Do we need one? Does anyone watch the Techmeme leaderboard (I haven't seen that since the week it launched)? - Deepak Singh

I hope not -- I don't want another Twitter popularity contest - Shey, Jamaican of FF

I don't think there is need for one. I'm pretty sure will say the same as all other leaderboards. - Fabian De Simone

I personally don't see the point of a leaderboard, but I'm sure one will pop up eventually. - Chris Rossini

Deepak, yes TechCrunch has been pushing the TM leaderboard hard on their site and in crunchbase/bloggerboard - Clint Ecker from twhirl

Thats one of the cool things about FF, no crazy competition going on, everyone has his/her own leaderboard - check stats, and the people you find most interesting. - jcunwired

I have not seen one yet, probably someone's gonna make one with the API. - Gadiel Rivera

OK so let's not pollute the environment. Was curious if Scoble is #1 - Steve Rubel

Louis Gray is #1 on my stats page. - Robert Scoble

Already done, sort of http://friendfeed.com/e... - Shey, Jamaican of FF

With all the new activity, I've barely even SEEN Scoble today... info moving so quickly. Has he been on? -Calm down Peter, it's a fair question. We're all "friends" here, no need to get excited, though I understand what you're saying. If there is one, it wouldn't have to be used - some people just like it. - Vince DeGeorge

Ever notice how only people who have a chance at being in the top 10 ask how everyone is ranked? - Ranjit Mathoda

leaderboards are useful for easily identifying which bloggers you should send your PR/ new media proposals to. - Sean Scott

Sean, sadly it's that exact behavior that ruins most online outlets - Deepak Singh

Peter, why so upset? Just don't follow them. - Eric Florenzano

its not a competition ... is it? - jon bradford

I am not advocating one. Purely asking out of a personal curiosity if one exists. - Steve Rubel

@Peter Dawson no cursing on my Friendfeed stream. Sorry. - Steve Rubel

@Vince DeGeorge , I am calm..- my expletives are just af igure of speech :)- We have gone thru the same thign with T'rati, twitterboarding, Ning and every other social media site. The same mind set that creates a problem, wont solve the problem with the same thinking patterns.. BlogFights TwitBleeps, Comments Spamming are are the outcomes of the the question 'whos on top' . Sean pinpoints the right scenerio and Deepk ratifies the thought process.. What does "Just curious" mean ?? - Peter Dawson

@Peter Dawson Curious is literal. I want to know if one exists. There's no business connection here. I study communities and find that as soon as one gets popular people want to apply a Power Law to it. It's the nature of humans. I wanted to see if that has happened already here. - Steve Rubel

If I'm elected Mayor of FriendFeed I promise cherry pie to everyone who votes for me every second Tuesday of every month as long as I stay Mayor!!!!! - Thomas Hawk

@steve, I agree .. I'll take a mea culpa on the expletive.. however I am tasked to ask you, what is the 'power law" ? an't it just ranking of popularity ? Secondly as a point of contention "on my Friendfeed stream." - an't the streams ours , the community ? Jus curious :)- - Peter Dawson

@Thomas Hawk: Make that pecan pie and you've got a deal. :) - Morton Fox

hmmmm Pecan pie is pretty damn good. I'm trying to stay trim though and I think cherry probably has less calories. - Thomas Hawk

@Peter Dawson I don't allow cussing on my blog so I don't want it on a URL with my name in it that I own. Re. Power Law - chronicled here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Steve Rubel

In the case of FriendFeed there is a much higher attention cost demanded by frequent posters. With Twitter, I can consume them all so much faster. But, the nature of the content here, the UI, and the continual refresh make it much more time intensive. Thus, I find the high volume producers to be less tolerable. - Christopher Sacca

@steve, me thinks powerlaw is an inverse of "Hauser's Law" - signal /noise ratio remains constant no matter how popular one gets. wrt to URL to name , who owns the URL , who owns the net and who owns the content ? - Peter Dawson

Why do people need leaderboards? It is time we get rid of the tribal thinking where we look up to the leaders. Each and every person is a leader for himself. Letz abolish the inferiority complex thatz prevalent in the world. This quest for leadership is absurd, IMO. - Krishnan Subramanian

[hugs Krishnan] - Karim

Pity that Steve actually deleted my 'potty mouth' comments. Why ? an F$CK is is really not expletive in 2day vocab- however calling out a PR person in the open seems to be associative with being a 'potty mouth" , yes Steve pls delete this comment too :)- - Peter Dawson

@ Peter Dawson you can call me out anytime even with a $ or a @ or a % or a # in the words. Those stay up. - Steve Rubel

interesting how this simple question generated a lot of feedback. Definately seems to be a litle backlash against leaderboards. - Sean Scott

everyone important to me is on my friends list … - kosmar

Please. No. Jeebus. - Chris Baskind