I'm following the dog shame blog a lot these days. Cats are totally passe.
- Frank Paynter
That would get rid of all the news about that Russian punk band
- John Taschek
My problem with any social network to date. I've attempted to unmesh the social spaghetti in the past through algorithms, it's a very tough filter to crack.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
YES - gmail style filtering!!!! PLEASE :)
- Susan Beebe
If only we had such passion for more of the meta.
- Karoli
Don't we have the technology to do this already? If we can use Facebook's facial recognition program - and toggle a selection of "human" vs "non-human" images - couldn't we screen out pets, food and landscapes (three things that are usually noise for most users)?
- Chien-Yu Lin
I'm only 2 episodes into season 5, no spoilers
- Kevin Marks
Yes, Kevin... we are going to try to tweak Skype this week based on some new info someone pointed us at
- Tina Chase Gillmor
I think he means "aggregating" for multi-plexing? not sure. I know what it means on an ethernet network though ;)
- Susan Beebe
It sounds like Keith Teare is trying to solve two problems at once: (1) For the publisher, a "bucketing" that creates a broadcast audience which also addresses an element of privacy; and (2) For the user, a pre-selected, filtered channel of information. But this is still "tagging", right? - even if it is by audience intent (rather than by keywords)?
- Chien-Yu Lin
I block spammers every freakin' day and we all must do our part ;)
- Susan Beebe
Agreed, Google Reader is my only real content source. Most other places are to output some and see some personal connection news.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
someone's phone just made noise and I thought it was mine. Yes, the mind is the first to go.
- Karoli
@Taschek - Did not know that: Thanks. I was kind of making a sarcastic social commentary about how sometimes democracy of publishing is a bad idea ...
- Chien-Yu Lin
what's robert showing? looks like facebook
- Kevin Marks
Thanks Kevin, I meant Robert's Google Doc page that he was showing briefly.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
susan, one of the things about app.net that I like is that there's a barrier for trolls.
- Karoli
@Chien-Yu - sarcastic but appropriate!
- John Taschek
Honestly, I see very few ads on FB, too.
- Tom Guarriello
@Scoble - But are the ads you are seeing more relevant to you? Could the ads be more targeted now?
- Chien-Yu Lin
there are plenty of ads on fb, but I don't see them
- Kevin Marks
if alot of my FB friends like a product, then I'd want to know about that product
- Da
Chien: yes, the ads are getting better.
- Robert Scoble
at some point we're going to have to either accept a different business model or else accept dictates of corporate influence. I'll take a different model.
- Karoli
@Scoble - That could be a sign that your faith in Z is paying off. Better targeting has to be a fundamental requisite to a more natural mobile experience.
- Chien-Yu Lin
'cos I don't use FB much, my timeline is techcrunch comments and pix of me standing next to people
- Kevin Marks
Facebook added Friendfeed's features to its system ;)
- Nir Ben Yona
most people only add friends and family in FB
- Da
I use Lists in Facebook extensively!!
- Susan Beebe
Is anyone drinking every time Robert mentions venture capitalists? :)
- Karoli
@Tina Chase Gillmor - Do you not think Timeline is specifically designed to remind you that Facebook is the multimedia scrapbook of your life? And in this way, is designed to bond to you through captured memories in a linear, chronological format? Isn't this the premise of Blade Runner?: What are we but an assembly of memories and mementos?
- Chien-Yu Lin
@Tina Chase Gillmore (TCG) - Sure, but I don't think you - or maybe any of the other people on this thread - is really "the targeted audience" for Facebook. I think the targeted audience is the person who would use Timeline in such a manner.
- Chien-Yu Lin
I was using the web browser instead of facebook app
- Susan Beebe
some of my friends are on Facebook. Most are on twitter.
- Karoli
or that's the conversion of those people that they're aiming for, start them talking with their friends, and then progress them to life sharing
- Jerome Hughes
the "smoky fire of Facebook..." LOL. Robert, the poet.
- Karoli
Twitter's notifications on android are shit. I need to update my nanoTweeter fork, clearly
- Kevin Marks
the billion folks that use Windows might disagree
- Da
imagine most will still want the best tablet
- Jerome Hughes
I'm pushing Mom toward the IPad instead of a new laptop. Whatever she gets, it won't be a damned PC
- Karoli
Did MS think Windows 8 was going to be their OS X?
- Tom Guarriello
they're moving the Motorola folks into the Merchandise Mart just outside the loop, from pretty far out in the suburbs… some say it's being done partly in order to shed people
- Jerome Hughes