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“Size Comparison: Twins vs. Electronic Gadgets” - http://friendfeed.com/e...

July 19, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

Mike David, foreign, порядок в аркхеме and 92 other people liked this

"Yes, it's me, abusing my baby pictures quotient on FriendFeed again. But in case you wanted to get a visual on Sarah's size, here's one item for comparison - the iPod Touch. Also included, Matthew, sleeping next to the iPod Touch, TiVo remote and Blackberry. It's better than using a ruler!" - Louis Gray

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LOL LOUIS!!!! - Mona Nomura

This will replace the pencil markings on the wall as a measurement of growth. - Hutch Carpenter

Way too cute! - michael sean wright

will there be an unboxing at some point - Allen Stern

The TiVo remote has hardly changed at all in 10 years. - Robert Seidman

WOW, they are SMALL! cool pics!! I love the one with the baby on the couch with 3 devices - Susan Beebe

Okay that's just really damn cute :) - justine

one day these kids are going to say, 'dad used us as props for his gadgets!'...and then there will be blood! lol - .LAG liked that

@.LAG, then I'll remind them how when we parked in what I thought was acceptable shade outside Babies R Us today, they both went nuts, and I had to extract them from their car seats and walk into the store (using the exit), with the pair held tight to my chest, to commiserate with their mother. I'm sure I was quite the sight. "Hey! Look at that guy! He's in over his head!" (fingers pointing) - Louis Gray

Hey! Someone should say you - this is really unhealthy!! : ( - Erhan Erdoğan

@Louis - You definitely look in over your head. However, I was that way with only one. Now my children are 21 and 18 and I still remain in over my head. ; ) - Rex Hammock

This made Maryam crack up and say "that's cute!" - Robert Scoble

@Rex, I look in over my head? Definitely? Where's the proof on that? I disagree. :-) - Louis Gray

Maybe good idea to get the RF away from the newborns? Just sayin'. Amazing scale comparison pics though Louis. Thanks for sharing. Now get those radio wave emitting devices away from the generation that will hopefully save us all :) - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

I don't believe you all - Robert, Louis, Maryam, all likes, comments - i urgently need a judge for this photos! : ) Your tech love is get out of control!! - Erhan Erdoğan

now let's see the Touch duke it out with the Blackberry - Paulo Elias from twhirl

I'm so going to do this one day when I have one. haha - Daynah

@Erhan and Brian, 1) They're not sleeping with the gadgets in their cribs (yet) and 2) I am not worried about that nonsense. I might as well unplug the microwave and TV while I'm at it, no? - Louis Gray

We always left a computer keyboard in our kids cribs as a toy -- they loved it. - Oldengrey (Jay)

The important thing to remember is that if Louis were forced to choose between his children and his gadgets,,,well, I'm sure the kids would find a good home. (JUST KIDDING!) - Ontario Emperor

Yeah, I know I know Louis. I'm just waiting for the time I go to the Dr. to get the "news" after having gone through life carrying 3+ mobiles around in my pocket. It's safe to carry 3+ phones + EVDO + Cradlepoint wifi in my pockets right? - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

lmao I'm so reporting you for this. Too hilarious - Corvida

Hey guys you have to see this related post... Scoble is competing with Louis' over coolest kid toys! http://friendfeed.com/e... - Susan Beebe

OMG! that's priceless! I <3 it! Put the device on vibrate and see what happens! I bet it would sooth any crankiness. Can you say iTunes visualizer? Better than Baby Einstein. Makes us AND them drool into relaxation. My son has gumdrop iMac in his bedroom specifically for that reason (glorified nightlight). Hey! We have to do what we have to do, right? Why not have some fun with it? Hellz ya! - Melissa Davis from twhirl

You know Louis, most parents use a wall and a pencil to show height and growth, you choose electronic equipment, what comes next? comparisons to the wii and ps3? then a macbook, then macbook pro, then dell blade server, where will it end?!!?!? - Allen Stern

Oh what beautiful little souls! I'm sure they are very precious to you :-). - Heather Colman

umm... it's not too heavy on him?! - Orli Yakuel

those photos are really embarassingly sad. Please leave the kids alone. - Claudio Cicali

A coochii coo! They are too cute! Twins are born small but they'll catch up in no time! Congrats! - Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart

LOL.. awesome pics - Aviv

apparently Amazon S3 is down - Shey

Total weirdness - the cuteness overload causes the pics to show for me even when S3 is down! It might be just my cache, ofcourse, but I like the first theory better :) - Yuvi

I'll take the electronics when the kids are all grown up. It won't matter to me that the stuff is decades old. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

oh this is ROFL! - susan mernit

Ok, from one tech geek to another, that has to be the most cute thing I've ever seen. =) - David Cook

It's February 21, 2009. I'm in the middle of a music search on FriendFeed and found these pictures from July 19, 2008. How time flies... - Ontario Emperor

Wow, where'd you dredge this up, Haggis? - Kevin L

Just showed this to Matthew, and he says, "That's Braden!" - Louis Gray

beautiful - Rida Sayf

Louis Gray

Ga Ga Google Twins

November 6, 2008 from email - Comment - Like - Share

Zu from AOD, Zihni Babuz, Oguz Serdar and 97 other people liked this

These and more were in an e-mail I got from my wife the second I got in to work. Too much fun! - Louis Gray

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Your poor kids...when they grow up and find out how you sold them out they might exact revenge! Or they'll just be the coolest kids ever. - Josh Haley

totally renaming you Louis Gray, Mommyblogger. lol - Erin @queenofspain

Cute kids. - DB Botts - Just DB Botts

Should be default Google Image result when searching for "twins" :) - Mark Krynsky

@Erin, that would be awesome. :-) - Louis Gray

@Louis, is your wife aware of this? http://friendfeed.com/e... - Mark Krynsky

That is cute, love the hats! - Sally Church

Yes, but do you have the LouisGray.com onesies??? - http://jessestay.smugmug.com/gallery... - Jesse Stay

Haha Nice Photos - To Google Forever hah. - Raymond Marr aka Knatchwa

most adorable SERPs ever! - sean percival

@Mark, she certainly has seen it now! Thanks a lot. :-) - Louis Gray

awesome * 2 ! - Mattb4rd

Is that the latest from Google Labs?? Babies delivered by email? Great no more morning sickness, and mood swings! I'm sure it's still in beta... - Daan

+1 Daan - dgw from fftogo

The expression on Matthew's face in the 3rd pic! (At least, I *think* that's Matthew.) - Yolanda

=D - David Cook

These twin-geeks have played all web yet.:) - Igor Poltavskiy

My favorite baby geeks! - Daynah

hey these cuties showed up again! :) - Susan Beebe

ha! love it! - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

These are architected to resurface every three weeks. It's a feature, not a bug. - Louis Gray

babypimping.com - the way to beat the economy slowing! HAAH - Allen Stern

with kids this cute you know louis is "Feeling Lucky" ohhhhhhh bad joke alert! - sean percival

got to be the cutest babies i have ever seen. id love a hat and all-in-one like that :D - ♥ Stephiepooos ♥

So should I get a third outfit or make the newbie wear hand me downs? - Louis Gray

If I were the newb, I'd be all over the hmds! - MiniMage, enterRUPPted

Aydin Senkut

Just became a US citizen today along with 1251 people from 112 countries http://yfrog.com/5f677sj

August 5, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Pandu ● IT Optimizer, Michael Muller, Jim Norris and 74 other people liked this

Congrats! When I naturalized they asked if I had been a Nazi/Communist Party member. Do they still do that? - Richard Chen

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Congratulations! :) - JA Castillo

They absolutely do :) - Aydin Senkut from email

Congratulations! I imagine you got to watch a recorded "welcome" video message from President Obama. I became a US citizen in 2007, so I was welcomed by GWB :) - Tudor Bosman

Woohoo! Well done1 - Ross

Congratulations! My day was April 21, 1999. A big event for me. - Dimitrios Diamantaras

Aww congrats!!! I've spoken to people who after NINE years are still working on becoming citizens - Becca

Becca: it took me 9 1/4 years from the time I first set foot on US soil (as a student on a F-1 visa) until I got my US citizenship. It was a long process but not very difficult in my case: work visa (H-1B) after I graduated and got a job offer from Oracle, then they applied for my green card (thankfully before 9/11). Once I got my permanent residency (green card), all I had to do was wait for 5 years (the law requires you to be a permanent resident for 5 years before being eligible for citizenship). - Tudor Bosman from email

Thanks ! I waited 10 years from my eligibility, 19 years from my first entry to the US :) It really was special A - Aydin Senkut from email

And what would happen if you were a member of the communist party? - Paul Grav

If your a communist... you disappear - Steve Sill

Congrats, Aydin! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Congratulations! - Spidra Webster

congrads, dont let it ruin your heart, :) - chaz2b

Congrats! - Matt Cutts

Welcome to the madhouse. - SteVe C

Congratulations! Now please choose a side and start screaming. <Kidding... Mostly.> - The original Kevin

Congratulations! That is great. My father's best friend was naturalized 10 years ago. He is originally from Wales. - Nile Flores

Congratulations! - Ruchira S. Datta

congtats! did that myself few years ago. - Vadim Zaliva

Mazel Tov! Becoming a citizen is a great thing to be. :-) - Mathew A. Koeneker

congrats, great job - Tweet Feeds

Congratulations! I wonder if you could write long blog post how did you do it :) - Ihar Mahaniok

Congratulations, that is just awesome! - (dot)lizard kelly

congrats your profile pic seem to sync with the moment - testbeta

Congratulations, enjoy the freedom! - N.G. Gordon - RadarSync

Congratulation, welcome to a wonderful if slightly nutty and disorganized country - Kim Landwehr

Congrats Aydin! We're bad-ass. - Arawak

Congratulations! Don't forget to give blood! I say that because a) it's good to do it, and b) it will further undermine the crazy nationalists. ;-) - Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)

Paul Buchheit

I can haz sleep nao?

August 10, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

Beti Cung, Arun Nambiar, Chirag Chamoli and 33 other people liked this

Yes. You rule. You have a team of people that rule. Your service rules... Slumber has been achieved :) - Johnny

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Sleep is vital. Enjoy your sleep.Sleep long and prosper. - Martha

oyasuminasai - Robert Higgins

LOLZ - Susan Beebe from iPhone

It was only a request unfortunately. No sleep for now :( - Paul Buchheit

and I need to be up early... - Paul Buchheit

But who will moderate all the FriendFeed entries in the meantime? :o - Jemm

@jemm is there really any moderation?!! - abdellah

@abdellah: Not that I know of :) I just played with the idea that Paul moderates _all_ the entries in the realtime to keep FF rolling ;) - Jemm

:) I know , so let call it real time moderation :) ;) - abdellah

@Jemm that thought reminds me of the frantic pipe-building in Pipe Dream. fortunately FF does not remind me of this itself :D - mjc

@mjc: That would be fun game! Drag and drop posts to right groups etc ;) - Jemm

Paul -Eeek, no sleep AND you have to be up early - augh, that's torture! Here's some magic *pixie dust* ...:::... to make you feel better! :) - Susan Beebe from iPhone

You guys Rock, Paul! :) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

And I'm in the office :) - Paul Buchheit

I guess if you can haz sleep, you gonna haz it under your desk ;) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

I guess you get to sleep under your NEW desk at Facebook ;) Congrats Paul! - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Congrats Paul. Now you're "good", as in "once you're lucky, twice you're good!" - Jay Liew

yay paul; go ff! super excited for you guys and wishing you the best @fb! - Nat Brown

Ok now you gotta get a nap :) you totally deserve it! wow what a day at the office, eh?! - Susan Beebe

you kidding? of course not! - grnavigator

So, now we understand why you couldn't sleep. I guess I wouldn't be able to sleep if I was losing Friendfeed either. All that glitters isn't gold. - Robert Higgins

I thought the plan was for FriendFeed to buy Google. Is your acquisition of Facebook going to help in some way? - Amit Patel

That's not until step 27 Amit :) - Paul Buchheit

I did not realize the meaning of the sentence last night when I saw it :))) - K.D.

It was a cryptic way to let us know that some very important things are happening around. - Ashish

congrats Paul! :) - Arun Nambiar

Louis Gray

Sarah Made a Mess of Herself Eating Raspberries Tonight (as you can tell). Yum!

August 7, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

Harold, Yasin Müderrisoğlu, Ron Bailey and 42 other people liked this

Turns out Audrey had raspberries tonight as well. :) http://friendfeed.com/rochell... - Louis Gray

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The smell of raspberries has been overpowering even the peaches at the farmer's markets... - Jason Wehmhoener

it's been a while, but I do remember those days . . . especially the one where the baby's food was all over the kitchen and the dog got in the pantry and emptied a box of Cheerios all over the floor as well - Shari Weiss

JJ had huckleberry jam tonight - close - Jesse Stay

How'd you get the pics to show up in Friendfeed? adorable kids btw, my daughter wont let me post pics of my grandaughter - David Bruce

David, you can take post any photos to FriendFeed by using the share box at the top and clicking Photos. Pick the ones you want and hit Post. - Louis Gray

You can also attach any photo to an e-mail sent to share@friendfeed.com and those photos will go to your FriendFeed stream. - Jesse Stay

And she obviously loved every minute of it! - Anne Bouey

How cute! I think she likes them a bunch!! - Susan Beebe from iPhone

Left picture is adorable! - Mitchell Tsai

Raspberry mess and color coordination, nice. Were off to the Blackberry patch this morning; gonna get messy real quick. - Mark Evans

Looks like fun! :-) - Ladyepiphanybug

I'm just about to leave for the farmer's market! I'm not crazy for raspberries (I can see from the first photo that they are probably tart! :) ) but we still have strawberries, blueberries and blackberries. Not to mention peaches, cherries and corn. YUM! - Dawn

romerotron

if there is one thing i will excel at in Spain it is 'la siesta'! #fb

August 8, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Robert Scoble

PayPal Denies $450 of Unauthorized Charges - http://chris.pirillo.com/2008...

August 1, 2008 from Google Reader - Comment - Like - Share

Brenda Young, LPH™ and his dog P™, Jim Bergman and 15 other people liked this

OK, so Apple messed up their security, they charged the wrong man, and shipped the increadibly valuable giftcards for content licensing. However, PayPal has to pay the bill for Apple's mess. And this would cost PayPal some real USD 450, while Appla would have lost the some licensing income it was not entitled to in the first place. This is not to say that PayPal should not be a LOT more prepared to protect their customers. However, Apple is much more to blame. Hey Apple, give that man his money back! - Andrey Andreev from twhirl

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I have a 2 posts about PayPal difficulties that I experienced lately and I get overwhelmed with negative reactions from Dutch PayPal users. Accounts are frosen and the users can't do a thing about and little reaction from Paypal. - Erno Hannink

Yeah, reading this it's really hard to see how PayPal is the villain. If they were responsible for the $450, it would give "preauthorized" Web site owners little incentive to beef up their security or audit their systems. After all, PayPal would be on the hook for any problems that arose. I'd think differently if PayPal's system had been compromised, resulting in a loss. - mrshl

This post seems off target to me. Apple is the company that currently has $450 of his money. Why would PayPal be responsible for paying him back? - Dan T

PayPal sucks. Heard HORROR stories from my business friends. A lot of top people at PayPal have gone on to great business positions, but they've always sacrificed customer service (from what I heard). (1) I leave as little money as possible in my PayPal accounts (2) Do NOT connect PayPal to any bank accounts with serious money in them. Open a new bank account just for PayPal. PayPal has been known to suck $5-10K back from a bank account. They are not a bank, and not subject to the usual regs! - Mitchell Tsai

A real CC/Bank gives you an EXTRA layer of protection & added clout when negotiating with a seller. Not only will I take you to court, my bank will reverse the charge. You forfeit that with PayPal (something to consider with all these business ideas for internet money-handling) and with Debit Cards. I've had a bad credit-reversal argument with Washington Mutual concerning my Debit Card (only $99, but it's the principle). Now I use disposable $25 debit cards for internet nonsense (& hotel reservations). - Mitchell Tsai

Maybe if enough people raise hell about this, they will snap out of their pipedream and realize that a potential exodus of millions of customers and dollars would not produce a net gain, and that their petty fretting over pittances could cost them a real fortune. - david beckwith

Err, but what other choice do I have? - Yuvi

That is why I keep my PayPal account "Un-Verified", use a card with VISA on it for member protection and only when I go into a selling streak do I verify to an bank account specifically for that use, with minimum funds in it. Say $20. PayPal can do things to me as they wish. When they have, I called VISA, told them what happened and they handled the situation within a few hours as matter of fact. - Nope Not Listed Here

There is a great saying I once heard "You may agree to waive anything you please, but that does not change the rule of law". The quote was from the California Department of Labor, in reference to System Administrators being subject to overtime as opposed to what their employment agreements state. So PayPal can say what they wish, fraud is fraud. - Nope Not Listed Here

I once had a huge problem with eBay and it was semi-combined with Paypal. Paypal came to bat, for me, and offered to pay eBay, on their own, to resolve the situation. Ironic considering they really are one-in-the-same, but my eBay seller account needed immediate action and only Paypal had a customer service telephone option. I've decided to limit my connections with them.. to limit my own personal liability.. because of what I've read.. for many years, now. - Heidi Jeffers Thibodeau

pls i need your help about credit card.. pls i need credit card to register in. in one site - kola

Robert Scoble

THIS CONTEST IS OVER, PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT ON THIS ANY MORE. Thank you.

March 14, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

Tarık Yolcu, 535u (Özgür İfade), Miles Laird and 355 other people liked this

THIS CONTEST IS OVER. THE MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN AWAY. I'm giving away $4,500 of my money. The contest will be here in friendfeed between now and Tuesday afternoon. Ends 3 p.m. Austin, Texas Time. Winner will be picked live on http://www.ustream.tv/studio at 4 p.m. Austin Time. Two ways to win: First way to win ($1,000). Leave a comment here. We'll pick one winner out of a hat randomly. Second way to win (Two prizes of $1,750 each). Leave a comment about how you will use the money (use only one comment here). I'll pick my favorite two messages and announce a winner on Tuesday afternoon. Good luck! - Robert Scoble

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Good way to keep us engaged Robert :) - bcultral

only that? too easy Robert! :) - directeur

Robert "Ben Stein" Scoble :) - Mattb4rd

Will it be tax free? :P - imabonehead

pinched nerve in back from military accident.. might be outta work for a bit. - WithoutInk

I'm in. - Paul Grav

Sweet awesome robert! - TheHenry

Simple is good. :) - Heather Solos

Robert, Ben Stein beat you to that game. Try and be first rather than a fast follower. :P - Lorin Olsen

What are the rules? International ok? :) - Holger Eilhard

I'll happily leave a comment here. - Aaron Crews

Congrads on the new venture:) - Rob Cairns

Lets be honest- there are few people who literally put their money where their mouth is. Mr. Scoble you continue to impress me. And I have said this before the contest. - Alyx

I declare myself ineligible for the first way to win :) - Douglas Gourlay

Do you have to be an American? Cause I could use a new laptop :) Plus the USD>AUD exchange rate is pretty good at the moment ($1000 USD = $1500 AUD) - Bryce Roney

Cool ....I need new Laptop - Michael Holzinger

#43 - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Prediction: this will be the most commented thread on FriendFeed ever (chance to win $1000). - Mike Doeff

be sure to let us on the detailed result of this new experiment of yours - Georgios Kasselakis

really? :) - K.Fatih Özçelik

oh...pick me pick me pick me :) - Stephanie Segel

Will you give me more if I say rackspace.com? - Jason P. Brown

woohooo! Anton like this. - Anton Johansson

c'mon fingers. find me in the hat. - Jason Kane

OK, I'm changing my comment to go for one of the $1750 prizes. I will offer to donate all of it to a mutually acceptable charity in exchange for an appearance with you and Steve on the Gillmor Gang. If Jason can buy his way onto Twitter, maybe I can buy my way onto the Gillmor Gang! - Kent

Are you still going to the XMPP meetup on tuesday? - J Allen

Good luck to everyone! - Amit Nangare

money talks :-) - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Leaving random comment here for $1000 yo! Can I get that all in pennies and not rolled up? Preferably in gallon milk jugs! - Jason Moffatt

I think Mike will be right - Henrik Johansson

I would use the money to 1. Donate and support our local Milwaukee tech community (events like web414.com, BarCampMilwaukee.com, and Bucketworks.org) and 2. purchase some more tech items (i.e. mac mini, video camera, webcam) to enhance and encourage more interaction with development and the tech community. - Sam Dodge

I'm in too ... - Leo

$1000 for a random comment. I suspect we'll have a record number of comments. But what kind of hat will you be pulling the name out of? Austin Cowboy hat? - Andrew Leyden

well, this is one way to get me to actually use my friend feed account =) - Travis

I could use it. Ill be out of a job in 2 weeks. - Armando

sweet. i like free money =) - Arin

Second way to win (Two prizes of $1,750 each). Leave a comment about how you will use the money (use only one comment here). I'll pick my favorite two messages and announce a winner on Tuesday afternoon. Good luck! - Robert Scoble

I'm game. But don't shoot me. - Steve Lowe

why would you do that? - Burçak Sayınsoy

is this part of the bailout? - Thomas Jelonek

Pick me! - Henry Irish

hook it up! - Zachary Poley

Robert , Congrats for Building43.com ! - Rocky

Open to anyone in the world. It's my money and if I get sued I'll make fun of you on Twitter. :-) - Robert Scoble

So let me get this straight, I just leave a comment here? Will this $1000 be reported to the IRS? :) - Craig Eddy

If ever there was money that could be used to buy gadgets guilt free it is Scoble money! - Joe "Looptid" Pierce

Building 43 sounds interesting. Can't wait. - Andrew Bashore

need cash for new company my wife and i are starting -- to help offset the cost of adopting our next child. - WithoutInk

all i have to say is, more cow bell please :) - Ivan Stegic

I LOVE RACKSPACE!! - CG

I'll talk about the contest later on http://www.ustream.tv/studio - Robert Scoble

Isn't this a nice way to test how scalable Friendfeed entries really are? :-) - Yuval Atzmon

Will use it to buy Arrington a hairpiece after the TIME article. - Mike

Please, no, you're better than Ben Stein (although that's not saying much) Are you trying for the most comments ever on a Friendfeed post? Because I can certainly see that coming. - The Web's Wendell Wittler

What kind of hat? - Geoff Schultz {TF}

Scoble--congrats to you and Rocky! Keep up the great work! - Joey Hayles

Neat! I'd spend the money fairly selfishly... on bandwidth bills for http://enjoysthin.gs - Ted Roden

How would I use $1750? Three words: Pay. My. Rent. - Stephanie Segel

Are friends and family excluded? - Tina Chase Gillmor

Oh well, why not! maybe the hat's lucky! - vanweerd

I'm just here for the cash. - Jim Mitchem

Nicholas - would like to work with you at Rackspace, was a senior systems design engineer for Sony Broadband SW Development + Broadcast Integration Division(s) SW Systems Integration and testing, also senior technical project manager on Google's infrastructure upgrade + Verizon's FIOS fiber-to-the-premises nationwide. I also spent ten years in post-production in hollywood as a senior tech support engineer / consultant to the stars. I like bad food, long hours and the warm glow from completing projects. - Nicholas Chase

Hmmm, how do you post a comment on FF...??? :-) - I Spy

Feel free to donate lol - hiphopgame

I would use the money, to help buy a mac for the family. We are in need of a new one, and right now our current one (a powerbook) is starting to die out. I already have some money saved up, but not enough. Thanks for doing this Robert! :) - Techno Todd

thanks for making friendfeed notifier go insaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane - Caio

I'll use the money to buy a laptop for my soon-to-college daughter, as well as to fund her scholarship searches& college visits this summer. She's leaning towards working in special education, continuing the volunteering she's done with her high school's Options Program (http://www.paulvi.net/academi...). - Craig Eddy

My friend (14) and I (15) are working on a subscription web service that we want to launch this summer and some additional runway and start-up capital would really be helpful. We do have some experience with this stuff -- we did iJailBreak (www.ijailbreak.com) a year or so ago and had millions of hits and a million downloads and a lot of coverage (Gizmodo, TUAW, Digg front page multiple times). - Ben Feldman

I want Robert's stimulus package. - Daniel Sims

This is my random comment for the random pick! - Mona Nomura from fftogo

Hi Robert - Pick me! :) - Susan Beebe

if i didnt know you, i would have un-friended you for a post like that. "i'm giving away money. details to come." Congrats on the new gig! - fansnap

$1,750? Ok, I'll give the half of it to a charity, that is: $875 — and the other half will be my contest's gift. My contest? The one who donates the most to that charity wins those $875. And yes, I'm serious :) - directeur

I don't know about the tax consequences. I'll try to find out. Basically this money is money Cisco paid to me and I'm just shipping it back out. So, this money will be counted pre-tax, I'm sure, and you'll probably need to pay tax on it. - Robert Scoble

First comment: Hope my comment gets chosen! - Kevin Poirier

Fabulous - Jon

Sweet! $1000 would be lovely - Vanessa Scanfeld

I'd be using the money to finance my freelance work and get a half-way decent video camera. I'm working with a friend of mine on tooloftheday.de (nothing to see there yet) to produce videos of popular tools, tips, tricks, howtos, etc... - Holger Eilhard

Throwing my piece of paper into the hat. Crossing my fingers! - Troy Malone

man, my feed is going crazy... stop it guys :) - Ingo Di Bella

OK Robert, I'll bite and leave a comment here. - Herne

Second comment...I will use the money to buy as many clever domain names that I can in hope that one day, when you are creating your "next big thing" that you will have to purchase the domain name from me realizing that you had in fact, through me, had purchased these domain names in the first place. - Kevin Poirier

I'm also available for 1/2 time work for $185/week (Rails sites) http://tefflox.net/JesseCr... Thanks :-) - Jesse Crockett

Thats a internet first i guess, good luck to all contestants :) - Yunus Tunak

For the 1500, I will donate all proceeds to #smackdown. - Mona Nomura from fftogo

If I win: I will use the money to lend out some of it on Kiva.org, give my brother (12 years old) his own domain/hosting so he could start a wp-blog there and maybe buy Spotify premium =) - Anton Johansson

I would buy a new macbook pro with it. I have the old one, and Was hoping to buy the current one. I would then give the old one to my brother and I would use the new one! :) - TheHenry

I'm in!! - DanDan

I would use it for the prizes I'm giving out daily on my twitter game @I_spy_treasure. Robert, you can win it back... (and so can anyone else...) - I Spy

Lasers. - Lasse Johnsen

I will use part 2 to donate to Kiva.org and match it with Cisco's matching gifts program - Douglas Gourlay

I would donate it to my homeless shelters. - imabonehead

I'm giving my winnings to congress to spend wisely : ) - Joseph

Congratulations to both you and Rocky on the new jobs. - Ron Schott

Count me in! Could use the extra $$ to buy a mac and see what all the hype is about. - Tim

I would create a company called One Laser Per Child. - Lasse Johnsen

This is my comment. I would use the extra $1750 to pay for me and Lindsay's trip to Gnomedex this year. It would probably be enough for us to come up and stay a few extra days in Seattle. - iTad

That'd put a dent in my taxes. Ugh, freelancing has its pains. - Andrew

nice! i could use some money :) - krist80

Would be silly not to comment... although I have nothing interesting to say right now. - Jen

umm..ok i'm in! - Michael Lemmon

Even I can manage that! - Jeremy Brooks

Everyone else is doing it... - Rochelle

Is there a third way to win? I'd use the money to offset part of the costs of moving to Portland in the spring. Moving from New York with next to no connections to see what it's like living on the west coast for a while. - Mark Trapp

Did I win yet? - Robert Collazo

What I'd do with $1000? Get them converted to Euros :) Would most likely be spend on "offline" needs, like a new bathroom - dieck

I suppose spending it on crack and hookers wouldn't win the prize, would it? - Ian Betteridge

I will use the $1000 plus 119,000 more dollars to buy a spot on the Twitter "Suggested Users" page. - Sprague D

And you r giving your money away why? - Andrew Finkle

it'd go toward my first Mac - Jeff Mincey

118 comments in 17mins, progress report.. :) - Yunus Tunak

Count me in! - Wim Mulder

Interesting; I'd give a bit more than the the money to an unemployed friend for necessities(car repair, rent, food, getting back her phone with Nana Lemon singing Nena's famous anti-balloon protest song) in cash and perhaps a small gift - RAPatton

I would use the money to go biking in Tibet and give everything that's left to the Tibetians. - Henrik Johansson

Robert why are you giving away money - not that I am complaining- but curious! :) - Susan Beebe

I'm game - Ken Nicely

I'd spend mine on women, booze and a Mac. - Ed Hudson

I'd use it to stretch the time I can work for equity-only before our startup gets funded! (Why doesn't federal stimulus money go to something like this which actually creates jobs and innovation instead of banks and auto companies?) - Dale Larson

this should be interesting - Robert Accettura

The chances of winning Scoble's money are slim. But the comments are hilarious. Love them. - I Spy

This is easier than a lottery ticket! We must be in an experiment or something, knowing Robert. - Cesar Arevalo

Sure why not - Rodfather

I will use the money to go PyCon, learn new skills, network, mention how generous Robert Scoble is, and do a sprint to improve FriendFeed PyAPI--which, by the way, you should use to select the random winners from this thread. https://launchpad.net/friendf... Thanks in advance. - Chris Lasher

Clever way to show the power of friendfeed! - Emee Pumarega

For $1750: I would pay a portion of my wife's college tuition, buy my daughter a netbook, and my son a practice guitar amp. - Mattb4rd

Great idea! Count me in. I think you should give your money away monthly. - Grace Ciccone

I'm Here. Wow. I''ve thrown the laptop up on a 56" JVC LCD HD. Convergence! Just watched you on the Gillmor Gang. Feels like TV to me. It's great. Something's definitely happening. - Stephen Pickering

Love it...I'm in - gavin

I'd spend the money on a new display, I really need one - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Not my first comment on a Scoble posting here, but first with a potential payoff. - Tom Landini

I'm in. How I will use the money? will buy server for XdbE project - Elmira Gazizova

With $1,000 I could buy all 57 Used & new "Naked Conversations" books from Amazon and still have enough to buy bottle service at the club. - Andy Fields

would like to be able to try new technologies while still being a student and on a student's income = ($0) - Shane Grant

Cool, count me in :-) I would use the money by buying 2 HTC Fuzes for me and my love. - Sarah Peterman

Count me in! (for the first way I guess :P). - Mauro Borione

What can I do to get your $$$ Robert? How about a virtual dance from my dogs? - Jeff

get Diabla my pit bull puppy hip surgery sooner rather than later - shayne catrett

haha, what is it all about? - Лёша

I would use the money to help fund a small-scale electronics lab, which has been a dream of mine for some time. It would serve as the perfect place to plot and create the robotic army that will eventually take over the world! Also it would teach me lots that would make me very attractive to an employer, or capable of creating a business of my own. - Daniel Bruce

It would be hard for me to decide how to spend the money. There is so much, yet so little, being given. Because I'm a crazy Linux-lover, I think I should take the selfless route and donate at least part of the money to various Linux/open-source programming projects. Though, I would have to be careful to make sure that the money is not wasted in the style that Jeff Atwood describes (http://www.codinghorror.com/blog...). - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

<cold><oddsized><red>here's my comment</red></oddsized></cold>. I've made my comment colored and differently shaped because supposedly those will get drawn before all the other regular looking comments. It's cold too because that's how the Knicks got Ewing first in the draft. - Todd Hoff

Well, I need a new kidney, and there just happens to be one available on Ebay for $1000. (The previous portion of this comment is an utter lie; both my kidneys are doing fine, I am gainfully employed, do not need the money as much as so many on this thread, but Mastercard would really love to have it.) Congrats and good luck with the new venture, Robert. - Phil Essing

Very cool! - Josh Haley

Hey as long as were giving away money - count me in ;) - Rob Jones

sweet, a thousands eh? converted to $ JMD that's 90k, groceries for 2 months:P - Gordon Swaby

i'd like to thank my good friends olasofia and tav for mentioning this opportunity to win $1000 randomly, and if gratitude to one's friends isn't enough, how about this: i will give the $1750 for the best answer to this question: now that there are 100,000 people paying attention, what single action can we all do next tuesday that has the greatest social impact globally? - happyseaurchin

For either amount, I would look to pay down some of my pressing debts and apply the rest towards a rainy-day fund. The 10% paycut I took three months ago has not helped things. - JA Castillo

I'm on spring break now and my school was nice enough to lend me a Canon 20D (a little old, but I'm still glad to have borrowed it). Usually, only people who are part of the after school photography club can take it out, and seeing that I'm not, I was quite lucky. They gave me a 28-135mm lens, which looked ok to me. It was the last lens they had available, so it was take it or leave it.... more... - Michael Forian

hmmm just leave a comment for a $1,000 dollars, not sure what to say... - Kevin Tunis

$1750 for a cheeky mobile app, any more would be telling - Yant

i am somehow reminded of ben stein - Adam Singer

Testing the mix, testing, testing, one two, one two, - is this thing on? - Martha

I would use the money to do what I do with all of my money...support my wife through graduate school :p. Thanks for the opportunity, Robert. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons

Give it to Michael Forian! He seems so well-meaning! - RexEveryhting

Big Spender Robert. Who knew? - Michael Fidler

I'm feeling lucky. - Laura

Cool! I saw your new venture announcement (live) earlier on my old iMac, which I would love to replace. :) - Rob

I'm an unemployed community manager formerly of Silicon Valley. Hoping to spread new technology from NorCal to SoCal. - Kimberly

Pick me, I've got medical bills to pay-off. Boring I know, but it's really how I'd use any extra money. - Curtis Phillips

I'll donate the money to GM. Nah, forget it. I'll worry about it if I actually get it. - Hal

I will throw my virtual hat in the virtual ring for the not-virtual $1000. What is the other $3500 going toward? - Lindsay

Working on a little something in the review space with a friend of mine, $1000 could cover a bit of initial hosting. - Jack Bogdan

Hmm, adding that to a house down payment would be nice. I imagine there's others here that could use it much more, though. - Jordan Hofker

peace on earth..... - imran

Awesome. With $1,000, I'd use 50% to buy shares of F, GM, BAC, etc... and we'll have even more money to hand out. With the other 50%, we could also make 20 $25 loans at a Stanford MBA microfinance project, so the money recycles and has more impac (and have FFers decide which projects to support). Gumball Capital http://news.newamericamedia.org/news... or Kiva.org http://kiva.org Ideally we could even start a fund to support out-of-work FF'ers. - Mitchell Tsai

@scobleizer - please give me your money. if you do i will use it wisely to help pay for a macbook & if i get more than the random $1000 prize i will use it in a philanthropic manner - Chris Heath

I'd have to use it all to put toward the $1,900 deposit due next month for the Friends school for which we got an acceptance letter, on behalf of our 10 yo, earlier today since my partner's reaction was that all I needed to do was to go out and get a job Monday! We've tried public schs (& their lotteries) in Boston & DC and have come to this... If that wasn't pressing, I'd use it to put... more... - Angela E. Taylor

updated to say - please give the money to someone in need. If I were to have the money to give away, my choice would be to http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com. - BEX

Wait, in this economy, you giving away money?! - Adi Rabinovich

So...dear! Did you sign the cheque? Yes? Now send it to me! LOL - Lora Lufark

all your money are belong to us! - Geek Cowboy

It would be really cool if this money went to a charity in need, in increasingly tough times. - jjprojects

posting comment. crossing fingers. knocking on wood for good measure. - Anita

I'd use the money as a donation for my favorite charity, www.4everhomes.org, helping orphans and foster children get adopted. - Lynn Owens

