I also try to comment on the original post item. Especially with so many folks using the FF Plugin for their blogs. - Mark Krynsky

I hear what you're saying Mark, but I'm not going hunting for content on FriendFeed. My philosophy is that when you put the content out there, whatever happens, happens. If someone shares a blog post and a person's followers like it then I'm just glad that the word got spread to others. - Rob Safuto

Agreed Mark, I subscribe to this etiquette, everyone should as well. - Mike Fruchter

Let me put it this way. I'll try, but until FriendFeed joins all of the article references together, I won't hunt for the original. - Mike Wills

And what of folks who don't subscribe to this arbitrarily pronounced "etiquette"? What about people who reserve the right to comment/like content wherever they find it? - Rob Safuto

Hunting is not necessary. It's usually fairly easy to do. Click on the Greader share, delicious link, tweet, whatever to get to the story. Read it and if the blog is using a FF plugin the original post will be linked. Click on the link, click like. You're done. - Mark Krynsky

Rob, it's fine if people don't follow this but I think it's worth a shot to try. At least to provide a little help centralizing the credit & conversation. Look at this example. I had a popular post which only got 5 likes http://pixelsebi.com/2008-07... here's the delicious link from Louis which generated 28 Likes not counting mine http://friendfeed.com/e... - Mark Krynsky

I plan to discuss this on Friday. Thanks Mark. - Louis Gray

Also if the blog is using the FF plugin this is a benefit for the user as their Likes & Comments will be listed on the post which is better for FF user discovery. - Mark Krynsky

maybe there needs to be a Like trackback? - Nathan Chase

Mark, wishful thinking. I agree it's optimal, but it's not very realistic, at least not if FriendFeed grows beyond ~1000 very active users. - Robert Seidman

It's a nice idea but that's not a point of etiquette, you're being nice to do that but it shouldn't be a required code of conduct - it's too much trouble and people won't do it. Just enjoy the discussion that popped up wherever it is and bask in the attention and extra traffic that otherwise wouldn't have existed. - David Knight

I would love to do this, but sometimes it's hard to find out where or if there was an original post...like if I come in on it after it's passed a fewpages, and the "first" person (as far as I know) to post it gets my like. - BISQ via twhirl

Hmm. New service Moopz was released today and it's supposed to help with this issue. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive... - Mark Krynsky

I agree with David Knight. http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2008... - Rob Safuto

Yep, not doing that kinda work. It's an impulse emotion. - Eric Rice

Probably very complicated but duplicates need to be removed, Moopz is the right direction but needs to be personalised - Kol Tregaskes

I find myself doing this when I have the time...otherwise, I just comment where I want to. As FriendFeed evolves, I'm sure this will become easier to do - Bwana