lol - Capn' One Eye - adrift

I think 1,000 have followed me this week alone. It's amazing to watch the early adopters catch on to what Louis Gray showed me more than a year ago. - Robert Scoble

lol....well that proves Robert is the one and only cutting-edge celebrity we all gotta follow! 37k subs on ff is gr8. and i gotta work like a dog to reach even 1k. - Freddie Benjamin

ugh :) - Stefanie Hahn

oh please don't say that. oh no. I just got here. - Rick Fisher

Rick: you're safe for another month or maybe two. :-) - Robert Scoble

Shhhhh! - Jeff Betts

How the hell are you digesting all this data, are you a robot in disguise ? - Ryan Erickson

I wish I had time to figure out friend feed! I'm computer savvy and this one has me stumped! Send me a basic video please! I've got some of the basics down, but the community aspect and how to communicate has me stumped...other than when you send me here from twitter. - Hummie

Ryan: I have high resolution screens and I type fast. :-) - Robert Scoble

Isn't that just like a man? Gets your heart all a flutter and then he moves on. - Sharon McPherson

Hummie: I showed Jimmy Wales friendfeed on Saturday night: http://www.ustream.tv/recorde... -- that might help you (after the first couple of minutes). - Robert Scoble

You're a machine :) - Ryan Erickson

No one mention friendfeed to the 'normals'. - Ryan Whitwam

Have you studied how much conversation celebrities actually have? They might find FF needing more personal maintenance than they want to. - Yann Ropars

Don't ask me about shiny new stuff. My web development is in a 50-year-old language and its most exciting features relate to a 10-year-old data format. - Bruce Lewis

Ryan Whitwam: too late. Google is indexing friendfeed posts higher than Tweets. - Robert Scoble

for the love of all that is geek, no one RT this to K-utcher or O-prah. - Alachia

Hopefully, friendfeed will have implemented real-time filters before Oprah comes here, also to filter massive amounts of comments coming in by "likes" and algorithms on the "likes" so selections among 1000s of chatters are filtered in real-time to the front for each user while the rest of the conversations are hidden in a personalized way based on their own likes and friends - Charbax

Alachia: Kutcher came to a TechCrunch party last year. He's the real deal. Oprah? Um, no. - Robert Scoble

Why would a real geek play the numbers game then? - Alachia

Someone should create a Techmeme for celebrities... a tool that search and aggregate social media sphere txt and rich media into one stream... - Yann Ropars

Thanks..I'm watching the link now...I see Friend Feed has changed since I was here last. - Hummie

Anyway, I know you weren't totally serious posting this. But I do think you could more fully explore the toys you're already playing with. Spend some time on that Site Integration page. You know which one I mean. - Bruce Lewis

Look for the next shiny object. We'll be here when you get back. :) - Louis Gray

Louis: if you haven't found a new shiny object yet, it's safe to stay here for a couple more months. :-) - Robert Scoble

:) who will be the King ff FF, Ashton? or do we graduate to more distinguished folks? sanjaya perhaps - Samer Forzley

There is nothing shinier than FF. - Diego Barros 

Okay, see...I cannot figure out where the search is that you are referring to! - Hummie

At least you can "hide" the celebrities in FF. Ooo look, something shiny over there! - Brian

+1 Louis :-D - Bruce Lewis

Hummie: The search bar is at the top of the page. Search for a term you're interested in, and on the resulting page you'll notice a red bar at the top with a link "click here to save". Click the link and you can customize and save that search. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Oh geez...HOW did I miss that search box...if it were a bug, it would have bit me! Thanks...going to test the save a search now. If I can figure this place out, I'll be sure to do a video on how to use it on my blog...cause that's what I do...and people expect me to do! - Hummie

Okay, someone tell me how I make a post on Friendfeed without having one import from another application (twitter, Flickr, etc). - Hummie

=) It takes a bit of time to get everything (especially now with so many options). There's a group specifically for cool searches you can save, give me a moment and I'll get you a link. Also, there's a FF for Beginners group that might be helpful. Again, just a moment and I'll have you a link. As for how to post: see the text box underneath the search box? Post there. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

I think you could co-exist if you really wanted to but then again I totally understand why you're already thinking about leaving FF. - John Blanton from twhirl

I think you could co-exist if you really wanted to but then again I totally understand why you're already thinking about leaving FF. If you left where would you go? - John Blanton from twhirl

