Posterous is better for pushing content everywhere, and the commenting and favoriting system works better.
- Kamilah Gill
Posterous! They are constantly working to integrate with different systems and dead simple. Tumblr is similar but doesn't keep my attention with features the same as Posterous.
- Nakeva Corothers
Tumblr. Cuz I saw it before I saw Posterous.
- Steven Perez
I've been thinking about moving to Posterous. I use Tumblr right now, though.
- Jason Huebel
I'm still weighing them. but I'm using Posterous almost exclusively right now & autoposting everything to tumblr.
- jbrotherlove
posterous, cleaner simpler interface, & very similar functionality in terms of media
- sofarsoShawn
Hmm, seems like posterous is gaining a lot of traction. Can you map it to your own domain and theme it? (Like I have my tumblr right now at tumblr.the-frame.com and it matches the rest of my site like it's part of it.)
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
I guess guys talking about ease of use... it can go either way: Posterous - email update is so straightforward; Tumblr - if you login to post, it's got templates for you, e.g. quotes, videos, photos, which is actually a lot nicer than just an HTML email interface. I use both but I did think of keeping just one of them... Well, if that happens, I'm leaning towards keeping Posterous.
- Jackie
Both: Posterous for broadcasting to other sites/services, Tumblr for sharing directly on Tumblr with the ability to monetize via Google Ads, affiliate ads, etc. Tumblr allows for great flexibility with adding html to your Tumblr site. Until Posterous allows for some sort of monetization of my content, I will be pointing visitors to my other sites and simply use Posterous as a broadcast tool to deliver content to those sites.
- Louis Trapani
both! love posterous because i can post to a single address via my mail and tumblr because it holds things differently but these two can't replace my wordpress and blogger :)
- ffcode
@Sanat, sure if you are Guy Kawasaki. Whenever I tried to add any customized code (i.e. Google Ads) it was stripped out of Posterous.
- Louis Trapani
Uhm, posterous because I always forget about tumblr even though i've had it for longer. Oh yeah! And posterous posts to other places.
- Ade
Tumblr. Posterous can't post "javascript:" links.
- LouCypher
I would prefer Tumblr but for their bad SEO. I had the Tumblr blog for quite some time and it doesn't quite come up in search results. Posterous on the other hand, comes up though I started having it just recently. I really wish Posterous makes posting from their web interface as good as Tumblr.
- Pavan
Posterous. Simply because it makes transferring those sudden thoughts to web pretty simple. Posterous is more about quick babbles. Tumblr is more formal.
- Amit
Expanding on my previous comment: Tumblr, because I can post by e-mail (separate e-mail addresses for each Tumblr you create), sharing to Twitter, Facebook and FriendFeed; posting by IM via AOL IM; sharing on my website with a bit of HTML code; and I can call in audio posts; sharing comments with Disqus; and a nifty little bookmarklet that is a lot more versatile than the FriendFeed bookmarklet. Oh, and I like blue better than gold.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Posterous is easy. Tumblr is hard. I've loved using Posterous so far.
- Mike Nayyar
Everything Posterous can do Tumblr can do better. Have people who say Posterous is easier to use used Tumblr? I don't know how you can make it easier than allowing you to email your posts or giving you a text box.
- Mark Trapp
"It was the kind of place many New Yorkers dream about, the sort of impossibly beautiful apartment movie directors cast as home for “arty” characters who would more likely be living in a cold-water collective in Bushwick in the real world. For a time, it was Ms. Williams’s dream home. She and her husband, both of whom are in television production, moved in two days before Christmas in 2007 after a renovation, at the time not yet complete, that had already taken about a year. Two weeks later, Ms. Williams’s husband moved out. He was done, he told his wife, with the renovation, and the marriage. Perhaps there were unseen fissures in the marriage that the stress of the renovation cracked wide open; perhaps the 14-year relationship had run its course. Whatever Tolstoyan truth Ms. Williams and her husband embodied is not the subject of this story. (He has asked not to be mentioned by name.)"
- edythe
from Bookmarklet
"He was done, he told his wife." Where have I heard this before? oh yeah, Mr. R. "I'm DONE" D. That's what they say after 14 years...or five. Murr. At least I wasn't forced to sell my home. That still sucks, P., but you will have a new dream home--I know it.
