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michael arrington posted a message on Twitter

“and why it's "cool" to blog and shit all over everything, but try to pick interesting things and you get attacked. It's high school.”

4 hours ago

Lucretia Pruitt, Mitchell Tsai, Philip Evans, Robert Scoble and 4 other people liked this

Jess Lee shared an item on Google Reader

Rumor: Brad Pitt in the Running for Thor?

4 hours ago

Vince DeGeorge and Steven Hodson liked this

Veronica posted a message on Twitter

“Everyone on Twitter seems real riled up for a Sunday night. Let's all sit down with a glass of wine (or warm milk) and a book, mkay?”

4 hours ago

Steven Hodson, Kim Landwehr and MG Siegler liked this

sure, just as soon as Ars falls. - MG Siegler

Hutch Carpenter posted an entry on I'm Not Actually a Geek

Do Companies Need Social Media Managers?

4 hours ago

Anand Sharma, Robert Scoble and Steven Hodson liked this

The biggest ones? Maybe. But it's a subset of the Marketing/PR function and should be handled there. - Louis Gray

There's external social media, and internal social media. The internal stuff - getting the advantages seen out here - is tougher. How to get employee participation? Perhaps another angle on the mainstream adoption meme. - Hutch Carpenter

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gotta admit the term Social Manager made me cringe at first :) - Steven Hodson

I know. I used "social media" instead of enterprise 2.0. Enterprise 2.0 has a "tools" ring to it. I wanted to focus on participation inside the workplace. Social media is a better term for that. - Hutch Carpenter

DreamFish (social network software for private organizations in beta) has a "Facilitators" box which I liked: (1) Community Manager (2+) any other facilitators. Aside from the other DreamFish stuff (basically Ning), this was my favorite DreamFish feature. Eventually: we might have high-level & low-level facilitators/"social media managers" of various types. - Mitchell Tsai

Some videoconferencing groups use live facilitators who watch people, and say "I think John would like to say something". There are also eye-trackers and gesture-trackers which try to automatically shift video to the videoconferenced-people who seem-to-want-to-say-something. - Mitchell Tsai

NCDC (Northern California Dance Collective) had a cool role in their meetings: "Vibe-watcher", someone to help manage overheated situations. We alternated roles at each meeting. It's sometimes useful to rotate the "devils advocate" role, so one person doesn't feel like they always have to be the "bad guy". - Mitchell Tsai

Steven Hodson commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: http://www.winextra.com/2008/05/11/from-the-pipeline-51108/

4 hours ago

"glad to be of assistance :)" - Steven Hodson

sean percival posted a message on Twitter

“i heard not only 3g on new iphone but the damn thing does your laundry for you, now thats a feature”

4 hours ago

Hutch Carpenter, Corvida, Steven Hodson and MG Siegler liked this

j1m favorited a video on YouTube

New Media Douchebags Explained

7 hours ago

Mitchell Tsai, Corvida, Iain Baker, Vince DeGeorge and 10 other people liked this

This is where "super-like" would come in handy. :-) Really funny! - Adam Lasnik

Scott Beale posted a message

“I think it's really awesome how a new comment on shared FriendFeed item pushes it back up to the top. It's a great way to keep the coversation going.”

9 hours ago

Nick, Andy C, Bernie Goldbach, Prokofy Neva and 12 other people liked this

OK, bump :) - Mike Reynolds

A "Like" does as well, right? - Vince DeGeorge

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Yes Vince it does - Steven Hodson

hehehe .. you know those old endless threads from the newsgroup days .. I wonder if we could have the endless bounce <snicker> - Steven Hodson

We could pretty much keep this at the top forever if we tried then ;) - Vince DeGeorge

possibly but only time will tell - Steven Hodson

Yep. - Vince DeGeorge

Thank you, Hide feature >:-) - Mark Trapp

That's cheating, Mark. - Vince DeGeorge

You know, honestly... we have all the room at the top for different tabs. I would be nice to have the option to "pin" a conversation we specifically want to follow. - Vince DeGeorge

top - Shey

Joining the beach ball brigade... - Hutch Carpenter

@Vince actually that is a good idea - I've been rooting for a way to bookmark items to be able to follow or read later - Steven Hodson

careful folks we're slipping down to the bottom .. that doesn't make for a good endless bounce now does it :) <snicker> - Steven Hodson

You guys are hilarious. - Scott Beale

i want "bookmarks" too - Alejandro S.

