope it is. Gwen's photo is the first I've seen of it, but I haven't been there for 3 or 4 months, so it may be a new item. I'm planning a long lunch trip over there next week, I'll ask them if it's a permanent menu item.
- vicster is...
Hey, we just had a rainbow cake this weekend for a birthday: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Kewl!
- Kol Tregaskes
I feel a bit sick...............
- Kevin J Hatton
um, that's weird
- Susan Beebe
ROFLMAO over 'gayke'. I now need to bake a gayke and blog the process.
- Sparky
Is this eatable really? or just decorative? I like the looks. :-)
- Olivia Lovag
it's just food coloring. at worst, your mouth will look like you ate a rainbow.
- jbrotherlove
Yeah, when I made one similar to this, I just made really thin layers of a white cake and used bright food coloring to make each layer a different color before I baked them. It was easy, but a little time consuming. I frosted the outside white and then made a rainbow on top of it with colored frosting and used the rest of the colored frosting to make rainbow confetti spots on the sides. I used square cake pans so that the slices would look more like one of those color spectrum sticks.
- Katy S
wow! loved it!
- magali
[Raises hand] I have a question: What's going to happen to our FriendFeed content? - http://images.google.com/images...
Kol Tregaskes, Darren Heydon, obz and 18 other people liked this
There are some interesting results in that image search.
- Michael McKean
Oh, didn't even notice haha! I'm all about the Google juice and currently, FriendFeed indexes like NO other. I'm really curious.
- Mona Nomura
I'm also surprised more brands don't take advantage of FriendFeed. FriendFeed SEO secrets should be packaged and sold.
- Mona Nomura
*crickets*
- Mona Nomura
Actually, I have been having problems with FF's search lately... it can't find any of my older than 6 months posts.
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
I've always had issues - probably my lack of comprehension ;)
- Mona Nomura
Oh, but I guess you mean the other side of search (getting Google to pick up your stuff)... just caught that... I need to learn how to use Google to look up stuff on FF instead of looking up stuff on FF, I guess!
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
Lindsay - let me put it this way. One year ago today, I was not Googleable. Fast forward 365 days and my content is searchable. Apparently I can be looked up by my first name (I don't see it, but Chris mentioned I'm on the first page) I attribute that to FriendFeed and the FF community :)
- Mona Nomura
I have always had a bunch of pages (at least the first 12 or so) in Google when I look myself up (I've never been shy about putting my name on stuff I do on the net) so it never occurred to me to try to use Google to look up my stuff on FF. But that issue aside, and back to your original question, I would like to know if I can get my FF direct posts into an archive somewhere... especially concerned since I can't search for anything older than 6 months... is everything really still even there?
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
Googleable. I can't pronounce it lol.
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Google - ah - bul (like futbol) :)
- Mona Nomura
Really brings back the memories...,
Richard pancakhaus Walker, David Monroe, rowlikeagirl and 21 other people liked this
Holy crap. That stuff is MINT!
- Jason, Craving
from iPhone
Cool. Call us when you find the Space Invaders cartridge!
- John Rubier
I need to get mine fixed. And to mod my 7800 for Activision and Imagic games.
- Dennis Jernberg
Oh I see you already found it. Screw that. Plug in the Missile COmmand!
- John Rubier
make it go away... blahhh!
- Cjay
I never had one of there. We had the Radio Shack rebadge of the Intellivision.
- John Rubier
I never had one either @insurgent. Always had to go over to my friends house to play.
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
*stopped in tracks*
- Micah Wittman
Holy crap.. my exact thoughts!!
- Chris Myles
Still have mine downstairs in the storage closet. My kids will play it.
- Hutch Carpenter
*pours some OE800 on the curb* Respect!
- Adrian
FeedFace?!!?!! NOOOOOOO!!!!!! (Edit: Thanks Brian)
Sedat, "Serhat Ozan", Hunt and 219 other people liked this
I wanna laugh but can't!
- vijay
come on... really?
- Andrew Smith
Feedface more likely
- Brian Sullivan
lol Feedface!
- Fee501st
Well.... FriendFeed is going to start to suck very soon >:O
- Gamerx287
it's facefeed
- ben bloch
:D
- zsafwan
Updated. :)
- Bwana ☠
:(
- Josh Haley
:(
- FFTornado
damn that pic really describes what i feel lol
- Edgar Rodríguez
Could be a good thing, just hope they don't change much.
- David Bain
I just clicked 'like' but I can definitively say that I truly 'unlike' this development.
- berchman
"Damn you Salazar!" - not sure why that quote popped into my head with this pic.
- Rob Diana
The first social site where I really feel comfortable... *sniffles*
- Yolanda
I think this is a good thing for both FriendFeed and Facebook, and bad for Twitter.
- Kirkland Reynolds
@berchman I like the "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!" ;)
- taline
Seriously, my jaw is still open
- Bwana ☠
s'cuse me, i gotta go vomit again.
