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NoahDavidSimon
Gaming: Identifying Yourself As A Lesbian Gets You Banned On XBOX Live - http://consumerist.com/5160187...
Gaming: Identifying Yourself As A Lesbian Gets You Banned On XBOX Live
Teresa says that she was harassed by other players and later suspended from XBOX Live because she identified herself as a lesbian in her profile. When she appealed to Microsoft, she says they told her that other gamers found her sexual orientation "offensive." - NoahDavidSimon from Bookmarklet
Woah....that's ludicrous - Shevonne
huh? WTF? - Parth Awasthi
One of the comments says it best: "You do not have freedom of speech in private businesses." That's the great thing about FREE enterprise and free markets: you're FREE to shop somewhere else. Try that with your soon-to-be-mandated government health care or your mail delivery, where if you don't like it, that's tough balls. - Craig Eddy
not sure why Xbox is giving sexual orientation an option here. isn't the idea to shoot the other player? it might be best to have, "don't ask don't tell". I'm not sure players should know why a person is aiming a virtual gun at them. I'm not saying getting your kicks is wrong... but most of us don't sign up to get beaten up by bull queers. - NoahDavidSimon
The PS3's PS Network's "Home" is FULL of lesbians. - Will Higgins™
@Will: ...that are actually guys ;) - Jemm
Jemm - NOOOOoooooo! - Will Higgins™
the question is more complicated then just sexual orientation. the question becomes more in terms of the nature of certain forms of sexual behavior. certainly we live in a free society where people should do what they want... but there is a certain sexuality to violence that we must address. on that matter is it appropriate at all for men and women to be shooting guns at each other? perhaps gender segregation is more complicated then our bodies. they don't let men and women play basketball together. - NoahDavidSimon
it is a funny issue because it seems to really open up a sore spot. society simply can not address all the classifications of gender and sexuality. by simply identifying a character as straight or gay it limits the spectrum of psychological profiles. this is why our government should not create social contracts merely on who we like... but our civilization needs to create structures that reflect our architecture - NoahDavidSimon
there is less an issue of gender orientation and more a dynamic of if a person is an objectifier or an objectified. is a person dominant or receiving. does a person get off on being shot at or not? being that this world is virtual... it doesn't even work because it is a waste... it is a sacrifice... a martyrdom of time we all choose. we are all there to be submissive to the machine. in... more... - NoahDavidSimon
Why put your sexual orientation in your profile? Politics, sex and religion have no place on a network where people just want to play games. - Paul Grav
this assumes that it is just a game. I think politics, sex and religion have no place in the virtual world exactly because they do. it is an example of how transparency must be limited. we are all there to be submissive to the machine and therefor our hidden agendas might have symbolic implications that destroy the community. I'm not sure I would want to play this XBOX game. - NoahDavidSimon
I hope she sues Microsoft and wins. Bad move on their part in this day and age. - Robert Couture
The Code of Conduct is pretty explicit about this: "Don't create a gamertag or motto that other users may be offended by, this includes comments that look, sound like, stand for, hint at, abbreviate, or insinuate any of the following: profane words/phrases, sexually explicit language, sexual innuendo, hate speech (including but not limited to racial, ethnic, or religious slurs), illegal... more... - Craig Eddy
So, even though I believe it, I wouldn't expect Microsoft to allow me to put "Jesus Loves You" in my motto. Nor would I expect "I only swing straight" to be allowed. - Craig Eddy
I agree Craig. though I do giggle at the idea of someone shooting a virtual gun and telling you that g-d loves you. - NoahDavidSimon
I'm actually less interested in the legalities in this... because I am certain that MSFT opened themselves up to this and they only have themselves to blame. What I am interested in is the very sexual dynamic of virtual hunting and why it might be threatening to bring in identity into this. certainly the industry opened themselves up to something when they created Tomb Raider and Street... more... - NoahDavidSimon
I'm certain there are no coded answers to these questions. we invite sexuality into the sphere. the virtual vixens are in fact very "lesbian" esque... and of course they also create a male hetero fetish. They are muscular and they are aggressive... the industry created this out of it's own desire to sell games. but in fact it is popular because it appeals to a desire for men to submit. to role play something that they can't in life. - NoahDavidSimon
I believe that the user is very different the the character. you submit to being Lara Croft when you play her. you are not straight you are not a man. you are Lora Croft - NoahDavidSimon
it is a matter of health to allow a certain level of libidinal desire that might be damaging to oneself. we as human beings might even be more healthy because we experiment with this other side. this duality. I'm not sure this should be coded as homosexual or transgender. if this element is dangerous to the game then it should not be an option. - NoahDavidSimon
It's pretty obvious that most of the people commenting have very little familiarity with XBox Live. Microsoft has stated that putting anything that could be construed as sexual in nature in a user profile or gamer tag, puts a user's account in question. That being said, LIVE is hardly what I'd call a tolerant community, but microsoft would ban a gamertag like "StraightGamer" or "HeteroDude." - Jon Anderson
yeah... I am not familiar with Live. the gender and preference is an option or no? the entire market for this is because the natural male instinct for hunting and fighting is taken away from society. people are repressed. if they invite the natural fetish into the sphere... then it is their fault - NoahDavidSimon
There is no "sexual orientation preference" option, thank goodness - Craig Eddy
oh... ok. that was not made clear in the piece. then I don't blame them for wanting to filter out those details. they shouldn't allow me to say I'm Jewish either btw. I question the very need for a user profile there. I'm not sure a VR shooting range where you don't know people is a place to make friends - NoahDavidSimon
Most of the people I'm 'friends' with on LIVE I either know in real life or met through common interests sites/groups. Gaming with strangers can be -to say it nicely- effing terrible. - Jon Anderson
wow... so "GayerGamer" was the dudes name. hypothetically if I were to change my name to say "HebrewHammer" that would probably be offensive as well? or say some dude whose name is "Christian"? MSFT is making a lot of discression here. I'm not sure I agree with that finding. essentially they are saying it is a name issue... but they have no problems with political discourse or... more... - NoahDavidSimon
