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Paul Buchheit

The Gift - http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2012...

December 17 from Paul Buchheit - Comment - Like - Share

Lawrence Jimwell, mocklerpiy, AlastairMason and 36 other people liked this

Thank you for writing this, Paul. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone

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Wow. - Headless Gnad Kicker

Thanks for sharing. - SteVe C

GÜZEL - YAGMUR

Micah

What is your FF Comments/Likes Ratio? (Comments divided by Likes to 2nd decimal place - as of now) - http://flickr.com/photos...

January 7, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

enes guler., Jennifer Dittrich, John (bird whisperer) and 121 other people liked this

1.05 (670/633) - Micah from Bookmarklet

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Can you remind me again where to find those stats? - Brian Johns

Brian, go to "Me" link (http://friendfeed.com/brianjo...) which defaults to the Feed tab. Look at the sidebar on the right, below Discussion. - Micah

0.75 (926/1226) - still relatively new here - mikepk

I only see my stats for the last week (17/14 = 1.21) Please tell me your 670 number is for more than just a week! - Brian Johns

1.44 (566/391) for brianjohns (after week tally you should see a comma then 'all time' count - I can see it on your page) - Micah

OK, sorry. I'm a total dumbass. I stopped reading after the weekly totals... - Brian Johns

3.74, which seems way off of everybody else's. I wonder what that says. I comment a lot more than I like. - Cyrus Lendvay

FFers use FF with their own strategy or simply default tendencies. The ratio is an interesting snapshot of behaviour. Thanks for joining in everyone, hope more keep flowing in. - Micah from twhirl

0.79 - Brian Roy

0.77 - Eric - seven eleven

0.67 - Nine Ferdinand

0.77 - Shey

0.76 - FFing Enigma

1.39. - Rochelle

1.80 - Brian Sullivan

1.61 - I only 'like' when I want to throw my support behind a topic but don't have anything constructive to add. - Bjorn Stromberg

1.12 - Tinfoil 2.0

1.41 - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

5.08 (3181/626) ! - ◄ani625Ξ ಠ_ಠ

0.66 - I tend to 'like' things without needing to comment further, I guess, and I notice I usually like the things upon which I comment. Well, frequently. - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

.39 (2457/6242) I guess I don't comment much. I do 'like' a lot of things, it would seem. - Bren

0.62 then again i have over 11,000 comments - Cee Bee

1.23 (5287/4229) - I am put to shame by Cee Bee's participation, good grief! - Lindsay

@Cee Bee I think you meant 0.62 - ◄ani625Ξ ಠ_ಠ

1.27 (902/705) - Leandro Ardissone ⍨

yes, thanks for the correction. lindsay, you're making me feel bad. lol - Cee Bee

0.8576, I only like mostly when I'm going to comment - Molly Song ;)

1.55 endlessly repeating. This Like/Comment included. - Dana D

before this comment: .69 I kid you not. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)

So far: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81 ... (if you average 1 comment per like, you'd be 1.0 ... if you're 0.xx you might herd content more than discuss ... if you're whole numbers above 1 you may not 'like' much or discuss plenty or both) - Micah

CSV_A: 1.05,0.75,1.44,0.81,3.74,0.79,0.77,0.67,0.77,0.76,1.39,1.8,1.61,1.12,0.141,5.08,2.41,0.66,.39,0.62,.62,1.27,0.8576,1.551,0.69 - Micah

1.83 - Grant Bierman

I tend to like allot of photos which really don't need comments. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)

InPerpetualMotion(Gina k), I really liked this 'Like' of yours (in a series of pics, so I flickr fav'd it): http://friendfeed.com/e... and commented. Thanks! - Micah

.37 1002/2708 - Michael Fidler

this is what scobes walls would like if he didnt have FF - sean percival

I haven't seen Marc Canter's fabled fence (just heard about it), but I imagine this but on wood pickets :) - Micah

This week: 2.48 (1162:467) but this is not the norm, my likes usually match or are higher than comments, overall: 0.95 (14228:14846). - Kol Tregaskes

Thanks Michael, Kol! I'll recalculate average/median when we build up some more data points here. - Micah

1.03 748/723 - Keith - @tsudo

.68 6986/10194 Someone wrote a great article on the comment-like ratio a few months ago. Search on FriendFeed is crashing on me... I'll try to get the link. - Mitchell Tsai

Thanks Mitchell (btw, search crashing on me too - lots) - Micah

1316 comments/20221 likes (0.06), according to Windows Calculator, although I probably screwed up. - Tyson Key

*bump* - Micah

Thanks, Mark! - Micah

Thanks Spidra! - Micah

0.95 (1520/1604) - it's 2+ months later, and my ratio flipped (more Likes by .05) - Micah

.7 (1204/1724) - before this comment at least. - Rachel Lea Fox

Thanks, Rachel! - Micah

3.46 (3665/1057) before this comment and like. - Kevin Fox

Thanks, Kevin. 3+ is quite the comment on your commenting activities :) - Micah

I've got stuff to say. - Kevin Fox

3.98 (900/226) - Richard Lawler

1.02 (3538/3484) for sofarsofarshaun - Micah

.34 (600/1747, not counting this comment) - Michael Hocter

Thank you, Siavash and Michael - Micah

.52 overall, but .68 this week. - Rebecca Lasley

Nice, thanks Rebecca. - Micah

1.31 - Rahsheen?

0.56 - imabonehead

Rah and imabonehead - rock on! (Richard too!) - Micah

0.16 - Anne Bouey

4.62 (287/62) -- Yikes! I'm chatty. - Ted Roden

Thank you kindly, Anne, jcunwired and Ted. - Micah

2.63 - Bryce Roney

Thanks for joining in, Bryce. - Micah

.15 all time, .13 this week. - Pixie

.52 - David HC Soul

Thank you, Alix and David! (and Alix, you're tied with Siavash for the Highest Like ratio. Wow). - Micah

2.94 - j1m

Thank you, j1m. Ok, I'm gonna roll this up into a csv and call it a night. - Micah

CSV_B: 0.95,0.7,3.46,3.98,1.02,0.15,0.34,0.52,1.31,0.56,0.16,1.39,4.62,2.63,0.15,0.52,2.94 - Micah

this week = 0.45%, alltime = 6.43% - chaz2b

CSV_B Mean: 1.49 (previous mean for CVS_A: 1.27) - Micah

Of course the numbers can easily lie, but I'm gonna say it anyway: "We're getting more conversational, people!" - Micah

0.49 (493/988) - Bluesun 2600

816 / 2502 = 0.326139089 overall | 50 / 233 = 0.214592275 this week I like much more than I comment. (maths via google) - Chris Loft

3026/5013 = 0.6036 - Roger Chen

chaz2b, Bluesun 2600, Roger, Nicholas — thank you! - Micah

5.25 but I don't know what this *means, yet. maybe I'm just stingy with my "likes" compared to others? - Marg Uerite

Thanks jamar78 and Marg! - Micah

A recent change in FF: now the comment count shows total number of comments (previously multiple comments in one thread only counted as one) http://friendfeed.com/e... so all the numbers above are from the old methodology.... - David HC Soul

My new ratio: 0.76 all time (old methodology .52).... this week 1.39 - David HC Soul

*bump* - Micah

1.26 (2965/2346) - Micah

Thanks, Glen and pea! - Micah

Looks like my ratio as flipped again (comments back to dominating again). Seems to match my own awareness I've lately been commenting without Liking (commenting is my inherent recognition of value to me and the additional Like is when it merits an extra bump to help discovery by others). - Micah

.38 - Ryan Dadey

Ryan, I have to say, that's one high caliber ratio ;) - Micah

An update it's .44 which is an improvement from .36 - Michael Fidler

2.00 - Anthony Citrano

0.97 - Willem (@wim66) ☠

2.94 1040/354 I have likes set to post to twitter automatically, so I'm careful with them. :) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

0.85 - Steven Perez

0.73 up from 0.66 on Jan 08 - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

0.37 for the week past, 0.45 on the whole. - Parth Awasthi

Michael, Anthony, Ahsan, guruvan Steven, sıɹɥɔ and Parth - thanks for dropping in your stats! - Micah

5.81 i'm not using it as does everyone else here. that is fer sure. - Marg Uerite

Ahsan, huh, I'd never considered that. - Micah

17942/30571=.59 - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Alex, thank you, sir. - Micah

ALmost 2:1 exactly. - Amani

Much obliged, Amani. - Micah

3062/5777 you do the maths. - Will Higgins™

.53 (3062/5777) for Will Higgins #math-on-demand-services - Micah

Thank you, amin/gnu - Micah

7.16 - Ken Sheppardson

*bump* (SEE ALSO http://friendfeed.com/jungleg... ) - Micah

1.45 (4374/3026) - Micah

1.73 - Aron Michalski

0.92 now. I think the movie reviews have been getting me closer to a 1 to 1 ratio. - Steven Perez

0.77 - Mathew A. Koeneker

Steven, yep, you were a 0.85 in April. - Micah

2.10 now ... - Amani

0.97 now. - Eric Johnson

Amani, so your comments have climbed a bit. - Micah

Thanks, Eric. - Micah

yes, but i am not consciously "not liking" things - Amani from IM

Probably, just chattier then :) - Micah

I'm down from 7.16 to 6.94 :-) - Ken Sheppardson

the live NBA playoff threads have ALOT to do with it. - Amani from IM

Ken, the FCC may be interested to explore how your "I'm down" may be offensively self-deprecating ;) - Micah

