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Our only competitor is shutting down which is a pity because people need to have alternatives to ad-supported content - and we both worked in this directly, though in different manners. But I certainly don't think this approach should not be pursued further as it must have a future. - Svetlana Gladkova from Bookmarklet

It seems to me that it sort of duplicates the block user function. - howard shippin from BuddyFeed

As far as I know, it is simply broader than a simple block as your block is personal while if you report a user, he will be reviewed by the team. But I feel that if I report a user after I get 5 following notifications a day, the team will probably not see any reason for me to do so without such an explanation if the tweets don't look spammy, for example. - Svetlana Gladkova

another of my random tweets that will live on... but seriously, good write-up. i'm interested in this but haven't tried it yet. - MG Siegler

with twitter, Snowl separates Authors and Sources. So you can see the whole stream of a source (all your tweets) or the tweets of just one author. If Snowl was able to a.) do the same thing with FriendFeed and show you FF postings by author, and later b) consolidate all tweets, facebook postings, and FF postings by author, it would be preeettttty powerfully cool. - Suzannah

I dunno... I know that I've never had a significant problem with Vista. I'm even happier with Win7, of course, but I never understood all the Vista hate. - Roger Benningfield

Yes, I guess the explanation is that geeks (i.e. tech press people) normally expect their machines to do more than a regular person needs and they also invariably try to crash everything - just to test. So everything combined we now have the results that we have. - Svetlana Gladkova

that sucks! - Mehmet Aydin

It certainly does - though it is hardly realistic anyway. - Svetlana Gladkova

No. I was using Google translate a couple days ago to convert English into Italian, and it was wrong just every time. I had to manipulate the wording in order to get acceptable results from it. - Michael Fidler

Michael, that's what I've always been telling - it can hardly be readable and can only be used if the person realizes it is hardly accurate. But Google has made translating Wikipedia so easy that people seem to think they should copy such translation to local versions - even despite of the fact that other people will actually read them and probably even use them for something important. - Svetlana Gladkova

reminds me of years ago at computer retailer I was involved w/ we'd send winpopup messages to each other -- in some cases in the same room. Admitted sillyness :-) - josh hinds

Actually when I used to work in the office we all kept talking on IMs not to create noise in the room and not to prevent everyone else from working. Still sounds reasonable to me. - Svetlana Gladkova

and I wonder how many have tweeted little more than "I don't get this" or "how do I use this" ... ;-) - josh hinds

Andre, I have no idea how one could verify so many accounts to belong to real people (as far as I know, Twitter initiative with verified accounts does not cover many enough people for now). Besides, when information on Twitter user counts is published, certainly no one thinks about how many of these accounts belong to real people so these stats have the right to exist, I think. - Svetlana Gladkova

"As Facebook continues to roll out the full version of its new user profiles, it’s becoming clear that their primary goal isn’t, as they said in May, to simply create a cleaner user experience and allow developers to have more meaningful engagement points with users. It’s more about highlighting new content relevant to the user and fostering conversations about that content. And the result is that the Facebook home page looks an awful lot like the exponentially smaller activity stream aggregation service called Friendfeed." - Louis Gray from Bookmarklet

Funny how one year later we are actually seeing the Facebookization of Friendfeed... - Jean-Marc Liotier

Why are people so intent on removing ads from web content? Are they really that intrusive? - Alistair (alpinefolk)

Josh, your feelings make me wonder if you have already registered for CancelAds or if you are planning to do so to offer your readers an alternative to AdBlock Plus :) - Svetlana Gladkova

Very awesome. Be sure to give her the reward amt. that you wrote on the front page ;) - Kamilah Gill

So as a follow-up to this, it's been now 8 days, still no moleskine. Maybe she forgot about it. Or maybe it's on eBay. - Mark Trapp

Ivan, CancelAds is my startup, developed together with a partner in Germany. Launched today only so feeling very excited. - Svetlana Gladkova

Thanks a lot for your continued support Robert! Feels good to have friends like you are :) - Svetlana Gladkova

Thanks a lot Loic! It certainly feels good already :) - Svetlana Gladkova

why it should be wise? :))) - A.T.

