Directuer, this is part of urban warfare and survival tactics training. Maybe this kid got his hands /idea from the some army guy or he just did it for kicks :)- - Peter Dawson
Somehow, I'm reminded of this joke: What does a redneck say before he dies? "Hey y'all watch this!" - Hutch Carpenter
“FF Petition: drop the default 9 and deliver random people or semantically matched people in the recommended friends option. See http://www.centernetworks.com/... for an explination. Like or comment to support”
I'm not so keen on the "random" idea, but would definitely like something different than what we see now, which is kinda like a recommended echo chamber :P. - Adam Lasnik
Adam, I'm presuming that they cant match yet which is why they are heading for a default 9, even if it was random until they worked out matching.... but ideally matching would be the way to go long term - Duncan Riley
Duncan: Matching means having the same "interests" and FriendFeed doesn't have this notion of "interests" yet. How can they describe our interests? "Like" is not a good idea because it's already used by people, me included, for bookmarking and things like these - directeur via NoiseRiver
I've not seen this done on FriendFeed yet (have you, Kevin?), and I'm surprised. It was one of the most popular threads I started on our own Google Webmaster Help Group, and before that, on a swing dance board I co-founded. - Adam Lasnik
As for me... I'm Adam, a native S. Californian living in Mountain View (near San Francisco). I like traveling (mostly to see friends, not just sites!), social dancing (Lindy hop and Waltz primarily), eating, and geeking. Among other things :). I'm on Friendfeed, because I like having a place to vent, and I enjoy seeing others' points of views and the interesting tidbits they uncover. - Adam Lasnik
I'm Robert, a native of Washington, DC living in San Francisco (near Mountain View). I like hiking, sports, science, eating and geeking among other things. I'm on FriendFeed because I like having a way to vent too, but I also like being able to see what other people are interested about and reading and there are some very smart and thoughtful people here to discuss things with. - Robert Seidman
Since you ask :), I am an Indian living in the DC metro area. I love movies (almost all kinds), music (mainly Hindi Film Music and Ghazals), and pondering about how languages work. Web technologies, design, and usability issues interest me as much. FriendFeed to me is primarily a life-tracking mechanism. Lately, though, I have found its great potential for venting out as well. - Vinay
I am Paul from Oklahoma City near Tinker AFB. I have a wife of 19 years and two teenage sons. I love photography, amateur radio (K5GLH), and social networking. I spent 10 years in the Air Force in three countries and six states. - Paul L. McCord Jr.
I grew up outside of DC :), common thread here. I'm fond of politics, rock climbing, and painting. Friendfeed is like a link blog for me and it makes it easier to share and find new sources of information. - Michael
I'm Aaron Brazell, born in a hospital outside of Buffalo, NY and now a 19 year resident of Baltimore. With brief stints living throughout New York State and Africa, and travelling a bit in recent years I'm growing to hate Maryland more. :) I'm an amateur photographer trying to understand Thomas Hawk's photography and a blogger trying to make a living doing whatever I can on the web. - Aaron Brazell
I'm Kirk, I'm a native Illinoisan living near the space center in Houston. I like to run, read, hike, write. Lately, I've been trying to organize the debris of my digital life -- travels, photos, music, writing, etc. -- online and offline, so a fair amount of the things that show up in my feed aren't new. I'd be happy to find some other folks to follow here with similar interests; right now, I mostly follow the social media elite (which seems to be the vocal majority, understandably) - Kirk Kittell
I'm Vince from Louisville, KY - my life didn't start for me until I lived in Japan around 1999. There I met my wife and in 2003 we had our first and only child (girl), who is the absolute love of my life. By day I'm a manager of around 140 and IT's worst nightmare because I love to make my own apps in ASP.NET. The Internet and Social Networking are two things that are infinitely interesting to me - the things I've learned and the people I "meet" have given me a lifetime of knowledge. So, hello! - Vince DeGeorge