FF for Beginners group http://friendfeed.com/friendf... FF Saved Searches group http://friendfeed.com/ffss And Hammie, we're usually a pretty friendly bunch. Let us know if you have any questions =) - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Thanks for your help, Tina. I think the new interface since I was here last is a big improvement. It's easier to figure out than it was before. - Hummie

No problem, Hummie =) The new interface is intriguing: people who were really active on FF before started out disliking it (but most have grown accustomed to it). People who didn't connect with FF before really seem to like it. Not sure what that says about the differences in the two user types... - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

I can recommend to open the users reg. to other sites as well ,for example it can be great to let other sites to get for their users an automatic registration here in FF - Johni Fisher

Johni, FF has pretty much implemented exactly that. People can log in with their Twitter, Facebook, or Google IDs now. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Yes thats right but lets say that we have an online newspaper that would like to create users here to his users and to have activity ....in my opinion with this pos we can get here much more than just the tech users - Johni Fisher

I am enjoying friendfeed rightnow since it is safe from undue publicity. - ashish

Ashish: that will only last a few more weeks, given the growth rate here. - Robert Scoble

will this result in more maintanence time = offline time? - ashish

:-)) u r wrong Robert as long that you control the info that u can get u will keep the fun - Johni Fisher

I suspect the "early adopters" - "celebrities" timeline is an oversimplification. It's quite possible that a year from now, Twitter will have moved from its "Oprah" stage to a post-Oprah stage, which is more accurately reflected by the timeline "early adopters" - "celebrities" - "everybody else." Think of cell phones as an example. There was a period when celebrities and yuppies succeeded techies as cell phone users, but that was nothing compared to the time when it became a necessity for everyone, including teenagers and grandparents, to have a cell phone. - John E. Bredehoft

they are already here, I noticed P Diddy and a Khardasian in my friendfeed followers the other day. - Christi

John: sorry, Twitter won't get "everyone else." They already are on facebook. - Robert Scoble

its past my bedtime.. I will have to read about it tomorrow.. g'nite :o) - David Gross

I've passed two kidney stones, but 37,000 friendfreed subscribers? That sounds really painful. - Ranger Craig

Plurk. The celebrities will never use Plurk. Of course, there are good reasons for that. - Ken Wallich

I'll keep an eye on the list of suggested users. As long as you are on top, I think this is still a safe Geekdome...(how many users does FF claim?) - Antonella Stellacci

NO!!!! AGHH!!!! - Kim Landwehr

Kim: I passed 37,000 a while ago. The growth here is headed up and I got there a LOT faster than I did on Twitter. - Robert Scoble

But aren't most of your FF subscribers also Twitter followers? Add that you're the first face new FF see when they join :) - Antonella Stellacci

Seriously, though not sure celebrities will want to be on Friendfeed, unless there interested in good conversation, its not a megaphone like Twitter is, which is all the a lot of celebrities want. - Kim Landwehr

Antonella: most of my Twitter followers were readers of my blog, too. So? That's how I separate out the real people from the bots. The bots stick with what I did yesterday. The real people follow me to the new shiny object when I find one. - Robert Scoble

Kim: celebrities go where the people are. Just wait. - Robert Scoble

I fear that this friend feed, twitter followers race is becoming too much for the slightly more tech savvy but still average user to keep up with. Someone looking for a place to connect on multiple topics but doesn't have a blog, start -up or celebrity status (of any kind) to warrant any following other than sheer wit to compete with. I work in hi-tech and love love LOVE all things web 2.0 but my passion is in photography and all things that relate to mommies. How can one establish themselves in multiple conversations if the end goal is how many followers/friends they can achieve without substance? Thanks for listening... - Cyndi Brigham

Robert, they go where the most people go. It'll be a LONG time before they show up here. - Kyle Sellers

Kyle: wrong. The celebrities are already starting to show up here. - Robert Scoble

Cyndi: do you know of a group like this on Twitter: http://friendfeed.com/persian... - Robert Scoble

Filter them out. - John

The celebs won't know what to do on ff - Dennis Jackson

Agreed, but I guess that the migration from readers of a blog to Twitter users was slower than Twitter-> Friendfeed which might explain the different timeframe. The next shiny is more than welcome... - Antonella Stellacci

Thanks Robert, based on this, I think that for what I'm looking for, Friend Feed may be more the route than Twitter...The link you sent was amazing. I don't know that I'd find that on Twitter. Appreciate the response! - Cyndi Brigham

my friend feed has exploded this week, I think it's a much better listening device - Jessica Wilzig Gottlieb

James: Kim Kardashian: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - Robert Scoble

James: Gavin Newsom, who is running for California Governor: http://friendfeed.com/GavinNe... - Robert Scoble

