Does Bill Gates read friendfeed? He just told me... - Robert Scoble

ooh.. Bill is around us =) watch out - Qbat

Will we see a comment from Bill? - paul mooney

Yeah! well, i think he's got plenty of time now - Constantine

It'd be awesome if we do see a comment from him. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

i think he needs to do it to stay connected and to see what's going on. - Sascha Pallenberg

well why not? would you expect him not to? or anyway, someone that briefs him - sofiagk

At last he is a geek, too. Nice to know. - Ryo / Fuck Facebook

we won't see his comment, because anybody seems to know his account; that clearly means he's not going to use FF as a main [and public] tool of communication. Why should he burn his hidden identity here - if he really have one? -- Anyway I just think his press office has done a good job, telling him what Robert wrote here. - Markingegno - Donato

Markingegno: knowing Bill I seriously doubt it was the press office. The dude does use all social networks. - Robert Scoble

Ironically, Bill Gates could pop in here and say "Hi, I'm Bill Gates" and no-one would believe it now... - Warren

*waves at Bill* There are few people who could change this from ScobleFeed, and he's one of 'em. Heaven help me if Jobs has a covert FF account, I'd be using the hide button like a mad woman. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Maybe he's stalking you, Robert. Or maybe he has a mancrush ;) - Ron's Home And Hardware

But is he on Twitter? ...Sorry, had to drop that in here. :) - phil baumann

@Robert - I believe you about his attitude towards social networks, but still think he doesn't want to pop in. I'd be glad to discover I'm wrong ;) - Markingegno - Donato

Markingegno: he won't participate because he gets too many requests. He was on Facebook for a while and deleted his account. - Robert Scoble

Hi Bill! i think your a kool guy. (now call me and say thanks) lol - @robert whats his twitter? - Chris Clayton

He probably reads it for the same reason many of us to to stay up to date and in touch - Rob Cairns

If he does, his personal stock just went way up in my book! - Aaron Strout

HE is watching us :-| - ◄ani625Ξ

I hope so, he owes me a computer! - Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct

Which reinforces the point that the readers/lurkers are often more important than the participants (or more precisely shouldn't be discounted and can surprise you considerably) - Shannon Clark

Hi Bill. If you're reading this. Please come back to Microsoft. We miss you - Marcus Beagley

If you're reading this Bill, I'm writing you from Nigeria and need help getting my money... - Kevin Leroux

ROTFL, Kevin... Are you having a serious amount of Spam-Mails per month ? :) - Ryo / Fuck Facebook

Everyone listens in on your conversations Robert; have you heard from the pope? : ) - Mark Harai

what happened was that Bill did a Live search for entries/critiques/analysis of the report and nothing came up...then he ran the same search on Google. First hit = FriendFeed.. - Carlos Ayala

ok, now I can tell you, my real name is Bill: http://is.gd/hO6f :) - Markingegno - Donato

Maybe somebody who knows him uses FF and told him about the comments. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo

awesome! - Davide D'Incau

that's eerie yet cool... - Anthony Farrior

Hey Bill. Loved you in Stargate! - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

That is cool, Robert. And I thought the annual letter was interesting and very well written. I'd love to work for the Gates Foundation. - asiriusgeek

Would Bill even use his real name?? ( apologies in advance to Bill if he does read this)??? - Roberto Bonini

Like it or not, a message like that is EXACTLY why Scoble is such an influencer on here and other places. How many people could say that Bill Gates had personally thanked them for a comment they made about him while arsing about on social networks and you know straight away that it's true. - Philip Tomlinson

I'm sure he has a "listening strategy" like a google alert on his own name - or maybe he creates specific alerts for his name plus a keyword for a specific event/topic. - Laura Norvig

YAY!! I hope Bill does check out and participate in FriendFeed. Perhaps he saw it on your blog. You mention FF quite a bit there too - Susan Beebe

Gates=authority - Wallace

OMG! Wait, and you're sure you didn't post those comments anywhere else but here? Nice! - Sarah Perez

Bill is a nerd, why wouldn't he read and do all the other stuff other nerds do? That and in between meeting with heads of state and playing WoW on a real set :-) - Todd Hoff

Wouldn't a system like Twitter, FriendFeed be better for someone like Gates? Even if 1,000,000 people follow him, he's not obligated to follow back, and people wouldn't be offended by this, there would be respect of his privacy. Whereas on Facebook, he would be inundated with requests for various apps... - Mike Nayyar

Now I have to say more nice things about Microsoft. :) - Paul Buchheit

It would be cool if Bill Gates was a lurker here, but all I can say is that he better get along with Derrick. Otherwise there will be all kinds of drama! :-) and just in case...Mr. Gates, longtime customer, first time commenter. Just keep on doing what you feel you should be doing. It's worked for you thus far. You is, be da man. So if no broke, no fixin.... nuff sed - Morgan Haley

Paul, I'll give you one: Microsoft is all about innovation. When it comes to innovative software companies, nobody's bought more of them than Microsoft. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo

moive: Dead Man on Campus - "Bill Gates wants my brain" --- i just had too, one movie quote i always think about when i hear his name! - shayne catrett

Bill wants his annual letter ritual to eventually rise to Warren Buffett level, so guess it's not surprising he's blowing kisses your way Robert. Or he just plain misses you. - mark ivey

Full on lurker or might he have an alias account? - AJ Kohn

Wouldn't Bill Gates employ someone to manage his social networking accounts? Or is the risk of mis-communication too great? - Bill Romanos

If Bill went on Twitter I am sure he would get a gazillion followers... Though Jobs would probably get a gazillion+1 - Peter Efland

BIG microsoft fan...Until I gotta macintosh that is. - Zee.

i'm sure someone e-mails him a daily ego-blast of all such things said throughout the Web. - Andy Sternberg

He has people read it for him, of course. - Monica Bower

Why do people assume he has people looking at Friendfeed and Twitter for him? Bill might like to read Twitter and FriendFeed feeds. - Nicholas James

first even before google: omniscient/omnipresent would be the Gates himself ~ he's watching.... - sofarsoShawn

Maybe this is really Bill: http://friendfeed.com/bob - April Russo (app103)

I bet he's pleased as punch about all the positive feedback on Win7, and should be. It's the best OS since Win95 came out. - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Bill needs to grab this username quick@ http://friendfeed.com/billgat... ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Time to out myself, I'm actually Bill Gates. I've been watching you all. - jjprojects

jjprojects - LOL ... so Bill is running earthhour now too?! :) - Susan Beebe

tell him the credit check passed & yes, he can borrow some money, just wanted to make sure, you know financial crisis & alll... - sofarsoShawn

Wouldn't it be funny if Steve Jobs was here with an outrageous avatar? - Phil Boiarski

There could be a private room for tech CEO's, except Jerry Yang, of course - Roberto Bonini

@Jason, You have a camera on his office? - Phil Boiarski

لایک برای بیل عزیز. به فارسی نوشتم که نفهمین. هه هه - مرتضی