- maidel
*grabs P in his arms, swoops around, does a dip and lays one on her -- in a platonic sense, of course* :D
- Derrick
kisses and much gratitude to Mai, Parth, Derrick, and Cecily. You are all too kind to indulge my moments of bitterness and self-pity. I wish it were not still there, but it is, a bit... Bless you for being kind instead of judging me harshly, because I looked back at this after I first posted it and thought, "Oh, Polly, now... *please.*" Derrick: :) :) :) :) :) :)
- edythe
HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY...to my 'lil FF sis!!! You're one of my best buds in the world...aww hell girl, you're like family! ...I'm SO HAPPY that in the past year you've found, in Nice Bot, the love that YOU DESERVE! not to mention the LOVE and support you've given to Emma and I! You KNOW what that means to us and for that we're ETERNALLY greatful! <3 Feliz Cumplianos 'lil sis!!! ENJOY THE HELL OUT OF YOUR B-DAY!!! :-))
- Live4Emma (L4S)
They are just as difficult as they were, but the graphics are much better!
- Michael Fidler
FPS-TPS ones are getting "piece of cake". Because producers are more intended to attact gamers with fancy graphics (that need more powerful graphics cards) but RPG's are getting harder, gloomy and needs more user intelligence to deal with AI
- Acharad Sami VanJoulee
Games are definitely getting harder, and it's absolutely NOTHING to do with my increasing age and diminishing dexterity.
- Slippy "Threadsbane" Lane
The general census is that they are getting easier. What do you say to that?
- Kol Tregaskes
I think, for the most part, video games reached a peak in their difficulty a few years back, and have started to get a little easier again than they once were. The systems, though, (with the exception of the Wii) are getting more complex and difficult for us old fogeys to understand.
- Curtiss Grymala
In my case, they were already so hard 10 years ago that I gave up playing, and stuck with Tetris and other puzzle games. Really didn't want to spend hours and hours just to reach the final screen.
- Jordi Soler
Games only appear to be getting harder because as we get older, there's always something else competing for our valuable leisure time, so we have fewer hours free for gaming. (Oh, and for me, it's also got a lot to with increasing age and diminishing dexterity...)
- Andrew Terry
Sean, if only I knew. This was delivered directly to me fresh and hot.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Wow, whatever you do, don't google "Asian guys at beach licking" if you want to find the Flickr account for this. No, seriously. Just...don't. o.O
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
changed my life forever...I will always go to the beach with a a few chubby buddies after porking myself up for those bosoms ~ and this image is most definitely going in the ol' spank bank
- sofarsoShawn
Remember ! I bring quality product to Friend Feed !:)
- Akiva Moskovitz
you know what would be funny: ok bear with me, if we blindfolded leather donut (you know the booby man) and...yeah fill in the blanks...something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- sofarsoShawn
Sir, randomly linking to your FriendFeed from one of my posts is oh wait you'll never see this because you're blocked for spamming. Thanks anyway, kaghazrangy.
- Akiva Moskovitz
damn this picture just won't go away - you have forced me to hide it
- William Harryman
Akiva, wasn't that pic taken at your last BBQ?
- Paul
Every time I see this picture I smile. Their joy is infectious, like herpes.
- Sparky Crocker
Paul, I surely do wish I had a beach in my back yard!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Sparky, I'm going to have this blown up to poster-size and attaching it to the ceiling above our bed. That'll cause some infections!
- Akiva Moskovitz
makes me want to grow a rack and diddle with my own, know what I'm saying?
- sofarsoShawn
this. . . .this. . . ugh . . . so fucking wrong.
- Peter Ghosh
Akiva - you can put anything you want above our bed.
- Sparky Crocker
i've been trying to formulate a comment for this for days, but i just...can't.
- joey
I still want to know the motivation here. is this a gay marriage argument? or are we already pushing group social contracts on friendfeed?
- Noah David Simon
oh man this one keeps popping up on ma friendfeed,....must spread virus nao
- Chris Hofmann
I'm surprised no one's noticed old boy's red-framed glasses.
- Akiva Moskovitz
oh right... the glasses are so important when three asian men are licking his nipples and all the comments are by people who think gay marriage has something to do with equality... when it has everything to do with taking protections away from children. the red glass glasses.... um yeah. chicken and Oklahoma with milk
- Noah David Simon
Mark, you have uncovered the dark underbelly of humanity except in this case it isn't dark but is rather a pasty hue somewhere in the vicinity of undercooked flan.