.56 eeep, must try harder - Threepwood

4.52. I don't bother to like things I've commented on, since commenting already flags it as interesting. - Andy Bakun

0.46 (1698/3638) - Glenn Slaven

Threepwood, Andy, Glenn - thanks (Andy, that's my mo too; then I'll Like if it warrants a "double vote"). - Micah

1.31 (4,471/3,401) - Karoli

Thanks, Karoli. And the both of us have a _very_ similar ratio and absolute numbers. wow. - Micah

Thanks, Ryo! - Micah

Andy, scroll upward and you'll see a couple calculations from before (January: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81) - Micah

In March the Mean was: 1.49 - Micah

1.021276595744680851063829787234042553191489361702127659... via Wolfram Alpha - tom murphy

Thanks, tom. And though a bit verbose, your friend Wolfram is resourceful :D - Micah

0.55 (254/444) - Willem (@wim66) ☠

Thank you, Willem. - Micah

In April you were 0.97, so you're liking more / commenting less. - Micah

1.88 (779/414) - Ton Zijp

Thanks, Ton. - Micah

0.43 (3597/8305). - Parth Awasthi

0.74 (1970/2667) - In Search of Gender

And thank you Parth, Scott. - Micah

Parth, compared to your April numbers, you've been consistent. - Micah

2.12 is my ratio. - Rick Cogley

Thanks, Rick! - Micah

Np Micah. What is that photo? - Rick Cogley

.54 (4148/7674) Updated! - Michael Fidler

Rick, you mean that face with glasses I photoshopped tint into with an apparently disembodied arm which is actually very much attached to my eldest son? It's mostly just me :) - Micah

Thanks, Michael. Yes, you have a rising tide of comment percentage (oh, wow, you were one of the originals from January - cool!) - Micah

1.82 from 798 comments / 438 likes - David Damore

Thanks, nivé and David! - Micah

2027/1594 = 1.27 - Brome

0.58 - Marc Dong

2.9 (3,242/1,116) mhhh.. time to straighten my use of FF a bit.. thanks for this entry - Thierry R. Andriamirado

Brome, Marc and Thierry - thank you! - Micah

Thierry - yeah, 2.9 is fairly high - got to pick the pace on like side :) [but hey, whatever works for you is fine] - Micah

1.91 - MiniMage

Thank you Nicholas and MiniMage! - Micah

Yeah, that's a decent upward rise in comments, Nicholas. - Micah

.6 (6,000/10,000) 3rd update - Now it's time to flip this on its head. My goal is to have (16,000/16,000) next time I post here. Regardless of what happens, I'm just looking forward to the next 10,000 comments, likes, posts, and new relationships I make here. It's all good! - Michael Fidler

1.76 (7539/4290) My commenting habits haven't chanced much, but it felt like I clicked Like a lot less, and this ratio confirms that for me. - Micah

It's that time again. - Micah

.50 - LB: #TeamMonique

Thanks, Laura! (you're a 50-caliber gal!) - Micah

0.64 - Imabug

Thank you, Imabug. - Micah

4.67 (I'm greedy :p) - directeur

0.99 - Steven Perez

About 1:2 comment to likes at this time - RAPatton from iPod

1.06 - Jim #TeamMonique

.81 - Brent - Yes I am

.63 - metalerik

Thanks Imabug, directeur, Steven, RAPatton, Jim, Brent and metalerik! - Micah

.83 - Jimminy IS Everybody

0.78 - Pete D

.82 as of right now. edit: on January 8th it was 0.39 -- when I saw that, I decided to make more of an effort to comment. When I hit 10k "likes" I decided I wouldn't "like" anything else until I also had 10k comments. - Bren

.11 - Lola Bean (Penguin)

And thank you Jimminy, Pete, Bren and Penguin! - Micah

2.47 as of right now. - Jonas, Leper of FF

Micah, are you doing something with these numbers? If so sounds interesting. - Jimminy IS Everybody

0.58 - Absentee

Jimminy, I'm copyrighting every single number. It's kind of a honeypot ;) Actually, it was curiosity mostly, but I also hope to build a sampling (small and self-selecting as it may be) for anyone who might want to analyze it. - Micah

Jonas, James and Kurt - thanks you! - Micah

You're welcome. I hope the results do some good. :-) - Absentee

.31. I have almost 4 times as many likes as comments. - edythe

Thank you edythe and Eric! - Micah

195/245 makes 0.8 rounded not including this one which would be 196/245 making 0.8 unrounded, - tom murphy

Thanks, Tom. - Micah

1.98 (588/297) - Bryan Zirkel

1.67 (19,550/11,684) - Mitchell Tsai

1:2 - Jeff P. Henderson

Bryan, Mitchell and Jeff P. - thanks, guys! - Micah

1.18 - it's always been close to 1, since day one, for some reason. - Laura Norvig

Wow, Penguin is a prolific liker! - Laura Norvig

2.67 (875/328) - Nathalie

Thank you, Nathalie! - Micah

2.18 - Spidra Webster

Thanks, Spidra and Mark! - Micah

0.49 - Jammy Lee

0.825 - Mathew A. Koeneker

Jammy and Mathew, thank you very much. - Micah

2.16 - Sue - Friendfeed is best

I don't know I just like that picture - Brian Hendrickson

.40 - Ben Hanten

Mine was exactly 2:1 about a week ago. Did a screenshot when I had 2,000 comments and 1,000 likes. - Yo Joe. No, go slow. from iPod

SuezanneC, Brian, B E N and Joe - thank you all very much! - Micah

Joe, it's like see the odometer click through a nice round number - it's just inexplicably engaging. :) - Micah

1.40, nearly the square root of two. - Vezquex

Thanks, Raphael and Andy! - Micah

1.15 (6777/5873) - JA Castillo

12.23 (844 / 69 ) I guess I take my likes seriously ;) - Chris Myles

Wow I didn't realize I was so out of whack!! 12.23 that's got to be a record (and I don't even import my feeds with the summary as a comment)!! - Chris Myles

.87 - Nine Ferdinand

Thanks JA, Chris (wow, 12+ is unusual :), Serkan and Nine! - Micah

Micah.. I told you I take my likes seriously; ). You *might* want to ask (in a separate post) what percentage of likes were used to "bookmark" a post or save it for later VS actually "liking it". I NEVER used like for that.. but I did use a private group that if filled with my own topics (and comments).. - Chris Myles

1.78 (8529/4782) - Micah

Likes are down relative to comments, which matches my much lower frequency of liking. I'm a more selective liker than ever. - Micah

I don't think I could argue that any particular kind of ratio is "best", because if Lurkers like to Lurk and cultivate (via Likes) and the Chatty-ites love to chat, to pump out much many more comments than Likes, each can be happy and make for a great social experience. - Micah

383/372 - Ashish

'Just clicking "Like" seems too easy' — Jason, that's because you're from the Chatty-ite tribe :) - Micah

Thanks, ashish. - Micah

wow, what a difference time makes, when i 1st posted on this thread, 6.43%, now = 1.25%, for a 5.18% difference, :o (and this is the earliest post to date i've recovered of my activity on ff) - chaz2b

chaz, I think there's been a big fluctuation for most people (maybe not that much). This is the oldest post on which you commented that you've recovered? - Micah

When I first saw this: 1.91 Sept 28: 1.94 - MiniMage

536 comments in the last month has me at .8736...still creeping toward 1.00 - Bren

.64 - Shannon Jiménez

Thanks, MiniMage (2x participant!), Bren (3x!) and Shannon (your inaugural visit!) - Micah

Thank you, SustainedEuphoria. - Micah

Thanks, Mark. - Micah

1.45 - Brett Kelly

Thanks, Brett :) - Micah

5.67 all time. Second highest ratio on here. Woot! I love to talk. - Kevin L

Thank you both, Kevin and mridul (the two of you balance it each well :) - Micah

1.80 (10,189 / 5,666) [compared to Likes, my Comments still continue to rise] - Micah

1.02 (10323/10161) - Bren

.5666 currently (30,084/53,093) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Thanks, Bren. - Micah

Thank you, Alex :) - Micah

that was my third post... It's interesting to see how the number has changed. of course, I manipulated the number to a degree, because I stopped "liking" things for a while... - Bren

Bren, the other thing that can seriously throw off someone's stats is a feed that upon each item it imports adds a comment automatically. - Micah

true. that can seriously inflate comment stats, of course. Then you have someone like RAPatton, who posts a gazillion comments, in part because of his playlist posts where he will list each song in a separate comment. I found, after this post in fact, that I tended to "like" things much more frequently than comment on them, that I was lurking instead of participating. I have changed the way I use ff rather considerably, and I think for the better. - Bren

4.26? - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

Thanks, Sarah, Tutivillus. - Micah

1.19 - Joe Bonner

Micah this is like 11 months ago, I see you have almost doubled your rate. lets make a graph for everybody now, :) - ۳۰ مرغ Loves Y'ALLLLL

Quick, someone write a greasemonkey script to inline some google charts! (tap-tap-tap...wut? don't look at me ;) - Micah

Thanks, Joe. And you thank you, Mahmood :) - Micah

Thanks, Glen! Your comments in the ratio have gone up too. - Micah

1.70 (it was 1.41 on Jan 8) - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

WorldofHiglet, thank you :) The comments are strong in this one. - Micah

0.64 (2,589/4,051) - Chieze Okoye

0.58 - Thomas Page

Chieze and Thomas - thank you! - Micah

*bumpage* - Micah

So, Micah, we never did find out what you were doing with this info.... - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

0.27 (5637/20234) - I only see a couple people lower than me. - John (bird whisperer)

