Walt Mossberg just sat down next to me and says he doesn't get friendfeed. I told him he has to post something to it to get it. He has an account here: http://www.friendfeed.com/wmossbe... Heheh. One person at a time we'll get them onto friendfeed.
It's like a lot of things, sometimes you just have to try it to "get it". Kinda like I did when I asked the FF community what they liked about FF. Everyone jumped to share their thoughts.
- Ricardo Bueno
I came to FF for the aggregation. Stayed for the conversation.
- Nick in Manila
Wierd part is ....if you sit and post like that and watch your screen..its like friendfeed is breathing..lol
- AlexKaris
I think the trick is to ask a question. It's one thing to get comments/Likes, but it's a whole different experience to get answers back without having to track @-replies all over the place.
- Ken Sheppardson
1 subscribed to and only 6 people subscribed - no wonder he doesn't get it.
- Brian Sullivan
Everything is only a step by step process, so it is a journey and in time it will come about.
- Ray Marr aka Knatchwa
As of 4:55 CT Walt had 13 subscribers, lets see where that number goes in the next hour.
- John Spyers
Tell him it's Twitter with comments and then some.
- Gregg Morris
I've noticed early adopters don't always use "I don't get it" in a pejorative sense. They expect not to get new things at first.
- Bruce Lewis
And that one is private -- come on in Walt the water is fine.
- Brian Sullivan
Also FB is on the trail creating a similar feed to the status now...so its going to be interesting to see how it shakes out. I think that will be a mistake to FB...it will turn the newsfeed into full blasting noise.
- AlexKaris
Hmmm. Sounds like he publishes on dead trees....
- Bryan Vartabedian
Robert - Is there a cure for FriendFeed ugliness? I'd love to use it more, but the gray border drives me nuts.
- Jeff Harbert
Pretty amazed that Walt hasn't tried FriendFeed yet. Agree with others, you've gotta post stuff and play with it.
- Mark Aitken
Shame that Walt isn't seeing this when Twitter is up. They compliment each other well...
- Mark Aitken
I'll give Walt a private demo later. His first question "do you work for friendfeed?" No. I never get financial compensation from the companies I cover or get excited about unless I disclose that. I'm a full time employee of Rackspace. I am not an investor in any company I cover, except I have some Microsoft stock (not much) that I kept from my employment there.
- Robert Scoble
where is that friendfeed.py script for the next TWIT?
- andy halvorsen
Why is his feed private??? Should i request a subscription??
- Roberto Bonini
I hope this doesn't sound cruel but since his feed is private - I have no interest in requesting the feed. The first lesson about FF is sharing; On FF we share.
- LPH™ and his dog P™
L, completely agree! I can't tell if I want to receive your feed if I don't know what it is!
- CAJ, somewhere else
No problem except he has a private feed - what good is a private feed if the rest of us want to know what he is finding out regarding new technology. Tell him to unlock his feed, please :-)
- Vicki Z Lauter
@All talking about Walt's feed being locked - just send him a subscribe request. If he sees enough of those in his Inbox then he will see that there is an audience here that is interested in what he has to say. :)
- Andy Bold
I guess he was here for the aggregation, not the conversation. Wish I could think of another -tion word.
- CAJ, somewhere else
@David, Ha! Must have been his frustration at not understanding the attraction of...okay, I can't manage to pull it off. Where's Alex Scoble to save me?
- CAJ, somewhere else
Also suggest he approve the folks that have requested feed access.
- David Damore
I subscribed... Let's see what happens.
- Herb Hernandez
this brings up something I been wondering about.. what is the point of having a private feed? isnt the point of friendfeed for people to read your feed?
- David Gross
from twhirl
@David Gross: perhaps it is a way for people to overcome any fears they have about "online" content distribution. It's a way for these folks to 'test the waters' so to speak. Thoughts?
- David Damore
My new startup focus, customized software for Robert. Best advertising EVER!
- Mark Essel
David D, technically you're correct. It just seems odd to me to come to a social site and not share. Admittedly, I only came to FF after the Beta started but I've loaded every single account from the infosphere not just for my ease of use but to share with other folks. Possibly people are wondering how many feeds he's subscribed to since all that information is hidden.
- CAJ, somewhere else