John W. Serra

I minimized the font size of twitter posts by stylish. - Yunus Tunak

You can already do that. Here's how: Right click on the service icon in your feed and open in new tab. Example: http://friendfeed.com/list/eve... works if you have a list called "Internal" and want to show FriendFeed entries. Change the list name or service name, and you're done. - Louis Gray

Example for Friends/Twitter http://friendfeed.com/list/fri... - Louis Gray

Example for Work/Blog http://friendfeed.com/list/wor... - Louis Gray

confused... are you running on your own server or using wordpress direct... for a stand alone wordpress - you need the wordpress download http://www.wordpress.org/lates... for starter which will have an index.php - Rob Wilson via Alert Thingy

Are you trying to do it yourself, or through WordpressDirect? It sounds kind of like your on your own... If you can give us a little more information, maybe we can give you a helping hand. For instance... Windows/linux hosting?, ftp app used, etc. If your using WordpressDirect, again where are you hosting it? - John W. Serra

Here is the scoop! Sorry didnt' give details first time using FriendFeed and wasn't actually expecting anyone to respond. - Michael Roberts

Using Windows based operating system. (Vista). I will be hosting the site my self using Hostgator. I have a reseller account. - Michael Roberts

I follow their instructions on the Wordpress Direct site to upload the new website. 1. I type in my domain name and make sure I can get to the "index of" page. Everything is fine. The DNS is all correct. (I bought the site from register.com) 2. I choose a template from wordpressdirect and click upload now. 3. I enter the correct ftp username and password. type in the correct URL, etc. 4. I upload the site. - Michael Roberts

If you goto www.wiigolfgames.com you will see the two errors it is telling me. - Michael Roberts

Have you filed a ticket with WPD? - Roy Gould

Yes, I filed a ticket with them but they have not gotten back to me...I was just curios if I was doing something obviously retarded? - Michael Roberts

One possible reason might be DNS propagation. When you buy a domain and it is first pointed towards your hosting account, it takes 24 - 36 hours before the 'pointing' is recognised properly across the internet. Any time thereafter if you do a DNS redirect with your domain and point the domain to new servers, the same delay kicks in again. During this time it is difficult to reach your site by typing the domain name into your browser, unless you use the special numerical format usually sent - Mark McGimpsey

to you by email by your host provider in a response email to your purchase. In my own case with a recently pointed domain, I had WPD correctly install the domain, only for it to stop working shortly afterwards because the domain was re-targeting the old host files location. The domain alternated between the new and old locations on and off for almost a day, and of course each time WPD would stop working because it couldn't reach the correct hosting account. It's possible all your installation files might - Mark McGimpsey

not have been uploaded correctly. - Mark McGimpsey

I appreciate your input Mark, I will try erasing my website in WHM and then recreate it...(this way it will have all the files I need on there and all the junk I tried uploading will be gone) I will then re type in the DNS redirects...and then i won't touch my site until Monday. This should give it the time it needs to propagate. Then will try to upload from WordpressDirect on Monday. This sound like a decent plan of attack? - Michael Roberts

One more thing which might help is a site www.theproxyfree.com - where you can type in your domain name. Sometimes it is possible to see your domain correctly targeting your hosting files, when you are having difficulty reaching it otherwise. (It also bypasses site restrictions on your firms office computer). I've used it to check when I've experienced difficulty as outlined previously. You can also use it to check if your Router cache needs cleared. Sometimes Routers give problems too and need to be - Mark McGimpsey

switched off for a few minutes and turned back on. Sometimes you may even need to 'reset' your router and re-enter your security details, and they can get file corruption if on constantly for a year or more. I've had to do that once when it stopped allowing one of my computers access for no particular reason. You only need the DNS redirects if your host provider and domain registrar are different companies i.e you buy the domain from GoDaddy and your are hosted with HostGator. - Mark McGimpsey

i like it alot - Jeff Douglass

I like the new Facebook. Change is possible. Yes we can! - Elliott Ng

I love the New Facebook, I've been using it since the first moment I could. Which means I'm actually using Facebook again, a major change. - Aram Zucker-Scharff via twhirl

I like it now. I didn't like it at first and kept switching back to the old one, but then I just jumped in and haven't looked back. - James Ferguson

I didn't like it at first either but it's growing on me. - Ray Grieselhuber

The new FB is a fail, IMO. A lot to like in the new design, but the overwhelming clutter of combining the news feed and wall is just way too much. Poor implementation. Also while the Apps had gotten annoying and out of control, the current placement has basically killed a small industry of app development. - Steve Isaacs

...I think the new interface is alright tho... - Andrew via twhirl

I love it. I don't get why people hate it so much. I think it's cleaner than the old FaceBook. I guess people like all the apps on the profiles, which mad them load really slow a lot of times. - Thankful Molly

People don't like change and people like to complain; that is why there is so much fuss. - Arthur Guy

I love change. I love redesigns. I don't love bad, cluttered design that frustrates people. - Steve Isaacs

Because parts of it are very clunky. I like the front page because it makes it easier to comment on things. But, I hate the new profiles. They are very clunky and don't flow well. - Mathew Ballard

