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Compete reports FriendFeed traffic now is below last year's numbers. Down 21% month over month as well.
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Via http://siteanalytics.compete.com/friendf...
- Louis Gray
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- michael sean wright
I'm still here damnit!
- Glenn Slaven
Not me! I left a long time ago! (p.s., I can quit whenever I want)
- Louis Gray
The lightweights left. Good riddance.
- Spidra Webster
Figures. FF may have jumped the shark when it sold out to Facebook. But at least we diehards continue to stick around...
- Dennis Jernberg
my feed is jumping more than ever. something in those stats must be broken or skewed.
- Joe Silence is not dead
"... this is when we opened the real time beta and when the beta rolled out to the main site... oh and this is when we announced the Facebook aquisition..."
- KyleHase
I've been getting a rather healthy influx of new subscribers.
- Mark Davidson
Everyone's experience is different, Joe. I believe, in aggregate, that these numbers are correct. That doesn't impact my own behavior, of course.
- Louis Gray
Yes but I think the quality of information here is much better. The people that left were producing noise. Thank god Scoble took them with him..
- CW™
definitely less noise
- holly
Major media giants to form joint venture for digital future, says WSJ http://www.engadget.com/2009... hrmmm
Hrmmm? lol Probably their best option? What say you michael?
- PeaceMakersInc
The last time I heard that, AOL and Time Warner were merging.
- jcunwired
they should have been on top of this many years ago. Was it that hard to figure out that we wanted to consume information the way we wanted?
- michael sean wright
from IM
shouldnt have been, should have listened to the people ;)
- PeaceMakersInc
OPEN: Leo Laporte on Net Neutrality (Video) - http://digg.com/securit...
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"Want to thank everyone for their comments. It's good to see the community thinks that this issue is important. Good to be here."
- michael sean wright
Tune into TWITtv Today - http://nicefishfilms.com/blog...
Steve, Daniel Rowley and Johnny Worthington liked this
Nice film guys. Is there anything out there for using this in a crowd, so you can browse through a whole page of feeds all synced up in time? Something like Copenhagen or CES? A notion of "virtual attendance" for people who aren't geographically proximate to an event? I imagine watching a wall of playing thumbnails and can zero in on something that arouses my attention...
- Steve Ford
thanks - i haven't seen the multiple cams from conferences though i think Leo and others will be doing multi-cams soon that will be controllable by the viewer.
- michael sean wright
from IM
I've heard the case for Leo's cams,but I'm much more interested in the crowdsourcing flavour is this tech. once again. pleasure to watch the fim thx
- Steve Ford
wouldn't it be great if we could share our feeds from cams at conferences? wonder if we could stream our cams to a mixer... hmmm you have me thinking.
- michael sean wright
from IM
the notion works live or post I think. more challenges with wireless in the live arena. but an interesting way to get realtime thoughts and opinions across so many vantages around an event. consider a political rally even. impromptu interviews, differing views of the main stage, or all the sidestage and lines stuff too. let the viewer decide where their eyes want to be. possibilities are endless I think as well. glad to get you thinking
- Steve Ford
listening to "Steve Poltz - Kicking Distance" - http://blip.fm/~hcrur
Gone south for awhile
- michael sean wright
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Gillmor Gang recording live 1PM Pacific http://www.building43.com/realtim...
Aron Michalski, Pam Gwenzi, Francine Hardaway and 8 other people liked this
Will start in a few minutes, I'm hanging out waiting for the usual Skype call. I will have a ton of different hats on today's show.
- Robert Scoble
let the games begin
- Vezquex: God of FF
First hat will be a google one. Let's see if Gillmor can get me to put on the Silverlight one.
- Robert Scoble
dividing attention between this and health care debate. It could be an interesting exercise.
- Karoli
Karoli: cool, one conversation is important. You figure out which one. :-)
- Robert Scoble
i never did like silverlight
- Chris Jackson
You have actual hats?
- Vezquex: God of FF
Yes. Lots of hats.
- Robert Scoble
I heard you were handed your hat a few times last night ;-)
- Jerry Schuman
a few, yes
- Robert Scoble
and it begins
- michael sean wright
we are on!
- Robert Scoble
Dan Farber of CBS News.
- Robert Scoble
comcast merger, anyone?
