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If You Work For Me You Can Twitter All You Like - http://positivechurn.blogspot.com/2009...
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Today is probably the day when I pass 50,000 followers on FriendFeed. A mind-blowing number if you consider it includes almost no spammers or celebrities.
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Thank you for joining me here!
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
yeah cos twitters down lol
- michelle harris
A mind blowing number considering youre not a celebrity either.
- Paulo Diniz
Also about 5,000 of those joined after FriendFeed sold to Facebook.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Congratulations Robert, you obviously have earned it!
- Stock Market Club
Congratulations!
- Helge V. Keitel
Congrats
- Kashif Khan
I hate it when celebrities follow me! ;) Congrats Robert.
- Jorge Escobar
Do you still think FriendFeed will die, Robert? Just curious.
- Jeff Harbert
Only almost? Well, we probably define "celebrity" a bit uniquely around here.
- Kathy Fitch
from iPhone
Jeff: if I ever said that I take it back. That said the FriendFeed team is mostly working on other things now.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
followers on friendfeed mean a lot more than twitter followers
- ffcode
WOW !!! congrats ... but I must say I have 4 real real real friends IRL .... :D
- Marcel Bloingo
Nice to see you here Robert. It's been kinda quiet lately. ;-)
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
You've really gotta consider getting some celebrities and spammers on this account....where's your sense of adventure....lol
- walidmREALTOR
Walidim: that is what Twitter is for! :-)
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Congratulations-I completely agree with ffcode, FF weighs more than Twitter in my opinion....unless you're going for mass, huge numbers......
- Harold Cabezas
agree with rob michael...and whats I in IRL, marcel
- ffcode
Nice :) Curious though, if you could graph subscribers over time, would you say that the most recent 5,000 has been one of the slower periods of growth?
- Andy Bold
I have almost 15K followers.
- Dave Winer
Andy: a little slower but not much.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Look out, I'm only 49,800 behind you
- Dave Hodson
Think about it - you can fill a stadium with that many people.
- Mike Doeff
from iPhone
Good to see you still around. This place is as fun as ever.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
Why not have a face-off with CNN? :)
- James Harnedy
great attitude dave hudson
- ffcode
Robert Scoble for Mayor of FriendFeed.
- Thomas Hawk
I haven't been on friendfeed much really since the facebook announcement but it is nice to have something to fall back on when my beloved twitter is out.
- Lise
You just followed me. I'm not following you yet.. Will do so if you accept my invite on Facebook that I sent to you a few years ago..
- #alaskareport
Johnny: I deleted about 10,000 Facebook invites and accept very few new ones, sorry.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Robert: On FriendFeed, we're all celebrities! And spammers. :)
- Steve Lynch
from twhirl
@ffcode - hmm, who exactly is dave "hudson"?
- Dave Hodson
Congrats. Yeah, I haven't noticed much abuse on FriendFeed; but then again it's hardly used by the mainstream.
- Joe Manna
Joe, what's not mainstream about 50,000 people?
- Louis Gray
No problem. I just sent you another Facebook invite via Facebook Mail. Just now.. If not accepted then you're pulled from the contact list.. Do you need a Google Wave invite? I have 4 left.. tick tick tick.. ;-)
- #alaskareport
what does that mean? i mean what good are you getting from those 50K followers? how many of them don't provide content back to you?
- Jonathan Jesse
Time's up... ciao
- #alaskareport
Ive hardly used friendfeed since facebook took over and (apparently) seem to want to 'run it down.' Pity.
- Jim Connolly
sorry Dave Hodson ;)
- ffcode
Basically I just open FriendFeed from time to time to see what Scoble's followers are writing (I loved the "castle" discussion)
- Michael Slattery
& you know, my sub counts for like 10,000 of those :o) congrats big guy!
- sofarsoShawn
congratulations, got any tips for the rest of us? how long have you been on friendfeed for? twitter(at)locspoc
- Loc
Do you feel any pressure Robert? Does having such a huge number of followers bring more responsibility and quality of the content stress for you?
- Ozkan Altuner
Spammers or not, 50k would be a sign of info overload for anyone: http://bit.ly/3KQSAz
- Leif Hansen
Forgot to say: thanks for letting us join you here, Robert!
- Kathy Fitch
Congrads Scoble on passing 50,000 followers!
- polou/indigo_bow
Congrats for your first 50K -- on FF, even! Me, I'm still a little over 49,750 behind you...
- Dennis Jernberg
Kudos to you Robert.
- Roberto Bonini
Ozkan: I do feel some pressure to find good stuff and not to waste people's time because that waste is multiplied across so many.
- Robert Scoble
Numbers is ossum!
- david beckwith
You what? Good job you got the spelling right!! - RT @jamesmb: I love my iCoque!
Laura Whitehead liked this
Hey! Ive heard about this great new idea, its called talking to people face to face. Best bit is you can use more than 140 chars. Catch on?
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hee, you betcha it'll catch on. (We have to do that here often in ye ole rural-land already!)
- Laura Whitehead
Twitter is slowly catching up I think. It was 3 hours previously, now it's down to 33 minutes. It's like that BSG episode!