Steven, there is a permalink to each entry under "More," but I like the idea of pinning things in general. I'll often check out a particular friend's feed and would like that permanently pinned, as well as pinning individual conversations. There's probably a greasemonkey script that already does this, but I don't know about it. - Vince DeGeorge

Vince: Apparently "likes" on old items (perhaps 1-2+ weeks old) no longer bump items to the top (which is good when I'm just trying to catch up on old posts...) - Mitchell Tsai

On FlyerTalk.com, we had to develop a protocol for "bumping", due to abuse by some people. Looks likes FriendFeed is actively working on algorithm management, which is good, because if 100X as many people join FriendFeed in the future, the current algorithm could be chaotic. Spock tries to award "better" people with more "Spock Power". - Mitchell Tsai

Mitchell: I certainly didn't know that, but I guess it makes sense. I'm sure the idea is supposed to be constant flow of "new" information for followers. So that's just likes, but comments will still bring it back to the top? - Vince DeGeorge

New "comments" will still resurrect old items. Editing/deleting comments and "unliking" won't. - Mitchell Tsai

Mark Evans posted an entry on Mark Evans

The Disposable Economy Has to Change

21 hours ago

Steven Hodson and Corvida liked this

Corvida posted a message

“In FriendFeed, do you have more comments or more likes?”

Saturday at 7:46 pm

Zamil A. Safwan, Cyvros/fyc, Shey, Susan Beebe and 9 other people liked this

280 comments, 423 likes - Hutch Carpenter

25 comments, 155 likes - Mark Trapp

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513 comments, 328 likes - Bwana McCall

663 comments, 876 likes - Robert Scoble

as disqus comments are part of the comment count, how relevant is this statstic? - Sean Reiser via twhirl

187 comments 191 likes - Brandon Titus

@Sean Pretty relevant. A comment's a comment. - Corvida

390 comments, 568 likes - MG Siegler

129 comments,180 likes - Igor Poltavskiy

89:18 - Jay Cuthrell

319 comments and 569 likes - Alejandro S.

397 Comments and 194 Likes - Vince DeGeorge

Likes 3:1 Comments; need to comment more ;-) - Susan Beebe

Lets sick Louis Gray on the Likes:Comments Noise Ratio. Call it the FriendFeed SmileSpam Factor - Elliott Ng

1446 comments, 816 likes. And this will consistently change and not be relevant. I don't necessarily want to "reward" those clicking Like just so more people see their name and follow them around... - Louis Gray

347 comments, 716 likes - Roger Chen

I'm ashamed to show my stats again. I'm like a kid in a candy store here! - Anthony Farrior

More comments, but not a lot of either. - Michael Hocter

97 comments, 8 likes - I don't see a lot of point in putting up a smiley if I don't have anything relevant to say about it - Todd McKinney

@louisgray: "there you go again" Go ahead and use "smilespam"...it's on the house! - Elliott Ng

@Todd, like all things, a service is what you make of it, but I've used "likes" as a way to cue the person providing the content that I liked what it was, and that I'm interested in more content like it. A lot of times I'll like something someone provided but not have something constructive to contribute to the discussion. The like provides a quick piece of feedback. Also, it's great for "starring" FF entries. - Mark Trapp

@Mark you've got a good point. The quick feedback is a helpful thing, and a service truly is different for everyone depending on how it's used. Personally, I find a whole lot more value in a conversational aspect of FF. - Todd McKinney

49 comment, 109 likes - I'm not a blogger, but a shy developer. So commenting takes a lot out of me. I'm happy to put a smiley though :) - Mo Jawhari

More comments, which surprised me until I realized I comment on my own stuff to annotate it. - Ontario Emperor