- Akiva Moskovitz
This should be in the default noobie FF stream. Like the first thing anyone who signs up sees. If they stick around they're part of the family.
- Internet's Tad
Perhaps this can replace the kitty pic on the start page for non-members!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
I'm certain prop8 had nothing to do with Swine Flu
- Noah David Simon
I'm thinking that eventually, it will have been hidden by every user on FriendFeed. It'll be the most hidden post in FriendFeed history.
- Akiva Moskovitz
WHY WHY KEEP BRINGING BACK THE EYES THEY HURT ME
- Neal Jansons
from IM
Herpes (and this): the gifts that keep on giving.
- Sparky Crocker
I wonder if the FriendFeed guys see this and say to themselves, 'Well, this isn't exactly what we had in mind when we started started FriendFeed.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
I look at it and think, "Not again."
- Steven Perez
from IM
Just about the time you FF is getting some class .. Oh well we is what we is.
- Brent - Long Live Rock
I can't believe after all this time some diligent FF'er hasn't dug up the identities (I said "titties") of this bunch and invited them to join the service that made them famous. Mitchell Tsai, get to work!
- Sprague D
i think if you unlike and delete all your comments anna it'll go away, but hide in general would be nice too (this photo makes me smile every time it pops up so don't mind it)...
- mike "glemak" dunn
*sigh* This is never going away, is it? It's gonna end up like James Bond movies and Swedish meatballs - always existing in the same form. never diminshing, never forgotten. :( :( :(
- Steven Perez
from IM
It will go away, to be replaced with photoshops of the original. It's all part of the meme lifecycle.
- Sparky Crocker
I am too new on friendfeed to know anything about record comments.. I love gmail tho, puts all the comments in one threaded email and I can delete them all later in one shot or not if I choose..
- David Gross
from email
well we should aim to beat the record.. i mean jeez there are tons of things that could be said about this.. like.. does it taste like chicken?
- ed fry
I'm gonna have nightmares now. thanks ed. ;)
- Alejandro
ok, in Japanese: "an, an, soko dame!"
- Rick Cogley
You can't close this thread. A lot of people say that this place is a Scoble-fest but, truly, it is this thread that is at the very heart of FriendFeed.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm officially going to proclaim that this is the FF equivalent of Goatse or FFoatse if you will. Lets all refer to it as that from this point forward.
- Mark Krynsky
Sparky has left 57 comments. The rest of you are slacking. Hop to it!
- Christopher Harley
Chrisitan just walked by and said "It's too early in the morning for Japanese titty licking." It's NEVER too early for Japanese titty licking.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
THIS is the first thing I see here this morning?
- l0ckergn0me
Chris, you just woke up? C'mon, man! It's 10:30!
- Akiva Moskovitz
I knew he would break eventually - it's fitting that it's on this thread *now to find out how to hide a thread once you've commented....*
- WorldofHiglet
As much as I am loathe to bump this post, I have to do it to say, You, sir, are a master. Well played, sir. Well played. This is why I take every opportunity to say, in my next life, I want to be Akiva. I've already called it! Don't anybody go getting any more ideas.
- ♥patricia♥
I, for one, refuse to "bump" posts...it's very unseemly...
- Live4Emma (L4S)
I wish FF-search allowed to do GROUP BY -aggregations so I could COUNT(*) who are the biggest *bump*ers. :)
- Jemm
Makes me laugh everytime I see it. Such a happy yet silly scene by the sea.
- Toby Graham
There is nothing silly about it. This is serious business.
- Sparky Crocker
The more I see this, the more I like it. Not for the ironic nipple-licking, but because these kids are genuinely enjoying themselves. :) Carry on.
- felicious
This photo looks so much better in iPhone 3.0!#!~
- Akiva Moskovitz
Seriously dude. What do I have to do to get rid of this disgusting picture!? Doh! Now I've just pushed it back to the top... yuck, I'm so sickened.
- Jason Nunnelley
I love this image, because I have no clue why it's happening. Randomness FTW!!
