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I hate survival horror games. Probably the ten minutes of Condemned I played before I happily relinquished the controller. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Wolfenstein 3D with my new Soundblaster 16-bit stereo sound. GUTENTAG!!! - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

Doom II. Played with a headset on late at night and jumped more times than I care to admit. Also, Bioshock has some really, really good creepy moments early in the game. - Akiva Moskovitz

Doom III was pretty cool, some great moments in that.. Resident Evils were great. - Tim Hoeck

pacman - Bora Zivkovic

Silent Hill, mos def. - Mattie Kenny

I tend to relish the feeling of adrenalin when something happens in a survival horror game. Silent Hill I, the original Condemned and F.E.A.R. were all good at that. Even Day of the Tentacle had its moments, though. Nothing scared quite as much as when I thought I had lost the RAID volume layout on the 8-disk PowerEdge POD at work back in 1998 though. *shudder* - Phil G

F.E.A.R - Michael Fidler from twhirl

The first time my little brother described PacMan, it sounded horrific! You bite a ghost and his eyes pop out!?! - Renee Pie

I didn't play it (just watched friends play it) but Max Payne gave me nightmares. - Rochelle

Doom, when I got my first soundcard - Timothy Griffin

don't know if it's really scary, but NES Metroid had some eerie moments, especially to my younger self - Kamilah Gill

Seventh Guest! there was some creepy stuff in there, jumped out of my seat!! - Jeremy Toeman

Rochelle - Max Payne was great. I loved the comic-book style Noir elements, and the playable dream sequences that were truly disturbing. - Phil G

Bioshock - you need a really good sound system, and turn your subwoofer all the way up. You won't just play the game - you'll feel it. - Jesse Stay

Doom3 then Bioshock - John Blanton

It would have to be Bioshock and Condemned. I was absolutely terrified of Condemned and could only play for about 20 minutes before quitting. - Angel Smith

Alone in the Dark - based on Lovecraft. - Bonnie Dean

Ooh, Space Hulk nearly made me cry ... when I was 17! o 0 - Timothy Griffin

Oh man, I forgot about Eternal Darkness! That one scared the tar out of me! Angel - Condemned does a fantastic job of ratcheting up the tension and keeping it at a really high level. The scene where the dressmaker's dummies suddenly surrounded me made me jump out of my skin. - Phil G

I think I mentioned this elsewhere, but playing the human in Aliens vs Predator is scary, especially when your motion tracker starts going. - Kol Tregaskes

Toon Town? - Rodfather

System Shock 2, no question. - Josh Bancroft

Dead Space - Niall Connellan

Definitely System Shock 2 - Admiral Anika

Bioshock - Patrick from twhirl

Doom 3, definitely. I couldn't handle the constant adrenalin rush. - Darren Barefoot

Wolfenstein 3-D. EDIT: First 3-D Game? Stereo sound? Layed the ground-work for any other game you can think of in this context including Doom and Quake. - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

RE2 for sure - Shawn Farner

Pong? - Anthony K. Valley ©

I second the human campaign in AvP (that would be my #1 pick). Also Doom 2 (with the music off) and Resident Evil. Bioshock got me, when that one slicer is standing behind you as you turn around. Any cramped spaces in Fallout 3 with ghouls gets me. - Rob Haas

Alien vs. Predator Gold on PC... Doom 3 as a close 2nd. - Nathan Chase

hello kitty : happy party pals :( - Adam Matthews

The original Doom with the Alien total conversion installed (before it was Foxed). - Devon Campbell

"In FriendFeed We Trust"... - Tyson Key

I size up trust based on the value of information people share with me. I love people who help me find things I don't have time to do on my own. - Steve Rubel

One of the benefits of social media is each individual has easily accessible history. If I find someone new, I can see your posts, your tweets, your shares, and get an idea as to if you're trusted. Technorati is still useful, and referrals from people you know are very important. - Louis Gray

In terms of companies? Influencers? Are you asking how professionals determine who to reach out to? Or consumers? - Kevin Pedraja

kevin.. he is asking what criteria do you use to judge trusting or not. ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

You always end up at a trusted source since everobody share their "news". Very few people create their own news. - Håkan Dahlström

FriendFeed is a good help there also due to your comments/likes stream, so I can see how you as an individual talk, refer to others and become an information filter. - Louis Gray

I judge people mainly on what they say (e.g. write) and how they present themselves. I also like to see indications (or true "proof") that they are continually learning and questioning their knowledge. Blog and friendfeed history provide great clues. I find Twitter backlog less interesting. Oh, and I'm also interested how they handle comments. - Meryn Stol

I do all of the above plus just read the quality of their tweets, comments and the way people converse with with others. - Zee.

much like....real life then ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

Hmm well I don't think I was complete, nor do I think I can be complete in this. I also find people with a track record in "doing" (building a company or product) interesting. At least they know what they are talking about, even if they are not reading all day. Doers have great wisdom. - Meryn Stol

+1 Rob - Zee.