- Karoli
Squeeee! Doc's back...been way too long.
- Karoli
I have one of those Google caps.
- Vezquex: God of FF
I'm sure that Google knowing every time anybody on the internet visits any other site has nothing to do with it, right?
- Ken Sheppardson
Great for Analytics.
- Vezquex: God of FF
i.e. inserting themselves (potentially) into every client->server connection process
- Ken Sheppardson
it's not just delivery, it's content control.
- Karoli
Adds a new spin to the net neutrality argument
- Ken Sheppardson
robert, comcast might not want you to use bing. they might want you to only use yahoo.
- Karoli
More media consolidation in the hands of fewer and fewer corporations is always a good thing
- Gregg H.
Dan Farber, Doc Searls, Scoble and Marks on today's Gillmor Gang: Live Now - http://building43.com/realtime
- Cliff Gerrish
It's also interesting in the context of the fact DirecTV viewers no longer get the Versus sports network, as they couldn't negoiate a deal with Comcast
- Ken Sheppardson
ask Al Gore how he feels about their negotiations re: Current TV
- Karoli
and Versus carries a lot of the niche or edge sporting events
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
great point, Doc.
- Karoli
Comcast is very aggressive in keeping out local competitors - they have bought every local cable company or forced them out. They have locked out all local sporting events
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Yeah, here in San Francisco we couldn't get the Stanford/Cal game this fall... it was on Versus. And it means no daily, live Tour de France coverage next July :-(
- Ken Sheppardson
It was "rooter" before people started to mispronounce it.
- Gregg H.
I wonder what this means for their TV On Demand section - currently NBC is not listed for any shows and CBS is very big in that list. Will this change and now NBC will only be On Demand? Will Hulu now be a Comcast Cable only site?
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
The Network has changed to the point that combining cable + tv production can't corner the market in anything.
- Cliff Gerrish
consolidation of power and message control
- Karoli
cliff, they own the network.
- Karoli
Messages can be sent from any node.
- Cliff Gerrish
cliff, if i have no access to nbc news because i'm not a comcast subscriber, the messages aren't especially helpful.
- Karoli
Don't you have access to NBC news via the network?
- Cliff Gerrish
cliff - they already "load balance" based on where/when you are streaming from/to - so now what's to prevent them from load balancing all ABC/CBS sites in favour of NBC?
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Cliff, will I continue to?
- Karoli
@Karoli - Comcast/NBC will become an out of network network :)
- Rob La Gesse
I am sitting at lunch with a Silverlight guy:-)
- Francine Hardaway
from BuddyFeed
Video feed is fine.
- Rob La Gesse
video is fine here
- Chris Jackson
Comcast is on to yous guys
- Vezquex: God of FF
There's no need to fear silverlight. It will die quickly. HTML 5 will make sure of that.
- Gregg H.
Mixing Content and Conduit is always a bad business idea
- Stephen Pickering
Michael Arrington just joined the Gillmor Gang: Live now at http://building43.com/realtime
- Cliff Gerrish
Tradeoff? Silverlight is a 15 second install...
- Rob La Gesse
silverlight will go the way of google gears
- Chris Jackson
Gregg, I'll only believe that when we have the Olympics streamed live in HTML5.
- Vezquex: God of FF
NetFlix watch instantly is a nice example of Silverlight -- this relates to the Comcast deal.
- Cliff Gerrish
Google Gears didn't DO anything - Silverlight does.
- Rob La Gesse
I think all this stuff is inevitable. do we still need cable? or broadcast? for how long?
- Francine Hardaway
from BuddyFeed
Vezquex, you'll see it
- Gregg H.
Francine, the argument against the acquistion is that they'll control the Network. They won't.
- Cliff Gerrish
That's a good question - will Comcast/NBC still allow Netflix/Mediafly content to be streamed at full speed or will it become traffic shaped
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
you mean will the net be.. you know... neutral?
- Ken Sheppardson
Google will spank properties that throttle - that alone will keep them playing fair.
- Rob La Gesse
All proprietary un-free software and platforms will lose in the long run.
- Gregg H.
