thanks to you Robert I am spending a little more time on ff these days ! - Gautam Ghosh

yes, the amount of publicity that earn some intra-a-listers topics is almost irritating :) - George Tziralis

George: none of my 1,000+ videos has evermade it to Techmeme. Most of my smartest posts don't either. But bitchmemes? Techmeme loves those. Why? Cause bloggers link to them. - Robert Scoble

I am using the Friendfeed "best of" feature across my different lists as my personal Techmeme. - Steve Rubel

I am trying to spend more time on FriendFeed because I'm enjoying the conversational aspect of it. I also appreciate the stream of different services from those I like staying updated on. Also, I agree with your comments here and earlier. I thoroughly enjoy and learn from your interviews but yet this weekend meme is getting more attention. Sigh. - Justin Levy

Steve: that's the first thing I checked today. Shows how much my world has changed. TechMeme used to be the first thing I checked in the morning. - Robert Scoble

Thinking I should spend more time on FriendFeed too - will start - Marshall Sponder

Justin: this weekend is in more contrast because we uploaded yesterday the best interview of the year with Tim O'Reilly. That didn't get on Techmeme, but this stupid bitchmeme did. I knew it would when I was writing the post, too. - Robert Scoble

awwwwwww....(tear) back atcha big fella - sofarsoShawn

I really appreciate Robert Scoble for turning me into a ff addict. Now I wish I could figure out a way to get more people to participate in conversations with me over here - I can't seem to get folks away from twittering only - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Robert, have you seen my post on the whole argument yet? - Tyler (Chacha)

Robert, it's a story at techmeme but hundreds of comments (and screens) here about the same topic. I don't see the advantage. - Ricardo Galli

Ricardo: at least here my smart stuff has a chance at being discovered. Over on techmeme? You'd only see my stupidest stuff. - Robert Scoble

On here 30 people gave my Tim O'Reilly interview "Likes:" http://friendfeed.com/e... Over on Techmeme? Crickets. - Robert Scoble

hahhahahahhahahha!! Added: I find the irony funny, not your point, Robert. Just clarifying. - Mona Nomura

that's hilarious Robert. - anna sauce

Robert you nailed it! Techmeme = bitchmeme / gossipmeme. The value is only based on buzz, not substantive content. Terrible that your best work is overlooked and the "twitter search"and "intervention" type crap gets all the glory....Grrr! - Susan Beebe

Susan: it's pretty normal if you define news a certain way. Techmeme loves new things too. Put up a press release before anyone else and you'll probably get on too. But fights are news. We learn that in high school. The geek who wins the science fair? Not news. The fight in the quad? News! - Robert Scoble

Bitchmemes + Techmeme = Pageviews. Disregard the stupid Twitter metrics being discussed... it's all about the sponsorships in tech/geek blogging now (unfortunately). - Sam Harrelson

But people 'like' bitchmemes on FF too... So will FF eventually succumb to the same inexorable crap-creep? - Michael R. Bernstein

Michael: possibly, but because ff is decentralized it probably will prove resistant. As I note above, yes, the bitchmeme got lots of conversation here, but so did my Tim O'Reilly video. - Robert Scoble

I'm finding users are generally too lazy to get the most out of FriendFeed. It's a sad thing. - Bwana ☠

I don't think ff attracts many people with the bitchmeme mindset, other than just for curiosity sake? - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Bwana - I'm still learning & trying to figure out how to get the most out of it. I'm having a problem getting any interaction. Maybe because my niche is boring? - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Robert, but is just simplistic to disregard blogs just because bitchmemes reach techmeme. Techmeme is not by far a representative sample or index of the blogosphere, not FF is a sample of clever comments. I think you should criticize instead the "Silicon Valley bloggers' endogamy" of TM and similar sites. - Ricardo Galli

Bwana- I think it ends up filtering people out- I have a few friends I wish would give the time they give twitter, to FF too. But in a way, you end up getting what you put in. If they are used to more attention, they're not going to get it here. Also, the fact that we can filter out our followers/audience changes the dynamic sizeably. - anna sauce

I feel like I prefer Techmeme because it has reliable sources. I would easily take the word of say TechCrunch or Gizmodo, over someone on Twitter or FriendFeed. - Marcus Beagley

Robert - excellent observation you made about fights and yes that is all soooo High School :(. I am genuinely concerned that we'll see popularity become the replacement logic over and above relevancy. Think about that for a moment ... The balance of power shifts from an open design where all are equal to a gamed design controlled and manipulated by celebrity / popular persuasion. That model defies pure search results; instead, it delivers koolaid results - affects info discovery & flow of cash!!! - Susan Beebe

You want to keep it pure? Think of it like sports. Little Leaguers play for love of the game. College seniors and pros play for the $$$. A Listers- How often do you bring real attention to a no-name because their blog post, or even tweets, are excellent? It is becoming incestuous lately, and that's part of how we got here. - Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct

After all, I think that the question is "What's your flowchart of getting the news?", I set up a new discussion here http://friendfeed.com/e... - George Tziralis

that doesnt matter...as long as YOU reach YOUR audience. FF offers lots of choice what i can filter and aggregates alot = no walls, just the content i look for -> pretty kewl :) - Chris Hofmann

Hi Friendfeed, good to see you all again! - Larry Kless

Someone should run the numbers: What if only X% of everybody's followers RT or @ reply? Scoble gets more traction because he has more followers, but everyone is roughly equal in the impact they make? Just a thought... - Paul Rodriguez