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Tweetstream is improving. If you are getting this as I post you are likely on Friendfeed.
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iPhone / iPod Touch Backup Extractor - http://supercrazyawesome.com/
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Need to try this out. I'd like an archive of my SMSes and this might help me extract them.
- Phil Gyford
DDoS attack rains down on Amazon cloud • The Register - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009...
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"The lesson here is: 'Don’t bet the farm on a single cloud provider,'" says Craig Balding, founder of cloudsecurity.org and a security practitioner at a Fortune 500 company. "It's common sense really. But people get lulled into thinking they site is always going to be available [when they host with a single provider]."
- Adriana Lukas
Magento Connect Extensions for Facebook Intergration - http://www.magentocommerce.com/blog...
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My 4 year old just asked if the man on the telly was David Cameron or Michael Jackson. I worry sometimes.
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Twitter Is Frozen in Time - http://mashable.com/2009...
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Yay won an ipod nano at the RAISE AGM - not a new video one though #churlish
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Emergency Zombie Kit: Just In Case - http://www.gearfuse.com/emergen...
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For all my sick FFriends out there. Please feel better soon!
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awww how sweet =]
- Marissa
The Daily Bunny - http://dailybunny.org/post...
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I just ninja'd some bees. #mow
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Aww
- Josh Haley
You took that picture? 'cuz it's awesome.
- Jason Huebel
Haaaail no, she would never allow herself to get that close to ANY bug.
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
Social Media Security - http://socialmediasecurity.com/
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Exposing the insecurities of social media
- Steve Blamey
Exposing the insecurities of social media
- Steve Blamey
Please tell me, what happened to the morning! Does time fly....er yes judging by this morning ;-)
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Nonprofit Online News: Networks of Trust: Reframing How We Think About Stakeholder Relationships - http://news.gilbert.org/Network...
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enjoyed the 12 Brilliant 404 pages at Econsultancy http://econsultancy.com/blog...
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Sudden rush on http://friendfeed.com/bmje - and I thought that was my secret place ;)
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I don't get why some folks plug in things to FriendFeed but then never comment on their own feed items or those of others. Did they just forget they set up a FriendFeed account?
manielse (Mark Nielsen), Polly Potter, Mac Sharp and 37 other people liked this
Amen! I know several people like that. They feed in their tweets, their facebook, their whatever but I often see the item here 1st or it is easier to comment/discuss here so I do. Then I never get a response. If you aren't going to (generally) engage here then don't feed it in. And do not make me figure out where I'm *supposed* to comment. Because I will just stop trying to engage with you since you don't intend to engage.
- Mar₭ Liŋdŋer
Eh. People come and try it out, decide it's not for them. That's okay.
- D0r0th34
I suppose I should just unfollow those folks, but some of them are feeding in really good stuff, so I guess it does give me an easy way to keep tabs on what some people are thinking about lately.
- Stephen Francoeur
Besides - we can have a conversation about their stuff even if they're not here...
- Cameron Neylon
When I first set up an FF account, I didn't really get it. I thought it was just some kind of alternate aggregator. Then I checked back weeks later when someone mentioned it and was shocked and disturbed to find comments on my entries.
- s t e v e
i often forget to check on *my* friendfeed stuff (the stuff I'm feeding in here) for comments, etc, so that could also be what happens
- ~Courtney F.
A couple of my friends 'tried it out' and then never came back. I don't necc want to unfollow them though in case they decide to actually come back... OR DO I?
- JSNFLMNG
Also- I was once asked why I comment on my own twitter feed once.. of course the answer is that I am more of a ffeep than a tweep, but maybe some people with ff accounts think the same way about not commenting on their own stuff? No accounting for not commenting on others stuff though.
- JSNFLMNG
I have a name for these people: "people who I might have subscribed to at one point" :)
- Brett Kelly
I don't mind that much anymore. I see it as a way to get people's total life stream in the medium of my choice (FriendFeed). That way, rather than using imaginary friends, when I comment, it is seen by others and can be responded to. I follow Andy Ihnatko here because I get all of his stuff, but he has never commented etc. I still find having him piped in here valuable, While no...
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- Johnny Worthington
Yes, I remember sometime last year, a lot of peeps on Twitter set up FF accounts, but never used the service.
- phil baumann
In the beginning FF didn't even have any commenting. It was the place where people could centralize and aggregate all their feeds/services. Maybe some people use FF just for that.
- Jemm
In many cases, they're not introduced properly. What FriendFeed Is Not: http://socialgeek.posterous.com/what-fr...
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
I tend to "live" on Twitter and am forced by others to check Facebook frequently, so sometimes forget to come over here. I remember about once a week, which is a good thing. Once in a while Friendfeed sends me an email to say people have actually commented on my stuff, which is a nice courtesy. OTOH that is exactly how I treat Plaxo. I feed a pile of content in, connect with people who want to connect, but never actually go in their on my own.
- Connie Crosby
FF needs to default to enabling email notifications on comments to your feeds. Sure, many might turn it off right away, but it would serve to point out to people that hey, others are commenting on what you're doing.
