John Staton

My dad loves his Hotmail. Won't switch to gmail for anything. - Kate

HA! Ya I got the email about the "new & improved" Hotmail and had to laugh. - Duarte via twhirl

I remember having a Hotmail account back in college. The memories! - morgan

i still have my hotmail account, its tied to my xbox, its the only reason i still have it. - Simon Wicks

I have a number of clients who prefer it and frankly it is a good service. The domains.live.com system lets you use it for white label email and the outlook connector does (usually) a good job of hooking it to outlook (for free). With storage at 6GB its not a bad deal. - Soulhuntre via twhirl

JR...brilliant headline :-) - Duncan Riley

Many libraries have signs posted in their public computers area to hotmail.com to get an e-mail account I have noticed. As far as people I contact, I only have one hotmail contact. He migrated away from Yahoo! Mail, although I'm not quite sure why. - Jake (aka Jawee)

Duncan, thanks. That's the sentiment that jumped out at me immediately after reading the original press release. :-) - JR R.

I filter yahoo.com and hotmail.com mails straight to the spam box. The best you will get from them is some lolcat joke, and that's on a good day. - Allan Jenkins

http://www.email-marketing-rep... - Karim

I know people who still have a hotmail address. - Mike Hussein Cohen

If you sign up for Live services you get a hotmail/live mail account. - Sprague D

I still have a hotmail addy but its used as a dumping ground, I post anything that maybe important but I really don't want to see. Like when I signed up for a starbucks gift card I used my hotmail addy because I didn't care to be e-mailed any announcements from starbucks. - Colide81 (James)

Nothing says "competent professional" like a hotmail.com address. works best if you have a username like "kewl_sk8r8235" to go with it too. :D - william_randolph

*cues up "O Fortuna"* - Andrew Feinberg

Heh. I think both Valleywag and 1938media will need to do 10 abusive posts to keep my ego in check. - Robert Scoble

They're both busy on it right now, I'm sure! - Tad, Fool

Hey, dope-head...go home and find my remote so Maryam can send it to me. Oh, and stop being such a dope. *step one of 10 in reducing Robert's ego is done* - Alex Scoble CISSP

Alex: it gets worse. I just got into my hotel and a guy introduces himself to me. I have no idea who he is. Turns out it is Jules Polonetsky Chief Privacy Officer for AOL who introduced me to Anne Toth, Chief Privacy Office for Yahoo. Surreal life I live. AOL's headquarters is across the street. - Robert Scoble

You were a mean brother to me and I'll never forgive you for all that you did to me when I was growing up! *Restart of step one of 20 in reducing Robert's ego is done* - Alex Scoble CISSP

It's gonna be a long night :P - Johnny Worthington

@scoble, you might like this. This was said of the great film maker Jean Renoir, but when I read it I thought of your work: Renoir does not film ideas, but men and women who have ideas. - todd

Biscuit Scoble has spoken. Robert Scoble is officially DTM. - Secret Squirrel

DTM? - Alex Scoble CISSP

*watches Robert Scoble's head grow* Oh great now I will have to buy a new monitor to fit Robert's head. (j/k) That sounds so cool, Robert. :) - Thankful Molly

It's all good. Robert will go home once again and be asked to do mundane tasks like take out the trash and change Milan. Maryam is the Scoble ego equalizer. - Alex Scoble CISSP

Congrats! That's pretty cool. - Stu Andrews via twhirl

Molly: it is as good an excuse as any to buy a 30-inch monitor! :-) - Robert Scoble

It can get bigger? :-P - Jill, Superhero Librarian

If she creates a Library of Congress Subject Heading named after Scoble, we're all in trouble ;) - David

Have you seen his head? It's already Jupiter sized...it can't get any bigger without starting a fusion reaction. - Alex Scoble CISSP

@Alex...or collapsing into a black hole... - Sean McGee

Hey that might happen if he ever goes back to Cern. - Alex Scoble CISSP

Jupiter sized: A gas giant? - todd

Does this change the Robert Scoble Index Chart? - Mark VandenBerg

Yeah. Carly is now only 579x as arrogant. :-) - Robert Scoble

queue the "interview with the lady who invented categorization system for Library of Congress" music - Ryan

A bigger Scoble ego? When I started reading this, I assumed that Alex was acting up... - Ontario Emperor

** EPIC EGO ALERT!! ** Congratulations Robert, that is really cool. Ok now go change Milan's poopy diapers!! - Susan Beebe

With Scobleizer's inflated ego, he should have been the VP candidate - imabonehead

Congratulations. Enjoy the praise. (BTW, I don't have to deal w/ your ego. You do. What you think of yourself is none of my business.) - Michael Markman via twhirl

No mangoes on there! - Sally Church

Hmmm... maybe it's my squirreliness, but I think grapefruit are both easy to eat and tasty. Mmmmmm... - Squirrel Girl

I can't stand grapefruit. It might be the only fruit i've ever tasted that i can't eat. - ·[▪_▪]·

