I think most of my active followers have dropped off of FriendFeed. My home feed is quiet now - barely any likes or comments. Am I just not interesting any more?
Jesse, sshhh. I like to keep my good stuff stashed away. :)
- imabonehead
I honestly don't know whether you're subbed to me or not. I usually follow back. Sorry!
- Spidra Webster
Larch, I'm moving more and more over to Facebook as well - I wish FriendFeed gave us an easy way to port over our subscriptions from here to Facebook
- Jesse Stay
I just looked and subscribed - i was sure I was already subbed and shocked to find otherwise, I'll tell you! But I must implore you to stay active over here. I'm still much happier here, and I got waaay more real support here this past week when my mother was dying than on Facebook - mostly because the FB folks are real-life folks, so I couldn't really say what I was thinking. (And the...
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- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Mary, no worries - it's funny how we see each other comment on friends' feeds so often that we think we're already subscribed. I've done that on more than one occasion. I'm not going anywhere. I would love to transition this more over to Facebook as it makes sense, but FriendFeed still solves things for me, activity or not, that no other network does.
- Jesse Stay
No Facebook for me! Back to end of the line. :)
- imabonehead
It's quiet here, no doubt about it. My feed is like a ghost town for the most part. Things have really changed over the last three or four months. Yet, many of the core people I like to interact with are still around, so I can't complain.
- Laura Norvig
It's been quite the past few days... but then again so has Facebook and Twitter
- Johnny Worthington
I have noticed also that there feeds that are rich in social media talk and tech have been getting a lot less play. Could be that people have other things on their mind
- Johnny Worthington
Johnny, it seems many of them have moved to other places like Twitter.
- imabonehead
To be expected... The early adopter wave has broken over the shore and now it's people having a swim, riding the back of the wave down...
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
I still can't believe those people think Twitter is a better tool for conversations. Nothing changed functionally with FF yet. Just who owns it.
- Spidra Webster
There are more people on Twitter - I can have simultaneous conversations. Since they changed the @ reply, where you only see @s of people you are following makes the experience a trillion times better. I LOVE Twitter and have made TONS of great friends on there! The network is so tight over there, it's neat how once you meet/connect in person, the bond is stronger :)
- Mona Nomura
I hate having my stream polluted with @s. I want threaded conversations not reliant on 140 characters - Twitter is for initiating the conversation right now. It's too hard to carry a real conversation over there. (and yes, I use Twitter, too)
- Jesse Stay
I have those all the time, you @reply? And / or cc
- Mona Nomura
Bah, I can't have a convo on twitter. Replies fall all over each other, there's no threading and no direction. As I've said, it's like a collection of clunky SMS messages. Real time does it right, that is FF and chat programs, hell, even Google Wave. Twitter? Nope.
- Mo Kargas
To each their own but I love Twitter - mainly because of the people :)
- Mona Nomura
I love Twitter, too, just for different reasons.
- Jesse Stay
I like twitter due to the amount of active users, but not because of its dismal conversation abilities.
- Mo Kargas
Mona, cc is an interesting idea... Pity it takes away from the content. 140 characters - 3 people's @reply doesn't leave a lot.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
I've been absolutely loving what you have been sharing lately Jesse, recently moved you to a position on "my board by feed" in a private Friendfeed Group.
- Deano @ Byron New Media
I used to worry about my timeline polluted with @s but once I got over that insecurity, I am addicted. Plus it's SO ultra convenient. I also love how there are so many different communities that are intersected but not.
- Mona Nomura
Thanks Deano! I'll try to keep it up.
- Jesse Stay
<140 is what makes it so great. Cuts the crap out.
- Mona Nomura
I like Twitter, it just doesn't work for me. I'm here for the people then the tools. Size of community means little when quality trumps quantity.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Mona, how does that measure in conversion though? @s vs. no @s, 140 characters vs. non?