I will use the cash to invest in a MacBook for my wife so she can be mobile and still do her school work and finish that degree finally!!! - Geek Cowboy

Well after the football team I support (Nottingham Forest) lost 5 -0 today I would spend the money on buying myselft a place in the squad. I can't be any worse than the current goalkeeper - Paul Bainbridge

I'd give the money to children of San Diego http://www.alphaproject.org/ - David Krug

I'm in - Jack Kendall

Putting my entry in the hat. Hope this is truly random because I don't have anything interesting to add! :) - Matt Baron

With $1750 I'd buy Canon PowerShot SX1IS 10 MP CMOS Digital Camera with 20x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.8-inch LCD @ $600, a 2nd Gen Drobo populated with four 1TB Western Digital Green Drives @ $849 via TwipPhoto and a GigaPan Epic 100 as soon as its available (probably about $500). All of this will support my GigaPanning habit: http://www.gigapan.org/viewPro... - Ron Schott

James (imabonehead) & Robert, $13,000/yr is allowed by gift tax limits,... so no tax if it's from Robert's personal money. - Mitchell Tsai

Great idea. I'm in. - Bill Romanos

I would use the $1750 to pay for the laptop that my daughter wants for her 11th birthday at the end of the month. She will be entering Jr. high next year and could use a faster more up to date computer than the 5+ year old hand me down desktop PC running Win2000 that she is presently using. - Jeff P. Henderson

Craziness. That kinda money could feed my voracious tech and gadget habit for quite a while. - Brooks Bishop

OK, I'm in. Though not for the money: I want to know waaaay more about Building 43! - Jordi Soler

I'd use the money to invite (pay for flight/hotel, etc.) someone really cool (Harold Varmus?) to the next ScienceOnline conference. - Bora Zivkovic

Building 43 and Rackspace FTW! - Bill Koslosky, MD

I'll use it to buy 2 new monitors. 1 for tweetdeck and 1 for Alert thingy - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

Hi Robert. A noble venture to be sure. We would put the gift to use saving our art studio. The after effects of dealing with the Basin Complex Wildfire that burned Big Sur have left us in a precarious postiion. Truth be told, we'd rather have a big commission than the gift. Work is always better on so many levels. Perhaps we can bootstrap ourselves back to where we were and afford to offer the same gift to others in need one day not too far off--Pay it forward. Best wishes on Building 43 & thanks. - B.E. (BJ) Johnson

I'm in for the $1,000 random drawing (because my $1750 answer would not be memorable - pay my bills). - Laura Norvig

Give half to charity, then spend the other half on upgrading my skills (educational resources) - Mo Kargas

What did I miss? - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Do Canadians qualify? - Brian Sullivan

I just caught up with what the other money is for. If it was awarded to me I would use it to help a couple I know get started in Aikido. Their kids are in our kid's class, and they had been trying to find the finances to join for almost a year and had just figured out how to start and then the husband got laid off... They're having a hard time making ends meet and I know that they would... more... - Lindsay

I'll donate the entire $1,750 to Phoenix Children's Hospital if I win. Same goes for the $1,000 if I win that one. - Aviv

paypal address to follow ...... :) Good luck with the new gig Robert - Charlie Anzman

With $1750 I would help that YouTube girl scout girl, Wild Freeborn, reach her goal of selling 12,000 boxes to send her whole scout troop to camp. Got to give the girl some credit for thinking outside of the box. - Tyler Brownfield

_/\_ Namaste (greetings) from India. This is simply awesome Robert. Would be great to win a cool 1000 USD. That's a lot of money in India. ;-) - Shinil Payamal

Here's my comment. I would use the money to fight against DRM - Marcos Marado from fftogo

My mother has been an avid Obama supporter doing a great deal of volunteer work before & after the election. She recently lost her job & wants to start something new. She will need an audience. Robert, I'd love to use your money to hire YOU to coach her on how to do that most effectively. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Money..! Will use the money to travel to India this summer, visiting, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki..., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... with my family :) - Karthick R

maybe because I'm the first Italian to write about it :) http://www.fluxes.it/flussi-... - Contz

Haha a single thread from Robert turned us all (briefly I hope) into marketers :) - Mo Kargas

What the heck I'll throw in a comment...I would use the money to fix up the bathroom at my parent's house. - The Amber

This comment is random. - Dave Roth

Great idea Robert! If I won I would take your portrait for free :-) - Bill Pennington from twhirl

Cheese and rice! This comment thread is giving FriendFeed Notifier a run for it's money. It's an interesting character study on what people will do with free money. Me? I'd pay the IRS & give to my favorite charities. - Anthony K. Valley ©

If this comment gets chosen at random, I hereby refuse the money (always test the exception conditions of any algorithm). If I win one of the other chunks, I commit to donate the money to @eff (EFF - Electronic Frontier Foundation - the leading civil liberties group defending your rights in the digital world). - Tinfoil 2.0

I thought I already commented on this? - Herne

And the other way to win? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I would find 17 worthy people under the age of 16, who are helping their community through volunteerism or have started businesses and give them $100 each to help them reach their goals. IMO, helping young people is the most noble thing those of us above the age of 40 can do. And I'd spend $50 on take-out dinner with my wife. - Scott Duffy

You win if you're last on the thread, Alex ;) - Josh Haley

here and ready to spend the money for new ipod touch :) - nahnu

why? - Anthony Farrior

Hi Robert. I can haz $1,000 plz? kthxbye. - Joey Gibson

DONT PICK ME!!! </ reverse psychology> - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

If I win the prize money will go on my school fees and the rest will help me to buy a netbook with a full-size Scoble sticker :D you crazy! - İbrahim Uzun [ j ]

ROFL, Chris. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Money would help so much you have no idea. :) - courto

I'll use the money to send 2 teachers in my school district (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools) to a technology conference somewhere to learn about Web 2.0 technologies. - Tim Cooper

If I win I'll use the money to buy a copy of Autodesk Maya 2009 Complete. Then build cool things. Thanks for the chance Robert. - Andrew Smith

pick.me - Bob Stewart

bring it on - jkkmobile

Hi, and who are you? Thanks Robert. - Daniel Buckley

Sounds good, here is one comment. - Grant Bierman

I would channel the money to ongoing biomedical research in the lab I work in (UCSF). - Pedro Beltrao

*wave* - Jan Schwenzien

How will I use the money? With pleasure, thank you Robert. - Tomi Itkonen

I will use the money to start my non profit and purchase educational/tech material for my son's school. Warm thanks Robert. - Yanik Falardeau

And as for what I would do, I'd build a new desktop pc (and switching my current one over to act as my media/web pc), buy a true dSLR and donate some to charity. And if there is any left over, pay back some minor 'loans', which I guess I really should do first... - Grant Bierman

Hi! İ m not speak english so not comment writing :D(ingilizce bu kadarmı berbat olur ya:II) Thx You Robert. - mehmetakif

Hey Robert, If I were to win the money would go to a project myself and a few other early stage entrepreneurs are starting to help get people who have lost their jobs back to work in the startup community. I know it wouldn't go very far but it'd get it kicked off. Otherwise just give us some help (which would be better anyway) and give the money to the guys who have to pay school fees or rent or buy food for their families. Their need is greater. anton@udoogoo.com if anyones interested in helping - Anton Mannering

Great.I'm in. - OnuRC

this post is going to get a hell of a lot of comments. - Thomas Hawk

Random is random, Chris. :) Thanks for the thought though. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Just another random comment. :) - Zian Choy

Why am I giving away the money? Because last week we did a job for Cisco where they paid us to do some videos. I am giving away my cut because what Cisco is doing is important to pay attention to without you worrying about whether I am paid off to say so. Also, I'm very fortunate to be in the position where I can do it. I thought about paying Jason Calacanis to buy some of his tweets, but thought that money could help someone out of work more. - Robert Scoble

liked - Y. Esenkal

I think you should give it all to Jason ;o) - Ken Morley

I would use one of the $1,750 prizes this way. I'm currently photographing people that ask me for money. I give them $2 for their portrait. Instead of the two dollars. I will use the the money to add $50 to each $2 (total = $52) to the next 35 people that I photograph as part of this project. After I photograph them for the $2 I will give them the extra $50 and tell them that it is from Robert Scoble and will document each person's story, photo and reaction in a blog post. - Thomas Hawk

i'd like to thank my mother, my father and all the people who helped me win this :p - Sofia Bustamante

interesting !! - mcd

Hat off! - Alemsah Ozturk

Sounds good to me. - Herb Hernandez

I changed my mind. Give it to Thomas! ;o) - Ken Morley

Hmm I like Thomas' innovative idea - Mo Kargas

I couldn't tell you what I would do with $1750, but I do know I would give some away to good causes like my underfunded state school or the public school drama and music programs, and I would probably keep a little to save or update my home technology. - Steve Lowe

This is my first comment : Gods of Randomness, choose me ! - Alemsah Ozturk

how many others have signed up for Friendfeed to try and win $1000? Scoble, you should be a Friendfeed spokesman... :) - chelle

Best of luck with the new gig! Have fun at SXSW! - Trevor Little

I wonder how many new FF accounts this thread has been responsible for? Many first-time posters here. - Ken Morley

This is my second comment: I will gonna put your $1.750 to eBay tagged as “Robert Scoble's first FriendFeed Competition money“ and I'm gonna wait & see what happens :) - Alemsah Ozturk

Sounds fair to me. I'm in. - Henry Burger

Random rules - ted perlmutter

My niece in Mexico is on a partial sports scholarship at the university she attends. She's been supported by her mother who worked at a liquor store to help pay my niece's way. My niece's mom recently lost her job and fears she cannot financially support her daughter's education. $1,750 would pay for six months of university studies. If I were to win, that's where it would go. Good luck everyone. - Andrew

Thanks for the opportunity Robert. Good luck on your new gig! - andy

What would I do with the money? Well I'd put some towards my debt and paying my Mum's house bills. But I think my family could do with a nice break or trip away somewhere - my Mum hasn't really gone out since the death of my Dad last January! Time away from the house would do her the World of good right now. - Kol Tregaskes

Really? - Vinay | विनय

My second comment (for the 1K). This would go to the same niece...it's 3 more months of school. - Andrew

i dont want it... { reverse psychology } - Cem Öztürk

laykk! - Taylan GERDAN (Tylolhot)

My wife has put up with a lot of sacrifice as I've worked on http://ourdoings.com/ and money's been tight so I haven't been able to make up for what she's done. I'd use the money to take her somewhere special, and of course I'd share a picture/map of where we went here on FriendFeed. - Bruce Lewis

Oh for peats sake, it should at least be easier than winning the lotto. I'm in. - Eric

I'll comment and be random...it's a good day to be giving away $$$ :) I would use any money won here to help my friends who are in such horrible need right now. (the story is on the blog and all over my FF stream). I may be unemployed, but I have a roof over my head, food on the table and can make some $$ freelancing. My friends are hanging on by less than a thread, already stretched way too far. - Karoli

Hey man, I love money. Also, I have no job. Also, I will say some incitement here: LEO LAPORTE IS AN ALIEN - Mike Nayyar

Make me your AIG! On the cheap no less. - Tracy Viselli

Well here goes nothin'. thxbye - April Miller

I'm pretty random... I'm in. - Jamie Grove

I wish I could be at SXSW. - Christopher Knopick

i'm feelin lucky :-) - Cardeen winedrunk

Interesting promo Scoble. Comment and win money. Cool - Sam R

so this is how you comment on friend feed.... - Noel Gomez

looks like i have a 1/300 chance of winning (right now). i'm predicting this number will diminish to 1/950. - Kevin Pruett

just to be safe.. - Cardeen winedrunk

Count me in! - Aaron Draczynski

good luck :) - Ömer Karapınar

I'll throw my name in the hat. - Chris Owens

Sounds like a plan. Let's see if FF has scalability issues with their comments. - Michel Goldstein

Yea! I need some money! :) - emdot

Why, not... Thanks Scoble! - Jim Porett

Welcome to the ScobleCashMachine. Enter your comment. - Olivier FAURAX

Put my name in a small hat and draw from it. - Ken Worley

I'm in. - aykut

If I win then I'll donate 0% of my proceeds to charity. Even more than that, I'll DOUBLE it. - Cody Robertson

Trust me I am still looking for the details.... Can't find them! - Ricky

Who wouldn't want to win? - Tom Silk

This is my first year of trying to "make it" on my own, with a camera and no "real" job. Just trying to scrape by ... to be perfectly honest I'll use the money to help pay off some debt that I have acquired since I started, which has definitely been causing me headaches and frustration. My husband has been a gem, paying the majority of the bills since I make very little, and I want to be closer to breaking even with my debt so I can start to help him out. :) - Nicole Young

new sponsor ? paypal ? - Gökmen Karasu

robert başkan parayı buraya getir. - bahadır canberk

Wow! I've outgrown my entry camera and this price is just what I need to be able to fulfill my dream; a Nikon D300! Please make my dream come true, Robert! - Graphfruit

Hit me, Fortuna. Papa needs a new MacBook. - Will Parker

robert are you a photographer - Dixon Hamby - Dixon Hamby

Geez, it's 2:10 am here in Berlin and you start just another interesting stunt. I will take the 1.750 US and pay a programmer to finish our "Virtual intelligent chatbot" project which offers affordable AI Avatars with personality for all kinds of virtual worlds like Second Life, Gaia, the web, Opensim etc. They'll be our 24/7 virtual workforce and a way to create immortal interactive portraits - Gaby K. Slezák

I like this idea. I'm talking with some friends this evening about how they'd each allocate $1750 if they were given this much money today to do anything with--most would share with friends and acquaintances that are going through tough tmes. One would help a friend who just closed down his company and is in need of dental work. Another would help co-workers whose hours have been cut... more... - Loren Heiny

I own Cisco stock. love that Co. - Christopher Mann

Count me in - Peter Szaro

a subject very interesting, congratulations in advance:) - Serkan Cura

An interesting way to find out what the limits (if any) of FriendFeed comments are. Also: show me the money. - Richard Akerman

Damn Robert Scoble: I meant "overly engaged" this thread is off the charts! - bcultral

I'll get me some of that - Phil Coyne

It's very interesting to see how many new people your offer has attracted to friendfeed. - Anne Bouey

Great idea! Count me in. - Mike

A comment for the $$$ - Jess Gibson

this sounds fun. - Wesley Robin Guerrero

I'd like to win :) - Sam Houston

i will love you forever. and evah evah. money would be spent on a nice camera (i'm studying photography) and supplies. working with a 5 year old p&s is getting tiring. :) - shannon

How can anyone NOT click 'like' or comment? I definitely 'pLike' (the p is silent - btw) this thread. :-D - Sean Hanna

a stunt? sure, but I could use an extra $1k. count me in, scoble - Seth Long

If I win the $1750 it will be applied to my son's tuition as he starts college this fall. - Jess Gibson

Is this stimulus money??? If so I'll use it to build infrastructure. There's a giant pot hole in our alley. I'll buy bags of cement and repair it myself. The neighbors will love me. - Greg

Who am I and what am I doing here? - Kris

I'm on it like white on rice. - Jay Lara

Wow, I'll take some money - I need hard drives for my Drobo. Seriously, I need to start up an emergency savings account. - Bryan Villarin

A chance to get paid to comment? Love it! - Ginger Kenney

Could really use some money to help plant some seeds for the future - Leonard Nelson

I'll buy an Iphone and with the rest put in my IRA to reduce my tax bill. Hey, helping economy and investing in business. Not bad. - Stephen Pickering

i would spend for my interrail trip.. - Yasin Müderrisoğlu

This is my lucky day, an email today said I won the UK lottery. - Bob Gannon

I'm going to buy half a Canon 5D Mark II. Or pay my bills. - Andrew Trinh

If i win, i triple win , because i live in a third world country (Argentina) and for every dolar y get $3,60 on our local currency, which is a good ammount of money here, for example, i could eat for 1 year or more :D - Ignacio Guerra

Ok. I would donate my winnings to the Bernie Madoff Defense Fund!@#$%^ - bcultral

I have dreadful luck when it comes to these kinds of things but I could really use this money. I have no car & desperately need to buy one. - Mattie Kenny from fftogo

Cool. And speaking of cool, PlanetHeidi.com is very cool. - dunsany

between building a new house, a new baby and a new job, I am sure I can put it to go use, btw congrats Robert on your new venture, I shall be keeping an eye on it. - Shane Wolsey

Cobble Sorter (anagram of Robert Scoble) = my random comment for the first part of the draw. - Daniel Rowley

Wow, there's like a lot of comments here! Great idea for publicity, Robert. Carry on... - Kevin Trotman

Watching Robert on Ustream right now. - John Rubier

$1000 USD goes a long way in Canada :) - Ryan

Thanks for sharing the wealth in more than one way - Matt Penning

I could have an actual vacation and pay down some more debt. - Todd Tripp

$1000 is mine! please? thanks Robert - planetMitch

1. my comment for 1k, 2. $1750 would be split into 3 gifts of $250 a piece to encourage the best new open source projects, and the other 1000 I would invest and reinvest in http://kiva.org , selecting entrepreneurs in third world countries to invest several microloans in. Its' a gift that, over time, can be reinvested over and over to benefit many! - David Silvernail

Take my hardworking wife on an overdue vacation - she supports me thru the IT bubbles. Thx hun! - mal

Probably will give it back to you, winning could be cool enough - Burcu Sarar

LOOKING for work but hand out will help - Ron

I'm in as well. - OyaD

C'mon Robert money or not now ya still benefit more with the insane publicity - Mrsth

well, we are curiously waiting the result, and also i'm in.. - Mücahit Yılmaz

Smart one - Heni Hazbay

Word Of Money. I am in:) - Yunus Arslanoğlu

I'll take it if your giving....it will go towards the camera fund! - Noelle Bell

I would use it to promote my tiny little super niche social news site http://HeavyAsHell.com The campaign would involve helping bands go DIY and avoid evil record companies. - MarkCarras

What kind of sick social experiment is this? :) - Oren Shomron

I'm in - Josue Fontanez

mmmmm, austin. i miss Trudy's, El Mercado, Magnolia, Wanfu, Kerbey, Chuys, Fonda San Miguel, Dog & Duck, Thundercloud, Waterloo, Amy's, Little City, Hut's, Green Mesquite. aw heck and Taco Cabana and Whataburger too! if i win, i'll spend it all on restaurants in Austin! - poxaV

pick me - Ryan

OK Robert, add me to the pool.... - Gregg

You can't win unless you play! Ok, I better start praying now.... :-P - Brian

:) - Orhan Yediyıldız

Hello, giving away your money randomly? I can comment for that. Best of luck to all! - Ronald Paul Corbin

Will you next tell us its limited only to Americans? I hate contests on the Internet, or anything on the Internet, that says "limited to the USA". The Internet is borderless... so should its contests and prizes - Colin Charles from twhirl

Thanks. I would use the $1750 to help my grandparents. My grandfather is 73 and my grandmother is 72. They just lost their 15 year home to foreclosure and are pretty much starting over with not a whole lot of time left. They are both on fixed income of SS and are now renting a house and trying to survive with the help of friends and family. When he as younger and had more money he was always the first one there to offer money to friends or family to help, even if it meant he went without something. - Jonathan Gotcher

Robert please consider partnering with (Facebook) Seattle's Seeds of Compassion 2.0: The Compassionate Action Network (Twitter: @SeedsCAN) -- this organization is building a supra global network of "Compassionate Action Networks" (a bunch of ex McCaw, Softies and CISCO) -- currently in the throws of leveraging Social Media and Seattle's creative communities (music, tech, film). Last... more... - dakini_3

I wanna buy a jet ski, that's my MONEY! - The Real sofarsoShawn

Random commenting! I hope FF doesn't fail whale! - Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart from BuddyFeed

If I won, the money would go into putting insulation in my daughter's room & closet. Any leftovers would help buy a gas stove & fridge. :D - Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart

My, there has been some very good comments about what people would do... And some very needy people out there. - Grant Bierman

Like most, it would be an unemplyment extension for me. As mine ran out, no jobs in the area, and times are tough. But hey, BUCK UP not DOWN! the only obstacles that exist are in your mind. - Ronald Paul Corbin

I'll put some of the $$$ into donorschoose.org for some local classroom requests and the rest to fix up my car. - Pete D

comment left here - Brad Nickel

Count me in. - Keith - @tsudo

This is a cool idea. - Bluesun 2600

I would take the $1750 and go and get myself a root canal, so I could finally get out of pain. And if there was any left, I'd donate it at www.kiva.org - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Will comment for money, any time. - Dinah

Alright, I'm a sucker for free money so here goes... $1750 would be enough for me to buy an oven, sod my yard, and still be able to donate half to a charity. - FFing Enigma

I wouldn't say "no" to $$ - Ted Louie

I could use $2,000 just to pay off my credit card. That's about it - Outsanity

A $1000 would be geektacular. $1750 would buy my way into the cult of Mac. - Melinda

Monkey? - Penguin

$1750: Others need the money more than me, I'm sure of that. But ... that said I'd give $500 to a local library or literacy charity. $500 toward my home down payment fund. $150 to a kidney charity (my daughter only has one kidney). $100 for flowers for the wife. $100 for a bike for my daughter. $200 for a brake job. $200 to send at-risk kids to a Giants game. - AJ Kohn

I would pay off our one remaining credit card and put some portion toward a down payment on a new car. In fact, I'd probably give a slice to the EFF as well. I haven't given to them regularly since my last layoff. - ha3rvey (likes fritos)

why would you do that? It's a sort of social experiment? - Niki Costantini

Will invest the money in my new unique microblogging startup :) - Sergey Bulaev

I wonder how many comments in this thread are their first on FF. Well I'm in. If I won money, some will go into savings and some will go to my favorite charities: Autism Speaks and Atlanta Boxer Rescue. - Carmen wBabby

yay first comment ever, though I suppose I should be commenting more - Wang Yip

Wow, a lot of people commented just while I was writing my own! For me, half the money would be for savings and health insurance while I'm still trying to get a job (recently graduated). The other half would be for the non-profit arts organization my friends and I just founded in our hometown, which has no supportive creative outlets for its youth. The money would help produce the tri-high school theatre competition we are currently planning and hope to put on soon. Great offer, Robert. - Kelly

One comment, coming up. - Michael R. Bernstein

For $1750 I'll either blow it on more photo or computer equipment. Or sock it away in my kid's college fund since it'll probably cost more than half the organs in my body to pay for by the time he's of age. It's a tough choice. - ronin

I'm all for free money Robert! - Michael A. Baydoun

Who wouldn't comment for a chance ... lol ;) - Brandon

If I win the money I'm going to establish world peace & have tons of sexy bitches serving me grapes. - The Real sofarsoShawn

I would finally upgrade components in my PC and pay off some of our upcoming wedding debt! - Shmoe

I'd put it on black - John Kitchen

A percentage would undoubtedly go toward the health care fund, unfortunately. I'd allocate some for art and film supplies and give away the remainder. I've seen several comments here mentioning worthy projects and needs that are certainly deserving of attention and support. Thanks for sharing, Robert! - Chris Weige

Circuit City lay off would use on BILLS, BILLS, and oh yeah BILLS - Ron

I want to win your money!!!! - Andrew

Wow. This is kinda cool. If I were to win anything at all from this, I would ask that the money be instead given to fellow FF'er Anika Malone because it breaks my heart that her and her family are having to go without hot water, a dryer, their stove...due to their gas being turned off. Hard times have struck too many good people right now. :( - Hookuh Tinypants

400+ comments...wow! Guess 1000 bucks is motivation. I'd put the cash toward my photography efforts or go the boring route and invest it for now. - Justin Korn

The pure capitalist social media business model: simply pay users to come. - Michael Krigsman

It's so easy a caveman can do it!! - Fireman17

I would use the money to pursue my passion of creating LOLcats & bring endless joy to all the world forever. - The Real sofarsoShawn

I sit here naked as I type. By the way, they're real, and they're SPECTACULAR! - Abbie Kendall

If I won, I would ... go to Disneyland! - Jerry Chacon

lol, great Seinfeld reference!! - Michael A. Baydoun

If I won the non-random cash prize, I'd use it for expenses while I was off work, recovering from my (upcoming) third brain surgery. - Abbie Kendall

I would love to use the money to stimulate the economy by purchasing a new hot water heater. Our current one is in need of being replaced. - Vaughn

Cool, this would help me stimulate the economy while I wait for my California state tax return. - Stephen Ip

Question: Is it one comment per way to win or one comment in general? I've made one comment above that says how I'd spend the money. Now I'll just be random: PURPLE MONKEY DISHWASHER - Bryce Roney

Okay, I'll play. I would return your money to you with a "let's do something better than this" remark. I would then ask you to actually read (reread?) the email I sent you about helping me get in contact with NPO's re: starting an OLPC-esque SMS-device project for said devices to be delivered in care packages around the world (via Red Cross, etcetera, etcetera) so that the poverty stricken and people in disasters could actually communicate with the world in real time. - trench

Good job ! - Alper

I am making this comment as the IT/Communications Director of FHL International, Inc.http://fhlinternational.org I want to feed babies of poor working and nonworking single mothers. I want to change the oil in their cars when they can't afford it or know how to. I want to feed their children good wholesome food. I want to give the refugees and the lost some hope for another day. If we spend it carefully and wisely we can make it stretch to cover a 3-4 outreaches and give you a write up. - Melanie Reed

random random random. macro lens, macro lens, macro lens. - Andrea Ewald

I would probably also tell you (via your infamous digits) why facebook sucks, why friendfeed pretty-much sucks, and why Twitter sucked but no longer sucks. And then I'd educate you on why we - yes, you and I (and Thomas?) - need to visit Turkey ( http://is.gd/7yQr ) and discuss these things further. Yes, k... logging back out now. Thanks. Make coat not war. - trench

@Robert as the IT/Communications Director, I would invite you to one of our events to cover it, put you on one of our videos and underscore the digital divide and what we can do about it. I would invite you to our UB cafe for the best pancakes in the world and have you look over our IT training provided by the IndyChristianGeeks in Indianapolis, Indiana and meet Dr. Thomas Ho, former... more... - Melanie Reed

Robert, I would also introduce you to my "boss", Merlin Gonzales, who started FHL International, Inc.: http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Melanie Reed

I'd use the money to pay off debt, and take some time this summer to work less and volunteer more. - Michael Kacer

What else would I do with some extra cash from Scoble? I'm thinking about making a difference via http://www.heifer.org/ and http://www.kiva.org - Anthony K. Valley ©

want the money for my project - Abubucker

Would love some money of course! I plan on using at least 3/4 of it to fund a new project I'm working on involving the iPhone and a web service. It would most likely go directly toward the cost of the project (registration fees, hosting fees, learning materials, etc.) - Brandon Titus

can you imagine if I actually won? - vijay

This is really cool. I love seeing all the people who would donate part or all. - Lix

@qtbrowneyes - get in here :) We are making FF history. - vijay

That took a long time to scroll down here to make a comment. - David McDonald

Me FTW - Brian

Good luck with building 43—great name, great concept. - Dave

Interesting experiment. Can't wait to see the final results. - Shamir Katsu

< insert winning comment here > =P - vijay

I'm spending my winnings on wine and women - Zik Daniel from twhirl

Great contest. I'll give it a go. - Michael Molinar from twhirl

Why, thank you kindly, Mr. Scoble. - Victoria Plautia

I'd use the money to get a new iPod Touch and maybe pay the rest to my medical bills. :P - Mol, FF Music Lover

As far as how I would spend $1750: I'd love to say that I'm going to donate it all to a worthy cause like the EFF or the local mission, but I know I'll be selfish and just end up spending it in a blaze of glory at Fry's or during the next Woot-off. No point in trying to kid anyone here. - Michael Molinar from twhirl

hi! :) - امیر؟

Cool way to gain money :) - Richard Holas

I can definately use some cash. :) - Shawn Whitmire

I am in! - Edwin Khodabakchian

I would spend all the money for entertainment :) - Sinem Co

$1,750 or $1,000? In any case it would be a good stimuli to open a startup in Belarus - Aliaksandr

Wow, popular contest! I would use part of it to buy the Rosetta Stone package to help me learn French. I'm taking time off between my undergrad and graduate degree, and I figure learning a foreign language would be a great use of my time. I would use the rest to help pay rent when I get my own place, I'm going to be a Congressional Staffer in D.C. and the living is expensive while the pay sucks! Thanks Robert. - Keenan

If i get the $1,750, i'd give the money as $100x10 and $50x15 AdWords Coupons to the people who searched for the website/blog on pageboss.com for promote their projects like sponsored by Scobleizer.. And if Scob gives me $1,000, i'd spend all of them with my sweetheart Sinem :D - N.Onur ATAHAN

I would use the money to buy a laptop for my wife, a Kindle for myself and one year worth of school for two children that we know and support in Nepal :) - Sam Grover

i need money :-) - Dan

:) If i am lucky enough, i'll pick a random comment on this thread to give this money + 1$. Just to see how loop can be created. - Guy Vander Heyden

One more random comment - sam b-r

I'm in too :) - Eray Korkmaz

1 Timothy 6:10: "For the love of money is the root of all evil." If that's the case Scoble bring on the EVIL! WHOOOOOO YEAAAAAHHAHH EVIL!!! - The Real sofarsoShawn

Beautiful, beautiful link bait. ;) - Chris Nixon from BuddyFeed

Most commented post :) - romanzolotarev

Wooow this post will be the most popular post of all times :-) I'm in! - Ahmet Alp Balkan

$1750 would get me a DSLR and new macbook - Duc Nguyen

Wow, great idea to make new friends ;) (but a bit expensive?) - Pascal Hertleif

This is totally insane. I'd probably buy my mom the Palm Pre and 10% will go to charity (like always). - Nir Ben Yona

In a rich man's world! http://www.youtube.com/watch... ain't it sad! - The Real sofarsoShawn

FriendFeed is affected! :-) - Oğuzcan Şahin

I need a netbook for my projects :) - Gepetto

That's a big hat you need... - Orli Yakuel

Yay! - Rich

I will by my wife a flight home so she can go and see her parents who she misses lots. Which means i'll have sole access to my (our) laptop instead of having to share it. I could just use the money to buy a new laptop but then i wouldn't get teh good sofa and control of the remote as well! - Jamie Vidamour

meow! - zenya isaychew

Let's see if I'm still the unlucky guy I used to be - Boubacar Balde from twhirl

I could be homeless soon, lost my job due to the economy, and getting unemployment that just doesnt cut it, I could really use the money to pay my rent, bills and feed my kitties, contact me via email Kyle.M.Weller+scoble@gmail.com or you could just hire me and I'll help you in any way possible, check my blogs, I could be useful. And I would return the favor 10 fold if I can, matter fact I'll search for 2 other people to help and blog about it/take photo's - Kyle Weller

I would keep half of $1750 and give the other half to the author of the comment I liked most, but only if he/she promises to do exactly the same. - stark

.I need a new Laptop - Selçuk Hoca

I`ll use 1000$ of the 1750$ to buy a lot of comments on FriendFeed :) - Vlad

I thought these kind of things happened only countries like mine which the goverment tries to build a begging culture just to keep the hope alive and dependent to the authority at the same time. Each reply begging for money is adding another brick on the wall of shame. And Bob, couldn't you find another way to publicize this? - M. Serdar Kuzuloglu

If I win I will invest it back for advertising! Just say my name 3 times on twitter like "Candyman". - Los Angeles Dj

So what would I do with the money? Half of it would go to the good cause. I want to create value for people and who other than the less fortunate, handicapped and so on deserve this? Right. The other would go to a business I'm building. One for the people, on that will change our lives fundamentally and is here to stay. - Kris

If I dont win this, i'll be happy to donate my time blogging or helping someone in any way right now, im jobless in Phoenix Arizona, I could do yard work or hook up pc's/fix pc's or help you with your website if I can - Kyle Weller

I'd invest half of it in Google Stocks, then the rest I would pay my rent, get kittie food, and try and advertise www.phoenixstickers.com with adsense so my girlfriend makes some money with it, its new and not very popular right now ;\ - Kyle Weller

Here is my comment : the best way to talk about something is to let people talk about, and 4500$ is a pretty advertising investment. but it is really interesting :) now the question is ; is there any way to gauge the effectiveness of word of mouth? good luck. - abdellah

Mmm....are u crazy Rob? :) Ok! I wanna a netbook give to me only 300$ ;) - Dario Salvelli

I'd give the money to Comic Relief (http://www.rednoseday.com/) to buy 250 mosquito nets for Africa. Two hundred and fifty saved lives? Bargain. - Robin Stacey

you are so generous robin you deserve to win :) - abdellah

why? - catepol

I don't need this money :) Because I'm still working. But you can donate to a charity organization if I win. - Süleyman Sönmez

I will spend the money attending game design workshops in when in San Francisco, to improve my theory about the use of game design techniques in social web applications (playfuldesign.org). - Federico [Kurai]

@abdellah Hehe. Anything that stops someone from dying of Malaria is all right by me. Besides, it's simple economics. With $1750, no matter how I invest it, I can't do more that what 250 people could do with the rest of their lives. - Robin Stacey

you are right, so let resume (generous, logic, awesome, and with a sens of humor), let ask the question differently Robin : who has no reason to win the money win the money ;) (it seams that all have at least one reason) human are really amazing creature. (ps: me too) - abdellah

I agree, I'd buy a jet ski and have so much kick ass fun! - The Real sofarsoShawn

i'm in is too easy :) - Valentin Sandu

se vinco devolvo tutto a Mantellini - Luca Sofri

Trying to overload the comment stream? - Örjan Lundberg

I am here~~~LOL - K.D.

l'uomo a cui appiopparono la santità - azael عصير للمشيمة

I'll create a new world :] - ahmet

yes please and I'll give half to my love oh and a bit to greenpeace - Julian Edward

if I win I will give $1 to everyone - Giuliastro

great idea, Robert! hope i'll win it.. i'll pay for my flight ticket, so i can finaly see you:) - Martin

Dear Robert, sağa sola para saçmak yerine gidip bi türkçe kursuna kaydolsanda türkçe öğrensen olmazmı? Hem bu yorumu anlardın bak ne güzel. Paran çoksa işe yarar bişeyler yap canım. - Ahmet Karaca

Robert! :) - Anıl Eren from fftogo

If I win, I will use them to finance my trip to L.A. next August. - Fabio Cristi

I'm in. - Tiziano Caviglia

Count me in. - Alexander Arsky

of course, I'm in. - Lorenzo

I'm in :). - Demircan Celebi

I'm in :) - Rıza Selçuk Saydam (RSS)

Ecchime. :) - Maxime

I'll take "I'm a Nigerian Prince" for $1000, Alex, err, Robert.! - Kevin Leroux

I have some debts.... and I have 11 sons... 34 grandchildren... 22 dogs... 16 cats... and I am a liar... a neeedy liar :-(((((((:-D).... GIVE ME CASHSHSHSHSHSSH... Ah... Goodmorning Mr Scoble - Daniel

I'd invest the money to my wife's startup that she starts next month. She'll be working around social media, blogs, photography etc. :) - Jemm

send all the money to germany :D - Carsten

whee! I'd use it to open my deli :) I see free lunches in your future *laughing* hell, I'd even dedicate a booth to you.. with a cool plaque and everything! - russa

This is going to be the longest thread ever - Manuela

I hope the money goes to someone that really needs it - Kyle Weller

Love to know your motivation for doing this Robert. Social experiment? See what people will do for money? You have a financial backing in Friendfeed & are aiming to stimulate usage? Either way, if I win, please donate the money to your favourite charity - Lindsay Davies

if I win I'll make a gift to my girlfriend - Ciccsoft

yo free money? I'm in! - danslarue

I would give it to a friend who is unemployed; buy a new computer, smart shirt and tie, give him his dignity & confidence back. It saddens me to see so many friends hurting right now. - Sally Church

I'll use the money by not using it (well, except for that 4pt escape clause written down below in the yet-to-be written contract between me and Mr. Scoble about the prize) - Daniele V.

oh, WOW! - Viditu - Umberto

This is the FriendFeed equivalent to leftover pizza in the breakroom. I could certainly use some $ right now. - Phillip

if I win I'll make a gift to Lehman Brothers - azael عصير للمشيمة

I'd rather type in nonsense, can I have Kaan's spot? - The Real sofarsoShawn

awesome robert!! are you part of pres obama's stimulus package? LOL! hope i win the random $1000 contest =) - Melissa Solito

I'll stay tuned :P - Tiziano Tassi

In regards to the first prize, I'm in. - Armin Talic

crazy guy you are! "You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." (Robin Williams) - Johannan Edelman

I'm in too ;) - saicharan123c

So. this is my comment: I would use the money to buy a ticket to fly over to meet you and discuss if I could support you as some kind of correspondent over here in Europe (I'm in Germany). - Till

In regards to the second prize, I'd like to use the money to buy my brother and sister their first macs. I grew up on encyclopedia britannica CDs on Windows 95, they deserve Wikipedia on a Mac. - Armin Talic

@danslarue, "free money" these two word combined are more powerful then a TNT, if you can conceive or even think a second about a concept of "free money" then implicitly agree with the concept of "free work" and beside voluntary work they call it salvation . - abdellah

I would use the $1750 in part to purchase some equipment for the part time photography business (about $500). The rest would go to 2 friends who are hurting right now with Flagler County, FL's unemployment rate at just over 14%. - Jay Caruso

strange that no one, think to reverse the money to the 43 startup!! boys oh boys buy some action some part of this 43 startup may be it will be worth million :) - abdellah

At first i thought i'd start a similar thread and give the money i win :-) but, here's the truth... I'd use the money to pay the next month of dev, working with a partner on our hope to be successful web service. I'm jobless 9 months now, 3 months since we started pushing the idea forward, all done @ home. Will use the most to pay my bills, with the rest i'll buy dinner for some of the homeless people i usually ignore. - Majento

i need a new macbook)) - what?

advertorial? - Elif Yılmaz

really? - Moses

gonna go to hollywood - Özkan Altuner

With this money, I am plannig to start a new company that develops social media applications. So if I win, I can give a job to you :)) - aydınn

the entire amount of money will be used to help the local communities in eastern congo and sustain conservation of the virunga national park in congo. if you prefere, you can do it right away without giving me the money, visit www.gorilla.cd/blog for a one-time donation / all donation are tracked and transparent :) - giulio

Brilliant idea and very noble of you, Scoble! (Sorry...I should leave the humor to my husband, who does a much better job!) LOL! I would use all the money to buy as many Radio Flyer kids wagons and send them out free to those that win a contest similar to this one! (I get them wholesale because I am an authorized dealer, so that would stretch the budget a bit more). - Pat Graham Block

I'd spend the money for future trips: I have ever wanted to see the milky way from the earth or see the Northern lights. But maybe, I could put the money aside and spend it for a parabolic flight when I have enough money (that's another lifelong dream). I would also love to go on safari in Africa and see all the amazing animals in the savanna. But maybe I should rent a car and feel the American dream at Route 66? Ah Robert, your money lottery helped my thinking about all my dreams again. Thanks! :) - Timo Heuer

I would use part of the money to donate to some podcasters or webcomic artists who are selling things on their website, like T-shirts, mugs and stuff like that. And buy a couple of domain names. Things I already do when tax return time comes, only this time more. - Derek Coward

Each post you make will promote this thread more and more thus decreasing the expected value, with this rate a post made a few hours from now will probably have an expected value of a few cents. This will be a very nice data . - Tuna

I need a new woman, please Robert choose me! - Francesco M.

cool :) I would use $1750 to buy cabinet-type gas-control point for cottage - Igor

I would spend the money of webhosting running free-of-charge computing services for open drug development (using open source utilities), such as used in Open Notebook Science and sorts. - Egon Willighagen

what's up. - pastas9

I think we will use the money to develop a desktop application for facebook very simple, actually, but that still does not exist in optimal form. I thought with a friend, but, since we are both students, we need a bit of $ $ $ to get technical advice from someone for some parts that relate to writing code (I study Marketing, and my friend is the final year of a degree in computer engineering). - Tiziano Tassi

Okey I give in. Scoble, finally you made me signup for friendfeed - shafiu

i'm in. also if this a psyco socialexperiment... - FedericaB.

hahah interesting to see anyways .. how many comments on the one thread - Terry O'Fee

Alright. This is my first entry. Chances are that I won't win....but it is exciting waiting to see if you do. :-) - Thebluestbutterfly

1) I'll spend the money to end my fear for airplane: so I can travel again. 2) i will organize a free public movie show here in Milano, all people sits in the night to watch the screen in the spring air - FedericaB.