- Jimminy
from twhirl
I'm just thinking of all the new folks coming to friend feed and see this and wonder just what the hell did I get into anyway? And why in Gods name can't I spell Friend correctly the first time - GRRRRRR
- Brent - Long Live Rock
Can't believe I never hit 'like' on this! Consider the situation rectumfied.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Oops! I hope I didn't just bump this up again... ;-)
- Sprague D
It's just so refreshing to see genuine juvenile humour at work. These kids are no different from any other, I think it's a great happy image, given all the other shite happening in this world on a daily basis. For those that are too pompous and prudish, 'up yours with brass knobs'
- ImJustCreative
Wow. 666. Nice! Actually, the reason Asashoryu is getting a divorce ( http://ff.im/4T0UA ), is because he wants to spend time with this lot.
- Rick Cogley
To this day, the pic still comes back. Just like Herpes. :D
- Danny Minick
Although unlike herpes this photo is fun to share with friends.
- Sparky Crocker
I would rather go to http://woot.com and buy the Acer Aspire One for $259.99, I do not care that it is a refurb.. but what would I do with two laptops? Maybe #hive knows? hmm..
- David Gross
from email
What's this? A real question in this thread? Two extra laptops? Make them fancy digital photo frames.
- Jordan Hofker
Reason #696 why the Internet can grant you immortality. ;-)
- darnell
from BuddyFeed
I can't believe this thing is still floating around Friendfeed. These poor guys... ha ha ha
- Bradley Farless
@SeanMcGee sorry about the spam, this thread is sorta spammy.. I get the messages in email perfect for replying with any message because it then gets posted on twitter and facebook.. I do not do it all the time, look at my other posts in this stream..
- David Gross
from email
Lactating, males last resort to save ourselves, now that they can create sperm in labs.
- Jimminy
This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that...
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- David Gross
from email
I have 89 :( emails since july 10th.. that includes the ones I sent.
- David Gross
from email
gmail comes in handy, it keeps all the email in conversations, 100 messages at a time but because the subject " :( " it will not filter out so they dont go to inbox.
- David Gross
from email
*THOUGHT FOR THE DAY...* Women are like phones: They like to be held, talked to, and touched often. But push the wrong button and your ass is disconnected.
- David Gross
from email
all this oral stuff is just begging the question of when do they start with the money shots?
- Noah David Simon
I just use this image as a way to announce crap. no one really pays attention to my feed... except my enemies. so when I have something important to say I tell the Asian Titty lickers. it is my strong belief that this thread needs it's very own domain name. something like http://xrl.us/TittyLickers
- Noah David Simon
You know, every time this pops up, since FF hides the middle of the comments of which there are 804 or so, I see Akiva say "I'm sorry." at the top. It makes me wonder about how some things are just not possible to apologize for!
- Rick Cogley
wow, I can't believe tomorrow is Friday :o) no, wait, somewhere in the world it's ALREADY Friday :o)
- David Gross
from email
Thanks Rick, thats what I thought.. does that mean I can start with the #followfriday on twitter or do I have to wait till it is Friday here in NJ? would be funny to post it from this post LOL all my friendfeed goes to twitter..
- David Gross
from email
David - yeah, you can get an early start.
- Rick Cogley
Rick, I am not good at lists or #followfriday but there are lotsa good people in this thread.
- David Gross
from email
the thing that strikes me about this (aside from the obvious) is after seeing this thing pop up like 35-40 times since March its just occurred to me that I don't have any (guy) friends that a) would lick my nipples b) would lick my nipples for a photograph. Maybe I should get out more...
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
I'm a little scared that I've this has gotten more than 800 comments and almost 200 likes over nearly five months and I still haven't clicked "Hide."
- Scott of Two Countries
It's just a bit of fun. I mean watching how many comment, not the picture content (although I suspect that is all that was too!)
- Ian May
Allright, you guys ready to shoot "mirth and girth"?
- Rick Cogley
For the life of me, I'll never understand the emotion people have around this picture for or against. There's no nudity at all, not even implied nudity. Less dude nudity than a beer commercial or cigarette ad, yet there are people who really really really hate this picture.
- Matthew DeVries
I found a way to get a Tit Theme, and it involves this picture.
- Jimminy
Hahahaha! It's like a telethon. And after Joey Bishop goes off stage, they flash this picture on the screen. "Won't you think of the CHILDREN?"
- Spidra Webster
It's been a while, hope the magnetism still prevails...
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
I just had to bump this once more... gives me a whole new excuse to go look at Phoebe again!
- Mark Jepsen
Hmmm, where do you think they're from? My guess is Japan...
