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WTF…Weirdest Question on Yahoo Answers - http://www.zee.me/blog...
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Sercan YILMAZ, Jonathon, TheHenry and 6 other people liked this
WTF?
- Tyson Key
What did you search for to get this result? :)
- Brenda McLaren
I kind of hate when people ask ridiculous questions expressly to get attention. He's not even asking what he can do to 'fix' it, but what will his wife think? She'll think the same thing we all do: that you're bonkers!
- LuluGirl896
LOL :)
- Zee.
HOW ARE CROTCH BLACK?
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
Don't think I want to know what "different masturbation techniques" would have caused this! WEIRDO!!
- Meredith
Maybe its just a hygiene issue.
- Joe Pierce
What not to do if you are looking for a job at Facebook:
Walt Ruppar, Voyagerfan5761, Gavin and 47 other people liked this
A friend at Facebook told me this story last week. A guy advertised on Facebook saying he was looking for a job. That part worked great. He got noticed. But he screwed it up. How? He linked those ads to his resume on LinkedIn, which is Facebook's competitor. No job, sorry.
- Robert Scoble
Was there meant to be a link to the story in there somewhere?
- Chris Wright
Chris: I just posted the story in the comment above yours. That's the story. Right here. Sorry, I designed that part for when it gets over to Twitter. So you won't see a link here on friendfeed, only over on Twitter.
- Robert Scoble
Moral of the story is that if you are going to be creative, that's very cool, but make sure you don't link to the competitor of the site you are pitching for a job.
- Robert Scoble
No probs. I just saw the "click here for the story" and thought it was making reference to something elsewhere.. (No need for me to click anywhere in Twhirl/Firefox cos the story was right underneath it). Doh, apologies, I read it too literally... :)
- Chris Wright
Hummm your twitter link just comes here, again nothing useful to see. Sure the story about the guy using LinkedIn to apply for a Facebook job is amusing the annoyance is that your twitter just links to your friendfeed which contextually says "click here" for the story and there is no link. This is one of the many reasons I never use friendfeed. Contextually thing do not translate and It's nothing more than an glorified RSS reader for social networking with comments. Woopie!
- Christopher Mercer
Christopher: OK, I fixed the wording so it works better here. Happy now? You are wrong, totally wrong, by the way.
- Robert Scoble
Spidra: how did you ever come to the conclusion that LinkedIn is not a competitor of Facebook? It most certainly is. So is Twitter. So is friendfeed.
- Robert Scoble
That's ok Robert. You can say I am wrong as much as I think in this case you are. That does not necessarily mean you (or I) are correct either. Let's just agree to disagree.
- Christopher Mercer
Christopher: no, that's not how this game works. You pointed out something that now is totally wrong. friendfeed is NOT just an aggregator of social networking. If it were, it would not have let me edit the headline in response to reader demand. friendfeed is a LOT more than that and to say something so clueless without backing it up is pretty lame, dude.
- Robert Scoble
Spidra: they both are social networks. They both are competing for your attention and time. They both are competing for advertisers. Facebook is increasingly becoming more and more serious over time and Facebook certainly wants business users.
- Robert Scoble
I've never looked at a LinkedIn resume, but I suspect that it would be a whole lot more professional looking than any one on Facebook. If Facebook were smart, then they'd have interviewed him and asked why he'd used their competitor's site rather than their own: he may have some great ideas for improving Facebook's offering in that respect.
- James Myatt
Christopher: friendfeed is NOT an RSS aggregator at all, especially when it comes to Tweets. Those come here over a protocol that has nothing to do with RSS. So, when you say it's an RSS aggregator you are totally wrong.
- Robert Scoble
You can also make the argument that every website is a competitor of Facebook's, especially a personal blog, but I'm sure that Facebook would see personal blogs as positive.
- James Myatt
Robert are you still obsessing over my comment? And you accuse me of being lame.... time to move on!
- Christopher Mercer
So is every company that generates a network of relationships in the same market and as a result of that, a competitor? I understand that LinkedIn is moving more in the direction of a facebook, but at this point, the offerings of L and F are quite different.
- sdfx
James: you might have a point there. From what it sounded like there were other problems with the resume which got more attention because of where it was located. It's just that if you are going to take so much time to get Facebook employees' attention you might want to think it through just a little bit more. This is quite a common attitude by the way. Try pitching Coke while wearing a Pepsi pin, for instance. You'll get thrown out.
- Robert Scoble
This post got my attention as I spent quite a while trying to work out where the story (link) was. I trust someone (Scoble?) institutes a consistent and recognised convention for original FriendFeed content which will be cross-posted to Twitter.
- Conor Ogle
Christopher: it pisses me off when I see people get things wrong and don't correct them or admit they are wrong. Thanks for playing! (I admit I'm wrong all the time, there's no harm in it).
- Robert Scoble
sdfx: they might look different but they are both social networks and are competing over the same users and same advertisers.
- Robert Scoble
Conor: I'm still playing around with how to use both services for their strengths. Twitter is great because of the ability to notify people of something with only 140 characters of text. Friendfeed is great because you can post video, photos, maps, etc and write longer posts, which is why I did this here. Also, everyone who participates gets run underneath the original item, as you can see here, which makes participating a lot more fun, a lot more interesting, and much more valuable over time.
- Robert Scoble
Wait now, did this person actually get an interview with facebook? OR use facebook to pimp his linkedin resume, which according to Robert had "other problems", or apply for a facebook job with his linkedin resume? Which is it? You know, back to the original point of "where is the link" to a news article covering this fluff piece so we don't have to rely on consistent updates on the situation from Robert.
- Christopher Mercer
Interesting how some Twitterers don't want to come here and leave a message here. That means that their Tweet will probably never be heard. Like @PaulWalls Tweet here: http://twitter.com/PaulWal... "You fit all of the qualifications, but... oh, I see you haven't sworn allegiance to our company "prior" to being hired."
- Robert Scoble
Christopher: he advertised on Facebook employees pages, is what I was told, looking for a job at Facebook (getting a job at Facebook right now is VERY sought after because Facebook is seeing HUGE growth and is headed toward an IPO). He was all about getting a job at Facebook, but put his resume over on LinkedIn, which soured many people on the deal and got them to look more critically at his resume than they otherwise might have.
- Robert Scoble
have you noticed a lot more use twitter though? i see more "celebs", and i mean proper celebs using twitter but not many clueing onto this just yet..