There's a field in your profile called Bio, it's limited to 499 characters. You're prompted with "Enter some information about yourself.". If a fellow gamer has filled in their bio, I'd expect to see some generic stuff such as game preferences, location and maybe age. - Paul Grav
You're not obliged to enter your real name. So if you're real name is "I hate christians" then there's no problem, because you're not obliged to enter it. You are obliged to enter a gamertag, which can be anything you like, expect for what MS judges to be offensive or controversial. - Paul Grav
...especially as XB360 is populated by kids insisting on calling each other "fag" at every opportunity. She should call her lawyers. - Chris Nixon
Chris the mere fact that there is bigotry does not mean you change the rules without a lot of thought. I wonder how much thought went into this. did they pull it right away; did they have a debate about the many ramifications. to me it isn't so much if the name is right or wrong... because I think there is a lot of context. - NoahDavidSimon
There was no thought. Can you imagine the number of people that have questionable gamertags or bios? This one was a no-brainer. - Paul Grav
I can't even understand how this was even contemplated. Idiotic complaints belong in the bin not matter how many there are. At the moment in the UK on a BBC kids TV channel, there is a presenter who has one arm cut off at the elbow. There have been hundreds of complaints from parents claiming this scares their kids. It is an idiotic fascist complaint, and the BBC rightly ignore them. - Chris Nixon
Please don't take this the wrong way. I've been on x-box live since it came out. If you play any FPS like CoD you know the "high" caliber of some of the people you play with. There are a lot of juvenile delinquents on there. I can't count how many people I have muted and/or reported. There's no real bio on there where you can broadcast your sexual orientation so she chose to put that... more... - Jason Shultz from twhirl
I just question her motives for putting lesbian in her profile. She was wrong for getting banned for it. Obviously, the people who harrassed her were wrong. They harrass everyone for any number of reasons. It still doesn't make it right. - Jason Shultz from twhirl
@Noah Sexual orientation isn't an option on xbox live profiles. she wrote it in. - Jason Shultz from twhirl
there is that context that I was contemplating. like the cartoon in Rupert Murdoch's newspaper that people feel is racist and Lou Dobbs on CNN says isn't... the question in the end is the context. and you can see obviously this girl is playing at people's inner demons and fears... and yes even bigotry. it was meant to provoke... and in doing so... for right or wrong about the ideal name being sexual or non.. should not be allowed. - NoahDavidSimon
@Jason. How does MS know whether she is or isn't a lesbian? Anyone can put that in their profile. I think MS were right to take some sort of action. - Paul Grav
I take it back about MSFT being to blame. they did the right thing. I thought they were creating facebook profiles on XBox and punishing people for saying they were gay. virtual fire ranges are no place to test to see if the boundaries of our society are fair. We know they aren't. It is a given. - NoahDavidSimon
Robert Couture
Re: PR firm busted over fake iTunes reviews - http://geeksaresexy.disqus.com/pr_firm...
"What a load. Seriously does Reverb not have the intelligence to have a policy in place forbidding employee's from writing app reviews for apps they market? The conflict of interest is obvious. Makes this statement look like a lie. :)" - Robert Couture
Robert Couture
Re: PR firm busted over fake iTunes reviews - http://www.disqus.com/people...
"What a load. Seriously does Reverb not have the intelligence to have a policy in place forbidding employee's from writing app reviews for apps they market? The conflict of interest is obvious. Makes this statement look like a lie. :)" - Robert Couture
Robert Couture
Re: PR firm busted over fake iTunes reviews - http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010...
"What a load. Seriously does Reverb not have the intelligence to have a policy in place forbidding employee's from writing app reviews for apps they market? The conflict of interest is obvious. Makes this statement look like a lie. :)" - Robert Couture
Robert Couture
U.S. mission in north Iraq: get Kurd and Arab forces cooperating. - http://gr8cdnpumpkin.posterous.com/us-miss...
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Robert Couture
U.S. mission in north Iraq: get Kurd and Arab forces cooperating. - http://amplify.com/u/72nc
I think that things will become more tenuous as soon as U.S. troops are recalled. - Robert Couture from Amplify
Robert Couture
How do you control duplication with services like Amplify? - http://gr8cdnpumpkin.posterous.com/how-do-...
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Robert Couture
Re: TheTrucker.com - OOIDA challenges EOBR rule in court, concerned about future mandates - http://gr8cdnpumpkin.disqus.com/thetruc...
"Perhaps had you read the whole thing, you would have seen your name and e-mail address at the end. So attribution is given. As well as a link to the website. Should I have only used an excerpt instead of full quote? That's a debate. You see full quotes on blogs all the time. If I was monetizing my blog, yes, it would be completely wrong. However, I do not have any audience so I don't see a huge deal. But I suppose you want the page views so you can make money. It all comes down to money and greed I suppose. Information, properly attributed as I have done, should be free. If I was making money, I also would wrong. If I were to check my stats, I would likely have no one other than you clicking to the post. But, I can remove the post and blog about your byzantine views of how social media works." - Robert Couture
Robert Couture
Re: TheTrucker.com - OOIDA challenges EOBR rule in court, concerned about future mandates - http://www.disqus.com/people...
"Perhaps had you read the whole thing, you would have seen your name and e-mail address at the end. So attribution is given. As well as a link to the website. Should I have only used an excerpt instead of full quote? That's a debate. You see full quotes on blogs all the time. If I was monetizing my blog, yes, it would be completely wrong. However, I do not have any audience so I don't see a huge deal. But I suppose you want the page views so you can make money. It all comes down to money and greed I suppose. Information, properly attributed as I have done, should be free. If I was making money, I also would wrong. If I were to check my stats, I would likely have no one other than you clicking to the post. But, I can remove the post and blog about your byzantine views of how social media works." - Robert Couture
Robert Couture
Re: TheTrucker.com - OOIDA challenges EOBR rule in court, concerned about future mandates - http://greatcanadianpumpkin.blogspot.com/2010...