4.06 (747/184) - Jan Ole Peek

WoH, World Domination. - Micah

Rene, John and Jan - thank you, all three! :) - Micah

0.97 (6,694/6,929) - Jimminy IS Everybody

Thank you J., Jimminy and آقای تلخک :) - Micah

2.23 - Paola Bonomo

0.71 (8,200/11,551) updated - Michael Fidler

0.03 (284 / 10378)! - Daniel Rowley

Thanks Paola, Michael, Artemko, J. and Daniel! - Micah

*thanks Christopher thoroughly* - Micah

14.86 (1442/97) I'm going the wrong way!! - Chris Myles

1.77 (11831/6622) - Micah

0.56 (2059/3703) - Joel Webber

0.89 (1,766/1,986) - chrisofspades

Thanks, Joel and Chris! - Micah

In 4 days it will be 1 year since my first recorded stat here. My comments/like were almost a 1:1 ratio then. Now comments are almost double likes for me. - Micah

Easy - Kevin J Hatton

jamar78, same trend for you, it looks. :) - Micah

1.00 a year later. {edit -- screwed it up the first time. not telling what I did.} - Jim #TeamMonique

Thanks, Jim! - Micah

.52 this year. - LB: #TeamMonique

Thank you, Laura =) - Micah

75,415 comments/1,286 likes = 58.64 - i wish the auto inserted comments didn't get counted... the true number is probably much much close ot my number of likes - Chris Heath

1.09 (11910/10953) - Bren

1.97%. thanks again micah, this has been a great metric to measure my first year here on ff. As the year went (this being the first record of me being here that i've found): , 6.43%:1.25%:1.97% - chaz2b

Chris, Bren, thank you. And chaz2b, thank you too - glad it's a special marker for you. :) - Micah

1.79 (13620/7618) - Micah from iPhone

0.91 - Bruce Lewis

0.13 - Morton Fox

1.69 now (1.70 on Nov 10th and 1.41 on Jan 8, 2009) - - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

0.23 - Mark H

Thanks Bruce, Morton, Higlet, Brent and Mark! - Micah from iPhone

How is this thread doing in the longest-lived-ff-comment-thresds-ever contest? - j1m

5.76 right now - Kevin L

0.53 - Rodfather

j1m, I wonder how many threads over a year old are regularly updated by an asoetment of users. - Micah from iPhone

Kevin, Cecily and Rodfather - thanks! - Micah from iPhone

1.49 (2,222/1488) - DB, Just DB #TeamMonique

"I must not ask Micah questions" written out a bajillion times.... :) - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

LOL @Higlet - Correct. (but Brent, you can also ask the Mathematics Dept of West Bohemian University in Pilsen, Czech http://www.fav.zcu.cz/en... [via http://maisonbisson.com/blog... ]) - Micah

0.32 (2011/6291) Looks like I need to comment more. =) - Beau Liening

Thank you, Beau. And, by stating you want to comment more you're already helping the cause :) - Micah

2.09329564 (10366:4952) I don't think that I'm the norm here - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

*bump* - It's that time again, folks. - Micah

1.71 (16,017/9,357) - Micah

0.91 (13,933/15,222) - Jimminy IS Everybody

2.66 - Marissa

1.48 (2,469/1,669) - DB, Just DB #TeamMonique

Thanks, Jimminy, Marissa and Daryl. :) - Micah

1.21 - Jenny H

Thanks, Jenny! - Micah

1.10 (4874/4448) - DGentry

2.13(7957/3734) - Melanie Reed

Thank you, Denton, Glen and Melanie! - Micah

63.58 (97,534/1,534) -- interesting that my last three digits are the same there, eh? (note, i already posted a month or two ago when i first saw this thread) - Chris Heath

Thanks, Chris! - Micah

0.87 (3770/4312), so I'm either getting more commenty or less likey. [0.74 (1970/2667) was what I previously reported back in June] - In Search of Gender

Thanks Scott, pea and T. Brent. - Micah

Brent, interesting. Look forward to more commentary. :) - Micah

1433/1161 = 1.23 - cdogzilla | downgraded

1.19 (5132/4316) - Ruchira S. Datta

Thank you, cdogzilla and Ruchira! - Micah

0.94(15045/15978) 0.83, (28.August.2009); 0.97, (11.Nov.2009); 0.91, (17.April.2010); 0.94, (11.May.2010). - Jimminy IS Everybody

1.65 (18,070 / 10,970) - Micah

*bump* It's that time again, folks. - Micah

1.05 (1710/1625) - cdogzilla | downgraded

1.66 here. Chattyites 4ever! - Lo

Thanks cdogzilla and Lo! - Micah

Last year my comments were around 7000 and likes around 2500, for a ratio of 2.80. I consciously chose to do more liking over the last year. As of today my comments number 10,782 and likes number 7,666, for a ratio of 1.41. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Jason, Stephen - cool. Thanks for keeping updated here. :) - Micah

Thanks, RG - Micah

1.03. Micah you've made over 18000 comments since you first posted this. - chrisofspades

0.76 (3,624/4,766) Egad that's only .1 improvement since 2009-01-08 :-P but at least it's moving in the right direction. - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

3.25 No wonder I always had to stand in the hall in school for talking ;-) - Shannon - GlassMistress

Still right at 1:1. W00t. - Jim #TeamMonique

1.15 (14662/12739) - Bren

chrisofspades, crazy isn't it. :) - Micah

kima, tortoise wins and all that ;) Thanks, Shannon. Jim, you have maintained balanced in the force you have. Thanks, Bren. - Micah

2.33 :( my new yr's resolution was to "like" more, imma not doing sucha good job, :( - chaz2b

Thanks, Mark, and chaz, you'll get there. :) - Micah

1.61 (20,661 / 12,818) - Micah

*BUMP* - It's that time again. THANKS! - Micah

1.76 (15,652/8,886) - Jenny H

Thanks, Jenny and hollyrai! - Micah

Thank you, Glen. - Micah

0.77 - Steven Perez

0.31 (14566/47299) - John (bird whisperer)

John, you're a 'liking' fool! :D - Jenny H

Apparently I'm the human version of FALOB - John (bird whisperer)

Ha! (and thanks, John) - Micah

Double ha! - Jenny H

Thank you Steven. - Micah

1.04 - Scott. Cat Herder.

2.28 - Jesse Stay

1.66 (updated) - Eric - seven eleven

1.25 - holly #ravingfangirl

Thanks Scott, Jesse, Eric and holly! - Micah

58,144/3,749=15.509, basically due to multiple feed imports. - Daniel Mietchen

*BUMP* - Micah

1.60 (22,066/13,819) - Micah

:) @Jason. - Micah

0.69 - Absentee

0.76 - Steven Perez

slightly off of my usual this time: 1.01 - Jim #TeamMonique

Thanks James, Steven and Jim "STAY-ON-TAR-GET" Jannotti. :) - Micah

.98(20,405/20,834) - Jimminy IS Everybody

1.36 (20684/15224) - Bren from iPhone

Thank you, Jimminy, Greg and Bren! - Micah

1.88 (21954/11691) Chatty Cathy, apparently. - Jenny H

11289/9010 = 1.25 (wonder if some comments are from imported feeds) - Mike Chelen

Thanks Jenny and Mike. :) - Micah

Sorry - Micah .... but the math is just too complicated :) - Charlie Anzman

Charlie, I'm make it simple. I'll do the talking, you drive the get-away car—we'll split it even: 80/20. - Micah

Damn, More Homework. - Brent - Yes I am

including this comment (119,119C/1677L) ... 71.03 - Chris Heath

1.21 - Joe Bonner

1.56 (24,076/15,472) - Micah

*BUMP* - it's that time again. Also, I passed 24K comments recently. - Micah

0.74 - Michael R. Bernstein

Thanks, Micahel. - Micah

113,457 comments / 166,887 likes = .68 - RAPatton

2.02 (31627/15675) I need to start liking more and shut the hell up. - Jenny H

1:1.618, of course. - Josh Haley from iPhone

2.60 - Jack&Cleo

I was waiting for that from you, Mr. Haley. - Lisa | #TeamMonique from Android

Those are some heavy hitter numbers there, RAPatton. Thanks. :) - Micah

I've been on FF for a long time, Michah, because I am really, really old. - RAPatton

LOL Josh. These aren't the maths you looking for. [lateral hand wave] - Micah

Jenny, do not take your own advice; not advisable. - Micah

Thanks, Jack & Cleo. - Micah

RAPatton, you're not old—you triple-comment-excerpt every bookmarklet post :)) - Micah

Cristo, this post is an ancient relic. Handle with care. - Micah

0.13 - Morton Fox

Okay, Micah. <----I had to resist the urge not to post that because I know it's going to up my comment count. ;) - Jenny H

But how many of those primordial, high interest posts are still active. Uh huh. :) - Micah

Thanks, Morton. BTW, when you posted in February, it was exactly 0.13 also. - Micah

Jenny, resistance is futile; embrace the rising tide of comments. - Micah

Comments are more difficult and time consuming than Likes. I'd be happy about a high comment:likes ratio except that many are surely imported from feeds, while every Like is manual. - Mike Chelen

it has changed to 2.2256 now as Sep, 6 2010.Labor Day. :) I added the date for future references. - ۳۰ مرغ Loves Y'ALLLLL

IN HONOUR OF DERRICK'S 100,000th LIKE: http://friendfeed.com/micahwi... - Micah

1.54 (25,102/16,257) - Micah

.82 - Alex Scrivener

Thanks, Alex. - Micah

2.29.... 26 HR, 89 RBI - .LAG liked that

.15 on March 21, 2009. Now .19. - Pixie

Thanks, MarkJ, .LAG and Alix! :) - Micah

Thank you, Deepak! - Micah

1.47 (24757/16749) - Bren

I make a lot of comments but no one like me, so I guess the ratio is infinite or undefined. - Sue - Friendfeed is best

1.45 (29653/20444) *BUMP* - Micah

1.22 (31900/26233) - holly #ravingfangirl

.59 (58,923/99,251) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

6.61 (2825/427 )... I'm a wee bit chatty - Shannon - GlassMistress

I had exactly a 2:1 ratio as previously reported [Aug 30, '09], now I am at: 1.7241:1 ratio. 6,067 comments to 3,519 likes. - Yo Joe. No, go slow.