- Jesse Stay
@Mona Nah, enables more crap. I reckon less characters leads to a dumbing down of everything. It would be a dismal life if all conversations were in 140 character chunks
- Mo Kargas
I use Twitter as well, as anyone who's subbed to me here can see. But I mostly reserve it for communicating with people who aren't already on FF.
- Spidra Webster
Again, to each their own. <140 is enough for me. Gets to the point quicker.
- Mona Nomura
@Spidra I use it as a megaphone, which is what it is. A collection of broadcasts at each other and little else
- Mo Kargas
Mo, yup, it's a "microblog" - that's what it was built to be. There is no comment structure built in (yet).
- Jesse Stay
Just like your blog, it's where you start the conversation. Unfortunately you have to take it elsewhere to make that conversation engaging and have maximum conversion.
- Jesse Stay
How is that unfortunate? If anything, it should be a motivating factor TO blog. I've seen MANY blog pieces written from convos generated on Twitter.
- Mona Nomura
Mona, it's unfortunate because I can't organize that conversation the way I do my blog. Each comment is its own individual blog post - it's distracting and breaks up the flow.
- Jesse Stay
@Mo Yeah, that's mostly it. Although I have short bursts of conversation with fans of The Guild and other folks.
- Spidra Webster
Mona, I have seem many blog posts generated by discussions here, Facebook and even around the watercooler as well. The content means more than the delivery system. Twitter works for you, I wish I could master it... But I have a hard time believing that Twitter is the killer service the mainstream hype builds it to be. Yahoo bought Geocities for 3.6 billion back in the day.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
47 comments ain't bad for a post late at night. I'm just saying.
- Spidra Webster
Again, to each their own. I also like how there are many communities on Twitter and I can choose which convos to participate in. Here, it's more like a...family? All the same people all the time.
- Mona Nomura
In the main feed, maybe. The rooms are where you find new people, saved searches too. It's all who you sub to... No matter where you are
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
*shrug* I'm getting more likes and comments these days and I have a private feed.
- Rodfather
What, is my fanboi showing? Just telling how 'each to their own' works for me :)
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
*tire screech* Sorry, folks. I was coding, so I'm an hour late to the thread. Actually a bit more because my ISP dropped me just before I hit the comment button. So, hey, Jesse, sorry I haven't been noisy enough in your threads ;)
- Micah Wittman
That's probably why they weren't bought and went out of business
- Jesse Stay
i wonder if there is a correlation "tshirts = acquisition"
- Allen Stern
goodnight everyone - be well, update often and remember in life, there are those that tweet and those who wish they were tweeting.
- Allen Stern
Allen, there is - FriendFeed was acquired weeks after I got one of their shirts. Social Median was acquired weeks after I got one of their shirts. I'm a good-luck charm. :-)
- Jesse Stay
This conversation has happened over and over - it's at a pianissimo intensity right now, which isn't too rattling. Mona, you're an all-terrain social networker - you work the FB, the FF and the TWTR with equal comfort. I'm happy for you and I will let you finish :) Johnny puts it how pretty much how I feel personally about the landscape. Jesse, the feeds are down volumetrically (in N....
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- Micah Wittman
well then i better get you a cloudcontacts shirt!!
- Allen Stern
Whoa kozmo the delivery service? I loved them. I used to have sandwiches and smokes delivered all the time.
- Rodfather
I just looked at some blog stats for a couple of "big fish" on Compete.com today, and it looked like most of the internet is experiencing some sort of engagement drop-off (even TechCrunch's and Mashable's numbers are down a bit...). I can only speculate that this is some sort of general burn-out toward the end of an intense, helter-skelter year that passed by faster than the mind could comprehend...Social Media exhaustion? "All your brain cycles are belong to us..." :)
- Alex Schleber
Also, last year we were in the middle of the US elections. I wonder if a November Dip happens on the off election years...
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Johnny, in news that's generally true. Novembers are usually full of either elections or hurricane news. Without either you usually have a slow season. That's what I remember from working at Media General, at least.