"Perhaps had you read the hole thing, you would have seen your name and e-mail address at the end. So attribution is given. As well as a link to the website. Should I have only used an excerpt instead of full quote? That's a debate. You see full quotes on blogs all the time. If I was monetizing my blog, yes, it would be completely wrong. However, I do not have any audience so I don't see a huge deal. But I suppose you want the page views so you can make money. It all comes down to money and greed I suppose. Information, properly attributed as I have done, should be free. If I was making money, I also would wrong. If I were to check my stats, I would likely have no one other than you clicking to the post. But, I can remove the post and blog about your byzantine views of how social media works." - Robert Couture
Robert Couture
TheTrucker.com - OOIDA challenges EOBR rule in court, concerned about future mandates - http://gr8cdnpumpkin.posterous.com/thetruc...
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NoahDavidSimon
Women Against Shariah: Pictured: Horrific baby-throwing ritual in India where toddlers are tossed from roof for good luck - http://womenagainstshariah.blogspot.com/2009...
Women Against Shariah: Pictured: Horrific baby-throwing ritual in India where toddlers are tossed from roof for good luck
"Muslims and Hindus in India wrongfully believe throwing babies from a roof causes good luck. From the Daily Times: These horrific pictures show terrified toddlers being thrown from a roof before plummeting 15 metres onto a bedsheet below. The youngsters, who appear to be aged around two, can be heard screaming as they are dangled in the air before being dropped. This particular ritual took place in the village of Harangal, Parbhani, in western India's Maharashtra. Devotees at a shrine in Harangal village of Parbhani in western India's Maharashtra dangle the frightened looking baby 50 feet above the cloth sheet below Devotees at a shrine in Harangal village of Parbhani in western India's Maharashtra dangle the frightened looking baby 50 feet above the cloth sheet below Hundreds of people turned out for the annual event, which is thought to have been followed by Hindus and Muslims for nearly 700 years in the belief the fall ensures good health and prosperity for their families. After... more... - NoahDavidSimon from Bookmarklet
I was pretty terrified during both my bris and my bar mitzvah... Just sayin'. - Mark Davidson from BuddyFeed
dropping a kid ain't healthy. circumcision has been proven to fight diseases - NoahDavidSimon
Try something like this in North America and see how fast Child Protective Services takes your child away. - Robert Couture
this is why it is so hard to fight evil. people frame the argument. talks with North Korea... um yeah uh huh... so many parallels people who hate use. it is called Tautological language. "since Jews slice penises"... but gee what else could we come up with that might sound dangerous? maybe open heart surgery is a cultural taboo? ...and then they will always have some claimed "expert"... more... - NoahDavidSimon
I think I'm feeling the moral whiplash while experiencing Mark Davidson's cultural metaphor. come to think of it I think the child being dropped off the roof feels the same. - NoahDavidSimon
In case it isn't obvious, this is far from being commonplace. - Aaman (Clone of FF)
Heck, even the kid would have probably chosen circumcision over a 50 foot drop.... - George Hall (Australia)
if it wasn't commonplace then why was it so easy to get the photo? are there other Michael Jacksons? - NoahDavidSimon
Noah, are you insane? - Mark Davidson
I'd have to be to not block you Davidson - NoahDavidSimon
My Father is Indian - both he and my family claim that this is not commonplace in West Bengal (Calcutta area). I can't speak for the rest of India..... - Peter Ghosh
@CriticalAnalyst I noticed that most of your postings lately focus on how different Muslims/various brown people are from "us". Why not post something that discuss how similar we all are? - Peter Ghosh
@psghosh nope. the only major religion that commands people in the present condition to kill because of belief is Islam. there is no equivalence. - NoahDavidSimon
Hindus kill Jews behind trees? - Peter Ghosh
@psghosh no Peter, but I am not above criticizing Hindus. despite the fact that I like their culture. not crazy about the Tamil Tigers either - NoahDavidSimon
Are you aware of the folks at Blackwater/XE and their little Fundamentalist whacko crusade? - Peter Ghosh
@psghosh are you aware that you are going to be blocked for being a nut and not being capable of debating without irrelevant tangent? - NoahDavidSimon
http://ff.im/6pBU9 notice Peter didn't even bother to mention any details and used a tautological and Bulverian tactic to make it seem that I assumed all Indians did something. Peter deserved to be blocked. dropping a two year old off a roof is a cruel custom and the post detailed that it was about all Indians... not just Muslims. but when it comes to Islam I have to run because I have... more... - NoahDavidSimon
Hide? The tree may fall down and hit you! LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
did you see the thread http://ff.im/6pBU9 .....they are attacking me for this - NoahDavidSimon
Just trying to point out that this is not commonplace in Eastern India/West Bengal. and that there are other religions out there with their own set of crackpots with whacky customs. - Peter Ghosh
how many religions do you know that kill Jews behind trees? I know of only one large one. how many religions do you know of where this goes on? - NoahDavidSimon
I don't believe this at all !... how could u even post something like this ... smh ! does it make u any better.. - Iesha G
because it is really going on... and it is true is why I posted it. - NoahDavidSimon
Robert Couture
Re: A Question from a Fellow Driver that uses Linux - http://trucklugs.disqus.com/a_quest...
"You're welcome, keep them coming :) Invite your friends, convert drivers ;)" - Robert Couture
Robert Couture
Re: A Question from a Fellow Driver that uses Linux - http://trucklugs.blogspot.com/2010...
"You're welcome, keep them coming :) Invite your friends, convert drivers ;)" - Robert Couture
Robert Couture
Re: A Question from a Fellow Driver that uses Linux - http://www.disqus.com/people...
"You're welcome, keep them coming :) Invite your friends, convert drivers ;)" - Robert Couture
Robert Couture
Re: A Question from a Fellow Driver that uses Linux - http://trucklugs.blogspot.com/2010...
"I am using disqus (http://disqus.com) as a blogger addon. That'sndy likely why you have not seen it before. I love Disqus because it tracks comments fromwhereever a blog has it installed, it allows twitter/facebook integration and posting to them as well. Now to Lester's question, I would agree with Randy, that issues between Desktop environments used to cause problems, but with today's distro's, it does not happen nearly as much, if at all. The most I have seen is minor anomalies with typeface/size more than anything else. There is still some political wrangling between Gnome and KDE camps, but they have been working more to make their environments behave with each other. - GCP" - Robert Couture
Robert Couture
Re: A Question from a Fellow Driver that uses Linux - http://www.disqus.com/people...