0.79 as of 6 Jan 2011. - John E. Bredehoft

my brain hurts - Morgan

Two years later and my ratio has climbed from 3.4 to 4.675. I've got a lot to say, apparently. - Kevin Fox

Funnily, I didn't notice until after leaving that comment that when I reported my stat in 2009 I also followed it up with "I've got stuff to say." I didn't say it was *new* stuff... - Kevin Fox

1.000 (27093/27080) - Jimminy IS Everybody

I've had an improvement since the last few times this has come up. I was .49 or close to it, now I'm running a .57 ratio - Bluesun 2600

1.68 (55826/33281) - Jenny H

81.1 - rising consistently - Chris Heath

I think this is the oldest thread I see that still gets new comments added. - Sue - Friendfeed is best

*BUMP* - Micah

1.40 (32175/22968) - Micah

I dunno, I'm not good with math - sofarsoShawn ~presque...

0.35 ... Apparently I'm not very talkative. - John (bird whisperer)

Thanks, John and Shawn. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

1.459 (33067/22667) - Bren from iPhone

looks familiar... - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

2.6 (wow, this thread is like my yearly checkup; thanks micah and friendfeed, 3+years and going strong [6.4%, 2.33%]) - chaz2b

1.02 (38,615, 37,927) 9/27/11 - Jimminy IS Everybody

1.29 (36,959 / 28,580) - Micah

Thanks, Jimminy, Bren, WoH, and chaz2b. :) - Micah

.46 now. :) - LB: #TeamMonique

Thank you, LB. - Micah

0.33 (34741/105115) - John (bird whisperer)

0.93 - c.a.j.

Thanks John. Gracias, caj. - Micah

1.57 (24,460/15,624). It was 1.12 the day after the OP. - Tinfoil 2.0

The likes dim and comms brim. - Micah

2.91; 6.43% (@ 2yrs ago) 2.33% (@ 1yr ago). for history's sake, this thread was started shortly after i found friendfeed, or friendfeed found me, so it holds a special place in my heart. thanks for keeping it around mr micah - chaz2b

You're certainly welcome, chaz2b. In some way it feels like a living heirloom to me. :) - Micah

*BUMP* - Micah

1.25 (40,008/31,895) - Micah

1.15 - Kristin

0.33 - John (bird whisperer)

1.41 - Headless Gnad Kicker

5.12 - Julian

3 (2.991) (and now the list has become too lengthy for me to track my progress, ;) [dumb me, i have a post not 10 lines ago in history, from 090711 2.91; 6.43% (@ 2yrs ago) 2.33% (@ 1yr ago) ;) ] - chaz2b

.79 - Shevonne

24 072 / 35 095 = 0.685909674 - AJ Batac

0,77 (before and after this comment) - loi

2.65 (69,814 comments/26,281 likes) - Spidra Webster

1.51 = 28,196/18,717. Was 1.57 in Sept 2011 and 1.12 in Jan 2009. - Tinfoil 2.0

*BUMP* - Micah

0.174 (6966/40022) - Not much of a talker. - Kevin Johnson

1.18 - Soup in a TARDIS

1.23 (41,476 / 33,845) - Micah

1.43 - Tamara J.

.15 on March 21, 2009, .19. on September 18, 2010, and .22 today (March 8, 2012). - Pixie

*BUMP* for Ross - Micah

2.83 - Ross Miller

1.97 on 2012-04-24 - ؛ patrick

0.99 (44,752, 45,200) 4/24/11 || 0.83, (?, ?), (28.August.2009); 0.97, (6,694, 6,929), (11.Nov.2009); 0.91, (13,933, 15,222), (17.April.2010); 0.94, (15,045, 15,978), (11.May.2010); .98, (20,405, 20,834), (03.August.2010); 1.00, (27,093, 27,080), (06.January.2011); 1.02, (38,615, 37,927), (27.September.2011); 0.99 (44,752, 45,200), (24.April.2012); - Jimminy IS Everybody

0.90 - Uli - Sent to Coventry

1.6 - AJ Batac

1.03 - Ryan Kaisoglus

1.34 Did you finish all your profiling yet, Micah? - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

1.22 (42,526 / 34,975) - Micah

Glad to see you here, Ross. Thanks for the updates everyone. WoH, the master plan is coming together nicely. - Micah

Excellent *steeples fingers* - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

*staples fingers* - John (bird whisperer)

Hmm, can you order finger-steeples on Amazon? - Micah

*readies the Band-Aids* - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Micah: I can sell you some, cheap. Just fax your credit card, SIN and maiden name to the usual number. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

My facsimile machine is in dry dock at the moment, but I'll pigeon over a small scroll with all the requisite datums. - Micah

Done and done. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

2.95 - RudĩϐЯaЯïan

0.45 - Ahmet Yükseltürk

0.31 <-- about the same as usual - John (bird whisperer)

After the last 19+ hours, it's high time to log-in your stats again. - Micah

1.20 (45878 / 38084) - Micah

1.54 (32,913 comments / 21,412 likes) - Tinfoil 2.0

Thanks, Tinfoil. - Micah

Try dividing by zero and find out (http://friendfeed.com/micahwi... ) - Micah

1.04 (10778 / 10303) - DB, Just DB #TeamMonique

Thanks, DB. - Micah

Currently 0.3. - John (bird whisperer)

Thanks, John. - Micah

1.01 (47,240, 46,956) 9/13/12 || 0.83, (?, ?), (28.August.2009); 0.97, (6,694, 6,929), (11.Nov.2009); 0.91, (13,933, 15,222), (17.April.2010); 0.94, (15,045, 15,978), (11.May.2010); .98, (20,405, 20,834), (03.August.2010); 1.00, (27,093, 27,080), (06.January.2011); 1.02, (38,615, 37,927), (27.September.2011); 0.99 (44,752, 45,200), (24.April.2012); 1.01, (47,240, 46,956), (14.September.2012); - Jimminy IS Everybody

0.62 - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart from Android

Thanks, Jimminy and Zulema. - Micah

BUMP - in honor of Kevin's 8K comment threshold. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

.38 - March 15, 2013 - Jennifer Dittrich

0.279 (58096/208087) - John (bird whisperer)

0.172283 (8005/46464) - Kevin Johnson

0.75 (38,250 comments / 50,175 likes) (My entry above from 2 years ago said I had 10,782 comments and 7,666 likes for a ratio of 1.41. I've been busy, and my pattern seems to have changed.) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Thanks, Jennifer, John, Kevin and Stephen. :) - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

0.51 (6,883/13,438) - Stephan Planken from iPhone

5.72, though I deleted my first account, like, 3 years ago - Meg V. Meg

1.03 (51,436, 50,018) 3/15/13 || 0.83, (?, ?), (28.August.2009); 0.97, (6,694, 6,929), (11.Nov.2009); 0.91, (13,933, 15,222), (17.April.2010); 0.94, (15,045, 15,978), (11.May.2010); .98, (20,405, 20,834), (03.August.2010); 1.00, (27,093, 27,080), (06.January.2011); 1.02, (38,615, 37,927), (27.September.2011); 0.99 (44,752, 45,200), (24.April.2012); 1.01, (47,240, 46,956), (14.September.2012); 1.03 (51,436, 50,018), (15.March.2013); - Jimminy IS Everybody

.44. I guess I'm getting lazy. - LB: #TeamMonique

2.22. I use YouFeed a lot, and liking takes an inordinate amount of time on the app.... - RudĩϐЯaЯïan

3.10 up from 2.83 a year ago. - Ross Miller

Thanks, Ross. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

BUMP - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

0.51 - Ahmet Yükseltürk

1.07 - Kristin

1.03 - Bren from iPhone

1.90 - Jason - The Opaque from Android

This thread is amazing. What a treasure trove of information - Bren from iPhone

0.62 (5077/8197) as of 4/29/13 - Betsy #TeamMonique

2.49 today - Marissa

Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart to Zulema's feed, Lovefest

Happy birthday to my beautiful son, Joaquin Valentino! He always has a smile on his face even through visits to the hospital with asthma (and some epic pouts). I love you!

November 17, 2011 - Comment - Like - Share

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Happy Birthday! - Shevonne

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Happy Birthday!!! - Fish Are LIES

Happy birthday, Joaquin! - Friar Ticket to Ride

Happy Joaquin Day! - Lisa | #TeamMonique from Android

Thanks, everyone! - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

Happy birthday, Joaquin! - Tamara J.

Happy birthday! - Pete #TeamMonique

Happy Birthday Joaquin! - MoTO #TeamMonique

Thanks again, everyone! :) - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

Thanks! :) - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

Michael McKean

http://twitpic.com/yqhgf - In memory...