Jimmy Fallon was rumored to be on here, but I can't find him. - Robert Scoble

Do you think in a year or so, FriendFeed could take over the space from Twitter, and that Twitter will be sort of the "Myspace" or do you think they will both thrive together, sort of need each other? - Stephen Pickering

Stephen: I don't see friendfeed taking over from Twitter in next year. I see friendfeed going in a different direction. The money is in search, so friendfeed needs to be a massively better search engine. We're seeing the groundwork for that now, but it'll take a year to make it obvious to everyone. - Robert Scoble

so abandon ship on Twitter everyone. - Brad Jackson

re Jimmy Fallon: this one? http://friendfeed.com/jimmyfa... ( couldn't find thru search but just writing the vanity URL with the name) - Antonella Stellacci

Antonella: heh, I didn't think of just typing in the URL. Yeah, that looks like him. Mostly a clone of his Tweets though. - Robert Scoble

FriendFeed WAY more useful no? It's not even close.... - j sven

That makes me too late... I didn't like how Friend Feed was before. Now I don't like how Twitter is and I'm falling in luv/lust with FriendFeed. .. but if the celebs invade, and the "like-ables" like you leave... oh whoa... where shall I go? - Arleen Anderson

Arleen: don't worry, we'll have plenty of time to figure that out. We've already been sending Louis Gray on scouting trips to make sure we have somewhere to go. :-) - Robert Scoble

08:00 BST you made it! 37,045 subscribers. Congrats :) - Anita Hunt

More shiny objects Robert? at least stay until this one gets tarnished ;-) - Rachel Clarke

Rachel: actually, wait until we get skinning here. Then it'll seem brand new for quite a while. I'm not leaving, just having some fun! - Robert Scoble

Hummie I'm with you on this. When I first came here I very quickly walked away again, I just couldn't figure it out. I had to get help from my son. There's a lesson there for all of us by the way. And it's possible this "Oh Christ now what do I do?" initial impression is keeping the RiffRaff out. Unlike that other service over there ----> which is real easy to understand. - Gilbert Harding

we're already here, you just haven't noticed us yet! - randulo

Is there a list of the most subscribed to people on friendfeed? I'm guessing RObert has to be the most subscribed t0, non-friendfeed employee? - Jim Connolly

Jim: yes, it's at http://www.ffholic.com/Users... - Robert Scoble

Thanks Robert! - Jim Connolly

Gah, I DO NOT want that to happen! I finally got rid of twitter (except for using it with friendfeed) and don't want to have to find something else. Maybe I should start my own social network... *ponders that thought for a second* Nah, too much work. - MλTT

Robert - I knew you would be top of the pile! I'm in 350th place apparently - w00t!! - Jim Connolly

Matt: (that really did make me laugh out loud!!) - Jim Connolly

I'm not sure the celebs with come to friendfeed. At least not in the same way they have with twitter. Twitter is a broadcast medium to most celebs. They want to tell the world what they are doing and build their brand. They have no interest in what their followers are doing. FF appears to be more of a community where discussion and sharing can take place. (i know you know this but just wanted to add my 2cents) - Jamie Vidamour

@Jamie Apparently not everyone got that memo ;-) http://friendfeed.com/iamdiddy & http://friendfeed.com/kimkard... - Gordon Saunders

I think FriendFeed is 'just' complex enough to scare the crap out of the celebs. Look at the trouble Oprah had with something as easy to use as Twitter! That said, pretty soon most celebs will have social media companies doing this for them. - Jim Connolly

<The celebrities will be here soon> Yup . - JimmyJet

"That said, pretty soon most celebs will have social media companies doing this for them" Jim that sounds like a promising business plan. - Gilbert Harding

My fear exactly. In fact I wonder if following the latest social network trend will itself become the mainstream media's new news trend. I do believe tech and celebs can live in harmony on the same broadcast platform, but it depends greatly on the management of that platform. Twitter management handled this badly. Recommendations should be based on content, not the number of followers for example. In 6 months Oprah has 1mil followers and 42 tweets (actually she had that many followers in even less tweets/time). Obviously that's not based on quality or frequency of content. She's also following 11 people (which may be where the real value is - who do popular people follow?). Larry King on the other hand has been using the media well, asking the public for feedback and questions, etc. I have yet to see a news story of people interviewing the earliest frequent users of twitter. Who were they? Why did they do it? Are thy still there? What do they use now? For any news organization that would be the logical story to dig into, not "and now this famous person is on it". - Keith Barrett