"I am using disqus (http://disqus.com) as a blogger addon. That'sndy likely why you have not seen it before. I love Disqus because it tracks comments fromwhereever a blog has it installed, it allows twitter/facebook integration and posting to them as well. Now to Lester's question, I would agree with Randy, that issues between Desktop environments used to cause problems, but with today's distro's, it does not happen nearly as much, if at all. The most I have seen is minor anomalies with typeface/size more than anything else. There is still some political wrangling between Gnome and KDE camps, but they have been working more to make their environments behave with each other. - GCP" - Robert Couture
Robert Couture
Re: A Question from a Fellow Driver that uses Linux - http://trucklugs.disqus.com/a_quest...
"I am using disqus (http://disqus.com) as a blogger addon. That'sndy likely why you have not seen it before. I love Disqus because it tracks comments fromwhereever a blog has it installed, it allows twitter/facebook integration and posting to them as well. Now to Lester's question, I would agree with Randy, that issues between Desktop environments used to cause problems, but with today's distro's, it does not happen nearly as much, if at all. The most I have seen is minor anomalies with typeface/size more than anything else. There is still some political wrangling between Gnome and KDE camps, but they have been working more to make their environments behave with each other. - GCP" - Robert Couture
Om Malik
I upgraded to MarsEdit 3.0 and let's just say, I might as well have lit fire to $15. What a piece of crap compared to the simpler 2.0
Sometimes an upgrade is anything but "Up" - Robert Couture
Robert Couture
Re: Some More Pictures in the Boonies … - http://gr8cdnpumpkin.disqus.com/some_mo...
"It depends *where* you go. I would suggest my neck of the woods. It's really nice here! :-D" - Robert Couture
Robert Couture
Re: Some More Pictures in the Boonies … - http://www.disqus.com/people...
"It depends *where* you go. I would suggest my neck of the woods. It's really nice here! :-D" - Robert Couture
Robert Couture
Re: Some More Pictures in the Boonies … - http://greatcanadianpumpkin.blogspot.com/2010...
"It depends *where* you go. I would suggest my neck of the woods. It's really nice here! :-D" - Robert Couture
Robert Couture
Re: Pictures Over the Past Month - http://www.disqus.com/people...
"I had an old gentleman comment his amazement when I backed up the truck into a parking spot at a restaurant in Alpsley, ON" - Robert Couture
Robert Couture
"I had an old gentleman comment his amazement when I backed up the truck into a parking spot at a restaurant in Alpsley, ON" - Robert Couture
Robert Couture
Re: Pictures Over the Past Month - http://gr8cdnpumpkin.disqus.com/picture...
"I had an old gentleman comment his amazement when I backed up the truck into a parking spot at a restaurant in Alpsley, ON" - Robert Couture
Robert Scoble
Just was talking to http://www.friendfeed.com/garin and we came to the conclusion that if you are going to comment on a friendfeed item you should either be first or last. Why? They always are visible. So, here's your chance! :-)
zaloom! - Kevin Johnson
If we are really cool we'll get on this list http://friendfeed.com/search... - Robert Scoble
Kevin is first, who will be last? I just want to be the penultimate commenter! - Robert Scoble
first and last words are all that matter on the FF. - rob friedman
Okay. Everyone stop NOW! - Kevin Sablan
great. now FF is going to be filled up with those annoying ass people that comment "FIRST!" on everything. - Enrique Gutierrez
Aw crap, I could sit here all night waiting to be last, so may as well comment now. - Sharon McPherson
8th! - rob friedman
Any worthy FF thread will engage interested parties enough to read most of the comments. - iTad
Do I get bonus points if I end up being the thread killer? - Kevin Johnson
Kevin you could always delete your 1st comment. :) - rob friedman
Kevin! Yes, and we're having a great time watching this. It will get old fast, but for now it's really fun! - Robert Scoble
Dang it I am 5 min too late. So I guess it is like posting on a blog post, you always want to be first. - Jeff
Hey Enrique.. that would suck. Oh... LAST! Oh Jeff... Last. - Ted Bradford II
That's why these threads just go on and on and on... people just want to have the last word. ;-P - Chris Heath
Chris: I don't want the last word. I want the penultimate word. :-) - Robert Scoble
Nope, I like the riffng of the conversation. Jump in anywhere. Enjoy the free flow of ideas and worry not about being seen by the scanners. Those who take the time to expand the thread have such a richer experience. - michael sean wright
if i wasn't so tired i'd play that out Chris (as my last post was truly in jest). Late here in East TN. Gonna go tip a few cows and call it a day. - Ted Bradford II
Ted: so was mine ... didn't you catch the winky tongue? (i'm on cape fear so i'm soon to bed as well) - Chris Heath
Good point, unless you're actually using the RT chat aspect of FriendFeed, I guess... - Andy Werner
I actually come back 5 days later to make comments so I can have the last word. Everyone has already forgotten what the conversation is about by then. - Jeff
Chris- I did, but needed a segue into a cow tipping joke... cause I've never done so before. I do know this, tomorrow I will use the word 'penultimate' and dazzle family and friends. Hope alls quiet on the Cape bro. These storms have been a biotch. Annnnnnd Jeff just trumped us all. Tell him what he's won Enrique... nite all. - Ted Bradford II
Second to last is always visible on my screen. :) - Bwana ☠
Clever way to get the most commented upon comment on FF ever.... - Barak B
Ted, if you haven't dozed off- i'll have you know that the coastal winds tend to keep a lot of the storm systems at bay- if you're close enough to the water - a mile or 5 inland can make a big difference some days - and spot t/storms can be localized around here big time - for instance yesterday it rained (for a short period) at my house while i was at work 5 miles away getting no rain - only knew cuz the ground was wet when i went home for lunch... ok - it's really time for sleep now - g'nite FriendFeed - Chris Heath
so in other words, last is not least? - Julie Bovee Hill
Barak: check out this idea for a long thread (still nowhere near the longest on friendfeed, but the idea.. ) http://friendfeed.com/ajbatac... - Chris Heath
Chris: Yes, that is a good one too. This is better though and I predict with end up with more comments. - Barak B
Yay! I am last as of now :) - Amit Nangare
lets see how long this lasts for! :) - Paul Kinlan
Another one of these? From Scoble this time? Wow. BTW, last post. - Chris Charabaruk
I will be the penultimate commenter! - Garin Kilpatrick
That way I can be the ultimate one. - Chris Charabaruk
Nope. - Barak B
friendfeed should allow for "liking" comments so top comments can be the ones shown, no matter the chronology. And allow the users to watch comments by likes, threaded or chronologically. - Charbax