I'm Erica, an Everywherian currently living in Brooklyn, NY (though soon to escape to Cali). I'm into taking pictures, playing Halo, computers, and reading. I'm a web nerd at heart but I have no coding skills so I appease the computer nerd in me by fixing computers (that's what I get paid to do anyhow). I likey the FriendFeed because I can passively discover interesting things. - Erica Baker
I'm Jordan, originally from Lincoln, NE, but now living north, in Fargo, ND. During the day, I write code for a living. The rest of the time I enjoy being with my wife, seeing what all of you are doing, taking pictures, writing more code, and many other things. I'm on FriendFeed because I get to follow interesting people and see interesting things. - Jordan Hofker
I am Mathew, but please call me Mati as my friends & family do, a native of St. Louis, Missouri. Did a prolonged stint in Nawlins as a Tulane undergraduate. Lived in a LA for a stint as an intern for Teach For America. Went into banking and then music club operations in NOLA. Returned to StL late in '90's to help home hospice grandmother and went to work in CMOS & Bond Operations for Edward Jones for 5 years. I have been in Hotel finance/accounting for the last 5 yrs or so. Hobbies are the outdoors, my friends & family, new experiences, kayaking (flat & ww), reading, photography, and living as much as I can. :) - Mathew A. Koeneker
Hi I'm Mona. I'm addicted to the internet and I take up a lot of pixels. FF gives me an outlet to vent FAR away from my real life. Avid 2.0er, full time SNSer, lover of all things with an on/off button. People think I'm a wild party chick but I'm just a nerd. edit: i forgot i like rubiks too... so not all things with an on/off button =\ - Mona N
I am Jason, native Texan currently residing in Jacksonville, FL. by way of Louisiana and Arizona. By day, I am a Landscape Architect. The rest of my time and interests lie in photography, design and my new found interest in social media. Trying to realize a way to merge all of these in a useful manner as my background has nothing to do with coding, social media or the like. Came across FF as a means to discover new and interesting things as well as interact with many I read about or follow. - JA Castillo
I am Robert, and I am a father to Michael (10) and Alex (8). I met their mother, my wife, in Washington DC in 1989 when we were 17. She was a year a head in school and went to Tulane, I attended the University of Chicago, but switched to The Ohio State University to get a degree in CIS. We dated long distance until she moved here after college. I have lived in Columbus, Chicago, Corpus Christi, Charlotte, DC and northern NJ. To pay the bills I am a systems architect who still gets his hands dirty and has an enthusiasm for making things go fast. My other enthusiasms include college football, reading, alternative music, the autumn, thunderstorms, travel, flickr and his family. I prefer to have a few good friends, instead of many and do not care for most social situations - RAPatton
I trust we will keep this respectful and PG-rated :D. And this was inspired, by the way, by a study I recently read stating that women find men with a bit of stubble to be FAR more masculine than men who are clean shaven. My lazy self is desperately hoping this to be true! :-) - Adam Lasnik
because I'm a nosey cow and am interested in finding out about people. Its only fair that if they reveal something of themselves, then I should do likewise. - Patricia Hanrahan
I enjoy the personal comments so I participate. - Russellreno
In large part because I don't like sharing things about myself unless asked and you are asking, so it's all good. - Michael W. May via twhirl
Edythe and Patricia and Russellreno... I hadn't thought of that angle (you like reading what others write, so in turn you contribute). RAPatton, I am indeed trying to avoid questions that may create tension (e.g., "What do you think of [political candidate]?") :) Michael, I hadn't thought about that issue, and I'm glad I play a role in getting to learn interesting ideas/thoughts/feelings from you. And John, you consistently crack me up! :D - Adam Lasnik
This organization may or may not be widely known, but I really like Habitat for Humanity (http://www.habitat.org). They accept no tax money, and they require recipients of houses to both put in substantial sweat equity (be there in person helping the builders) and also pay the cost of all housing materials over time. Helping build houses has been one of my most enjoyable philanthropic activities :-). - Adam Lasnik