- Joe Silence is ashes
still sitting here stun and confused
- Kim Landwehr
I bet the API will be taken down as well.
- David Bain
"Where does all this blood on my shirt come from...? OH NO!! I was SHOT!!!" :(
- Alex 'BuckyBit' Covic
Already named by Bwana. LOL
- Michael Fidler
the worlds cats association stages a strike over this buyout... am sooo joining it!!
- Gtp19
My reaction.exactly!
- Krishnamoorthy
That is me right now.
- Lurking Grue
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH it's a bit hard to laugh :-(
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
That's why I pulled out the cat Dobromir. We need to laugh around this :)
- Bwana ☠
OMG i just read this and am freaking out... . *gasp*
- Susan Beebe
XD I mean >___<
- Nia
ADS! here they come ! waaaaaa
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Facefeed ... yea thats what i think its going to be :)
- Bhowmik Shah
First I was like :o then I was like :/ then I was like :(
- Jemm
Oprah, Aston and Demi! I can't wait! NOT! Bwana: You'd have got a like from me if not for the cat pic.
- Dale
Doubtful it will be good...
- Rick Cogley
Funny cat picture, tho.
- Rick Cogley
Aahahah.. that's it! I think it will be good to lunch FF to another level.
- PiresMachine
Hez took the wordz outta my mouth
- sofarsoShawn
Inside the mind of a nervous friendfeed user - http://ourdoings.com/ourdoin...
Sandeep Kalidindi, Space Cowboy, Laura Norvig and 48 other people liked this
I was just thinking this in the middle of the night when I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep over this whole thing. Isn't that nuts? I lost sleep over a flipping website... only it wasn't over a website. It was over people like Paul, who I follow and people like Ladybug Heather who has a post right beneath this one in my feed right now, and lots and lots of others. Anyway, well said.
- Jim in Real Time
can I like it more then once?!!
- abdellah
Jim, I don't think that's nuts. This web site has great tech for finding interesting people, and that's where this community came from.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
Bruce, give me a little credit -- I'm pretty sure I haven't been brainwashed. For what it's worth, I spent the majority of the time talking, including quite a bit of time talking about the fact that Facebook has a poor reputation among many people. Also, I believe your claim that they are using your picture in ads is incorrect -- see http://cbs5.com/local...
- Paul Buchheit
Paul, plain and simple: why did you sell FF? (you told me you wouldn't, in our chat)
- Luca Sofri
The same reason anyone sells their labour. Go read Wealth Of Nations by Adam Smith, 18th century economist. Profit :)
- Mark
Ok, it would be an answer. But I didn't hear from Paul. Here is what he told me about selling to Google: http://friendfeed.com/lucasof...
- Luca Sofri
I like you, and I'm more than willing to give you a little credit. It's just that "Trust me, Facebook is OK" is a big pill to swallow. And I'm not going to try hard to defend what I wrote; the goal was more to spill the worst inside thoughts/impressions than to present a solid argument. Maybe it's unreasonable to suggest you were brainwashed, but reassure me anyway!
- Bruce Lewis
Bruce, the answer is very simple: Paul is fully aware of any outright manipulation and/or attempts to dupe him that may or may not have taken place before this deal was concluded. Let's give him at least that much credit. But the Paul you "know" is only part of the Paul that Paul knows, and that other Paul knows what's best for Paul, April and Thomas, their offspring and future chance of feeling proud on account of him being "their son the doctor!" ;-))
- ianf ⌘
Maybe to became the Bungie Jason Jones ten years after the Microsoft's Bungie acquisition? :)
- Federico Bolsoman
ianf, I don't know whether your answer is right or wrong, but even if it's right, it doesn't help me know the future of friendfeed.com. I look forward to Paul's blog post.
- Bruce Lewis
Luca, what I said was true -- we weren't looking for anyone to buy FriendFeed. However, after talking with a lot of people at Facebook, we realized that this is the best way forward for both the product and the team.
- Paul Buchheit
ok, still curious about what made you think that, but you deserve our trust and patience. Let us know.
- Luca Sofri
Bruce, I've only been here for 4 months (of rather intensive participation - 3500+ comments, or approximately 6 times my previous yearly total), but it's been clear to me from the start that FF has to evolve or die. It could not stand still, even in ever better functional shape, without going under. Let's face it, compared to FB's 300M global users, Twitters [whatever—I don't know the...
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- ianf ⌘
Bruce, which part of my answer don't you know about? Also, are you going to correct your ads assertion?
- Paul Buchheit
@paul: just to clarify my bungie reference: http://bolso.tumblr.com/post...
- Federico Bolsoman
Paul, I added an editorial note next to the part about ads. What I don't know about is why this is the best way forward for the product. A brief comment probably won't fully answer that question; I eagerly await a blog post.
