Lou Paglia

unbelievable, now I don't have any digital National Enquirer to read anymore, where will levity come from? - Lou Paglia

@mike - where am I going to get the scoop on who i'm dating? - MG Siegler

MG: I'll post gossip about you on Twitter if you want. :-) - Robert Scoble

I thought it always was Gawker. - Francine Hardaway

Great, I hope it finally dies soon... - Ben Metcalfe

@robert - okay, that'll work. - MG Siegler

what sad is he should be running this country not the fed - sam via twhirl

Wow - Benjamin via twhirl

wow that is sad. - Brandon

Ok, i can't help it. Aside of anything, this is proof that the shoes make the outfit. - Patricia

Wow that's really sad. Too bad he is a creationist. - Sweyn

Wowza, that's sad. Poor Guy. - Erin Kelly via twhirl

Ron Paul is a patriot and a gentleman. He speaks his mind and has a terrific character. I think he knows that he can't get elected, because his views are not mainstream enough to appeal to a large enough audience. The numbers just don't work out. But, he still trudges forward, giving a voice to ideas that don't receive a lot of press otherwise. I forget who said it, that 'those who have the least to lose can speak the most freely'. - Alex Hutnik

Apparently this picture is from months ago. Still sad though :P. - Costa Walcott

I think they photoshopped the background. - AJ Batac

Man, I don't wanna end up like that in 50 years! Sad, sooo sad... - Jason

hahahaha. - Caroline

Ron Paul should be the president. Obama is part of the same corrupt system as McCain Bush, etc. - Tokyo Dan

Wish we had someone like Ron Paul in the UK. I would of voted for him if I was in the US. Obama seems a nice guy but as Tokyo Dan said Obama and McCain are ran by the same corrupt system. God I sound like Adam Curry on the DSC, lol - Steven Horner via twhirl

Ron Paul wold have ended abortion rights in this country as we know it. - PC Easy via twhirl

There's no such thing as an "abortion right." - Charles LePage

Guess we'll have to wait for real tax reform and smaller government... - Jason Huebel

is there some kind of godwin's law for when a discussion devolves into the abortion debate? - anna awesomesauce

This is why I love Friendfeed. You're running a company the Google way. - Steve Rubel

I just saw this too. - Morton Fox

I just saw it too and love the little ghostie. - Cyndy

Very cute! - Erica Baker

So cute! I love the ghost. Um... but... where's the HalLOLween cat? - Yolanda ♥s Nuttycakes

Boo! - Mike Reynolds

Steve, I love the logo changes fun. Makes me feel like the FF staff is involved in the community, not just the project =) - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

neat! - Huseyin Savas ☯

Like the web in the search box. - Atul Arora

aw, 'cmon mike...quit booing it. it's only temporary... :) - Trent Olson

nothing compared to popurls ;p - thomas marban via twhirl

are outsiders invited to the party? (this is pinar, talking from SJ who came to a summit in Google and will fly back to Turkey on saturday-- and she really wants to see a halloween party.. =) - Pınar Yanardağ

I won't boo the logo, but as someone who gets creeped out by this holiday, I'd REALLY appreciate a link to opt out of a seasonal logo/chrome change. I'm feeling a bit "stuck" in my FF client today to avoid the repeated annoyance. - Scott from Canada via twhirl

since when did ghosts have amputated feet .... - johnpiercy

Who did the art work? it is simply stunning! Those mis-matched socks and the shoe lace are fantastic!! very very well done!! Great attention to detail! - Susan Beebe

John, they aren't amputated! He even has socks and shoes. That little ghosty is CUTE! He wins the internets today. - Yolanda ♥s Nuttycakes

Very Cool result - Jennifer Leggio is awesome! See related post here http://friendfeed.com/e/d8faaa... - Susan Beebe

Can anyone reference this thread with some of the originating information and links? - Douglas Karr via twhirl

Douglas: http://blog.pandora.com Also, more here: http://twitter.com/pandora_rad... :) Lucia - Pandora Radio

I get the feeling Princess Leia is not going to be wearing that robe when this droid projects its hologram. - Josh Haley

hahahhahahahahahhahaha @ 6 billion forms of inebriation! CLEVER!! I found this article via Apartment Therapy. A website I have on my Reader. :) - Mona N.

*beep...beep...do...beep....BURP!* - Matrixx333

"Chances of puking are 725 to 1." - Kevin Bondelli

Kegs = bring it on. But an iG-88 out of a beer bong will make me instantaneously puke... ;) - Mona N.

Heineken Skywalker? Obeerwan Kegnobeer? Kegger Run in 12 parsecs? Can Solo? - abacab

HAHAHAHHAA dude, i should have a caption contest. you guys are great. - Mona N.