I'm not. I don't use Facebook. :-) - Dave Winer

The AJAX tabs for the profiles work well. The 3rd party applications, however, need to be updated to take advantage of the tab system - Glenn Batuyong

@dave I couldn't sign up to facebook.. wouldn't allow me to use the name I want to use. I refuse to use my RL name, I prefer the identity I forged for myself online.. but they don't make any allowances for this :S http://www.alphaxion.com/?tag=... - alphaxion

Im with dave ... not using facebook ,, too many spammy apps and too amny pokes - johnpiercy via twhirl

Oh people, stop complaining, if you don't like it, don't use it and go away. *rolls eyes* - Thankful Molly

I like it. I have been happy so far. I don't use more than 6 apps. That is the key to making it useful. Dump all those crazy apps! - James Herbert via twhirl

It's easier to navigate and the social element is better than the last. I like it. This change is good. - Jonathan Kong

i don't mind it as user, but as developer it's been a total clusterfuck - Bill Seitz

At times, it seems Robert likes to be as wrong as possible, so that when he is right, he looks even better in contrast. :-) This "passionate" has been constantly active on FriendFeed for some time, and actually recruited Robert. His knee-jerk comments should be more thought-out because they do carry impact, especially for those on Twitter who are looking for more reasons to not join FriendFeed. Is the service perfect? No. But it's the best of its kind, period, and the engagement there is strong and growing. - Louis Gray

@Mona .. call it returning the favour for all the great stuff you post :) - Steven Hodson

I much prefer discussing things here than Twitter - I hate receiving replies on Twitter because no one can track the conversation. And actually, it's the same problem on Identi.ca for me, believe it or not. - Jesse Stay

His reality will never be anyone else's. To all those people that hang on his every bodily function: Please. Stop. Think of The Children. He's fickly pronounced Twitter and FF passe a few times now. Pick a service, he's championed it one week and yawned over it the next. He has no attention span, no depth to his interest, and people are far, far too wrapped up in him. I've been saying this a lot lately, but really, for most people, he's best unfollowed and entirely ignored. He has actively elevated himself to a point where, I think, he's disconnected almost entirely from any audience at all. - abacab

@Jesse Stay (jessestay): Threading is a Hard Problem(tm) but a Solved(c) one. Which makes me wonder why FF doesn't actually have a better threading/reply architecture for comments. There are times I long for a reimplimentation of UseNet. - Alexander Williams via NoiseRiver

UseNet FTW! - WorldofHiglet

Steven, your pull-quote from Robert was also the lesser of the few he made -- I think that Titanic comment was the doozy. And in reading the thread, seemed he was picking on the "searchability," or lack there-of, on FF -- which for many reasons doesn't seem to be a strong angle from which to question the usefulness of the service. - Marko Bon

The Titanic comment was ridiculous. It practically ridiculizes itself. - abacab

Twitter absolutely perplexes me. 1. It's like different water coolers in one place - and everyone chimes in at once. 2. In order to efficiently manage information, a 3rd party app is a must. Is it me or is that unintuitive? @abacab: Wow. Those words are quite bizarre. Sounds more like a personal problem. -just saying. - Mona N.

Mona: I'm a bizarre person. And yeah, some of it is personal. ;) - abacab

No offense to Robert and all, but lately I've been reconsidering the value of what he says as far as how it relates to me anyway. I consider myself a passionate techie (I work in tech support and it is also very much my main hobby) , but lately when he says 'passionate' I'm not sure he means me. I've been feeling the same disconnect with Arrington too, and I'm not sure what happened, as those two used to be the pillars of my blog reading experience. - Aaron Krug

@Aaron I don't think you are alone by a long shot - Steven Hodson

I think Robert's persona (as distinct from who Robert really is) has jumped the shark, or "nuked the fridge". He has become more and more dramatic in his exclamations in order to garner attention and reaction. Perhaps this really is the way of the blogosphere where only extreme voices generate interest, pageviews, links, and comments. These extreme voices call out for more moderate voices to correct and comment. In this way Scoble is helping to bring more into the conversation. - Elliott Ng

This is a great thing he is doing. But he is "jumping the shark" because we no longer take his declarations seriously. What do you think Robert about this argument? Anyway, I love your egalitarian populist tendencies so keep that up even as your proclamations become more and more extreme! - Elliott Ng

@Steven it actually makes me feel a bit better to hear you say that. I think that it might be that I have gotten more involved and have seen quite a bit of flip flopping on both of their parts (huge pet peeve of mine). For example, the whole deal with Scoble and Demo. You can't be an adviser to TC50 and consider yourself impartial enough to have an opinion about Demo, no matter how right you are (Demo, your sites were bad); that was the final disconnect for me. - Aaron Krug

@abacab You can't disconnect yourself from an audience that's enamored with you. This is a thread full of people evaluating how seriously they take this man, nitpicking his personality, armchair psychology-ing him. That leaves me with the impression that he is necessarily highly connected to his audience, or his audience is highly connected to him. I'm enjoying being an audience to his audience. It's quite entertaining. It's like watching Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the forum troll version. - elissa