A blatant attempt at gaming the FriendFeed statistics for no real useful purpose... Oooh, can I be last, Please Please!!! - Peter Kelley
No, Peter, you may not be last. That's my position. - Chris Charabaruk
Last Post!!! - Richard Hurt
well, the last comment is always changing, isn't this like having your 5 nanoseconds of glory? - Liviu Lica
This thread is now closed. - Ruud van Wijngaarden
No, NOW it's closed. - Chris Charabaruk
Or is it? :) - Liviu Lica
Perhaps now... - Garin Kilpatrick
I would give it another 2 hrs or so. - Jeff
thats me! :) - Roshan Ramachandran
based on what you say, it easier to simply click like :-) - Orli Yakuel
"Comment on a friendfeed item"? which one? ;) - Thierry R. Andriamirado
Are trying to go for the longest comment thread again? - Amit Morson
Amit: no, most times one post gets hidden. - Robert Scoble
In a different timezone you can have the advantage :) - Rene de Vries
Okay, people, nothing to see here. Just walk on. This is the last comment. It's all clear now. - Ruud van Wijngaarden
What if you write backwards? Does that help? - Kieran Daly
Okay, people, nothing to see here. Just walk on. This is the last comment. It's all clear now. says Ruud van Wijngaarden - Julian Edward
It would be nice if we could pick the number of comments shown at the top and bottom, I'd like to see the first 3 and last 3 for example. - Kol Tregaskes
I usually read all the comments of something I'm interested in. I don't just read the top and bottom ones so I don't care where I come in. I comment on what I want to because I want to say something. It's nice if the original poster reads/responds to it, but not absolutely necessary. Most of the time the most fun/interaction comes from other commenters. - Molly
:) says Michael Fidler - Julian Edward
Sounds like an online auction...Is there any deadline? Then I'll prepare my winning speech 17,3 sec beforehand. - Zack Brandit
I'm not falling for your postbait, Scoble! Oh wait...crap. - caj needs a haircut
Cow tipping - That's Funny - Brent - Yes I am
Good point. - Jack Boyle
I feel sorry for the cows. And the grass. I am weakhearted I guess. - Ruud van Wijngaarden
I guess I misunderstood. You were talking about that fat waittress in Crazy Mick's Breakaway Cafe, weren't you? - Ruud van Wijngaarden
Fine, I'm in - Don Bonaddio
am I last yet ? - Julian Edward
Nope - Jérôme
no - mjc
Yeah, you were last. Congrats. - Ruud van Wijngaarden
In ur timezone, stealin ur commentz, kthxbye :) - Peter Kelley
ok, I'll hold on to last place for visablity! - PaulJohnson
I was going to add something witty, but i got nothing. sorry.... - Mike Nencetti
No problem. Participating is more important than winning, we say in the Netherlands. - Ruud van Wijngaarden
It's the long-tail of real-time - zeroinfluencer
Excellent point David ;) - Don Bonaddio
Being last has one drawback. It makes you a thread-killer. I'm not sure some of us like being that. Sometimes I'd rather see the discussion keep going. - George Hall (Australia)
Do like the suggestion made earlier that there should be bonus points for being the thread-killer... - George Hall (Australia)
but who wants to be last? - mcvictor
Ok Robert, please close this thread now. ;) - Meryn Stol
I disagree, and I'll tell you why below... - FFing Enigma
We already did this thread, I'll post the link right after Tina's rebuttal - Rah-PM 2012
You don't really believe that Robert. Content is key! :-) - Mathew A. Koeneker
But if I post last, I'm first in the thread on Twhirl! Double win! ;-) - Julie Barrett from twhirl
amazing - David Gross from email
Always happy to be last .... but it probably won't last :) - Charlie Anzman
llllllaaaaasssssstttttt - mjc
You'd be right Charlie :P - Jay
And there is nothing I hate more than reading that first comment that childishly claims "First!" and nothing more. "Last!" (until the next comment comes along) - Jim Espinoza
By the way, I'm the last commenter in a very participated thread recently started by Robert Scoble, but that didn't gain me almost any new follower. I'm fine with this though, as I'd find silly being advantaged for being the last commenter ;-) - Opensource Obscure
Agreed :) - Fabian De Simone
How do I stick my comment to the bottom so that it will always be last? :) - Jeff Sayre
How long can this go on? - Tom Landini
Last! ...for now - Scott
So this if why Scoble goes nuts over realtime feeds - he can be the first to comment. - Tom Landini
Well, every comment gets to be last for at least a couple of seconds. Or fractions of a second with RT. - The original Kevin
If you want to understand the power of last you need to read this thread http://friendfeed.com/mikenay... - WoH: Minding her Steves
"There is no final solution. There is no last word.” ~ Carlos Fuentes - Sharon McPherson
First is way better, because the last post can always change :) - Tim McDougall
Easy to be first, harder to be last. Kind of like trying to win a silent auction, you always have to go back - Lorraine Ball
but what if it took me a while to find the discussion, and i still want to be last? ;-) - Courtney Engle
Firs...Last. - Rob
@Rob - in yo' face! - JoEllen
The one who will comment after me is so stupid I would'nt like to be him :P - stanjourdan
Yoink! - Zach Lytwyn
112 comments - but there can never be last comment, can there? Unless there is a FF limit on the number of comments - Paul, is there a limit? - WoH: Minding her Steves
The current last comment is the next penultimate comment. - Brian Sullivan
Not everyone is on here to market themselves to infinity. Why people, other than people who actually make money off of exposure, insist on wanting the most friends on ff/fb/ms/tt is beyond me. Not everyone is a Scobilite! Yes I did just make that word up... where do I copyright it? lol - Jason Williams
Didn't someone blog about tinyurl's dominance a while back - about how they have too much power. Might have been Gillmor or Winer - Bwana ☠
Winer. I don't think they have too much power - Steve Gillmor
I'm going for last. - Derek Markham
I've got last:-) - Francine Hardaway
I'm the ultimate thread killer, so I win. - JCunwired
instahide - Edward Zwart
How can we compete against Robert - Peter Meng
Peter: why compete? Just come in last! :-) - Robert Scoble
Just checking. I heard this thread was closed, so I wondered if commenting still works. - Ruud van Wijngaarden
For the love; Robert please kill this tread so I will stop getting email. ;) - Jeff
wow that's pretty rad :-) - Patphelan
@Jeff, it's not spam if you opt in ;-) - Kevin Johnson
wonder what the value of posting on page length increments are... as people page down your comment is visible ;) - offbeatmammal
Jeff: do you still get email if you hide a thread? I bet you do. That sucks. Now I know why I don't turn on email notifications. - Robert Scoble
There is no last. - Mobius Loop - Robert Couture
to infinity and beyond - Jonathan Grimes
Kevin: i did not say it was spam. I put the smiley face indicating my partial joking nature. but only partial. - Jeff
Robert: I could not figure out how to disable comments for particular post. It is really not a big issue since I have gmail, but I do think this post may never die. - Jeff