Cliff, they already do. If I am watching a streaming video for more than 5 minutes I get traffic shaped. If i'm watching Comcast On Demand I do not. Will Hulu now be traffic shaped or will it get a pass? That what will be the clue if they are acting in a network neutral manner
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Windows is dog slow on good rigs, whereas Chrome OS is fast even on weak hardware.
- Vezquex: God of FF
CrunchPad update?
- Ken Sheppardson
that's what i'm waiting for - CrunchPad questions
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
what's traffic shaped
- Francine Hardaway
from BuddyFeed
Silverlight adjusts to the speed of the bandwidth...
- Cliff Gerrish
scoble - diet coke is bad.....
- Chris Jackson
Francine - it is basically throttling of your bandwidth based on content and/or destination
- Rob La Gesse
Francine - if i'm streaming a video on Comcast the first 5 or so minutes are at my full bandwidth capability (15mbs) but if I continue past that point the speed of the video drops to less than 1mbs
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
But Silverlight is from Microsoft. How can it be good?
- Vezquex: God of FF
See Moonlight + Mono....
- Cliff Gerrish
Amazing Silverlight is actually seeing some traction. Developer Cuz predicted it would 2 years ago.
- JimmyJet
When Google switches Youtube videos to Ogg Theora natively palyabe in HTML 5 Browsers I think Gillmor and others that deride the importance of free software codecs and platforms will have a revelation
- Gregg H.
bah - I have to run an errand - I wish the video show could be viewed later
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
wish those questions had been asked in 2001
- Karoli
Bear - it can - they are always posted on building43.com a few days later.
- Rob La Gesse
Gillmor Gang is available on YouTube - your DVR of choice...
- Cliff Gerrish
google'll be using h264 and html5 video before any os codec
- Kevin Marks
Silverlight is as un-free as you can get.
- Gregg H.
oh snap! I had no clue - thanks rob and cliff
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Silverlight is every bit as free as Google Search
- Rob La Gesse
Silverlight is free (as in beer).
- Vezquex: God of FF
Mike is trying to open one of those un-openable plastic wrapped packages - I feel for you, Mike!
- Rob La Gesse
be careful Mike, sharp edges on that package.
- michael sean wright
scissors help, Mike.
- Karoli
lol, karoli.
- Hilary Talbot
Ubuntu netbook remix
- Vezquex: God of FF
Mike - use a hand grenade, Those suckers are tough!
- Rob La Gesse
seriously, take a pair of scissors and cut it. It works. surgically, even.
- Karoli
Is locked down linux an open system?
- Cliff Gerrish
The importance of the use of our computer devices in our lives are fundamental. That's why the software and hardware has to be free. Otherwise we don't control our lives. The software and hardware providers control our lives. That's the problem Steve.
- Gregg H.
But you need a real computer to debug anything. You couldn't actually debug from within Chrome OS.
- Vezquex: God of FF
Is ChromeOS going to give you access to the command line?
- Cliff Gerrish
Gregg - that's crazy. As crazy as "free" healthcare.
- Rob La Gesse
strange disconnect between these guys talking about high tech and Mike opening a plastic insane package with his teeth.
- Karoli
"free" as in freedom
- Gregg H.
CromiumOS is free
- Gregg H.
Rob, "free" as in accessible to all but a few elite.
- Karoli
Freedom isn't free - far from it.
- Rob La Gesse
free as in kittens
- Kevin Marks
The importance of the use of cars, homes, electricity and food in our lives are fundamental. That's why cars, homes, electricity and food has to be free. Otherwise we don't control our lives. [oh, "free" free]
- Ken Sheppardson
Chromium is NOT free. I pay for it with my attention and my gestures - and Google profits off both.
- Rob La Gesse
free as in radical
- Ken Sheppardson
"opening a plastic insane package with his teeth" Either a good way to take out aggression or raise blood pressure, take your choice.
- JimmyJet
the livestream from SuperNova has been great. Good panels and very good discussions.
- Jerry Schuman
If we understand that phones are going to the Network -- why don't we see that television is going there as well.
- Cliff Gerrish
Aside from a philosophical view. After being Windows free for 2 years and being free of malware, spyware, adware, and not having to run virus scan software and all that crap, I really don't understand why people like Gillmor think Linux is second class to Windows. I would never want the pain and horrible experience of using Windows again purely for practical reasons.
- Gregg H.