What does the Trust Barometer say? - dorothy jean

Two ways for me: (1) Endorsement by someone else I already trust. (2) Build-up over time of a body of content/info/perspectives that I like. Repeated exposure gets me there. - Hutch Carpenter

I can see a blog post coming out of this. Steve, I hope you'll write one! - Meryn Stol

Sorry, I found the technorati reference confusing. Technorati is a measure of influence. But I think of "trust" being a function of something more subjective. Qualities like transparency, authenticity, etc. I don't trust people because they're influential; in fact I sometimes think that's a reason to trust them *less* . ;) - Kevin Pedraja

I think credit card numbers would be sufficient for me. - Greg Guitarbuster

Yes, yes, and yes to pretty much all the points voiced here so far. I think most people formulate their trust valuations through intuition more than is realized. How many people keep a spreadsheet tally of discrete, observed actions by individuals and organizations with a corresponding trust score? We aggregate and go on the gestalt of our collection of memories. Ok, enough of the abstract. This parrot-human behavior modification article is interesting: http://www.nd.edu/~kkiess... - Micah Wittman

http://preview.tinyurl.com/cdo9jb - Steve Lynch from twhirl

I am not sure if trust is the right word, maybe respect? I think most would agree that even though you "know" someone online, it's not the same as getting to know them in person. - Scott Lockhart

Credibility? - Steve Lynch from twhirl

A fine fabric of trust often escapes attempts to capture it in "metrics". Too many people around are busy manipulating media space instead of just being authentic. - Mindaugas Dagys

"Trust" can take months or years to build, but can be wiped out in minutes (think John Edwards). - mark ivey

I don't think we really trust anyone but those closest to us. I have confidence in the judgment of those who have proven themselves over time. I will willingly follow those whose interests overlap with my own, or who laugh at the same things I do. Like Steve, I really like people who share a lot, but I don't know if I really trust them. - Dominic Jones

Trust is built on perceived value - what people share that is valuable to you. Frankly, most of social media is filled with blather. Twitter top jockeys are those who are constantly giving out great links - not just saying what they had for lunch. Top FriendFeeders for me are the aggregators who bring me new and valuable data -what I think is valuable. Trust is personal. - Robert Worstell

endless comparison.....web 3.0 is reputation management - Steve Epstein

Trust my own judgement. Of course there is a circle of trust, which has nothing to do with rankings, or popularity. It could be a person with one connection whose links are the kind I enjoy and learn from and that's all that matters - Deepak Singh

I registered by Following Klout. - Russellreno

has to be said, clever way to get followers and signups all at the same time... :) - Zee.

It does kind of work that way right now but we hope to be dropping the forced follow business at some point in the relatively near future. We are doing some pretty heavy processing and just want some more time to optimize. - Joe Fernandez

I have so much Klout that I was moved to the head of the line. http://twitter.com/Russell... - Russellreno

How important is this, anyway? I say... it's not. - Louis Gray

@Louis: It might not be important in the "things we should lie awake at night worrying over" sense but if FFHolic wants to position themselves as a FF information source then I say go ahead. - Daniel J. Pritchett

The main reason to use this right right now is to find rooms. How often do you find a popular conversation that isn't already on your front page? - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

Michael Arrington's FF account (http://friendfeed.com/techcru...) is a great example: 13,000 followers, 28 comments all time. I realize that streaming all of his TC content into a FriendFeed profile adds *some* value to the network but his total lack of interaction with the community doesn't go unnoticed. Is he a good #2 for FFHolic stats? - Daniel J. Pritchett

+1 Daniel. - Joey Gibson

Yes, it encourages Friendfeed to be used like an feed reader instead of a conversation. Real FFholics would have a good balance of consumption and contribution. - Dion Hinchcliffe

Well, "Most Popular" in Middle School was based on how many people wanted to be your friend, or, how many people 'followed' you. Why should it be different here? FFHolic also has a "Most Active" for users and rooms that I find to be infinitely more valuable - MVB (Grinch of FF)

I notice that Arrington's account has a pretty good record of starting conversations amongst FriendFeeders - that's good for the community. The fact that no one from TC appears to get involved in those conversations is what bugs me. If nothing else it's nice to have the posts there if we are in the mood to "Like" something we just read on TC via another reader. - Daniel J. Pritchett

Daniel - you say that (TC not participating) like it's a bad thing. ;) HA - Mona Nomura

+1 Mark. FFHolic differentiates between "Popular" and "Active". Both are useful metrics. - Daniel J. Pritchett