- Terry O'Fee
Anyone who thinks that twitter & linkedin are competitors to facebook simply doesn't understand the market. The three clearly provide different services. Besides, many users have integrated these services such that each service's strengths provied, together, a service that none could provide alone.
- adam naranjo
competitors and none of them offer paid services yet. i find that even funnier. but i dont know much about linkedin, but most of the people who i know who use it, do so in a more business, worklike, professional manner.
- Terry O'Fee
I agree with Spidra. LinkedIn *is* a professional network, Facebook doesn't know which it wants to be, snowball fight or professional network. Never seen a Facebook profile set up to be a resume and not sure I'd want to.
- Ernie Oporto
from Nambu
of course, this is assuming a highlander scenario - there can be only one! - when it comes to competition in the social networking scene. The guy did make a schoolboy mistake in not placing his CV onto facebook when he was seeking their employment.
- alphaxion
Moral of the story: Facebook is not a place you want to work at if they want their employees give up everything else. Mind you, it totally fits their "walled garden" image. UPDATE: Yes, I meant Facebook :D
- Roland Hesz
Roland: you meant Facebook, right?
- Robert Scoble
That's ridiculous, someone from Facebook HR called me after seeing my Linkedin profile about a month ago. You think they can afford to ignore talent regardless of how they find it? No way!
- Jason Wehmhoener
"Competitors" are so last decade. Focus on the user, all else will follow.
- EricaJoy
IMHO Facebook and LinkedIn are competitors in the same way that a bicycle and a Boeing 757 are competitors. Yes, you can use them both to get to the same place, but their domains overlap in the smallest degree. Facebook might want to attract business users, but they're not doing anything to support that or make it easier. For example, on LinkedIn I can search for people with a specific skill; on Facebook, I can't view their information unless I've "friended" them first. Not much use for recruiting.
- Mistletoe Glen
Does Facebook have a idea what their platform is? Google is selling ad's. Microsoft is selling software. What is Facebooks main goal?
- Uncle CW™
@Just CW selling user's trends and profiles?:(
- Simone Lovati
When I think of my professional information I do not think of Facebook. Why would I want potential employeers looking at my Facebook profile where people post stupid crap pictures that have nothing to do with their professions.
- Uncle CW™
Facebook doesn't have a reputable hub to host resumes and professional info yet (Notes is not the answer). Many employers block facebook (but not LinkedIn) so therefore, Facebook is being short sighted in their search process. -1 Facebook.
- Amani
@amani - Agreed. This is shooting the messenger. If he used LinkedIn to host stuff, maybe Facebook should be looking at their own feature set. Maybe they should hire him because he sees the feature gap.
- You.
I understand the Facebook's point of view.It's usually wise to mix social medias. But for instance, it's not so difficult to put a resume on Facebook.
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
That's a dumb statement, Robert. In other words, if you forward what you say here to Twitter, we shouldn't take you seriously? Even if FriendFeed is better for these kinds of discussions and Twitter is better for mass marketing? LinkedIN is better at CVs than Facebook, they are not competing on that particular feature. I do agree that he could've found a creative, more inbred solution to the problem, but the guy wants a job for god's sake.
- Vincent van Wylick
Vincent: sorry, I sort of see Facebook's point of view. Find a way to do it on Facebook. Don't take my customers off somewhere else.
- Robert Scoble
How do Facebook and LinkedIn compete exactly? The former is for social-social networking and the latter is professional/business social networking. They have completely different feature sets, use cases, and markets. It's like saying that Quicken competes with Adobe Photoshop because they're both desktop software packages - it just doesn't make sense.
- Eric P
@Eric P: There is a large overlap. Many folks are removing the walls between professional and social. I had a few beers on Friday with someone who is hiring me to do a photoshoot. Is my relationship with that person social or professional? I'd say the answer is yes.
- Aaron B. Hockley
There's no law of the universe stating that you can only have a profile or one or that you can't friend someone on both - that still doesn't mean they're competing. I wouldn't send someone my resume through Facebook and I wouldn't post pictures of myself drunk on Linkedin. As long as both focus on their core audience and purpose, they're not competing in any real sense.
- Eric P
Several commenters seem to be confused about the nature of Facebook's targeted advertising and how it relates to this story. ██The protagonist of this story bought and ad on Facebook that would only be presented to other FB users whose profiles stated that they were current FB employees.██ This is an effective and relatively low-cost method of directly targeting the folks at a company you want to work for. Given that this ad is only viewed by FB employees it makes sense to put a tailored *copy*..
- Daniel J. Pritchett
of his resume on FB to be linked to from this ad. There's no reason he can't maintain a more mainstream LinkedIn resume to use everywhere else. This guy was 90% of the way there with a creative marketing strategy using FB's tools, but he slipped and fell by using LinkedIn for his ad. That said, I agree with the poster who said that FB shouldn't hold it against him but should take it as a lesson that they are lacking in the professional space.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Here is a great article on some graduating college seniors who used Facebook to target their preferred employers prior to graduation: http://www.onedayonejob.com/blog... None of them got jobs this way but it was still very affordable and an interesting experiment.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
If Facebook thinks they are actually a competitor to LinkedIn's core value proposition they need to actually address that use case directly.
- Sam Pullara
Great point Daniel. It is good to understand more of the story with some additional context.
- Amani
I imagine Facebook already has too many people to justify cost versus revenues. Before you know it Facebook becomes yet another corporation (there goes the magic)
- Alexander van Elsas
FB has said they will not be entering into professional networking. Mark Z said @ f8 ..that area can be satisfied through apps. Interesting disc. above, especially "removing the walls between professional and social". Not one for self marketing, but we are currently testing a professional network app on FB to launch in 2-3 days that allows users to network professionally just like you can on LI, while still keeping your social profile separate. Imagine an extra tab on FB called "Work" or "Resume"
- Brenda McLaren
Bartlet advises Obama. http://bit.ly/4uPczt
Robert Konigsberg, Sharon Rosa, Richard Peat and 9 other people liked this
This almost made me spit out my drink: "I don’t know whether or not Governor Palin has the tenacity of a pit bull, but I know for sure she’s got the qualifications of one."
- Jasmin Patry
oh, my.
- Robert Scoble
YES!!!