@Jeff - same here - noworries - Kevin Johnson
- Rob
This. Will. Never. End. - Michael Forian
Pay me $10 and I'll delete this thread. (Future friendfeed monetization technique). Sigh. - Robert Scoble
Your comment is always the last! look at mine :) - Luis Benavides
Welcome to the neverending thread :) - Garin Kilpatrick
Garin: I'll delete it before it ends. :-) - Robert Scoble
Robert: That would be a shame. You'd be up $10 at least though :) - Garin Kilpatrick
The last shall be last - Peter Meng
There can be only one. - Kevin Johnson
I seem to be last on many of Steve Gillmor's posts @techcrunchit, the kiss of death to many a conversation. I should be so lucky here. - Aron Michalski from fftogo
A good way to stop? - Scoble puts in his penultimate comment Kevin Johnson says zaloom! - Julian Edward
Yes, you should be so lucky :p - Jesse Newhart
I'm going to change my FriendFeed ID to "145 more comments" - Mark Traphagen
Getting a piece of the pie... :) - Jan Ole Peek
I've often found myself to have the last comment. It hasn't benefited me yet that I've noticed...let's try that again. - Mike Lewis
first is forever....last is a very transient honor indeed. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
and being both is probably meaningless, but I'm still going to claim it - Kevin Johnson
Do others ever get more than 2 comments on their posts? :) - Cameron
I'm lucky to get 2. - JCunwired
Doing it!! www.radarla.com - Drew Lucas
So, if you are last and then someone comes behind you, should you re-comment to be last again? - T.S. Elliott
Probably so T.S. but it won't last long ;) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Sorry Rob:-) - Michael Fidler
This is the Seinfeld of FF....the post and comments about nothing. I wonder what the record is for the most comments on FF? - Jeff
As a fine-art platform, as a painting, do you think anyone would be interested in a full-screen image feed animated by Judith Supine? http://www.flickr.com/photos... - stephen harlow
He who comments last... - Abbas Haider Ali
comments as: - Kevin Johnson
Tag- Im it - Ryan Gerritsen
not anymore you're not ;) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
zaloom! - Kevin Johnson
for one moment I could imagine that every comment was Kevin Johnson and his "zaloom!" - WoH: Minding her Steves
ANd so I do and then another and another :) Fun huh. - Raymond Marr aka Knatchwa
not really... but hey... whatever - Chris Heath
So to comment or to like a FriendFeed item is to promote it.. and to promote the promoter. Great great great! - Thierry R. Andriamirado
173rd!! - Mark Traphagen
Controlled noise... - Joe Dawson
Indeed it is official :) But not for long let me bask in it's glory for a moment hahaha. - Raymond Marr aka Knatchwa
It was fun while it lasted. - Ruud van Wijngaarden
It's over now - no need to post any more comments - Julian Edward
Okay, Thanks. It was taking too much of my time anyway. - Ruud van Wijngaarden
Nicholas: Except this thread is far more epic :) - Garin Kilpatrick
back again...to claim last place! - Zach Lytwyn
Good for you Zach! - Ruud van Wijngaarden
Cannot. Let. This. End. - Robert Couture
Have. To. - Ruud van Wijngaarden
hit hit hit - Hans Mestrum
Kol: Cool idea, it would be neat to be able to choose how many of the first and last comments were visible. - Garin Kilpatrick
I like most anything distilled...information, bait...(distilled bait...is that like the worm at the bottom of the mezcal?) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
The difference would be that in this case the worm will stay on the bottom. No matter what. - Ruud van Wijngaarden
I reckon it'll be Ruud van Wijngaarden - Julian Edward
I am not quite sure about that. But willing to accept it. (Wait! You just called me a worm? The most underrated but valuable animal on the planet, that brings us fertile ground and eats dead stuff? It is a nice compliment, but might be a bit much). - Ruud van Wijngaarden
No, No! - I didn't mean you worm. Although as you say they are useful beings. I do hope you'lll be in heroic position of last commenter! This is a case of the last shall be second. (Kevin Johnson being first of course). Scoble is penultimate we would hope. I'm aiming for 5th to last! - Julian Edward
Yesterday somebody asked: 'if you pass the number two in a race, which place are you in?' and I answered wrong. Passing the last one in this race will be hard... - Ruud van Wijngaarden
The last comment shall be mine! :) - Garin Kilpatrick
Woot, last comment. ;) - Jimminy, CoG of FF
Mmmm. I always hoped I would be last. - Ruud van Wijngaarden from email
Mmmm. I always hoped I would be last. - Ruud van Wijngaarden from email
I think it is hard to be first and even harder to be last.. just look at this thread.. http://ff.im/1hqgl - David Gross
Last comment? - Jeff P. Henderson
you mean Twitter Gar1n? You were talking on TWITTER WEREN'T YOU! LIAR "friendfeeed Garin" pfttttt still the same bi-polar - sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
Interesting comment, SFSS, very interesting indeed. So interesting, in fact, that I think that nothing further needs to be added to this thread. Ever. - WoH: Minding her Steves
אתם כל כך מלא חרא, אבל זו בעיה שלך, לא שלי :-) - David Gross from email
actually i don't know how not to be the last commenter :) - İ. Emre Kutlu
Me too.. - David Gross from email
If only I could puncture the depths of Scoble's scratch-the-surface brain fart, techno-vangelizing, then I'd actually care WHOLE HEARTEDLY about this meaningfully retarded thread. - sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
The only way this thread can be made even more ridiculous and anachronistic is to move it to identi.ca.. Myspace would work, too. - Tal Shafik
Interesting ;) - Alex
And since you can't guarantee being last unless you are the originator of the thread or can convince the originator to end comments (but since Robert is AWOL that is unlikely) -- you better be first. ;-) - Brian Sullivan
Okay, admittedly being the last IS visible...but who REALLY wants to be the thread-killer? - George Hall (Australia)
I think I remember commenting on one of those threads...and it's STILL going???? - George Hall (Australia)
Hey, this one's from May... it's about to hit its own anniversary! - Chris Heath
I'm surprised this only has a little over 200 comments. - Jason Williams
201 - David Gross
213 ? Original Zlaloom! + 212 more comments including this one. The last one. - Julian Edward
don't be so sure about that... there's lots of people who like to be thread killers or last... just wait and watch - Chris Heath
yes - that's very true - Julian Edward
Sage words Robert - Sage words indeed! - PaulJohnson
See??? I told you! - Chris Heath
yep - you were right - Julian Edward
It doesn't seem to work in the long term. - Ruud van Wijngaarden
Robert Couture
Posted via web from The Great Canadian Pumpkin - Robert Couture from Posterous
Jesse Stay
My New Years resolution is to lose 30 pounds this year. I'm using the Lose.it iPhone app. Anyone want to join me?