@FedericaBellag, interesting :) and what if it is just a plain and simple contest? it may be more "word of mouth advertising" tracking experiment then psyco social one. (love the smile face) - abdellah

Who wouldn't want to join FF for $1000? - Samuel Driessen

I will use the money for paying up my college fees and taking up a course related to VOIP. People like Craig and Vincent of Grandcentral (which I use for 3 years almost), pat Phelan and more VOIP experts keep pushing me to do something great in that area. Also, great its open to any1 iin the world. Most competitions are US ONLY, which is something I HATE BIG TIME. I m in India Mr.... more... - Hardeep Singh Dang

@samuel, no the question is are FF team ready to pay $1000 for any on who join!!! - abdellah

@abdellah ok, let's be tracked then! that's my face at the office ;-) - FedericaB.

I will save the money. I'm an italian student studying abroad (Master in Digital Library), and those money could just be useful. They could be also a way to go in Jerusalem, following my girlfriend. Anyway, goo viral Scoble ;-) - Aubrey McFato

I bet half of the money, the prize goes to the 1000th commenter. - funkyboy from Posty

notice : the headline is "win my money" not "take my money", so we have to make effort, it is not a "free money" it is a make effort and win, so remember it is not "take my money" :) - abdellah

im in :) - shaff

Adopt me Robert! - Özer (Wrzl) Dölekoğlu

It's so hard to see whole of the comments. 620 including me now. :) - Meriç Dağlı

I would get an iron if I have been searching some water in the desert and I would be the ass part of the Voltran, when we have been arising it.... bacause I am so unfortunate - Lokman Köroğlu

.oO(i SHOULD be able to get D90...) - browneyes

you wanna DDoS FriendFeed :). I will use the money for a ff-contest when i pay people for the best comment. obviusly you can partecipate and win back your money. :P - ez

nice ;) - tbr (nicola) √

I'll donate some charities with 750$ of it. Buy a macbook with 999$ it, and set up a " First commenters win the buck. " contest via friendfeed. :) - Meriç Dağlı

It shouldn't be about the money? What kind of game is it? We still need to wait Is it somehow related to SXSW? - Aziz

Sure do wish I could be there at #sxsw - Gil Rodriguez

Hi, with that sum I would probably take a chance to stop and take time to smell the roses, at least for a while. - ziomau

nice way to see if there's a limit on the number of comments a ff post could get.. - Nicola Maggi

I could qualify for the $1,000, but not the $1,750 as I have two jobs. The only basis I could see is for a complete donation to an organization helping out of work people. We have a food pantry here in Beverly Mass called Bootstraps and a women's shelter in Gloucester, Mass called Wellspring that both would know just where that money could be best used. - Martha

Damn... money can do anything... - Eyal Shahar

I'll be practical when I win the money and invest it in the future....my childrens' education! - Kevin Dugan

@Eyal no, you can't win a contest even if you give money :) money don't do anything ;) - abdellah

@nicolas interesting question, and what do you think? does a thread have a comment limit or no? it all depend on the limitation, will this run eternally?no so there is a number of comment that people will post here it is a kind of buzz after the momentum there will be no comment let say there will be 50000 comment, FF are able to store such data. - abdellah

So being completely unbiased, with little if any interest, if I were Robert Scoble, handsome fella, I'd give the money to whoever stated first they would buy a jet ski due to the fact they are super fun! Oh, who knew, that's me! - The Real sofarsoShawn

Great...I was juts talking over in TechCrunch that Robert does not need luck in his new venture "Building 43" and not it seems I am the one that needs luck to win the $1000 ....:) Thanks Robert Joao/TechFuga - TechFuga

a little is better than none. :) - Geyik Mühendisi

Well I started reading this thread, but I got a 1/4 way through & gave up, >650 comments, that's got to be some kind of record. What post does have the highest number of comments? - Glenn Slaven

Interesting... I guess there's nothing to lose by trying - Adi Sheleg

Ok, can't hurt to put one's name into the "hat"...p.s. good luck dude on the new gig... will be following closely... thinking cloud myself :) - Michael Lehman

Hmmmm. That is my comment - Darrell Bell

Commenting away in the Great Scoble Sweepstakes. - Warner Crocker

With $1750 I would spend half to get to next years SXSW which I am missing this year :-(. and the other half I would spend on sponsoring a deluxe drop in-childcare at the Austin Convention Center for the parent bloggers. - Emee Pumarega

I'm in too:) I would use the money for keeping an exhibition - Neya

Comment! This is the Robert Scoble Stimulus Package - Kreg Steppe

Spinning the wheel. FF FTW ;) - Daniel Krech

10% to charities of my choice, the rest to pay bills and allow me to keep working in the nonprofit sector. I'm at that level where I still need to do outside consulting to come out ahead at the end of each month, and $1600 would give me 4 months where I wouldn't need to get a consulting gig (yep, the budget is that tight) - Jeff Stern

The 4 minihawks would like to donate to their california school district to help offset the 1.5mm cutbacks. - Mrsth

I'm in too! - LJ Kyser

Of course MRSTH could use an overdue marathon weekend away with Mr. Hawk. - Mrsth

I can promise nice pics? - Mrsth

I'm in... - Halil Ahmet ÇAKIR

This thread will explode in 3, 2, 1... - Marta

I can upgrade to a macpro by winning :-P - Richard A.

wow this is the most comments/likes i've seen! - andy brudtkuhl

If I won either sum of money, I'd probably put it toward buying some camera gear, like a Nikon D90 and another lens. I have a couple family events that I'll be taking pictures at, and it'd be nice to have a D90 for them. :) I could go for a D700, but the D90 has video, so that's why I prefer it right now. - Cheryl Jones

@Jason H - Whether or not either of us wins Robert's money, I have a timeshare near Disney that I haven't had the opportunity to use in the past few years. If you can get yourself airfare, a rental car and park tickets, I'll be happy to let you use the week, no charge to you. The dates are October 24-31, 2009. - Sally - Skyrimmin' It

what r we copying Ben Stein now? - clarke thomas

Congratulations to you and Rocky on the new gig. - Aron Michalski

With $1750 I'd give money to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, to help fund research for a cure and treatments so my mother and others with MS can have an improved quality of life. I'd also give money to the American Diabetes Association to help my father and others living with diabetes. I'd give some to @smallcanbebig to help needy families locally (Boston) and hope to have enough left over to take my son to visit his grandparents in FL. He's 6 mos. and they've only seen him once, at Christmas. - Sally - Skyrimmin' It

Robert, I want your money. Do I have to work for it? - Aidha

I'm in. I wanne buy ı mac pro. - Rıza Selçuk Saydam (RSS)

I'm in robert! - Junal Rahman

on that money is the side of the monte man. what's this it :) scoble iki dakka delikanlı ol lan paran fazlaysa git yardım kuruluşlarına, özürlüler, kimsesiz çocuklara ver mngoduum kapitalist pçleri. - Volkan Yılmaz

hehe :P - Geyik Mühendisi

Yes please. The odds are way better here than playing the lotto - Christian Burns

I can't wait to see the effect of putting my name on this illustrious list of luminaries - David Gallagher

that's a smart way to get attention :) - PaperDoll

With USD1750 I could finally prove that friendfeed is not a complete waste of time... - Morten Josefsen

I would probably go for a D90 :-) - Nils Sandin

if you come to shanghai/China, we can have a dinner and go to bar :) - 赛林（土耳其）

I enter not because I need the money (I'd give it away too) but because me entering slightly reduces all of the rest of your chances to win. MUAHAHAHAHA - Nate True

My Scoble $1750 stimulus package spending plan: Give my son (the struggling Mac/iphone developer) $1,000 in "angel funding", get a Drobo ($500), and put $250 in my Grandson's (future Mac) savings account. - Al Degutis

Just for fun :) - Hassan

Pick me, pick me, pick me for the $1000 giveaway (if you don't pick me for the $1750 Scoble Stimulus). - Al Degutis

more people should do this. Many people or businesses could afford to give $1,000 - Lady Lovely Heart

i would donate some of it maybe half to a local worthy charity, the rest would go into a fund that would be used to encourage this type of activity. Conversation building, with the right questions a lot of solutions can be found by crowds - Tweet Feeds

My intent for the big prize would be to replace windows in my home with energy efficient ones. the ones in the house now are cracked from the house settling. they are the original 1959 windows, and they rattle every time a plane goes over the house. very distracting when we are trying to concentrate or stay warm - Lady Lovely Heart

I can haz money? - Bryan R. Adams

Big money. No whammies. STOP. | I would use the winnings towards upgrading my equipment (Mac Pro) since my current setup is pretty bad for video. I would sell my current MBP (2006 First Gen) and use the proceeds towards the new machine. I would pump out twice as much HD content with better equipment. Thanks for all you do Robert..I know whoever wins will make the best out of the cash. - Bwana ☠

Take my husband to the Grand Canyon for that honeymoon we never had--that's what I'd do with some extra cash. - joansjewels

I agree, nice way to get people engaged. - Gary Gifford Jr from Nambu

Show me the money! :) - Ale♪nastrorosa

actually, I don't want your money - Manuela

That's quite ingenious =) - Count Caturday

I'd buy a laptop so that I don't have to wait for the missus to get off the ruddy computer and let me have my go on it!!! - Andy

a nice way to test the limits of commenting feature on a bunch of real people just for US$1000. - 9000

I will use the money to buy $1 stocks in companies that will re-bound or will be more successful in the next 2-5 years due to the ongoing financial crisis. My choice will be guided by those companies that care, share and have flare for others...a community stimulus...hope others will join and build what the "financiers" could not. - Gordon Montgomery

It seems too easy, but.. here ya go! - Scott Breakall

You'll be my best crazy friend! *LOL* - Andrea Spedale

1. Cool 2. Travel for VC meetings so I can finally provide some solutions for RSS that we argued/discussed 2 years ago (delivery of premium content possibly over open channels) - Andy Beard

here I am :) - Fran

Yo Robert, did you give it away yet? Here's my chance to win! ;^) - Michael Bailey

@manuela, but personally I want more comment from you. - abdellah

awesome idea. by the way, how goes life without diet coke? - tracy

I'd use it to help an independent artist with their career. Rentals for video equip on shows and music videos with stories that would otherwise remain untold. - Frank Jonen

I'm in - Lucas Araujo from twhirl

I refuse to comment in this thread. - Akiva

How can I win? - Gloria Gordon

Woah! So is this part of the Scoble Stimulus plan? Anyways, if by some chance I did win the money I would use either towards moving out of my parents house later this year or put it towards my student loans. - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

@Akiva you also deserve to win., I insist please comment this thread please. - abdellah

I'd use the money to go to Korea. - Mark Woodson

I would use the money to fix the economy. - Andy Bakun

Andy: you get it right, please fix that economy. - abdellah

Its enough to buy one toliet seat for the government :) - Roberto Bonini

Robert could fund nails and shingles for building a small seminar facility in the Adirondack State Park. - Jeff Archambeault

With $1750 I would buy a lot of toys for the baby we are waiting.... - roberto ferorelli

I count at least 6 references to "donate to kiva.org" so far. Pretty cool. That is what I was going to write, but looks like many other's beat me to it. But hell... If I got it, I would donate to Kiva.org. :) (make it 7 now). - Shannon Bauman

JET SKI! - The Real sofarsoShawn

Sounds like a great idea. - Tyson Key

awesome idea. - Jessie

Give me $10,000 in unmarked bills or I tell Maryam your giving away $4800. - shelisrael1

joy and joyness! - Jenn Castro

Nothing special here, just want to pay some outstanding bills and get supplies for my 3mth old =) - Mat Finch

Quickly put in a reply while thinking about a smug way of spending 1.750... - Stefan Kolle

Yeah, I think I'll stick with the Kiva donation too. I'm pretty prolific there (a true believer), and have about that amount outstanding in loans, so the chance to double my Kiva loans in one go would be outstanding. - Stefan Kolle

is this gonna have like 1000+ comments? - Jorge Murillo

I'm bummed I couldn't get to SXSWi so I came to Robert's ATM machine instead. :) - Laura Zickus

in. - Richard Lawler

No comment :-P - Richard A.

Bump! - Tyson Key

I'd love to say I'd do something altruistic with the money, but I'd invest it all in my startup (we're doing cool things with information and emotions online). In this economy every little helps :-) - jennielees

Out - Roberto Bonini

Awesome. Looking forward to what's next. - Andy Sternberg from fftogo

Yay, the Scobleizer Grand Prize Giveaway- Still more chances than the National Lottery! - Tyson Key

FriendFeed Scales! - Tyson Key

with $1,750, I would I would set up 7 performance art / photoshoots uptown here in Charlotte in the center of Bank Town at lunch time, wordlessly demonstrating some of the problems (as I see them) with our current corporate culture. I have the first one of these ready to go but don't the cash to set up the others (yet). If I only got the free $1000, I would buy some more studio lighting equipment (much to the chagrin of my roomy). - Shannon J Hager

Why? Why? Why? - Ashish Rangole

in - Roozbeh

Bella idea! :) - Daniele_MD

with $ 1.750 I would buy a laptop + microphone + router for my parish and start broadcasting with kids. - astrid/astridula

Hey Robert, I think this is the most commented entry on Friendfeed. btw I don't want your money :) Cheers - cihanergur

just testing my luck :) - DenizEdincik [bluesign]

sure, I'll play. as for how I'd use the money, I'd probably use it to help offset the cost of my lasik surgery. - chrisofspades

I would use the money to fund my own open source development work (within the php symfony framework) as well as supplement my wife's pending maternity leave. Realtors don't get paid maternity leave... Thanks! - Jon Issler

Scoble rocks, count me in! - Chris Pugh

I would use the money to assist my parents in their move back home closer to the adult children. They are currently existing on 18k a year, their Medicare and Secondary insurance cost them 10k. It would help buy their medications. - Janet-The Bottley Crue

I'm sure that there are a lot of deserving people who need this money so best of luck to all. I would give this $ to my mother who had to sell her business after working so hard, cause she was diagnosed with lung cancer. Now she has to work for someone part time cause still sick, husband laid off in Florida, trying to pay off house, med bills, prescrip, barely making it & gov't no help cause not appv'd for Medicare cause married, what? so considering divorce just to afford medical bills & mortgage. - M.E. - monica Edwards

I've blocked u, so if u wanna get back on my list....:) - Koba Yaschi

This is really good. I'll buy a Nintendo Wii. :) Thx. - marrup -serkan-

Here's the rundown with what I'd do with $1750: I want to do a Power Rangers fan film. No joke. Stop laughing. No really, you can stop now. Power Rangers has been on the air for the past 17 seasons, and it's finally getting canceled. This has inspired me to shoot a film short inspired by the show I grew up with. The $1750 will be invested to bump it up to looking professional. Scoble can be the Executive Producer! Don't pass up on that chance. Ok, you can stop laughing now, lol. - Lisa J

I want money - Tyler (Chacha)

Tuition for 2010 Iowa Summer Writing Festival courses, at Iowa Writers' Workshop. - Paola Bonomo

It would go into the funds I am raising to start a new print venture, tbnl, which will publish great, timeless stories (fiction & nonfiction) in a limited edition (subscriber only edition), a print-on-demand edition available for years and a digital ebook reader. Paying writers & artists on an ongoing, fair basis - Shannon Clark

I'd love to have some Scoble Dollars. They'd help fund my exit from technology to academia. - Tom Morris

Hi Robert, Congrats on new opportunity with bldg 43 Can I share your money with my 18 month old daughter AKA the Joy transmitter or perhaps I could drop it form the sky with my tandem paraglider over the Microsoft campus... - John Clifford

It's impossible not to comment - although if it wasn't Scoble saying this, I wouldnt bother to be honest, as I'd suspect a con ... - Ian

760 comments and counting... - Mike Doeff

I guess a SECOND MacBook would be nice… - Alexandre Testu

Is it for VAT? - Onur ALMIŞLAR

I'd use the money to buy crack. I mean books for children. Oh, wait, it's random... - Jules Morgan

Wow! I think I would invest them for developing an iPhone application - Nicholas

Hi Robert, my first comment on friendfeed, I couldn't resist the chance. You do know that Tuesday is St. Patrick's Day - I'll buy you a leprechaun hat from the parade in Dublin to celebrate! - Niall Sisson

Leaving Comment here. Hope it finds a good home. I would use the money to start a shelter for lost comments. - Joe K

No 419 scammers yet? ;) - Tyson Key

Great! As this 'WTF' crisis in Madagascar is causing everything to be sooo difficult now! - Thierry R. Andriamirado

better try... - grouchomax

That's like a lottery :) I'm in ! - Il gareth in Milano

I would put together a new computer, like to see BOINC running on a quad core. - Willem (@wim66) ☠

Great way to engage Robert! - Sampad Swain

I'm here! And I'd like to switch from PC to Mac... :D - Giovy

Rackspace customer and big fan... Looking forward to this new venture! - Charlie N. Browning

Surprised you have fallen as low as this Robert. Still, been there and done that before so best of luck and best wishes with Rackspace. - Paul Fabretti

Um, awesome. - Nick Humphries

count me in - Edward Kimble

If I win, will post about the same in my blog and you'll be famous in India too (if you're not, that is). BTW your fan following can add upto 45 million Indian internet users (Smirk!). Now how about that Mr. Scoble? Game for it....Oh man, this is quirky fun! Keep up the good work Robert :) - Sampad Swain

I would use the money to fix _my_ economy. And by my economy, I mean I'd blow it all on strippers and blow. - Jon Ursenbach

The amount of comments in here is insane. What's the record for the FF entry with the most amount of comments ever? Because this one feels like a winner. - Brad Butner from twhirl

you lucky! in Italy we can's setup a contest like that one easily and free, we have to pay taxes :( - Maurizio Mazzanti

If I won $1000, it would go to my first Mac since a Mac+ ! - Steve Ellwood

am still undecided on your real motive...... but then again, pecunia non olet..... ;) - denise

787 comments ?? wow!! Scoble u are the Brad Pitt of friendfeed... anyone else see the physical resemblence? - Cody Heitschmidt

Um, no, I don't Cody. Sorry. Scoble is taller. - Roberto Bonini

just leave a comment. well her's mine - Rachel Clarke

well its not identical I know Scoble is a little taller, but other than that Anfgelina could easily confuse the 2. - Cody Heitschmidt

I'm in! - «Weird & Sons»

eh what the heck, im in :) - ralphsaunders

This is interesting, but too many comments to read unfortunately. - Mitch

Simulate me, Scoble! - Robert Owens

That would be awesome, I could put the $$ towards my vacation to Kauai in August. Thanks Scoble, I promise to provide you photos from the vacation PF. - Pentaxfan

I'm bending the corner of my comment so it sticks out - Just Ken

pick me! Pick me! :) - Dania

This is great.. thanks Robert! =) - Timo Ukkola

I'll buy whatever Apple is developing with that rumored 10 inch multitouch display.. - Peter

too much comments..pick me! - magari sul tardi

. - Smeerch

Jet ski, I need one - The Real sofarsoShawn

If I win this thing, I'll be most hated person on FF. god help me!. - Ozan Caglargil

For a small advance fee, I can take part... - Gordon Joly

i'm in, too.. - Sercan YILMAZ

You're not really going to write down all these names & pull them out of a hat are you? - Mrsth

I'll need a credit card that got no limit-cuz we all just want to be rock stars - Mrsth

Mrsth: I bet he'll find a script somewhere to pull all the usernames into a file, as only Scoble could do. :) Any amount of money would likely go towards my photography business, should I be chosen to win... it would be fun to put a portion of it towards prizes for the photowalks I'll be starting this summer in northern Vermont for area photographers and enthusiasts. - Bob M. Montgomery

Are you trying to create "the most commented thread" on friendfeed? Here's my comment however: what will I do with my 1750$? Probably I'll use them as a "microfound" for a webapp I'm thinking to... :P - Napolux from twhirl

814th post! - Tyson Key

I like free money. Was it already given away? - nsnadell

I'd like to say that I'd do something noble should I win but there's no nobility in ordering cases of wine and giving my liver a good workout. Plenty of enjoyment, though. - Mark H

I'm in! :) - Vlad Rafeev

I would use it to not have an excuse for not recording my album. That is to say after 15 years of putting it off, I would stop procrastinating. - Vicky

wow for real? thats insane - ralphsaunders

I'm in and I'd probably put the money towards building my deck (not super exciting but still...) - Trevor

Starting to think I should post a reason why I want it... - ralphsaunders

I'm in! And I would use the money to buy my mom a present. She just turned 52 :) - Alex Kapranoff

I'm working on a funding for a research application for a semantic web project that I hope will become the next big thing (one of the next big things, anyway). If I succeed, you'll be the first person I ask to cover it! - Sam Kuper

Money, money, money, money ... MONEY! - Great Scott! Needs a Ham

You guys do know that Scoble is essentially bribeing you to comment here? Large carrot and a small stick. - Roberto Bonini

Didn't stop you did it? - ralphsaunders

LOL. In my defense, I was performing a public service. *ducks* - Roberto Bonini

Hey I'm in. Is this the most commented entry in the whole of FriendFeed? I'm guessing that it will be. Anyone know what the previous record was? - Peter Kelley

I'd use the money to help get my wife's specialty dessert company off the ground: www.thesweettreatcompany.com - Michael Listberger

Can't wait to win your money... I'd use it to pay for some much needed camera gear and the rest of it to plan a trip to a city I've never been before so I could photograph it. I would love to be able to do something with photography, but it's tough working full time and going to grad school at night, all on my own dime. I don't have it as rough some people, but I've had to earn everything I have so I make no apologies for it. - Michael

Good luck sorting thru the 800+ comments :) If I won the money, I would repeat your experiment and give it all away (though I'm sure I would get no where near as many entrants as you) (P.S. It's not that I couldn't use the money, but I think it would feel good to help someone who needs it more than me). Good luck everyone! - Helen Hoefele

He won't notice if I comment twice, right? ;) Nah, I don't do that. But, holy crap! This is a lot of comments! - Mike Nayyar

I sure could use $1000. Would go straight to funding Taskerrific. $1750 would be even better, because I could get a new computer and a year's hosting, based on my current estimates. - Chris Charabaruk

I would use the money to fund my plastic drumming addiction. Hellooo pro drum set hacked to play Rock Band! - Chieze Okoye

So I wonder how many comments a FF post can handle? - gfurry

I would use the money to pay my taxes so the needy executives will still be able to get their bonuses this year. - gfurry

Hey Robert. Hard to say the best way to spend it without doing too much work to make it be most useful, but if it could be used to do something radical with what is going on with the Fed, I'm sure you know that Ron has a bill in Congress to Audit the Fed. Very soon things are gonna be way worse for us on this planet if things are not done to stop the insane people from making some really bad choices. So the money should go to someone willing to do something really radical to save our country from ending. - mikehedge

Weird. I was just thinking about how I needed about $1750 in ones to sew together and waterproof in an effort to make myself an umbrella top to fix the one I ripped yesterday. So...yes, that's what I'll do with it. I'll even give you a free picture of it in exchange for your dollars! (Leftovers will be donated to credit card debt. :( ) - Brett

what is going on here? - potatohai

mortgage and beer, yo! - Adrian

I'll put the money into microlending; a good social/economic ROI. - Phil Wolff

I want to say something conservative like pay down my debt or put it in the kids college fund, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I would use the money to buy myself a bass guitar. Just something I've been wanting but don't have the discretionary income to afford it. - Eugene Huo

850+ Comments? That has to be some sort of record for friendfeed in just over 24 hours. - WiseYoda (aka Patrick)

Win money? Count Me IN! - Dave

I want to win money! - Matt Bebich

hi Robert Scoble :D yeah count me in! - OmniDragon

$4500 closer for next TED. Plenty of time to work on the invitation! jgx - Jennifer Green

Bring it on! Love your feed from SxSW! Now, send me the money! - Gene

OH good money for college... or to buy a new computer... - Laaabaseball

I want to win so that I can buy me a Macintosh,so count me in. - frank harvey

Hey, Rob help a sista out! Give me da money! - Jackie

saw you on Chris's live stream @ SxSW...free money count me in! - Jason

Money rocks - Shawn Farner

If I won $4500, I would install central heat and air in my house. You would make my life so much happier! - Auriette Lindsey

$1,750 would go to the nonprofit volunteer org I'm trying to get off the ground :P - Shawn Farner

Diapers for Newborns. $1750 split evenly to the most socially active on http://bebepool.com (my free web service enabling expectant parents to run their own baby pool contest). Most active meaning the 10 pools with the most participant guess entries Jan-Feb. I will paypal $175 to each winner and blog the results inclusive of the funds origin & any statements from the families impacted. I've seen the bebepool community show their own generosity (http://burnurl.com/YvHNL0 ), so would love to full circle it. - Micah

Scoble the human Roulette wheel. - Rob

wow. must be the post with the most comments i've seen on friendfeed so far. - simonpure

With 1750 I'd do the ever boring "keep paying off the wife and I's credit cards" - Steve Boerner

Any and all the money I win will go for building this charity app we are planning. Every cent spent will be accounted for and would be posted on a web site (TBD). Additionally, we will be spending our own money and time on this. @scobleizer, please ping me if you would like more details. - Ashish Rangole

lame - Vezquex

Behold, my comment. Hi Robert, I saw you at SxSW. - Michael Lee Wise

I'd put up the first Bldg 43 Billboard - http://tinyurl.com/1750-00 - Rob

Tipjoy $1 each to the first 1,000 or 1,750 (depending on prize) commentors in this thread who have a Twitter account. - Hao Chen

With $1750, I'd put up another "Win my money" post on FriendFeed, and see if people bite more or less than for your money. And then figure out why they liked your money more (social-networking experiment 2.0). - Ivan Zuzak

Robert kardes kusura bakma Ingilizcem iyi degil. 1750 gaymeyi bana verirsen sirket acarken kullanacagim. toparlarsak : $1750 + 10 000tl = design company :) - Uur

Interesting. :) /sits down and waits - PiDave

Emergency is an independent, neutral and non-political Italian organization, provides free, high quality medical and surgical treatment to the civilian victims of war, landmines and poverty. http://www.emergency.it/index... - Cristian Conti

If i won the money, I will write a easy to use friendfeed app for iphone :) - cem

very cool idea - Kate

$1750= Paying off my medical bills... no, not enough. Gas, food, rent... mmm, scratch that. Funding my craving for more, new camera equipment.... perfect. You, rightly feeling good for what you want to do,... priceless. - Kate

mi piegherò al Dio denaro, ma almeno lo farò nella mia lingua madre :) - Tambu from twhirl

I will use the money to put towards a deposit on a flat. Currently I am living between my parents and my partner and daughters. I have two children from a previous relationship so will use the money for a deposit on a place which is central to both location - Joe Dawson

I'll use the money for a much needed, long overdue, 2 month break and go to India to relax from this hectic world… - Adi Sheleg

hard to win easy to spend. - ismail ünal

Scoble, fund me a startup! - Toni @ NavinoT

i'll use the money to get out of this place and start running my own business - Claudia

I'll fund prototype of my p2p language learning startup - Artyom

In case I win, I'll upgrade my networking status to "notworking" status. At least for a month. During that time, I'll have more time to make blog posts and enlighten self taught musicians and producers who are fighting to make music in their bedrooms. And I will buy some cookies for myself, in case I forget to eat - ilterocktive

I'll get a haircut, and get a real job. - Adrian

Comment #895 - Anthony K. Valley ©

I would donate the money to Warchild.com, whose cause is to give children in war zones around the world a peaceful future. - Alexander van Elsas

lascio un inutile commento pure io - AdamoLanna1(chiuso)

Sei un chiattone, bob. Simpatico, però. - jokerulez

Considering some people worrying about taxes, I'd just like to state that up here in Canada, lottery and contest winnings are not taxed. At all. - Chris Charabaruk

Sorry, I don't want money, we've got too much ! - Benoit Bourdin

Benoit: I'd be happy to help you get rid of some of your surplus, if that's really the case. ;) - Chris Charabaruk

In response to happyseaurchin's question above, I propose tiprojx http://tiprojx.wordpress.com/ ... If anyone reading this who has a twitter account tweets an idea for a (social change) project with one or more of the hashtags #tipme #tipshare #tiptodo #tipif ... a whole lot of new projects have the potential to 1. gain crowdsourced funding and 2. be collaboratively refined in the process. I'll split the money between my favourite tagged ideas posted before midday (GMT) next Tues 24 March. - Hannah Lewis

If I won $1750, I'd use the money to hire a local (Austin) freelance UI/dev to help me finish my social sports service (commi.sh) and pay for hosting for a year while we grow it. - Carter ♥ HTML5

OMG. Robert Scoble jumps into "paid per comment". This is the end. My only friend, the end. - Davide Pozzi

ok, this is definitely a test for building43.com. does friendfeed run on rackspace? Rob, you trying a massive test of comments or live commentary, or something like that. i can bet you're analyzing this data on rackspace. you're making the new friendfeed search of organized live conversations/streams. - Reji

did i win? lol - Ivan Stegic

Another social experiment?!? Sure, I'm in for a little bailout money!!!! - Ferwin from Nambu

If I win I will hire someone to keep track of these little contests ppl like Scoble play from time to time.(since this kinda contests will be the newest #trend from now on) - Manoj

Comment 909 and counting. New pool ~ When will Robert break his own record. - Russellreno

910! - Tyson Key

Will Tomorrow be my Lucky Day? I will buy $1750 dollars of PowerBall tickets and then give 90% of the winnings to help feed children in Africa. - David Clements

This money could really help me in my current situation. Unfortunately I recently had a tumour removed from my bladder, which has really turned my life upside down. Overall, this has resulted in me having to miss and therefore finance two extra years at University. I’m currently 21 and studying BA Hons Economics at Newcastle University, England. I’m pleased to say that my health seems... more... - Daniel Rowley

Very funny! :D Did I win something??? :D - Matte

ain future economic prosperity! I would also donate $250 to Malaria No More: http://www.malarianomore.org/.... Thank you for the opportunity. - Daniel Rowley

wow..If I win I will buy a bike.. and travel around India... God bless me!! - sirishkumar

If I win I will buy a ticket to SxSW next year and watch Scoble get totally wasted and take pics of legs with his camera... - Ross

Pick me, pick me. - Amit Morson

As for the $1,750 - I will donate it to the first children related cherish organization that approaches me. - Amit Morson

With $1,750 I would be able to afford the flight back to Austria and support my dad who has to undergo his 3rd surgery and eventually also the 4th. - Verena Fuchs

I would sell it! =) honor would be enough for me... - Goktug Gedik

I would use the money to purchase a head stone for my mothers grave. - Ardail Smith

i would use the money for a long hot summer :) - Samuel Kreuzer

I'd buy $1,750 worth of green energy stocks, most probably geothermal - Fabio

Robert - I would use the money to buy good microphones to make an internet video series about Nerd Revolt. http://www.numeriklab.com/2009... I would then use them to document the 2009 Decibel Festival in September: http://dbfestival.com After that, who knows - but I promise to come up with something good! You can't document musicians without good sound :) Thank you, Erica - Erica Toelle