- Bruce Lewis
I had dreams about discussing this on real-time posts. Not kidding.
- Kamilah Gill
I would also really like to see FriendFeed's view on this acquisition. It'd be really cool to see what the FF guys were thinking when they made this move as I know a good portion of the users are confused by it (I understand this is unprecedented and highly uncommon with deals like this). I would also really like to see exactly whether Paul and the team have official word that FriendFeed will continue on as a separate product and whether development will continue.
- Brandon Titus
I understand it's asking a lot to get this kind of communication from any company when it is fully within your write to make your own deal in whichever way you wish for whatever reasons you wish. I believe you guys are different though and will be more than able to communicate with the users. :-)
- Brandon Titus
This is a mute point, the deal has been made and we must now either support it or move to another environment more suited to your needs. I'm not shocked that FriendFeed decided to sell, I'm surprised but not shocked. Most software / technology companies start up with the hopes that someone would pay big bux for the smarts and technology produced. I have to respect the decision...
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- Owen Greaves
Owen: I'm not saying I'm shocked and I certainly respect their decision. I am just saying that if Paul and co. want to keep the majority of the community who is up in arms, they should have open communication about the reasons for the deal and the future of FriendFeed (in simple but thorough and official terms that say more than Paul's personal promise since he, unfortunately, no longer has full control over the product anymore).
- Brandon Titus
Brandon: I get it, but they don't have to do anything, they don't have to confer with the community...sure we want them to but when the rubber meets the road they don't have to do anything. It still sucks and I don't like it either but it is what it is. Sorry if I sound cold on the topic but it's done, let's try to move on.
- Owen Greaves
Josh: I'm Canadian, that's the Canuck way to say it :) J/K
- Owen Greaves
Owen, I don't buy it. It's not correct Canuck unless it ends with ", eh?". ;-)
- Bruce Lewis
Ok, it's a mute point eh! Sorry, it should be a moot point eh!
- Owen Greaves
When it comes to FF, both "moot" and "mute" may be apropos.
- Kathy Fitch
Owen, the decision to stay or leave is not a clear choice because we don't know if what will is being offered if we stay. We have no idea if or when Facebook will become as good as Friendfeed is today.
- raphaeL
Obviously I can't provide a lot of detailed plans and guarantees, but I can tell you that I'll do my personal best to ensure that the FriendFeed users and community are treated right. I love this product too, and don't want to see it disappear.
pastas9, Shey, Jamaican of FF, 1x29 and 482 other people liked this
That's great to read!
- Diego Barros
Thank you, Paul.
- joey
:)
- Tad
I hope so.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
Good of you to recognize.
- Bill Kinney
Thank you, Paul. Hearing something is always better than hearing nothing =)
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I think this was a smart move fore FF and FB
- Joe Hall
What about the service?
- Amit Morson
Ok
- Matthew DeVries
That's a start. Thanks for reaching out.
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Thanks Paul.
- sean percival
Thanks Paul
- Mike Doeff
We don't want it to go either.
- Yolanda
I would not expect any less from such a cool guy like you, thanks! :)
- Susan Beebe
from iPhone
Please keep it going for as long as you can or until you can make Facebook actually work.
- AJ Kohn
That's heartening, Paul. Thanks.
- Admiral Anika
We love you guys and FriendFeed.. we are just a little hurt and worried.. just please give us details as soon as possible.
- Tim Hoeck
Thanks Paul!
- Darren Heydon
FriendFeed lets me use people as filters to turn data into information. Facebook doesn't. Until it does, please, Please, PLEASE keep FriendFeed as a destination alive.
- AJ Kohn
congrats guys! facebook needs what you got!
- Lorna Herf
I'm sorry that I haven't said more about this. As you can imagine, it has been an extraordinarily busy day (and I've barely slept in the past week).
- Paul Buchheit
I'll add my plea to the chorus: Please don't take FriendFeed away from us. And don't make us go to Facebook (because we won't). FriendFeed means a lot to a lot of people and the thought that it will dry up and blow away shortly is very disturbing.
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
It's still great to hear from you Paul. Congrats on that new swimming pool full of cash. :D
- Tad
Simply glad you're here now. You've always been a very responsive and transparent team. As much as I cringe at the thought of FF going away, I *am* happy for you and the team.
- AJ Kohn
Thanks Paul.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Thank you kind sir.
- Andrew Smith
I request you make it to the next scheduled FFundercats podcast to talk to the community. This announcement deserves a live appearance to the community.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Have been dealing unsucessfully with Twitter for two days, trying to get logged in...Their password reset page says"Snap we can't find you." I keep writing to Tech Support at Twitter and get their helpful auto-generated Twitter Trouble shooting email. My problem is not there. =( Hope FriendFeed does not get that blaise about helping users. @EV
- SashaKane
If FB can't keep the service running, would you consider open-sourcing the thing, so we can?