DAV - Disabled American Veterans, http://www.dav.org They do much for all veterans, spouses, dependents, and survivors - Michael W. May
Committee for a Workers International (CWI) - Andy Roberts
I contribute to a few. The main one I was involved in back home was as an organiser for disadvataged kids in my local area. I'd organise surf lesson days, trips to Australia Zoo, the cinema, reading and homework programmes at the local library and vacation care activies. Was a heck of a lot of fun. I do miss working with kids. - Patricia Hanrahan
We contribute to a few formal ones (amvets, united way, children's hunger alliance, toys for tots etc.), but my favorite acts of giving have always been person to person, where we give to people we know. Likewise, I enjoy sending packages to soldiers, some we know (my cousin, my best friend's brother) but also to others we don't know, but people we know do (my sister in law's friend's husband, my wife's college roomate's husband's platoon). - RAPatton
RAPatton, the personal connection matters a lot for me, too! I find that about 80% of my annual giving now is to friends (and friends' kids) who are doing triathalons / marathons / readathons / whatever for good charities :). - Adam Lasnik
I spent some time thinking about this, wondering what thing contributes to my happiness, and ended up with the phone I'm holding now (purchased October 2006 by my employer), followed by the blank books that I use to keep notes on places I visit (14 purchased since December 2003). - Ontario Emperor via fftogo
My 20 dollar coffee grinder, 30 dollar toaster oven, and 40 dollar rice cooker, take your pick (though the coffee grinder has the personal edge) - Michael W. May via twhirl
My purchase from ebay of a 100-pack of pocket Tempo Tissues (example: http://www.amazon.com/Tempo-Ti...). It stuns me that at least in the States these are no longer sold. Amazingly strong, absorbent, and just dang awesome for -- forgive my indelicateness here -- allowing one to sneeze without getting a handful of sopped tissue and snot. - Adam Lasnik
I wouldn't have thought of my dog if not for the comment above - but for sure that is one. Got him from a local rescue center and he's brought tons of joy to the whole family ... - Patrick Jordan
£100 of rocks and £100 liner to build a garden pond - Andy Roberts
As I was toweling off earlier, I realized the little washclothe shaped, exfoliating, scrubber rag thingy I bought 2 years ago at the dollar store is one of my most cherished items on earth. How did I ever feel clean before that? - Michael W. May
Okay, I gotta add one more to the list. My new Fujitsu ScanSnap Scanner. Holy cleanup, Batman, it feels SO GOOD going through my desk and scanning in papers that I was keeping around "just in case." Now they take up a tiny corner of my hard drive and are full-text searchable, too! Has made it easier to share fun / funny paper articles with friends overseas, too :-) - Adam Lasnik
Taking the kids swimming in the morning, bbq in the afternoon with family and friends, then downtown for kids carnival and fireworks.... - Chris Reed
I plan on going to a small BBQ at a friend's house, but beyond that, I'm really hoping to catch up on some sleep, some cleaning of my study, along with some reading, e-mailing, etc. No big projects, no big trips, thankfully! - Adam Lasnik
I suspect family will call, probably 3 different calls, about 30 minutes before any festivities, apologizing for calling so late, asking if I want to <insert festivity here>. I will make those decisions on the fly. Otherwise, nothing planned. I might need to buy something to celebrate myself and just hang out with ya'll - Michael W. May
There's no equivalent in the UK, we've never been independent of anybody. All our invaders have become assimilated. If we left the EU or kicked out the US military bases then I suppose that would become the day. - Andy Roberts
In Berlin, going to womble down to Pariser Platz for the celebrations and opening of the new US Embassy. Should be a lot of fun! (despite the rain) http://germany.usembassy.gov/e... Our equivalent would have to be ANZAC day. I've missed the past two. Had a party in my old awesome party flat in Copenhagen last year and this year I believe I was in San Francisco whining at someone about how annoyed I was at missing it :-) - Patricia Hanrahan
Malaysia's national day is called Hari Merdeka and is celebrated every year since 1957 on the 31st August commemorating our independence from British colonial rule. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H... Singapore's independence day falls on 9 August, it separated from the Federation of Malaysia to become an independent republic in 1965. - BeeLing Poh