- sofarsoShawn
The bumping algorithm includes things like novel people posting to it, in addition to thread age, and rapidity of comments. If the same 3 people are talking in a thread, it quits bumping because it's obviously a closed tea party.
- Matthew DeVries
I forgot, also you're a very handsome guy(saw the wedding images), I don't understand why you don't like to share your face. Rochelle is a lucky lady.
- Jimminy
Jimminy, it's an irrational phobia. No different than people who are afraid of heights, spiders, clowns, or Canada.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, now I'm LMAO at the fear of Canada. People are actually afraid of Canada, or just the fact they don't know if they're British or French?
- Jimminy
I don't think even Canadians know that difference.
- Akiva Moskovitz
If Friendfeed had sound .. this thread would be all licks and slurps
- Mattb4rd
Sorry Akiva, I think it was the display picture.. I have known male and female Akivas.. Oh and by the way guys I am not afraid of Canada LOL will be there this weekend.. Dave Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes...> - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."
- David Gross
from email
I popped the 666 cherry and I will get 1000 also.
- Jimminy
If it gets to 1000 will Akiva lock it so it can sink from our feeds forever? Please?!?
- WorldofHiglet
I think locking this post would be un-FriendFeedian.
- Jason Huebel
This is the immortal post everyone who uses the service must see it so WoH it just wouldn't be good to lock it.
- Jimminy
Not everyone see's it, only the people with true class do.
- Sparky Crocker
It keeps on going and going and going....
- David Gross
from email
In the Hall of Great Posts at the FriendFeed museum, this shall be hung high on the wall with pride.
- Johnny Worthington
I'M THE ROCK AND ROLL CLOWN.. AND I LIKE COCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINE
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
*Wispering to Murderface* "Seriously man, I do... A LOT of cocaine."
- Matt Stoddard
It is now September 1st, and this has not reached 1000 comments. I am sorely disappointed. Yet, for some reason, I am uplifted by the smile of this young man, who was fortunate enough to have such great friends that fateful day on the beach.
- Josh Haley
Quick let's add some comments... Gee that guy on the far left is not really getting into the swing of things is he?
- Travis Koger
Travis... bear in mind that we don't know what "main chubby guy's" right hand is doing, or where it's doing whatever it's doing...
- Mark Jepsen
BUT WE CAN INFER WHAT "MAIN CHUBBY GUY'S" HANDS ARE DOING. BOTH OF THEM.
- Sparky Crocker
@Mark, of interest (well not really) is the location of Front Left guy's left hand.
- Travis Koger
The photo of Akiva in the jacuzzi with the Texas A&M cheerleaders would be so much more popular. Now if only someone would post it.
- Christopher Harley
Noooooooooooooooooooooo! Posted March 1st and we are still enduring the wrath! "Akiva's posts, now with more staying power than ever before!"
- Nicholas Kreidberg
YAY! OVER 1000 COMMENTS BLAAAARGBLBLLB
- Josh Haley
It feels like Groundhog Day whenever I see this.
- Andru Edwards
Except that unlike Groundhog Day this is AWESOME!
- Sparky Crocker
This thread was how I discovered Akiva. ROFL... Y.M.C.A.! BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP! GAZE AT IT! DON'T LOOK AWAY! >:O I SED DON'T LOOK AWAY!!! ... ^_^
- Danny Minick
You have nothing to fear - I never look away.
- Sparky Crocker
On Fark, there was this one thread, that just kept growing and growing. On Fark, it was a single page per thread. And you could post images and gif inline. Well the thread wouldn't die, people just kept posting. I forget which one it was. Anyway, it got so monsterous, that few people going to read/post to it per day (which was only a handfull) accounted for 1/3 of the server load of the site. They eventually had to cull that thread.
- Matthew DeVries
I think everyone who has participated in this thread has 'culled' themselves privately.
- Akiva Moskovitz
What with all the copycat images this has inspired I hope our muse continues to stick around and not get lost in the shuffle of so many knockoffs.
- Sparky Crocker
SHUT UP SPARKY!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111!!!!
- Andru Edwards
I refuse to shut up about the glory that is this thread. REFUSE.
- Sparky Crocker
Yes, Vezquex, I'm jealous of those guys, it is warm there, nothing like a warm beatch..