Gregg, I understand Windows 7 is quite nice. I'm planning to buy a cheap Windows 7 notebook as a backup machine.
- Karoli
Right CLiff.
- Francine Hardaway
Right. I have both GV, Vonage and Ribbit, and I have one phone number. It's my cell phone
- Francine Hardaway
we just went off air
- Jerry Schuman
off air?
- Vezquex: God of FF
oops, looks like we lost the feed.
- Karoli
lost it....
- Chris Jackson
Back shortly
- Cliff Gerrish
it's back
- Ken Sheppardson
Windows 7 rocks.
- Robert Scoble
oops - who tripped over the cord?
- Rob La Gesse
hit refresh
- Jerry Schuman
We know we're off the air. Sorry.
- Robert Scoble
You're not :-)
- Ken Sheppardson
o - is steve G. running this on a win 7 box??
- Chris Jackson
We should be back now.
- Robert Scoble
get the tricaster a cooling fan stat
- Brian Hendrickson
off again
- Jerry Schuman
the conversation never stopped on our side, though.
- Robert Scoble
sad
- Vezquex: God of FF
Something is wacky. My video has sucked the whole time.
- Robert Scoble
We are recording this, though, and will have the whole thing up.
- Robert Scoble
I'm not getting a feed.
- Francine Hardaway
Please don't make me watch the Hummingbird Nest Cam.
- michael sean wright
Want to know if Michael gets that Magic Jack package open.
- JimmyJet
Shouldve used Justin.tv & Google Video Chat ahead of FF
- A.Karriem A. Khan
it's back
- Vezquex: God of FF
You guys should talk a bit about Status.net, formerly Laconi.ca. Evan Proudomu just got over $1 Mil in VC. It could wind up being a very viable free federated decentralized competitor to Twitter.
- Gregg H.
FF is good for importing to gmail & DataMining yourself AUTOMAGICALLY , Like TwitCloud http://www.building43.com/realtim...
- A.Karriem A. Khan
Gregg: yeah, that will come up soon. Evan blocked me though. Heheh.
- Robert Scoble
Tell Doc I said hi
- Jesse Stay
Robert. I would love to see an interview with Status.net guys on Building43
- Gregg H.
Hi Doc and Dan and Robert...travel safely, all! thanks for the show. :)
- Karoli
Thanks, we'll see what we can do regarding status.net.
- Robert Scoble
Cool
- Gregg H.
Re: Travis Rodgers Show – Tiger Tiger- In the Night - http://siliconangle.net/ver2...
"We're attempting to duplicate the issue. Most users are able to download and play. We're trying to track down the source of the bug. Please let us know if you are still having trouble with the tracks."
- michael sean wright
First Look: Justin Timberlake in David Fincher’s The Social Network | /Film - http://www.slashfilm.com/2009...
ah, barely looks like Mark Zzzzzz
- polou/indigo_bow
i'm interested in the mannerisms.
- michael sean wright
How Fractals Can Explain What's Wrong with Wall Street: Scientific American - http://www.scientificamerican.com/article...
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The geometry that describes the shape of coastlines and the patterns of galaxies also elucidates how stock prices soar and plummet.
- michael sean wright
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News at Nature - Temple of the mind unlocked - http://www.nature.com/news...
Map of fundamental brain receptor opens doors to treatments.
- michael sean wright
Nice T-Day journey to Ouray, CO and Telluride - thankful. Really is something to behold.
Ouray, one my fav places anywhere... Ouray, Chief of the Utes is quite a story, too... remind me tell you about him. MSW, I'm glad you're in my life. Take good care.
- Ross Teasley
So good to hear from you Ross. Have read a little about Ouray, will do more. Looking forward to seeing you when i get back to Dana Point.
- michael sean wright
AOL Unveils New Brand, New Logos (TWX) - complete w/ fish logo (hmm) - http://www.businessinsider.com/aol-unv...
FAIL.
- Bill Sodeman
not buying it? what did that poor fish do to deserve such treatment?
- michael sean wright
er... huh?
- Jason Huebel
@michael, click through and look at the other logos. They're worse that this one.
- Jason Huebel
oh i did - if i were that fish, i'd be ticked.
- michael sean wright
Re: Finding Value Even If I Were the Last FriendFeeder on Earth... - http://blog.louisgray.com/2009...