BeeLing, *drool* that food festival looks great. Singapore has the second best food in the world. What I wouldn't give for a bowl of nyonya laksa - or better yet sambal udang. - Patricia Hanrahan
Patricia, wait until you try the Malaysian food! But yeah, sambal udang is good... mmm I missed my mom's! By the way, what's the first? - BeeLing Poh
Oh thats funny - I think Malaysian is the best :) - Patricia Hanrahan
Enjoy your posts Robert, especially the science things you post here. - Hutch Carpenter
Thanks, Hutch. I didn't write a post about my *own* sharing strategy. Maybe I should -- it's mostly to share stuff I'm interested in that I don't think many other people will share. - Robert Seidman
I think the reason why we see less of this thoughtful sort of writing from folks and more extremist stuff is because the former is harder to frame, harder to communicate, harder to headline. But it's worth it. - Adam Lasnik
Thanks directuer, and Adam. Sometimes it seems people seemingly want to aggregate around the extremes. Do we like being polarized? I dunno, but sometimes it seems that way. My own experimentation indicates extremism is much better for trafic than a balanced approach. In a system of capitalism that leads me to believe extremism will thrive. - Robert Seidman
@Adam and it also isn't a popular as the quickie newsie type of stuff. I know I try hard to writing more thoughtful posts but that definitely isn't the road to *popularity* - Steven Hodson
Robert, I generally call this sensationalism. I don't know if it's the right word in English too but it's all about catching attention. There's so much noise all arround that it becomes harder day after day to get attention. - directeur via NoiseRiver
I've been wondering about the extremist headlines/declarations angle of blogging. Over time, if you do too much of that, don't you risk undercutting your integrity with readers? - Hutch Carpenter
That's a great question, Hutch. But one of the unfortunate aspects of, say, TechMeme, IMHO, is that sensationalist bloggers / headlines will still get featured again and again, and given the traffic on Techmeme, that traffic is gonna result in major clickage. - Adam Lasnik
Adam: The avalanche effect. Once you're at it it keeps on rolling. Current systems of notoriety are so simplist that they are silly sometimes. - directeur via NoiseRiver
I don't see it as being limited to the blogsphere. We love to pit things against another. Obama vs. Hillary, O'Reilly vs. Olbermann, Apple vs. Microsoft, Yahoo vs. Google. I don't know how to move the needle on that to keep all of that exclusively in the realm of "Dodgers vs. Giants". On some level, we love the competitive extremes and that extends to the blogsphere because its part of our nature. - Robert Seidman
Great point on the speed with which the A-Listers have built up their following on FF. Getting your existing base of followers to follow you somewhere else will always be fast compared to the time required to build that initial base. - Mike Doeff
SMS isn't why Twitter will survive. The iPhone is why FriendFeed will thrive. - David Weiner
Robert-good post but best comment you made was on competitive nature of people. Thanks for the grist-great way to start my day/week. - Mark Forman
I belong to a bunch of groups on facebook and have yet to see any "conversation" erupt. - Andrea
There are some discussions in various special interest groups, but not a whole lot from what I've seen. With that said, still, I find Facebook to be exceptionally good at helping me glean my friends' moods, statuses, travels, etc. For me, Friendfeed is entertainment, a bit of friendly banter in an online cafe. Facebook is a window to my friends thoughts and actions. But both are great services. One is not gonna kill the other. - Adam Lasnik
I agree with Thomas re boring Facebook but from my offspring who are avid Facebook users I think I have learned the reason why -- they use Facebook to support their direct person to person non virtual social lives -- not as an end use social contact support tool as FF and to a lesser extent Twitter are often used (with contacts that you will likely never meet in a non virtual context). It may be a somewhat generational thing. - Brian Sullivan