January 18, 2010 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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RIP Michael. :( - EricaJoy

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RIP. :( - iTad

RIP Michael :( My condolences to family and loved ones. - Penny

Condolences to your family. RIP. - AJ Batac

RIP Michael - Rick Cogley from iPhone

RIP Dear Michael - DanDan

Fly with the angels my friend - VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS

condolences :( - Holden Page

OMG.. RIP, Michael. - Thierry R. Andriamirado

RIP - گناهکار

:( - Mil∂d

RIP. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

RIP Michael. - Mark Krynsky

Attended Michael's Trisagion Service tonight, will go to the funeral tomorrow. Family OK w photos, will post as memorial to Michael. - Norman Demetrios Fletcher

oh...we weren't ready for this - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

RIP Michael. This is so sad... I just learned about his passing yesterday. :-( - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Miss you, Michael. - Fish Are LIES

Wish he could have seen us tonight. He just may have. - Josh Haley from iPhone

"when tomorrow starts without me....." My heart and prayers go to you, Michael and you're family. May you're family find peace and comfort in the days ahead. <3 - Lynda Dmoch

Happy Birthday. - Mike Nencetti

no more pain. - Joe Silence

RIP Michael. ;( ;( ;( - rowlikeagirl

Coming on one year. I hope that his family is doing okay, and am truly saddened that we couldn't interact with him this year. - Jimminy IS Everybody

Wow, I can't believe it's been that long. - Lola Bean (Penguin) from iPod

:( I forgot to bump this on monday. :( - Jimminy IS Everybody

:( - Rachel Lea Fox from iPhone

:-( - Ashish

I only new him for a very short time here, but I miss him. - Jimminy IS Everybody

Happy Birthday Michael. - Mike Nencetti

Happy Birthday Michael. nice to see your account is still here. - Mike Nencetti

On FB he kept turning up on "People You May Know" even a few months ago. Bittersweet to see him there. Happy Birthday to Michael. - Fish Are LIES

DGentry

Jimminy: *beats code with ugly stick until it's pretty* CODE Y U NO PRETTY? Y U NO CLEAN AND SIMPLE? Y U HAVE TO BE MINE? - http://twitter.com/Jimminy...

October 10, 2011 from Twitter / Favorites from... - Comment - Like - Share

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LMAO - Jimminy IS Everybody

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Dagnabit, I can't find the +1 button for that comment. - DGentry

Ha! - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

The fact that this popped up right after I realized the interface changes for FFTop20 were under a dev feature flag pretty much since then, makes me want to cry. Obviously, it wasn't clean and simple. - Jimminy IS Everybody

LOL - Jimminy IS Everybody

AJ Batac

If you look close enough, you should see a van in this pic.

May 29, 2012 - Comment - Like - Share

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Give me a hint. - Anika

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Where , where ??? - Peter Dawson

It's hard to explain. I barely see it. - AJ Batac

Is it hiding behind the four-wheeled reflection of my last nightmare? - Le Slip Anglais

heh - AJ Batac

I bet it would disappear completely if it were in BADSWEATERLAND! - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

It's like Russell Westbrook. It's there, but you seem to ignore it. (his teammates are there but he doesn't pass.) - AJ Batac

BUMP - AJ Batac

That upside-down drab green fishing boat seems to be magically hovering about 7 feet off the ground. How can this be?! - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

Eric - seven eleven

Apparently a fiber cut has our @comcast Internet offline. :(

February 15 from Advanced Tweets - Comment - Like - Share

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we were down for awhile. thankfully a modem reboot solved the problem. bad stuff on a Friday evening. - Kevin Johnson

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The neighbor verified the issue, which is good because I cannot deal with calling a tech support line tonight. - Eric - seven eleven from iPhone

I'm very glad ours wasn't a fibre cut. *whew* - Kevin Johnson

Still down, unless my WAN ip is supposed to be 192.168.100.20. - Eric - seven eleven from iPhone

I'm guessing no. - Kevin Johnson

Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

Several days this week the forecast showed sun and partly cloudy. Instead we'd get overcast and snow flurries. Today's forecast shows clouds and fog. So naturally the sun has been shining brightly through the cloudless sky since sunrise. But they're forecasting sunny/partly cloudy tomorrow, so we'll likely get snow all day.

February 8 - Comment - Like - Share

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I wish I could have a job that allowed me to provide 'expert' forecasts and then when they were way off I could just keep providing 'expert' forecasts. OH WAIT! I did that as a travel demand forecast 'expert' for 25 years! - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

The idea is that you make 10 year and 20 year forecast of regional traffic levels, and then you move to a new region every 5 - 7 years. (They'll never track me down!) - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

Also, it's 4:30 p.m. and I haven't had to shovel ANY snow today. I think that makes the first day in a week that I haven't done so. - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

Monique the crochet freak

oh my god. so much this. RT @snarkysmachine: Not buying notebooks until I use up the ones I already have is proving to be a struggle.

February 7 from Advanced Tweets - Comment - Like - Share

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I own beautiful books/paper that are still blank cos I feel like I need to fill them with special words. & I don't have many of those. - Starmama from FFHound(roid)!

Victor Ganata

KY court upholds decision in penis removal case - Associated Press http://bigstory.ap.org/article...

December 21 - Comment - Like - Share

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That headline... - Anika

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I know it's messed up, but the fact that "KY" and "upholds" are in the same sentence as "penis removal" made me guffaw. - Victor Ganata

... - John (bird whisperer)

O_o - Jennifer Dittrich

NO SHRINKING FROM THE BIG STORY - Joe Silence

Chrome

No more silent extension installs - http://blog.chromium.org/2012...

December 21 from Chromium Blog - Comment - Like - Share

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Paul Buchheit

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Victor Ganata

Literacy privilege, or, why grammar nazis are dicks - Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/2012...

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Literacy Privilege: How I Learned to Check Mine Instead of Making Fun of People’s Grammar on the Internet - Painting the Grey Area http://paintingthegreyarea.wordpress.com/2012... - Victor Ganata

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"…being pedantic about the language skills of perfect strangers is kind of an asshole move." - Victor Ganata

"…the idea that there is only one right way of doing English – and everyone else is doing it wrong – is inherently flawed. And by 'flawed' I mean illogical, elitist and even oppressive. Judgements about what counts as 'right', 'good' and 'correct' in writing and grammar always – ALWAYS – align with characteristics of the dialects spoken by privileged, mostly wealthy, mostly white people." - Victor Ganata

"…when people study dialects in an objective, scientific way (which is what cunning linguists actually do), they find that low-prestige dialects, such as African-American Vernacular English or Cockney English, have fully-formed grammar rules of their own that make just as much sense as any others. They are perfectly valid and functional forms of communication used by millions of people. The only difference is that they don’t have people running around telling everyone else to do it their way." - Victor Ganata

The difference between a language and a dialect is a lot like the difference between a religion and a cult: privilege. - Victor Ganata

I think I'm sensitive to this because my dad, who is a physician and knows three languages, cannot write (at least, in English, and in contexts outside of medical documentaiton.) I'm not just talking about his illegible scrawl. If you ever read anything he wrote in non-technical English, you might not even realize that he is an intelligent, highly-educated person. - Victor Ganata

Sometimes it's overtly racist as well: I remember some argument here a couple of years ago, where it got heated, and one person kept on belittling the other person's grammar and spelling even AFTER it was pointed out the other person wasn't a native speaker of English. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone

Descrriptivism all the way. If you ever catch me correcting someone, slap me. I think English should evolve. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone

I don't know. That's one extreme of the spectrum, but as someone who is tasked as a professor with making sure that my students can communicate in writing according to prescribed language rules of scholarship, there's value in having folks understand and use the rules for prescribed professional language, too. Literacy relativism, much like cultural relativism, gets useless after awhile if the goal is communication that lasts over time, particular in terms of written communication. - ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤

Sure, in a didactic setting, it makes sense to standardize communication, and to try to get everybody on board using the same language. A college classroom is, after all, a privileged space. But a random encounter on the Internet is a decidedly different context. - Victor Ganata

I'm gonna agree with Warmaiden - there is value to a standard form of written communication that is understandable by the majority of speaker/literate people in the society. That being said, while I may make fun of grammar issues on signs (where more than one person, presumably, has looked it over) and in published works, I'm not about to poke fun at random strangers on the Internet. My... more... - WebGoddess

Absolutely to the two comments immediately above mine :) - ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤

The other thing is that, even in the setting of higher education, every discipline has their own language conventions, and while there's overlap, it doesn't necessarily make sense to apply the conventions of, say, literary criticism to a physics paper, or vice-versa. I guess, as someone who grew up in a multilingual environment amidst multiple dialects requiring code-switching, I feel... more... - Victor Ganata

Literacy Privilege, Part 2: But Wait… You’re an English Teacher - Painting the Grey Area http://paintingthegreyarea.wordpress.com/2012... - Victor Ganata

"I absolutely do believe there is a time and place to teach people about grammar and spelling – I should hope so, otherwise I’d have to fire myself, and that would suck because I really love my job. It is entirely possible for me to take a neutral, non-judgemental view of language and yet still realize that my students will benefit most from learning widely-accepted conventions that will give them the best chance at success in our society." - Victor Ganata

I'm going to admit, I have trouble taking anyone too seriously if they're complaining about language privilege while simultaneously tacking "nazi" onto their nickname for the type of person they're complaining about. (This is directed more at Doctorow, since the author is using other terms.) - Jennifer Dittrich

"There are probably situations where it’s appropriate to let someone know, for example, that their meaning isn’t clear, or they’ve made an unintentionally embarrassing pun. The important thing, in my mind, is the intent: Is this about reaching out with sincerity to help someone? Or is it about showing off superior knowledge, silencing someone, or taking a cheap shot for laughs?" - Victor Ganata