@elissa, I have read Thus SpAke Zarathustra several times (Nietzsche is another hobby of mine) and would agree with your assessment. One cannot separate himself from the audience his actions has created, unless one is willing to move on without said audience. Nietzsche knew in writing those words he was risking losing a lot of the conservative praise he had garnered previously, and was willing to part with it to stay true to himself, as he demonstrated with 'Twilight of the Idols' and 'The Antichrist.' - Aaron Krug

I only wonder if Robert would be willing to do the same. - Aaron Krug

friendfeed is awesome! - collins

Amen Steven - Shey

@elissa: As audience members become less enamored, one does indeed start to lose them. Disconnects are clearly happening; some examples are in this thread. It's important to consider the power some people have on all the people that, right or wrong, hang on their every word. I think people aren't seeing the same value anymore in what these guys have to say. Most of it I can and do get elsewhere, or see vetted/filtered through other FFers, say... afaik, I've lost nothing by not following them. - abacab

@Aaron Good answer, damn it! :D @abacab If you feel that way, why are you wasting your time? Go be your own phenomenon and make people discuss you instead. - elissa

@Aaron, just saw your capital A. It's translated differently in different editions. Nice try, though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T... - elissa

@elissa: Whether it's a waste of my time or not would be my call, thanks. Or since we disagree, I should...go away, is that right? You dig him, I get it. Lots of the subtleties of Nietzsche have been lost in translation, btw... but I do indeed agree that there are some similarities there that fit this thread. - abacab

abacab: It's not 'these guys' faults people lack critical thinking skills. That said, whether I agree or not is a whoooole different story... :| - Mona N.

@abacab I don't dig or not dig him. I don't really know him. I've never read his blogs or anything. He was in my email so he's shown up on my FF, and I'm finding this whole thing rather funny. You don't have to go away, you just seem like you're expressing that you want to. Like for instance "I've been saying this a lot lately, but really, for most people, he's best unfollowed and entirely ignored." and "afaik, I've lost nothing by not following them." - elissa

@elissa granted different translations spell it differently (and to be honest you could spell it 'spork' and I wouldn't care as long as you got the point, and it seems you have), and while in most literary discussions the Walter Kaufmann translation is used, as he is considered the preeminent translator of Nietzsche into the English language (brilliant man, brilliant work), I was referring to the Thomas Common edition, which is considered the most faithful to the German language itself. - Aaron Krug

My apologies for any offense, as none was meant. - Aaron Krug

I think that's largely my point. One can have an entirely satisfactory experience online, and stay on top of most things, without ever having heard of him. I offer this as advice to others. :) And that's becoming more and more true everyday, imo, given how he's getting more and more....dramatic and wishy-washy, more about personal attention and effect than anything else (that I can think of, anyway). Apologies for my assumption, btw, and great talking with you. :) - abacab

@Aaron ooh fancy. @Aaron none taken. This is Thus Spork Zarathustra the forum troll version, I'd be an idiot to take offense. @abacab No need to apologize? - elissa

I take it back then. :P - abacab via NoiseRiver

@abacab Deal! - elissa

Elissa: scoble should RUN FOR OFFICE - Eric Rice

Eric: He's got the right kind of thing built up around him for it, that much is evident. - elissa

@Eric if he did I can't say I'd vote for him. Like I said, the one thing I value most is consistency. Once you've stated a thing either stick with it or admit you were wrong and explain why. I'm not sure Robert has that in him. - Aaron Krug

So Robert Scoble is John Kerry and you're a republican? - elissa

Or at least dip in every so often and check progress. I HATE HATE HATE the non-stop 'oh hai day one of our software' blogosphere: "it BLOWS YOU SUCK DIE NOTHING NEW"... Seriously, fire everyone if they have that kind of snap judgement. Come back later, always and often, even if something is dumb. That's why that 'the DEMO sites suck' post bugged me. If tech leaders can't get past a site's design, screw em. Innovation won't happen if we can't stop staring at the tits on that software's API. - Eric Rice

I just arrived in Washington DC after a long night of traveling and everyone is both correct and wrong in this post. Which is why FriendFeed is fun. - Robert Scoble

The real question is not growth of FF for its sake but whether FFers take and get from FF what they want and aspire! - Hayk

Similarly with me, Frans. See my comments under the post "Stomper site now up and running": it's currently further down this page. You might have to click on "Show 3 more comments". - Marysia

Tries again just now - same thing - back to the same page! Sigh! - Frans

That's an obscure marketing technique. Make 'em so frustrated trying to get the product they won't notice all the hype was for nada. - Roy Gould

The system doesn't like some credit cards. It also hiccups if the card address and delivery addressa re different. It's a case of persisting until you find a combination that works.......a PITA - Philoscribe via twhirl

I used a Citibank master card. It took two tries to get it through. It should be worth 9 bucks. Bob - Bob Diamond

There working on those issues. Hopefully they will be ironed out soon. they set up server security settings too high. - Craig Mullins