- ::Kristen::
"the idea of American exceptionalism doesn’t extend to Americans being exceptional. If you excelled academically and are able to casually use 690 SAT words then you might as well have the press shoot video of you giving the finger to the Statue of Liberty while the Dixie Chicks sing the University of the Taliban fight song. The people who want English to be the official language of the United States are uncomfortable with their leaders being fluent in it." --- :-)
- Rachel Luxemburg
BARTLET: I didn’t expect you to be getting beat by John McCain and a Lancôme rep who thinks “The Flintstones” was based on a true story...
- Brenda McLaren
I just read that and the voice of Barlett was not Martin Sheen but instead Lewis Black. It sounded so much better in my head that way.
- TheMacMommy
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Mike Fruchter, Jemm, Vahid۹Online and 31 other people liked this
+))
- ardiba
hahahhahaha I laughed out loud.
- Mona Nomura
Oh nooooooooooooooooooo!
- Josh Haley
You DO know that someone is going to have to mention the "F" word, right? I'll leave that to someone else.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Ay!
- Carmen - Happy 2010!
Arrrr it be a Cracken... (last one I promise)
- Johnny Worthington
butt floss in training
- imabonehead
damn
- Cee Bee
I wonder who took the picture? I really hope not the parents.
- Brenda McLaren
Amen. This kid was getting on my nerves.
- Andrew Trinh
Looks like an Atomic Wedgie to me...
- WorldofHiglet
LOL Oww I did that more time than i'd like to remember
- ·[▪_▪]·
I know I shouldn't laugh, but this is farking funny.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
what? that's just parenting.
- Admiral Anika
ow
- cjmart
HAHAHAHAH Faboo Mama +987923749237923!
- Mona Nomura
that's happened to me
- Ryan
lol but thats going to hurt
- Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ
lol butt thats going to hurt
- cjmart
y'all have no idea how many times a day i want to do this my own rugrats.
- Admiral Anika
oh my...
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
My brother use to do that to me all the time. One time I needed surgery.
- Blake N. Cooper
SURGERY?! :O OMG
- Mona Nomura
oh goodness stagekid, surgery? that's not cool.
- Admiral Anika
I guess I have to be the one to do it. Fence hop FAIL! Oh, wait, he wasn't hopping?
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Ok, so the surgery comments just registered. Yeouch. That hurts just thinking about it.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Brenda++ The real question is, who just sat there and took a pic of it...whoever it was needs a hug, and maybe some Jesus....just sayin
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Is that some sort of freak fielding accident?
- James Tenniswood
No, James. It's called "discipline"
- Mona Nomura
no Mona, that's called having an older brother! ;-)
- Bill Sanders
Or sister. ;)
- Mona Nomura
:))
- Alexandru Savu
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is out - http://blogs.technet.com/itproau...
Karim, Jemm, Ron and 12 other people liked this
Wow, that screenshot of IE 1.0 made me smile. :D
- Daynah
Doing a side by side with FF now. Not ready for primetime .. but no blue screen of death yet :)
- Charlie Anzman
ok so they ripped off awesomebar and inquisitor. LCIE is pointless. IE should just go away., but at least they're trying
- mjc
Competition is healthy ... otherwise we'd all be using air mosaic ....
- Charlie Anzman
the ie team is really kicking ass nice job, but must admit ff is my primary for now.
- adolfo foronda
Will anyone actually use this with FF3 and Webkit available?
- Andrew Fielding
from twhirl
Sure Andrew - huge companies will all standardize on it and most non-technical people will never change from the default browser installed on their computers by Dell.
- Chrimmus Tad
Yawn. Call me when Microsoft actually starts innovating in their browser again. :) I shouldn't complain though, at least they're actively improving it again. Better than that five-year lull.
- Jared Smith
Lots of great features, but I'll wait for ff to steal them.
- Andrew Warner
IE8, can't be any worse than IE7
- Kol Tregaskes
Can anyone verify there is an IE6 compatibility mode?
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Is it any faster than IE7?
- Brenda McLaren
I want to say something bad about this, but can't think of anything without being a snarkier than thou wiseass.
- Alex Scoble
Was using IE8 Beta 2 last night and I really like the improvements. Definately a step in the right direction for IE.
- Bryan
if a good friend has a one-week-old baby girl and doesn't have a registry, what are some very nice things I could send her? :)
RAPatton, Brenda McLaren, Mitchell Tsai and Michael W. May liked this
Think of things the mother would like, rather than the baby, then, such as calming, restful things to help combat the exhaustion. A favorite tea.. I dunno, you know her.
- Michael W. May
girls, even little ones, like things in blue boxes: http://www.tiffany.com/Shoppin...
- RAPatton
High quality stuffed animal is good as is a personalized blanket
- RAPatton
Diapers, Toys, Clothes.. Hmm, what else? I should ask my wife ;)
- Muthu Ramadoss
Blankets.. Lots of blankets.. And onesies... and diapers.... They will be in your debt...
- Chris Reed
onesies - I've heard babies go through a lot of those things.
- lisa-k
the best gift i've heard of is lots of frozen prepared food so that the new parents don't have to cook
- Trent Olson
I am going to get this for my friend's baby shower (thanks for the link RAPatton) http://www.landofnod.com/family...
- lisa-k
Babies get lots of blankets, but there is always one that seems to become special to them. Alex (my 8 year old) still sleeps with his. It even has a name, "Baby."
- RAPatton
Perhaps a furry rabbit http://www.amazon.com/Trudi-1... or http://www.amazon.com/Boyds-B... and maybe some Beatrix Pottery books to go along? http://www.amazon.com/Beatrix...
- RAPatton
One of the best gifts I got with my first baby was this - http://www.homebistro.com
- Carla Thompson
food...no mess, no thinking, great idea
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
thanks a lot, everyone. lots of really good suggestions. still open for more! :)
- edythe
Just talked to my sister who had a baby girl she is saying gift cards; good to have emergency funds from them and no duplicate or off-style stuff can come from a gift card. Also says bubble bath and/or oils, chai, comfort stuff, and something for the dad. *edit* She also just brought couples stuff, massage oil, something to help them get back into the groove when they get a chance ;)
- Michael W. May
aww, those are really good ideas, too, mwm. thank you and thank your sis also. :)
- edythe
A custom coupon that says "Free babysitting" :-)
- Jordan Hofker
Baby sized coat hangers is one thing I received, and you can never have enough of those. Those baby lullaby cds are cute, too.
