The Mind of Ward

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery ... - LANjackal

That would require a complete UI overhaul. This would be why GReader's social component doesn't wow me: it seems tacked on as opposed to integrated and purpose-built - LANjackal from IM

This inspires me to drop the f-bomb. - Miss Elle

Great... can't wait to see all the new notifications. - Ryan - @magicofpi

I always wonder if these guys actually believe what they say, or if it's just a game. "Murdoch expressed confidence in MySpace and criticized Facebook. "Facebook is like a directory," he said. "How they make money is another matter."" - Paul Buchheit

Yes, it is a good strategy to implement twitter-ish features. It doesn't mean Facebook is trying to become twitter. It doesn't mean they are trying to destroy twitter. It is acknowledgment that twitter capabilities do seem to fit with the existing functionality and direction of Facebook. - ·[▪_▪]·

It depends upon how people use Facebook. I use both Twitter and facebook, and for very different reasons. FB is where I connect with old classmates & friends, and a few select people in the business world. Twitter (I have 3 ids) is where I keep track of industry happenings for the business areas I work in. I wouldn't choose to have 99% of the ppl I connect with to be among my FB people. - Donna L. Downey

I'm a bit confused about how they can sell blocks of 1000 followers who also just happen to be interested in your topic. The whole concept of buying and selling followers seems so silly and contradictory to the purpose of Twitter altogether. - LuluGirl896 from BuddyFeed

Recommended by people on the west coast. - Darren Chun

Three words: it's about time. - Thomas Ward from Bookmarklet

I started on facebook BECAUSE of the privacy controls. I dont want to have some troll telling me that I am stupid or something on my pages. - James Hague

Content first. There's no audience otherwise. - LANjackal

content is king. marketing is the queen. traffic is the townspeople. gotta keep em happy or they'll show up with pitchforks and lanterns. or worse, they won't show up at all. - chris

The content has to be their first. It's what prompts others to get involved. No content is equivalent to a silent existence... no one is attracted to silence unless they're looking to sleep. :-) - Jim Turner

seeing as it's just 1 tap away from uploading to youtube, nope, not at all. what i wonder though, is how vimeo, blip.tv and others will counter and fight back. - John Wang