- Jesse Stay
Well I know I am busy at work and getting things ready for te end of the year. I have noticed a lull across a lot of places I exist in. We also have to consider that 'mainstream' attention comes in waves. Could the shine of Ashton and Oprah on Twitter be fading and it's not a 'Oooow shiny thing' anymore?
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Johnny, I think Twitter's just beginning so I doubt that.
- Jesse Stay
I have a $US1 here that says Twitter will be what Myspace is now in 2 years.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Johnny, I think the way it is set up now that's very likely - it will all depend on how they adapt. Based on past experience it doesn't look good, but they are hiring well so we'll see.
- Jesse Stay
Twitter's where most of the people I interact with are. Not here, unfortunately. I tried to get some people over here for the better part of a few months, but then they got bought by facebook, and forget about getting anybody new over here now...
- Bill Kinney
Looking back over your posts for the last 24 hours was kind of heavy on Facebook and Twitter stuff which probably isn't going to garner much in the way of likes or comments on FF. Some stuff on shuttle launches, but those are kind of routine. Outside of JPL and the great observatories, NASA has managed to make the space program boring.
- Ed Millard
I find that it is a bit harder to generate the conversation over here than it used to be, but it is still there. And there are still lots of great people on here so it remains a worthwhile place in my mind.
- Martha
Twitter? I'm like... I'd do Twitter... yeah, an account for FriendFeed for sure, but...
- David Feng
I guess it's not you. I get the same....i wish Scoble was active on FF like before even if he was so wrong about FF. Or i wish he still believed that he was right.
- Junal Rahman
Jesse's original question assumes he was interesting at some point.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
from iPod
Thanks fuad bhai, i will work on this link issue you mentioned. lot's of feedback im getting regarding this. glad that ppl liked that idea and well i will update this soon inshallah. Thanks a lot for sharing all over :D
- Junal Rahman
Yeah, cos age and intelligence were the only variables that differed between all the participants involved in that research. What a pointless study.
- Tony Ruscoe
The Great Google Wave invite thread. Anyone who wants an invite post your Gmail address here and anyone who has invites available please use to invite the people on this list. There are also a bunch of requests in the Invites group here: http://friendfeed.com/invites
I have a few but holding them for a few people who have already asked me. I'm at kolint [at] googlewave [dot] com btw. A pain I know but if you can, could you update your comment when you have an account or just delete your comment. Ta! :-) EDIT: Try this site for invites: http://googlewaveinvites.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Are people on this list getting invites or at least been told they have an invite on the way? You might have to be patient, it could take a long time for one to come through.
- Kol Tregaskes
Adam, yep agree. Maybe because I did that (month ago though) helped me get mine through from Vijay so quickly!
- Kol Tregaskes
@Kol, the invitation process seems to be based on nominations. For example, everytime someone nominates/invites you, you get bumped up the queue for an account until you're at the top and you get sent an invite by the team
- Ysabel Legaspi
Ysabel, ah I see, So lots of people must have nominated me. Darn, so a few users I have nominated could be waiting a looooong time. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
if that voting system is right I'm very annoyed. I asked for an invite months ago, now all the numpties are all over it I'm not going to get a look in. It's like I've been sat at the front of a shop queue and everyone's just walking right past me into the shop. I am British but I detest both queuing and waiting, so this is pretty tough going
- Toby Graham
Like most other people, yesterday I wasn't aware of that I «needed» a Google Wave invitation this badly...but now I am!!! quackofdawn at gmail dot com
- Quackofdawn
Please I want a invite :( jesi.nieves at gmail
- Jesi
from iPod
neternity@gmail.com and i promise to send a wave of 100,901 twitter followers to your doorstep each of whom will have averaged 1 tweet in their existence - this might not get me an invite but surely it will get some notice - must have that something special - my google wave invite special sauce ingredient is twitter juice PS Not to be construed as an offer, not valid in any of the 53 US states, do not try this at home, caution: contents are hot.