"Agree with you on all your points which makes it that much harder to see it wither. I see the sprouting weeds of neglect. The updates on the services are just not happening in a timely basis."
- michael sean wright
Independent Lens . NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY | PBS #filmmaking #film (such great work) - http://www.pbs.org/indepen...
"Two Hungarian film students escaped communist Hungary in 1956, with little more than a camera and a shopping bag full of film. Over the next 50 years, Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond would reinvent Hollywood moviemaking for an entire generation—and maintain an iron-clad friendship along the way."
- michael sean wright
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Warren Buffett: The financial panic is over | Reuters (well thanks for that!) - http://www.reuters.com/article...
Warren Buffett, perhaps the world's most admired investor, said on Thursday the financial panic that gripped the globe last year is a thing of the past, even as the U.S. economy's struggles persist.
- michael sean wright
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Apple plans 40-50 store openings in 2010 | Technology | Reuters - http://www.reuters.com/article...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Thursday it plans to open 40 to 50 retail stores next year as the consumer electronics giant expands its reach to customers. More than half of the new stores will be outside the United States, with new outlets planned in London, Paris and two in Shanghai.
- michael sean wright
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Portrait of inventor who saw the big picture Kodak - The Irish Times - http://www.irishtimes.com/newspap...
Daniel Rowley, Praveen Vasudev and Robert Scoble liked this
As a young Kodak employee, Steve Sasson invented the digital camera. Kodak’s failure to commercialise it makes it a bittersweet success
- michael sean wright
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The thing I don't like about Twitter public lists is that there's no consent. Someone could add you to a "child molesters" list, for example: (p.s. blog post from this here: http://friendfeed.com/itafrom...)
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Or a public "douche bags" list, or anything. Public categorization is dangerous in the hands of an individual; at least with aggregate (or crowd-sourced) categorization, the bad apples can be marginalized or removed. But when every list gets an equal voice, or someone popular decides to put you into a shit list, one individual's voice gets to be the loudest based purely on how extreme they are with their categorization. If I'm listed in 50 "technology person" lists, and 1 "fuckwit" list, guess which one stands out?
- Mark Trapp
Which is why I think there's a very good reason why Facebook, FriendFeed, and Google made list categorization private that Twitter completely missed.
- Mark Trapp
And personally, I resent being on "technology" and variant lists. That's like signing me up for spam that I can't opt out or protect myself from.
- Mark Trapp
Look for a big increase in @-reply-spam as this rolls out more widely :(
- LogEx
Makes me wonder what lists Scoble is on then.
- CW™
people are going to complain. Lawsuits will occur demanding that Twitter remove them from a list.
- CW™
You can see anyone's list memberships on their profile (another bonehead move): http://twitter.com/Scoblei... He's on mostly technology related lists. But all it takes is one person with a vendetta to use lists as a vehicle for libel or defamation.
- Mark Trapp
Mark, I think you're right. Someone could counter-argue that tweet "equality" has the same issue, but psychologically lists have more weight and cut by implication not expression which is more difficult for a victim to tackle. I've noticed for myself it even feels like a violation when I see a screencap of someone's own Friendfeed page which shows *their* Lists - just the description/name of the list has effect.
- Micah Wittman
I somehow made it on a tech blogging list. I don't think I ever wrote anything about tech blogging. Is there a free food Twitter list. Also, Mark, is Barton's dad on this mythical child molesters list?
- James Ferguson
Barton's dad is on my child molester list. And the state registry's list. The jig is up with him!
- Mark Trapp
I'm not sure it's Twitter's responsibility to prevent users from ding things that could get them sued for libel or defamation. Have some expectation of personal responsibility people.
- Kevin Fox
If you block a user, would that remove you from their lists? But I agree, you should be able to remove yourself (like untagging from a photo on Facebook)
- Stuart Miniman
Kevin: I agree that everyone ought to have personal responsibility, but there's absolutely nothing a person could do to protect themselves from a malicious use of lists other than to close out their account: I can't consent to the categorization, I can't remove myself from the categorization, and categorization is in no way dependent on my actions on Twitter (but rather, the actions of others). The fact that there's that in addition to the lists being attached to my profile page is nuts.