Kegger Run in 12 parsecs! Love it. - Kevin Bondelli

OMG! While(1){echo WIN} - Ron

ROFL @ abacab - Dennis Bjørn Petersen via twhirl

R2 beer you? - Slippy Lane

Remember this? http://worldofslippy.blogspot.... - Slippy Lane

Great mailbox pics Slippy! - Mitchell Tsai

Liked for the comments alone. - Cyndy

Agreed. The comments here are GOLD - Mona N.

It is! It *IS* the droid I'm looking for! - dkb via Alert Thingy

Oddly enough, a female colleague of mine has the PhoneSaber app, and I don't. - Louis Gray

You don't have a freakin' lightsaber. You have a phone that makes lightsaber noises when you wave it around. - Cyndy

My personal ethics prevent me from cutting you in twain to prove a point - Jason Carreira

With. your. phone. Obviously, need someone to send him help. - Cyndy

I had a friend at my house when iPhone 2.0 came out and the first thing he wanted was the Saber. I was like: "Why the hell do you want this for your phone?" and he just said, "because it's cool". Apparently light saber sounds and slinging your iPhone around is cool. I don't get it though. - Brandon Titus

Me, either, Brandon. The kids like it, though. And the big kid over there. - Cyndy

LOL I have 4 out of the 5 on my iPod Touch. - Daynah

That light saber app would be SOOOO useful if the speaker volume on the phone could really crank up. You could wake up the parents who are letting their kids run around the coffee shop for 20 minutes as if they were at home fast! "Kids, sit down, the guy with the iPhone is freaking crazy!" - Robert Seidman

the iPhone is sounding more and more like Facebook with all of its useless apps. - ::Kristen::

My son has only two of these. He says two look lame and the third he can't get cause he's not old enough. So not every cool kid is downloading these things. - Robert Scoble

Cyndy... Light Sabers aren't uesless =( - Mona N.

MA KITTY DREDS DA LIGHT SABERZ OH YES - Chris Baskind

So far, for me, Trism has been the coolest boredom eliminator - Roger Benningfield

can't relate at all to these apps and why take up space on the iPhone with them - Lou Paglia

[looks down at iPhone running PhoneSaber] [looks at Jason] You... want... thissss, don't you? [strokes iPhone] The hate is swelling in you now. Take your Jedi weapon. Use it. She only has a RAZR. Strike her down. Give in to your anger! - Karim

I encourage anybody who has their FriendFeed follower stats memorized to read this, and wonder how your community is engaging. - Louis Gray

For me, there's at least 50 people following me who don't do anything on Friendfeed; presumably they signed up, checked it out, and left. In terms of "interesting stuff:" there's been a lot of talk about it, but I don't know what that means or what people are implying by it. Is it based on some objective measure of interestingness? Is it based on popularity? Interesting to whom? Is saying "I ate a mango" interesting? Did it become interesting when 3 dozen people liked or commented on it? Does it matter? - Mark Trapp

Participation is important, but I think it's more of an art rather than a science to getting your audience engaged. Some things you'll try that you think are really interesting nobody else will notice: other things that you share offhand will really take off. I guess I'm missing the project in this post (and your comment, Louis): are we supposed to be looking for ways to get more likes and comments on our stuff? Are you imploring your followers to be more engaged with their subscriptions? - Mark Trapp

I neeeeeeeeever participate - Mona N.

I'm still around, Mark. I do a lot of reading, Not as much commenting. - BISQ

Oh BISQ, there are people way less active than you :) Some people subscribed to me have 0 comments, 4 all time (or less), with no updates since June. - Mark Trapp

I don't comment on much and neither do most of my followers. It looks like lurkers stick together? - Dominik Hofmann

I am not a lurker but everyone but most of the people seems to be since my posts hardly get answered - Cecil Sandus

Present. Good article. - Hao Chen

Justin ... while you were Particpating .. I really lurked this - Charlie Anzman

was actually thinking about this the other day. i feel I participate quite a bit but I rarely see my posts, whether they are Tweets, blog posts or straight FF comments get remarks. Fortunately I find participating rewarding and I don't view people participating on my threads as a major element of the "score card" - Lou Paglia

I do think the participation level is in direct relation to the quality of the post; so... great post; here I am! - Jorge Escobar

eh? - Andrew Feinberg

Hoow does one define a lurker on FF ? (a) person never likes/comments on FF (b) person who never comments on your post (c) a person who never posts. Participation is important, but also remember a wise man holds his tongue !! :)- - Peter Dawson

Justin, I just tried to submit this to Digg, and it keeps throwing up URL error, for some reason it doesn't like your URL structure - Duncan Riley