If you ever see me unsolicitedly correcting someone's grammar or spelling, it's almost certain that I'm intentionally being a dick to them :D - Victor Ganata

I only go after people I know IRL, and even then it's rare when I do. But trust me, if someone is having a discussion with me and they say "Your stupid", I will come at them with both barrels. - Hookuh Tinypants

Literacy Privilege, Part 3: A Few Final Points Before I Let This Topic Die - Painting the Grey Area http://paintingthegreyarea.wordpress.com/2012... - Victor Ganata

"3(b). So what are you saying, then? Be nice to people. Think about where they might be coming from. Understand that you might not know anything at all about their background. Realize that you very probably don’t know everything there is to know about the English language. Consider that mistakes are not the end of the world. Understand that flippant comments by a stranger on the Internet are not going to 'fix' a person’s language skills." - Victor Ganata

"Consider the context, and whether making a correction is appropriate. If it is appropriate, consider that a polite and reasonable tone is a lot more likely to get you what you want than a douchebaggy rant. Think about how you respond to sneering criticism. Think about whether other people are likely to respond any differently. Realize that derailing a discussion to argue about grammar is going to annoy a lot of other readers." - Victor Ganata

"Consider your true intentions. Consider that other people will read your response, and it will in turn influence how they respond to others. Consider that you contribute to a culture on the Internet (and everywhere else in your life). It is up to you to decide what you want that culture to look like. Use your voice accordingly." - Victor Ganata

Among friends, I've only corrected someone's grammar when a friend fired a douchey comment first. - Jed Harris-Keith

Stephen's point makes me want to remind people of the ax/ask split: Both were correct for a very long time, and relatively recently (in English's history) did "ask" become the dominant (read:prestige) form. So when people get upset about people saying "ax", it's hard for me not to assume there's more going on. http://thehackensack.blogspot.com/2009... - kendrak

It reverts back to "ax" by the year 3000, if the documentary "Futurama" is to be trusted. http://blog.urbanbohemian.com/2008... - Amit Patel

What a fantastic and surprising article! Thanks for posting this, Victor. I have definitely been guilty of correcting people in the past (almost always because they pissed me off) and it's not something I want to continue in the future. I will continue to correct spelling and grammar in the papers and reports I have to edit or peer review, but I am long over this notion that there is... more... - Kelli H.

You correct me daily, boo :-P - Eivind

One of the smartest guys I've ever known was a terrible speller. He was a native English speaker, well read and and had the advantage of a high education, but he absolutely didn't care about his spelling or what people thought. He'd often misspell the same words in different ways. I kind of admired his creativity. :) - ʎəlɹoɯ uəʞ

From what I understand, that's pretty much how spelling worked before the days of the printing press :D - Victor Ganata

This just in: Language is meant to evolve. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news... - ʎəlɹoɯ uəʞ

I wonder if I could get a job just documenting Taglish. Of course, Filipino could just become Taglish: English vocabulary with Tagalog syntax and orthography. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Victor Ganata

Steven Perez

MUTTS by Patrick McDonnell | December 13, 2012 #muttscomics http://muttscomics.com/strip...

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Paul Buchheit

Lighting our Christmas tree... on fire! - http://www.youtube.com/watch...

May 10, 2012 from YouTube - Comment - Like - Share

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Fun! Who are the voices on the video? - Bruce Lewis

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Burning tree! - Maggie

:) - Middle Vin

http://friendfeed.com/brlewis... - Bruce Lewis

Micah

HOW AM I FFRIENDS WITH YOU SINCE AT LEAST 2009 HOW DOES THAT HHAPPEN?

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Bumped nostalgia posts have a pitbull grip. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

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Only 2009? N00b. - Akiva

I said at least. #d00d - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

Sept 2008 for me. :) - Tamara J.

Early 2008 sometime, not even sure anymore. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

April '08 "Happy FriendFeeding, Bret and Jim" ...somewhat after the initial "ooh, scoble, shiny" diaspora from Twitter - Tinfoil 2.0

Jessie

The Best of NaNoWriMo - http://bestofnanowrimo.tumblr.com/post...

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"Question: someone asked this already but seriously what is the deal with these people who act like their characters are sentient beings beyond their control?? as the curator of the nanowrimo forums do you have any psychological insight into this? it's baffling. and like two steps away from those proto-schizos who think anime characters are real and connected to their souls or whatever" - Jessie from Bookmarklet

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"Answer: I guess when your characters are all ripoffs or archetypes you learned about on TVTropes you don’t feel in control of them" - Jessie

I can understand developing a character and getting unexpected ideas for the plot from them as you get more familiar with the character, but at a certain point you do have to say "No, I'm sorry, that does not happen in my story because it doesn't make sense." Regardless of how much you think your character *wants* it to happen. - Jessie

There's been a lot of discussion about this. John Gardner (who taught me more about writing than everyone else combined) claimed that one time he was completely halted in the writing of a story for quite awhile because he simply did not know whether a character at a party would choose red or white wine (or maybe it was a choice of hors d'oeuvres). Then, one day, it hit him and he was... more... - Akiva

It's one of the many, many reasons why I loathe NaNoWriMo. You're not allowed that sort of thing. - Akiva

Granted, but I suspect the Nanowrimo people writing about this are not at that level of craftsmanship. Based on the novel synopses posted there, I suspect they're still writing a lot of Mary Sues. - Jessie

I suspect that you're right. - Akiva

I've often wondered about this too. The few times I've questioned people who seem to hold similar opinions I've been told it's part of the "process" which, frankly, sounds a lot like bullshit. These people tend to not like that suggestion ;) - Soup in a TARDIS

I totally get the Mary Sue phase of fiction writing. I think it's something everyone has to go through in order to get somewhere better. But it seems like some of these Nano posters are writing Mary Sues and thinking they're Anna Kareninas. Writing 50,000 words worth of Mary Sues and nonsensical plot devices might give you some insight into the writing process, but there's a hell of a lot more to writing than just getting the words down. - Jessie

The way I see it is that a proper writer doesn't need NaNoWriMo. - Akiva

Most NaNo people I know feel NaNo is ONLY about the word count. I'd like to think that claim is based in the notion that NaNo allows writers to realize novel-length works are "doable" and that the one month challenge is meant to illustrate that anyone can manage the sheer word total hurdle so that, at least, should not be a barrier to those who want to "really" write a novel.... more... - Soup in a TARDIS

I'd be tempted to ask those people not how many they've written, but how many they've gone back and revised, whether or not they were intended for eventual publication. I can understand doing Nanowrimo on your first novel if it's *just* getting over the word hurdle, but if all your "novels" were written during Nano then you really aren't progressing as a writer. - Jessie

Over the years, I think in an attempt to make it more inclusive they've tried to shift and 'soften' the original intent of NaNoWriMo which was to write 50,000 words over 30 days at all costs. But I still strongly believe that not only is it a stupid and pointless goal, it's also a cruel one. People who are trying to become writers who hop on the NaNo bandwagon are setting themselves up... more... - Akiva

I am a proper writer (though published articles, not novels) who uses NaNoWriMo as simply something stupid to do with my talent. I don't take it seriously. Instead I use it to clear the junk out of my attic. I don't run around thinking that what I craft in those 30 days is anything worth publishing or sharing with anyone. But I also don't run around thinking that everyone else participating in NaNo is an idiot for it. Every author has their own methods for how they approach writing. - Hookuh Tinypants

Not sure if your comment's directed toward me specifically but I don't think a writer has to be published to be proper. Hell, Dan Brown's published and he's entirely rubbish. I've also not typed that people who participate in NaNoWriMo are idiots. I do, however, think that NaNoWriMo is idiotic. - Akiva

I don't think that anyone is suggesting that everyone participating in NaNo is an idiot. I know many professional fiction authors are big advocates of it and several claim to participate as well. In the instances that I'm referencing (which is about a very specific group of people I personally know) there seems to be something of a missing-the-forest-for-the-trees sort of situation.... more... - Soup in a TARDIS

I've wanted to do NaNo for several years now, but the scheduling hasn't worked out. I think it would be a good tool for me as long as I could find the time to storyboard all the necessary elements in advance, because for me personally I can't write without a roadmap. I think it's great that there are serious writers who use NaNo as a tool and there are serious writers who feel NaNo... more... - Jessie

Very well put. - Akiva

Yeah, if I were a better writer I would have put that at the beginning instead of +16 comments in. XD - Jessie

Hey, it's all part of the 'process' which apparently SOME people think is bullshit. [side-eyes Soup] - Akiva

Micah

Your Daily Duckies On A Viking Ship

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http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Rodfather

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tchiseen on TIL that in the Bible, God sent two bears to murder 42 children because they had mocked a man for being bald. - http://www.reddit.com/r...