- Mark Trapp
There are a few basic steps Twitter could've taken, and should still take: don't attach lists to a person's profile and allow people to opt out of lists. More extremely, make list memberships opt-in or make all lists private.
- Mark Trapp
This is the problem with Twitter - it's too anonymous. It's the risk you take when you put yourself in such a public environment. If you're okay with that, fine - it's just the risk you take.
- Jesse Stay
Mark, I answered you over on the other thread: http://friendfeed.com/scoblei...
- Alex Schleber
That's a good point, Mark. Interesting discussion.
- joey
Yes, if you block a person who started a list it removes you from all the lists that person put you on.
- michael sean wright
I've said repeatedly, in both my blog post, here, and on Robert Scoble's feed, blocking is not the answer.
- Mark Trapp
One of the bigger problems I have with sites like Facebook is that I have no control over how others see my public profile (right now you'll prob see 16+ yr old girls asking you to contact them, surrounding my profile. I'm happily married, have 4 kids. Mark has a point. It's hard to maintain a personal brand on the web, and others that can classify you (wrongly) won't help. Then again Twitter is 90% bots so I don't think many will notice
- Alexander van Elsas
Mark: I don't understand. You say you can't remove yourself from a list, but you can by blocking the offender. You say that 'blocking isn't the answer' but it seems to be exactly that.
- Kevin Fox
Alexander: I'm on a roll tonight because I don't understand you either. You have pretty fine-grained control of what in your Facebook profile or feed is viewable to the public (or any other) scope, so you have tons of control over how others see your public profile. I don't see the 16+ year old girls asking me to contact them when I look at your profile. I see this: http://fury.com/tmp... What's the offensive part?
- Kevin Fox
Kevin, refresh the page a few times. and you will see other ads as well. The offensive part is that I have NO control over the right side of that page, yet it is directly related to my profile and therefore to my personal brand. This sucks on the web in general, but it sucks more on a site that is supposed to contain my dearest connections. I'm confusing everyone here it seems. I better stop talking now ;-)
- Alexander van Elsas
btw, this conversation is taking place here as well, Jesse Stay didn't get me there too: http://friendfeed.com/scoblei...
- Alexander van Elsas
Kevin: let's say my friend decides he wants to put me in a "technology" or "owned-Barbies-when-he-was-5" list; my only recourse is to block someone I'd otherwise have no problem with because Twitter doesn't give me the ability to remove something from my profile otherwise. As I'm sure you've seen with FriendFeed and Facebook, blocking someone is considered a drastic and hostile action towards a person that isn't the same thing as opting out of a feature. And why aren't public lists opt-in anyway?
- Mark Trapp
Alexander: Are you sure that the ads on the right are directly related to your profile? I think they're more directly related to the viewer's profile than the profile he's viewing, and don't knw that they're related to the profile being viewed at all. And if you're worried about the ads on the page, then this is a problem you're going to experience all over the internet.
- Kevin Fox
Mark: Your arguments would go farther if you steered clear of the absolutes a bit. If this person is your friend enough that you don't want to block them, then presumably they're friend enough for you to ask them to take you off that list. 'Only recourse is to block my friend'? Pah. Also, public lists won't work if they're opt-in. Like Gwyneth Paltrow is going to sit around approving...
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- Kevin Fox
Kevin, that'd be a good middle ground, although I'd imagine if lists were opt-in, they'd function much like how FriendFeed and Facebook groups work now or how WeFollow works: someone can't subscribe me to a group, but if I want to be associated with a group of people, I opt-in by subscribing or joining the group.
- Mark Trapp
It's a difference in viewpoint. I don't see them as groups because I don't see lists as a tool for fostering two-way communication. I see lists like Google Reader bundles. Pre-rolled subscription packs curated by a knowledgeable third-party.
- Kevin Fox
I think Twitter should add a "public list opt-out" feature. It wasn't obvious when lists first came out that people might not want to be on them, but after seeing this, it's impossible to know if people want to be on them or not. It could be a problem for those wanting to opt-out of lists because you can't necessarily DM everyone that puts you on a list (and you don't always want to block them, as Mark said).
- Matt Mastracci
You would just block them. Then you get removed from the list
- Lindsey is Fierce!