- David Gross
from email
Yes, Sparky, they do not know how good they have it there frolicking on the beach while we freeze up here.. Hard to believe it is only 49 degrees, feels like 29.. I bet it's at least 85 degrees on that beach.
- David Gross
from email
Anyone who doesn't appreciate this thread is clearly not developing a FriendFeed iPhone client because this is a great stress test case. (It crashes BuddyFeed, by the way.)
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Also it exercises the crap out of your thumb trying to scroll down to the bottom of it.
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Do you need to appreciate the pic in order to appreciate the thread?
- Travis Koger
If I un-collapse this thread, will it break my computer?
- Eivind
Every time this thread gets a bumped, god kills a kitten
- Matthew DeVries
Matthew, you may have given some people more reason to keep bumping this thread.
- Victor Ganata
How does it give you thumb exercise? Whatever you're doing, why don't you either use the keyboard or switch to Linux so you can middle-click the scrollbar to jump to where you want? :P
- Tanath
actually this thread does not bother me because I get it in email and gmail groups them and starts new thread after every 100 comments. I have it autoarchived so I do not have to see on phone lol and just see when I look at my ffeed label in gmail.
- David Gross
from email
He looks like a bum for the next three days' weather in the Chi. O_O
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
They should do a Michelle Obama weather and depending on the temperature would be the length of her shorts and her shirt sleeves. SCANDAL!
- Dragon Goldmaple
Cute site! Great concept...immediately answers all the questions one would have about the weather, without making you really think much about it. What should I wear, do I need an umbrella, should I bring a jacket, etc.
- April Russo (app103)
Man. I just rewatched the ESPN video and the other girls clearly instigated it in every case where Lambert did something rough. Escalation is probably a bad idea though.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Happy Birthday Mike and Jeremy! Hey Jeremy, I think we emailed each other once... your logo looks familiar. Ah, yes... you're in my gmail. Your wife did the art for Medieval Fantasy Festival in March. Small world!
- Trish Haley
Do you miss it? Do you want mine? (Just diagnosed with one this year after 19 years of just being near-sighted.) And this is how the universe keeps it balance?
- SAM
Ronin: For the past 23 years, my right eye has been floating between -3.25 & -4.75, and my left eye between -2.75 and -3.75. The astigmatism ranges from -0.25 to -1.0 (Don't remember if it ever went over -1.0). Wish I were better organized. I don't know how much the astigmatism rotated over the years. Astigmatism started when I had a bad bout of manic depression in 1986.
- Mitchell Tsai
Just got 2 pairs of new glasses for $105.44 ($99 + tax) at Eyemasters. New lenses would have been the same price or more (so I got two $59.95 frames for free).
- Mitchell Tsai
My friend Rani got her glasses for $5 in India. Wish I could get those prices. :-) Of course, $5 in India is one week's salary...
- Mitchell Tsai
Mitchell, I had detectable astigmatism for about 4 years in my 30s, but it went away.
- ha3rvey (doink doink)
Ha3rvey: Did anything in particular help your astigmatism go away? In my case, it might have been weeks of scanning slot machines in the distance looking for 100+% machines. :-)
- Mitchell Tsai
I have no idea what happened. Each exam, it went down. My optometrist just shrugged shoulders and said "it happens"
- ha3rvey (doink doink)
from fftogo
I have astigatism as well, but I have no idea what state it's at right now
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I keep getting blocked by people I don't know. It's kind of weird, like there are people out there who dislike me and I don't know why. Maybe it's the mustache?
Hmmm, I block people I don't (have never) interacted with simply because their sheer presence annoys the crap out of me. But...I get annoyed easily and have zero patience for people. Maybe that's what's happening.
- Anika
LOL Anika :D sometimes heavy users, FFer's who post crap to infinite, clogging & trying to dominate the Home Feed (*ahem* thereZ. one Techie in particular I have in mind, no not Scoble...nowadays) YES GOSH DARN IT! I TOTALLY feel like blocking too, though I don't, I'm a softie
- sofarsoShawn
I don't think I've ever been blocked - of course, you have to be noticed first in order to be blocked :) I'm gonna block you because I can't grow a stache like yours
- Alan Simpson
See, for me it's not even content. It's comments. If they prove over and over again that they can't play well with others I block. Other people who bug me, but leave comments that don't chafe, I just hide their entries. If they don't leave comments in other people's posts (headZ up Shawn), it's easy to hide and not interact with them.