- Ross Button
Anyone have already a wave invite?. I'm a developers anxious to take a look at wave. jmiguel.rodriguez at gmail.com . Thank you very much in advanced!
- jmiguel rodriguez
trentono gmail com...thanks in advance, mysterious stranger...
- Trent Olson
lol at this point i gotta think that by the time an invite makes it this far down the list i may already be at the top of the official invite list but doesn't hurt to try right? marco [dot] nunez @ gmail - thanks!
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
I'm also trying. As Marco said, it doesn't hurt :) iamclem at gmail. thanks!
- Clément Simon
Hello, I would love to have a google wave invite too. ilteris@gmail.com thanks!
- ilteris
Oops! You said gmail address: marybaumcreative (at) gmail. Although I run marybaum@marybaum.com through gmail servers too.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
from email
louisrbourque@gmail.com - an invite would be greatly appreciated, and I'll pass it on! Thanks
- Louis Bourque
from iPod
can you send me invite for google wave to i.igors (at) gmail (dot) com
- Igor Krstev
If any kind soul has an invite to spare, it would be gratefully received and shared on once GOOG get around to inviting me in. :-) The key piece of information belatedly being andy.bold@gmail.com kthxbai
- Andy Bold
Looking for one myself at alexscrivener (at) gmail (dot) com
- Alex Scrivener
I'd love an invite. I was sort of expecting to get one from Google, as I have been in all of their other betas, but to no avail :( carlton.prest@gmail.com
- Carlton Prest
Plesae send an invite! jwatson820@gmail.com
- Jonna Watson
damn, the pretty please guy will get one for sure, that steve guy @hotmail.com is likely last on the list - but we all will get one if that scobilizer guy notices that we are all here and asking and so cul cuz we are all on friendfeed - maybe if we twitter too it might help - hello google !!!!
- Ross Button
how do we know which ones are sent? I'm just doing my own thread.
- Raphael, Raphael
I've been too busy to get on FF the last few days....figures something important happening and I missed it! I knew about Google Wave but didn't know there would be a thread to post a request. In any case, better late than never, I'd love an invite at madeliene2007 at gmail.com. :)
- Bonnie Foster
I've been on Twitter all day trying to get one, I'd love it if my day can end by me finally getting an invitation :) I'll be sure to send some invites to other people in this thread! andryou@gmail.com
- andryou
re.renus@gmail.com somebody please send me a invitation... ^_^ : )
- Emad
wimmulder@gmail.com. Am really excited to try this out for a collaborative research project I'm working on. Hoping someone has an invite to spare!
- Wim Mulder
giuliocc@gmail.com . Keen to see if we can shake M$'s cage about messaging and collaboration.
- Giulio Campobassi
Would love an invite - jonathonc at gmail.com
- Jonathon
VitaArdiyana (at) gmail (dot) com, Thanks before Kol. I will delete my comment when i have my google wave account.
- Vimala Vita
Just digging into the comments now but let me begin by saying that you did an incredible job with this thread Kol, 473 (474 after I post) comments!
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Google Wave : Could anyone invite me ? : jean.charles.blondeau[at]gmail.com Thanks
- Jean-Charles
System Messages Invite Status: 17559 invite requests in the system. 7 invites confirmed as received by requester. 199 invites claimed as sent from giver.
- oliv21
How does anyone know if someone has already been invited? You could go back and edit your comment when you receive an invitation, but since that takes days, it could be ages before you know.
- marziah
I've not even had a nomination, RK. At google dot com I'm suezanne , in the event anyone wants to make a nomination. I've asked before on friendfeed. It's kind of humiliating to beg.
- SuezanneC Baskerville
i have decided that if i do indeed get an invite, i will decline, forward my gmail account to windows live and put ie back as my default browser and i will bing it
- Ross Button
@Ross: why punish yourself for something you didn't do? :)
- François Dongier
I just want some google love; just like the rest of us do; but n,o they wave at us as they have their private, invite only party; thumb to nose, fingers a waving - that's the google wave; we need a tshirt
- Ross Button
al86shaw@gmail.com :) Not expecting anything, but thanks anyway!