- Christopher Galtenberg
from iPhone
Hi Paul, thanks for the assurances. In the future, I would highly suggest that you make this sort of statement shortly after the initial merger release. Thanks again.
- Alex Scoble
Thanks for keeping the passion!
- Shane
Nice to hear Paul. Thanks.
- Mark Krynsky
I would like to give you a hug right now Paul. However, that would be awkward and April might beat me up so I will just say thank you and press the like button.
- EricaJoy
Best news I have heard today.
- Angus Burton
Thank you for affirming that. Much appreciated.
- Karoli
A few more points that would be nice to have addressed soon. Ability to export data, tool to import friends to Facebook, and will ff.im urls continue to function?
- Mark Krynsky
Amelioration??
- heretic_twit
Those that like friendfeed as is should be most pleased with this statement, as it probably means maintenance to keep the current system as is, without as much attention to new features. It's also good news for all those who like both friendfeed and facebook, as facebook will likely adopt the better features from friendfeed
- Ivan Kirigin
That means an awful lot to me.
- James (!?)
This has been quite a day! Can't wait to hear what is next!
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Thank you, Paul. Thank you for coming out from behind the curtain and finally giving us some communication, some semblance of hope.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Thanks, Paul.
- Glen, Bespectacled Elder
So we can expect a Facebook adaption of this? I like this technology over everyone else!
- Shaggy Jenkins
Eric, my schedule is still a little uncertain at the moment, but I'd be glad to appear on a future FFundercats.
- Paul Buchheit
That would be a good thing Paul. Thanks.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Cool :)
- Susan Beebe
from iPhone
Thanks for making FriendFeed what it is, and lets hope it stays that way, though there's slim chance of that
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
Now that I think about it: are you kidding me? They've already stated that FriendFeed's going to be absorbed into Facebook. What kind of sleight-of-hand are you trying to pull now, Paul?
- Akiva Moskovitz
@EricaJoy: I have nothing against hugs. :)
- April Buchheit
Thanks!
- Vincenzo Piromalli
Thanks, Paul. I've been getting more and more depressed thinking about the bad ways this could go. The reassurances help a bit, at least. In fact, just hearing you speak on the point is encouraging - the open lines of communication between the FriendFeed team and its users has always been one of the great things about FriendFeed that I'm afraid will be lost with the Facebook buyout. And yes, a FFundercats appearance would be a great idea.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
I don't want to read too much into this reassurance but the "personal best" remark made me think like there is not a united FF anymore and that it's up to your personal efforts to prevent it from being eaten by FB :)
- Turker Keskinpala
you can sell the tech but the community can not be bought sold transferred or merged
- Robert Higgins
from f2p
Turker, I do believe that this deal was the right decision -- I'll write a bit more about that when I get a chance. I say that I'll do my "personal best" because I will -- it would be misleading to make promises on other's behalf :)
- Paul Buchheit
Hoping so... practicing patience
- Majento
Paul: I'm hopeful that this will be the best for both Facebook and Friendfeed. What you and the staff at FF have done is amazing, with only 12 people! I love the service here. I also enjoy Facebook (one I ignore all quizzes and stupid apps), but in a different way. Hoping some coolness can be brought to both. Good luck to you and your team!
- Travis B. Hartwell
this echoes star wars galaxies, incredible unique community. but they upgraded it to be like world of warcraft. this is a replay of the devs soothing messages. the forums were livid the community evaporated.
- Robert Higgins
from f2p
When socialmedian was acquired by Xing they left it alone. I hope the same happens here. I'm sure you will do your best though!
- Michael Fidler
On behalf of the Dutch citizens our Queen wants to let you know: Thx Paul.
- Ton Zijp
Don't know what to say, so lets start with big congrats! from one hand, as an early member of Friendfeed I think we've created here a very cool, collaborative and tech-savvy/passionate community of great people that all probably wish to stick around as much as possible. From the other hand, I know how corporates work and it takes one small decision of share holders to close Friendfeed...
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- Nir Ben Yona
My first reaction is disappointment. I don't believe big corporations do better than small ones. Facebook is inferior to FriendFeed, although it's user base is much larger. Clearly FriendFeed won't survive in the long term, unless it is open sourced. Why not open up and embrace the wonders of the GPL instead of joining forces with the Walled Garden no #1? Facebook don't even operate with permalinks,.
- Morten Blaabjerg
Thanks for the explanation Paul. Of course, I congratulate you guys. I think anyone would do the same thing if they were in your shoes :)
- Turker Keskinpala
Very bittersweet clicking [Like] on this one.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
A big congrats for you guys.. However, I feel kind of sorrow :)
- Ozkan Altuner
good to hear
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Thank you - but I would very much like our content to stay intact. :)
- Mona Nomura
Of course it is, Ryo.
- Christopher A Carr
Ryo: if you delete your account everything goes away. I totally disagree with you about Facebook, but that's OK.