- Michelle Martinez
Forgot, my sis mentioned a gift her mother-in-law gave her for a year's worth of studio portraits; I understand the sitting fees add up with one month, three month, six month, etc photos. Though, for many, this is becoming a thing of the past with digital photography amateurs shooting and photoshopping like pros.
- Michael W. May
a fun educational dvd - showing how the Dad can help the Mom - so she can have a break! I actually made such a dvd - cause new parents need all the help they can get. They are lucky to have a friend like you. http://www.diapering-baby.com
- New Parent Help
an audio tape that teaches words and related sounds... the one my parents had i can still remember to this day.. "apple, apple, ah ah ah"
- mjc
diapers, bibs and baby wash. May not be the most elegant gifts but they are by far the most practical
- Brenda McLaren
wow... this was 2 months ago
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
so what did you get, edythe?
- Nathan Rein
ah, in the end i got what were some of the most recommended things: onesies, a book, and a blanket. & also a tiny obama t-shirt. :)
- edythe
Am I wrong but does the new TechCrunch design have 30% less room for content? More toolbars and widgets! Looks cool, but is harder to read.
Mark Douglass, Nicholas James, Nick Mutton and 14 other people liked this
Looks like they dedicated about 30% of that space to upcoming advertising??
- Jim McCusker
I agree as far as it goes for the main page, at post level and comments i actually quite like the change.
- Majento
Hmm, not bad; a little crowded.
- Mark Evans
The change in font size is good.
- Majento
It looks nice after halfway down and individual post looks nice too
- Brenda McLaren
I wonder what the ratio of people going to the site vs. RSS is. RSS wouldn't see a difference.
- Louis Gray
I could dig up and post exact numbers Louis. Only ~20% of website hits are to the homepage or one of the main pages - so we worked on having the article pages nice. Still a lot more to come out in terms of both design and features.
- nik
Makes sense, Nik. That's likely true across the Web, especially in the tech blog space. Thanks for the answer.
- Louis Gray
The homepage *is* busy. But, overall, I really like the new design. And the article pages are clean and modern.
- Chris Baskind
@Nik Cubrilovic: I love TechCrunch (& predominantly hit via the homepage) but am a little disappointed. I appreciate your position but believe you can find a better, more homepage_reader-friendly solution. On my screen there is still a sizeable margin on either side - I suggest you tweak your layout to increase article space and fill-out the article column to full width after the advertising panel. Please let me know what you think.
- Nick Mutton
It may have less content room but I do like the design alot more. It's alot cleaner.
- Aaron Myers
Aaron: it's cleaner, yes, but now you need to click each article to read the article. Great, generates another page view which is great for advertising, but it's definitely harder to read. Luckily we have RSS, but how long will TC keep giving us full text feeds?
- Robert Scoble
Robert: Eh! I didn't even pay that much attention, my fault. I read my RSS feeds in NetVibes as well as FeedBurner e-mails that come throughout the day. You are right, after a 2nd look - I don't like that I have to make the "jump" to read the whole article.
- Aaron Myers
@Nick: Thats a good point, we are trying to make the width fluid but its not easy to do well. At the moment the width is fixed and thus we need to aim it at the lowest common screen width which nowadays is 1024
- nik
@Aaron. The full articles are now on the permalink because the homepage was becoming too long. Posting full content in chronological order works to a certain point and then it just breaks. We can now have a lot more content on the homepage and users can get a snapshot of the days stories. When you are on the permalink page you can click next/prev story. We have never been pageview driven, if we were we would do what CNET and others do and provide just headlines in RSS and all the other tricks.
- nik
We are just over a single pageview per visitor at the moment, and will always have full text feeds. we are also fully open with crunchbase as well and let anybody suck data. so talking about Techcrunch and pageview whoring at the same time will always be a null argument (same with the outbound link meme from last week). there are a hundred other sites we could bitch about when it comes to pageview whoring :)
- nik
You guys actually visit the website? (Instead of subscribing through your RSS reader)?
- Nikhil Dandekar
We actually did the same thing over at Mashable last month - we decided since my editorials and Sean's lists were consistently running multiple screenfuls (as well as most news posts running longer) that it'd be best to just to put a more thing in than sacrifice load times, a stat which has never been pretty on our site.
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
it gives me an horizontal scroll bar with a 1024 resolution... not nice :-(
- Marcos Marado
True. You need at least one more click (from homepage) to read a full article. Greader still looks like the best way to read/follow TC.
- Martin Añazco
I also thought it was hard to read, or clearly focus on what was important. It screams, just read my RSS.
- Dan Rockwell
from twhirl
Yeah, I think it looks like it's 2/3rds ads now.
- Dawn
Seems like more ads to me
- Dave Peck
seems like advertising is first priority and content is second.
- Eric Sessions
TechCrunch hasn't provided anything more substantive than ads for some time. Yawn. So glad I unsubscribed from TC.
- Tom Morris
looks more magazine-format - maximize ad space
- Morgan
the rss feed looks the same
- Stefan Hayden
30% of Hillary Clinton supporters say they will not vote for Obama
Timo Heuer, Aaron Myers and David Ward liked this
Surprised after her ringing endorsement at the DNC. Great speech.
- Kate Foy
This along with Obama picking Biden as VP will surely help McCain win in November.
- David Ward
Things will definitely change as we get closer to Nov. Also keep in mind 15 -20% from GOP say they will not vote for McCain.
- Brenda McLaren
Lol, American politics. In Germany, it's the party the people support, not the person.
- Timo Heuer
Thanks to media appearances it's possible for politicians in America to build personal brands apart from their party. It's also possible for clergy in America to build personal brands apart from their denominations.
- Michael Markman
@Timo It makes sense, since the parties will choose the Chancellor. But in US (and Brazil, for that matter) you won't have that, so you should focus on a person for President, and then the party for congress. Still, Obama > McCain IMHO.
- Rodrigo Jaroszewski
SocialU: One of the Most Obnoxious Apps We've Seen in a While (Invites) - ReadWriteWeb - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
LouCypher, Jonathan Ferguson, Sanjay and Steve Ivy liked this
"SocialU is a half-baked, condescending, poorly designed, ad-ridden lifestreaming app built in Adobe AIR." LOL!
- Chris Messina
from Mento
Agreed - I tried it out and was severely disappointed.