@Kevin. I am fully aware that ads are part of the eco system of the web. But in this particular context (A friend is looking for me on Facebook), I think placement of (sleezy) ads are a bad idea. It seems to reflect on my profile/brand/identity and it cannot be controlled by me. Facebook should be the place where friends connect, not the place where an old friend finds you surrounded by advertisement
- Alexander van Elsas
Alexander, I'm sorry the ads you get on Facebook are sleazy. I find the ads to be much better quality than those I see elsewhere on the web. Nevertheless, again with the absolutes. It's not like ads preclude Facebook from being the place where friends connect, and a right hand column hardly constitutes being 'surrounded by advertisement.'
- Kevin Fox
They probably know things about me they shouldn't ;-)
- Alexander van Elsas
Okay, that's funny.
- Kevin Fox
Man that's nuts, Facebook ads are among the shadiest on the respectable web. They're worse than AdSense ads, and AdSense ads are pretty bad.
- Paul Laroquod
Fermi Space Telescope Captures Glimpse of Space-Time | Popular Science - http://www.popsci.com/node...
NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope has observed more than one thousand separate sources of gamma rays.
- michael sean wright
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Exclusive & The Spark Series, Part 2 - eGuiders. We Search. You Watch. - http://eguiders.com/exclusi...
Mini Documentary - not another twitter conference.
- michael sean wright
AFI Fest is officially over. First film festival for me was a huge success - 10 days, 17 films (including at least two that will certainly make my top ten list this year). I've got the bug now; just being that engulfed with film, filmmakers, film critics, and filmgoers was intoxicating. Can't wait until the next one.
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good for you! dive deep.
- michael sean wright
Re: Exclusive > The Spark Series, Part 2 - eGuiders. We Search. You Watch. - http://eguiders.com/exclusi...
"Thank you for the encouragement Michael. This has been an exciting journey so far. Appreciate you taking the time to share."
- michael sean wright
listening to "Herbie Hancock - Bring Down the Birds" - http://blip.fm/~g10gz
groove is in the heart
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Image Display - http://www.space.com/php...
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Hubble Gives Best Ever View of Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
- michael sean wright
from Mento
listening to "Charles Mingus - Ii B.s." - http://blip.fm/~fw7ue
it's that kind of vibe
- michael sean wright
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.@centernetworks if you look at @TheEllenShow's latest "follows", the entire Twitter team + social media/tech dorks are there. #lists
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Of note, whoever is running Ellen's account followed the entire Twitter team, and they must have found a social media/tech news/bloggers list, because a ton of folks from FriendFeed and peers are on there. Yes... Ellen is following me. Yay.
- Louis Gray
figured they followed me for the same reason.
- michael sean wright
i am taking the night off to celebrate this momentus occasion - i would make a blog post about it if i was a twitter blogger.
- Allen Stern
She is following me too. I thought it was a joke at first.
- Mike Fruchter
Yup, followed me today too.
- AJ Kohn
Devo’s Mutant Music Returns, This Time With Weirdo Rugs | Underwire | Wired.com - http://www.wired.com/underwi...
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Nearly four decades after Devo first deranged pop culture, the band returns Tuesday with a U.S. tour — and a cool line of bizarro rugs from head mutant Mark Mothersbaugh.
- michael sean wright
from Bookmarklet
"I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."
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We have clearance, Clarence
- Mary Carmen
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
- Victor Ganata
When Kramer hears about this, the shit's going to hit the fan!
- Joe Silence is not dead
Have you ever seen a gladiator movie?
- michael sean wright
Ever been in a turkish bath, billy?
- DJF
"Have you ever seen a grown man naked?"
- Christian (Simply X)
Well first the dinosaurs came.....
- Mary Carmen
Did I leave the iron on?
- Christian (Simply X)
What's your vector @Victor?
- Micah Wittman
from iPhone
Photo: Ares rocket's 'shock egg' in mind-blowing clarity | DVICE - http://dvice.com/archive...
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Check out the HD video of the launch on Youtube as well. You can see the shock wave form as it passes through Mach 1. So cool.
- Matt Mastracci
thank you so much! great vid.
- michael sean wright
from IM
listening to "Oingo Boingo - Just Another Day" - http://blip.fm/~fn8ng
it's just the day where we wear our costumes on the outside
- michael sean wright
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