- Robert Scoble
Good to hear. Unfortunately I think Facebook are going to download the brains of all FriendFeed staff then kill FF.
- Michael McGimpsey
but Paul it is going to disappear - Facebook bought FF not for the site but for you guys. So obviously once its integrated into Facebook, development on FF will stop
- Anthony Feint
If FriendFeed and all of it's functionality get integrated into Facebook I'm all for it.
- Hugh Isaacs II
Thank you Paul! Congrats on the deal!
- Garin Kilpatrick
Paul - that's great news. It surely can't cost a lot to keep this place running and it's a good place to try out ideas before they move to FB.
- Martin Bryant
what about improving the product and making sure it gets more users, not only supports those who stay?
- Ihar Mahaniok
Ihar - unlikely. Facebook bought FF for the developer talent, not for FriendFeed itself.
- Martin Bryant
from iPhone
Martin - I also think so, and it is most likely. But I could still have a hope
- Ihar Mahaniok
Paul, please - underpromise & overdeliver...they say it works.
- A.T.
Nice to hear. Too bad you don't call the shots anymore.
- jcunwired
FriendFeed is Dead! Long Live FriendFeed! (nice name for Facebook skunkworks) I'm sure everyone would love to see FriendFeed itself stay around, even if the innovations that happen are geared towards implementation at Facebook. Thanks for this note Paul! :)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
There are a few promises and guarantees that you SHOULD be able to provide. Like, that our network of friends will remain intact and that the features that make this site great will remain. If you can't make those promises, then you shouldn't have done the deal. I sure do hope that the real-time search engine wasn't the centerpiece of this deal (it probably was), because that certainly...
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- Brad Williamson
Paul you did such a nice job with friendfeed, and I so want to believe you, but I'm not sure I can. Not because of you, but because of your new employer. Because your new employer is no longer you, and while I have kind of come to trust you, I do not trust your new boss. Not at all. Please prove me wrong, if they'll let you.
- Jim in Real Time
Paul - thanks for that reassurance. PLEASE stick to that! I was in the middle of reading and participating in a lengthy discussion off of a Robert Scoble post yesterday ... then I came up for air and saw your news. Congratulations - I have no idea what that feels like or how pumped you must be. There are so many things FF does that I LOVE...I know you know that. Please Please PLease dont' go away! Thanks!
- Tobin Truog
Thanks for the personal note Paul.
- Mike Reynolds
Phewww..relief ;-)
- Ritu
This is nice to hear, and I really hope that FriendFeed will keep on living. I still have some pain in my stomach because of this :/
- Patrik Johansson
First zombie/mafia request and we're all outta here....
- Fossil Huntress
+1 Fossil Huntress The partitioning of the networks between friendfeed and facebook was a major feature that many people made use of, lacking appropriate controls for who sees what. Merging the two groups of friends isn't going to work, at all.
- Mr. Gunn
It doesn't sound like you understand what has people worried. I wrote this to help: http://friendfeed.com/brlewis...
- Bruce Lewis
And we'll appreciate this man! Try to do your best to help FF :(
- FFTornado
Maybe Bruce analysis is too imaginary, but the question is THE question nobody answered: why did you do it, Paul?
- Luca Sofri
I left a response on Bruce's entry (http://friendfeed.com/brlewis...). I'll write more about this on my blog when I get some free time.
- Paul Buchheit
Thanks.
- Bonnie Foster
we all know what needs to happen. the question is, where? ... FB needs, - apart from being/it is, a large, general, open application platform, - 1. Smart keyboard shortkatze - and Im a kbsCzar to go to, 2. Aggregating facilities, smart /RSS/ .. 3. Full blogging facilities, capabilities, not 140 chars. 4. Full real time comments facilities, capabilities. 5. Real time, live, but ALSO...
more...
- Petr Buben
I hope you're being open and honest with us. This time. :(
- Kamilah Gill
Good to know , we´ll see :)
- Yahya
Thank you! I am sure you will do great things at FB. I just hope that the great app you built here isn't destroyed. I don't know of any other aggregation app that I can embed into my site like this one!
- beersage
Congratulations on your successes, best wishes for more. And thanks for continuing to look out for us loyal, addicted FFanatics!
- Rob Schieber
I hope it continues, i'm a new user and absolutely love it (wish i knew the value of it before)! Congrats!
- Luis D. Santos
As nice as it sounds I'm sorry to say that as a, now, Facebook's employee I'm afraid you'll have to comply to whatever your new boss tells you. Didn't MZ make it clear?
- lelapin
and let me add second, obvious, "Facebook needs" - Friendfeed bookmarklet, and Friendfeed tools - widgets, embedding - real time and not - of posts, and groups ...to embedd, to inject oneself into this thing called Internet ..... so, if FB listens to FF engineering long enough, they are going to get it .. right
- Petr Buben
Paul, what I am worried is not that you're brainwashed, but that there's simply no business need for Facebook to improve FriendFeed from now on, period.