- Sanjay
Me too
- LouCypher
pretty funny :)
- karl dotter
The site is all over the place. No specific focus or objective. I left the site thinking - What were they trying to achieve or accomplish.
- Brenda McLaren
Pet peeve: People who greet you with "How are ya?" but always ignore your response.
Brad Nickel, MikeAmundsen, Franklin Pettit and 26 other people liked this
I sometimes say, 'How high are you?' with the same intonation as 'Hi, how are you?' and see if they notice. They rarely do.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I wink at them.
- Jordan Hofker
I like the, "How are you?" where I reply "Good, and you?" and THAT goes ignored. Fine, I don't care how you're doing.
- Shawn Farner
Akiva, I bet they don't notice, because I had to read it twice here to get it. And I usually just say "hey" when I see people.
- Trish R
I always say "Do you want the truth, or do you want a lie?"
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
the correct response is "do you care?"
- Morgan
Another good reply is to ask, 'What do you mean?' Occasionally say it in a slightly alarmed tone for fun variety.
- Akiva Moskovitz
If you have time, simply start talking to them in detail about how you are.
- ·[▪_▪]·
If you take the question literally from a linguistic standpoint, you should begin by explaining how biology works and then describing how your parents met followed by a philosophical jaunt into existentialism. End it with a Nietzche-esque foray into nihilism and then point accusingly and shout, 'Thanks for ruining my day!', and finally run away sobbing.
- Akiva Moskovitz
How are ya?
- Louis Gray
Like Rebkin...this was new to me when I came to the US for grad school. This was a big culture shocker ...I still have not gotten over it :-)
- kamla bhatt
I've been in Canada for 17 years -- still not used to it
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
How are ya?
- Mike Fruchter
lol LG and Mike! beat me to it
- Josh Haley
The best greeting for me: Hey - a nod - and keep walking.
- Brenda McLaren
@Josh I refuse to dignify them with responses!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Louis, I'm doing excellent today - lots to do though. How are you? ;)
- Jesse Stay
Trying to place it ... —was it Seinfeld or another standup with the walk down the office hallway (again) greeting-replacement: "Acknowledge."
- Micah Wittman
from twhirl
'How are ya!' is like saying hello for Northerners here in the UK!
- Joe Dawson
hey shey ... Im fine how are you !
- johnpiercy
from twhirl
I'm good foto, thanks for asking!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
well since you are a friend of corvida's :-)
- Chris Miller
that irritates me, too. very common for people to do that in Indiana, probably in lots of other places, too.
- Kamilah Gill
@Chris Well, since you do a podcast with Corvida... :)
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
It does happen on IRC sometimes. I say hi, how are ya? to someone I know, and by the time they reply, I've gone off to do something else.
- Ian May
even worse if people who you know "slightly" calling you 'Bro'
- Steven Hodson
Whoa, bro! Where's the love, bro? ;)
- Josh Haley
@Steven I can't stand that
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
What's happenin' Shey?
- Charlie Anzman
Tired, worn-out, it's been a long day, you?
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
@marcuscouch actually there are people who follow me who do care. My wife follows me, for instance. I might be a douchbag but you are a jerk
Maryam Scoble, Cheryl Rice, mjc and 12 other people liked this
Why do people follow if they don't care?
- Brian Sullivan
hey check it out: @alexscoble. I presume this is Robert's wee man.
- john conroy
@Brian uh, you're kidding right? Just today I had to prune my Twitter account of followers who were nothing but marketers who were following me based on keywords in my feed. They bait you into following them back so they can spam you. I clicked their profiles and their accounts were suspended. (BTW why doesn't Twitter automatically remove these from your follower list/count)?
- Glenn Batuyong
from twhirl
I'm Robert's youngest brother...not his wee man, heh.
- Alex Scoble
Who would have guessed that a guy running a Heavy Metal Marketing Zine (we still have zines?) would be a jerk!?
- Andrew
@Glenn It is interesting that (spam) marketers failed to understand that those on Twitter are the worst in responding to any marketing scheme or invites. There is less of a chance of someone on Twitter to "accidentally" or be fooled into clicking a link.
- Brenda McLaren
If you block somebody you've recognized as a jerk, what does that mean on FF? Can they just not comment on your own posts or do all their writings become invisible to you no matter where you might encounter them? I would prefer the latter, myself.
- Dawn
sticks and stones guys! Can't we all just pick on Ted Stevens?
- Sean Oliver
@alexscoble : oops!
- john conroy
im going to fake follow both of you unless you man kiss on the mouth right now
- Morgan Warstler
1UP Morgan
- Akiva Moskovitz
When someone mentions The Simpsons, the first character that pops in your mind is...
Johnny Worthington and Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ liked this
HOMER!
- Michelle Marie Miller
DONUTS
- Mona Nomura
BART
- Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ
Homer.
- Chris Baskind
Arrrr! Sea Captain matey
- TDavid
Bart.
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
Ralph :[
- Nine
Bart
- Moksh Juneja
from twhirl
Grandpa
- idnan
But Sideshow Bob will always be my favorite.
- Chris Baskind
Mr. Burns
- Michelle Martinez
Frink
- Johnny Worthington
Apu
- Brenda McLaren
Montgomery Burns: "Release the hounds!"
- .LAG liked that
Bart.
- Bren -- feeling merry
Bart
- Oli Kenobi
Douchebag Phone Message - http://my.break.com/content...
Ryan Kaisoglus, Jason Shellen, Michael Leggett and 8 other people liked this
Reposting from @Niniane because I couldn't stand not having a permalink to the Best. Voicemail. Ever. Struggling to compose this message as I am still laughing and in awe.
- Christopher Sacca
from Bookmarklet
more background on this: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/feature...
- Robert Seidman
Ha! I love that it is the Marina District here in SF. It is great when stereotypes play themselves out anecdotally. :)
- Christopher Sacca
That is awesome
- Patrick Jordan
I live in the 94123. Great fodder for a "I Live in the Marina, But Sometimes I Hate It Too" themed blog (so much good "overheard" fodder!) I sometimes consider doing.
- Robert Seidman
wow. on so many levels, wow. Listening to the radio interview at the page in Kevin's link...
- Robert Seidman
@kevin Your searching instincts and skills are second to none. That link is just as great. The radio interview is mindblowing.
- Christopher Sacca
"maybe you were abused as a child"
- Paul Buchheit
"on some medication for that..."
- Michelle Darnell
whoa. unbelievable. takes being a douchebag to a whole new level.