My wife and I will be doing weight watchers this year. There's an app for that too :) Ohh and I can be reimbursed for the cost by my employer. Good incentive to lose the weight :) - BRҰANSAҰS
The Lose.it app looks like it has potential. You enter what you ate and what you exercised, and it tells you how many calories you need to burn to hit your budget for each day (based on your goals, weight, height, age, etc). Bryce Roberts used it and lost 50 pounds last year. - Jesse Stay
Sounds good Jesse. I don't have a mobile but I'm going to go back to TweetWhatYouEat: http://tweetwhatyoueat.com/ - Melanie Reed
I am using Lost-it too. My plan is 60lbs by the end of Sept! - Robert Couture
my e-mail for lose-it is loseit@staynalive.com - feel free to add me if anyone else wants to compare progress - Jesse Stay
I added you, Jesse ... gr8cdnpumpkin@gmail.com - Robert Couture
Kol Tregaskes
I have a Page too but don't use it yet: http://www.facebook.com/pages... I only have 20 fans. ;-) #whatsyoururl - Kol Tregaskes
http://www.facebook.com/trenton... ...but watch out for the tumbleweeds rolling across my profile. - Trent Olson
http://www.facebook.com/hedwyg *sobbing quietly over here in my corner* - Ladyepiphanybug
I will have a little cry later................ - Kevin J Hatton
i have one but have used it less and less as FB has sucked more and more. i now log in a few times a month at most. - Joe The Sausage
Thanks everyone! - Kol Tregaskes
Now I'm glad I got my vanity URL for FB. However I'm not about to go crazy friending y'all just yet as I hate the interface. - Kenton
http://www.facebook.com/krynsky Haha. I was just going to ask when you were going to start this. - Mark Krynsky
iphigenie, just like my ff id :D - Iphigenie
I didnt really want to add everyone i know on friendfeed to my facebook, i like to keep them seperate as much as i can. but you know what, fuck it http://www.facebook.com/simon... add a note saying you;re from friendfeed if you add me, then i can group everyone up :) - Simon Wicks
http://www.facebook.com/wangyip .. edit: ditto what Simon said above - add a friendfeed or FF note in the message if you do add me - Wang Yip
http://www.facebook.com/scott... [EDIT: I only intend to had people to FB that I have subscribed to and/or interacted with here on FF.] - S of 2C
Simon, I thought that a while ago, then just added everyone too. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Just added you Kol :) - Simon Wicks
OK, you've all convinced me and as Simon requested, please note FF in the request. http://facebook.com/kenton - Kenton
Thanks, Simon. I've not started going through these yet. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
I'm only going to add the people i actually talk to on here. I have a lot less people on my follow list than you, so its a bit easier for me :) - Simon Wicks
Remember, guys. According to FB, you're only allowed 5000 friends. Spend them wisely. - James Myatt
Hehe. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
Facebook.com/hoogenboom - Wes Hoogenboom from iPhone
If anyone of you are Gtalk'ers, check out the list here: http://ff.im/6mySB - Kol Tregaskes
/glemak on most services - mike "glemak" dunn
As if we weren't before? Were they really that many people here who didn't also have a FB account, even if they didn't list it in their profile? I've been with FB since 2004 - LANjackal
here. i am your fan now :D - Iphigenie
Thanks all. - Kol Tregaskes
Screw that. Find me here: https://friendfeed.com/jcunwir... - JCunwired
Helen, yep. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Well, with this news it is pushing me to start using my real name for web services and to kill (or at least slowly stop using) the tomit persona that I have used for many years. Find me here... http://www.facebook.com/ronaldb... - Sullivan
http://www.facebook.com/julia... - but no hearts or flowers please..:-) - Julia Ault
http://facebook.com/thereal... - someone else done stoled my name before I could. Jeepers! - T-Bone Tsali, FF Cherokee
http://facebook.com/andrewr... - may as well change my "have met" Facebook policy! - Andrew Roche
I could never agree to their TOS. The fun of working for paranoid folks. - Neal Krummell
I was already a facebook user... http://www.facebook.com/cassidy... - Cass
ugh.. I hate doing this... http://www.facebook.com/timhoec... - Tim Hoeck
Well http://www.facebook.com/elstudi... - Kol, your Posterous sharing post earlier today was more fun. - Eric Johnson
Ummmm the Facebook UI obviously won't be static, dude. They'll be making changes as the assimilation proceeds - LANjackal from IM
People who complain about FF+FB are like people who complain every time the FB home page changes. Even if it's better, they complain... - Gus
never spend any time there... not worth time... - Valeria Maltoni
I hate Facebook... - Oscar Mota
My company has one if you want to be a fan of a small web design and marketing firm :) http://www.facebook.com/pages... - Justin Rains
FB gets no link love from me facebook.com/tinapbeana - FFing Enigma
I have to think very hard if I want to continue my existing Facebook profile or create a new one ... - Ahsan Ali
http://www.facebook.com/gbierma... - not like I use it much anyway... - Grant Bierman
I'm on Facebook, but I don't have a name in my profile URL (yet; I'm still new...). But if you want it, it's http://www.facebook.com/profile... -- if you friend me, tell me you're from FF. - Dennis Jernberg
I don't freaking have one because I never wanted to sign up for Facebook. :P Now I find out that through no fault of my own I'm technically a Facebook user? GAH. - Cheryl Jones