Personally, I don't do Facebook groups, or Flickr for some odd reason. Just never built it into my workflow. In fact, my Facebook account was in deactivated state until about a month ago when I needed to look up some event that Scoble twittered about here in Seattle. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Ah, ding ding ding to Brian Sullivan! I'm not a young'un, but that's exactly what I use Facebook for. Not to make new friends, but to keep up with my current ones, all over the globe (though I hate hate hate facebook messaging... gah!) - Adam Lasnik
Well it is really good to know I'm not the only one that finds Facebook groups to be fairly pointless. All the functionality is there, but zero interest of actual interaction between members. Facebook groups seem to be joined more for affiliation with the topic then the expectation that people will discuss the topic there. - Tony
My favorite boxes are those marked "misc." - Chris White
Notable so far: original hiptop without power cable and a palm v with the message "Fatal Error: AMXHardwareEZ.c Line 443, Pen down int.. invalid" on the screen. - Chris White
"Whoa! So *THAT* is where Fluffy disappeared to!" - Adam Lasnik
Still on the screen after all these years? Shouldn't the battery be dead? - ⓞnor
The battery was dead. That's what the screen said after I recharged it. - Chris White
Thing is, I'm not sure if it's laziness, stupidity, craven pandering, or all of the above. Personally, my vote is on craven pandering. Selling to the extremes, well, sells. - Adam Lasnik
Extreme headlines get read. Headlines that state the truth do not. - Robert Scoble
Would you prefer P send a shot over O's bow? - Erica Baker
Adam - we'll never get rid of these types of stories. Sometimes arguing the extremes crystallizes thinking in people. I personally like the nuances, because that's where future trends emerge. - Hutch Carpenter
Adam I think probably craven pandering plus high frustration level with Twitter. But Scoble is right. Jason's post will get wayyyy more views than my own honestly headlined one: http://tinyurl.com/honestheadl... - Robert Seidman
I think most of us thoughtful folks would really appreciate more nuanced reporting. But what's to be done about it? We're clearly in the minority. Fox News rakes in the dough, far more than, say, NPR. When people want to be pandered to rather than challenged, what's the solution for us (dare I say it) elite? :D How do we improve the discourse online, at least? How do we start? - Adam Lasnik
Fox News rakes in the dough even more than CNN. Interestingly though when there is "real huge news" (which doesn't happen often) people tune (en masse) to CNN, not Fox News. You ask good questions Adam. Hopefully FriendFeed is a good start to improving the discourse? - Robert Seidman
Thanks, Robert! And I do think Friendfeed is off to a great start. Lots of collegial give and take, lots of thoughtfulness. I have only blocked two people (for being extreme jerks), and that's not much given how much time I've spent on here and how many threads I've read :). And btw, excellent commentary on FriendFeed/Twitter! - Adam Lasnik
I vote for greed. Friction creates drama which creates viewers which creates advertising revenue. Manufactured partisanship sells more new and improved Clorox 2. - AJ Kohn
I recomment really to everyone the book by Gene Schwartz: "Breakthrough Advertising". The whole first chapter is about this kind of headlines. BUT, a sensational headline is generally not enough to catch attention. You need a promise - directeur via NoiseRiver
Okay, directeur: "10 Ways Friendfeed Gets You Better Sex Than Twitter, Guaranteed!" It's got everything. A number, a comparison, sex, and a promise/guarantee. Damn, I shoulda been a journalist :D. - Adam Lasnik
Adam: I would have liked that story. :-) - Robert Scoble
Adam: A copywriter you meant ;-) And yes, this is the type of headlines :) - directeur via NoiseRiver
BeeLing, no sadly. Have had a few lessons and loved it. Signed up to start a 10 week course on 23rd of July :) - Patricia Hanrahan
I love that song! And hey, didn't know you signed up for lessons. That's super! :) - Adam Lasnik
One of the few songs truly deserving of the accolade 'classic'. Mind blowing to hear the original Brecht-Weill version, whilst sitting on a window ledge in Berlin. As for lessons :) Looking forward to them. This time at least I don't have some nasty virus so hopefully the room and my head won't be spinning! - Patricia Hanrahan
“Could not resist the call of the swinging horn section. Gathered some of the troops, went down to the Gendarmenmarkt, had a glass of wine & listened to some great jazz.”
