"Flickr is one of the few web services I pay for as well. While I've been troubled by their lack of innovation for a while, my usage has grown significantly (maybe ridiculously) since becoming a member. I've delved much deeper in my admittedly amateur exploration of photography because of Flickr. I keep coming back to the quality of the community. The folks I've met there are the most generous and supportive I've found anywhere online. Not sure if this is because of the shared passion for common subject or the slight monetary barrier to entry. In any event, that community seems to be their greatest asset right now. I think many of their current problems can be traced back to the acquisition by Yahoo. I really hope they can stop this decline and get back on track."
- Mykl Roventine
"Lots of food for thought here, Ruth. I agree that tweets with lists of people to follow without reason are both frustrating and useless. I tend to pay little attention to those. But I believe there can be real value in listing one or two follow suggestions AND a brief pitch as to why. Micah went on to advocate this shortly after the FF phenomenon took off. The success or failure of the entire Twitter experience hinges on finding the "right" mix of people to follow. "Right" for each user that is. Like RTs, I feel a thoughtful Follow Friday tweet can help connect others in a positive way. I have made many valuable connections via a trusted followers' recommendations. Likewise, I have stopped following certain people who spend all day Friday tweeting lists of names. Sadly, I think it was inevitable that the concept of Follow Fridays would get watered down or misunderstood as it spread. Much like Twitter suggesting we answer the question "what are you doing?" spawned millions of tweets..."
- Mykl Roventine
Patrick posted on the world's oldest Twitter user here: http://friendfeed.com/nextweb... She's 104. Let's see who the oldest and youngest FriendFeed members are. Post your age in this thread.
So Jack's 73 as the oldest and Evan's the youngest at 20. I can't believe that there are not any octogenarians on FriendFeed. You folks need to get your parents and grandparents on here.
- Thomas Hawk
Ok, So Michael Forian's the youngest at 14 and Jack DeWitt Smith's the oldest at 73. I just did the math on all mentioned in this this thread and the average age so far is 43.1 years in age.
- Thomas Hawk
Kevin, I've never met a fetus who can type. Ok the high low are still Michael at 14 and Jack at 73. The average is now 40.125.
- Thomas Hawk
Thomas: Milan can turn on an iPhone, can select the icon of his favorite game, and can play a game. He's not yet two years old. So, expect him to lower the friendfeed bar pretty low pretty soon.
- Robert Scoble
35. Looks like I'm right in the wheelhouse.
- Mike Lewis
Robert, would FriendFeed let Milan have an account? Is there an age requirement? I think Patrick got kicked off of Second Life for being too young didn't he? Mike L, Kevin, Josh and edward just dropped the average age down below 40 to 37.6
- Thomas Hawk
quite difficult to type, still waiting on some fingers. also as a fetus i dont know much but am questioning the term "FFer", sounds short for something else.
- Kevin Murray
41 here, and coincidentally just created an account for my son last night (2 1/2) playing with streaming his photos/activities for the grandparents.
- Rick Bucich
hmmm.. Rick I'm not sure that this counts if he's not controlling the account. New average is 36.27, we're getting younger. I think that's a good thing maybe.
- Thomas Hawk
I've got my fingers scrabbling at the edge of 39 like James Tiberius Kirk on the cliff. Unfortunately, the laws of physics require that I eventually fall. Crap.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
21! On another note.. this question wouldn't be a problem if frienfeed had extensive profiles.. but I don't want it to become a social networking site though!
- Kris
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- Mykl Roventine
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- Mykl Roventine