- Giraffes Up In The AIr
Send to me plz ,,, mxina.com {a} gmail {dot} com
- Mohammad Sharifi
Has anyone received their invite? I haven't yet.
- Rodrigo
from email
I'd love an invite to Google Wave pls. non-geeky bf got one before me! that's just not cricket.. hehe :) icetigerza (at) gmail
- Kim
Hello, if there's any invite left, you'll make me more than happy ;-) matthieu.beauval [at] gmail [dot] com, thank you !
- matthieu beauval
If there are still invites left daryl@learnscape.com.au
- Daryl Hunt on FF
Of all the people posting here the chances of me getting an invite are slim but I'm still willing to try. If someone wants to shoot an invite over to jcallahan126@gmail.com I'd REALLY appreciate it.
- John
from iPhone
Aww Did I miss the Wave of invites? Come on Kol... Hook me up! :)
- Walt Ruppar
It looks like it, although you might be able to use the hyperlink on the front of the Wave homepage to request an invitation, if it's still available.
- Tyson Key
Google Wave Anybody? I needz one plz... walt {dot} ruppar {at} gmail [dot] com
- Walt Ruppar
from iPhone
I'll give this a try: j.linkola at gmail - anyone have invites left?
- Jussi Linkola
Anyone can provide a Google Wave invite? bmtrocks@gmail.com
- Brian
Hi guys I realy Waiting impatiently, but still have no invite... can anybody sent me invite please please simplisityzehra@gmail.com thanks in advance
- Zehra
firatdemirel at gmail.com just needs an invite for Gwave. Thanks.
- Fırat DEMİREL
Does anyone have an invite to share? Can you send it to v9y.rec at gmail.com please? Thanks.
- Vinay | विनय
Can somebody send an ivitation to terror@gmail.com . Thanks in advance.
- Yiğit
Please send an invitation to me at trivedi.knz@gmail.com. I got tired waiting.
- Kandarp Trivedi
I'll be glad to invite others on this thread once I get mine. Thanks in advance.. Keep the thread alive.
- Kandarp Trivedi
rodgerdb@gmail.com ha oh man am I late to this thread =( Here's to hoping!
- Rodger Ballard
really need one, would be so grateful thacker90184@gmail.com
- brandon
I want Google Wave invite too, please sent it to: ric4p5 {at} gmail [dot] com Thanks
- jose manuel
If anyone has invites, could I have one please? tekked - gmail.com
- TechKid
allanbesselink<at>gmail<dot>com ... please!
- Allan Besselink
I'll wager that some of the folks on this list have received their invite by now, or no longer want one - I have 16 invitations at this instant. It's probably easier for me if you DM.
- SuezanneC Baskerville
fifiquimbo(at)gmail(dot)com. I would love one, thanks!
- Fifi Quimbo
I have 8 invites to Google Wave, if someone is interested, please DM with e-mail address. Ciao, Andrea
- Andrea Romoli
Yo, @Jesse, I'm really happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but I just got to say that Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time!
- Mike Fruchter
It's been one year...one year to the day since I met the most beautiful woman in the world and the love of my life... and though it's been difficult, at times, being so far apart...it's been, without question, THE BEST YEAR EVER! ~ I Love You Emma ~ and I can't wait to share many..many more wonderful years with you! :-* <333
...... ...... ...... ...... ..... ........ AWWWWWWW...I love you too!!! :* Thank you, thank you, thank you and yes, I know it's not always been easy but it has been the most wonderful and perfect time of my life and I owe it all to one person and one person, only and that's YOU! You've been amazing! Thanks baby, for everything and *smiles* thank god, you FINALLY decided to subscribe to me, this time last year!! ;p Here's to the future...and us! :* <333
- Emma
True Love is always thee Best of All!! ;)) Cheers U 2!!