- Raoul Pop
Learn how to enslave women for $97k - at the bottom. freak. http://dimitrithelover.com/shoppin... -fixed url
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
Wow...he should be in a cage at a zoo.
- Brenda McLaren
Brenda = I agree - preferably not alone in the cage - maybe give him a chance to try out his theories on, say, big cats ...
- Patrick Jordan
Talked about him on BCC http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- seman
OMG, I know(ish) the girl who got this message. My housemate (who knows the girl) showed it to me a couple weeks ago. Apparently the guy approached her right before she got into a cab and asked for her number. Crazy!!
- Michael Leggett
Are there seriously people around that does this...? Gawd, this is unbelievable! Sounds more like this is some elaborate joke/hoax/act because if this person really did this, I have NO hope left for humanity!!! LOL ;)
- Mario Olckers
.ME Domain Name Registration, Domain Transfers. Register your .ME domain here. - https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop...
Karim, AJ Kohn, .LAG liked that and 20 other people liked this
"Open Registration 7/17/08 8.00AM PDT Domains issued on a first-come first-served basis." I somehow doubt the good ones will be available though...
- Paul Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
bite.me?
- Andrew Smith
techme.me
- jon bradford
porn industry will have a field day
- jon bradford
@Paul: You can find a list of reserved and premium names here: http://www.domain.me/index...
- Mark Douglass
The ones I want are still available. :)
- EricaJoy
GoDaddy? Boo.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
amaze.me :-)
- Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ
It seems every good names are already taken http://www.domain.me/index...
- seman
Something fishy is going on. I tried to buy a great .me domain name months ago and my order went through. A few weeks later I was told I couldn't have it. And now it's coming up as a reserved domain name despite it not appearing on the reserved name lists. Hmm...
- Tony Ruscoe
godaddy.asplode
- EricaJoy
TECH.ME is available. I'm sure not for long...
- Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ
feed.me!
- Muthu Ramadoss
Waiting for cart.godaddy.com...
- EricaJoy
email.me
- Igor Poltavskiy
Man, it's slow. And it doesn't seem to automatically stop the domain from being available. I think there's going to be a lot of refunds...
- Tony Ruscoe
@Tony Call their customer support and they'll push them through. I just got 2 of my top 3. :)
- EricaJoy
@Erica Does that mean one of the ones you registered was already taken even though you got an online order confirmation?
- Tony Ruscoe
I just bought 3, got a receipt confirmation... but they aren't showing up on my account management list. hmm....
- Fa La La La Lindsay
@Tony Not sure. I guess we'll see eh?
- EricaJoy
Same here Lindsay. And the domains are still showing as available so I doubt I'm the only person to try and purchase them. Maybe they're just processing all orders for non-premium and non-reserved domains and then assigning them to the first person before refunding the rest...
- Tony Ruscoe
Man, $20? That's a bit steep for a domain I'd likely never use.
- Nathaniel Payne
Yeah mine are still showing as available too. Sad. :(
- EricaJoy
godaddy is getting hammered. Still managed to get 3
- Andrew Smith
If you need some inspiration - http://wordnavigator.com/ends-wi...
- Andrew Smith
And now I've received my email saying the domains I purchased were already registered. And yet it will still let them me buy them again.
- Tony Ruscoe
Argh. Just spent 5 minutes registering a blatantly squatter domain on GoDaddy. I feel so dirty.
- Steve Weis
Funny, GoDaddy claims google.me is available while domain.me politely shows whois info poiting to The Google.
- Nenad Nikolic
from twhirl
Yup. I "bought" authenticate.me, but then it was taken away from my grasps. identify.me is on the reserved list. Too bad.
- Patrick Lightbody
I just bought one and have received the order confirmation,but still not on my domain list,and when I searched for it,it's still available for registering,WTF?
- Joe Xu
Thought I had clinton.me -- went through the whole godaddy registration process successfully and everything. But an hour later I received an email saying it had already been registered by someone else on July 9.
- DeWitt Clinton
Well i definitely got asparta.me but that was just one for kicks. the real one i want went to someone else but is still "available." :(
- EricaJoy
Looks like most of the one word names are already taken by domain.me. Pretty pointless now, I must say.
- Brenda McLaren
I did get dewittclinton.me. But now I have buyer's remorse. Why the hell would I want it?
- DeWitt Clinton
I just spent 30 minutes searching and eventually registered 6 pretty cool domains, but 5 minutes later, 6 emails from GoDaddy saying the domains were already registered. Thanks for wasting my time, GoDaddy... Just goes to show that if it seems to good to be true, it probably is.
- Mark Carey
yeah, the first three I registered came back failed... I registered some more in the mean time... and a few more to replace the ones that failed... So far 11 have failed. Still waiting to hear on 2 outstanding, but my hopes aren't high.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
i just registered ivegottabe.me -- now, to get the rights to the song...
- Rob Reed
If it's been 45 minutes and no retraction email, can I safely say refute.me is mine?
- Bruce Lewis
The #1 domain I wanted shows that its taken with no underlying registry data. I should hope that GoDaddy didn't do something evil with the .me launch but I wouldn't be surprised if they did.
- EricaJoy
Interesting. The domain I wanted was available yesterday. Today? It's up for auction: https://auctions.domain.me/ WTF happened here?
- EricaJoy
What's with all this new facebook profile news ... it has been available for months and the updated version happened yesterday
David Recordon, Jesse Stay and Sarah Perez liked this
You noticed too huh
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
My guess is that people just found out about it, or have just started to care now that it's coming out soon.
- Bwana ☠
I just started to care now that it's so soon.
- Sarah Perez
It doesn't go site-wide until Wednesday. That's why the talk is now.
- Ben Parr
Developers were mostly paying attention to it the last few months. After all the news this morning, I was somewhat confused thinking...did I miss something that was different from the last few weeks.
- Brenda McLaren
I think Mashable just wanted on Techmeme - it's not news at all
- Jesse Stay
My conversation has officially move to FriendFeed ... do you think it will shift to Facebook soon?
Jeremiah Owyang and Jesse Stay liked this
As long as Facebook continues to iterate and improve its new commenting feature.
- Hutch Carpenter
No.
- Andrew Feinberg
Shift to Facebook? It's like going back. The conversations here are open to everyone no matter if they're your friends or not. Anyway, once you've added the FF application on Facebook, it's like a mirror of the stuff that's going here.
