Might actually make more sense to gather around Google Reader for now, in case Google advances it towards a more FF-ish interface.
- phil baumann
I made a special group called "online friends" Now the question remains, can you have different privacy settings per group in facebook? That would be the best fix.
- BRҰANSAҰS
My FB friends are soooo different from my FF friends. I dread the day when I need to merge the 2 groups..
- Winston Teo
I think people are being prepared, and they will continue to be worried until they get answers. I am more than happy to invite all FriendFeeders into my Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/louisgr...
- Louis Gray
Same here, it's a different level of connection
- Amit Morson
I was already on FB. I set up lists to separate my family from my FF friends on FB. I'll set different privacy settings for each when I get to it.
- Dennis Jernberg
I'm loosening my policies regarding who I befriend on Facebook. Of course, I have separate lists for different groups of people.
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
And I also operate under the assumption that nothing is truly private, privacy settings or no. I don't use Facebook to discuss confidential info with my work friends, or private family issues with my family friends.
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
Fans aren't really connections, Robert--at least not in the same way. Not diminishing that, by the way. In many respects, I far prefer the sensibility of fan pages. Meanwhile, I'm here http://www.facebook.com/kfitch and happy to accept FF connections as friends. (I have more than one account on FB. Some who are concerned about boundaries might try that.)
- Kathy Fitch
Robert has no choice but to use a fan page. And you can still interact on the wall of the fan page. I just wish fan pages weren't limited to one incoming feed.
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
As I said, I far prefer fan pages in many respects. Very good for organizations and brands (and Robert is definitely the latter). Just a different sort of connection. (I have fan posting entirely off for one fan page. We'll see how that goes over time.)
- Kathy Fitch
I see Facebook as a different animal. Hey there's a staggering amount of content here on FriendFeed, but it's not as overwhelming. I agree, different audiences.
- Rob Schieber
I put two of my blogs on fan pages, primarily to keep them off my main feed.
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
Yep I am the same. Friends on Facebook, business contacts on LinkedIn, Everyone on Twitter
- Tony "Frosty" Welch
I think these walls are getting tougher to build, though, and maybe not as useful. When I built a new FB page more for my business/non-academic persona, friends from my other account started adding me. There's a fluidity about it that's appealing. Tsunamis aren't so appealing, though, so it's all about balance, I guess.
- Kathy Fitch
It's funny. When I began with FB, *nobody* that I count as a friend in my personal life was there. Some of my nieces and nephews were there, but I didn't friend them--too intrusive. So, my early connections there were all academic--not classmates, but fellow professors. From the beginning, it has been a professional space, for me--friendly and silly, but professional. I don't do the post baby pics, frequent update on personal life, etc. thing at all, on any network.
- Kathy Fitch
I'm waiting for the coming Fan feature.
- Hugh Isaacs II
I got a friendfeeders list and a limited privacy list for the "others" Friendfeeders are more than welcomed to hit me on fb
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Same here. I use FriendFeed as a way to monitor what my contacts are doing, and occasionally to interact. I use Facebook primarily as an interaction vehicle.
- Daniel B. Honigman
I plan to keep things totally separate; Facebook is for people I deal with in real life (with a few exceptions). If I can't find a similar service to FriendFeed, I and anyone following me are pretty much screwed.
- Chris Charabaruk
A while back I cranked up the public aspect on my Facebook account, and forgot all about privacy there. If my friends want to have a private conversation with me, the can use old-standards: Email and IM. Facebook is now the place where I get to know people. (and FriendFeed, but who knows about that now...time will tell)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Up until recently I kept everything separate mainly out of respect and concern for my daughter, her privacy, and overwhelming her with stuff, but I have discussed it with her and she feels I shouldn't restrict myself and in her words "bring it on, it might be more interesting than your lack of posting has been."
- April
Regarding Steve's post on his blog, I'm going to share this tidbit (which I also posted to Steve's blog): "I'm really hoping that FriendFeed stays as-is and integrates lots of nice features into FB. It'd be really unfortunate if we lost all of our dedication (I share stuff on FF I like referring to) for nothing. Still, I begin to wonder if FF would have been sold to FB if the FF members...
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- Tamar Weinberg
I was on FB before FF and only opened the account because of some cousins, neice, nephew, sister.....even my mother is on it for god's sake....but I found it silly and drab. None of my family knows anything about technology to speak of. I even have some friends who won't go on FB because they know nothing about social media. When I found FF I was thrilled....exactly what I wanted, and...
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- Bonnie Foster
I use Facebook with my family and because of their lack of privacy I cannot accept business connections.
- Eric Gourmet
That is *exactly* why FF will become more mainstream than twitter.. try explaining how to tweet to your parents (who are finally comfortable with email)!
- Chris Myles
How does one leapfrog Google, when one is burdened down with an eighties desktop culture? Probably not possible.
- Sean McBride
Ray Ozzie is the best guy to do it; I greatly admire him. But he is up against enormous inertia inside the entrenched Microsoft culture. And I suspect that Larry Page may have the mental edge in envisioning how to organize all the world's information and knowledge.
- Sean McBride