+5 it should be made relevant to you, not whether they blog or not, I mean just read/ RSS there blog for chrissakes - sofarsoShawn

can we change it so I become a most popular user? pretty please? how about giving bonus to users whose follower numbers is a small prime number? That would work - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

@Louis, important no, but if configured properly this could be a valuable list for people just starting out, looking for folks to follow, or even folks that don't even use FriendFeed. As it stands the list is pretty useless IMO. - Mark Krynsky

@Eric, re: "How often do you find a popular conversation that isn't already on your front page?" That assumes you're already a seasoned user who already follows lots of great people. This list would be more valuable to newcomers or those that want to learn more about the community who don't currently use the service. - Mark Krynsky

@Mark V, "Most Popular" isn't a title I recommend for this list. Perhaps itcan be renamed "Most Interesting". The only other list they currently offer is "Most Active" which has its own set of flaws as well. - Mark Krynsky

i don't believe that page encourages people to participate as well. it might draw people in due to the "brands" some of those people are associated with, but it doesn't give new regular users any idea of what is actually taking place on ff -- the richness of topics and discussions held by all of us. i hardly see most of those characters involved in interesting discussions on friendfeed and a few of them are downright blowhards. i think it should totally be changed to reflect a broader audience and scope - Cee Bee

Yeah both ffholic & FF's ranking of recommended people is skewed to those that have high #followers, despite how little they post, and we know how rewarding that can be, compared to the Monas and Rahsheens of the world! - anna sauce

I think it should be renamed "Most of the people you see on every techy social network". If they've signed up they've got tons of followers regardless of whether they participate or help the community. How about a "Most VALUABLE" list? That could be the people who contribute the most direct posts, most comments, most likes... the people who keep FF worth revisiting and differentiate it from any old RSS aggregation service. - Fa La La La Lindsay

i think it's because of this kind of stuff that a lot of people are missing on the true elements and features of this site. i get tons of people subscribing to me (as i'm sure many of you have also experienced) that just resort to using this service for their own blog feeds, lifestreams and twitter experiments without participating one bit in actual discussions. they see the model of some of the people in the photo above and think that's all there is to it. - Cee Bee

I agreed AND disagree. They sort of offer this already. I don't think necessarily they should change what they are doing, but if you're suggesting they should do a "total" popular category based on all factors on top of what they have, I agree. I also agree with a lot of the sentiment in the comments here. I'd think though that the real target should be FriendFeed who continues to recommend some of these people, putting them so high in the first place. - Duncan Riley

@Duncan, I'm fine if the logic I defined comes in the form of a 3rd list. I think it would be by far the most valuable. The current 2 are very lacking and don't offer great value as far as I'm concerned. - Mark Krynsky

FFholic's algorithm should be transparent.Ideally,open source. - Igor Poltavskiy

The problem with their algorithm is that these people gained huge followings because they were the default recommended people since the inception of FriendFeed. You signed up, then you were presented with these guys as who you should subscribe to. Basically, the follows don't mean anything. Now, I think FriendFeed recommends people differently, but those follows that these people got are still on the books. That whole section of ffholic is quite useless and boring unless they add in other variables. - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

Or just rename it to "Most Followed Users" perhaps? - Ladybug Heather

"People You Should Not Subscribe To Unless You Want Your Experience Here To Very Closely If Not Identically Resemble Your Experience At Whatever Site You Came Here From" - abacab

Sweet, this was discussed on FFundercats Episode 5 http://friendfeed.com/e... and for the record, the reason I'd like to see a list like this is to help me discover new interesting people, not for just another popularity contest list. - Mark Krynsky

SO very glad I moved to California. - EricaJoy

Ouch... really? mhm... maybe I should rethink the move :) - Juan Pablo González

It got down to 25 last night here in Atlanta. Brrrrr! - Carmen

Yep, thermostat wars underway here in PA too. It's NOT winter yet?? - Charlie Anzman

Even the [relatively] warm waters of Vineyard Sound aren't helping. Temp at the school bus stop this AM was 27°F, blowing 20, with flurries. Not ready for this. - Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct

Cool, thanks! I'm probably going to complain about certain implementation details, but I'm very happy to see this happen! - Stephanie Booth

Stephanie complains all the time anyway ;) - Loic Le Meur

Loic: she is going both product management and testing for us. There is not much more we can ask for! :-) - Edwin Khodabakchian

Thanks Edwin! - Geoff K

Thanks Edwin and Stephanie. A beautiful integration :) Works totally fine with me! http://bit.ly/feedly_tumblr - Kenichi Matsumoto

Double credit to steph: +1 for the initial idea and +1 for the suggestion on how to simplify the first iteration. - Edwin Khodabakchian

Oh Edwin, you are drawing me back in... - Phil G