I would use the money to pay my out-of-state tuition! - Kevin Mohr

i would like it in a brief case... small unmarked bills please - ray parisi

I'd use $1750 towards a down payment for a first home. My wife and I recently had a son, and our apartment is shrinking at an alarming rate. - Chris Heald

i'll be a materialistic bastard. i'd pay my bills while still trying to search for a job in this life sucking, non-forgiving city. yup. that's what i would do. ramen noodles are no fun when you're not in college... - ultimate_loser

if i win this money i'll use to buy some equipments for the university, but not only for me. i'll buy two computers, one printer, and so we can do our university newspaper. this money will be a contribute for the free press, in a nation like italy, where every voice is subdued to the power. give us a chance! - Riccardo

Leave a comment here, and I can win. Ok, done. What's next? There's something about a second way to win, that looks like I need to state what I'd use the money for. Simple: to continue to make uplifting films, like I did this year for the 168 Project. Need to make a few payments still. The rest will go towards next year's film. - Mike Shields

Way too easy ;) - Gregg Wenger

I'd put it towards a computer and software I need for my new small business I'm setting up after 4 years off work with a broken back - Rob Bell

Mee Two :) , i'll use it for world Piece - Chirag Chamoli

Mike: watch http://www.ustream.tv/studio at about 4 p.m. today (Austin Time, which is about 2 p.m. Pacific Time) and we'll pick the winners live on that show. - Robert Scoble

I'd like to join this competition to make a chance for the money for my new developing start-up. Could use it for sure, development is costy these days! - Coen Jacobs

I'd use the money to pay for an artist to help me out on a Palm Pre/Windows Mobile app that I'm working on. - Alastair Maggs

Robert, great gesture! I would give all of the $ on your behalf to this worthy cause: http://friendfeed.com/e... - B2B Specialist

Took the challenge. Opened account from my couch with iPhone. Curious to get the rest of the story. - Georgiana Dearing

Generating metrics I presume Mr Scoble? - Stefan Szo

OK heres my comment! - Randy

OK, first the 'leave a comment here' bit - here it is. As to what I'd do with the money, my wife has been made redundant and two days later someone crashed into my car while it was parked - so I guess I'd put it towards replacing the car and rebuilding our lives. Actually that sounds a little melodramatic, it's only a car, but it would be useful. Unless of course UK residents aren't eligible for this in which case I guess I'll just sit at home and sulk! - Guy Clapperton

I'll switch SocialToo from Amazon EC2 to Rackspace if I win - Jesse Stay

Win money? No, thanks. but I DO wanna earn your money :). Send details to onno@media44.nl or visit http://www.media44.nl - MEDIAFORCE

$1750? My answer is simple. I would use it to help fund our movie. To purchase wanted equipment, better food for cast/crew, throw an awesome wrap party. Then, if we had any left over, we would use it towards our next movie. Also, you would get a free copy (format of your choice) and an Executive Producer credit. It'll be on IMDB and everything! This could be an awesome help for a trio of tired, driven, motivated filmmakers who want to change the game for movie-making. - Anthony Thompson

I would spend $1,750 on a iPhone App using fbConnect for my financial services startup which I otherwise wouldn't allocate a budget for. - Abhimanyu Chirimar

Gosh, there are a lot of comments. Is this a FF stress test? - Morton Swimmer

I'm in! - Simon Holliday

I would use the money for development of gCaptain 2.0 with the goal of dethroning the oldest magazine in continuous print, Lloyds List, from the maritime news sphere of influence. - gCaptain

I will hire a scholar to make my research few hours a day so I can follow your tweets!!! :D - Jesús

I'm in, what would I do with the money? well, I'm a teenager from Cairo, Egypt, and I plan to start podcasting during my vacation "first video podcast in Egypt" and work on my blog, I don't have enough money to buy an HD camcorder so I would use the money to buy that and get a domain name for my blog and go pro, and if there is enough money I would buy an iPhone. - Ahmed

I'd take the family out for a meal at the Gaucho grill http://tinyurl.com/3pc8ur - mike williams

I would give the money to this young man in his fight against hodgkins lymphoma. He is the nephew of my daughter's preschool teacher and I would do anything to help him out, but we don't have much. As a former soccer player, current coach and human being... my heart goes out to him and his family. Anything would help. http://tinyurl.com/cch2uy - Jason

Not yet in the position to give like you give, I do what I can. Giving spirits garner unselfish hearts! - http://budurl.com/ynkm - Carlo At Your Service

This is the most epic thread ever, i put off replying all weekend but i think its about time i joined in. I think if i won i'd propose to my girlfriend because id be able to afford a ring! Or, we'd go on a nice much needed holiday. - Simon Wicks

I'd give the money to Daniel Rowley (comment above). Seems like he has a genuine need. - Dustin Curtis

Interesting (and a few not so) comments. Most people are here for the easy money, leaving a random comment and then closing a tab. No blame here, since it's the rule of the game. Do you know that in order to permanently change the world you just need just a little bit compared to the big picture to get you over that hard to reach top? Well, that's what I would use it for, to get that jolt, break the barriers and climb over that first, impossible top. - Lorand R. Minyo

hey! easy game Mr Scoble :) I'm here :D - Guillaume

What a cool idea. I would definitely use the money towards taking another class. Assembly? Lernin is espensive. - sarajchipps@gmail.com

I'm in too - Judging by the entrants, I'll have better odds on winning the lottery - Shaf

I'll donate the money to AIG executives. - Filipe Marques

I would use the money to bid on Gaius Baltar's Robes at the Battlestar Galactica Auction in May. Those costumes get pretty pricy! ~Matt http://BSGcast.com - Matt

I'd use to money to stimulate the US economy by buying all your stuff - Magnus

I'd pay the 4000 I owe in tuition. I've paid off all but this last bit, so it'd be my first move. Still looking for a job... - Linda Margaret

I liked that :) - MobilAdam

I would use the money to buy a laptop. I bought one in December and was getting a friend from the US to bring it to me (I was in Dubai). The laptop was stolen from her luggage at JFK and I got no compensation. I was out 1500$, laptopless, and highly depressed because the euphoria of getting a new laptop was not realized. - Bhavishya Kanjhan

If I win the money - its going straight to helping my startup - creately.com get to Public Beta. We're so close and every cent counts! - Charanjit

Good way of generating a lot of comments :-) I'd use the money for reducing some debts... - Diego Zamboni

Whoaaaa, there. $4,500? Really? Boy am I glad I follow you on Twitter. Since when does money grow on tweets? If I ever had the good fortune of being plucked out of a hat, I'd spend all of it on the tuition bills that have racked up in my family name (mother, brother y yo). - amira

I'll make a social network for BitTorrent. - KN

Hm. Maybe I spend it on a Nikon D90 or a camcorder. - Stefan Michel

Money is the root of all evil, they use to say. But it can blossom into good things. - Nick Palffy

I would use the money to update my photography equipment and software. This would update my pet photography as needed - Randy Nacol

I am in - Bronchart

I would use the money to get my girlfriend @Tatty, who I met on Twitter, from Norway to the US so we can start living happily ever after. :) - Foul Bastard

Pay off the credit card and get a return airfare to the USA from Sydney! - Nathan Davies

Sounds crazy but why not :-) - Cyril Hanquez

I need 980 dollars to go to school to be a cheesemonger. So tired of waiting tables and am ready to pursue something I am passionate about. - Miles Laird

I'd use the money to take some time off with my daughter... - Fredrik Wennberg from twhirl

I'm saving to buy my first house later this year and working to start my freelance design business. - john

$1750...I would use them for a wonderful trip to San Francisco! Plane tickets from France and visit of the best web start-up / companies :) Enjoy!! - Guillaume

I'd have to assume I'd use the money to buy a Nikon D90, then hunt you down to thank you and take your picture with it. - Richard Finucane

How can I mute this thread? - Richard A.

I'll use it as a "Pay It Forward Ponzi Scheme" (In these crazy Maddoff days, it's about time we revert the wheel.) - Vivian Cohen- Leisorek

Hi Robert! I would use the money to put into a bank account. I will become a daddy within the next weeks and this would a be a 'scolar fund' for my first kid! - Bas van Breugel

Count me in. $1750 would go to the IWK Children's Hospital for Xboxes and Wiis. - M Langille

Great idea-- and I'd use the money to create workshops to bring younger and older gay men together to discuss the history of the AIDS epidemic in Philly. http://gayhistory.wikispaces.com - Chris Bartlett

What am I going to do with the $1750? I will reveal that secret in my second comment :) - Bari Hossain

Great idea Robert. I'd do four things: I'd pay for a ESPN360 season and play-off pass to watch NHL games over here in Europe. Then I'd hire a graphics designer to redo http://www.speakingenglishpodcast.com to have it not only appeal to learners but also sponsors. Third, I'd take my wife out to dinner and fourth I'd give the rest back to you - I wouldn't need it all and you have a family, too. - Sebastian Keil

Sure, count me in. - Barty

First of all, thanks for the heads up on "Free Money" also thanks for being such a great conduit. So throw my name into the hat please. I know I usually push for giving to Cancer foundations and etc. But am going to change it up a bit.... If I would happen to win the money there is hugely talented Photographer on Twitter that needs only $6,000 to sustain his enrollment at some artsy Ivy... more... - SashaKane

Seriously? I'll start a "Mini-ITXs" fund to replace all the desktops in my home with Mini ITXs. Power saving ftw! - Nimish Batra

I'd start a foundation dedicated to bringing the finance crooks to justice and redistributing the stolen funds from whence they came. - Alistair Knock

hmm...I'll rather invest it in gold. That's the least volatile thing these days. - Kunal Gangar

i would finally finish my thesis and rent a lot servers with mosso after that to incorporate a company dealing with enterprise mashups and cloud computing in germany - tmetschke

im in - Jason Walke

I would tell my boss he is a noob and that I quit my job and start my own business. - Gary Schubert

oh, and i'd also KILL for a macbook. but i'd probably go to school. but you should totally give it to someone who needs it more. - Miles Laird

simple way to enter :) - Cristian

Robert, I would probably spend the money in a relatively futile manner. Therefore, I'll let others who need it more have a chance at the $1,750 prizes. I'd be happy to be chosen randomly for the $1,000. Great initiative, by the way. - Antonio Cangiano

This is just what we need in order to launch AllRise.com: hosting + legal expenses +company registration fees. - Erez Eden

richard, by giving a way more money, are you ready? - abdellah

I'll give YOU $500 and give $100 to twitter (since I heard about it there). The first should make it easier for you to part with the money. The twitter donation will conclusively prove that they have a viable business model :) - Ebrahim Nalwala

Our band would use it to buy a PA system so that we could play anywhere/practice with proper sound. I`d treat this as a loan and donate the money in your name to the VH1 Save The Music Foundation. - Reuben Fortes

It would help me pay for my wedding in Ottawa in August, rather than having to borrow money! (PS nice way of getting people on FriendFeed!) - Paul Lomax

Robert, please pick me. I need the USD1000 to get myself an iPhone 3G (cost HKD6200.00 from Apple Hong Kong) so I don't have to borrow my girlfriend's, and the rest of the money, I will use to pay for all the data usage I will be using when testing review copies of iPhone apps. How can I be borrowing an iPhone to write iPhone app reviews? That is just ironic. - Vinko

I need to do something completely luxurious and pampered for a week. Oh, I would really like to take my brother along because it was his birthday two weeks ago and would like to surprise him. That's right, a very belated birthday present. Very much would be a surprise. How about a cruise out of Miami to the Caribbean or out of Los Angeles to Mexico? We need to see the water! Sure we have the Fountains at Bellagio but we would like to sail on an ocean. There it is. I have our bags packed and ready to go. - Vegas Bill

I need money for my first startup! - kunal jain

Buy a nice camera for making better videos for my blog & invite my family having a nice evening at a greek restaurant - Wittkewitz News

Show me the money - TJ Polczyn

I would develop an innovative iPhone app using the money and when sales pick up, return the amount to you so u can run another contest. - iPhone Dev Guy

I am a poor student who really could use a new Laptop.. I will Ustream and take pictures of the unpacking so you know I didn't spend the money on beer ;) I could put SPONSORED BY SCOBLE stickers on the new machine. Please Scoble, I could really use this. Cheers, patrick. - patrick detlefsen

a new laptop to replace the almost 6-year old one would be nice for a developer. give me the other prizes, too and i'll donate 'em to schooling a kid in a 3rd world country! - moogs

*wonders* Do we have to leave two comments, one for the $1000 and one for one of the $1750? - Linden A. Mueller

Ok, Scoble if i get this money somehow, give my money to this student (patrick detlefsen) - Thanks - Junal Rahman

If you pick me, I will lend out the money via Kiwa.org - Henning

So just in case, here's the second one. :) I would save it. We'll be making our second international move in two years in September, and this time, we'll be settling down. I would use it for part of our down payment on our first house. - Linden A. Mueller

Right now $1750 is worth $2700 Aussie (sounds a lot better) I'd ask Robert to JV with me and share how to turn that $2.7k into $270k in 6 months. If we didn't like each other after that we needn't continue to turn it into $27M. Jim Beasley (Twitter: whoisJimBeasley) - Jim Beasley

Would love to start an online business for my 7 yr old as a college fund!!!! Have the idea, just not the funds to start it!!! - Charles Bovard

I could use the money to pay some of my student loans that I had to take to study the one true thing worth studying, the Internet! - Shane Tilton

I would spend the money on bourbon and porn. - Kari Holtz

I'll use to finance our new project of social publishing with Friendfeed. Thanks for the opportunity. - Massimiliano Mancini

if I win: I'd give half of the money to Emergency (http://www.emergency.it/) to help their medical work in war areas. - andrea

In New Zealand his will go along way. Id use it for language resources for our indigenous Maori - Bradley Walker

I want I want! I will restore my VW 1974 with it! :-D true story: http://www.facebook.com/home... - Pierre Lapointe

I'd love to use your money to send kids with disabilities to CampASCCA.org! With the $1750, 3 children would get to go to camp this summer. Or, it would send maybe a dozen to a weekend camp this spring! Either way, I'd love to see you help these kids out. In this kind of economic environment, places like Camp ASCCA are the first to be forgotten ... that means the kids are forgotten, too. Thanks, Robert! - RD French

Before I reveal the secret of what I would do with $1750, I really need to know the secret - "Why are you giving away this money,Robert?" - Bari Hossain

Will use it finally upgrade my powerbook to a MBP so I can write an iPhone app as part of my CS Degree Dissertation. - Shaun Bohannon

$1175 to my all time favorite musician's (Diana Krall) chosen charity: Vancouver General Hospital's Leukemia Bone Marrow Transplant. Would use the rest to cover my tuition expense for a Nancy Duarte slide:ology seminar. Trying to figure out ways to tackle mindnumbing government PowerPoint decks. Happy St Patrick's Day! - Bud

With our terrible exchange rate here in the UK, I'll probably buy myself a week's worth of groceries with the prize money! Seriously though, I may treat myself to a video camera, so that maybe one day, I can be like my favourite technology evangelist! - David Swallow

I can't wait to read followup posts to your contest. I would invest the money in my children's college funds. - Erick Tyack

I think I will buy some books on how to get my daughter to sleep past 4AM... Seriously, any advice? :-) - James Marino

With the money I would invest in a Home Server to better provide for my familys digital needs ;-) The rest will be given to SOS childrens village - A good and worthy cause. - Ken-Tore

I will use the money to spend it to bloggers in germany to promote the german blogos- and twittersphere! They arn't as big and importnat as in the us, but they have the mbition for it, serious and current content... - Simon Rabente

The money will enable me to buy some much needed toys and gadgets that mortgage/wife/2kids/etc to not allow! - Matt Groves

I was thinking on how to win the money and then I read comments by others. I realised there are more ppl who need the money more than me. So good luck to everyone! and Robert, pls make sure the winner really deserve it. - Gerald Neo

If I won I would donate every cent to Red Nose Day (http://www.rednoseday.com/) to help children in the UK and Africa and I'll put up $200 of my own money (about 10% of my salary) into microloans through Kiva. - Peter Curd

Strike one for the South African - Iwan

I doubt this would be a winner, but I need a new set of effin tires. - Patrick Kay

I will use my winnings to purchase books to better understand how to use all the great social media tools out there and will also earmark a portion of the winnings to use to attend SXSW 2010. - Promising Projects

I'll use the money to finance bailing out of my apartment in light of this recession and my current status of gainful underemployment. :) - teleken

Cool! I'd love to spend it on a netbook and a good (web)cam and start using it to lifestream/share some nice events using kyte or qik. What's left after buying the gear, I would spend on tickets for events such as The Next Web Conference, Lifehacking Academy, etc. Btw: have fun at Rackspace! - Alex Vermeule (@alexve)

ok deal, you talked me into it - IrishWonder

it is really interesting to see how much "I" in this thread, ok if I (+1) - abdellah

Cool. So 80% of the dough goes on a Twitter API developer as I have a great project in mind. And the other 20% provides a stake for the blackjack table, for when we launch. Combined earnings will be sent back your way, so you can do this all over again. - Econsultancy

I'd put it towards my TED application fund! Made too many promises about speaking there one day soon... - Oliver

First I would buy an engagement ring for my lady and take her out on a romantic evening and propose her. And of course 300$ would go for a Wii. - Andy Gongea

Hi I have never won anything so i dont think i will win,but hope never dies so here i am.. - Dimi

My boyfriend got made redundant a while ago so I'd use the money to take him on holiday to get away from it all for a bit and help him refocus. - Katie

thats cool to hear...thanks for the competition.i will love to buy macbook... - Mohammed Moyeen

Hmmm... Give it to charity is the easy answer.. But I would find and elderly person who needs home renovations etc but cant afford it.. and then get someone down on their luck to do it and pay them.. Double the satisfaction and impact - Christopher Blake

Comment for one of the $1750 prizes. I will offer to donate the money to bail out some more fat cats living high on the hog, and give them a bonus to boot. - TJ Polczyn

Don't get pinched - wear green today! :) - Ricci Neer

If I won, I'd donate it to Comic Relief (http://www.comicrelief.com/). Cheers! - Graeme Coleman

I am saving money to go out of my usual work to start a startup, so it will be helpful for me in my saving and allow me to come out of my daily job soon. - Mohammed Moyeen

If I win I will twitter my followers and people in Seth Godin's tribe to find the most excting youth oriented project I can, then come back to you, Robert Scoble, and see how we can involve your followers in offering knowledge or connections to make the whole thing take off, good on you. - Sarah Farrugia

I would put the money to good use and kick start the economy with it... should work... - Alex P

wow! this is by far the longest thread i've ever seen! :) - David Clifford

I'll use the money as a super lucky contribution to http://www.TweetLuck.org, an initiative of my startup nonprofit, http://www.EpicChange.org. Tweetluck is raising funds to build a technology lab and boarding facility/orphanage for a school with which we're partnered in Arusha, Tanzania. The locally-run school recently performed #1 out of 117 schools in their district on national exams, and I can only imagine what's possible if we get the children at the school web access ;) - Stacey Monk

This is one way to get me to use friendfeed... I'd use the money to enter a poker tournament in vegas this week at MIX. (at least I'm being honest) - Jason

Wedding Ring deposit, new mac, or broker's fee to get the hell out of this apartment. Probably one of those three. I'm a huge fan of Kari Holtz's answer of bourbon & porn, but my early thirties have got the better of me and must try for something vaguely more responsible. - Travis

Hey, why about trying, great idea ! For the second part of the contest, i'd prefer to let more chances to people who really know how to make something really usefull and interesting with it ;) ! - Christophe Michau

I hope to be one of the lucky few. Happy St. Patricks Day! - ian ross

I wish I could come up with something clever or generous but other needs are too pressing. I don't even want to think about it really. Health insurance, upgrade to CS4 (priorities, right?), art supplies, new shoes, vet visit for the cats, whatever else I could squeeze out of it. But I would put some portion toward charitable use, or else use it to create something that I could give, because generosity deserves to be honored in kind. - Rebecca Lasley

I'll buy some of the gadgets Scoble is talking about... - Alexander Benker

In Malaysia, I'll give the money to the women's aid organization to fight discrimination, women are first to go in a layoff. - Carolyn Chan

Great idea. I'd probably put the money towards a good camera for a live video project I'm working on. - Alan Chamberlain

If I was lucky enough to win I would use the money to attend http://www.web09.org/. It would cover the cost of the airfare, accommodation, and registration fee. I would then be able to Tweet and blog about it so those who read me would get some benefit from me being there. Anything learned would be put to good use in the open source projects I contribute to. Unlike some of the others here, I can't be altruistic about this - I want to go to the conference and can't afford it! Charity begins at home after all - Elpie

It will probably help me to keep one of my employee, until we bounce back in our feet - Boubacar Balde from twhirl

I'm definitely in and I'd use the $1750 to buy my first macbook. - Robbin

I would use it as nice start for my first house loan ;-) A man has got to start somewhere doesn't he ;-) - Pieter-Jan Adriaensens

get lasik after reading all of these #CCCCCC comments on friendfeed! - Landon

What I would use the money for? Well, I have been eyeing up some netbooks and need to replace my aging television. So, this would pretty much go there in my lone attempt at reviving our moribund economy/ I'm doing my part to help us out of these troubled economic times! - Jason J. Thomas

Here is my initial entry comment. - Hal

I'd learn how to code in Cocoa, and create a salsa dance iPhone app :) - Tom Tubbs

Clever idea. If I win, I would put half the money in the bank, as my husband is currently unemployed; and would give half the money to my friend and her family, as her son & daughter-in-law were in a serious car accident in Oct. 2008 and my friend quit her job to help take care of her premature born grandson, 2 yr old grandson, so her own son can then take care of his now brain-injured wife. http://jennifersmiracle.blogspot.com/ - Traci Knoppe

Half to a couple of back bills, the other half here: http://bit.ly/6XTBn - Hal

My first comment didn't show up! REPLAY: With the $1750 I will expand my business working with energy and transformation in the area of money & prosperity (Money Reiki Healing) attuning people to their Source resulting in personal and planetary shifts around money and abundance. I will also donate a portion of the winnings to a few favorite charities (including Water is Life and Charity:Water). - Amy Flynn

Wow, Just needed that money to buy me a trip to the states at last! I'm from Paris and I just keep reading your feeds on twitter, ff etc... - anciaux

Should I win, any money would be invested in upgrading some piece of computer equipment, or a software purchase... and a celebratory dinner with my wife, of course. - Chris Grayson

Heads up, Twitter! I would put the money into real competition to Twitter. - David Baum

To quote Han Solo - "Got some old debts I gotta pay off with this stuff" - Cliff Forster

I need yet another bicycle. Choose me! I promise not to give it to AIG for bonuses! - mrbrown

I'd put the cash toward a new unibody Macbook - I broke the screen on my Macbook Pro and it's difficult to use now because I have to us my iPhone as my screen (Jaadu VNC). I'll take care of my new Macbook, Robert, I promise. Please pick me? Please! - David Mozingo

I got married on last saturday, 14th ( http://trauung.steudtner.info sorry only German ) and I got a whole bunch of photos and videos. I would take the money and buy a new iMac to organize them and my videos too. Pictures will be published on that website. - Mayads

My cat has been very sick since late last Thurs. He's was jaundice, probably some level of renal failure - all likely diabetes. Been having to force feed him with a syringe because he wasn't eating on his own. I'd like to be able to use this money to offset the vet costs towards all this - doctor would like to run more tests but I can't afford it. This money would help with this. - Todd Perlmutter

I'll stimulate my economy. - Chris Dickerson

I will buy you a Twitter shirt. :P http://tr.im/twittershirt - Valentino Valdez

Howdy Scoble. I graduate University in July with an IT degree and am planning a Trip to South East Asia (Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam) in September for a bit of fun and adventure. The money would greatly improve my trip. I'll blog the whole thing personally for you (I'll go to anywhere you suggest) and do my best to send you at least one ridiculous photo a day along with a video diary and a few interviews of people I meet along the way. - Michael Gross

My kids, who've lost their mother, really need something positive. So I would use the money to redecorate their two rooms as a surprise. - Jorg Jansen

Thanks Robert. A great idea! I could really use the money to finance my startup "Big Red Zebra", the world's first truly useful Location-Based Service for Everybody (not just people with Smartphones, iPhones, Blackberrys). Check it out at http://www.bigredzebra.com - David

If I won the $1750 - I would put $1600 towards a kick-ass web project I have been working on (code-named Daily Bird Feeder). Then, $100 would go to dinner with the wife to make up for the late nights I've spent working on the project. $30 would go to an action figure I have been dying to get. And $20 would then go to flowers for my wife, to make up for buying the action figure. - Michael Withrow

I will spend it all on me - on daft 'there is no way I would buy this under any other circumstances' things. - Alison

I would follow your example: I'd run a contest and ask my followers to choose how I would spend it. - Gail

Show me that money! - Alison

How about this.... My wife http://twitter.com/erincos... and I are expecting TWIN SONS in August. ANY contributions would be GREATLY APPRECIATED! - Jeremy Osborne

congratulation jeremy. - abdellah

That $$ would buy me a lifetime subscription to Fast Company!!!! - CJ

My dinosaur-like mind is inexorably on its way to extinction. It's been ages since I bought a new book. And reading online just doesn't satisfy that ancient craving. So if I win I'd use it to buy Kindle2 e-reader. The ultimate revenge of a deprived bibliophile. :) A little memento of my fabulous good luck, courtesy of you sir. The rest I will donate to a Philippine charity of my choice. Good luck to us all, if that were possible. :) - jan geronimo

Would like to take my wife to NY for our 15th Wedding Annv. - Timothy Love

Count me in. Can't work out if I should sound worthy or greedy, so shall be neither. - David Eedle

I'd use the money to start a software company for mobile devices with heavy lifting done in the cloud. - Jim Bergman

You got me Subscribe :). I will apply for a distance education in Actuarial Science at Leicester University. - Bruck Sewnet

I will not use this money for unmerited bonus pay - Craig

If I won the money, I'd pay for my GMAT & Grad School applications with it. That way, I'll hopefully be able to do the same kinds of contests soon. I'd also adopt two cats for my parents farm and pay for their cat food - you can't have a farm without cats! Lastly, I'd increase my number of Kiva loans. - Edwina

what is interesting in this thread, is the fact that there is more and more reason and ways to spend that money, now let please see for what "you can't spend this money". - abdellah

I'm just getting a project going that could be really helped at this early stage with some "free cash" to help complete the prototype. The idea is for an engine that aggregates content from originators and then filters and distributes it according to preferences to the consumer through a variety of touch points. Very focussed on one specific interest area. - Alex Guest

I'll place my bet for the $1750, although my chances are thin. Lots of things to do, get Dad treated, pay my bills et al. - Rajtilak Bhattacharjee

would like to get one of these for each kid http://bit.ly/pnbkv - Visit Finger Lakes

I'll buy something amazing and the one who finds out what it is will receive it. Just a way to see if it is possible to get more comments than you do :o) - Zack Brandit

I will gift the money to my husband's business,( http://www.funketabla.com/ ) so that he can focus a little more on music and thus spend more time happy and not in a programming job that bores him. It's not much, but it'll pay for the upcoming Das Dhoom album. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)

Hate to admit it in public, but I owe parents, friends, and credit cards money borrowed while searching for another job. This would give me some breathing room and let me get some stuff done that I've put off, like fix the brakes on my car. - mark zero (Jason)

I will give the money to my 18 year old son. He's getting ready to enter college for the first time and needs it. - Lisa Saul

$1,750 will feed me for a year! :-) - Chinny

Mr. Scoble - Use of funds should I become one of your winners... ala Dave McClure and Y Combinator... I'd turn right around and invest it in equity positions in two local startups neither of which is mine. Should there be any kind of exit of either, I'd just keep plowing proceeds into local startups (we need early stage, non-debt seed capital in Oklahoma). - Gerald Buckley

these funds would help at a very diffcult time for my family would be a very big blessing for us - Diane Brixey

i would put the money in my future start-up. i really could use the money for. the main problem is that i have to wait for maybe 2 years, because of uni. so i could invest it at the beginning in something safe and could make more money for the start-up. - Alexander

Pool Table - Dale Fraser

Sadly, I would put this toward my taxes. My contribution toward the bailout I guess. A new tv or trip might be nice though since I'm not getting that Australia blogging job. - Dave

I would put the money in our twin boys college fund, which will be in inflation-adjusted treasuries for the next year or two. (PS: This is the most effective way to gather the most comments on a single thread in the history of friendfeed) - DGentry

OK, just give it to me already and quit all this fuss... - Garrido

Hey Robert! You finally got me to sign up for FF. If awarded the money I would finally get that Gibson Les Paul I've always wanted and go back in the studio to create my opus. - Kyle Shay

Split it into 495 $2 donations, for charities selected by fellow Friendfeed and Twitterers, with the remaining funds for a pizza while organizing the aforementioned discussion. - Mike Chelen

Count me in. I would blow the money on Tacos. No burritos. No Tacos. Well Tacos or Burritos. Just imagine me eating over $1000 worth of tacos/burritos. - Franklin Pettit

Fund small-scale Appropriate Technology projects in Africa where I live: http://mumena.blogspot.com/2009... - Rick Love

I would put the money to good use-- - Dennis Shlaen

First! Oh wait, maybe not. :) Boring but I'd use the money to get my 60,000 mile service on my car before it falls apart. Anything left over would go to paying down CC balances. I know, I'm dull... - Pete Smith

I need a new tv I'm a poor seminary student in new york with a family http://www.use.salvationarmy.org/use... - kevin

count me in! How to use 1750$: buy four cheap pocket cameras (200$ each), announce a "movie making contest" on the blog, give four cameras to best four ideas, take the movies, post on youtube & blog, make users vote, give first prize 950$. - Tudor Galos

Robert, Congrats on joining Rackspace & I'm eagerly awaiting Building 43!! I would use the prize money to fund my sisters education. - Roshan Ramachandran

I'd go for a piece of electronic equipment. I haven't owned a computer since a nice visit from an unknown burglar a year and a half ago. Luckily my work provides me with a nice Macbook Pro 15" but that doesn't really help much during the weekends. So I'd go for a 13" MacBook and then of course a round of Hero Rats (http://www.herorat.org) for the change. - René Clausen Nielsen

Hi Robert. I would use the money like Tudor, but I would get two good pocket cameras, the Sony pocket 1080p ones, not the Zi6 or the Flip. To take better quality videos. - Odi Kosmatos

Hi Robert, my intention isn't to partecipate to your contest but my comment is just to say that you are a genius. I appreciate this social experiment and on Sunday I have analyzed it in this post on my blog: http://tinyurl.com/c3rwxw. If I were to the place of the winner, I’d give this money to you because you really deserved it. The previous most commented thread on FF probably were Italian (http://tinyurl.com/8k64zg). Chapeau - Roberto

G R E E D .... - Kai

I would use the money to jump start the economy as part of my stimulus-package plan - Mitchell Schneider

Not sure, but I'll try to heed the advice my grandmother used to give me when I got a dollar "Don't spend it on crap." - Steven Stark

There are things I want but nothing I need so I'd donate the money to Philabundance. http://www.philabundance.org/ - Bob Gannon

I will sponsor new web-service development at http://jumpidea.com - romanzolotarev

i would use the money to help pay for school - Shane Grant

I would use the money to get into photography. I have always wanted to but have never had the funding to do it. It would be great if I had the funding to get a decent body and a couple nice lenses. - Sweyn Venderbush

I'm in as well. Will use the money to get into iphone apps development - Arnaud Fischer

Woohoo! I'd buy either a home automation setup or a home server :D - Robert DeBord

Yes! I could use some green on St. P's Day! Would get that D90. - Kevin Crader

I will help @romanzolotarev. - Альянс-кульман

Don't give us money, give us ideas ! - Ahsan Ali

If I came into any type of money this year it would go towards a trip to London to see my family and friends; and see my favourite band, Blur play live for the first time. Leftover cash to the Red Cross. My honest answer. - Chrissie M

I would use it to help fund a startup website to help diabetics find proper products to help manage their health and lifestyle - Erik Schmith

I would love to win. Would probably spend the money on one of two things: my 17 year anniversary is coming in early April, so a present for the wife is a necessity - thinking a nice hot springs overnight trip in Izu, south of Tokyo (where I live). Otherwise, I would also consider using the money to help bootstrap TechMiso.com, a new blog I co-founded and launched on Jan 1 with my good buddy Rich. - Scott Jarkoff

I want to win soo soo bad... lol... I would use the money as a deposit on an apartment so I can move out of the country and actually have High Speed Internet (cant even use a cellular card cause im so far in the country) Ive always wanted to start a blog and website but cant since Dial-up is sooo sooo slow... This would be the Happiest Day of my Life!!! :) - James Boyd

While thinking trough this all day since I've read about it, I think that I should spent it for 50/50 on my own project and on the stuff that you just don't get to while being a son of divorced parents. My computer upgrade is more than welcome, switch to Mac OS X would be greatly appreciated. Great action Robert, thanks for this opportunity from Holland! - Coen Jacobs

If this comment picked randomly, then goodbye to MacBook Pro...(paradoxal comment including 2 answers in one way.) - Olcayto Cengiz

Growing up, my parents would always tell me that considering the amount of time I spend on the web, I should be making money out it. But I desire that the content I put out there be free. Over the years I've spent a lot on pursuing this passion but never earned a buck out of it. Now would be a great opportunity to finally do so. I may not be the most deserving or the most in need out of everyone here but if I did win I'd do something nice for my parents and tell them it was courtesy of the Internet. - Michael Josh Villanueva

I would use the money to donate back to all of the open source projects that I have been using for the past 5 years. Many of the products that are produced are outstanding and need to be supported. - Anthony Schelling

I'll take Scoble to block. Actually; I would use the money to complete my dedciated streaming studio. While I have the mics & cams set, I'm still working on the furniture, and the servers for the encoding. Then I could be a guest on your show and show it off. - Keith Barrett

Will take a trip and visit you at your new project :) - Liviu Lica

I'll use the cash to attend sxsw next year, following the twitter feeds this year has proved its worth to me. I'll get you a beer in too, unless that seems coercive. - Simon Kirrane

I would use the Money to help my daughter who is 13, to Travel Europe this Summer as she has been selected to be a Student Ambassador Representing the US and The State of Kansas. A Life changing experience, for our young people to learn and experience other cultures. People to People select 40 top Students from each state to represent the US. This experience is to teach our young people... more... - Joyce

Hey new friend I sure could use that money to repair some of the debt my bipolar wife has put our family in. Ever have any questions about what goes on in a max security prison, let me know. - Tom Lord

Both me and my SO need computer upgrades at home to better work from home but that's not very much money. Just don't have it. The rest would go towards savings or to fix the collapsed porch out back. - Paul Wade

Nice discussion thread. Any extra cash would go to my newly-widowed uncle, who found himself with a mountain of vet bills to pay after his dog, and only remaining companion, spent a week in ICU in an O2 tent. - Hooeyspewer

Hey Robert - I would use the money to pay some bills and refit the computer my kids use. Thanks for making the world interesting! - Tim Ake

It's a real and nice chance to win a pretty good amount of money, which can help me in making my dreams about lighting equipment for home studio to became true! :) - PWR

I would pay off my burning man debt. - Andrew Stein

This looks like its a record breaking thread. - Roberto Bonini

Count me in! - Alvin

I would use the money as part of a down payment on a new car. I commute 100 miles a day and my car is dying at a most unfortunate time. Well, that's what I SHOULD do. I would probably buy some gadget like a Kindle and some books because my geek gene gets the better of me most days. - Amy Anuszewski