Do you have ghosts like Guy Kawasaki ? How you manage to control all of the streams! 90K+ on twitter, 30K+ from FF.. Amazing.. Really.. I jelaous. - Jacque

Jacque: I do all my own social media work. No ghosts. I just do what I can! - Robert Scoble

I wonder what the next new shiny object will be, any guesses or predictions? - Sally Church

"Next new shiny object"...which is? - Luciano

Luciano: Louis Gray hasn't figured that out yet, so we have at least six months. - Robert Scoble

I understand having many subscribers but how do you make sense of the flood of all those you subscribe to? - Steve Levin

Steve Levin: liberal use of the hide feature and many, many lists and groups...I assume. - Bob Blunk

Steve - I'm pretty sure Robert did a video a while ago - showing what his feed looked like and how he handled it. - Jim Connolly

we have some shiny tin cans and some wire... so ... - Pretty Monkey Studio

Steve: I posted about virtual omniscience of Robert Scoble here: http://messel.typepad.com/my_webl... there's a video of Robert describing it there - Mark Essel

Actually, Pretty Monkey Studio just gave me a great idea: Create my own social network made out of strings and tin cans that spans across the whole world so that everyone can be connected by voice, rather than text... Wait! That may have a few problems *thinks about the repercussions of creating a social network where people put a tin can to their ear while millions of voices are piped (strung?) in to it* - MλTT

matt: its easy.. you will have a tin can for each person you are connected to. the others get a lid. and for group chats you just need more people that are sitting next to you in the treehouse :) - Pretty Monkey Studio

Pretty Monkey: Dibs on that idea! I'm developing a prototype and getting a patent tomorrow :P - MλTT

just come over to our treehouse and we'll hook you up :D we even have pink tin cans !! - Pretty Monkey Studio

Nooooo!!! It's MY idea, Pretty Monkey! If this kicks off, you aren't getting any of the profits :P - MλTT

sry we already have the patent ;) but you could try triangle shaped yellow tin cans for your prototype. Banana shapes are taken too - Pretty Monkey Studio

Not fair :'( Robert, can you make Pretty Monkey Studio hand over the patent? - MλTT

Matt: sure, but I charge $400 an hour for playing a lawyer and this will take at least 40 hours of my work and you're still not guaranteed that Pretty Monkey Studio will hand it over. Want to proceed? ;-) - Robert Scoble

I wonder what that point is. When did it start on Twitter? - Lester Greenberg

Robert: Hmmm, put a decimal point after the 4 and I'm in. - MλTT

I took several months off from friendfeed to concentrate on my facebook presence. Now that I'm back I can't believe all the changes and growth here. 2008 was the year of facebook, 2009 is the year of twitter, could 2010 be the year of friendfeed? - Jonathan.Rivera

pfff you guys are only after money. just come over to the treehouse, you'll get a tin can fro free, we can play some blackjack and spin the bottle and have a good time without patents, twithits or the likes and you can explain friendfeed to us :D - Pretty Monkey Studio

Well, when you're saving to buy your first iPhone, money has a big impact on your actions. - MλTT

you're a social media creature Scoble :) - Ahmet Alp Balkan

Nooooooooo, say it isn't so.... - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

So are companies going to take a stand and disallow celebrities to join services and ruin them or should they change the terms to the we won't reject people based on sex, race, or fame. - Eric Fisher

Eric: friendfeed doesn't need to do that. They just need to make sure that we remain in control of our viewport and that they minimize the kinds of games humans like to play (collecting followers and gaming systems to see if we can move up a list, etc). - Robert Scoble

Robert, do you think the next "shiny object" will be a mobile one? Not a device, but a mobile service. Something that works great on all platforms, iPhone, Android, Win, Nokia, etc. - Mike Lewis

I knew it was always just about the latest shiny object! Now I have proof... - Andrew Deal

Mike... I hope robert says yes.... that is what I always am pushing @cellecast. ... we got 80% more to develop though, and need community help. - Andrew Deal

What do you think the effect will be on Friendfeed?? - 77Agency

Mike: if something works great on all mobile platforms it isn't actually great. You've got to optimize for each one, at least in today's world. - Robert Scoble

Just wait til oprah gets here. :) - Sami Jones from Nambu

My guess is that Oprah will be #1 on Twitter in a month or two. She has over a million followers in 28 days without really trying. Aplusk may have more but he also has tweeted more than 40x as much. Look out Scoble, Ashton will probably run here once Oprah takes his Twitter crown. - Garin Kilpatrick