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"You're an idiot." - Will Higgins™

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Parfe to Parfe's feed, Kedi Sahipleri, kedililer, Cat Lovers

#childhoodfriday #Mavi :P

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anaaaaaaam tipe bak :) - Lilly Atwerk

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Gremlin kafası :> - Parfe

^hah çok yaşa, dün arkadaşa didiydim 2-3 haftalık yavru kediler gremline benziyor diye. - hydra headed monkey

mini yoda ahahahaha - Lilly Atwerk

ahahah, kara yoda. - Parfe

hahahahahaha karamiyo diye kısaltıp zipleyebiliriz o zaman - Lilly Atwerk

http://twitpic.com/7jbi5h - hydra headed monkey

benimki de böleydi minikken ablası, ama büyüyünce şöle oldu psikopat gibi: http://ff.im/Ol1tI - Lilly Atwerk

Büyümüş hali: http://ff.im/LVRw0 - Parfe

ahahaha kuru incir! - Lilly Atwerk

Meyve seviyor sıpa. - Parfe

benim gülten hatun da karpuz ve elmaya bayılıyor. - Lilly Atwerk

Üzüm, muz ve incir :) - Parfe

benimkiler de karpuz ve üzüm delisi. yarım karpuzu kes koy akşam sabaha kabuğu kalıyor. - simyacı

Karpuza denk gelmedik sanırım hiç :) - Parfe

#kedilifeed - Parfe

Tanıştırayım? Bir animede esas kızı oynuyor. - Parfe

Orihime Inoue - Parfe

mavi derken ..:| :p - Zıkkım'ın √¯ ü

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Happy Holidays!

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dead programs don't let you like things - Roberto Bonini

Dead programs don't..... work. - tehKenny

Yay! The graphic has officially been flipped! No need for nostalgia. - Louis Gray

Kenndy actually makes a good point here... :) - Roberto Bonini

Merry Eggnog! ... and jeez, what's with the rude comments? It's the holidays. #relax - Mona Nomura

I think everyone knew exactly what you meant jeremy :) - Roberto Bonini

Jeremy, perhaps there's a misunderstanding. As a rule, FriendFeeders celebrate Festivus - maybe someone mistook this thread for the Airing of the Grievences ceremony. In any event, I got a lot of problems with you people! And now you're gonna hear about it! - John Craft

Hehe - Roberto Bonini

*gets popcorn* - Roberto Bonini

A little goes a long way around these here parts. *picks teeth with straw* - Josh Haley

^^^ :) - Micah

:) - Shandiz

Happy :)))))))))))))))))))) - ★ Soner Gönül

Happy Holidays everyone! :-D - Kol Tregaskes

Merry Christmas - Xitong Liu

Merry Christmas - victed from iPhone

Bump. - Kol Tregaskes

like for the bump, ;) - chaz2b

ta... - --ef--

Thanks much Bret. Happy Holidays to you too! - RON08 owned by jd again

Feliz Navidad - Harlem Garciia

I liked it - abdul amid

hey :) - amal

Friendfeed is very good for to help us an oursfirm.Thanks to Friendfeed - ALYANS

holaa - Sercan

bretçim sana dm atamıyorum abone olur musun:) - aynebilim

u 2 baby - T.C. el İlah v5 Upgraded

I do love this logo!!! - Rachel Lea Fox

I wonder how the holiday logo for FF will look this year? - Eivind

thanks - solncee

YAA BEN KAR YAĞMASINI BEKLİYORDUM BUNU HORTLATMAK İÇİN AMAAAAĞĞĞĞĞ...NABER BRET? - aynebilim

breeeettt evine dön..evde çoluk çocuk perişannnn..söz veriyorum kirli çoraplarını kanepeye bıraktın diye bi daha kızmayacam!! - aynebilim

UYUMA BRET - feraye

. - AJ Batac

http://friendfeed.com/static... - Mikalai Navadvorsky

Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

The creepy but definitive list of FriendFeed employees and where they work now. UPDATE: As of October 2, 2012, *three* still work at Facebook.

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With Paul's departure from Facebook today (November 12, 2010), I've heard several FFers talk about who's still at Facebook. I've seen various different numbers, none of which I think are accurate. This is my attempt to be more accurate. Information comes from publicly available sources where available. I drew on the list of FF employees from http://friendfeed.com/about... and http://blog.friendfeed.com/. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

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Ana Yang http://friendfeed.com/ana: No longer at Facebook (see Tudor B.'s comment from 9/20/2012 below). Formerly Places Product Manager at Facebook (see http://www.guardian.co.uk/technol...). - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Ben Darnell http://friendfeed.com/bdarnell: DropBox (per Tudor Bosman below, updated 5/22/2012). Previously AOL (Brizzly until their acquisition by AOL in September, see http://friendfeed.com/bdarnel...). - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Ben Golub http://friendfeed.com/bgolub: Software Engineer at Facebook (see http://www.linkedin.com/in...). - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Bret Taylor http://friendfeed.com/bret: Was previously CTO of Facebook (see FF profile). On June 15, announced he was leaving: https://www.facebook.com/btaylor... -- but no current position announced as of September 13, 2012. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Casey Muller http://friendfeed.com/casey: Unknown. Per Tudor on 10/2/1012, no longer at Facebook, confirmed by Casey's FB page listing "formerly" there (see http://www.facebook.com/caseymr...). - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Dan Hsiao http://friendfeed.com/dhsiao: Unknown. Per Tudor on 5/22/2012, he is no longer at Facebook (see comment below). Previously was Program Manager at Facebook (see bio of twitter feed, http://twitter.com/danhsiao). - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Gary Burd http://friendfeed.com/gburd: Managing Director at BeagleDreams per his Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/gburd); it previously said he left Facebook in October of 2009. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Goutham Patnaik http://friendfeed.com/gpatnaik (private feed): Google. Summer intern, left on 9/18/2009 (see http://blog.friendfeed.com/2008...). Update 5/22/2012: Per below, now at Google. I previously listed him as "unknown." - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Jim Norris http://friendfeed.com/jim: AeroFS per his mom (comment below). His FB page is http://www.facebook.com/james... (updated 5/22/2012) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Kevin Fox http://friendfeed.com/kfury: Electric Imp (see http://friendfeed.com/kfury...). Previously Mozilla Labs. Kevin left Facebook in May of 2010 (see below) and announced on 10/27/2010 that he joined Mozilla Labs (see http://friendfeed.com/kfury...). - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Paul Buchheit http://friendfeed.com/paul: Y-Combinator as of 11/12/2010 (see http://friendfeed.com/paul...). - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Ross Miller http://friendfeed.com/ross: Taylor Engineering in Alameda per his Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/ross...). (Ross was a two-time intern at FF.) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Sanjeev Singh http://friendfeed.com/sanjeev: Facebook (see http://www.facebook.com/jeev). - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Tudor Bosman http://friendfeed.com/tudor: Software Engineer at Facebook (see http://www.linkedin.com/in...). - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Overall status as of November 2010: Of the 14 people who were ever FriendFeed employees, 8 are still at Facebook (Ana Y., Ben G., Bret T., Casey M., Dan H., Jim N., Sanjeev S., and Tudor B), 5 have departed from Facebook (Ben D., Gary B., Kevin F., Paul B., Ross M.), and 1 is unknown (Goutham P.). - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

I will update the above if I hear news. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Technically my first day at Mozilla isn't until Monday. :-) - Kevin Fox

I will also remove this if any FF employees think it's too creepy. :) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Ross Miller's account: http://friendfeed.com/ross - Rochelle

You are both thorough and scary :) - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

KLevin, tehcnically, this is your last day here and your not part of the FF team ! - Peter Dawson

Me too, Geoff. - Kevin Fox

Thanks Rochelle, updated! Kevin F., edited now, thanks. :) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Quora: http://www.quora.com/Which-e... - Louis Gray

Peter, what? Today is my last day where? And I left Facebook (and the FF team) back in May. - Kevin Fox

Goutham - http://friendfeed.com/gpatnaik - Rochelle

Of those still left at FB, I only see Tudor and Ben who are still active here and have contributed to FF fixes since the buyout. - Rodfather

Kevin mea culpa .. now i remember you want on a summer sabbatical ! - Peter Dawson

No worries. :-) - Kevin Fox

Rodfather, I'm not active here? - Kevin Fox

Of those still left at FB. ;) - Rodfather

I love the iFly photo of us. We are a great big arm rainbow!! - Rachel Lea Fox

Yeah, Paul and April were missing from that picture because that was the day Thomas was born! - Kevin Fox

Rod: Oops, my bad. I saw 'left FB' and missed the 'at'. - Kevin Fox

Wild AND Crazy - Eric - seven eleven

OK, took some editing but I think the above is accurate. If anyone knows where Ross M. or Goutham P. are now, please let me know! - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Many thanks to people who provided info, especially Rochelle. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Rachel: That's definitely an awesome pic. I had a hard time choosing, you guys had a lot of great events. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Wow that is a great list I should probably try an add a few people. FriendFeed very good micro blogging, thanks. - Robert Bridge

Thanks Robert! Updated Ross's employer with information Anne B. found on his Facebook page. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

He made them an offer that they could eventually refuse? - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

*snicker* - Joe Silence

Bump in honor of today's FB IPO. Time to do more creepy digging to see what's up with the FF team! - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Updated Gary's entry. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Updated Jim's entry. He's apparently left Facebook. (I think I remember him confirming this when I had lunch with him last month!) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Updated Kevin's entry. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Overall status as of May 2012: Of the 14 people who were ever FriendFeed employees, 7 are still at Facebook (Ana Y., Ben G., Bret T., Casey M., Dan H., Sanjeev S., and Tudor B), 6 have departed from Facebook (Ben D., Gary B., Jim N., Kevin F., Paul B., Ross M.), and 1 is unknown (Goutham P.). - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Stephen, Goutham worked at RockYou for a bit in 2010 and now works for Google. Also, how have I not seen this thread before?! I remember you taking that picture at Kitchen Table - fun times :) - Ross Miller

now this is creepy.. some1 is stalking all the former employees of FF :)- - Peter Dawson

Peter, I wonder who? Ross, thanks! - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone

Jim is now at AeroFS. - Anne Bouey

Stephen, also Goutham was a summer intern the year before the Facebook buy. He did not transfer to Facebook. Ross did you transfer to Facebook, I can't remember. - Rachel Lea Fox

oh and I think Ben D. has left AOL. But I can't confirm that, I just seem to remember something about that. *shrug* - Rachel Lea Fox

Anne, AeroFS looks cool! Congrats Jim!! - Rachel Lea Fox

Ben Darnell is at Dropbox. - Tudor Bosman

Also, Dan Hsiao is no longer at Facebook (no more details). - Tudor Bosman

Goutham Patnaik is at Google. - Tudor Bosman

And yes, both Ross and Goutham were interns and were never Facebook employees after the acquisition. - Tudor Bosman

Thanks Tudor! Updated above. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Overall status as of May 22, 2012: Of the 12 people who were ever FriendFeed employees plus 2 interns, 6 are still at Facebook (Ana Y., Ben G., Bret T., Casey M., Sanjeev S., and Tudor B), 6 have departed from Facebook (Ben D., Dan H., Gary B., Jim N., Kevin F., Paul B.), and 2 were interns who never went to Facebook (Ross M., Goutham P.). - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

:-) - Mary B: #TeamMonique from iPhone

And now there are five. - Mary B: #TeamMonique

Indeed. I'll update when I get back from vacation -- by then we should know more about Bret's new venture. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone

Bump. - Jimminy IS Everybody

Ah. - John (bird whisperer)

Oops, I see I never updated this. Stand by. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Bret's entry updated. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Overall status, as of June 15, 2012 (updated on September 13, 2012): There are 12 people who were ever FriendFeed employees. (In addition, there were 2 interns (Ross M., Goutham P.) who never went to Facebook, per Tudor B., above.) So, of the 12 official FriendFeed employees: Currently, 5 of 12 are still at Facebook (Ana Y., Ben G., Casey M., Sanjeev S., and Tudor B), and 7 of 12 have departed from Facebook (Ben D., Bret T., Dan H., Gary B., Jim N., Kevin F., Paul B.). - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

So basically we're gradually losing FF advocates within the mothership. :-( - DB, Just DB #TeamMonique

So clearly we need to either recruit current FB'ers to start using FF or get FF users employed FB, or both. - Andrew C (✓)

13 Sep 2012: what was the cause of the outage? But perhaps more importantly, *who* kindly fixed it (and from where) ? [If FB open sources FF, who would be willingly to maintain it?] - Adriano

And whoever it was, I'd happily buy them a nice dinner. - Meg V. Meg

Per Tudor (in this thread http://friendfeed.com/friendf...) it was Sanjeev who saved us. THANK YOU SANJEEV! - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

SANJEEV! - Josh Haley

I think Sanjeev is most eligible for a FF Rent Party of sorts. More of a FF Thank You party. - Janet:#TeamMonique

bump just to immortalise this pix and the start-up crew ! - Peter Dawson

Ana left Facebook, no more details. - Tudor Bosman

Thanks Tudor -- I updated her entry. Overall status, as of September 20, 2012): There are 12 people who were ever FriendFeed employees. (In addition, there were 2 interns (Ross M., Goutham P.) who never went to Facebook, per Tudor B., above.) So, of the 12 official FriendFeed employees: Currently, 4 of 12 are still at Facebook (Ben G., Casey M., Sanjeev S., and Tudor B), and 8 of 12 have departed from Facebook (Ana Y., Ben D., Bret T., Dan H., Gary B., Jim N., Kevin F., Paul B.). - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Thanks Tudor and Stephen for the update. - Meg V. Meg

Casey left Facebook as well (which, as he's Ana's husband, is no big surprise :) ). No more details. - Tudor Bosman

Ah, so three now. Thanks Tudor. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone

Not sure how I missed Tudor's update back on October 2, but I have now updated Casey's entry. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Overall status, as of October 2, 2012: There are 12 people who were ever FriendFeed employees. In addition, there were 2 interns (Ross M. and Goutham P.) who never went to Facebook, per Tudor B., above. So, of the 12 official FriendFeed employees: Currently, 3 of 12 are still at Facebook (Ben G., Sanjeev S., and Tudor B), and 9 of 12 have departed from Facebook (Ana Y., Ben D., Casey M., Bret T., Dan H., Gary B., Jim N., Kevin F., and Paul B.). - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

An update of sorts, which I guess is in and of itself creepy. I was reading a recent piece on Google Reader, and I was struck by the fact that Darnell jumped from Google Reader to FriendFeed (there are similarities between the two orphaned applications, when you think about it). Then I saw that Darnell made his move right before the Facebook acquisition. After reading subsequent... more... - John E. Bredehoft

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Even a grumpy little Cristo can enjoy a Chromebook commercial like this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch...

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Heather Piwowar

RT @bengoldacre: Second tweet for this historic editorial. BMJ insist that all data for trials they publish must now be accessible. http://www.bmj.com/content...

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RT @noahWG: For @naturemagazine, when it comes to support for research and the environment, a vote for Obama is a vote for science: http://www.nature.com/news...

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Pumpkin carved. OMG, Halloween is exhausting.

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Now, who's crafty? How the heck am I going to get feathers on a shirt without a hot glue gun? I have two long feather boas and a green shirt that somehow I am supposed to make look like a bird. - Laura Norvig

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Rebuild shirt out of duck tape? Overlap so sticky side is mostly out? Elmer's glue will work for a bit but you'll shed and it's water soluble if anyone spills. - Hedgehog

Sewing. Feather boas have a string interior. Locate that and stitch it to the shirt in strategic places. This is by hand sewing, not machine sewing. - Spidra Webster

Jeffy says tie strips of the feather boa to a string or wire and then use binder clips to clip it to his sleeve and collar. I was thinking glue strands of boa to a thin strip of cardboard and duct tape the whole thing to the sleeves. - Laura Norvig

Spidra, I can't sew for shit. I think I have some needles - not sure where the thread is ... - Laura Norvig

This kind isn't very exacting so as long as you can go up & down and tie a knot, you're good. - Spidra Webster

that might be the thing to do, actually. I just dread sewing in general ... - Laura Norvig

There's very little that can go wrong in this case. You're not sewing in a tailored way. You're not sewing for the good looks of the stitches. You're just trying to hold one object to another object. And hand sewing can be unpicked and redone far more easily than machine sewing so even if you make a mistake, it's easier to fix. - Spidra Webster

I found a travel sewing kit! Let's get this party started. I need something good to watch while I labor ... - Laura Norvig

Cristo, I do have some Duco cement but I'm not sure how that would work with fabric. - Laura Norvig

^^ate too much glue as a child^^ - Laura Norvig

First you start with a horse... This is a good site to learn which glues to use for what materials: http://www.thistothat.com/ - Spidra Webster

Hmm. That was a fun two hours. At least I only stuck myself with a needle once or twice, gently. - Laura Norvig from iPhone

Yay! - Spidra Webster

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RT @brianslagel: Maybe the best commercial ever @googlechrome: The new #Chromebook: the computer for Halloween http://www.youtube.com/das_cap... @Slayer

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Oakland chief filtered out Occupy e-mail - SFGate - http://www.sfgate.com/crime...

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"People who've e-mailed Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan over the past year about Occupy Oakland probably didn't get much of a response. That's because he used a spam filter to dismiss messages sent to him with "Occupy Oakland" in the subject line, according to a federal court filing Monday. Same goes for the phrases "stop the excessive police force," "respect the press pass" or "police brutality." Instead of landing in his in-box, those messages went straight into his junk mail folder, which he apparently never looked at. Because of those filters, Jordan missed e-mails from other city officials and a federal court monitor, who oversees the department's compliance with court-ordered reforms stemming from a police abuse scandal. Robert Warshaw, the monitor, had sent Jordan an e-mail with the subject line "Disciplinary Actions-Occupy Oakland." Jordan told the court on Oct. 18 that he never saw those e-mails, infuriating Thelton Henderson, the federal judge in San Francisco who... more... - Spidra Webster from Bookmarklet

Aw, he almost made it a whole year without having to read emails about Occupy. - Andrew C (✓) from Android

Hwhoops. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone

Louis Gray

Matthew! I thought we made it clear that toes are not a food group!

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Babies love toesies...nom nom nom - Threepwood

But daaaaad they has a flavor!!! - Yolanda

Yolanda, I'll have to trust him. I'm not sucking his toes to find out. - Louis Gray

mmm... nom, nom... bacon flavored toes. - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

Oh I remember doing that as a kid too. Those were fun times. - Tamar Weinberg

So what you're saying is that toes are not a "legit" snack? <bows graciously to the thundering applause> - Mitch

Ohhh nooo, Mitch. How could you ;-) +1 - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

yeah -- if it doesn't work for trash, it doesn't work for toes. ;) - John LeMasney

ZING - Mitch

My online Persian to English translator reports: "copy the dynamic and a victory for scandal". FAIL? :-) http://translation.babylon.com/English... - Louis Gray

If Matthew's dad cleaned his little toes, he wouldn't have to gnosh on it. :-) - john

you are just jealous because you can't do that anymore - Iphigenie

داشتیم جوان؟ =))))))))))))))))))))) - 1Fathi

سایه خانم صداش رو در نیار :))) - 1Fathi

so cute! - Stormy

واااای یاد یه جریانی و این چیزا به خیر... اسمایلی سوتی - سایه

Ah, but what about Toe-Jam? - Christian (Simply X)

TOE-tally! - MiniMage

I used to do this! sucking my big toe. I learned it from a ride at epcot center. - PJ Gormley

خانم سایه: در این مورد هم می‌تونید توضیح بدید - هادی خ

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