I would like to use it to buy a Mac Mini but I first have to deal with Wife Tax so I might be able to get a snickers bar. Love you honey! - Wesley Snider

I would buy a slice of taxes that I owe Barack Obama. - Chris Wallace

I'm in! - James Ferguson

I would use the money to finally launch my puppet sitcom. My seven month-old daughter already loves the live version, and it would be great to have the video version for anytime viewing. Plus I think lots of other people would love the show as well. It's like the Muppet Show but more "Seinfeld" and less "Lawrence Welk". But there will still indeed be musical numbers. - Mike Janicke

I would give the money to my wife. She is trying to get custody of her son back. Thanks for the chance Robert! - Brian

I would use this to upgrade my camera. - Evan Travers

Oops almost forgot to leave a comment for the random drawing. :) - James Boyd

I would use the money to take my wife on a nice vacation for our anniversary. - Jonathan Gardner

I`ll take some of that money :) - Steven Shvartsman

What would you like me to do with the money? - Simon Hicks

An Irish Toast on my favorite Holiday that is St. Paddy's Day: "Here's to the ones we love we love. Here's to the ones that love us love us. For all those that don't love us, F@%$ them and here's to us." I'd use the money to spend on friends & strangers drinking and eating on a random day enjoying the moment and making memories you'd never forget. - Lyn Graft

What a great idea Scoble! So sad I missed sxsw this year! I would use half the money to go towards a new lift for my step mother who has MS and I would use the other half to purchase a small fishing boat to go fishing with my boy who's birthday is this weekend. - Bryan

Robert, dude! You are awesome. Would use money to help find a teaching job! - Patty Pinkley

If you pick me I will put the money towards the trip to China I'm taking in July. - Kris

Better idea of what to do with the money - promote LTSP - Linux Terminal Server Project http://www.ltsp.org. Continue to bring low cost desktop solutions to the masses. - Erick Tyack

Robert, congrats on the new job. Look forward to seeing the new ways you are going to invigorate rackspace and the community. There are some great comments here already. This is a great thing you are doing, take care - Michael Bazzoni

Action Figures. I would use the money to buy lots and lots of action figures. And maybe a dwarf horse. - Aaron Linne

I would put that money towards buying a couple of iPod Touches and a Mac for three friend of mine. We've just finished a short, free game that took us two years to finish on evenings and some weekends, and are talking about trying to make a game for Apples platform in our spare time since we work so well together as a team. - Jonas Eriksson

This will kill FriendFeed. DO they have a FailWhale...? ;) - Frank Koehntopp

Pay 4 months rent. And, I swear I'm not trying to sound pious, but I'd donate to Food for Lane County, an awesome local organization that gives away food. - tracy

I'd do some traveling, getting to know new things is always great... - Fabian

$1750? I'll buy Facebook and sell to Twitter. - Bob Withers

I'd use the cash to pay back my employer all the time I spend reading Scoble's comments on FriendFeed. ha. - Jon Mason

Jumping into your hat. Randomly pick me. - Ben

I'll finally buy that wide angle lens that I've been hankering after for my Olympus E-400... - Peter Holloway

Hmm... $1750, eh? I'd buy a few of those unlocked Android phones to create custom firmware that does end-to-end encryption of calls... I've been wanting to do that for a while for fun. - Matt

I will use the money to help me get to OSCON. - Mike Canzoneri

I will buy an iMac for my local school who only have PCs ... boo. www.woolastonschool.com. They currently do basic animation with PCs but I would like to get some of the older kids using iStopMotion, FCP and possibly Motion also. Would be an honour to spend ALL the money on this. - Nick Pearce

Was laid off a month ago from my job at one of the big 4 record companies. In this down economy, seems like a good time to start a new business. I'd use the cash to help get my new business started. - SJ

Ha! Joined friendfeed just to win this! - Solomon King

I'll buy a new computer for my wife... now that she's a blogger and podcaster, I can't do anything on my computer anymore! Then I'll get a decent shared network storage device that makes a lot of sense for my expanding network. - Chuck Stanley

A chunk to charity and a chunk to fund some development on some crazy web thing I am cooking - Nigel James

$1,750 would go a long way in Africa! That's like 8 months salary for my small team! - Solomon King

I believe I would take a vacation to the Keys. - Ryan Dadey

Or wait, I could get two decent laptops for my developer and tech support guy! - Solomon King

I'll do my part in stimulating the housing market! I'm buying a house in a couple of months, and savings for the down payment. An extra grand or so would allow me to stop doing some work for other people, and focus on doing work for myself in the way of publishing my ideas, and creating web-apps that would be useful. Reading your blog posts has really got my excited to share my thoughts and ideas with the web. - Jim Rubenstein

I'm wondering if this is a test to see if FF can handle a few thousand comments in a short amount of time. May the winners enjoy what they get. - Matt Silva

I would continue my educational pursuit of an IT degree. Plus buy a few Xbox 360 games! Awesome way to use FF Robert! ;-) - Carlton Hackett

I'd buy the iPhone tablet that's being announced today. Good gosh, I hope it comes out today! - Robert Hinojosa

I'm looking for a new camera. I've been trying to take pictures of my son's Scout troop and swim team with an old Canon G3, and it's a real struggle to get any decent pics. I'd love to pick up a 40D and a lens or two. - D. Lambert

I would send my parents on a vacation and I would buy my wife a NEW HD Tivo - Andrew Yeager-Buckley

Debt reduction? - Lenny Post

I run a small business with two brands http://www.GeekLoot.com and http://www.PodGizmo.com, I will use the money to advertise on blogs and facebook. - Mike Down

Pretty cool news. I love this kind of capitalist competition. I've been reading your blog for about a year and I'm glad you're using it more now. I'm a college student, I think I would use the money I win to start a site which rewrites the Constitution and basically the entire American governmental system in a wiki, user-edited style. I've got a url that isn't taken picked out, and I just need some money to startup and learn html all the rest of that stuff. - Brian Wilson

Hello Robert, I will use the money to help create a web startup which will allow you (and other people of course) to use their fame and reputation to help promote other people who have talents, skills, experience, and a willingness to work, but who are not necessarily able to reach a wide enough audience on their own. The focus is to allow people who network with entrepreneurs to refer... more... - Ivan Lukianchuk

This is damn awesome, Robert! What would I do with some nice cash? I'd probably buy myself some new-to-me Canon camera gear, a lens or two (depending on price), and maybe some Alien Bees lights. Probably soup up my PC a bit more too. Either that, or just buy a MacBook Pro instead. At least that way I'd be able to edit photos and audio worth a damn haha.. :D I just REALLY need some extra money to be able to enable me to start doing what I love doing more, and a day-job less. :) - Lou

I'll use it to obtain my CISSP cert. There has to be a better way to reduce/eliminate these zombie bot-nets that are used for very bad activities! - Craig Macfarlane

Hello Robert, I would use to money to keep developing and expanding affordable wildlife photo workshops to some of the most amazing destinations in the US. You can see my last Yellowstone Winter Photo Workshop info here: http://wildnaturetours.com This workshop was very successful and managed to fit in both natural history of one of the most amazing places on earth with some spectacular photography (and video). I am in the processing of editing some of the content that will then be made available. Thanks. - Juan Pons

I would use the cash to buy some of the new netbooks with touchscreen to get some seniors online: grand parents deserve to enjoy the real-time web goodness too! - Mathieu Ayel

So with Scoble's latest post http://friendfeed.com/e... this thread is now closed. LAST! - The Real sofarsoShawn

50D + Decent Lens, and a six-pack. - Than R

Donate it to charity - Allwin Agnel

I would use the prize money to stimulate the economy by purchasing a new MacBook Pro! :) - Matt O'Keefe

you are hardly last :P I'd use the money to put more down on a down payment for my first home :D - Jonathan

I'd help fund my husband's work on his first graphic novel and send his butt to Comic Con to pitch it to publishers :) The most empowering thing is to help other people reach their goals, and I like that this contest is all about that, so I'd pass that gift along. - Tiffany Monhollon

NIKON D90 for my wife... PS3 for me... the rest toward the house... - Jason Womick

Here's my entry. Thanks for the contest, Robert! - Paul Maez

hey Robert, great competition! I'd use the money to fund my startup creating mobile apps that offer powerful messaging possibilities, including gmail-style threaded messages for all kinds of networks. - Dirk

I'll use the money to pay for my certification in Cisco's Unified Computing System - Andrew Mitry

Good luck with the new direction, Scoble. - Mike Smith

I'd use the money to further my tech addiction. Too many gadgets, too little money...that's where you come in! - Paul Maez

I'd take my daughters to see their grandparents in Florida, upgrade to a (used) Intel Macbook, sign up for PHP training, and renew my NPR membership, Cheers, and thanks! - Jim Akin

I'm not going to even pretend that I would use it for charitable causes. A new MacBookPro and a 30 inch display. I'd then use it to start my development projects. - bjmac

Hey there, Robert. I'd use the money to finance my teeny-tiny iPhone game development company (basically a programmer and myself doing art and everything else). Cheers! - karchesky

I'd use the money to start my "LIFE IMPROVED" fund: personal use, philanthropy, and anywhere in between. The only stipulation is that it improves someone's quality of life. - Tamikka

Hey there Robert! I would use the money to either pay for my coming semester of college so I could actually finish....or I would upgrade some tech in my life (for example, acquire an HD video camera and various other tech for studio and/or podcast recording) - Gerardo R. Monreal Jr.

Oh man...new netbook, finally getting a smartphone, and renewing hosting on new blogs... Anything left after that will be split between my son's saving account (investing in the future) and probably the Dog's Trust charity. - Badger Gravling

How would I use the money? I need to purchase one of the new 24" iMacs to further my Design & Photography careers. - Herne

I will use the money to invest in myself and my future career. By that I mean make my side business of portrait photography into something more real and tangible rather than just a haphazard event. - Ryan

I would most likely spend the winnings on gifts for my daughters, a little something for my wife and (of course) a tech toy for myself. There's nothing more enjoyable than spending "found money". Cheers! - Kevin

Interesting idea, thanks! - Loïc Dumont

I will donate half to the local computers for kids program that helps underprivileged kids with access to to computers, education and the internet. It is a great program where soon I will be teaching parents about social networking so they can communicate with there kids in the same language. The other half, I'm helping pay for my wedding. - Chris Rippe

I would use the money for my ceramics art studio. Part of the money would go to setting up a live 24/7 multi-camera stream where people can watch and learn. - Greg Ashbaugh

You rule! - Happy

top o' the mornin' to ya - (from boston>austin!) - clewellyn

We're having our third child in July, so I'd use the money to re-do our upstairs. The office will be a casualty. - Tim Trentham

Robert, I just returned from a Alexandria Rotary (alexrotary.com) Board meeting. I am hoping to go on a trip to Tanzania to work on a school called Peace House (http://www.peacehousefoundation.org). Funding is the hold up for me as part will come from the Rotarian and part from our club. If I win, I am definitely going as the amount that I will likely be responsible for is $1,500-1,700. - Craig Mische

We are hosting an event to celebrate the International Creativity and Innovation Day (April 21 which is Da Vinci's b-day). It is the first event within a telco culture. I'd use the money to buy some creative tech prizes for the day like CS4, an entry level Wacom product, a mind mapping subscription, SXSW 10 pass, etc. - Krystal

I would use the money to put a dent in the mountain of cc debt I have from a couple of failed ideas that I've poured money into. - Joel

($1,750) - Open a phonebook, randomly pick a name, follow that person 7 degrees out. Each degree of separation tell that persons story through audio interviews, video, writing, and online media. We need to remember life is interconnected and everyone has a story. - Tim Shisler

Hi Robert. I'd use the money to help fund construction of a computer that will reveal the Ultimate Question to Life, the Universe and Everything. It's a small start, but then everything's small in the light of 10 million years... - Andreas Strothmann

Everything old is new again---make it green on St Paddy's Day! - Carolyn Baehr

I would probably buy the most expensive meal I ever had.(6000 Chicken Fajitas) - JC Lima

Thanks for spreading the wealth out Robert! As for me, should I win the money, I would first take my wife out to dinner (priorities!), and put what's left toward software to help me in my fledgling freelancing work. - Sam Hetrick

Hmm... A shot at $1,000 just for commenting? - HackingNeflix

First Comment: Awesome idea, great way to draw attention to a great conversation - Jason DeBoer-Moran

Second Comment: I would use part of the money to get my SxSW travel fund off the ground for next year. The other part I would put towards paying off my travel to ETech this year. - Jason DeBoer-Moran

Well, I fell in love this year and I'm saving money for an engagement ring. So I'll be using it for that! - Ben Pettit

My wife and daughter live in Ohio, and I took a career job in Virginia. It being difficult to sell a house in Ohio, I would put any and all moneys toward that goal. - Shawn Lockard

Sounds good to me - Austin Garrod

if i win the prize, I will spend my money to build a new and free web 2.0 web project (i will anounce it here) - Abdullah Özgün

and with the money, i would probably invest in getting a new computer for me and the family, the one i'm using now is 7 years old and i could barely start it up to write this - Austin Garrod

Very interesting to read some of the comments and start the conversation. I would use it to help offset expenses for bringing an 11yr old girl from Egypt to the Philadelphia Shriners for surgery. She suffers from arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (amc--multiple joint contractures and fixed limbs). For dolagy her knees are folded up around her shoulders with arms locked straight at her... more... - margaret chaidez

Lost my job last year after 3 yrs and checked my 401K yesterday and had a whole $77 in the account. Will use the cash for the mortgage and training. Thank you! - David L. Crooks

I'll be using the money to fly to the bay area to see if it's worth it to quit my job and follow my dream. - Mike

I would use the $$ to kick my fledgling start-up into gear. Even without your money would love to talk to you about it. - Philip

Marketing at its finest! Excellent idea Robert. - Simply Boulder

Roll the cash, baby! - Wisdom Works

I'd give every cent to my mom, who is struggling with her mortgage, so she wouldn't get behind. - Andrew Green

Free internet access for a year! - ReeltimeDVD

Hey, you are always creative... - Ömer Faruk Kurt

Really not sure what I'd use it for. Probably bills, but most likely I'd see something shiny, realize I have $$$ in my wallet and just spend it :) - Hal Thompson

I'll use the money to fund my random venture over the summer. - Hung

I'll use the money to buy a DSLR and attempt to learn how to be a photographer - Ryan

I have no idea what I would do with the money, but it would likely end up in a project for my kids school.... - Samuel DeVore

I will take 750$ and use it for my project and I will give 1000$ part back to you for another contest. Maybe I can win it again... :) - Ömer Faruk Kurt

Student loans, here I come :) - Sigoya

Pay for my trip to Japan, as well as entry into a Ironman race! - Chris Lewis

Does FF pay you to get them users? - Thomas Amberg

If I could be chosen to receive the $1750, I'd give it all to Kiva.org to support women entrepreneurs who need technology to build their businesses. the condition is that you join me for drinks/dinner at Presidio Social Club. - Lydia Sugarman

I would use it towards the downpayment for a new house J - Eber Irigoyen

I will use the $1000 to create a quick prototype of a friendfeed like social network (of course better, but can't tell you the secret yet) and put aside $750 to hosting at mosso for the next 7.5 months. - Jeffrey Yan

yes please - Christopher Bell

No whammies! No whammies. STOP! - Michael Pearson

I'd use the money to make my commute much greener - either for a good bike or an electric scooter. Additionally, I would purchase through a nearby vendor so the buy is also helpful for our local economy. - Paul Marino

Hurrah for free money. If i won the money i would take my wife to paris disney as were both disney nuts and are feeling very broke and in need of a holiday. Anything i had left woudl go towards my macbook fund - Jamie Vidamour

My wife is going back to school to become a physical therapist and I'm trying to update my resume/portfolio in case I need to look for a new job in web marketing, and we need new computers to replace the 6 y.o. desktop and 3y.o. laptop that gets daily BSoDs. - Benjamin Lipsman

Half goes to Heifer International and half goes towards paying down personal loans. :) - Rylan

with that money we would hire 4 programmers for 1 month in eastern europe to develop a product that would change the world of e-commerce ;) - Alensa

I would use the money to pay one of my brother's bills. The tech sector in MN is not in good shape. - Matthew McCowan

I wouldn't mind the money, I would put it in my pool of cash that I'm growing for a startup. Thanks for giving the chance! - Tim Broder

I'll use half the money to help me and my family pay some bills and get a small breather from the recession. I'll donate the other half to the jQuery project to help foster more development of their projects like jQuery UI and to help with their infrastructure costs. - Ralph Whitbeck

I would like to pay some pending bills, also I would like to share the money with a cultural association here in Costa Rica - Víctor

I would use the money to makeup for market losses on March 16th - srinivasufeed

I would use the money to hire a designer to design a good looking website for a Jewellery store site that I'm working for my wife. She's currently using blogspot along with google checkout(http://lajouels.blogspot.com/) and has being asking for a website for ages. - Praveen

I will fund my childrens picture book startup (http://www.memetales.com) and have 1. one of my cool illustrators create a super cool illustration of you or 2. have one of my writers include you as a character in one of my picture books. 2 cool offers - personalized just for YOU!! Imagine that !! You pick 1 or 2. (picking both would probably cost me as much as the prize money ;)) - Maya

With either of the prizes I would put a tiny bit away, and use the rest to buy some film equipment/time to finish my series about artists in the DC area called "The Form Appears". I'm guessing I should write something here about give the money to a non-profit doing amazing work for the planet, but honestly, it would just be used for my own artistic needs. - Emmett

I'd create the Scoble Blogger Scholarship. I'm just getting established as a pro blogger. I would use the money to invest in my business to take me to the next step. I would pledge to double the money this time next year and make it available to another blogger in a similar position, with the proviso that they would also continue to pay it forward. - Mike Cliffe Jones

probably would use it to knock of a bit of a 30k hospital bill. Or decorate my 5 yo daughters room. Nah .. definitely the room, if we can get the house lol - vanweerd

I'd get my 15 seconds of internet fame, and laugh at my fortune. I would not forget the little people. - Viajero

If I win, I'm going to donate the money to SproutPoint, a local non-profit org that helps business people refine their business plans, and seeds them with investment capital. The only way out of this recession is if we rebuild the economy with hard-working entrepreneurs. - Rob Stevens

I'd use it for a new MacBook, which of course I would use to spend lots of time following @scobleizer on twitter, friendfeed, and anything else - Chris Brakebill

though I should note I'm not as obsessive and creepers of a follower as that made me sound. just love the good content @scobleizer puts out - Chris Brakebill

Thomas: I am not paid by, nor compensated by friendfeed in any way. I push friendfeed because it's the best service out there. Period. - Robert Scoble

This must be the all time record for comments! Great idea. - Victor Ryden 美久太阿

i'm in for the $1k. i haven't read all the comments, but my two cents says give one of the other amounts to margaret! - Scott Sorheim

would use the $$ for much-needed computer upgrade - b Anthony

In case you're not following me yet on FF, find me here. - Scott Mace

Robert, agree with FF being the best service out there. Thanks for promoting it and thus getting more people involved and more great content shared and commented on. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

great. I will buy lots of books on Amazon :) - В лонг ране

I will pick today's winner with http://www.random.org live on http://www.ustream.tv/studio at 4 p.m. Austin Time (2 p.m. Central). - Robert Scoble

A new fire hoop I would buy. - Donovan Watts

I would probably use the money on a family vacation (or at least an upgrade to a family vacation). - Andrew Gorohoff

Great contest. I'm in. - Patrick Jordan

Wondering if this has broken a record for most comments on FF. /random comment - Rachel Walden

Friend feed should have a back to "topic", if the comments are huge like for this thread. :) - Swaroop

Will the winner need to contact you right away? Because I won't be able to watch at that time or anything. - Chris Charabaruk

@Rachel It hasn't. There's at least one thread with more comments. http://friendfeed.com/search... - Chris Lasher

If you choose me, I ask that Rackspace donate's the money directly to OLPC. Enable everyone! - David Lynch

Chris: no. I'll post the winners on friendfeed and have them email me. - Robert Scoble

If it's not too late, I'd love the extra funds; both sons need dental work and the employer's dental coverage is pretty slim. - Jill O'Neill

If I win, I would use the money to go see my son and granddaughter. - Sandra

Wow, Robert, this thread is incredible! I would use the money to pay for some improvements to my home and to pursue a nonprofit idea I'm trying to grow. - asiriusgeek

Count me in! Well ,I'll order Kindle 2 and plan a vacation to Europe! - Krishnamoorthy

If I win second prize, I will send money back to you! :) - Vlad Rafeev

With $1750, I'd repair the windshield on our 2000 Impala and then pay off the remaining debt on our "overdraft protection" credit card. - Daniel J. Pritchett

This is great! I've been working on helping very small businesses (pizza shops, dry cleaners, bowling alleys, etc) use SM tools to promote with very little overhead. A lot of shops have gone out of business recently because they didn't know how to promote outside of the Yellow Pages. If I were to win, I'd use the money to help these businesses with some basic costs like reprinting a menu to mention their facebook fan page, some hosting for a blog or a webcam. I don't charge for my services. - Dave Ferrick

Robert, the $1000 would be nice, but having you visit my site plexav.com to see a demonstration would be even better. - Kenneth Stein

My wife and I are a statistic, but we break the trend. We were "friends with benefits" in college and she got pregnant. I married her. Not because she was pregnant but because I realized that's what I wanted all along. This June we will have been married 9 years and we have 4 amazing sons between us. For our anniversary this June I want to re-propose to her and tell her I want to renew our vows for our 10th anniversary the following year. I love her so much and it's time she has some proper wedding photos! - George Clingerman

How I would use the money: I would have Robert donate the money to a charity, to be decided later. Or perhaps to low income student athletes in California who may have to 'pay to play' this year due to budget cuts. - Rodfather

Hmm. I haven't got a sob story that would make anyone sob on my behalf. And yet I would like to take your money, Robert, so very badly. If I were to win, I would be tempted to use the money for a good cause but ultimately, after putting away money for taxes, I would end up spending the remainder on fripperies and possibly airfare someplace that is not here. I would have a very good time (but nothing illegal!) and might even send you a post card. Or in your case, a tweet. I could do both, I suppose. - Carolyn Jewel

Hello Robert. If i win i'll use the money to hire a coder to create part of the platform for www.chartempire.com. - Frangino Lucarini

I'll donate the money to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH) food pantry in St. Louis, which has also become a facility that provides medical / vision care and training (in addition to feeding several thousand people each week) in the most hard-pressed neighborhoods in the metro area. We'll then use the money to improve the OLPH infrastructure (basic stuff - network switches, nics, etc.) that supports that medical / vision care, as well as the training. The labor is donated by local tech entrepreneurs. - Bob Lozano

With $1750 from @scobleizer, I'd pay for a little freelance graphic work to get the redesign of http://wiredjournalists.com rolling. - Ryan Sholin

Many people are saying they will donate to charity and this kind of stuff, but I will be honest. I will use about 150 to buy a new printer - I really need it for college, it is a pain to ask my neighbor to print stuff all the time. 450 will go to 6 months of my grandma's medicine fund, so I don't have to worry about it. The rest I will probably save to buy a Palm Pre when it comes out or something cool and amazing. - Kiko Cherman

I would use the $$ to make a dent in the pile of debt that is looming over my head and making my life hell!! Not a very exciting use of the money... but getting out of this debt would make a BIG difference in my life!! - Meredith

With $1750 I'd finally get a laptop that wasn't owned by an employer. - Richard Byrne

To my new FriendFeed friend - always remember: "a friend in need is a friend in deed" but a "friend with money is the friend we need" - Huw Pendry

There's only one thing that's been on my mind that the money could go towards: An Open Source Command Center which will be named "0pie: Reb0rn". The current 0pie isn't doing so well, with a 40lb monitor that flickers in a way that really seizes you, and RAM that was considered top of the line when Megabytes were the highest feasible unit of measure. However! 0pie: Reb0rn will surpass... more... - David Wynn from fftogo

I'd buy something nice, like a vacation, for my mom. - John Piekos

I have a feeling this just made me an accesory to a crime. - SteVe C

Nice! I would add the money to what I'm saving to buy a garage for my house. - Orville Chomer

I would GIVE the money to my former admin who's husband is hospitalized awaiting a heart transplant. - Bob Stewart

Hi Robert. Not one person above me said PLEASE I would like 2 win because........ can I remind everyone that manners cost nothing so may I be the first to say please count me in to your generous offer and Thanks - garth

I would give my fiance the money so she could register for real estate training. - Ryan

I would use the money to help buy monitors and computer to have a good setup to kickstart my graphic design freelancing career. I'm very poor and won't be able to afford it for YEARS. - courto

A thousand bucks is plenty. How would I use it? First I'm going to get myself a Flip Mino HD that I read about on your blog. I'm running the Mexico City Marathon in August and that Flip looks the perfect way to record my effort! I'll even get it in custom colours to match the Marathon blog I'm doing! That takes care of $200. Another $300 will get me the Canon SX1 instead of the SX10 I'm about to buy. The rest will go to the charity I'm raising cash for by running the marathon. - Gary

I'm from Costa Rica, I'm Sculpture from UCR, in case you think on me, I'll use that money to help me and my friends to get tools and work materials, maybe you can get some of our sculptures in spirit of fairness! :) - Mauricio

Hope everyone here for the money sticks around for the people! I would love to win the money - I would buy my first Mac ever, the new Mini looks amazing! Pick up a Kindle and some books and pay for our family vacation before the new baby arrives! I will also renew the domain and actually write on my secret identity's parody site. DM Tygerdave on Twitter if you need to know the site before you decide :) Thanks for doing this and pluging friendfeed at the same time! - David Knight

http://friendfeed.com/e... - Manuela

I would use the money to buy a new lens or two for my Canon - Marcus McCurdy

It's very generous of you to do this giveaway Robert! I'd use it to help keep my wife's new law practice wiith some additional marketing. She just got set up in her little office but is still working on building the business. She does Immigration law. Her Twitter handle is @mainstlawyer. - Jesse P. Luna

i am in! i would use the other money to promote a new online project that i am working on that deals with the graphic design. thanks. - Ethan Bodnar

Hi, i'm Jose Daniel from Costa Rica, i work in web programming. I hope win the money to start a little personal projects. By the way, in this moment i have not job so would be nice the prize :) - Jose Daniel

I would use the money to start a company in my spare time - John Munro

I'd use it to help pay for my wife's medical school expenses - loans topping $250k... - Dave

If I win the $1750 I will buy me a Nikon D300. - Philipp Mertens

Want to create great conversation? Start giving stuff away! I would use the money to finally finish my iPhone development project by hiring some graphic designers to customize graphics for the program and then release it via a Scoble announcement! - Matthew Strickland

If I win the money I would use it to continue my studies in Reiki healing and teaching, so I could assist in healing people in these tough times. - Louise

Robert, if I win, I'll give half to the Charity Smackdown cause I'm supporting, Stand Up To Cancer (see: http://charitysmackdown.com/team_SU... ). The rest will help 'stimulate my local economy' - food from the green market, some purchases at local stores, probably pay the plumber to fix something that's been on the list for a while. - Howard Greenstein

Hey Robert- Thanks for the offer and I gladly accept the possibility of winning! Normally I am a giver and have been all my life, but this time, due to my financial situation, I have to be a receiver. So I would share the money with myself. But that will help along the road to be able to give back again. It's all good! Thanks to you for being a giver! - Candace Davenport

Congratulations. You made me log into FriendFeed this week. - maczter

Sweet. Free money! I'll take me some. - Jason Packham

With $1750 I'd use it to travel to California and try to get my startup in Y Combinator. Even if I don't, $1750 would be enough to fund my business in Mexico for 3 months! - Mariano

I'd use the money to jumpstart my new pseudo teleportation company. Details on the concept can be found here: http://pushingthepulldoor.blogspot.com/ - Rick Popko

You could just be my destiny! - Alejandra Luthmer

Robert, I'll use the $ to take a trip to SF to meet YOU! if you take me up on it I'll pay you for a few minutes of your advice :) - Francois

Robert, thanks for sharing... I'll take the money and give it to the hard working developers (2) of our Startup www.kontexto.com They deserve a bonus and due to the economic times and our need to be frugal we haven't given anyone extra $. These guys deserve a little extra for all their hard work behind the scene - David http://friendfeed.com/dclarke - David Clarke

If I win the money I will (1) give some to family members in need, (2) purchase a computer for myself (using a very, very old one), (3) save some for the future and (4) fund some acting career necessities, i.e. classes, etc. Thank you for this opportunity!!! - Cynthia Fellowes

You are very generous to be doing this. Ignore the haters!!! - Cynthia Fellowes

I'd buy an iphone to start doing dev work for cross platform (bb, symbian, etc) apps. - Ben Vear

If i would win id buy as many good engineering books as i can find ( The art of electronics, the art of computer programming, blodgett), Buy some propper tools like a good soldering iron, power supply, occiloscope and a microcontroller programmer, get loads of components and start learning to make cool electronics stuff. - Pim de Groot

i'd donate it to my dad's after school/summer program for inner city kids in toledo, kids unlimited. http://www.kidsunlimitedtoledo.org/ - john

I'll buy the arcadexl.com website on sale on sitepoint and then donate the adsense earnings to my Kiva account - Dave Nixon

If I won, I would use it to be able to get some of the gear that I've been looking at and try to learn how to develop on it. I've been trying to piece together the parts to be able to build a smaller linux computer to do what the droboshare does (the drobo's not as interesting if you're technically minded). As a student, that gear's hard to come by. - robbie nakamura

I would give up $1 greasy McChicken sandwiches and bump up to $2.50 Subway sandwiches--this might help me make better decisions--you know, more veggies for better brain power. :) - exoticat

When will it be Announced? - TheHenry

Congrats & Thanks for getting me started with FF !!! - sathya

Love it. I'd like to buy the world a coke> - Ben

Good Stuff! I do like the XML API - definitely a universal interface. - Terza

I'll pay a UI person to work on my pet project, i suck at it. - mehdi

If I win, I'll stimulate the economy by hiring someone to fix my roof. - Roy Jacobsen

I'm ready. I could use it to pay for ridiculous prescription costs. - Jen (SquirrelGirl)

For $1750, a Kindle 2, some e-books to go with it, and maybe a nice Canon lens. :) - J Wang

If I won the money I would buy a HP MediaSmart home server. My wife and I just got married, and suddenly we have gigs and gigs of photos and videos that we want to keep forever. The idea of automatic, incremental backups gets me all aflutter. I love technology that makes life easier :) - Tony Fendall

I'd give $750 to my Fav charity, Mobile Loaves and Fishes, @MLFNOW, and Split the $1000 between my two children to start a college fund. - Karen

I could come up with no good reason - except that I probably would get myself the Wii and one more console and probably a NAS server - the rest (f anything remains) can go to some charity. Oh and get a drobo too if I can:) - Brijesh

I would use it to upgrade my teenage son's Mac and camera equipment for his stop-motion Lego movie. - MaDBooM

I would celebrate the crash of the GBP against the USD as I convert it over to spend in Harrods - Emma Dunstone

I will get myself a new laptop that doesn't take 10 minutes to start up, and by the way I'm a teacher that taught four sections of a "Thinking and Writing: A Blog of One's Own" at a state college, using (among other readings) your Corporate Weblog Manifesto and Scobleizer--I want to equip myself to further use social media for fun and education. - Tracy Mendham

I will spend the money on my wife and mother of our young kids. A day of pampering at a spa, new clothes, nice meal, etc. - Clif Mims

Robert, I would use the money to but my 17 YO daughter her first car....or at least a down payment on one.. Nothing fancy, just something to get around in. - Nick

I would use the money to buy a decent server and some memory upgrades for the Linux Lab we are setting up at a local community center. It's all donated hardware and will be used for computer literacy in the underprivileged North Charleston community. http://www.csclug.org/... - Dan T

A handful of Nikon SB-900's - chris tirpak

I believe in randomness :D, so if I get your money I will buy a "random" airplane ticket to a "random" country and blog about it - dimi3limb

Buy a used Canon 5D and a decent lens - Alain Breillatt

Hello! I'll take that money and buy half a laptop. - Anthony

I'd invest it in my startup - MixedInk! - Vanessa Scanfeld

I would tithe to Kiva and use the rest for my startup (change the world, baby!) - Toby Hede

What do we get for pointing out that you didn't follow your own rules? Made fun on of twitter? http://twitter.com/tefflox ! - Jesse Crockett

Attention addict. Nice one. - Tom Beardshaw

Is that your diagnosis, Dr. Beardshaw? - Jesse Crockett

$1,750 would be great to put toward training for leadership training: http://klemmer.com/worksho.... I'm launching a business to train rookies on using social media and more advanced users how to tie it all together. This training on leadership is to equip me to better serve them. - Courtney Engle

i have a great idea for a twitter reader, but dont have the money or coding skills to build it, btw congrats on the new job scoble, cant wait to see the new site/content - patrick

Looking forward to more Scobleizer blog posts soon. Are you going to be able to keep up your blog with the new Rackspace gig? - Jack Nork

I can only wish you get more paid gigs :) I would use the money ( along with my small nest egg) to start a direct to doorstep solution/service company. - Mohan Ramkumar

Random wins! I'll jumpstart my freelance biz... - Derek Markham

I just want the $1000, and I'll finally buy a DSLR I've been craving for a while now. - Mike Estes

If I win I'll spend the money exclusively on a device that allows me to liveblog (videos, photos, etc) from my trip to Tahiti this year. This is my lifetime dream vacation, which is already booked, and I want to have a device that allows me to upload instantly (so, no computer in between, no transfer of memory cards and then upload, just straight upload!) anything and anytime I want to :) Of course, it must be able to allow me to follow up comments from people who check it :) - Vitor Spencer

Robert, I'll use it to contact as many local/national government as i can. :) Building an app that allows citizens to help each other fill out those god-awfull form's, by implementing a Forum style plug-in on the webpages of local and national government bodies. I'd use it to take time off from the dayjob and convince as many municipalities and agencies of my plan! - Tom

OMG Tom, brilliant freaking idea. I have a notebook full of forms for my aged parents and trust me, the gov really needs to get into this century, such as programs talking to other programs and not so much repeating of information. - Janet-The Bottley Crue

Robert, I'd give the $$ to a friend of mine in California who is down on his luck, got laid off from the school system, lost his house, and has kids to support. He has finally decided that the only recession-proof job in California is to become a wildfire firefighter, but is in desparate need of some bridge cash until he gets his certification in June. His family is living in a friend's... more... - Marc Monplaisir

wtf! I'm upset at the possibility of someone getting scammed here. - Suvarshi Bhadra

Well how can you resist an offer like that. I will use the money to help my sister who is struggling to pay for her last semesters in college so she can get her degree. - Andromeda Edison

mmm..... donuts! - Adam Lasnik

I would go with Jess Lee's cause, UNICEF - Pico Seno

Joining! - yannick

i'm in - stanescu adrian

btb, where's the original cisco data center post? - priyanhere

CIAO Robert! I'm ready to win :D - lyonora

is it too late? here i am, however! :) - Alessandro

i haven't money.i will buy laptop with this money. - Kadir a

kadir my friend the game is over :) I mean the contest is closed, someone else get the prise, may be an other time, good luck. - abdellah

I'd probably buy a nightstand for my wife, since she wont let me buy a laptop unless there is a stand to keep it on. - mka

I'd use the money to send my older daughter (8yo) to The Country School Farm summer camp. http://www.tcsfarm.com/ - Shad Aumann

Thanx for this hope u gave us first of all. I use the money for a laptop or macbook because my computer is killin me. But to be honest im not really expecting to win anything.Im tired of hoping and losing even this kind of comment & win style events always..Anyway thanx a lot again.. - Bilal