163 Comments; 47 Likes - Rob

721 comments, 1093 likes. I want to remove some of my early likes, but currently FriendFeed has a bug where everything past #359 (page 11) can only be accessed through searches. I use likes (1) for discussions I like & want to keep permanently (2) items I like which I haven't had enough time to del.icio.us with a summary - or del.icio.us is down :-( (3) discussions which may/may not end up interesting. (2-3) are "likes" which might disappear. - Mitchell Tsai

324 comments, 505 likes - Shey

1094 Likes - 856 comments - Steven Hodson

@Mitchell would it not work to go to your "me" page and then click on the Like link. I tried this and it will list all the items you have liked. - Steven Hodson

Steven: The problem is after you click on "Like link" and go to page 11. Going to page 12-15+ gives you page 11. FriendFeed e-mailed me that it knows about this bug, and it's on their list. - Mitchell Tsai

207 comments, 594 likes. - Cyvros/fyc

Eric Rice shared an item on Google Reader

So howcome we don’t hear about citizen doctors, citizen lawyers, citizen architects…

10 hours ago

Steven Hodson and iMorpheus liked this

Well, you could make the argument the we do self-medicine and "citizen" medicine all the time. We are constantly offering each other advice on our aches and pains, comparing our Lipitor dosages, telling people to take their Airborne before a long trick. Heck even a prescription for chicken soup might be considered citizen medicine. (SMILE) - Douglas E. Welch via twhirl

Point is, there are pros and there are amateurs. - Eric Rice

MG Siegler posted an entry on ParisLemon

Another Classic Rip-Off Job By Ars Technica

6 hours ago

Phil Glockner, Robert Seidman, Mitchell Tsai, Morton Fox and 5 other people liked this

Totally hoping you make a series out of this like you mentioned on Twitter - Corvida

I fully intend to, once my move is complete (hopefully that will be tomorrow :) ) - MG Siegler

it would be interesting to have "comparative" posts where sites like Ars are held to the fire when tehy obviously "copy" other peoples work without proper attribution. - Steven Hodson

mg, there's an obvious pun on the ars technica name that i'm glad you're restraining yourself from using because it's so obvious - Eric Eldon

I have no such restraint myself -- Arse Technica. Childish and obvious, but I think of it every time I see it. - Vince DeGeorge

@steven - yeah I'm thinking that's how it should go, the problem is that I'll have to actually read the site again, I stopped cause it was just annoying and a rehash - MG Siegler

Corvida posted an entry on SheGeeks

Disqus Saved My Site!

Saturday at 6:37 pm

Steven Hodson and Shey liked this

I just signed up with Disqus. It reminds me of a reverse CoComment. Is that site even around anymore? It was the shiz when it came out... lost track. - Lindsay Donaghe

I think Chris Miller of the Social Networker uses CoComment. Never really heard of it before seeing it on his site. - Corvida

sean percival posted an entry on Sean Percival

Qik and the Future of Life Casting

Saturday at 3:31 pm

Mitchell Tsai, Steven Hodson, Adnan, MG Siegler and 1 other person liked this

i'm supposed to get one to test out soon, hope they send it. - MG Siegler

MG Siegler shared an item on Google Reader

Another Classic Rip-Off Job By Ars Technica

5 hours ago

Corvida and Steven Hodson liked this

michael arrington posted an entry on TechCrunch

Powerset Launches Showcase For User Search Experience

6 hours ago

Morton Fox, Mark Trapp, Adnan and Robert Scoble liked this

interesting - Steven Hodson

Wow I really like this website. This is for sure the next Wikipedia (at least for me as a high school student). - Cory Levy

Corvida shared an item on Google Reader

Who Decides Which Content to Cover: Readers or Writers?

6 hours ago

Sarah Perez, Phil Glockner, Anthony Farrior and Steven Hodson liked this

Corvida shared an item on Google Reader

Why You Shouldn’t Hesitate To Ask Twitter For Help

6 hours ago

Sarah Perez, Anthony Farrior, MG Siegler, Steven Hodson and 1 other person liked this

Steven Hodson posted an entry on WinExtra

Disqus - the non-stupid version

14 hours ago

Mitchell Tsai, Glenn Slaven, Sarah Perez, David Risley and 12 other people liked this

Thanks for this Steven, I'd heard the horrors stories and it was putting me off using it - may have to investigate it now. - Colin Walker