That's too funny. It would be great to see some sort of mashup of everyone's take on that chart. I happen to love grapefruit and find plums far too messy to bother with. This humourous chart could also work well with all sorts of items. What about usability and information as the axis and then throwing on twitter, FF, IM clients, etc? - Troy Forster via twhirl

Oranges should be at the top of the Y axis. X axis is accurate. - michael brashier

·[▪_▪]·: Have you ever had a Ruby Red Grapefruit from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas? They are SWEET...SO sweet....like tart oranges (similar to blood oranges.) - Sean McGee

@txsean i think i have tried those. I've tried supposedly "different" grapefruit and they all have a similar disgusting aftertaste to me. - ·[▪_▪]·

Alt Text: "Coconuts are so far down to the left they couldn't be fit on the chart. Ever spent half an hour trying to open a coconut with a rock? Fuck coconuts." - Tim Hoeck

Ever tasted or smelled Jackfruit? That has to be the at the bottom of the pit of tasty. - Troy Forster via twhirl

Durian. So far off the chart that if the chart is on your computer in your living room, the durian is on the exact opposite side of the earth. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Did anybody else notice this is from 205 days ago?? - Virtual Bird's Eye via twhirl

txsean been diggin scobleizer history - ·[▪_▪]·

Grapefruit is the whiskey of fruit. It hurts a bit at first, but it's worth it. - Andrew Warner

I [liked] it first (I think) but for some reason only just showed up in my feed today - Sean McGee

Carlin: "And now a message from the National Apple Institute: "Fuck pears" - Tad, Fool

I'm morally obligated to not like this, due to my love for pomegranates. - i80and

I love that - Calvin Robinson via twhirl

Durians truly stink. However, citrus fruit of most all kinds except for those easy-peel clementines or satsumas, are just messy. Period. - Ian May

True, Ian, but getting into a durian is similar to getting into a coconut: it practically requires a wood splitter and a mallet. All that work just to release that stench. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

the last.fm usage on here is da bomb. I didn't expect that, but really like it. - anna awesomesauce

And I've seen Tron! - Alex Scoble CISSP

I like using Yahoo Pipes to parse my last.fm feed...it allows the feed to also have the ability to play the song directly from FriendFeed...http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/p... - Sean McGee

@Sean thnx for the tip! - anna awesomesauce

Welcome to the fold good sir. :) - Steve Spalding

It doesn't always work reliable. And yes, Alex rocks... He's starting to be my fav scoble. - Alan Le

I love that he's (Biscuit'sBro). - Secret Squirrel

I agree - one of my favorite FriendFeeders. Alex - feel free to lose the (bro) parentheses! - you don't need 'em. :) - Steve Isaacs

Is it sad that I'm already only 2k likes away from having more likes on friendfeed than my brother? Got a ways to go to beat his comments number though. - Alex Scoble CISSP

Make your brother change his to (AlexScoble's Bro) - Secret Squirrel

I believe in you Alex. Bury Him! - Brian Norwood

My favourite Scoble for sure. \m/ - Patricia Hanrahan

Hi Alex! - Monique

Was wondering when someone was gonna say this ... and look who did it :) - Charlie Anzman

LOL@ Tron remark! - JC unwired

Charlie, I'm observant like that =D - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Good thing ... thought you were stalking him :) Added Alex to my favorites (despite the political stuff :) Still thinkin' about Robert .... - Charlie Anzman

Alex is one of my favorites on FF. I'm glad his assimilation is complete. :) BWAHAHAHAHAHA! - Lindsay Donaghe

Woot! - Helen Sventitsky

Cool, another part of "Scoble domination of FriendFeed" plan in place. :-) - Robert Scoble

Alex is a "Like slut." Heh. And I thought I was clicking Like on too many things. Alex, what you trying to do? Compete with Mona? - Robert Scoble

Actually,...nah Alex is alright - Josh Haley

I think Alex should have a nickname...like Scoblenator :P - imabonehead

I think Robert should have (Alex'sBro) behind his name on FF... - Mark VandenBerg

Mark: I've tried to change my name, but FriendFeed gives me an error. Let me try again. - Robert Scoble

I just tried again and FF says that's not a valid name. I try spelling it a number of different ways and it doesn't let me change my name. Sigh. - Robert Scoble

Robert, make sure you type it where it says 'Name' and not where it says 'Nickname'. - Corie "Viper" Jones

Corie: I tried it there and vice versa. Doesn't matter. Doesn't let me change it. - Robert Scoble

Huh... Well, it was worth a shot to be part of what Tina called "an epic meme!" - Mark VandenBerg

Robert, you have been assimilated - Josh Haley

Hmm, maybe it's a character or word limit. - Corie "Viper" Jones

There is a 25 character limit, so Scobilizer(Alex'sBro) would work at 21. I've always had errors trying to change my name in regular FF but no issues in beta... - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Wanna go out for a beer? - Glen Campbell