- Orli Yakuel
I don't think so Facebook is a long way behind FriendFeed!
- Joe Dawson
Not as long as the conversations remain hidden within Facebook.
- David Recordon
@David, definitely agree ... I think this is going to become more open though ... users will be able to control visibility via privacy controls ... i think the Facebook iPhone app is an early signal of this
- Nick O'Neill
No, Facebook is still half in when it comes to FF functionality.
- Duncan Riley
I switched from FB to FF.... lol
- Mona Nomura
I think the conversation will improve on Facebook. I'm not moving this conversation there. But it can be much better for the "other" social network I have on FB.
- Hutch Carpenter
Facebook should not try to do everything...if not they will end up like Yahoo with no clear focus.
- Brenda McLaren
The best thing would be if both could work together as Twitter and FF are doing it today.
- Alex Sauceda
I use Facebook for different reasons - I find it easier to communicate on FriendFeed, but Facebook is easier to learn from and meet people.
- Jesse Stay
don't see it happening any time soon
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Why do you think there are so few women in tech industry and conferences?
Liz, Franklin Naval, edythe and 15 other people liked this
Loic is asking about women in tech industry/conferences is a big problem and not one we'll solve in 140 characters.
- Robert Scoble
The women in tech conference issue has been written about dozens of times, too. You should check out http://www.blogher.org
- Robert Scoble
it is very sad we should work on it. Geraldine and myself want more at LeWeb.
- Loic Le Meur
Loic, read this: http://www.kottke.org/07...
- Robert Scoble
Here is a list of tech speakers; lots of women http://tinyurl.com/6xkeaw
- Roxanne Darling
Because when I was a computer scientist student, we had only one girl in the group?
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
Loic - I sent you two tweets; no idea why they don't show up in FriendFeed
- Roxanne Darling
It would be good to see more women involved in conservations like this in places like this (friendfeed) too.
- jjprojects
I was at TechEd last year; don't I count? Don't answer that. Host something where I don't have to book a flight or get a hotel!
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
this is one of the least settled arguments this year... have to say, seeing that conference you mentioned the other day - http://tinyurl.com/2jjalk - there's a huge balance there. So maybe it's just more about who is organizing.
- Lucretia Pruitt
thanks all for the links and comments. Robert will read these.
- Loic Le Meur
because I didnt receive an invitation ....
- Margit Hinke
I think that's perception. I've met and worked with (and read about etc.) just as many women as I have men. There is much more a balance now then there was a few years ago.
- Candace
Because the tech industry self-selects for maleness. It's generally not woman friendly.
- Craig Thomler
Lucretia: what's even more fun is that conference is within walking distance of my house. I love it when cool conferences happen literally in my back yard.
- Robert Scoble
My own personal opinion and experience - they aren't taken as seriously as their male peers
- Renee Hendricks
@sbullo: My personal opinion? This distinction male/female doesn't have actually its place when it comes to tech. Because we tech folks are the very cute n' sweet assexual babies! :)
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
I've been asking that question ALL my life!
- fbrunel
I'm available too - community building, networking & branding - just need an invite :)
- Connie Bensen
Is there still a huge gap between the salaries for men and women? As I alluded to before, conferences can be out of reach for financial reasons alone. I asked my employers to send me to TechEd for 3 years before it actually happened; I've been working there for 9 years. (Thank you, boss! I'm not complaining!)
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Conferences? Look at the recommended here... there's a limited list of women anyone thinks of inviting to speak, etc. and they can't do every conference, yet there are tons of men. Why are there more men in tech in general? Speaking from my experience, it's a reality that if you have kids and drop out for even a few months, the world passes you by and you drop back down to the Z-list. Six months home with #1 and I had no career to go back to and had to start over again.
- Cyndy
This one boggles my mind, because I've had great experiences with women in tech. Usually smarter and more mature than the guys anyway.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Sorry but I don't belive and won't believe that someone's sex defines his/her abilities. I've seen many smart and dumb women/men in my dev's life. Sure, there's differences in the way they solve problems (you just can't deny it :) ) BUT it's before all about the one who is willing to do a nice and clean job.
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
Most of the time, women are more straight forward and spend less time aspiring for higher positions, limelight or I should not say, attention, but women (i could be wrong) like to stay low key. Priorities in women are very different compared to men. Which starts another topic..why women sometimes feel inadequate competing with men. In most cases, women tend to give in easily. But lately...
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- Brenda McLaren
@cstechcast: Sorry, This is NOT true. It's just what you think :)
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
@directeur oh that would be lovely if it were true @sean I love being the exception to the rule
- Renee Hendricks
Because I'm too busy taking care of my kid, doing my "day job" and curing world hunger to try to grow my reach to that level. ;) But I soon hope to find a way to add several hours to the day in order to do so. Then... watch out!
- Robyn Miller
Brenda - very true about women not being as competitive as men, one place I worked for a short period of time was asking why it was that women providers were having a harder time getting jobs as the men. I shared with them something I found early on - women will downplay their abilities every time whereas men will (not lie, mind you) tend to overplay their abilities. Men tend to be better "self" salesmen.
- Renee Hendricks
@directeur, I hear you, sex does not define ability, I agree. But I have heard from a couple women who have had to deal with sexism and the issue of not being taken seriously. I've also met women who have moved up without having too many issues. Just my small sample, but some men put priority on building castles and have little regard for others, while women can be more willing to work together and get along. I do think some men don't take women seriously and that is part of the problem.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
@robynmiller: Good luck :) And well, sorry to disapoint you, but you will never have more than 24hrs a day : http://www.gutenberg.org/etext... is a must read IMHO :)
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
+100 Robyn
- Cyndy
@cstechcast: I hear you! Sincerly. But in the other hand I think that it's up to the individual person (man or woman) to define and follow till achievement his objectives and dreams. Keeping on saying "we women are underestimated...etc." is not the solution. You'll never hear a man saying "we men are underestimated" Not because it doesn't happen, but I (a man) take these things personaly and never generalize to my sex
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
@directeur: 10-4, understood. I just think some people still treat women unfairly for no reason, I've seen it. It's unfortunate because my experience with women in tech has been almost all positive. A small sample I know, and I know our choices determine our path. Agree with that.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
@Susanne: Yes...very true...I am generally not comfortable upselling myself.