- Ihar Mahaniok
I have confidence Paul. While some of the comments were probably uncalled for, covering an investment (of time and money) in these times to move on and hopefully provide even 'better stuff' makes sense to me. It's pretty obvious there are a LOT of people that don't want to 'lose' Friendfeed. (I wouldn't hold a town hall for a few weeks though :)
- Charlie Anzman
Congrats, Paul. It's sad that people have to make these uncalled for hatred comments about Facebook though. Why can't both sites work together. I think Facebook will do better with FF and vise versa. Take the good features of both services. Don't boycott FB, enjoy it. I'm sick of the negative comments going on, that's all. :(
- Molly, New Ears :P
Molly: What makes you think there's going to be a "vise versa?"
- Christopher A Carr
Because I don't think Paul and the other FF developers would allow FB to do anything. I'm sorry, I am not going to think negative here like some here are. I guess I'm a fangirl for FB.
- Molly, New Ears :P
Finally something about the changes on the horizon that isn't all d0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0om and whining. Thank you, Paul! :D
- Christian (Simply X)
The time to think about how you could do your 'personal best' to ensure FriendFeed continues to exist was prior to the discussions with Facebook. Not after.
- Andy C
Paul, what about the content scam that FB T&C is, does it apply to Friendfeed now? Should we all start writing scripts to retroactively delete all content ever uploaded to Friendfeed? Elaborated a bit here - http://friendfeed.com/mbravo...
- Michael Bravo
We know you'll try your best, Paul. But sometimes, you just can't win the dark side...
- Winston Teo
Thanks Paul for all your efforts. Founders often want the best, but acquiring companies often have people with political/power issues or different/limited visions.
- Mitchell Tsai
Yeahhhhhhh BOoooiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!
- sofarsoShawn
yes, thank you, Sergeant Paul ... well, good to hear we go on ... because if not, how about starting www.anotherFeed.com ... or, www.Letsgofeed.com ...... anyway, lets boost blogging capabilities, post more than current amount of chars, lets have TOP POSTS / clicks count list at the head of each group, some stats, lets index group headers, lets have MORE keyboard shortcuts .. - now ......
more...
- Petr Buben
Friendly... lol - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕, Anna Haro, Nadine Pestourie and 7 other people liked this
LOL
- Amit Morson
A scene from one of the worst moments in social networking history:
Evgeni Leshtanski, Zee., TiTi and 24 other people liked this
LOL! ♫ ♫ "ooh, take the money and run"!! ♫ ♫ ;)
- Vincenzo Piromalli
Facebook considers this such an important moment, the only representative from Facebook was Zuckerberg.
- Andy Bakun
Like taking candy from a baby. FF developers and concepts are ten times the platform FB is. But I guess Mark has superior Business skills so he steals it all. respect for Mark's business skills.
- Robert Higgins
:)
- Ebru Baranseli
So shocking pictures like these will be removed from now on?
Andrea Merli, Ahmet Kutay, Quasar and 6 other people liked this
I think this is adorable, but some Christian Taliban think different.
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
I accept that due to cultural beliefs this picture will not be acceptable. What I get concerned with are the years of objectifying this particular part of the anatomy as purely a sexual object which then brings about disgusting thoughts in those who perpetuate this theme when breastfeeding occurs in a public place. Go to many tribes in Africa where women sit around in groups openly breastfeeding helping each other and their children who grow up around this culture accept it as the norm.
- Pamela harnden
Somehow, despite the fact the this is "just a service", I feel defeated. Rochelle puts it well in a post today that she feels less motivated to post to FF now. This sucks.
Ahsan Ali aka. Slick, Rochelle, Ben Hanten and 15 other people liked this
Probably because FF was/is not "just a service". It is/was a shift in web social relationship paradigm.
- Zackatoustra
this is how I feel --->- http://bit.ly/A0jWq
- vijay
Small kitty under the crack of my door http://twitpic.com/d43lx
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Felicia Yue, Dan Hsiao, Rachel Lea Fox and 7 other people liked this
Umm… I luv dis - http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009...
© D/\\/IIID ℠ ®, Yolanda, iTod Pouch and 11 other people liked this
Look what I found at the thrift store today! Fortran coding forms.
Jason Williams, Micah Wittman, johnpiercy and 83 other people liked this
I bought all of them - maybe 25 or so. If you want one, DM me your address and I'll mail you one. :)
- Rochelle
Oh, good, I was running low on those...
- Glen, Bespectacled Elder
ugh. shuddering. i barely passed that class in college.
- pea
Antiques
- Eric Logan
Can someone find an example of what this form would look like after it's filled in? I want to see what one looked like when it's written on.
- Rochelle
Cobol Coding Form: http://www.csis.ul.ie/cobol... Pretty much the same thing.
- Tad
I would rather have the canning book.