- Otto
Samuel, can you even get a feed for comments on your posts? That seems like a no-brainer. I know Jessamyn was looking for that, because she isn't looking for another online discussion community (since she's already the den mother for a huge one) but would like to know when people comment on her stuff.
- s t e v e
You can set up notification--look under settings
- Abigail
yes just set it up and never played with it. Honestly I find it frustrating for newbies. Giving it a try though and I think I see how powerful it is
- cheapsuits
I have emails to comments on my own posts, and I get IM notifications for updates to posts I have commented on. Is there any way to get emails for other people's posts that I have commented on? (for when I am not online)
- JSNFLMNG
Speaking as a frequent lurker, sometimes poster, & a very rare commenter, when I first set-up FF, I checked it constantly & commented sometimes. However, I found it to be a bit of time-suck, & eventually dropped off the grid. I now monitor it off of my iGoogle page. I may try becoming more involved at some point, but I'm trying to find the balance between monitoring my online networks & RL.
- Amanda
well like many tools people use them for different purposes - I'm not at all surprised that people use FF for a different purpose than you seem to think it serves. i.e. it isn't just about leaving comments it can also be about consolidating lots of your own personal feeds (for yourself as well as for others) and/or about reading lots of other people's consolidated feeds. Across the whole web only a minority of people (a very very small minority) leave comments vs a far, far larger majority who read content
- Shannon Clark
Doesn't bother me. If their content is good, I enjoy reading it. If not, I unfollow.
- Liam Sullivan
Cranky ole me is simmering down. Maybe the caffeine is having its effect.
- Stephen Francoeur
I forgot that I did...and I'm new so still getting used to it.
- Kristina Duncan
Honestly, I set up a friendfeed account awhile ago just to have all my online activity aggregated into one place that I could then import elsewhere, like facebook, just so people could keep track of all the things I was up to outside of facebook, and friend me there if they wanted. I find that my facebook friends tend to be oblivious of online communities outside of facebook, and this...
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- valalalala lala la la
@JSNFLMNG --yup, that's under settings--notifications too :)
- Abigail
I use friendfeed to search my own stuff. I do read the "best of...", "my discussions", but admittedly unless i have a lot of free time it's impossible to watch the stream in real-time basically because I dumped almost every subscription into the main feed.
- aarontay
Remember that participation on any site goes in peaks and valleys no matter what. I just came off a 4-6 week period where I was commenting very little on Friendfeed. Sometimes your worklife doesn't permit heavy engagement.
- Jill O'Neill
Doesn't bother me. I use FF as an RSS reader too so I like seeing their updates here even if they don't comment. But they should subscribe to email notifications. It would be nice to see a reply if someone has a question about a post.
- Lori Reed
Thanks Abigail ;) I don't think I've messed with those since they were improved to that extent . really amazing
- JSNFLMNG
Yeah, thanks Abigail. I never knew they had done that. I don't really use them since I'm on FF 24/7, but good to know.
- s t e v e
A wonderfull question. I asked the samething many time before.
- Felipe Aneudi Campana
from fftogo
I think it's fine for people to use FF just how they want to. There are no rules
- Frank Norman
Permission to continue being FrancrankycouerFriday granted. Look what you kicked off in comments ;-)
- Polly Potter
I've a couple of friends who use it for archival purposes more than anything.
- Bill Kinney
Mobile WiFi + iPod Touch = Better/Cheaper Than iPhone | Cult of Mac - http://cultofmac.com/mobile-...
Mathieu Ayel, zsafwan , Bill Sodeman and 15 other people liked this
Back before the iPhone 3G I was seriously considering going this route. Mostly because I'm in Canada and we didn't have the iPhone yet, and partly because I'm always up for a challenge. Turns out my laziness won out. I bought a 3G iPhone as soon as I could.
- Joshua Schnell
I'd love to see someone try this out for a year.
- Joshua Schnell
It seems like a good idea until you want to accept phone calls. :/
- Dustin Sallings
Skype in should take care of that Dustin. :)
- Joshua Schnell
But only if you leave skype running all the time, right?
- Dustin Sallings
I already have google voice ringing skype for me. :)
- Dustin Sallings
Holden, I'm not sure. We still can't "get it" in Canada. /sigh
- Joshua Schnell
Do push notifications work for ipod touch? I really know little about the touch.
- Dustin Sallings
Excellent. All we need is is a phone -> webhook service, then.
- Dustin Sallings
kurt, you could probably just keep the mifi in a laptop bag or bookbag. No need to fry a noodle. ;)
- Joshua Schnell
I've actually thought about this. I have WiFi most places I go, and other places I don't really have to take the phone call. The bandwidth cap on the MiFi scares me, however.
- Glen Mistletoe
I grab all the heavy stuff on more terrestrial lines. Mifi is typically for syncing up git repos, email, etc... I'm sure I won't get close to a limit, but I do agree it is scary.
- Dustin Sallings
I think the major price differential between the two options makes having to carry around the mifi a bit of a moot point. I'd strap the thing to my leg if it means saving a hundred dollars a month on my phone bills.
- Joshua Schnell
Thought about this setup but i would love to see voip built into mifi.
- ashish
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