- Brenda McLaren
The same people get asked to speak over and over again. It's lack of imagination on the part of organizers, or lack of knowledge of who is out there. Women don't self-promote (myself excluded).
- Francine Hardaway
from twhirl
The French! lol Loic don't you have many beautiful French girlfriends? lmao
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
What Cyndy, Robyn, Suzanne and Francine said. Also, in this age high tech is seen as a "man's" world. Women are just not taken that seriously or ostracized/objectified (ne Playboy) if reaching any kind of prominence. You all remember what happened to Kathy Sierra, right? The women Brenda talk about are the exception.
- Helen Sventitsky
Helen, be careful I think Loic is trying to get hooked up! ;-)
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
They don't like them?
- Sam Pullara
this industry and their conferences are mostly boring
- Erno Hannink
I got an idea. I will start TechBitches.com and make a video on Seesmic. Then you can get Scoble and "Fast Company" to destroy my reputation and get every Soccer Mom to block me.... now wait didn't that already happen? um... hmmmmmm
- Noah David Simon
or was that someone else? I think it was called "Tech" something.
- Noah David Simon
"Tech"something. yes?... it is all coming to me now. Seems 2of offended a lot of blue state people who didn't know the context
- Noah David Simon
Not all sections of tech industry are male dominated. I joined a library tech team a couple of years ago as the 7th member and the 2nd male in the team.
- Nick Cowie
Maybe Robert can cut it off and become the first Alister woman in tech industry! LMAO
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
But jokes a side, how about a Martha Steward of tech? What happened to the HP lady, Carly Fiorina?
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
President Bush Pardons HIMSELF against Potential Warcrimes - WTF?! - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Rick Powell, tommy payne, Jim Goldstein and 39 other people liked this
Funny - I recently had to explain the problem with this concept to our 4 year old after she hit her sister in the head with a stick and thought "sorry" made everything okay.
- Jonathan Beckett
Um, wow. What do you say to that?
- Charlie Nichols Browning
Yup... This is sad.
- Greg Wilker
damn, that's some hard hitting media vs. some (more) messed up bullshit
- Marshall Kirkpatrick
funny too because ppl are saying, doesn't matter because he didn't do anything wrong. uh, then there is no need for this at all...
- Chris Harris
Wow.
- DaveDelaney.ME
Guess we should hit him up while he's passing these out eh?
- devnet
man. how is that possible. that is like a truck with a "not responsible for windshield damage" sticker
- Dan London
Why are you just discovering this now? This happened a year and a half ago!
- Adam Turetzky
If I click "Like", does that imply that I approve of this?
- Jeff Woelker
<aol>WTF</aol>
- Brian Sullivan
wake up... it will pass and it should. these men have not allowed one terrorist attack since 9/11. waterboard em I don't give a damn. out the nipple clips on Osama's henchmen.
- Noah David Simon
It's possible because people let him get away with it.
- Steve Lynch
from Alert Thingy
ultimate for of CYA!! well, wouldn't you if you were him lol
- Aronado
wow, just.....wow.
- Matt Hartley
Yeah, it happened a while ago - but... jeez. IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN.
- l0ckergn0me
wtf. Wtf. WTf. WTF. WTF!
- AJ Kohn
Wow... just wow. Clicking 'Like' just doesn't seem to be fitting. FF needs another option methinks... Anyway, this is disgraceful.
- Jamie Clark
now let's see WHO in the Senate actually votes for this. Who's for change ?
- Andrew MacNeill
from twhirl
The bill passed, like 9 months ago, something like 406-6. It's law. Weren't you all calling your Senators when this was up for the vote last fall? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Adam Turetzky
Sorry, wrong bill, although that one is equally as bad. Here's the one they're referring to in the video http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin...&
- Adam Turetzky
And here's who voted for and against it http://www.senate.gov/legisla...
- Adam Turetzky
It seems USA is truly heading towards being a totalitarian state
- Brian Sullivan
Technically, it is Congress giving Bush a pardon he wrote and inserted in a bill. But he won't escape international prosecution because of this.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
from twhirl
So is this like asking for forgiveness for something he may or may not do now, or in the future or may have done in the p... oh, damn! I've gone crossed eyed!
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
This is so messed up
- ian
Seems like this came out in January... wonder what happened to the bill...
- Brenda McLaren
WTF!?!
- Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ
caffertyfile@cnn.com <- Don't let someone go away just like that.
- Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ
Where does responsibility end? Congress voted for the things he's being potentially accused of, as well. Do they get punished for war-crimes? What about the faulty intelligence gatherers? What about folks like Gore and the Clintons, who also supported the Iraqi war? What about the folks who voted for the folks who voted for this war? It's easy to pick on the President because he's a retard, but that doesn't make it sporting.
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
Good point, Mark. On the other hand, giving this administration's penchant for torture, illegal extraditions, etc. there may have been some war crimes the administration engaged in that Congress did not approve.
- Steve Lynch
No, that's not a point, it's a slippery slope. Last time I checked, Mark, going to war or being a retard wasn't against the law. Torture is. And Congress had nothing to do with its institution as the preferred method for gathering intelligence, taking as models the Viet Kong and the Gestapo. It was an unconstitutional expansion of executive power. In my view, they are fascists.
- Rick Powell
Facebook Has the Best Ads, According to Our Readers ( http://mashable.com/2008... )
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Probably because they're the most unobtrusive....
- J.T Dabbagian
@jtdabbagian That's a BIG factor that helps Facebook. MySpace has massive flashing ads that get in your face. It's a total mess.
- Glenn Batuyong
They are targeted and relevant too. Useful advertising- whodathunk?
- Michael Daehn
Facebook ads are insipid and condescending -- hate to see how bad the others must be
- Brian Sullivan
The winning answer, with 254 votes, was "They're all equally horrible." Sorta blows the relevance of the headline to hell and back, then buries the pieces in the backyard.
- Chris Baskind
Facebook absolutely has the best ads. Look for LinkedIn to make some big strides in the next year though.
- Jesse Pickard
from twhirl
facebook sucks, according to me!
- Dieter Schwarz
Prob. true... Most of the ads that show up for me seem pretty relevant
- Bindu Reddy
You guys are still using facebook?? ;-)
- Brian Carter
Friendfeed has the best ads according to me.
- Russellreno
They have the best ads because it is not "in your face"...neatly tucked to the left sometimes right....but what is the CTR ?
- Brenda McLaren
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