Good post, Steven. I'm still in a wait-and-see mode on Disqus. Yes, at this point it does seem stupid to me, but I can change my mind. That's why my post said "debating". :-) - David Risley

@David - I realize what you were trying to do but I think if you can get over the idea that comments are something that only do you any good if they are on your blog then you might find Disqus a good service. I know that was something that I had to come to grips with and still do sometimes. - Steven Hodson

@Colin you're welcome and I hope you do decide to give it a try - Steven Hodson

Steven Hodson commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Disqus - the non-stupid version

6 hours ago

"now that things have calmed down here I'll see what I can do about doing a walk through type thing Andy" - Steven Hodson

Jason Kaneshiro posted a message on Twitter

“It's a great day when you find two full albums of tunage that you like. No buyer's remorse here”

6 hours ago

Steven Hodson liked this

That's better than two full cases of tuna. - Louis Gray

MG Siegler posted a message on Twitter

“I REALLY like the reply by email feature of Disqus - nice work @danielha”

7 hours ago

Steven Hodson liked this

Corvida posted an entry on SheGeeks

Why You Shouldn’t Hesitate To Ask Twitter For Help

7 hours ago

Steven Hodson and Glenn Slaven liked this

Jason Kaneshiro posted a message on Twitter

“went on a little online shopping spree. iTunes music, M-Audio speakers, more ram for the mac mini. Must step away from the computer :)”

8 hours ago

Steven Hodson liked this

Steven Hodson posted a message

“I am not having a good day at all - BLAH!”

9 hours ago

Steven, while this is not a psychiatrist's couch, how can we help you? - Louis Gray

not much for you to be able to do unless you are my hosting company - they must be all visiting their mother's .. not that the problem is their fault - I think I stumbled into a nasty WP bug but want to talk with hosting company before saying anymore .. plus it looks like we aren't doing a podcast this week either which would have been my high point of the day .. could have been really cranky given the circumstances :) - Steven Hodson

Who is your hosting company? - Shey

a good company who I like being with - like I said I don't believe this is a problem that originated with them but I need them to try and get things back to normal cause until they do my site is down .. email is fine .. ftp is fine .. only http is barfed - Steven Hodson

Hang in there, d00d.. - Bill Vincent via twhirl

Louis Gray posted a message on Twitter

“Some self-indulgence, and how I can ensure my kids wear the correct logo'd apparel. http://www.cafepress.com/louis... <evil grin her ...”

9 hours ago

Alejandro S. and Franklin Pettit liked this

nice to see I'm not alone with the schwag at cafepress :) - Steven Hodson

Jason Kaneshiro posted an entry on Webomatica - Technology and Entertainment Digest

Maybe It’s Time For Twitter To Go “Freemium”

13 hours ago

Voyagerfan5761, Robert Seidman, Steven Hodson and Hutch Carpenter liked this

Steven Hodson loved a song on Last.fm

Moby – Disco Lies

Saturday at 7:28 pm

Bill Vincent and Robert Scoble liked this

I reiterate, Steven Hodson has the best musical taste for a cranky old fart I've ever seen. - Louis Gray

ROFLMAO - Steven Hodson

Louis Gray posted an entry on louisgray.com

Just Like High School: Your Blogging Clique Will Move

15 hours ago

Mitchell Tsai, Carsten Pötter, edythe, Sean Oliver and 14 other people liked this

Good post, Louis. - Robert Seidman

a really good post - Steven Hodson

How do we get people to stay? How do we keep people blogging? That's the problem I want to solve. - Ginger Makela

So far my clique has remained intact. There are only a handful of bloggers I've connected with, mostly because my blog doesn't really fall into any specific niche. It's just what I feel like writing about that day, or mostly what I feel like sharing with whoever passes by. - Michael Beck

The burnout in tech blogging is high. No days off. High pressure. - Cyndy

Vince DeGeorge posted a message

“My mother and stepfather (who voted for Bush twice) are now pro-Obama because of the war in Iraq and because they're sick to death of special interests running our country. I'm a proud son this Mother's Day.”

14 hours ago

Knut, Erik Dafforn, Tudor Bosman, Steven Hodson and 1 other person liked this