It should not be and to me it seems more and more that it is far from wise but since we are all made to think so, I think the questions can exist. - Svetlana Gladkova from twhirl

Hi Svetlana! How are you? - Michael Fidler

Michael, have not hear from you in a while, feels good to see your comment! I'm quite fine even though it's a strange summer here. Yourself? How have you been? - Svetlana Gladkova

I'm listening ;-) Where is your "how to use and get the best out of friendfeed" article? - Graham Lawrence

This selling followers trend is certainly getting tiresome already but is not $1k a little too much? ;) - Svetlana Gladkova

I guess this is also the question of where you personally spend more time. So if you are on Twitter, you get news on Twitter but if you watch TV all day, you will probably get your news there. - Svetlana Gladkova

Got this from my Wakoopa stats page here: http://wakoopa.com/LANjack... . And that's overall usage (since I joined Wakoopa in January) not just monthly or weekly stats - LANjackal

Unlikely - LANjackal

The worst crime in the web world, really :) - Svetlana Gladkova

Orkut? What's that? Friendster is where it's at. - Tudor Bosman

It's not always a necessity to have one's web experience on the go as well - to me my computer is perfectly enough (and an LG phone to actually make calls). - Svetlana Gladkova

lol, Orkut. Haven't heard that in ages. - Brett Kelly

Huh ... which operating system???? - Charlie Anzman

Vista - but not even new where it could be understandable. At least I will be able to know what they install after they install it - that's what I just love about Windows Update. - Svetlana Gladkova

MBA education. - vijay

You're right *too Akiva : ) { *edited } edit2: scrambled brainz o_o - vijay

Keep selling Antivirus. If I bought a new car and finding out the transmission was broken, why would I trust the dealer with maintenance? They couldn't just get it right to begin with. - Pat Hawks

Yes, this is the main question: people already don't trust Microsoft enough when it comes to security. But as their project is not the first following this approach, chances are the market will still change - at least for residential users. - Svetlana Gladkova from twhirl

Sveta, seems the link is broken :/ - Sasha Kovaliov(.com)

Very strange, it works just fine for me. Will you try it again Sasha? - Svetlana Gladkova

Good! Now it does. Prob a fault of tinyurl :) - Sasha Kovaliov(.com)

"Had a really good laugh from SM experts :D I think that the last problem - people with no names - is the biggest one and should be resolved. Without proper online ID we are bound to to remain in precivilized online era that we are still in. People should be responsible for their online life as well. You can't just come up to people and start swearing at them in real life (well, you can - but this act will have consequences). About half a year ago I gave a presentation and Belarusian ByCamp on online identity - not much has changed since that time. We are moving to new standards ridiculously slow. The reasons are quite obvious, however, with no trust on the internet there won't be any radical development of internet ecosystem." - Sasha Kovaliov(.com)

I had hoped that this article was gonna rag on some podcasters. No luck. Lately, I've been hunting around for pieces that discuss just how fuckin' loathsome some of these new media stars have become. I really hope the torch and pitchfork days are right around the corner for some. - Christopher Harley

Christopher, I am sorry your hopes never turned to be true but for some reason I have not had any unpleasant experiences with podcasters - yet maybe - so I did not include them in the list, only covered those who are very irritating to me personally. - Svetlana Gladkova

This reminds me of French New Wave cinema - it's all about the medium . . . - Amy℠

Amy, I did not think about this myself but the comparison is totally a valid one here. - Svetlana Gladkova from twhirl

I'd also recommend you adding CloudContacts (http://cloudcontacts.com/) to the list as this is one of the tools that make it actually easy to use the credit cards you already have efficiently. The startup will both scan your cards and provide you with an easy-to-use online interface to access your contacts from anywhere as well as connect to such contacts on various social networks additionally. - Svetlana Gladkova from FriendFeed MT Plugin

Snap. I just followed someone back a second ago and had the exact same problem. Not for the first time either. - Philip Tomlinson

same problem here - I thought it was that I was using Opera - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

is it mothers day in russia too? - Allen Stern

Nope, we here actually celebrate what we call "International Women's Day" on the 8th of March - something that came from the Soviet past as the holiday has communist origins. But still it's very popular and all the women get flowers for it. - Svetlana Gladkova from twhirl