Maybe he's spending more time on FF and other social apps then blogging? Making videos? Spending time with family? Just a couple guesses.
- Larry Kless
from twhirl
The enormously famous and powerful don't blog. What percent of Davos alumni blog? It's not how they manage their reputations and celebrity.
- Phil Wolff
from Alert Thingy
that means FastCompany.tv became one of permanent sponsors - open your eyes
- A.T.
Louis - on an unrelated note, I am looking forward to see your athleticsnation.com rank on ballbug's leaderboard.
- Atul Arora
It means I haven't been playing the game lately. I've been doing crappy blogging and spending almost all of my extra time on FriendFeed.
- Robert Scoble
It also is interesting that we went to Washington DC, got some remarkable interviews, none of which have been on Techmeme yet. But here on FriendFeed they got lots of praise and discussion going. I could get on Techmeme, though, by writing something idiotic with some sensationalist headline that would get lots of bloggers to link to it.
- Robert Scoble
I ONLY bring this up because Robert mentioned DC...but yeah...I mean hell, you could have sat down and done an entire interview - bringing your community's questions to people really in charge in DC from reps to senators to oh, heck, I don't know... Presidential candidates...and I bet ya techmeme wouldn't notice. Of course they'd be ALL OVER 'written' responses to other blogs. But some big old video exclusive...yeah, they would ignore that. ....lol.
- Erin @queenofspain
Bjorn: you might be surprised. Companies want to get close to early adopters. Companies are sponsoring our shows not because we have large audiences but because we have early adopters and influencers. Of course FastCompany.tv is advertising on Techmeme, but mostly that's just me rewarding Gabe for adding a lot of value to my life over past few years.
- Robert Scoble
"I could get on Techmeme, though, by writing something idiotic with some sensationalist headline that would get lots of bloggers to link to it." Scoble, you've hit the nail on the head. Life's too short for that.
- Duncan Riley
I'm not really getting Roberts comments (and Duncan's either). Are you saying that it's not the Techmeme isn't linking to you, it's that you don't care about Techmeme? That before, you were creating content to specifically self-promote via that channel, but now you are getting paid for media that is based on early adopters and influencers and your personal brand marketing strategies have changed? Just wondering.
- leigh himel
Leigh: the #1 way to get onto TechMeme is to talk about what's already on TechMeme. Note that my "waiting in line for iPhone is glorious" article is already at the top of TechMeme. How did that happen? I saw a headline on Techmeme, and wrote about it, but added something new. Those get onto Techmeme a LOT easier than some original thought that brings more value. So, if I stop reading Techmeme, or caring about it, yes, that TOTALLY makes it less likely I'll get onto it.
- Robert Scoble
Being linked to a meme headline doesn't count in the leader board standings. So sure it would get you onto Techmeme but wouldn't affect your top 100 position.
- leigh himel