- Billy Warhol
Oh Emma...baby...."perfect" and "wonderful" can't even begin to describe it! ...simply, beyond my wildest dreams....Thank YOU Em for everything and jeez am I glad YOU decided to subscribe to ME this time last year! ;p Yes, here's to our future and to us...always and forever! :-* <333
- Live4Emma (L4S)
*melting* w/you too, Johnny...thank you Nina! <3....thanks mycaptain.....glad we could inspire you, Sofia! :-) ....\\O// rowlikeagirl! ....Billy, SPOT ON and Cheers! ....D! *fist bump* :-) ...and to everyone else, thank you so much for all your kind words and support the past several months...we truly appreciate it and it really has meant the WORLD to us! :-)
- Live4Emma (L4S)
I smile every time you all call each other "baby..." Just wonderful.
- rowlikeagirl
...oddly enough, rowlikeagirl, so do I! :-D
- Live4Emma (L4S)
awwww....A1! :') We <3 you too! your love for us and unwaivering support has been amazing! you're the best, lil' sis!!! *cheers* :-))
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Y'all have just won the SCHMOOPIEST COUPLE IN A LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP ON FRIENDFEED championship with this thread
- tiffany
from Android
Anika... :-) ......and thank you for the award, tiffany! I'd like to thank the members of the academy...my agent....my parents for having me....and of course Emma :-* <333....without who the SCHMOOPINESS, in all it's splendor and glory, would not be possible! :p
- Live4Emma (L4S)
To each and every one of you that's posted a comment on this post...thanks guys, you're all amazing! Your words and love are second to none and we really do appreciate it all, it means the world to both of us! :))
- Emma
..........And special thanks goes to the best sis a girl could ever ask for!! :D Anna, we ♥ you too. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your love and support....you've been there for us throughout and you REALLY are the very best! Love you & *cheers* hun...heres to a great future for all of us!! <3
- Emma
Thank You Darren! :-) You've been a fantastic friend to us and so encouraging every step of the way....we just can't thank you enough! <3
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Thanks Anne! "sweet" is a good way to describe it! ;-) ...thanks Shevonne! And I'm not sure what was meant by "the ring" but that hasn't happened YET! ;-p first things first and ALL in due time....but it is a lovely ring, none the less! :-D
- Live4Emma (L4S)
from iPhone
Awww Carmen! Your friendship has been there for me from my start here and to have your love and support for Emma and I has been fantastic! <3 Thank you so much for the well wishes from the Dirty-Dirty! ;-)
- Live4Emma (L4S)
from iPhone
You guys are a fantastic couple! That is all...
- Helen Sventitsky
aww...that's sweet of you to say, thanks Helen! :-)
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Thank you soooooooo much for sharing your love with us!! *besosbesosbesos*
- nakachi
Geek or nerd...which one sounds better? ;)
- Junal Rahman
Which one do u prefer ? Hu hu how is going on everything with u ?
- hasan
from email
None...but same thing happens with me too ;) and well, everything is going well..work, reading, sharing, sleep and TT tournament at office :D
- Junal Rahman
Wow wished I can find 1000 following or followers to follow
- polou/indigo_bow
You unfollowed lots of people recently. unfortunately, im one of them....though i don't know the reason :S but there is too difference in the ratio of your following and followers...why cant you add more people now ?
- Junal Rahman
Mr Scoble, I would suggest you check out a service called FriendFeed. It's starting small, but no silly limits like that that I can see. :D
- Micah Wittman
I will say that I didn't know Dustin Diaz worked at Twitter now, that's pretty cool! I just knew him as a guy with a great frontend web coding blog.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Fahad, first of all congrats on your work...but what are the features of this CMS? You didn't mention it anywhere.... Are you working on the documentation of the project? Btw, all the best for you :)
- Junal Rahman
I hope BD government take more initiative to take care of these migrants. Gov must ensure that they can invest in Bangladesh....i'm sure we have lots of people living outside who are ready to invest in the country. They just need a better environment.
- Junal Rahman