If I win the $1750 I will buy me a new pc :) thanks. - Oğuzhan Başar

hacı bizim para vardı ne oldu o ? bu kadar yorumu okutma bana. kazandıysam el salla. - ahmet

12 saat oldu. ne mektup geliyor ne haber senden, söyle de bileyim bıktın mı benden :) - ahmet

I'd use the money to set up a comfortable home workspace. - Ian Yang

Wow, Robert, I'm ready to win. For $1000, this will be enough to start my personal iPhone App Dev studio; For $1750, this will be enough to start both iPhone App Dev and Android Dev studio :-) - Yingfeng Zhang

spend the money create another friendfeed. - xia

new friendfeed?twitter? oh,I will send some special gifts to you from China,Robert,if I win the $1750 .haha ,I am not kidding. I really like the friendfeed. - 老巫

for SanGu.me!!! - hugh

Never mind the money – you frieinds just feed me more religion! - kelvin

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Random. $ to Haitian Clinic. 4 chances 2 win. http://tiny.cc/6JZfi - Douglas Hopkins

I just sent out the checks. Thanks everyone! - Robert Scoble

I won!!!!!! - Micheal

I'd get a new macbook and a mac mini for myself, buy a little something special for the girlfriend, and save the rest for my summer in NOLA and grad school - Chris Brakebill

Good luck everyone. Spread the love and the money :) - Nir Ben Yona

You're nuts... anyway I'd use the money to buy a new porch... or perhaps go to Velocity (not sure my boss won't think 3 days if San Jose is too much like a holiday - I know get a new boss) - Andy Davies

So, with Roberts money I'd pay down a debt & buy a domain/hosting for a web app I'm building to try and earn some more $. Thnx Robert. - Mr K from Nambu

My one comment - money would be used for a mouth make-over. - Randal

I'm in, as for the reason should I not win the random drawing, pc parts and save the rest for the new iphone. - Michael Breslin

THIS CONTEST HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR A WHILE. THE PRIZES HAVE ALREADY BEEN HANDED OUT. CONGRATULATIONS to everyone. But this is now closed. - Robert Scoble

Robert, perhaps putting that notice in the first comment or the original message itself might be even better. - Chris Charabaruk

If I had my druthers, I would get my wife a new set of hooters. But, since my wife thinks most of my ideas are juvenile and self serving, I'll end up saving the money or something responsible. - Demian Vonder Kuhlen from Nambu

How would I use the money...hmmm well my wife wants to take the kids to Texas to see her sister or there are about a million home improvement projects that I have at home and at my parents - Brian Allen

I would use the money to buy my mom a basic laptop. I would hand-deliver the laptop and give her some basic lessons on connecting to free wireless (probably at her public library). Naturally, my internet instruction would include such basics as "beware strangers on the internet -- and some are stranger than most" and "even your dog is a celebrity on the internet" and "blackmailing neighborhood teens via facebook and myspace". - JoJo

I need money, I used to be a stick-up kid / So I think of all the devious things I did / I used to roll up--"this is a hold up; ain’t nothing funny / Stop smiling, and still! don’t nothing move but the money"... - Uche Ogbuji

I will happily take your money. Most will go to a good cause. Okay, all of it will. Me :-) ---> - Robert Kenney

I would like to win the money in order to use it to cover the remaining $1,250 I will owe Drexel University after scholarships and federal loans, Fall '09. - Andrew Leahey

Tuition. 'Nuff said. - Kevin Mohr

Brilliant! I love watching the social experiment evolve... I'm a pro photographer dreaming up my next career as a content producer. I would use my winnings as a piece of the cost to purchase a Red camera. http://www.red.com/epic_sc... - Michael Angelo Truncale

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give it to a little girl going to school who need it. - Can Turanlı

I"ll use the money to buy two airline tickets from NY to SC so that both of my granddaughters could come to stay with me for the summer. If anythings left over, I really could use an external hard drive. - Leigha Baer

epic thread - nm

I'm in, winnings will go towards a new Mac Pro. - timepilot

What would i do with $1,750? Pretty simple. I will establish a limited in Hong Kong and a branch office in Taipei. This would give me a visa and work-permit for Hong Kong and Taiwan and the blogosphere the chance to get always the hottest hands on and news from the Netbook and mobile computing hot spots in Asia. So yeah, i would use the money to establish a company in Hong Kong and i would even send you copies of all the documents and let you know about the success of it.;) - Sascha Pallenberg

i would buy a Mac, so i could be cool, too ;) since the contest is over, i'm afraid i have to stay uncool :( Or buy an HP.... :) - Marco Schmidt

I'll donate $1,750 to Austin Free-Net, which teaches Austinites with limited means how to use the Internet to improve their lives (find jobs, get healthcare information, stay in touch with family ...) www.austinfree.net - John Sirman

What a good idea for a survey. :) - Technical Support

I will start my phone system support website to deliver cost effective dialing and installation for small to medium business that needs a break from their local phone company. - Technical Support

This is a poll :) - CantorJF

.With the prize i think i can donate more then half for charity to People of Abruzzo that are victims of Earthquake in italy, then pay hosting of website for another year and buy a 2nd-hand reflex... I'm Sincere, and sincerly i know it's near to impossible to win, but for sure will be the best thread ever :) - CantorJF

Did you make a bet with Michael Arrington for $4,500 that you would get 1000+ replies on Friendfeed to prove him that people do use this? i would pay of debt - the best investment. - CJPhoto

We are three 20 somethings who have been working on a web start-up here in Seattle for the last 18 months. We've taken a salary at less than $2,000 per month for this whole time to make this work, we are that passionate that the idea will impact the Food Industry. Building a B2B platform for the food industry that is one part business, one part networking, two parts sourcing with the potential to integrate the social web with Food Manufacturers. The money would tie us over to round 1 of funding. - Matthew Wall

Hi Robert. Great contest. i would give the money to our local animal shelter. I went in there a few weeks ago and saw their desperate need for cat litter and dog supplies - Mike

I would use the money to start building a photography business. - Evan Travers

Happily commenting for $1k and use the other money to go Zorbing in New Zealand with my Flip Mino recording the man-girl scream coming out of my face. - Dutch Driver

I'd buy a FriendFeed Pro account - Pat Hawks

Some much needed financial assistance for our wedding in 2 months would be great! :) - Shmoe

The winners were announced here: http://beta.friendfeed.com/scoblei... - Robert Scoble

a Comment ;-) - Allen Harkleroad

I would pay for my daughters summer and fall college tuition with the winnings. - Allen Harkleroad

I'm amused that people are still commenting on this, saying what they'd do with the money, when the contest is long over. - Rochelle

maybe he has more money still! - Iphigenie

Should I win the money would be donated to the Janesville, WI food pantry which has been hit hard with the GM plant closings. Too many children and adults (and their pets) going to sleep hungry. - Dave Martin

I would use the money to follow in your footsteps and purchase a camera for how-to and web related videos. - Damond Nollan

Wow! Sounds good to me! Will this thread be used in some way? - JCunwired

Depends on the health of my fiancee, who is going through second bout with Lyme disease. I will either need the money to pay for meds that insurance will not, or if her health is better put it towards the coveted Canon 5D MKII. - JCunwired

Yay, I like free money! Give some to me. - tabbr

Wow, as I leave my comment, there are 1,510+ comments ahead of me. I would get a digicam so as to be able to interview peeps around town and upload to the Special Sections portals. Create community, let voices REALLY be heard. - Denise

SORRY TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE EVERYONE, but it's over. Robert already announced the winners A MONTH AGO. http://beta.friendfeed.com/scoblei... - Chris Charabaruk

To Tweet or not to. I will use the winnings to purchase a Netbook so I can finally have a mobile computer for class. My Dell died 2weeks outside warranty. I'll also use it pay down my Charter Bill. - Arawak

If I win the Money I am going to buy a 60 inch pioneer plasma. - John Wood

The money will most definitely be used to pay bills. And buy food. I'd also probably but a secondary monitor for Friendfeed. Real-time is real neat. - Matthew

So, where is the money? - Özkan Altuner

I am in! I will use this money to invest in a small social media project that I am doing geekscene.tv! - Frank Da Silva

Mr. Mack: This is a good target. "1513 more comments" and 400 likes. - Steve and 3 other people

allright.i know i'll win this: ) - umut

Pick me Robert, pick me! I promise to give it all to KIVA.com *and* match it with my own money. - Joseph

Why me? I promise to give it all to KIVA.com (or Charity:Water or Gates Foundation) *and* match it with equal amount of my own money. - Joseph

Rebuild my circa 1999 website, get logo redesigned, build it out and link to anywhere my investor wishes. Build in more social media tools, perhaps Y!OS and G's Friend Connect. - Mike Valentine

There's no way to win anything with this huge number of people , but thanks mr .Robert Scoble for this quiz . - ahmed nabil

So, who won the money? - JCunwired

I was wondering that, too...who won? - Thebluestbutterfly from email

This was over a long time ago. I gotta dig the winners out again, sorry. - Robert Scoble

Would love to spend your money on my credit cards and my wife!!! - Brady

if I win, I would buy Ads on scobleizer.com - Alex Sauceda

Okay, I'm commenting. :D - amygeek

IT'S OVER PEOPLE. March 14, yo. - Josh Haley

i think the confusion about this post lies in the inability for FriendFeed to appropriately show a date and time stamp on each comment. I just figured it out that you have to scroll the mouse of the comment bubble to see the date and time stamp of the comment... they should make it more visible. - Jason Pollock

If I won, I'd give the money to donorschoose.org because it's obscene that in the US, public schools don't have money for pencils & paper. & my employer would match the donation. & I'd get a nice little tax writeoff for myself. :D - amygeek

You are a developer's dream beta tester ! Way to push a system to its limits ! - Benoit Cazenave

This giveaway is over. Has been over. Ugh. - Mattie Kenny

This makes a Thursday that much better. I would use the money to fly myself and the family back home to throw my son his first birthday party. =) - Robert de Castro

I would buy iPods and cameras for students in my sixth grade class in Tucson, AZ. 7 Kodak Zi6 models and 14 iPod Touch models. Or 7 iPods with $1750 - Joel Zehring

That's certainly a cynical strategy for getting comments... but I love cynicism! How will I spend it? Sending my GF and I back to DisneyWorld! - Ciaoenrico

oooooo visit me!! http://www.mygirlfund.com/Chris_R... - Chris

buy a new cleaner/envirmnt friendly car - Harscoat

No impressive story on how I would use the money... buy one netbook and put the rest against my credit cards. It's tough times! - Jan Ole Peek

I'd use the money to fund my son's mission - http://billy.soistmann.com/ - Bill

Money is great! - Fred Hsu

I would use it to pay Obama's tax increases. No spend it to stimulate the economy. No pay new taxes on health insurance. Naw, buy a Mac or I-phone. I-phone, friend feed hard to use on the Dare. 10% to charity though. - wowfreeze.blogspot.com

Put in my children's college fund. - wowfreeze.blogspot.com

Is this the record for the most comments ever? I'll use the money to replace the lens that was stolen by a United employee at ORD on the way from SFO. I will invest the remainder in stocks; if I show profit, I'll hold a similar contest to give away the profit. - Hiro Asari

I'd use some of the money to get my 4 year old into music class. Its not super expensive but beyond my reach right now. Neither myself or his mother are musically inclined at all. But he is. - Capn' One Eye - adrift

============= with the money, Il register a lot of domains, and not only .com ! I'l start new websites, new web app services. I want at least one of them to be that BIG one. I have an idea. Just not that money. :] ......... If money enough, Il commission userscripts, to facilitate internet browsing in general ! ....... I'm open to share in the results. ================ - pb:

If you still reading it means you did not like any of the 1575+ comments here. This is a very good reason to pick me. Second comment about what I am going to do with this money; probably will go to a holiday, order a champagne and remember you. - Jacque

I have to comment again now. - Mattb4rd

is this still running? - Zee.

I WOULD LIEK TO SPEND THE MONEYS ON ALEX AND BUY HIM MONSTER CABLES - Akiva

probably buy a lense for my D90 to take some pictures of the baby that is due in june. - Zach Scott

This thread might be due for another *bump* - Jay Cuthrell

Office - Steve and 3 other people

OK, I won't. - John Craft

Sure. - امیر؟

not #FEEDwithHITS - Yusuf Temur

up - eksi21

hacı biri özet geçsin - eksi21

dedim bu ne ameka.. - serdar

you wrote nobady NOT COMMENT :) - Davit Channa

Bret Taylor

Cool Stuff: Yoda DJ T-Shirt | /Film - http://www.slashfilm.com/2009...

April 21, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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I WANT - Shevonne

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Nice shades that is yes, hhhhm - nouhad

Now if I could just find a Yoda RJD2 t-shirt mashup - Bahiyyih

Yoda as a DJ?? Want, I must. - vijay

LOVE - Johnny

first picture brought to my head "I just call / to say / I love you" sung by you-know-who ;) - A. T.

Robert Scoble

Noteboek on Vimeo -- coolest video I've seen in a long time. Thanks Jared Spool for sharing this! - http://vimeo.com/4116727...

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Really excellent. - Michelle McCormack

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White Stripes!! - Michelle McCormack

That is one impressive notebook. Crazy dutch. - Mitch

Amazing! I am envious of this person's creativity. :) - Cheryl Jones

I want one. For real. - phil baumann

Take on Me Noteboek: http://www.youtube.com/watch... - David Newman

If only my notebook started as fast or shutdown as quick! - Shivanand Velmurugan

I like the face scan! :) - dafire

very clever! - Kevin Eklund

Cool! - Tony C

Wow. This one merits a triple-like button. - Eric Johnson

Simon

CGTalk - Mies van der Rohe Farnsworth House, Alessandro Prodan (3D) - http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthr...

April 25, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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Some of the most realistic CG rendered vegetation I've seen. (via Nick Lothian) - Simon from Bookmarklet

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It's funny when you have images which people are accusing of possibly being real... - ⓞnor

Page 2: "poly count is 900,000,000 triangles" !!! - Andrew C (✓)

i wonder what a visualization like this might cost. - Egor Kunovsky

Egor: In terms of equipment, according to the comments: "My 'normal' computer is a Q9550 and only 4GB, in order to work efficiently in viewport I had to use mr-proxy obligatory. Istancing and BSP2 are very important too; renders took 2 - 3 hours;" - Simon

@Simon: I'm more interested in prices for the one who orders the visualisation. My friends are doing similar stuff for the local market and were really interested what the prices will be for the customers from the rest of the world. - Egor Kunovsky

Jesse Newhart

While Twitter Jumps The Shark The Cool Kids Jump To FriendFeed: http://jessenewhart.com/twitter...

April 23, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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This post captures many of the reasons I'm spending much more time on FriendFeed vs Twitter these days. Well done, Jesse! - Larry Hawes

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Quite right, Michelle. I'm hoping that FF further improves conversation readability but it's a big step up from Twitter today. It's nice being able to post a message here on FF and CC: twitter if you want to bring in some additional commenters. The only problem there is that non-Scoble mortals have trouble getting anyone to click through *and register* to post a comment. People are still more likely to just @reply to the tweet. - Daniel J. Pritchett

Daniel - I think that's why it is important to make connections with people who are already commenting and 'like'ing inside FF. This makes it easier to get feedback from the Friendfeed community. - Jesse Newhart

The feedback that you get from Twitter is nothing compared to what you can get here thanks to the comments in your posts and how conversations work. I'm also new to Friendfeed but I've already discovered so many great features on it that make me like it more than I like Twitter. - Diego Espinoza V.

[Jesse Newhart] "Twitter has begun to lose it’s luster. It’s no longer the next cool thing. Twitter was featured on Oprah, it doesn’t get much more mainstream than that. So where is an uber-geek/early-adopter to go when they want to socially network away from the maddening crowd? [...]" – So how come you are now MAINSTREAMING FriendFeed to geek-wannabes from the very maddening crowds. - ianf ⌘

Ianf: I am not one of those who dislikes having the mainstream around. I just want a place to talk with people passionate about things I'm passionate about. I also want a system that is a meritocracy. Over on Twitter there are people who got hundreds of thousands of followers just because they were added to the recommended follower list. They did NOT earn that. Come on now, Oprah has been on Twitter a week now and she's already on that list. She didn't earn that position through her participation. - Robert Scoble

What that did is make it much more difficult for communities to build up organically. But, that's also not the reason I got excited about friendfeed. I was excited about friendfeed for a long time before Twitter started that list. Here's why: - Robert Scoble

If you want the world to get better, make the best people popular and the most advanced technologies adopted. Then, move ahead! - Jérôme

1. I was excited by friendfeed because of the engineering excellence of the team involved. Back when I had 1,500 followers on Twitter Twitter started going down. It still goes down, even today 880 days later. That is extremely lame and I wanted to bet on a system that is much more reliably built. Friendfeed has been down an hour in the 14 months I've been on the service. HUGE amount better than Twitter. - Robert Scoble

1b: Engineering excellence. The search engine is most important for me. Here, try to find the first four tweets about the Chinese Earthquake. Hint: you can't. On friendfeed the search engine is a LOT better. - Robert Scoble

1c: back to the recommended follower list. Here on friendfeed it is algorithmic. Based on who you have already added as a friend. You can't auto follow a whole list. You have to manually add everyone. And the list is a meritocracy and algorithmically chosen, not hand picked by the leadership of friendfeed. - Robert Scoble

@Robert's 1b: I'd love a FriendFeed searchometer that logged just how often I search for things on FF. I do complex searches here on FF throughout the day now. It's become an extension of my memory just as Google and GMail before it. - Daniel J. Pritchett

2. Twitter showed us the power of communicating in short bursts, er, Tweets. But we need tools to manage those Tweets. I use "like" for instance to build a magazine, er, database, of items that matter to me. I also have tools here to group people I'm following into lists so that I can separate out cat photo fans from professional tech bloggers like TechCrunch. That's huge. - Robert Scoble

I could keep going, but gotta listen to the presenters at the Under the Radar conference. - Robert Scoble

Great post, Jesse. I have come to adore FF for all the same reasons you mentioned. Plus, I find the quality of links and conversation to be higher here. Perhaps it is because FriendFeed has not become the numbers race (for followers) that Twitter has become (and that Twitter's owner's obviously promote). I hope it never does. - Mark Traphagen

I agree with previous users, FriendFeed is the place that I can actually connect on a much better level. Great post! - Ron Hudson

Post = Nailhead + Hammer - caj needs a haircut

Brilliant, Alan! - Mark Traphagen

again... you nailed this.. - ty hildebrand

I agree with the previous points that my preference of FriendFeed over Twitter has nothing to do with the attitude of the cool kids (whether you define the "cool kid" as Ashton Kutcher or Alex Scoble). See my comment in the post itself. - John E. Bredehoft

Wow, took me almost 53 yrs, but I'm finally a "cool kid". Great article Jesse. - Sharon McPherson

@Robert: I guess I don't understand. How does certain people on Twitter getting a bunch of followers make it harder to organically grow a community? Isn't what's happening now with Ashton or Oprah the same thing as what was happening with you or Leo Laporte a year or so ago, just on a larger scale? It seems to me like there are just more tiers now: there are still the people with 10 or 20 followers, the ones with hundreds or thousands, and now the ones with millions. - Tom Small

Tom: I didn't make that claim. What it DOES make harder is that it now is impossible to get to the top of many people's lists, because they are based on numbers of followers. If you aren't on Twitter's recommended follower list you won't be at the top of those lists. THAT does make it harder to organically get things going because many people will just follow those on the top of such lists. - Robert Scoble

Just CW: I'm here cause you're cool and you're here. - Robert Scoble

@Robert's <http://beta.friendfeed.com/jessene...> "[FF] has been down an hour in the 14 months I've been on the service. HUGE amount better than Twitter" – you make several good points on the merits of meritocracy[sic!], but that last one is unwarranted. Whatever FF's traffic, I dare say they have not been subjected to the kind of "growth attacks" that Twitter has (not that I defend Twitter). FF scales better, so? - ianf ⌘

Also, I'm with Just CW on that: "the 'Cool' kids annoy the fuck out of me." I haven't been here very long, but already the amount of "cool," "awesome," and "WANT" oneliner response noise, not to mention calls for making FF just like any MyPHP BBS the "cool kids" are used to, gets in my nose. If this continues, sooner or later FF will have no option but to implement some peer grading system, so we can grade against and filter out noisemakers by default. - ianf ⌘

Ianf: that is bull. Twitter went down FROM THE BEGINNING and has only recently improved. Friendfeed has already been tested more than Twitter was in its first two years. - Robert Scoble

Judging a service primarily by its outages, repeated mechanical unreliability due to scaling pains, is not a discussion of merit. Twitter has other problems, but making sure this doesn't happen <http://tinyurl.com/dewva7> is not one of their responsibilities [me? 2 followers on Twitter]. - ianf ⌘

In any event, the entire concept of social media (not solely Twitter) as a venue for measuring one's popularity by the number of amassed "friends" is seriously wrong, a kind of digital global remaking of a stereotypical American adolescence in high school. "You want the truth about merit?! You can't handle the truth!" - ianf ⌘

Lanf - The 'cool kids' reference was meant to be tongue and cheek, which I believe ties in nicely with the pic of the early Beatles I put on the post. :) - Jesse Newhart

Robert Scoble - Thanks for your comments on this link (1,1b,1c,2) They go a long way towards describing what I meant by social commentary being elaborated into greater revelation. That is what I love most about Friendfeed, the most valuable nuggets I've gleaned here have been in the commentary. - Jesse Newhart

I agree that Twitter's recommended follower list gives an unfair advantage to those with 'status'. To me it has the unpleasant aroma of "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" politics. Will we now have those of 'wealth & privilege' lobbying for a spot on the list because of the recognition (as opposed to substance) they can bring to Twitter? If they must have a recommended list, it would only be fair if they also included a few randomly generated Joe & Jane Blows, who do provide substance, to the list. - Sharon McPherson

So as not to clog up Jesse's discussion with this issue, I've started a separate discussion on whether Twitter's recommended follower list gives an unfair advantage to some people: http://twitclicks.com/i4j7 - Sharon McPherson

Kevin Fox

FriendFeed bowling!

April 25, 2009 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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What was "my" final score? - Private Sanjeev

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97. I broke your strike streak. :( I tried to give you a third strike, but alas, I lack the skills. - April Buchheit

Sanjeev, Jeanette bowled better for you than she did for herself!!! - Rachel Lea Fox

97 is still 50% higher than my first game :) Thanks Jeanette! - Private Sanjeev

vijay

FriendFeed is the 11th largest twitter client - http://www.twitstat.com/twitter...

April 24, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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It appears again at #43 with 0.15%. Adding that to 1.74% gets it into Top 10 beating ping.fm. Although I wonder why it's listed twice. - vijay

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The FF entry at #43 is now at #34 and rapidly moving up. I'm guessing it corresponds to the beta FF as more and more people are beginning to use it and seems to explain the rapid jump up the charts. - vijay

I'm really not sure that blip.fm needs to be counted on this list as a "client" -I would be much more curious what the Top 10 Twitter "Readers" are rather than the Top 10 "Posters" - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Cool ! :) I use FF as a twitter client quite a bit, more so lately - Susan Beebe

Gabe Rivera

Perhaps we, as a species, deserve #swineflu: http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Perhaps we, as a species, deserve #swineflu: http://bit.ly/qG5Rd

April 25, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Ntino

as I said to a colleague today, after many-many months I started being creative again, namely writing code. Go Ruby, Go Shoes, Go Twitter

April 24, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Shoes? - Deepak Singh

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@Deepak: I was about to ask the same thing... - Egon Willighagen

I think shoes means the ruby GUI framework. - Michael Barton

Didn't even know about it. Thanks - Deepak Singh

I thought Shoes meant @agbiotec was ready to run trails again. else we may have to repo his custom plates (RUN TRL). =) - tim

edythe

Visiting New York City? 7 Must-Eat Pizzas You Should Try | Slice Pizza Blog - http://slice.seriouseats.com/archive...

April 23, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"If you live in New York, you don't know how good you have it. I used to get so annoyed with guys from New York and New Jersey throwing their weight around and telling me that there's no good pizza anywhere else but there. They're not exactly right (the best pizza in the country is still in Phoenix), but they're very, very close. New York pizza is on another level than L.A., Detroit—even Chicago. The ingredients are superior, the wood and coal ovens are a pipeline to greatness, and the history and tradition put the experience over the top. But in the end I think the real key is the man in front of the oven. At Mozza, line cooks are making the pies. The guys at UPN, Di Fara, Lucali, and some other joints in New York aren't on the clock. They're people who have their whole lives invested in their pizza. Believe me, you can taste it in the food." - edythe from Bookmarklet

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I still like Chicago style more, but pizza is pizza. - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

You're evil. I just thought, "Man, I would kill for some pizza." Scrolled to the top and this popped up. Crying now. - Anika

Patsy's Pies in Spanish Harlem FTW! - Sally Church

No Lombardi's? FAIL. - Mike Nayyar

John's is better than Lombardis imho - and I believe the pie on the left is from John's Bleeker. They also left out my secret spot in E. Village. Yay - more for me. - Mona Nomura

I don't think I've found the "it" pizza joints in NYC because I have never been blown away by the pizza. :-/ - Anna Haro

Omg Haro - you need to roll with me fool. - Mona Nomura

john's bleeker is good. - edythe

Sorry, but noting beats a Chicago deep dish pizza. - Herb Hernandez

Herb, chicago deep dish is good, just different. - edythe

You is making me hungry. - Jandy

"Famous Original Ray's?" "Just Ray's Jerry!" - Mark Trapp

Yeah, same here, Jandy! And the pizza in Raleigh sucks (in comparison to Chicago or NY). That's one thing I really miss about living in Chicago. :-( - Herb Hernandez

mark trapp, hee! - edythe

Scott Beamer, Pizzeria Bianco? http://search.chow.com/search... - edythe

btw, i finally tried Abbot's Pizza in Venice yesterday...what a disappointment. - edythe

I've had nothing but Chicago Style (and unfortunately St Louis Style) pizza. I really want to try NY pizza to see if it holds it's own against Chicago. - David Cook

pizza in rome, italy--all i can speak about--is, like chicago's pizza, different but not better. - edythe

mmmmmmm - Dobromir Hadzhiev

You should go to that one Ray's. :) - rob friedman

@edythe - yeah, Abbot's is ungreat. Closest I've found around here (so far) to legit east coast pizza are the pies (not the slices) at Bravo in Santa Monica. - Anthony Citrano

john's on bleeker, john's on 44th and ben's on macdougal...will take out most of the joints listed above...edit: i also want to include lucali and patsy's too. - Carlos Ayala

bravo in santa monica -- but pies, not slices. ok, will have to try that, anthony. - edythe

bob

Kinetic Temperature, Thermal Energy - http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase...

April 24, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"From this function can be calculated several characteristic molecular speeds and such things as what fraction of the molecules have speeds over a certain value at a given temperature. It is involved in many rates of phenomena....Note that M is the molar mass and that the gas constant R is used in the expression. If the mass m of an individual molecule were used instead, the expression would be the same except that Boltzmann's constant k would be used instead of the molar gas constant R." - bob from Bookmarklet

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so, for butane at 1C, Vrms=343.01278m/s - bob

So roughly the speed of sound? - Paul Buchheit

yup - bob

but it varies by type of gas, ie for hydrogen at the same temperature, Vrms=1849.09m/s - bob

So each molecule is constantly making little sonic booms? - Gabe

haha, i think thats more of a macro effect :P - bob

Christopher Sacca

Wyclef Jean Rocks the SF Barrel House - http://bub.blicio.us/wyclef-...

April 24, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"Surely someone of Wyclef’s status could have simply played a few songs and then scurried off into a limo to enjoy the remainder of the night with his entourage - it was certainly hot enough in the venue to motivate him to keep it short. Instead, he invested his time, passion, and energy into creating a memorable experience for everyone by playing almost every song he’s ever written, moving the dancefloor as DJ, and finally mingling with guests after the show. If you didn’t know any better, you would swear this was his most important and personal show ever." (Stoked to see @wyclef on the Twitters! And, yes, his show was outrageous) - Christopher Sacca from Bookmarklet

Agreed with Sacca here. I've never seen such time, passion and energy from an artist dedicated to his music and his fans. What an incredible show. - Dave Morin

Tim O'Reilly

via @chrisfahey: new Firefox plug-in lets you stack up your tabs vertically along the side, and nest them in trees: http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul...

April 19, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Once @azaaza pointed Tree Style Tabs out, everyone I know adopted right quick - Zaki Manian

Nice Firefox Addon - Arvind

Philipp Lenssen

Septembertember, Octoberober, Novemberember. Sometimes bugs make me smile.

April 19, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Meryn Stol

Because of real-time commenting, each post on FriendFeed is a potential chat room. A "throwaway" chat room in fact. You only use it for one discussion, then leave it forever. But unless you delete it, it's archived for eternity.

April 18, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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We did it for today's show (1,600 comments): http://beta.friendfeed.com/ffunder... - Johnny

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Also doing it live now for my Ustream: http://beta.friendfeed.com/jworthi... - Johnny

Johnny I know, I glanced over the log. I experienced it for the first time yesterday in a chat with Robert and a few others. I'm really impressed by it. I do think a thread could use a marker if it's intended to use for realtime or for slower commenting. But the versatility underneath is truly wonderful. - Meryn Stol

Unless I'm wrong, last night's Ffundercats thread is a FriendFeed record. But a collection of 1600 comments seems unwieldy under the current UI. - John E. Bredehoft from fftogo

Also, I think that in retrospect, "chat rooms" where never a good model. It is a metaphor taken directly from the real world. A "conversation" or "meeting" is a more natural basis. In this regard, FriendFeed has a real edge over other group chat systems (like IRC and Skype). - Meryn Stol

I think the UI should be more adaptive to different use cases. A thread that's marked as a "chat" might get some slightly different presentation than a thread that's marked for regular (longer, slower) comments. I think both conversational styles have their merits. - Meryn Stol

Meryn, FF now gives the ability to do both. A wide open chat on your mainstream is rather like IRC. A chat posted to a room is in theory a smaller, cozier environment. Even smaller still: DM a small group of people and chat in that message: it's almost like group IM. One platform lets you do all of them. - FFing Enigma

sticky words - Craig Brownell

Yes Tina. That's what I'm so impressed about. The versatility. But at the same time, this might confuse people. For example, I'm now using this thread for "slow" commenting (, relatively speaking, because this is still much faster than blog commenting). Other people might want to start "chatting" in this thread. This would result in an odd mix of content. This problem can be solved by pure "etiquette", but some UI support could be handy. - Meryn Stol

A good temporal solution would be to clearly state expectations about the type of commenting up front in the post. Maybe explicitly announce a "chat". Default would be the longer comment form. - Meryn Stol

The FFundercats podcast was a record. You can get the podcast via iTunes here: http://tinyurl.com/ffunder... - Louis Gray

Gray: Are you spamming the link to itunes all over FF? Please stop. - coldbrew

Coldbrew, I think the link by Louis is appropriate here. In general, I consider cross-linking helpful. Helps put everything into context for people who do not read everything on FF. Also, I hope you let me be the one to moderate comments on my posts. You don't have to play "FriendFeed police". - Meryn Stol

Perhaps, but for whatever reason, every post on my screen at that time had the link to itunes. I was annoyed, and simply chose the last post in my view on which it appeared. I don't consider myself some sort of "police", I was simply making a request. - coldbrew

Coldbrew: One tip for you: Don't post when you feel annoyed. I regret the things I posted when I felt annoyed. Everything you say brands you. Better keep it positive. - Meryn Stol

Not really concerned about 'brand' and people will pigeon-hole as they see fit. I know what to expect as I do this IRL as well. To the casual observer it comes across as rude, but I have little interest in casual conversation making. - coldbrew

"I have little interest in casual conversation making" - what is your interest then? - Meryn Stol

Non-casual, non-commercially driven, and non-gossip. Ideas and concepts, rather than people. - coldbrew

Tx for this Meryn. I am more impressed with FF. I enjoy the way a discussion is kept together like this. Will be using this much more in future. - Peter du Toit (S.Africa)

Ionut

HOME COOKING IS KILLING THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - http://www.flickr.com/photos...

April 17, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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Paul Buchheit

The new "direct messages" feature on beta.friendfeed.com is very popular, so tomorrow we're going to launch a related feature: "passive aggressive messages"

April 16, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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:) - edythe

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Hah! - Robert Scoble

Give the users what they demand! - Michael Krigsman

You Rock! - BEX

These guys always know what we want. - Eric

I thought that was already one of the language options. I mean, my stuff always posts in 'passive aggressive' or upside down. - FFing Enigma

http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/ - Jason

hahahaa!! good one! :) - Susan Beebe

a w e s o m e!! - JA Castillo

lmao! hehe :) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

So is this a messaging service to let those people who aren't subscribed to you know that you want them to subscribe so you can DM them? - Johnny

Does that mean you are reading these DMs? - coldbrew

I'm guessing we'll be able to message people even if they are not subscribed to us. - Ahsan Ali

Finally! Why did it take you so long to read my mind and see what I want? - Jeanine W.

no really, that's fine. it's a great idea. do whatever you want. don't mind me. - Laura Norvig

I mean, it's your service, not mine. why should I have any say in the matter? - Laura Norvig

I might care about this. I might not. No offense intended. - Martha

+1 Laura heh. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

LOL - http://www.hiyoooo.com/ - Bwana ☠

My wife would argue that's the only way I communicate. Not that she listens, mind you. - caj needs a haircut

If that's the best you can come up with, I guess that's okay. :) - Stan Scott

twitter beat you to that one. send a message, delete it, it deletes everywhere, even the receipient's stream. recipient deletes, it deletes from sender's stream without permission. passive-aggressive to the max. - Karoli

Paul Buchheit

reBoxed by reMail - http://reboxed.remail.com/reboxed...

April 15, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"reBoxed sorts unread emails in your Gmail Inbox by the importance of the sender. You start by voting on pairs of contacts - "whose emails are more important?". Your votes are then combined with your friends' votes. reBoxed's algorithm then sorts your inbox based on this input." - Paul Buchheit from Bookmarklet

ooh that looks like fun! - BEX

wow, cool... i've been waiting for something like that for years! filters accomplished this...but i like this concept - Susan Beebe

Chris Wetherell

Google Reader has comments now. Commence discussion.

March 11, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

But where to discuss? Friendfeed probably. That was a start for the discussion ;) - Jérôme

Hmmm.... seems like "Comment View" is running real slowly, for me at least. Love the feature though. - jakebf

Small steps .. too small .. http://beta.friendfeed.com/cantorj... - CantorJF

Bret Taylor

Keeping Up With Being Kept - Making it Easy for "Sugar Daddies" to Connect With "Sugar Babies" - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/glogin...