if u want facebook http://www.facebook.com/sefa... ███ - Sefa Karapinar
Keep 'em coming, I'll add you all later today. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
http://www.facebook.com/nzbuu/. I wasn't going to do this, but I'm going to indulge and see if I can make FB work like Scoble thinks it can. - James Myatt
LOL I knew you would do this :) http://www.facebook.com/parvez... - Parvez Halim
Update: My profile may not have a name-type URL yet, but here's the short way to get there: http://profile.to/jernbergdr - Dennis Jernberg
"Like" only because I'll have to find you guys somewhere :( http://www.facebook.com/people... - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
http://www.facebook.com/ozubey i knew this was coming, this is why i got my url with my FF nickname.:-) - Özhan Yiğitler
http://www.facebook.com/krz9000 i hope they write a proper friendfeed friend importer - Chris Hofmann
http://www.facebook.com/iainbak... +1 Chris, I'd hate to lose all the friends i've made here :(((( - Iain Baker
http://www.facebook.com/barryow... I hope they (FB) don't screw it up too much... - Barry Owens
http://www.facebook.com/gilbert.... Is there a simple way to add say the entire list above? - Gilbert Harding
http://www.facebook.com/mbravo - most updates autoimported from Flickr though - Michael Bravo
Thank you everyone. I've added you all but feel free to say no, I know some people keep FB for personal friends only. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
www.facebook.com/LANjackal - LANjackal from IM
lol I think this is wrong haha don't mind me I'm being silly - Friendfeed's Francisco
http://www.facebook.com/wordsfo... - I would really like to have FriendFeed friends there so Facebook could possibly be more bearable. - Jannifer @wordsforliving
Jannifer, that link takes me to the home page. - Kol Tregaskes
It does? try looking for Jannifer Stoddard - Jannifer @wordsforliving
Yeah, I've had a few of those from the list above, not sure what's going on there. OK, will do. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
http://facebook.com/carlton... And I love new peeps! ^_^ - Carlton Hackett
I have added you as a friend ;) - shâhin
I do not use it much LOL I just post to it from other sites so to fill up my friends stream, I do get messages and some status in text. Anyone who really wants to add me, use the facebook link on my profile. :o) - David Gross
www.facebook.com/drodzand you won't see much since I got the privacy settings on max in Facebook. Just another reason why I think Facebook is completely different from friendfeed. I hope they keep friendfeed running because I use both services in diametrically diverse ways. - David Rodriguez
Thank you. - Kol Tregaskes
http://facebook.com/brodiebeta I just posted asking for the same thing =) http://friendfeed.com/iphoneg... You rawk Kol - Brodie Beta
http://facebook.com/timedalkat Will be weird to integrate you folks with Grandma. - timedalkat
Cool, Brodie. :-) Thanks everyone! - Kol Tregaskes
Hey, FB is for real life friends :-). Not for random web strangers :-P? - Richard A.
Mine is http://www.facebook.com/daniel... and I am from Argentina (BA) - Daniel Alejandro Severo
http://www.facebook.com/alfpace but I don't use it very much - Alfonso Pace from iPhone
http://www.facebook.com/waltrup... ... Deja Vu... didn't we do this already one? LOL! If you send me a request, please just mention FF. KThnxBye. - JR
http://www.facebook.com/kimbers... (I can remember if I commented on this already. I don't see "You" on the list, but I'm tired. So, hopefully, I didn't. If I did, oh well. - Kimber Scott
Thanks all! - Kol Tregaskes
. . . amy_beer. I think. I've never used it. No, I'm pretty sure. - Amy℠
Amy, it's not that. - Kol Tregaskes
I spend an inordinate amount of time there... - http://facebook.com/Americhick - Bette Cooper
facebook.com/wins1 I hv a FF list in FB, pls. mention FF to populate it. - Wins Fern
mine is david.grosz - David Gross from email
Thank you all! - Kol Tregaskes
How do you get facebook.com/yourname? Mine is a somewhat longer Url... - TrafficBug
TrafficBug: You can get your custom Facebook URL here: http://www.facebook.com/usernam... - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
http://www.facebook.com/webalon... - looks like you can change it only once. Confucious say: "Choose your name well...." :I - Rob Schieber
Thank you. - Kol Tregaskes
I do like your photography page. I am a fan now. - Faraz Mullick
Isn't there a FB friend limit? - Araceli
There is, Araceli, although it was several thousand people, if I remember correctly. - Tyson Key
5,000. - Kol Tregaskes
I'm just loving the new Facebook beta. :D - Faraz Mullick
i sent a request (please please please by my friend), ;) - chaz2b
I always thought that FriendFeed was the new Facebook. ;) - Tyson Key
Facebook is the new FriendFeed. ;) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Thanks Rob, I had forgotten my username for I always used my email address to login - I found there is a settings > username > change thing that lets you change your username once and then you get a facebook.com/username url! - TrafficBug
I am thinking about just using my Public Page more. Keep my regular profile for family and coworker data. Follow me here if you want more of the type of posts I do here of Friendfeed. http://www.facebook.com/pages... - Sullivan
nooooooooooooooooooooooo! - T-Bone Tsali, FF Cherokee from IM
I raise your bump with a "Hide" - LANjackal
http://www.facebook.com/DavidHo... - I use it to aggregate and share links on Internet music, open content and social media. - David Holmes
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