swinging horns... oh wow, yeah! And hey, if you're looking for an awesome horn section, check out the old funk music by the group "Tower of Power" -- very awesome! - Adam Lasnik
Brought to mind the part in 'Shine' where Rachmaninoff's third piano concerto drives David Helfgott over the edge. The movie is so-so, but man; that is a great scene! - Thomas Brox Røst
Thats exactly the scene I was thinking of. This is a great clip - just keep watching it and smiling. - Patricia Hanrahan
"But only hands small" heh! :-) And wow, that was pretty darn clever! But I admittedly cringed at pushing any non-hand-thing on a piano. I hope it was really soft :) - Adam Lasnik
"I ordered an enchilada platter today and was pretty darn pleased. PORTION: Large, but not humongous. That's fine :) BEANS (whole): Cooked nicely, decent scoop, a bit watery, though (lady was too…" - Adam Lasnik
Still yet to be convinced about this whole burrito thing - Patricia Hanrahan
That's because I mistakenly took you to a mediocre burrito place. I pledge to do better next time :) - Adam Lasnik
oh yes! and I'm missing Herrang right now... - BeeLing Poh
Me too! Oh, and I went on YouTube and was stunned at many zillions of videos from Herrang there are, but I couldn't find a "This is Herrang" type video for the uninitiated :o - Adam Lasnik
when you say swing dancing, you mean the 40s style jitterbug type dancing? not "square" or contra dancing? probably. darn. - edythe
Hey Edythe, yep, well, kinda 20s-40s... "Lindy Hop." :) But it's all good! I think dancing is great for the soul, especially when done socially, not competitively. - Adam Lasnik
Also, I have a video that shows some of the Herrang teachers/organizers. It's from a dance contest in Stockholm that occurs right after Herrang: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Thai Tran
Okay, Thai... that first one I couldn't bear to finish watching... the jerkiness of it and that creepy baby... ew! That didn't do Herrang justice! :D The second one... definitely amazing (and wasn't that Hanna in one of the parts? :). And Michael... yeah, that video rocks, and I believe the groom is a Googler out of New York :-) - Adam Lasnik
luckily, i'm spoiled by NO TIPS culture in Finland - silpol
@silpol giving something money means you'll get more of it. That's pretty universal :). Just go high-brow and consider yourself a patron of the internet arts - Ivan Kirigin
silpol, I agree with both you and Ivan. I *hate* the tipping culture in America. You know why? Because it's uncomfortable and inconvenient. I feel like a schmuck if I don't tip enough in a restaurant and I feel like a tool if I tip too much. And I hate carrying around and fumbling for dollar bills for bellboys, etc. But online, the idea of tipping makes me feel good. *I* am in control. It comes back to the ideal of tips: for *rewarding* good service, not for fulfilling a painful obligation. - Adam Lasnik
I was going to say something about how that isn't the case for me until someone just did subscribe. - Trevor
For those early adopters on Twitter, it's likely there's a 2:1 ratio of Twitter to FriendFeed. For those of us weighted the other way, it's 2:1 in favor of FriendFeed. - Louis Gray
When I was on Twitter for four months I only had 2,000 followers. In the same time on FriendFeed I've gotten to 15,000 followers. - Robert Scoble
Yeah? Well I have one MILLION followers here. HA! Not only that, but I have 42 *billion* on BrightKite, 18 million on Pownce, 3.14159 million on Plurk, 1.1 million on hoozurdaddy, 321,000 on webtooohhhhfriendme.com......... - Adam Lasnik
Adam: you should meet Tom over on MySpace. He has millions of friends. You guys could start a club! - Robert Scoble
Yes, but he gets more women than I do :P. - Adam Lasnik
True empowerment comes in the culling of those you follow. - Bernie Goldbach
Rabbits like cheese. It's about as interesting at the friendfeed v. twitter debate. Time for new content. - Andy
Steve Gillmor, at breakfast today, said "it's a slow news year." This is just another example of that. :-) - Robert Scoble
Yeah, Andy! Let's talk about Digg, Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft instead :D - Adam Lasnik
Mike: it's about time for the Mac vs. Windows meme to come back yet again. :-) - Robert Scoble
Robert, at this point I'll take Mac vs. Windows over FF vs. Twitter. Bring it on! - Mike Doeff
The FriendFeed versus Twitter debate reminds me of those old Miller Lite commercials... Tastes Great! Less Filling! - Mike Doeff
sometimes you have to tell your readers what's interesting so later on they know what's going on. - michael arrington
Sure you do, but count up the number of twitter v. FF posts lately. Between commenting on the amount of downtime, who is better, the founders being the next "bill gates" and a plethora of other commentary - think enoughs, enough. Simple. :D - Andy