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"But if eHarmony or Match.com is a chatty social mixer, Seeking Arrangement is a down-and-dirty marketplace where older moneyed men and cute young women engage in brutally frank transactions. They’re not searching for longtime soul mates; they want no-strings-attached “arrangements” that trade in society’s most valued currencies: wealth, youth and beauty. In the cheesy lexicon of the site, they are “sugar daddies” and “sugar babies.”" - Bret Taylor from Bookmarklet

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300,000 members... Impressive :) - Bret Taylor

That's kinda gross. I wonder how many people have more than one john. - Anika

Sam's approach of business-associate-with-benefits actually sounds like it could result in very healthy relationships. - Evan Parker

I don't know.. BK sounds like he's being taken advantage of... Then again, maybe I don't have that much sympathy for him --- he volunteered for the situation. - Piaw Na

BK: "because you always wonder: would she still want to be with me even without the money? Does the money make me more attractive than I really am?" There is a simple way to figure this out. The fact that he hasn't tried it suggests he already knows the answer. - Andrew C (✓)

Which is why BK is nothing but a john and she's nothing but a whore. Putting new labels on it doesn't make it different. This is why I adore my friends in the sex industry, they have no illusions about what they do. In response to "What do you do for a living?", they will straight up say, "I am a whore." - Anika

My daughter has been watching the Hugh Hefner reality show with Hugh and his much younger "girlfriends." The whole spectacle saddens my daughter. - John E. Bredehoft from fftogo

"Indeed, most go to considerable effort to distinguish between “sugar” and prostitution. (Legally, at least, they are right; since the 1970s, courts have ruled that as long as the woman is paid for some service besides sex — housecleaning, companionship — the arrangement is not the equivalent of prostitution.)" - Dan Hsiao

What a revelation LOL - Lora Lufark

Whoa! this is weird and screwed up - our society is really dipping low here - Susan Beebe

what society are we creating? - Rahul Deodhar

Silly and sad, maybe, but everyone involved is a volunteer. They can do whatever they want. - Stefan Moluf

This is the logical extension of a society that places its highest values on Eros and Mammon. Attractiveness and wealth become fungible and a market is quickly established. Markets are created because they are wanted by both buyer and seller. No one is forced to become so crass and prosaic. - Phil Boiarski

Robert Scoble

One big difference between Twitter and friendfeed (in Twitter's favor too!!!). See here:

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People follow on Twitter. My friendfeed rates have gone way down. - Robert Scoble

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I looked into a few people I've recommended. On Twitter they are getting followed at a MUCH higher rate than their friendfeed accounts are. - Robert Scoble

That's not a good trend for friendfeed, because it means that there's a much stronger power law in effect there where people like me will have more power to get content noticed than new people who come along. - Robert Scoble

That is because Twitter is getting a lot of mainstream media attention unlike Friendfeed. - Veetrag

I wonder why that is? I have some theories that I'll explore over next few minutes. - Robert Scoble

either im missing something...or haven't used friendfeed much... can you only comment on the main post - or can you comment on a comment? - Cole Orton

Come to the live version of this post to join along in live time: http://beta.friendfeed.com/scoblei... - Robert Scoble

It's much easier to add people in twitter and then to just ignore them. FriendFeed is much richer. - Kevin Gamble

Robert, just because you recommend someone on FF doesn't mean they'll automatically get followed. If he or she isn't interacting here, why would I? I could just read their tweets elsewhere. - FFing Enigma

i really think ff is missing out if you can't comment on a comment - Cole Orton

Veetrag: not true. I filtered out for numbers of people on Twitter. - Robert Scoble

Tina; yet on Twitter if I recommend someone they get followed in droves. - Robert Scoble

Robert: When you Like and comment on entries from the folks you follow on FriendFeed, you're putting their material in our line of sight. It's not as important to follow massive numbers of people on FF, because one's network does the work of pulling in new content. - Ken Sheppardson

Cole: what are you talking about. Just use the first name of the comment you are replying to, just like I did. - Robert Scoble

Brevity of information in twitter? More thorough information on friendfeed? It depends on how much the follower is wanting/willing to consume. - JCunwired

While your point may be true, I don't understand if it means anything.... - Bwana ☠

BCK: nope, I don't think you've hit the answer either. - Robert Scoble

jcunwired: FAIL too. You still haven't hit it. - Robert Scoble

Flashback to 1997. Twitter = Lotus cc:Mail. FF = MS Outlook/Exchange. - Peter Ghosh

that just seems like bad design - there's no "link" as to what comment you're commenting on that way. - Cole Orton

Just try to have this conversation in Twitter. That's not happening. - Kevin Gamble

That's true, Robert, but assuming you're talking about the rec you made Friday night 1) it was in a comment, not your original post (which would get more attention) and 2) time of day really does matter. - FFing Enigma

Bwana: on Twitter everyone's page has tiles of the people who they've followed and the numbers of people they are following. Twitter has created a "follower game." Friendfeed doesn't make that game so obvious so people don't play it. - Robert Scoble

Friendfeed is more serious than twitter. I mean that friendfeed is used for spreading interesting topics and conversations. Twitter is more to get updated and the majority uses for uhm lets see.. nothing useful. - Rafael

I already follow 1300 people. I only follow more people if they A) are adding good content B) are participating or C) are friends/family - Scoble, Alex Scoble

No follower game is a bad thing? FOaF obsoletes it imho. - Bwana ☠

I have followed you on friendfeed since yesterday... much easier to break through the noise, but I have been on Twitter longer so I tend to follow your recomends there. - Michael Angelo Truncale

I can interact very easily with people I'm not following on here. Sometimes I don't even realize that I'm not following certain people. - Michael McKean

Tina: I've been watching the follower numbers of other people who recommend people too. On friendfeed we are far more adverse. I believe that the real-time version of friendfeed has caused people to unsubscribe, too. - Robert Scoble

I get all kinds of nuggets on FriendFeed from people I don't follow... through FoaF - Bwana ☠

You don't have to necessarily be friend with someone on FF to see his/her comments. If it's a friend of a friend you'll see a lot of likes/comments of that person "for free". - Christoph Studer

Michael: you can tell you're not following. Their icons next to their comments are white. - Robert Scoble

Bwana: exactly - Christoph Studer

i am very confused by this posting. what are we supposed to "see here?" - @baratunde

@baratunde: the conversation. - Robert Scoble

I agree that people are trimming their follows possibly due to real time. That's their choice. On the other hand, content is still readily accessible via FoaF (assuming of course that it's still on). - FFing Enigma

Steven: yes, we are cliques here. More like nodes. - Robert Scoble

My followers who don't follow Robert, see this conversation by default. Twitter doesn't do that. - Bwana ☠

I find the real-time version of FF makes me want to stay and watch more. This conversation, for example, is very interesting and great to watch in real time. - Jason Mayoff

Tina: unfollowing people in friendfeed is stupid. Just put the lame ones onto a list. - Robert Scoble

Since beta I've had lots of new subs - have you just reached critical mass, Robert, whereby everyone on FF is only a FOAF away from you? - WoH: Minding her Botts

i'm thinking i'd use friendfeed more - if there was a killer mobile (ahem, iphone) app for it - Cole Orton

Bwana: true, and that makes following people a lot less important. But it does give hyper connectors like me more power to get a lot of people involved in a conversation. - Robert Scoble

Well hyper connectors is something Twitter has in spades :) - Bwana ☠

Robert, lame or not that's what people are doing (and really, you're going to call someone else's choice lame just because it's not what you would do?). Lists are an option, filters are an option, and so is unsubscribing. So is doing nothing. - FFing Enigma

WorldofHiglet: I still am getting new subs, but this isn't about me. I'm watching normal people's follower behavior. - Robert Scoble

Tina: it's lame. It's also a free world, so I can call behavior lame. :-) - Robert Scoble

This Sunday night conversation is brought to you by... Rackspace... And now, back to our program - Bwana ☠

It's also interesting how a conversation like this goes hot and heavy for about two minutes and then just dies as it rolls off of everyone's pages and the numbers of comments gets too unweildy to navigate. - Robert Scoble

Why follow a lot of people when FF search and filters are so powerful? - Tom Landini

Cole: agree. Would love to see a killer iPhone app. - Jason Mayoff

i also don't like that i have to scroll alllll the way up to click the comment link if/when i have all the comment fully expanded on a post that has, say, >10 comments. - Cole Orton

Hey, I know: how 'bout we try to get over counting stuff? - Ken Sheppardson

Robert: unfollowing people is "stupid"?? - Ken Kennedy

One word - twollo.com - that's why Twitter has higher follow rates - Jesse Stay

Ken: humans love counting. - Robert Scoble

Robert: Lots of things humans love aren't good for them. - Ken Sheppardson

Ken: yes. Just put the people you hate onto another list. That way you can watch and see if they get more value later. - Robert Scoble

I don't know about the rest of you, but my stats on Twitter vs my stats here don't make a damned bit of difference to me. Here, I barely follow any stats beyond how many people like my posts and who they are. On Twitter, there seems to be this huge drive for getting bigger, better numbers of followers, how many tweets someone has posted, etc. Guess what? It's bullshit. - Chris Charabaruk

Its a lot easier on Twitter to follow ppl ,its like the 1 click amazon patent :-) - Johni Fisher

Tom: I think you are right there - if I was starting FF now I wouldn't necessarily follow the people I do now and use filters to find the stuff i want. Which would be awhole different experience. - WoH: Minding her Botts

Chris: bingo, but on the other hand, it's a game that people like to play. - Robert Scoble

Let me rephrase: users will look to you for how they think they're supposed to use the service. Calling a use choice lame is your way of directing their use. As for who gets followers: what's more useful, a couple hundred mildly interested follows just because Scoble mentioned you, or 10-20 really interested follows that found you via a search, filter, or FoaF? - FFing Enigma

I enjoy FriendFeed a hell of a lot more than I do Twitter, simply because I don't have the drive to improve my stats. I can post whatever and expect real responses and discussions, not plain old resharing and quick-quip replies. - Chris Charabaruk

I totally agree with Chris. - Rafael

Funny, but I want to tweet about this discussion, but I can't find a link to it. (New to FF) - Jason Mayoff

Tina: +1. - Ken Kennedy

Tina: well, following me is lame too. :-) But unfollowing really is lame. It sends a message to those people that they aren't important anymore. Everyone is important. - Robert Scoble

Jason: Click the timestamp under the entry - Bwana ☠

If people are more concerned about how many people they follow, how many are following them, and how many things they're pushing out, they're missing out on the opportunity to really affect things. They're simply playing for the score, not for the game. - Chris Charabaruk

Chris: Right. I'd rather have "low" stats and high interactivity rather than high numbers of people who I'm not particularly interested in. - Michael McKean

Jason: the permalink is the time underneath the headline (timestamp). Or, this: http://beta.friendfeed.com/scoblei... - Robert Scoble

Wow!! I got real-time back on threads!! Yay! - Bwana ☠

Thanks... odd place to put it. - Jason Mayoff

Jason - that's where Twitter puts it as well :) - Bwana ☠

It's quality vs quantity. FF = quality. Twitter = quantity. - Brian

Jason: it is odd, but it is always there and you'll never forget it. Heheh. - Robert Scoble

What I fail to understand every time one of these conversations is brought up is why they are brought up at all. Comparing apples to oranges never results in any definitive result. - JCunwired

What Bwana said - FoaF Also, I think twitter's 15 mins of fame is almost up IMHO - BEX

It's a LOT easier to get followers on Twitter, whereas on FF it's like pulling teeth. The whole point of social media is to be social, and if users can't socialize quickly "out of the box", then they'll move on. - Ryan Garns

who feel's these real-time posts are hard to follow? - Cole Orton

Brian: the thing is my friendfeed is moving a lot faster than my Twitter and I'm following a lot fewer people here. - Robert Scoble

Twitter is follows the KISS method. Keep It Simple Stupid. For some, FriendFeed looks too complicated and they don't feel like spending that extra time to benefit from the true purpose of the network. Though I'm reassured that most people on here understand what FriendFeed has to offer over Twitter. - Michael Forian

Wouldn't it be nice to have a keyboard shortcut for entering comments when threads get long and fast like this one? - Tom Landini

jcunwired: I disagree. I learn something by doing comparisons to other services. - Robert Scoble

Now, if it's NOT real-time--it feels lethargic. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

omg this conversation is moving so fckn fast! I just get a up to drink a coke and when I came back. OMG! Frind feed was exploded! - Rafael

Cole: go here: http://beta.friendfeed.com/scoblei... now scroll to the bottom of the page and just keep it there. VERY easy to follow. - Robert Scoble

Cole: I like real-time. You catch what you catch. You miss what you miss. - Jason Mayoff

Michael: FriendFeed doesn't look as complicated as it used to. Or at least the beta doesn't. - Chris Charabaruk

I think Friendfeed feels like a content vacuum, I have no confidence whatsoever that I can get what I put in to it -- back out. - Andrew Leahey

Jason: I find that if I miss something cool my filters catch it later. - Robert Scoble

and if you miss it, oh well... ooh, look a penny - Bwana ☠

I don't feel that way with twitter. - Andrew Leahey

one big diff is the showing of following/subcriptions and followers/subcribers. Twitter showed it on the mainpage while ff show it on your profile page. in a way, twitter succeed when everyone is trying to win in the number game. but i feel ff is where real conversation can be held between more than one stranger across the world. and it can be more than 140 chars. - Gerald Neo

andrew: you really need to look into filters. And read my blog from the other day. - Robert Scoble

Andrew: do you mean being able to find your content within FF, or do you mean getting a return on the hours you're investing? - FFing Enigma

Andrew: Try following even 250 people. I pretty much ignore half the stuff that goes by on Twitter these days because I can't follow it all. - Chris Charabaruk

twitter's brand and uniform design are untouchable right now - not about features; twitter can develop them - Andy Fox

scoble - that is easier to track. thanks. - Cole Orton

I can find content so much easier on FriendFeed, it's scary - Bwana ☠

The purpose of participating in twitter and the purpose of participating in friendfeed produce entirely different results, that's what I'm saying. I stay on friendfeed because I enjoy the conversations that others share about an individual's comment, shared item, etc. I use twitter to make me aware of the comment or share. Very different experience. - JCunwired

Twitter search is like a hive now - Bwana ☠

Scoble: I just discovered filters, I'll check out the blog post for sure. - Andrew Leahey

Andrew: http://scobleizer.com/2009... this shows how much better friendfeed is for finding valuable stuff. - Robert Scoble

Twitter Search is about the only good thing left with Twitter. - Chris Charabaruk

Thanks for the info sir. - Andrew Leahey

It's not the quantity, it's the quality... That said, how many seriously deranged cyber-geeks are engaging in this conversation? FF is still too confusing for the average user. - Neil Jensen (Vermonter)

"FriendFeed Filters are the star of the beta" A brilliant guy wrote that. - Bwana ☠

jcunwired: true, that's why I have a screen that is all about Tweetdeck. - Robert Scoble

I think FF could have made the live pages like this could do well to have the newer comments on top instead of updating at the bottom - Charles Rice

Chris: Twitter search is fine, but if you have search but no content then you've got nothing - Jason Mayoff

Bwana - that too. In a sense, I use friendfeed as a source of bookmarks (knowledge). Twitter would not give me that. - JCunwired

Vermonter: I'm only slightly deranged. - Michael McKean

Only thing that scares me about FriendFeed is history. That area seems iffy. - Bwana ☠

Vermonter: really? Facebook is more complicated than Twitter OR friendfeed and it has 10x the users of Twitter. MySpace is more complicated than that, and has 7x the users of Twitter. - Robert Scoble

Bwana: what do you mean by "history? - Robert Scoble

We cant find on Twitter this kind of conversation as we do now live here - Johni Fisher

Robert: Search history...how far back can I go? - Bwana ☠

Bwana: all the way. - Robert Scoble

Bwana: Twitter only goes back a few months. - Robert Scoble

The quality of content is more important! I got more info from FF. The content from twitter in FF is just a little part! - netvista

as I said, twitter is good for updates and curiosities, Friendfeed is good for conversations about interesting topics(or not). Frienfeed is the serious side of twitter - Rafael

Robert: that wasn't always the case. Is this a recent change? - Bwana ☠

Bwana: I can't find my Tweets from the Chinese Earthquake over on Twitter, for instance. - Robert Scoble

What I like about FF is that I can sit here and have/watch this conversation without being distracted by thousands of other things going by. - Michael McKean

Bwana: you can search for it, but you can't page back more than 300 items unfortunately (here on friendfeed). - Robert Scoble

I'm a relative FF newbie and this discussion has sold me. I'm stayin'. - Jason Mayoff

Bwana: the content has always been there on FF, available by search. The pagination that far back has been restricted though - FFing Enigma

Jason: welcome! - Robert Scoble

Nice to have you join us, Jason =) - FFing Enigma

Yeah I have to say, this discussion has seriously changed my opinion on FF. Thanks Robert. - Andrew Leahey

Jason - you've found the Holy Grail! :) - JCunwired

@Robert... True.. Facebook is unwieldy, too. But mass usage has forced tolerance. Unwarranted tolerance perhaps. Hard to see how FF will gain traction unless users help make use of FF clearer. - Neil Jensen (Vermonter)

Tina: echo! Heheh. - Robert Scoble

Welcome to the club, Jason! - Chris Charabaruk

The Holy Grail indeed - Jason Mayoff

Robert: that's what I mean. - Bwana ☠

And that means I can't archive all of my FriendFeed data if I wanted - Bwana ☠

You can't have a filtered real-time feed yet correct? That's the functionality I'm waiting for! - Keith Barrett

Bwana: true. I hope they fix that. It's important for Track. - Robert Scoble

Hence the "iffy" description. I'm hoping they fix that later. - Bwana ☠

Keith: right. They promise that as a feature to come. We call that "Track." - Robert Scoble

I think they should rename the "comments" on here. I'm not sure I'd call these comments. This is like a topic-driven chat. - Andrew Leahey

Keith: I'd like to see that as well. - Michael McKean

Bwana: but at least the data is there. It is NOT there on Twitter. Horrid. - Robert Scoble

Robert: How do you sort of...back up your tweets? FF? - Andrew Leahey

andrew: yes. But it is searchable. And you can come back and add onto it forever. - Robert Scoble

You mean there's no record of all that's gone on on Twitter? - Jason Mayoff

andrew: I don't. - Robert Scoble

Andrew: it's both, depending on the topic at hand. If you play with the DM feature to a group of people, it's definitely like a chat. - FFing Enigma

Jason: try to find my Chinese earthquake tweets. I tried and I can't get to them. - Robert Scoble

Jason: they might be in a database somewhere, but you can't search on anything older than about August of last year, if I remember right. - Robert Scoble

Facebook/Friendfeed are also very different. Our real life friends and our social networking friends are entirely different audiences. What FF brings is a different perspective - the opportunity to share with those who might not agree with us, who might teach us something that we wouldn't learn from our circle of RL friends. Invaluable, incalculable. - JCunwired

I'm not even going to bother expanding all the comments. I'm just going to assume Scoble said something along the lines of "Easy access to cat pictures, babby pictures, my brother, FFundercats, Leather Donut" - Mike Nayyar

Robert: where do you find the permalink to this thread? - Tom Landini

At any rate, since the beta, Twitter has seen less of me. - Bwana ☠

Tom: on the date under the topic that started this. - Robert Scoble

I'll get this one. The date. CLick the date - Jason Mayoff

And if the beta improves, it may get worse for Twitter in my world. - Bwana ☠

That's what I'm talking about! Look how the conversation change the focus. Now we have another interesting things being discussed here... Thats awsome right? - Rafael

Tom - click on the timestamp - JCunwired

To get back on topic a little... it would be really cool if when you clicked a white chat bubble on the left if it turned to blue and you were following them... like a toggle button. Do you think that would lower the barrier too much? like people digging stories they havent read. - Frankie Warren

Yes, I just went and searched http://search.twitter.com for any tweet last June that mentioned "earthquake." None appeared. FAIL. - Robert Scoble

So just out of curiosity, what is the page within FF that you spend most of your time browsing/following? Filters? An individual post like this? - Andrew Leahey

Frankie: I would LOVE that. - Robert Scoble

Robert, very curious about your theory that prompted this post. - JCunwired

Thanks: the permalink page puts a comment box under all the comments so it's easy to enter stuff. - Tom Landini

Here's the thing. I'm a fairly sophisticated user. But I don't have any idea how to follow this thread, or why I even got here. Or how to follow (I'm don't text. Web only.) I think that presents a challenge for FF adoption. I've been wrong before. - Neil Jensen (Vermonter)

Frankie: If you hover over someone's name next to their comment you can subscribe from right there. - FFing Enigma

andrew: me? I skip around my filters when my lists slow down (in real-time) - Bwana ☠

I don't stay in one place very long - Bwana ☠

unless it's a juicy thread like this one - Bwana ☠

Andrew: I have five friendfeed screens open at most times. Home screen. Tech list. A window like this one. And a filter or two or something else I'm tracking. - Robert Scoble

I'm a speed reader. I love these fast-paced conversations :) - JCunwired

Hmm, interesting. I'm just trying to get a handle on how people who have found FF really integral, use it. - Andrew Leahey

Tina: yes, but then it refreshes the page. - Robert Scoble

Good deal. - Andrew Leahey

Once Internet users have decided to play the microblogging game, they're ready to adopt one microblogging tool, and only one (forget the geeks). Then, if their intention is to notify friends about their actions and thoughts, they'll take Twitter. Because even CNN may follow them there ;) If their goal is to discuss and discover stuff, they'll take the plunge with FF. Unfortunately, 98% of those users want only to notify and be sure their notification won't get lost in a "content vaccum" (andrew's words). - Jérôme

kilbuda: the comment box is static on the bottom if you navigate to the thread: http://beta.friendfeed.com/scoblei... - Bwana ☠

That's an area FriendFeed has to fix - Bwana ☠

Vermonter: new friendfeed UI makes it very possible to follow. Visit here, scroll to the bottom, and watch! http://beta.friendfeed.com/scoblei... - Robert Scoble

It's not about friendfeed anymore (unless something radical happens) - facebook is the hulk (no pun intended) in the room - Antonio Altamirano

Heh.. they really need to make the permalink more noticeable. :) - Michael McKean

Facebook is boring to me... - Bwana ☠

Funny someone mentioned searchability. I just discovered the limitations of that on Twitter this morning. When I can't look back past thrity days without having to learn how to use the API...and that really irritates me. - George Hall (Australia)

You can use the friendfeed sidebar too... its very easy to follow! - Rafael

Bwana: I wish they would make it so new comments appear at top. - Robert Scoble

185 comments here are just fine - no way I can follow a conversation of 185 tweets. - Bora Zivkovic

Bora: I do. :-) - Robert Scoble

Bora: you've got to get in when it starts. - Jason Mayoff

Did you know FF copied Twitter's permalink format? ;) - Jérôme

tina: thanks! haha i just tried it on you :) - Frankie Warren

Antonio - I disagree. Mudane conversations and thoughts are all I get from FB, FF adds a new dimension to what the mind can absorb. - JCunwired

I learn here. I rarely learn anything at Facebook. - Kevin Gamble

YEP, new comments definantely need to feed in from the top for me, too. - CLC Radio

I use Friendfeed alerts, and I can tell when these conversations get too noisy, which is now! - Francine Hardaway

Actually I find that th most useful thing about Twitter search is that the results include private and deleted tweets :) - Keith Barrett

hehe Francine - JCunwired

lol Keith - Bwana ☠

don't get me started on that - Bwana ☠

Anyway, who was asking about my theory? - Robert Scoble

me - JCunwired

Francine: get onto real time and give up on alerts. Alerts are old school. Heheh. - Robert Scoble

Did you know that if you re-click the permalink from the permalink, you get a pretty simple window? - Jérôme

I think the idea behind having comments appear at the bottom rather than the top is because somebody's under the (perhaps naive) impression people actually read everything other folks wrote before they comment themselves :-) - Ken Sheppardson

agree - atanas

jcunwired, what would you like to know? My theory is that people on Twitter follow a lot more. Mostly because it's a lot easier to follow, but also because everyone knows how many followers everyone else has (it's on their main UI). - Robert Scoble

Ken - good point. Case study: Youtube - Bwana ☠

Ken - New comments appear at the top and no one reads the history - Bwana ☠

I would like to be able to comment on a comment. I'm into real time, but sometimes I like to follow FF out of the corner of my eye and not focus on this conversation. I multitask - Francine Hardaway

here you can find a way to follow these conversations right in your firefox sidebar: http://userstyles.org/styles... - Rafael

Alerts? Is that like a fax? - Phil Maxwell

Ken: i click the comment button before i read the thread so its waiting for me at the bottom :) - Frankie Warren

Robert - someone already brought that up. Twitter is a popularity contest. - JCunwired

@Robert Thanks for the FF beta tip. - Neil Jensen (Vermonter)

Robert; thanks. And I second the request to have an option to display comments at the top of a real-time display, however I think that for older, inactive postings I'd prefer to read the comments in order. - Keith Barrett

Francine: I multitask too. I just run five screens. :-) - Robert Scoble

I submit the follower game can ruin the quality of the network - Bwana ☠

Agreed, Bwana. - FFing Enigma

The topic we talk about is not popular entry in "Best of Day", no real time statistics? - netvista

+100 Bwana - JCunwired

Oh, I like the pop-up window. I didn't realize that Friendfeed can do that. - Robert Scoble

I really hope FF never threads/indents comment. An entry's a nice unit of conversation. If something needs it's own branch, just start another entry. - Ken Sheppardson

FriendFeed is just too much for the typical user. First you have to "get it". On Twitter there's not much to "get". You put some words in the box and hit send. - Eric Florenzano

netvista: good point. That's a bug. We should start a spreadsheet for the friendfeed team of things that are bugs. - Robert Scoble

Robert: Pop-up windows? - Rafael

Robert: How? - Rafael

Well Robert a new thing in your theory - Bwana ☠

I've gotten 3 new followers from this thread - Bwana ☠

Rafael. Click here: http://beta.friendfeed.com/scoblei... - Robert Scoble

Eric: there are people who use FF exactly the same way, they type some words and update it, leave it at that - FFing Enigma

interesting - Bwana ☠

Rafael, sorry that's wrong. - Robert Scoble

I wonder if Twitter users get new followers from a conversation - Bwana ☠

Robert - yeah i realized right now - Rafael

Eric - that is very true. There is a learning curve to FriendFeed that does not give the instant satisfaction of Twitter. - JCunwired

Rafael: from your feed click the timestamp of a post. On the resulting page, click the timestamp again, and you'll get the pop out window - FFing Enigma

Rafael, click here: http://beta.friendfeed.com/scoblei... Then click on the timestamp again. - Robert Scoble

Sweet! Thanks Robert! - Phil Glockner

Robert: Thank you so much! - Rafael

Robert: echo =) - FFing Enigma

jcunwired: friendfeed is a Formula Race Car. It takes a while to learn to drive, but when you do it does a lot of stuff a Prius can't. - Robert Scoble

Robert: Sweet find. Thanks for pointing that out. - Brian

me too - Rafael

I saw brett do that in you video robert and was curious how it worked :) - Frankie Warren

... and no reverse gear ;) - Phil Glockner

Pop out window is cool. - Tom Landini

oh and it leaves the comment open at the bottom! epic. - Frankie Warren

Speaking of which, I gotta plug in, my battery is low :) - JCunwired

Frankie: I missed a lot of stuff that Bret showed us because I was trying to keep the camera focused. Did you like the videos? - Robert Scoble

now i can browse and keep lookin to the pop-up without losing any comment - Rafael

Yeah love the popout window. Wanted to hug Ben when I saw him post it - Bwana ☠

I'm still learning how to be a power user of friendfeed. I haven't memorized the keyboard commands yet. - Robert Scoble

Robert: Just watched the vids now. Rly interesting stuff, thx for putting them up. Sometimes was hard to understand questions from the audience, though... - Christoph Studer

Ben: Its better you run... everybody wants to hug you ;) - Rafael

Any one got new follows from this conversation? - netvista

Robert: i loved the video!! seriously its very difficult to figure out how to use friendfeed at first effectively. seeing best practices from power users helped a lot - Frankie Warren

I have netvista - Bwana ☠

I still prefer tabs over popup unless I have multiple monitors active - JCunwired

A popout of a tracked real-time feed would be the best! - Keith Barrett

I think its cause Bwana is an awesome name though ;) - Frankie Warren

I bought a 24 inch monitor just to use Friendfeed on. - Robert Scoble

heh Frankie - Bwana ☠

FF should do something like Gmail chat. - Christoph Studer

Keith - you are right... but you can have a Firefox sidebar you know? - Rafael

Now the balance has shifted back to FF - The Real sofarsoShawn

Christoph: the realtime combined with the DM capablity makes it a lot like Gmail chat, actually. - FFing Enigma

Watch multiple conversations in pop up windows - Christoph Studer

netvista3987 - How would you know? - Phil Maxwell

hmm, there's an idea - having interesting realtime conversations like this in sidebar - JCunwired

Christoph: yeah, it really rocks using the popups. - Robert Scoble

Christoph: current features are largely sufficient - Jérôme

Exactly, jcunwired. - FFing Enigma

I want to dock good conversations on my blog. - Robert Scoble

Wow, I've put that read through a text-to-speech app, makes it even more productive right now, This could make a little booklet from it. The new forum post experience. - Zu from AOD

Interesting search/filter, at least 100 comments and -friends:username. Interesting FF'rs you've missed. - Andrew Leahey

Robert: I f you use Firefox, try to use this sidebar, easily bookmark you realtime page to bookmarks bar and in properties choose to open with the sidebar : http://userstyles.org/styles... - Rafael

want a sidebar-like window? http://beta.friendfeed.com/scoblei... (I'm in Chrome, can't do it) - Jérôme

Maybe have the "pop outs" integrated into the main window instead of new browser windows. Would make it easier for me to track multiple discussions from one spot. - Christoph Studer

is there no RSS for comments? - Phil Maxwell

This format kinda makes the comment count they used to have meaningless now... theres a big difference between one well thought out comment and just chatting in the pop out. - Frankie Warren

Phil Maxwell: because i subscribe someone here for this conversation! haha - netvista

Frankie: Agree - Christoph Studer

Phil: you can subscribe to someone's comments and there should be an rss for that feed - FFing Enigma

Rafael I did, but I also like popouts, plus firefox doesn't run on my phone and I suspect I can just plug this URL into a browser. - Keith Barrett

Frankie: I agree. I wish I could see how many items I have commented on, not how many comments I've seen. - Robert Scoble

Doesn't look to be an RSS for a single comment but yes a personal feed Tina - The Real sofarsoShawn

what about comments for an individual post?: - Phil Maxwell

I'm glad they added that. I love being to able to subscribe to someone's likes and not their comments and/or posts - Bwana ☠

Frankie: Right. I wouldn't even call these "comments". - Michael McKean

Phil: unfortunately, no - FFing Enigma

Bwana: agreed (again). Haven't delved in using it yet but I think it's an interesting option. - FFing Enigma

Keith: Uhm I understand you. maybe when Mozilla launch the mobile Firefox you will be able to do that! - Rafael

How can I measure my self worth if no one follows me. - Demian Vonder Kuhlen from Nambu

Anyway, Twitter brings me interesting content, but FriendFeed is true brain candy. I'll never get this level of conversation or knowledge from twitter. - JCunwired

Michael: the engagement of friendfeed has gone WAY up in new friendfeed due to the real time comments. - Robert Scoble

Maybe "comment counts" should be more like "like counts". One comment per discussion and user. - Christoph Studer

I like pronouncing the name Bwana out loud: it's fun: Bwwannna. Heeehehhee - The Real sofarsoShawn

Demian: I'll follow you. - Robert Scoble

O_o - Bwana ☠

Yeah, these are much less "comments" and more just sorta empty "yeah me too, lol" style stuff. Like, you know... tweets. - Ken Sheppardson

Demian: life's hard sometimes :) - Phil Maxwell

You know; it's too bad I can't just click a comment speak bubble image and have it automatically format it as a comment response by filling in the name) - Keith Barrett

Wow.. I never noticed that you can subscribe to comments and likes! - Michael McKean

I think you're looking at this wrong Robert. The big difference with FF is Friend of a Friend. I use *you* to bring me other people. I trust you to *filter* it for me. After a while I might add someone who continually pops up in my feed via your FOAF, but why subscribe right off the bat. The context between Twitter and FriendFeed is different. It's not about quantity and reaching follower numbers, it's about quality and interaction. - AJ Kohn

AJ: good point, but that gives me a lot more power than I have over on Twitter. - Robert Scoble

Sorry Bwana, it's just one of those things: I'm weird - The Real sofarsoShawn

FriendFeed is great for deep threaded conversation ... but Twitter generates so much more exposure. - Brandon

can you imagine this conversation on Twitter... I mean really. - Bwana ☠

AJ: I don't mind the power, though, cause I'm an egotistical bbaaahhhssstttaaarrrddd. Just ask my brother. Heheh. - Robert Scoble

Robert: It's not necessarily a bad thing to have "hubs" with power, is it? You have them in real life, too. - Christoph Studer

Exposure? or false Hype? - The Real sofarsoShawn

Anyone using the sidebar script for Firefox? - Andrew Leahey

Christoph: true, I'm not sure it's a bad thing. It's a good thing as long as I behave. If I start being an asshole, then it's a bad thing. - Robert Scoble

Bwana, I reach for the advil just thinking about it :) - JCunwired

Scoble's a power hungry Green Hulkster - The Real sofarsoShawn

sofarsoshawn: What's the difference? :) - Michael McKean

Robert: i agree with that... with out an install base its really hard for comments to get noticed in the real time feed unless you have a bunch of people keeping your stuff at the top. - Frankie Warren

The point is Twitter is a hype! Appear in all big corporations and tv programs... twitter has big popularity... friend feed is a shy guy at the moment - Rafael

Christoph: power corrupts eventually, though. - Robert Scoble

Robert: And people will start treating you as one, i.e. unsubscribe. :-) - Christoph Studer

Christoph: you nailed the force that will keep me from becoming too much of an asshole. :-) - Robert Scoble

Power corrupts only certain individuals. I haven't seen you exhibit those traits yet Robert :) - JCunwired

Robert: That's way you say unsubscribing is "lame", haha. - Christoph Studer

@Robert: Well, I've given you that power and everyone else I subscribe to. Should you fail to be a good filter, I'll drop you like a hot potato :) So who really has the power? That's why FF will win IMO because it creates a far better mechanism for authority and trust. But ONLY if you're selective with whom you subscribe. - AJ Kohn

Christoph: yes, I have a bias there. Heheh. - Robert Scoble

Oh! I just noticed that if you press "enter" once in the search box, you get the advanced search page. A kind of little feature you'll never find on Twitter ;) - Jérôme

Robert: One of the biggest differences is that: Friendfeed doesnt have ads and bullshits.. Twitter its a treasure for ads. - Rafael

Jerome - just press the search button, you get te same thing - JCunwired

Rafael: friendfeed has decentralized moderation. That's a KILLER feature the rest of the world will discover in about 18 months. - Robert Scoble

@ Mckean Hype vs. Exposure: Hype I'd say is exaggerated publicity hoopla if you will. Empty. Whereas exposure is public focus but what matters more so here is that Twitter can't function to the same quality as Friendfeed now can - The Real sofarsoShawn

Chris Charabaruk: Yeah, but did the beta get any major media attention? Nope. None what so ever. And that's sad. It seems like people are purposely ignoring everything "FriendFeed" and it isn't right. I think the world is big enough for two cool and active social networking sites (or more), yes? - Michael Forian

Rafael: friendfeed will prove to be more resistant than other social networks to spam and assholes because of decentralized moderation. It's one reason why I love it so much. - Robert Scoble

jcunwired, even Google doesn't have this function - Jérôme

people go where the identities/profiles/people/contacts are; right now, when it comes to non-permission blogging, thats Twitter. Its not about features. You can speculate as to why Twitter has the people, but thats just academic. They have the people and they win....features can come...it doesnt matter, does it? - Andy Fox

Don't give him power. You wouldn't like Robert when he's omnipotent :) - Keith Barrett

Michael: friendfeed is in Financial Times tomorrow. - Robert Scoble

decentralized moderation? Does that mean if someone offends me and I block them, their comments won't show up for me anywhere? - Phil Maxwell

Robert: what do you mean by decentralized moderation? - Frankie Warren

Sometimes I wondef if FriendFeed would have taken off if the founders weren't ex-Googlers - Bwana ☠