- Joe
WOW. I'm getting flashbacks. :D
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Bonus: If you come to Gnomedex, I will give you one IN PERSON. I'll even get Audrey to autograph it, if you want.
- Rochelle
omg - totally want one now
- Tad
aww. that's not fair that we're penalized for not being able to go to Gnomedex. :*(
- pea
bummer, i cant get to gnomedex, :( (cries after all his hard work of finding 3 different examples even though they all look the same, :( tears in my beer, o O
- chaz2b
Sweet!
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
Tad, I'm putting one aside for you.
- Rochelle
Awesome!
- Ladybug Heather
woo, what an awesome find
- Imabug
now to code in "127.0.0.1 sweet 127.0.0.1", frame it and hang it on a wall ;)
- turn.self.off
That's awesome.
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
Wow...just wow. You should repackage as a nerd collector item and ebay those suckers.
- Neal Jansons
I can't DM you. :( But I'd love one as an addition to my original Army Fortran manual.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Jack, email me at fortran@shaegirl.org.
- Rochelle
oh man don't miss those
- andy brudtkuhl
That is old school
- Chris Johnston
I CAN'T WAIT TO DRAW MY DUNGENS ON IT
- Akiva Moskovitz
hahaha Akiva
- Tech Introvert
Neal, I doubt I'd get much for them.
- Rochelle
@Rochelle It's all about packaging..."Geeks, own a piece of your history! Limited supplies available!"
- Neal Jansons
from IM
Wow. I never used one of those. Started on Fortran 66 in 1976, but always used punch cards. We often opened up the computer when it was quirky and removed dead insects - perhaps once/day.
- Mitchell Tsai
Ah, debugging the system.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Perhaps I should send some of these to the folks at Twitter. Maybe they can use Fortran to rebuild Twitter.
- Rochelle
Ha I used to use those at college lol (and no i'm not kidding)
- Patricia Skinner
Wow, this reminds me of my college days, back before the flood. Good times. Good times.
- ha3rvey (wants confit)
oh I'm having flashbacks. LOL I remember using punchcards for Fortran.
- Jim Goldstein
phew! Rochelle, you savior! i just ran out!
- Anthony Citrano
from BuddyFeed
No one other than Glen wants one? I'm disappointed!
- Rochelle
Gosh, I just realized I might still have some of these back at my parents' house.
- ha3rvey (wants confit)
*cocks head sideways* Hm? How come so many of you guys know what these are and I don't?
- Kamilah Gill
Cause we're old and nerdy.
- ha3rvey (wants confit)
Kamilah: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Rochelle
ok. I'd heard of Fortran, but I knew nothing about these forms. Interesting find, Rochelle
- Kamilah Gill
interesting I'd never heard of that, did a google search and learned something today! Couldn't understand why all the comments about a piece of lined paper. Cool
- Laurel Chase-Dunn
heard of it ,,, never seen it
- johnpiercy
RIP Sam :(
Alice, Darren Heydon, جغله and 14 other people liked this
:(
- Steven Perez
I just heard that Sam, survivor of the horrific Victorian bushfires died today. Such a sad end to a story that brought a smile to all our faces during such a horrible time.
- Penny
That sucks.
- Beau Liening
No fair. :-(
- Matthew Horton
:(
- Mo Kargas
:(
- chaz2b
well damn
- Glenn Slaven
:( Doh
- Chrissie M
Link to the article on news.com.au http://www.news.com.au/story...
- Penny
Oh that's just sad. :( It's actually bringing tears to my eyes.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
:(
- Rodfather
:-(
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
WHAT? Serious? :-(
- Live4Emma (L4S)
:_ _ _ _ _(
- Helen Sventitsky
RIP Sam :(
- Adi
Reading about Sam in the paper (Herald Sun) this morning ... "It sure was worth it for what it taught the world about the vulnerability of Australian wildlife and the wonder of survival of a few, when so many thousands more didn't make it" .. :(
- Penny
:(
- Tony C (Unrated)
Lunch 2.0 Panel With Mozilla, FriendFeed, Kosmix on UStream Today - http://www.louisgray.com/live...
Iván Abrego, michael sean wright, Mark Evans and 10 other people liked this
Please do join us. Should be fun.
- Louis Gray
I'm there like air
- Jesse Stay
I'll check it out too, Louis
- Johnny
should be vry interesting. thx :)
- iTod Pouch
To track activity, watch the hashtag of #lunch20. There is even a raffle to win cool stuff if you send a note to @kosmix with #lunch20 as the hashtag. :)
- Louis Gray
Funny Cat Photos - http://blog.esaba.com - http://blog.esaba.com/project...
Rachel Lea Fox, pinkpackrat, Hanna Wiszniewska and 8 other people liked this
Awwwwwww
- Molly, New Ears :P
from Bookmarklet
Kitteh posing for Playkitteh
- Molly, New Ears :P
Adorable
- Kevin J Hatton
Windows 7 Upgrades Chart Makes Brain Hurt; We Offer the Mac Equivalent - http://cultofmac.com/windows...