Michael, can you tell me why you banned me on TehcCrunch? I was never abusive to you or to your readers on TechCrunch! I know I said some negative things about you on Social Media networks but it was constructive criticism and not an attack on you or TechCrunch! You never said anything about me negatively in public so I am not targeting you! TechCrunch is your blog so you have a right to who you want to post there, but if you want 2 be seen as an open minded person u should allow all type of criticism on TC - Igor The Troll
My FF/Twitter follow ratio is 10/1 for some reason ;) - Paul Buchheit
Paul this might be the first time I've seen you comment about the FF/Twitter notes (but I may just not follow these conversations enough). Everyone loves to compare the two, but for you/ founders, what's the actual vision for FF? It doesn't seem to me to really be a twitter competitor at all, where, as I said before, Twitter is about quick, fleeting messages, while FF fosters permanent discussion centered around your content pulled in from anywhere you exist online. - David Adewumi
That's correct David. I just thought it would be funny to add my more lopsided ratio to the discussion. - Paul Buchheit
more interesting: what percentage of visitors to your blog use IE vs. FireFox? I recently checked analytics on one of my sites and it was 65% FF :-) - Andy Sternberg
it's good to see you have a sense of humor about it, even if everyone else takes it so seriously... - David Adewumi
I don't know, I'm seeing a lot of variation. My FF friends in academics seem to have just a handful of friends in FF and treat it as simple lifestreaming aggregation. Those in the tech industry are much more likely to have conversations here. - Clay Spinuzzi
Is it just a sign of no techie friends that no one I know is on FF or Twitter??? - S. Patrick Kaine
I wouldn't overlook the fact that Twitter broke a lot of new ground. I would bet 90%+ of your FF followers are also on twitter. - Scott Watermasysk
115 on Twitter, 23 on FF for me. Of course I have no idea how I got to 115 on Twitter and only an handful of them actually contribute anything. Of course, I'm also not anywhere close to having as many friends as you do (I don't even think I'm on the 'y-list' when it comes to bloggers). You know, I wonder what the ratio would be with "mutual" friends, ie: people you're subscribed to who have subscribed to you. - Adam C.
Does anyone use FriendFeed for any purpose other than discussing FriendFeed? At least Twitter conversations are about life. - William Beem
At some point the comment count within FriendFeed will surpass blog comment counts. - Ben Parr
It's not surprising that everyone's FF network is growing faster than their Twitter network did. When building your twitter network, you had to have some way for people to find you. When building your FF network, all you had to do was Tweet about it. Robert, how many FF followers do you get each time you Tweet, "I'm using FriendFeed a lot more now."? My guess is that most FF networks are a subset of twitter networks because that's how it's easiest for us to find each other. - Ryan Kuder
One data point does not make a trend. - Glen Campbell
pretty impressive, I can't relate to those numbers; i have 49 on Friendfeed and 175 on Twitter - Lou Paglia
in any case thanks for following me! directeur on Twitter I follow 8439 people and about 500 on Friendfeed I think. Friendfeed shows you a lot of content from people you don't follow (if they comment or friends of people you follow) so it's not the same on FF. You can read lots of people you do not have to follow on FF which I like, some people find it's noise. - Loic Le Meur
Loic, I actually share your opinion on the subject :) I was just (how do we say "taquiner" in english btw?) :) - directeur via NoiseRiver
1880 follow me on twitter and so far 362 on Friendfeed, (but I've only just started really using it properly). Because of this, they are quite different experiences for me at the moment. I'm really liking that you can see different types of content in ff, and that you can see all the comments of a conversation together. I do wish there were more women commenting though, as I mentioned in a Share yesterday. - jjprojects
For me, 1,128 on twitter and 121 on friendfeed - Christian Burns
Having a lot of followers here quickly might have something to do with the fact that followers can quite easily be moved over from twitter to here, do you think? I've found that. Twhirl is another incentive to use ff as well as twitter, Loic :) - jjprojects
I think the real question is whether we are creating an echo chamber. I think not. I find this all very meaningful. - Kris Kelley
2,629 follow here, and 1,288 on Twitter. I don't think Loic follows me on either. :-) - Louis Gray
No offense, but isn't all this numbers-posting stuff (that seems to be the latest A-lister trend) kinda B.S.? How much do you actually read? How much do you contribute? And more importantly, how much is it changing your life for the better? How much are you changing others' lives? Otherwise, heck, it's Friendster all over again. "I have 50 friends!" "Well, I have 500!!!" :P - Adam Lasnik
Adam: you can click over to the right to see how many people and conversations I interact with. This is a LOT different than Friendster. - Robert Scoble
