All I can say to that is, you better enjoy a lot of good German brews while you're there. It's non-sequitor, and that is what you should expect from me. - Pete D

Wait. Isn't Robert Scoble just Alex Scoble's older brother? - Akiva

Pete, the correct spelling is "Mississippi." And Robert, "The Metro" and "Take My Breath Away" are really good songs. And I think you'd agree that the content that you obtain from your subscribees is more important than your subscribee count. It's a content game, not a numbers game. - Ontario Emperor from fftogo

Akiva: yup, Alex is my younger brother. You can't really blame him for how he is. I used to beat him up. Of course, he gave me my issues with authority. He told mom. :-) - Robert Scoble

Pete: Rocky already found a bar that has hundreds of beers. I have a feeling we'll be seen there once or twice between now and Sunday. - Robert Scoble

Robert, he seems to be doing all right so far! - Akiva

Great example of being quality-centered instead of market-centered... do what you love and a market will find you... - Justin Long

@Akiva, yeah, robert scoble uses his last name to get by on alex's gig. - Morgan Warstler

Akiva- You are the man...that's the funniest stuff I've seen since the whole Korn of the Blog thing. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

[courtsies] - Akiva

@Pete - I just want you to know that your non sequitur above ended up inspiring dozens of non sequiturs on FriendFeed this evening. I hope you're Melvin about that. - Ontario Emperor from fftogo

LOL@Akiva!!!! - Rah-PM 2012

That's one of the many things I like about FriendFeed: how many people follow you isn't displayed at the top level. I hope that doesn't change. I think a lot of people on Twitter (and other social networks) only obsess over their followers/friends just because everyone else can see it. I also think that's why a lot of people don't like FriendFeed... you've got to give substance to get substance. - Paul Reynolds

@Ontario I've stopped shaking my fist, just so you know. - Pete D

Agreed - I don't think I'll ever "fake follow". I'd rather just unsubscribe - those I follow I try to pay attention to. - Jesse Stay

How does one 'fake follow' a person? Is it hard? Is it fun? Can I do it? - Michael Moran

I agree with you Robert as I don't see any valid reason for me as an individual to fake follow anyone! - Joe Dawson

Yeah @robert, how or whats "fake follow" ? - Arjun

Agree on this, though I think from a feature perspective it's a smart one! - Vinodh Nandakumar

That's my take on it 100% - JP Holecka - Jaypiddy

NEW (February 25): Of course two weeks ago I started auto following again. Why? Cause Direct Messaging on Twitter is broken. But here on friendfeed I have a different philosophy. I am using lists to follow specific people and segregate those out from other people. So I can keep the geeks who talk tech separate from my brother, for instance. - Robert Scoble

That said, I assume everyone is smart until they prove otherwise. :-) - Robert Scoble

i just wish people would stop talking about following in general :P - Terry O'Fee

This would have more credibility now Robert if you protested the capping of manual follows at 2000 until you get followers of that number and can move on now. You got to autofollow with abandon; today normal people are capped on manual follows. Unfair. - Prokofy Neva

Holy hell, this thread is 6 months old! - coldbrew

Who's this Goon posing as you? http://friendfeed.com/e... imitation is the finest form of flattery? - The Real sofarsoShawn

I would agree with Garin, followers/following is not important, but discussion is. BTW, Loic is very good a starting this type of arguments (must be his French side). - Jeremy Chone

dont worry, matt. there's about five or six conversations of the same discussion now. - Terry O'Fee

lol - I really enjoy your posts and convo - I learn many things - and thanks for the laughs too : ) - Mark Harai

I'd respond to this thread but necro-posting creates zombie threads and zombie threads eat Brrraaaiiinnnnsss! :P - MarkCarras

Robert you have alot to teach and you seem teachable also-sign of a good journalist. - earlewallace

LOL - Terry O'Fee

lol - Arjun