Glen: after I finish the blog. :-) - Robert Scoble

hey scoooooble, come out and playeeeay - Pete Delucchi via fftogo

you still do that? - Jeff Sandquist

+1 Pete for Warriors reference! - Josh Haley

Jeff: I blogged! :-) Beer time. - Robert Scoble

I know its very difficult for you. - shelisrael1

Leave Robert Scoble Alone!!!!!! Leave him alone!!! - Paulo Diniz

I am pretty jazzed about this new text search functionality for Video... awesome! - Susan Beebe

http://labs.google.com/gaudi search for a word or phrase, and it colors all the points in videos where the words are found! - David Lynch

*throws yet another draft away* ;) - abacab

I think social media is in danger of becoming a punch line someday :) I mean, I enjoy it - but it's pretty clear that social media and blogging need to be seen as the biased memepools they are. Then you can start getting value from them. Mark Hopkins hit it right on the head. http://is.gd/2u0x - Soulhuntre via twhirl

Ya - what is THIS? A cult? -starts humming kumbaya- - Mona N.

The most brilliant title to any post.. EVER.. how's that for jerkin ya off? :-) - Kyle Lacy

Liking purely for use of term 'circle jerk' =) - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Steven, you're dancing around the truth: people outside the bubble don't need us... at all. Social media's virtue is as a way to build networks that need not (and probably can not) break out of their niche. Even on FF, what is the most common request? Improved filters. Even in this bastion of "social networking" we seek to narrow even further our niche and make it a reflection of ourselves. Onanism is not a bad metaphor. - Sprague D

+1 Kyle and Tina - Alex Scoble CISSP

Steven: how long has it been since YOU worked a manufacturing job? Or since you wrote about their needs on your blog? Seems you have figured out how to write good headlines, though. Welcome to the headline writers guild of America! :-) - Robert Scoble

The title pissed me off. The title made me read. The title served its purpose. - Michael W. May

Can someone summarize this for me in one sentence please? - ·[▪_▪]·

Typo in the title, BTW. 'Social Media' isn't a circle jerk, but the people who talk about it might verge on one. If I have a conversation with a carpenter, s/he talks about more than the tools. Even if I were a carpenter, I would be bored to tears with a co-worker who only talked about the tools we use. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Robert kiss my ass :) I've been a store owner, a hot tar roofer (which is where I permanently injured myself) a truck driver a cab driver .. and most importantly I am part of the majority you have no idea of - the living poor so I think I am quite able to talk or write the way I do. - Steven Hodson

+2 @Sprague for this riff: "Onanism is not a bad metaphor." Still, I think the (huge) opportunity is out there to find a way to make this sh*t relevant to regular folks, like mom, and your boss' secretary. So how do we, uh, stop touching ourselves and start touching others outside the echo chamber? - .LAG

+1 Steve. Well said sir, well said. - Kyle Lacy

@SB .. thanks on the Typo .... - Steven Hodson

Maybe it's time to just say "social media has jumped the shark" and stop writing about it - and start writing about stuff we're really interested in. - Jason Kaneshiro

Cool. I used to work on an assembly line. Sold ice cream. Delivered appliances. Was unemployed in 2002 for a time. But you didn't answer the important question: where is YOUR "outside the circle jerk" writing? - Robert Scoble

I haven't written much about social media lately. I really don't care what it is called. - Robert Scoble

I thought that was part of the point. Maybe I misinterpreted. - Michael W. May

The web is a communications infrastructure. It's not about social media but that it's designed to replace or enhance old platforms (phone, broadcast, radio) because it is less expensive, available everywhere, device agnostic and fault resistant. It is a better, cheaper and more stable system to deliver information in case of an emergency. When you see it as this, it changes the whole landscape of what will be important. - Patricia

@Robert now yer just being facetious .. there is plenty on the blog written about stuff other than social media in the 1,600+ posts - Steven Hodson

Commented on the blog, Steven. - Mark Dykeman

Hehe, Robert...Yeah, thankfully it's been a long while since you've blogged about Twitter. - Alex Scoble CISSP

like just for the use of "Circle Jerk" in title - adolfo foronda

This line, in the last paragraph, is interesting, "They [fiends and family] are looking to us to help keep them safe and show them what the best tools are or what the worst ones are and why." I'm reminded of how I introduce the tools of social media to my immediate family members. Instead of saying, "Go start a FaceBook profile or Flickr/Picasa account," I instead start them out in a closed environment within our family tree, on the genealogy site Geni.com This allows them to manage their profiles in a totally secure space while experimenting with photo tagging, video embeds, book and movie links, discussion forums, and social networking. Once adept, I encourage them to expand outside the environment and pursue larger, more anonymous services. For both seniors and less tech-savy peers, this model for integration as worked surprisingly well. - Christopher Harley

Faster pussycat! - Indio Apache via twhirl

After this thread, I think I'm going back to the Hurricane room??!! - Charlie Anzman

So, wait, who's the pivot man again? - abacab

Not it! - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

The idea that what you or Scoble, to name two, write would even *reach* the people who "are looking to us to help" is a circle jerk in itself. Unless you're a publicized techno columnist in major media or do 2 minute segments on TV you're talking for, about and to other people just like you. - Ruud Hein

Christopher, 'fiends' was a lovely freudian slip ;-) - Sally Church