- Anika
Looks like I've been blocked a few times by people I don't have any clue about. Good.
- MiniMage, sheeple of FF
@Anika HUH? Headz up to me? Or you hide me :) fair enough Usually mostly due to work I find it difficult to monitor a thread (too time-consuming) and thereby don't really get involved in discussions. But I do comment when I feel it's necessary, I'm just unable to do on most things. I do use FF as a social medium, but more so I feel as "reader"
- sofarsoShawn
See, Shawn...this is why I *never* address you any more. LOL You seem to read things into stuff when I do. I was saying you can just hide the entries of the person who is annoying, without fully blocking them.
- Anika
And now people are arguing in my thread about blocking. Meta-ness increasing to dangerous levels.
- Alex Scrivener
Ok I see, I get it now, apologies Anika ~ no Alex it's all good, it's helpful
- sofarsoShawn
LOL Alex, we're not arguing. I was just teasing Shawn.
- Anika
See, I read Anika's comment a whole 'nother way: I thought she was speaking code, saying she knew which techie Shawn was referencing and that she agreed. Just ignore me, my brain is addled and I should go to sleep!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
my brain is addled to, I need a drink :)
- sofarsoShawn
*sprays fire extinguisher on the non-fire*
- Micah Wittman
Hmm. Looking at the setting thing you posted I see I've recently been blocked by 2 people. One I know why and I won't miss them at all. The other I don't even know who they are.
- Alan Simpson
What Anika said, uh, like, way upthread. If someone is making comments that I find obnoxious or tasteless, I often take a look at their other comments. If that seems to be their usual mode of interaction, I block them.
- Steve is older than ever
It actually looks like one block, some apparently revoked blocks and several private accounts. This is pretty cool! I'm pretty sure I figured out the one block, which was seemingly based on one comment about a manipulative campaigner [edit: the manipulative was redundant, wasn't it?] that the user apparently identified with. It's too bad; she has nice stuff in her feed. I'll live!
- MiniMage, sheeple of FF
How to get me to delete your email: "Hey girl! How's it going? It's been a long time! Hey, we were wondering if you could whip us up a quick website for [this event]. Of course, you're invited. You can have the discount of $500/family."
It's been 5 years. FIVE. I did a quick page for an event in '04 and pretty much stopped attending meetings after the event. I'm assuming they don't want to pay for it or else she's offered me entrance for free.
- Anika
Seriously. She even gave details as exactly what they wanted for the pages. This is a site that will easily be about 60 pages. She even gave me sample websites she liked, "I like the graphics here." or "I like the pop up box here." LOL
- Anika
Exactly. After reading through it and remembering what a PITA she was about the webPAGE I did AND the fact that she didn't offer to pay, I just sent it to spam.
- Anika
Yeah, I would ignore it. The other thing would be to send her an estimate, inflated a bit for annoyance factor. Then add that she can have the $500 former client discount.
- Dragon Goldmaple
I had a one-time client call me recently, and ask for 'family' discount. We're not related. I said no.
- Ian May
Boy does that sound familiar! And very annoying!
- Trish R
the correct response is "sorry, i can't. i am not available right now."
- tiffany
:/ WHA?!?! What the hell is wrong with people?
- Anna Lynn M.
Well, yes, I never actually say NO. I don't burn my bridges. I am tactful about how I refuse work that isn't worth my time and effort. Perhaps that sounds pompous to some, but I'm not going to take on a job that effectively means I'd get more flipping burgers. Joking? No, some people want to pay next to nothing for many hours work, even when they understand how much is involved.
- Ian May
Even 5 years ago, I wouldn't have called her a friend, so this is very presumptuous of her. I'm not a website maker. I *can*make a website, but it's not my thing. There are professionals for this. This is akin to asking the cashier at Taco Bell to cater a sit-down dinner for 300 people, serving only French delicacies.
- Anika
I *do* build websites (amongst other things). In this economy there are many people out there that want so much done for so little. They either can't really afford it, or they think that you must be starving so you'll cut your rates to the bone. Thing is, if you do that, you devalue yourself for when the economy does pick up. Flexibility is one thing, but working for free isn't. Also, bartering and trading can be a dangerous game to play too.
- Ian May
Pea, don't believe him. He's just saying I won to demonstrate the lunacy of social media. In related news: I was way too sleepy to win last night anyways *snicker*
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)