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kakepi, Nispell, Matthew Horton and 8 other people liked this
baby wallaby - http://blogs.wsj.com/photojo...
Roldano, Mycaptain, Rachel Lea Fox and 5 other people liked this
"A baby wallaby sat in a zoo attendant’s lap at Edogawa Natural Zoo in Japan Tuesday. The staff are raising the young wallaby after her mother neglected her. (Junko Kimura/Getty Images)"
- Myrna
from Bookmarklet
turn a checkbox into an iphone toggle switch http://jqr.github.com/2009... *swoon*
iTod Pouch liked this
Wonderfully absurd escapes from mortal danger in the original G.I. Joe cartoon. - By Adrian Chen - Slate Magazine - http://www.slate.com/id...
Iván Abrego, iTod Pouch, chaz2b and Rui Pereira liked this
"The first war between G.I. Joe and Cobra (1985-86), as documented in the G.I. Joe animated series, was the most violent conflict in history never to result in a single casualty. Through a combination of terrible aim, superhuman jumping ability, and impossibly reliable parachutes, every combatant escaped even the most dire of situations without so much as the angle of his beret askew. The G.I Joe series is an ode to the improbable escape, and the thrill of the violence comes not from the possibility of death but from the zany ways the Joes and Cobras avoid it. (Will the live-action G.I. Joe film due later this summer stick to the cartoon's bloodless ways? Not likely.) Herewith, a collection of the most ridiculous escapes in G.I. Joe history."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
Boy, it's hot outside. Don't leave your kids, pets or iphones in the car. http://twitpic.com/c56d8
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Tsali, The Native of FF, Nispell, Tristan Seligmann and 21 other people liked this
GOTDAMN.
- Derrick
wow, that's nasty. The battery must have cracked and the acid ate through the seat.
- imabonehead
I second Derrick's motion and move for a vote.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Whoa battery go boom
- Rodfather
I(Phone)ED
- Joe Silence is ashes
imagine the look on the person's face as they discovered their phone blew up in their car!
- Violet Mae Lim
Actually, looks more like an extreme case of flatulance.
- George Hall (Australia)
Definitely a case for not eating too much baked beans, then sitting on your iphone.
- George Hall (Australia)
dayum
- Will Higgins™
Holy.
- Jason, Craving
"Boy that must have been one hell of a fart!" Should have a captioning contest on this one.
- George Hall (Australia)
Seriously, YAY!!!! for Yay Flags on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Melissa, Kol Tregaskes, Mark Krynsky and 24 other people liked this
Felicia left a comment on this which brought it back to my Flickr activity screen and it made me want to share this bit of awesomeness all over again. Yay indeed.
- Michelle Jones
from Bookmarklet
oh goodness. This is returning again?
- Jason Toney
Awesomeness like this shall never die!!! http://www.hiyoooo.com/
- Anna Haro
This is now the 3rd most interesting pic in my flickr stream behind my baby picture and a picture of a dead rat.
- Jason Toney
@Jason a dead rat beat you? hahaha ;)
- Shevonne
well, he's a very interesting rat.
- Jason Toney
lol
- Anna Haro
Yes Jason, this is returning again. And it is still awesome.
- Michelle Jones
Holy crap that's the best yay face I've ever seen.
- Mauricio
OMG, I've already faved this and I.am.so.sad. I cannot fave it again.
- Ayşe E.
dude, this photo might have just made my day.
- Marie drinks champagne
*dead* x_x
- Derrick
:D
- WorldofHiglet
Packed in like sardines… (via Don Solo) - http://dbsw.tumblr.com/post...
Derrick, Live4Emma (L4S), Mike and 9 other people liked this
Very cool photo. Lots of detail!
- Sparky
from Bookmarklet
That's so cute! Reblogged. EDIT: Scuse me, retumbled.
- Ayşe E.
Those aren't the droids I'm looking for...
- Graham Sergeant
rackspacecloud and amazon neck and neck on hosting large sites for cloud providers. http://www.infibase.com/blog...
Devan Johnson, Eric Florenzano, iTod Pouch and 2 other people liked this
We Want To Role Play With These Hot Nerds - wolverine - Fleshbot Gay - http://gay.fleshbot.com/5326105...
iTod Pouch, Sparky and Derrick liked this
I totally agree with this... "Hot nerds are kind of like sexy leathermen: you see a lot more of them in movies than you do in real life."
- Mike
from Bookmarklet
lol - so true
- jbrotherlove
Oh hell yes. This Logan could go to town on me!
- Sparky
*snikt*
- Derrick
Derrick: total tease.
- Sparky
In the tradition of Fight!Fight!Fight! ... MakeOut!MakeOut!MakeOut!
- Ayşe E.
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