I really want feature of FF is : What's hot on FF right now? - netvista

Robert: How many FT readers want bacon with their tea? :D - Jérôme

Phil: exactly. Frankie, decentralized moderation means I can delete you in my items and you can delete me in yours. As long as we keep adding value to each other's lives we'll not delete. But, let's say you were a spammer. Bye bye! - Robert Scoble

Frankie - we (you) moderate, not an administrator. - JCunwired

Ok, I definitely do dig the pop out window for an indivdual post/conversation. - Ken Kennedy

Bwana: How does the ex-Googler's factor in? - The Real sofarsoShawn

Robert: We have to create a strong community in friend feed and hoping that we could separate the bullshit and ads from the interesting topics, in a way we could keep the good of friendfeed. - Rafael

decentralized moderation = crowdblocking. It takes only a few comments for a spammer to get blocked by many and that then trips internal FF daemons. - AJ Kohn

Robert: interesting - Phil Maxwell

netvista: that's called a filter. I have a filter that shows all items written by anybody but that have at least one "like." That's what's hot right now. - Robert Scoble

netvista3987: make you're own filter http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... - Jérôme

Rafael - we have, we do - the developers have. What we see Twitter becoming will never happen here because we have all the power. - JCunwired

netvista3987: you can even exclude your friends (add -friends:netvista3987), exclude items you've already liked and commented (use the minus operator again). - Jérôme

sofarsoshawn: friendfeed was started by four superstars from Google. HOw does that factor in? It's been down one hour in past year. Search is freaking fast. It has an ugly, but workable UI. Heheh. - Robert Scoble

Being reminded so much of Gmail chat I'd like to see who's currently typing into the comments field. :-) - Christoph Studer

Well, regardless of my hesitancy, this is the first engaging convo on FF I've engaged. And though I had seen the beta briefly, I hadn't taken the time to really understand it. And this has inspired me to flesh out my FF profile. FF anti-fail all around. - Neil Jensen (Vermonter)

Currently listening to Berlin "No More Words" on Shoutcast right now...interesting. - Christopher Knopick

jcunwired: May the force be with you! - Rafael

Flipo: thanks. it's great. I already add this filter. - netvista

Christoph Studer: like emoticons? - Jérôme

Vermonter: wait until this is used by a conference for a back channel. Leo Laporte was using it on Gillmor Gang and TWiT this weekend and got 1000 comments each. - Robert Scoble

Here in Brazil Twitter started to get lost by people who dont know what to do with a simple question. thanksfully friendfeed will not get popularity here in brazil - Rafael

Pressing enter twice on a search box... clicking a feed then clicking the tim to get a popout...directly referencing "/friends" in a URL I do sense a need for some documentation on how to engage the cool features. - Keith Barrett

Rafael: don't be so sure. - Robert Scoble

@Scoble I was referring to Bwana's earlier comment that it was more a hindrance then beneficial and was wondering how that could be so - The Real sofarsoShawn

Jerome: I was kind of kidding...but one could do this with small avatars of people typing. Or just a list of names. - Christoph Studer

Am now watching FF real time in my sidebar. NoNo more alerts. - Francine Hardaway

Leo's use of it is what makes me think this is going to work. They're onto something here. - Jesse Stay

Keith: I'll do another video when I figure them all out. - Robert Scoble

Gillmor Gang comments were the greatest. The level of sophistication skyrockets when the community is one of your choosing (more or less). - JCunwired

http://www.ft.com/cms... - Daniel Robitaille

Keith - keep in mind most of these new features are in beta.. I can forgive no documentation in beta - Phil Glockner

Francine: welcome to the future. - Robert Scoble

Keith: Yes, better documentation would be nice! Although it's kinda fun to figure these things out. - Michael McKean

Robert: It's only a question of friendfeed do not support other languages - Rafael

That's a compliment: we're sophisticated, wait till I post more lolcats - The Real sofarsoShawn

I never said that. - Bwana ☠

Alex - when main street gets it, there goes sophistication :) - JCunwired

Oh I'm not complaining at all! I'm trying to help.. - Keith Barrett

Rafael: friendfeed does support lots of languages. But I need filters. I want to see ONLY Farsi comments, for instance. I can't do that. - Robert Scoble

Alex: At one time computers were too sophisticated for most people. - Michael McKean

@Alex I didn't get it really until tonight. Not sure I do yet, but I'm getting there. Maybe others will too. - Neil Jensen (Vermonter)

Alex: I disagree. The mainstreet is on Facebook, which is far more complex than either this or Twitter. - Robert Scoble

Robert: I understand you - Rafael

Alex: if humans see utility in learning complexity, they will. - Robert Scoble

People didn't get AOL. They didn't get blogs. They didn't get eCommerce. - AJ Kohn

FF is a lot easier to jump into than FB, IMO. - Michael McKean

They still don't - Bwana ☠

:) - Bwana ☠

My wife speaks Farsi and I'd love to be able to have her see only Farsi items here. I can't filter by language. Yet. They have that on their feature lists to build out. - Robert Scoble

I don't keep close tabs on my follower levels, but I've noticed my Twitter followers have gone up, and my Friendfeed followers have gone down too. - Ian May

more or less yes: "Sometimes I wondef if FriendFeed would have taken off if the founders weren't ex-Googlers" - Bwana - The Real sofarsoShawn

I'm waiting for the service that will automatically translate anything typed into the viewers chosen language without the need to manually translate individual lines - Tony Miller

Alex: four years ago you would have said the same thing about Facebook. - Robert Scoble

Robert: I was hoping for a language filter as well. - Michael McKean

Robert: but you can see... Facebook here in brazil its almost like Orkut for Americans... few people use it. But Orkut here is something like OMG you dont have an orkut account? you are a jerk! Got it? - Rafael

Robert: where'd she pick that up? Nuts! - The Real sofarsoShawn

Tony we have done that in our chat for our online experiences using Googles Translate APi - Tony

Tony: Picasa has it on comments. Would be great to have the same system for FF. - Christoph Studer

FF = Community - Twitter = - bcultral

sofarsoshawn: the fact that friendfeed was started by four superstars from Google is a major reason why I use it. - Robert Scoble

@Robert: Filter for certain foreign characters would get you pretty far, no? - AJ Kohn

Shawn: you assume I believe they haven't taken off... and they have - Bwana ☠

you're the only one who thought that. - Bwana ☠

most of the people on facebook don't know how to use 1/4 of the features, but they understand they have a profile and people write messages to it and that's enough to get them started. - Phil Maxwell

@tonysteward cool :) - Tony Miller

sofarsoshawn: I have NOT been disappointed in that. This service has ALWAYS been 1. Up. 2. Fast. Others? No. - Robert Scoble

it detects the browser language and then when they chat it auto translates - Tony

client side - Tony

No, Bwana: if you read your statement you are the one who distinctly wondered - The Real sofarsoShawn

sofarsoshawn: my wife was born in Tehran. - Robert Scoble

sofarsoshawn: FF doesn't need users do develop the service (they have the money and the geniuses). So, in some way, they don't need the Google's buzz to make the killer app that Scoble and others would recommend because it rocks and not because of their authors. - Jérôme

Sigh, go repeat my name or something :) I know what I said - Bwana ☠

I am probably the only person in my 200+ list of friends that actually KNOWS how to set FB security features so that I can control what groups of friends (or the public) can see what items and apps. - Keith Barrett

I know what you said too read your earlier post dude, I'll go say your name :) - The Real sofarsoShawn

I'll be right back. Heheh. Yes, friendfeed has turned into chat! - Robert Scoble

I guess most of us only get what we think others will get too. FF beta makes the possibility of others getting it seem clearer than it did to me before. - Neil Jensen (Vermonter)

Keith: Thats normal! the majority uses facebook just to watch other people lifes - Rafael

The product lifecycle of gmail should be an indication of the long term approach I believe FF will take. - AJ Kohn

Oh my... he just did a brb! - Michael McKean

I wonder if FriendFeed would have taken off if the founders weren't ex-Googlers. <-- Read again. if the founders weren't ex-googlers, would FriendFeed have taken off... maybe if I reverse, you'll understand. - Bwana ☠

Bwana: does it really matter? - Phil Maxwell

The amount of content that FriendFeed real-time commenting is going to generate is MASSIVE. Hope they have a good file system and DB setup! - Keith Barrett

I don't like being misquoted - Bwana ☠

Like I said - The Real sofarsoShawn

I want it to be clear - Bwana ☠

Vermonter - did you just start with friendfeed? Aside from a few features, most notably realtime feed, its pretty much the same. - JCunwired

Keith: And lightweight connection handling. - Christoph Studer

Oh wait, no, I get it you used a double negative, making it a positive, so yes Bwana your're correct, but bad grammar - The Real sofarsoShawn

Chris, an even better question - Bwana ☠

hehe Chris - JCunwired

++sofarsoshawn - Zu from AOD

@jcunwired just the learning curve of a thus far somewhat disinterested FF user, I guess. - Neil Jensen (Vermonter)

Chris: lol - Jérôme

a double negative? LOL - Bwana ☠

my give up. - Bwana ☠

High five! me too - The Real sofarsoShawn

Vermonter, search google for friendfeed filters. A few bloggers - bwana, Louis Gray, Scobleizer have some vvery good tips for controlling the noise so that you only see what you want to see. It helps a lot. - JCunwired

AJ Kohn: I love comparing Hotmail/Twitter with Hotmail/Gmail. It's a matter of time before the best overpass the most popular. - Jérôme

The conversation has strayed a bit, I think :) - Michael McKean

Alex: For sure. we just need to work for a better future for friendfeed...keepin it healthy - Rafael

My problem is that I don't know what I don't want to see :)) - JCunwired

Hehe, always a tough choice. Discerning is key. - Zu from AOD

There's a room too for filters, as well a list here http://beta.friendfeed.com/fffilte... as they are compiled - The Real sofarsoShawn

There's a filters group. - Michael McKean

oops, make that a big B Bwana :) - JCunwired

I heard on Leo's show yesterday a good quote, about why having a too strong community (in FF) may be an obstacle for its success (I remember the word "insular") - Jérôme

Thanks for the conversation all. Enlightening. And my fellow Vermonter is free from pirates, too. I'll sleep well tonight. - Neil Jensen (Vermonter)

Omg, now I can breathe a little, this conversation is slowing down - Rafael

yeah, be careful of those double negatives in the blog post - Bwana ☠

they'll getcha - Bwana ☠

It's amazing, I wonder how long a thread we could go. You just say a word, it creates ripples and we define an area around a topic. Like a tree or something. That's something that is appreciable and important in that experiment we enjoy here. - Zu from AOD

Jerome - I haven't heard this week's TWIT, but I say poppycock :) Its a social networking site, there are tons of communities. You choose what you want, and filter/dismiss the rest - JCunwired

well done boys and girls...I'm going to bed! Excellent conversation! Good night to everyone! Good night Robert! - Rafael

The 'strong community' is what makes it worth staying. There is no sense of community in twitter, just a bunch of people blindly following other people - JCunwired

Robert: why subscribe to someone who only pipes twitter into friendfeed? and another thought: maybe the average twitterer mindlessly follows and the average friendfeeder is more interested in the quality of their subscriptions - Chris Heath

This is epic: I have to take my leave as well. 'Night All! - The Real sofarsoShawn

Hearing all your names and comments made it very different to me. I was making coffee, reaching and being able to make it through when it was around 100 comments one very demanding but so enriching real all-way discussion. - Zu from AOD

jcunwired: sure, I love the community(ies). The problem is for FF newbies: they don't feel comfortable and prefer Twitter where discussions are less loud. - Jérôme

\0_ sofarsoshawn - Zu from AOD

Jerome - exactly. That is the one detriment to FF and why the masses have not shown up - JCunwired

Hey Bwana, if you're still here, looking forward to your next appearance on TWiT. Always a great addition. - Andrew Leahey

@jcunwired not so in Burlington, VT #btv is a growing and connected group of Twitter users. Can't vouch for other local communities. - Neil Jensen (Vermonter)

Thanks andrew, always a fun event - Bwana ☠

10 followers from this convo... that's a record - Bwana ☠

Vermonter - isolated cases exist, but the people themselves needed to build their community, it didn't just happen - you followed people in #btv to create the community. In FF, the community exists and individuals follow - JCunwired

Whoever it was who pointed out how many comments. I don't look at these things as comments. They're just parts of a very large discussion. - Jason Mayoff

Bwana: Not what we're counting ;-) - Ken Sheppardson

jcunwired: I follow a lot of astronomy people on Twitter and we're all pretty well connected with each other. I imagine it's the same with other like-minded people. - Michael McKean

Michael - have you explored the rooms here on Friendfeed? - JCunwired

Jerome - Well, you can still just like lolcatz pictures and just follow the guy for that. I think there's more details here that makes it interesting. I use twitter when I don't have time to reach deep now and need a summary of past events (not a mobile user for that). Here I jump in, make investigations, keep the stuff I like for future reference, one thing I'm not too into with twitter. - Zu from AOD

Ken - Well Robert's got me zoomed in on it now... I never paid attention to where I get FF followers from - Bwana ☠

Michael - consider bringing some of your friends over here - JCunwired

But I can't remember the last time I had 10 in my inbox so fast - Bwana ☠

Bwana, I havent looked at followers in months, now I'm curious too - JCunwired

dammit :) - JCunwired

Blame scoble - Bwana ☠

Hey you know, where is the link to rooms in the beta ui? - Andrew Leahey

hehe - JCunwired

jcunwired:Yeah, and I see what you're saying. It's not as "tight" on Twitter. - Michael McKean

What we really need are those little presidential debate real-time opinion poll lines so we can see in real time whether people agree or disagree with what we're saying. - Ken Sheppardson

Bwana - I haven't gotten a new FF follower in a dog's age, but I mostly blamed my own light usage. - Phil Glockner

Hehehe, when you reach the 'Ultimate Comment' connection, that's it, Bwana is the name. ;p - Zu from AOD

Michael - the cool thing about a group of people with specific interests is that you can aggregate content from multiple sources so that your community can absorb them - google reader, social bookmarking, youtube, flickr, blogs... - JCunwired

Bwana: you wrrean interesting contributor to thisconvo and want hear what else you have to say. - Jason Mayoff

On Twitter it's more like a bunch of people who just happen to be following the same people. - Michael McKean

Phil - that's true. I guess subscriptions increase with participation - Bwana ☠

hi, is there some collections of interesting filter setting i can use? i think FF should allow people sharing their filters. - netvista

I think the thing with FriendFeed vs twitter is that on Twitter, the more people you follow, the more content you get. On FriendFeed, it's related to how active the people you follow are. You don't have to follow a lot of people with FoaF. - Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ

Did anyone even bring up ffholic.com? I guess I should scroll up.. brb - Bwana ☠

intelligent participation - or FFundercats, whatever floats your boat :) - JCunwired

this might take a while - Bwana ☠

I want a timestamp of the last activity on FF profiles. I was wondering where Scoble could be right now (instead of participating to this discussion). Just beside the "About 15 posts per day", there could be a "2 min since the last like/comment/FF post". That could also encourage users' activity. - Jérôme

jcunwired: Right, and you can discuss them in a more controlled manner. - Michael McKean

Man. This is not easy to do on an iPod touch - Jason Mayoff

nobody brought it up yet, Bwana.. chrome search worked well in this window :) - Phil Glockner

andrew: click on Subscriptions, down at the bottom. They are called Groups now. - Tony Miller

nope, no one brought up ffholic.com - which brings the follower/count game to FriendFeed - Bwana ☠

Jérôme: agreed - Phil Maxwell

Firefox search says you're the only one - JCunwired

Jerome: timestamps for comments too would be nice too - Chris Heath

Ironic how Arrington is 3rd most popular user :) - Bwana ☠

Chris, you can see timestamp by hovering over the quote symbol in left margin - JCunwired

Chris: Hover over the bubble on the left. - Michael McKean

Thanks Tony! - Andrew Leahey

glad to help. - Tony Miller

So twhirl for friendfeed, totally useless, right? - Andrew Leahey

the timestamps work except for the most recent comments of an active post...they all say 1 second, 0 seconds, etc - Phil Maxwell

Excellent FF tips that aren't readily apparent are surfacing in this thread. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

thanks for the responses on the timestamp comments ppl - Chris Heath

I haven't found a FriendFeed client that rivals the web browser experience yet. - Bwana ☠

I was messing around with AlertThingy all this time, I think thats why I didn't grasp the attraction. - Andrew Leahey

This is a totally unmanageable thread. Most of the information here is lost and unfathomable. If there every was an argument for some sort of comments management (threaded or otherwise) this is it. - Brian Sullivan

me either bwana, the iphone webapp is pretty good, i heard the beta iphone webapp kills the battery life though - Chris Heath

andrew - with friendfeed, even though the api is great the web interface evolves faster than most developers can keep up with.. several microblogging clients have already given up on the challenge. - Phil Glockner

why don't my ff posts copy to twitter anymore? i didn't change any settings - Basenet InterMedia

Rob: what would you think of the ability to digg comment by clicking on their icon, so that you can sort the discussion by "most liked comment" and get all the best juice of this thread in just few seconds? - Jérôme

Bwana: I don't really see the need for a client. The web interface works very well. - Michael McKean

Phil: Good point, maybe when FF itself kind of stabilizes and settles somewhere, clients will start coming out that rival the experience? - Andrew Leahey

afterdark, you may need to disable and reenable, they're still there - JCunwired

Michael: Bwana was just replying to me asking if twhirl was worthwhile. - Andrew Leahey

afterDARK, you're the second person i've heard say that today submit a bug http://friendfeed.com/about... - Chris Heath

That's probably another reason why Twitter is so much more popular - smartphone clients - JCunwired

I think the real value for 3rd parties are going to be things that work with the API in ways that the web interface doesn't already do. Like FFholic, for example. - Phil Glockner

What I'd like out of a "client" could probably be accomplished with some sort of wrapper that managed a frameset that included embedable views ala http://beta.friendfeed.com/scoblei... - Ken Sheppardson

Following somebody on Twitter is very light, and usually fake. Following on FriendFeed is an investment. - Louis Gray

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr Louis Gray *plays piano* - Bwana ☠

jerome: likable comments would rock... then you could have the most liked comments in a thread... or within some constraint... even the most popular of the day - Chris Heath

Thanks, i will submit a bug report - Basenet InterMedia

Hi Louis! - Jérôme

+100 Louis, well put - JCunwired

@Scoble K, so Im lost how is this in Twitter's favor now? - The Real sofarsoShawn

Louis, kind of like what i was saying way above, friendfeeders are probably a bit more discerning in who they follow as well - Chris Heath

ah, this is the first I've seen of FFholic - Phil Maxwell

hehe Shawn, that's what I want to know - I want to hear Robert's theory - JCunwired

If you can fill all your available inbound bandwidth by following 100 people, why would you follow 1000? - Ken Sheppardson

So perhaps the Twitter follower count will retain the vanity, and FF will be more about what /you/ get out of it. Rather than Twitter, which is about all the who's getting something from you. - Andrew Leahey

I think Scoble said it best, it's a game. - Bwana ☠

@kshep, yeah once i'm into a discussion on friendfeed i like to use that embed view ... much cleaner imho - Chris Heath

A game that ruins networks IMHO - Bwana ☠

Ken - you never know what you don't know :) - JCunwired

when you follow for sheer numbers I mean </clarification> - Bwana ☠

Yeah, if your network is "everyone" is it really a network? - Ken Sheppardson

totally agree @bwana (notice i'm sending to twitter as i type) - Chris Heath

1.) Be Robert Scoble 2.) Start a thread on Twitter versus FriendFeed 3.) ??? 4.) PROFIT!!! - Mike Nayyar

HAH! - Bwana ☠

Oh my! - Michael McKean

jcunwired: Well, following 100 people here means you see not just their stuff but the entries they engage on. That amplifies things at least 10x - Ken Sheppardson

also, i'm not following you on twitter either... why get just your tweets? i want it all!! - Chris Heath

hehe Mike, true. I do a happy dance if I get one comment for my posts :/ - JCunwired

I think its interesting to see the web getting pushed through these different filters. Like FF now, before it was digg for a little while. - Andrew Leahey

Its like we're taking all new content added to the web and its sort of a value added proposition. Each service tacks something on as it passes through. - Andrew Leahey

andrew, the web is still pushed thru digg, and digg is way bigger than friendfeed (currently) and bigger than twitter too - Chris Heath

Digg bigger than twitter? Really? - Andrew Leahey

digg has something like 30 million uniques per month... i'm not sure twitter has that... do they? - Chris Heath

http://alexa.com/siteinf... - Andrew Leahey

Chris: I recently heard 20 millions - Jérôme

Well, what about Twitter client usage? - Michael McKean

nobody knows how many users Twitter has - JCunwired

I think Twitter takes Digg. - Andrew Leahey

Front page digg counts have been declining, IMHO, I think the url shortening thing is going to take a big chunk out of them too. - Andrew Leahey

andrew: how many digg users have the alexa toolbar, really? - Chris Heath

isn't alexa only counting internet explorer users? - Chris Heath

probably a comparable ratio to alexa toolbar users that twitter from twitter.com - Andrew Leahey

i'm very skeptical of alexa numbers - other traffic counters too... - Chris Heath

don't get me wrong, im not anti-digg, or knocking it. i just think twitter has more exposure now. - Andrew Leahey

"unfollowing people in friendfeed is stupid. Just put the lame ones onto a list" - so you're ideal model is everyone is subscribed to everyone by default and then people are responsible for organizing lists? - Todd Hoff

definitely, its flawed. i just think its flawed pretty equally for those two particular sites. i dont know, no offense intended. - Andrew Leahey

todd: i think he's trying to say subscribe to lots of people since you can cordon them off into lists - Chris Heath

Todd Hoff: lol, unfortunately, Robert has left the thread. - Jérôme

He said "be right back". Did he get lost on the way to the bathroom? - Michael McKean

andrew: no offense taken, i have no ties to digg (emotional or otherwise) - i'm just not sure about the numbers - Chris Heath

Robert probably wanted to say that if you decided to sub someone, you had good reasons which justify to put them in list rather than unsub them once they become to loud. - Jérôme

[OT] I love the ability to edit a comment. That's great for non-native English speakers who want to keep up with the conversation without making dozens of typos per comment. - Jérôme

jerome, if it would update the comment in real-time after you edit it that would be wicked cool too! - Chris Heath

I want the comment to go italic for few seconds to let me know it was edited, that always helps. - Bwana ☠

Yeah, *some* indication of an edit in RT would be slick. - Ken Sheppardson

Chris: sh*t, it doesn't?! - Jérôme

Good idea. - Zu from AOD

I've decided to follow everyone who has commented on this thread, why not. :) - Phil Glockner

They could update the tooltip over the comment icon to display some info. - Jérôme

jerome, i'm not sure, but have been told that you have to refresh to see edits - Chris Heath

Well, there's an easy way to test that...edit 1...edit 2... edit 3... edit 4 - Ken Sheppardson

Phil, that could take some time! - JCunwired

i refreshed: "Well, there's an easy way to test that...edit 1 - Ken Sheppardson" - Chris Heath

Actually that would be a useful feature - follow everyone in a conversation that you find stimulating - JCunwired

anybody see "...edit 1, edit 2" showing up on my last comment when viewing the RT feed?" - Ken Sheppardson

refreshed again: "Well, there's an easy way to test that...edit 1...edit 2... edit 3 - Ken Sheppardson" - Chris Heath

but you don't see them in RT? - Ken Sheppardson

so i'd say pretty confidently that it's not updating in real-time : that seems pretty non-trivial to me - Chris Heath

yep. me too, i.e. non-trivial - Ken Sheppardson

well you can't always get everything you want... i just wish that they'd add some more stuff to the beta, i find myself going back to regular friendfeed to mess with subscriptions/rooms/settings and a couple other things too - Chris Heath

yeah, I'm not getting the rooms thing... or the creating a feed for a room, that is no longer really a room.... but whatever :p - Krikit Media

I'm *positive* they're going to be adding stuff in. There are things just just can't do right now without going back to pre-beta, and they're certainly not going to maintain both sites indefinitely. Tomorrow morning is the 1wk anniversary of beta. I wonder if that'll mean anything. - Ken Sheppardson

They have to be very careful not to release too much features right now (if their goal is to go mainstream). Imagine if you had joined Facebook right now, with all its apps and buttons? Twitter is so simple, they've to upgrade slowly. - Jérôme

[ot question to the chat]: i've been sending my FF comments to twitter... always have. but now in the beta i'm in conversations here much more (Gillmor Gang, TWiT shows etc) and i'm generating a lot of posts to twitter from my comments here. Is that probably a bad idea? would you turn them off? should i care? (since i'm still garnering twitter followers even quicker now that i'm posting to twitter more) - Chris Heath

Scoble;The UI decides how the app is used. Conversations are interesting in FF and not twttr. Twitter added reply_ to ids some time back. What they are missing is a ui which looks like this. Optimized for a conversation under one topic.I would wager we will definitely see it some day. I suspect they are in no panic to add it and they might be thinking it is easier to gain momentum with the simpler feature set. - Faizan

Ken: it'll mean it's been 7 days. I've confirmed that with a reliable source :) - Phil Maxwell

And I just saw my first FF comment spam posted. FF is going to need some sort of mechanism to prevent that. Also the original poster of the feed item probably should have power to delete anyone's comments. - Keith Barrett

They do - Bwana ☠

Keith, you block them (not sure how in beta, but just remove beta. from the url and you can block them) - Chris Heath

Interesting observation Robert. I've been observing the opposite with my FF vs Twitter accounts. The rate of new followers on Twitter has slowed for me (partially from spending more time here and elsewhere - partially from starting to just block numbers gamers that don't tweet) and the rate at which I'm finding new people following me here is (slowly) increasing. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Chris - personally I'm not nuts about the idea, but then I use Twitter and Friendfeed in two distinctly different ways. When I see a FF comment or like come over from FF to Twitter its often so out of context that its passed over - JCunwired

jcunwired - yeah, it took a while! phew. - Phil Glockner

Earlier in the week I think on Gilmore Gang on TWiT, Paul from FF said they were going to make the beta the standard within a couple of weeks. - Basenet InterMedia

The system could be: if you're block by X% of people whose entries you've commented, you're kicked out! - Jérôme

There needs to be a comment link at the bottom or hotkey for these long threads. omg - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Click the timestamp. - Michael McKean

Jérôme: or just hide their comments by default like a lot of sites do - Phil Maxwell

Jerome - jerks need social interaction too. A better policy would be to have those people all force-follow each other :) - JCunwired

jcunwired: one thing i'm thinking about doing is to stop sending comments to twitter, but at the same time start sending likes to twitter (which i'm not doing now) that way i'll only send one link per discussion - you know i'm actually going to do that after typing it ... i've convinced myself - Chris Heath

Phil: that's what I said. I hide, you hide, others hide, then FF catches the spammer, close his account, and thus, prevent others to be spammed - Jérôme

I wish I could choose WHICH likes to send to Twitter. Or maybe I'm missing something? - Michael McKean

jcunwired: love your idea! - Jérôme

I think the real problem for someone like Robert is that the real time has increased the noise on people's home feeds, and they haven't really started to use lists and filters yet. ANd I have to agree with Robert about not unfollowing people -put them on a list, you never know when they might add more value later on. This is why you follow astronomical numbers in the first place. To find the gems - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Michael, I don't think you can differentiate. Its all or nothing. - JCunwired

Here's one for you, Robert...on subject of filters...if I wanted a filter containing JUST my flickr feeds, how would I set up the filter? - George Hall (Australia)

Jérôme : that's how tiwtter handles spammers ...seems to work pretty well - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Chris: I caught a lot of heat ffrom my twitter followers for the comments going to twitter during a discussion like this. I turn them on only when I really want a single comment to go there so they get the link with outme having to "like"something and give them the wrong idea - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

George Hall, i have a feeling that the feature you request will be forthcoming - Chris Heath

Oh, I see. I thought most systems report the spammers for action, before hiding its posts to others, i.e you have to bear the flow of spam before the team in charge decides to take action. - Jérôme

One ittty-bitty filter like that would make my beta experience complete...;-) - George Hall (Australia)

guruvan, interesting i haven't heard word one from my twitter followers... i rarely do - most of my @replies come from ppl i've found via im@twitterspy.org - Chris Heath

Michael: perhaps they could pop up a little check box below the Like asking if you would like to send it to Twitter? That would probably work. - Phil Maxwell

I wish there was a way to choose each time I like or comment to send it outbound or not, or set the answer to that question as a default maybe a check box next to the comment or like links - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

George Hall - http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... - Mitch

guruvan: why that's an excellent idea. - Phil Maxwell

Chris: I did hear from several 2 of which accused me of "spamming" them with ff.im links - but it was always after a discussion that moved like this one is...where it was multiple comments pretty quickly....So I leave the Likes turned on by default, and the comments off. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

NOW my beta experience is complete...thank you Mitch. That can be adapted to the other services, I take it? - George Hall (Australia)

guruvan, that's what i was affraid of and i've done exactly as you have - Chris Heath

Yeah for sure. I think friendfeed is service:internal - Mitch

Phil: LOL! Great Mind think alike 'eh ? - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Chris: That's why I'd like to be able to turn the outbound feed on and off right at the discussion. A lot of comments are really just that - comments...I'd like those posted to twitter to get more people involved in the goings on over here. But I don't think they need to see a link to every time I say something in a thread. (which could be yet another feature...not posting outbound more than once per thread per time period) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

guruvan, earlier today (and yesterday) i had the idea to turn it off while commenting on twit-conversations but decided not to (changed my mind now) - but the once per thread per time period is an interesting idea too - Chris Heath

Mitch: Got everything set as a filter except any specific rss feed. How does one do that? - George Hall (Australia)

Chirs: If it was easier I would turn it on and off all the time. I get a lot of traffic/RTs and follows on twitter form the FF likes and comments. It really only irritates with it's like 10 in a few minutes. Some twitter people feel "spammed" on the likes because they have to click 2 times to get to the story that I liked. I wouldn't mind seeing the "original link" check box next to the like link. -so that if there isn't (or isn't likely to be) discussion I want them to see, I can send them straight away. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

George: Check with Mark Traphagen (trappermark) re: RSS filter..he's been working on that and I don't recall where that stood. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

And to add to that point: With the way that many, if not most, twitter users are following massive quantities, and yet still using the website, or a client and no groups, how COULD they see Robert's tweets? But they MUST see Robert's tweets, or Louis gray couldn't have said this: http://beta.friendfeed.com/louisgr... - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

curious as to why this friendfeed comparison to twitter discussion is (as the saying goes) beaten in like a dead horse -in so many variety of ways. is it really that fascinating in describing advantages of friend feed over twitter? (i'm agnostic in either service but curious as to the catalyst(s) in why this is a continuous thing.) there's mechanistic differences, but isn't the point of all this to make of it all what we will? make it our own? - sɹǝɥʇɐǝɟʞɔɐןq

I think people readily follow on Twitter because the tolerance for spam on Twitter is higher. It is after all a 140 char message. But on Friendfeed with all the metadata and functionality you really want items that are meaningful to you. - Vishy

Holy long comment thread, batman! (aside: the existence of such comment threads is one of the advantages of FF) Okay, so I think FF will only succeed if it can encapsulate your entire Twitter existence within FF itself. In other words, on top of all the great things FF does, it needs to become a good Twitter client. This will take some serious pumping up of tools like imaginary friends... - Karen James

Takes a while to catch up on 300+ comments =P @Netvista: you asked about sharing filters. There's is a room/group where people are doing just that http://beta.friendfeed.com/fffilte... When they share a filter, it's a link to a specific search result. When you're looking at the result, there's a link @ the top in the red bar to create a filter from it. @Mitch and George: to search only FF generated posts, service:friendfeed works. - FFing Enigma

So did Scolble finaaaallly answer his comment? "So how does Twitter favor from this BIG difference?" Or was he just inciting more frenzy Scoble style? Looks to be not yet...he disappeared. - The Real sofarsoShawn

Shawn, it's 6 am in Scoble's time zone. Even he has to sleep sometime =) - FFing Enigma

Both of them have users forcing people to click through which is a pain. End. - Richard A.

I tried to read this thread but it was at 600+ comments. Does FF have a tl;dr auto-summarizer yet? No offense folks, but I don't have an hour on Monday morning to catch up here. - Daniel J. Pritchett

Timestamps would be nice too. - Chris Poulson

Timestamps for what, Chris, the comments? Those are available: hover over the speech bubble to the left of a comment - FFing Enigma

Tina beat me to it, but beyond the bubble, some sort of timestamps would be nice so you can just scan the list and tell who said what when. For example, I'd like to be able to see what folks said after I gave up keeping up with the discussion on this around 10pm or so last night. - Ken Sheppardson

Exactly Ken... Maybe something more along the lines of how Twitter does it. "Chris Poulson 34s ago" - Chris Poulson

I don't buy that FF generates less followers. The sample size is much smaller to pull from. For an apples to apples compares we need to look at percentages. I'll bet you, percentage wise, you have more followers on FF and Twitter. - James Furlo

Why do we have to focus so much on the tools? We couldn't expect this behavior to go mainstream. They are nothing other than means to enhance human interactions and relationships. Twitter is about notification and Friendnfeed is better at conversation; but let's ask what's the value of social media to us human being. I'd like to just be able to follow what I think are the best aspects of the people I like, so that I can be good at one thing and leverage on them when it comes what I think they are gd at. - Tim Lai

*bumps* the contradictions are just ubiquitous - The Real sofarsoShawn

Louis Gray

Do Not Blame Google, Newspapers Have Not Evolved - http://www.louisgray.com/live...

April 12, 2009 from louisgray.com - Comment - Like - Share

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I think newspapers have actually done a decent job of evolving through things like CNN. Also, I think, on the whole, newspaper web sites are generally quite good. Remember, if you turn newspapers into web sites, they are not newspapers anymore. Print on paper is a compelling format.. - Wilma Stoneflint

(I commented on the robdiana feed.) - John E. Bredehoft from fftogo

I was reading a NY Times article today, about the Pritzker architecture award presented to an obscure Swiss architect. It included NO pictures, nothing I could see, about a man the NYT admitted most people knew nothing about. This is "old style" journalism. - Stan Scott

No, John. Can you imagine a book on architecture prizes and the people who won them WITHOUT any pictures of their buildings? I can't. - Stan Scott

Judging from recent appearances by several newspaper "luminaries", denial is not just a river in Egypt :) ..theirs runs DEEP. - Alex Schleber

Bret Taylor

Skype Founders Seek to Buy Service Back From eBay - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/glogin...

April 11, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

"Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, the founders of Skype, have approached several private equity firms and are pooling their own substantial resources to make a bid for the Internet calling service, say several people with knowledge of their plans." - Bret Taylor from Bookmarklet

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I use Skype for business and personal use, and internationally. I'd like to see Skype continue to survive, and indeed grow further. There are a number of ways I'd like to see it integrate with other services. - Ian May

Skype is very useful for me and what I do every day. It is literally my business phone line these days. - Luc

I never quite understood why eBay bought them in the first place. Though I don't blame the founders for selling at that price. If they can get it back for less than they sold it, that will be an amazing coup. - Joel Webber

I use Skype every business day and love it - Sounds like a nice bit of business, if the founders can get it back 'cheap.' - Jim Connolly

good news! i agree w/ Jim, i hope they can get it back cheap, i think eBay never made an effort to improve skype - Dani Martínez

That would be a very smart move from Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis - David Berrebi

This is one of the most successful styles of telecom plays. I've seen it several times over the years, especially in the ISP-turned-CLEC business. Build something that works well, sell it off as the bigger player get into (or try to force you out of) the business, and then buy it back at a discount after they cant figure out what to do with it. Hat's off the Zennstrom & Friis. Shrewd businessmen :) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

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