I can tell you that our data on socialmedian shows that about 10% of our users are driving the site for the other 90%. When I was at AOL years back we counted on 1%. Which is still probably the right metric with scale for these sites. That's probably similar to what Digg is at. Of course, if a FF or a socialmedian can get to scale with 5% of the users, that would be a big big homerun - Jason Goldberg

Justin, I think you should make the RSS image on your site a link to your feed as well as the Subscribe text. Very interesting post, BTW :) - ♫ Rahsheen™

Mark Trapp: Personally, I was just trying to see the engagement level of my followers within a 24 hour period. As I mentioned in the post, everyone gets what they want out of FriendFeed and I am not trying to dictate that commenting and liking indicates your "activity." You can be a "passive aggressive" user by referring to FF everyday but not commenting or liking. However, I believe the point of a social network is be active by posting, commenting and being, well, social. - Justin Korn

But Justin, are you blogging for yourself? Or for participation and comment counts? - Mona N.

Also, I want to make it clear that I am not imploring anything. I simply just did a quick analysis of how people are engaging with my threads/post. It is always nice to get feedback, but it is understood that not everything will get feedback. - Justin Korn

Lou: I find participating rewarding as well and try to comment/like anything I feel interested me or at least engaged me. - Justin Korn

Mona, no he's bloggin only for you :)- .. but thats a good question !! Do what you love. It works for the Pope and Steve Jobs !! :)- - Peter Dawson

Peter... my name's mona =( - Mona N.

Why is every link, internal and external, rel=nofollow on your blog? - Jake (aka Jawee) via twhirl

Mona: I am blogging for myself. However, I participate in social networks to be "social" - Justin Korn

Justin, understandable: I'm trying to understand this. What can that information be used for? So 1/3 of your subscribers interact with you over a 24 hour period of time. Are you suggesting that more people ought to be more involved in participating? Or are you suggesting that you personally ought to do something to increase that level of participation? It's one thing to measure something: but what's the call to action? What value is it to know how engaged your followers are? I guess my question is for everyone: what do we gain by trying to figure out what our followers are doing in a social network? - Mark Trapp

Jake: No idea. I just started this thing...still tweaking the bugs. What should the links say? - Justin Korn

Duncan: I'll try to fix it...could it be due to feedburner? - Justin Korn

Dah ? what are your sayin Mona ?? - did I do something wrong..hehehhe :)- - Peter Dawson

@Justin Korn: I have a Firefox extension that hilights nofollows. After looking into it, it appears you have "<meta name='robots' content='noindex,nofollow' />" in your <head>. This means that all links are invisible to search engines... even your internal links. I recommend removing this. The only thing you may want to nofollow is blog author URLs, but Wordpress should take care of that anyway. Note: Twhirl messes up this post badly! View it in FriendFeed! - Jake (aka Jawee) via twhirl

Why sit around in a room as noisy as FF if you're not going to participate? Heck, most days, the conversations here are far more interesting than anything I could have blogged about off in vacuum by myself, anyway. - Derrick Burns

lurk lurk lurk... pay no attention, I am not really here. - Louie

And I just joined yesterday, and am still trying to get the lay of the land. So there, now I've commented and I'm not a lurker. But it will take some time for people like me to acculturate enough to participate, and we have lots of competition for attention. At least I'm reading FF several times a day. - Dimitrios Diamantaras

Participating! - Andrew Fielding via twhirl

Mark: Yes, I think people should in some way or another indicate they are participating, that's what a social network is for. Yes, I think I need to produce more engaging "stuff" to get my followers more engaged. I haven't exactly come to a conclusion on what the numbers mean yet. That is for the reader to determine at this point. After a few more of these analysis, I am hoping to have a better idea. It is hard to get a clear vision of what is going on over a single 24 hour period. - Justin Korn

Dimitrios: Welcome and take your time. Once you get a hang of it, you'll love it! - Justin Korn

Jake: I'll take a look. Perhaps I have one of the settings set incorrectly. - Justin Korn

Breakfast is for WINNERS! - Thomas Hawk

Jake: I think I found it. Should be good now. Duncan: can you let me know if the fix I just made helped with the Digg issue as well? - Justin Korn

Thomas: Totally agree :) Speaking of which, I gotta eat dinner! - Justin Korn

I have been absent from FF lately due to vacation, but I missed it does that count? - Blackopsmanners

Only 20 of 68 of my followers are active. The rest are somehow just lurking. And the main point there is that those 20 are the most active at FF as a whole. Hao, Mona, Louis, Bret, Mark, Duncan, Allen, Steve C, Steve R, Chris, MG... -