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Agreed, just seems like there is no consequences for those that made the company fail. - Bryan

I strongly agree ... don't bail out those gamblers and speculators - Todd Loren Sinclair

Jason: and if we listened to you the whole economy would stall. That would be really fun. You want food lines on your front door? - Robert Scoble

Strongly agree. Let's not reward bad behavior. - AJ Kohn

It's not just the investment bankers involved here, it's millions of people with mortgages they can't pay. That's part of the bailout isn't it? I mean the bankers shouldn't have given them mortgages in the first place, but can the US economy afford to have that many foreclosures in one hit without some sort of bailout? - jjprojects from twhirl

If the taxpayers buy these houses, does that mean we can stay in them for free? Don't come to me with your sad stories about not paying your mortgage. I didn't buy that house. I didn't sign the loan papers. Why should I pay for your mess? - Graham Bates from twhirl

@jj: Can America afford to have a generation living on the edge, barely getting by on 'reduced mortgages' and unable to save for retirement or contribute to the GDP via consumer spending? These folks need to take their lumps, housing needs to normalize in comparison to income, many others waiting in the wings will step in. Failed homeowners have rentals and should be afforded some leniency on bankruptcy and credit so they can re-enter home market when fiscally appropriate. - AJ Kohn

There are already millions that can't pay the mortgage: Renters. The bleeding hearts forced the government to force the companies to get renters into houses by whatever means necessary. Now that we know that doesn't work, let them rent again. We shouldn't be paying for either of these. - John Rubier from twhirl

Unfortunately we have to. If we don't our economy will fail and we will fall into a depression. Then more of you will be in the same position that I'm in, no job. Except for most of you it will be worse, cause you'll lose your homes and everything that you have worked for. So, like it or not, we have no other options. - Mathew™ one of a kind

Well there's a smarter way to do it vs dumber ways...Any deal that doesn't include a big frackin' stick upside the heads of the companies (particularly the execs in charge of said companies) is worthless...Any deal that doesn't attempt to get the maximum payoff to taxpayers is worthless...If I'm paying for a bailout of these companies, I want a share of any future profits. - Alex Scoble

that article was published on my 19th birthday. i'm sure I was busy drinking red bull as a freshman at Michigan. or some other tasty beverage... - MG Siegler

You know, I have never had a Red Bull - Socom

I managed a huge nasty project and LIVED on RedBull... had teams working 24/7 all over planet...Zzzzzzzzzzzzz - Susan Beebe

I'm not nuts about Red Bull, but I do drink Monster sodas from time to time. Much better taste. - jcunwired

hater! - Pierre Houston

I once got very, very drunk on Redbull and Vodka, and have never been able to drink it since. The colour of the sick was the weirdest thing... lol - Jonathan Beckett

Oh heh, ok I have never had Red Bull by itself.. lol - Socom

I'm one of the few people who loves the taste of Red Bull. The only time I had any problem with it was when I once drank 8 RB&Vs. Couldn't sleep that night. - Jeremy Raines

I agree that Monster tastes better. I don't drink energy drinks alot, but Monster wins so afr. - Adam Helweh

From the "not really" file: A typical afternoon inquiry at my home; "Dad, can I go in the internet?" "No, you might see one of Chris Pirillo's swear words!" "Well fcuk!" - Mattb4rd

There are children on the internet? What is this, some kind of virtual creche? - Slappy Line

I get messages from *Trout when I use Ping.fm. Very weird. Sometimes not even English. - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

I think... I think! this is related to LiveJournal. Google livejournal and salmon. And then read. I think it's connected. It's quite interesting. - Lise

I had to look up "creche". We call them "Day Cares" in the states. I have no idea why. Creche sounds so much cooler. "Sweety, will you pick up the tots at the creche this afternoon, I have a hair appointment" "Yes, dear" - Mattb4rd

Boy Oh Boy...that IS Subjective! - Toastpaint

http://talkradionews.com/author... From the Security Council at the UN - Russian Ambassador and Georgian Representative official statements. A bit dry, and no spectacular revelations, but it's directly after the Security Council deliberations today. - Dan Patterson

This is pretty scary stuff ... Georgia is our ally ... Oil pipelines flow thru Georgia to Europe. Russia is bombing Georgia. If this lasts more than a day or two all hell is gonna break loose! - Todd Loren Sinclair

If it were Georgia, USA there is no way they would make it past Atlanta. - Andrew Feinberg

Of course they are giving you special treatment. They want you to stop talking about the problem. And since you are you, you deserve special treatment! - Darrell Holmquist

Certainly the rest of us ripped off on ebay don't get treated like this. - Steven Cogswell

wow I wish I recieved such customer service - David Saunders

Clearly they were tired of hearing their name muttered with a grimace on your shows, as well. - Randal Schwartz

Good good. Hopefully everyone else gets treated the same way. - xero

probly not special treatment. I got ripped off for 500.00 on a mac purchase and ebay refunded me, just took 30 days to get it - Rodzilla

I would cash the cheque as well. I hope you don't stop taking about it, your influence sets EBay on a path away from indifference. It's a great resource for us and if you chatting nudges change, well that's a slice of why we support you Leo. Cash the cheque and keep the faith. - Vince Green

I got ripped off on the purchase of a dell laptop for my daughter and ebay refunded me as well including what I paid for shipping. If one can prove they've been ripped off, ebay is pretty good about helping out in my experience. PayPal on the other hand . . . not so much. And it hasn't changed now that ebay owns them, either. - Annie Anderson from twhirl

Leo ... Of course they are ( I would) .. the negative publicity is killing them. They should have done it at the 1st mention ... could have saved them a lot of lost consumer confidence in their paypal product. ... BUT it was a great lead in to your new Visa sponsor! I always use a credit card in paypal checkout .. yes VISA! - Todd Loren Sinclair

After hearing your story in every VISA ad they couldn't take it anymore and cried Uncle :) Great news. - Jonathon

Congrats leo. make sure you stay with visa. LOL :) - ZOD

I am so happy that you got your money back. It's about time. Congrats! :-) - Jennifer Ruggiero

Glad you got your money back but I gotta believe you talking about it over and over again made a difference - Steve Holden

I hope you DID get special treatment. Why? It's very effective when one thinks "If they jipped Leo what would happen to us?!?" That's all I could think about whenever I heard you tell your story. If they wouldn't help you, than someone like me would be cooked. - Jim Stanger

hmmmm, if this was special treatment that isn't good. How can we find out? - Jonathan Denison

nah ... cake beats pie - Deepak Singh

Both are heaven if my mom made it. She's the best cook/baker of all time. Seriously! - ·[▪_▪]·

3.14... Forever - Jennifer

The cake is a lie. - Tad

It's hard to deny a hawaiian dream cake though - Rodfather

cold cake. oh yes. - Josh Haley

You convinced me. Time for some apple pie for an afternoon snack. - Loren Heiny

No... way... cake beats any pie, easily... except perhaps Pecan Pie, or some chocolate peanut butter pie - Nathan Chase

Cake all the way. Pie doesn't have frosting. - Angela Bull from twhirl

My response to "pie vs cake" continues to be "prime rib." - R. Francis Smith

+1 Nathan for Pecan Pie. Although I'd argue *Chocolate* Pecan Pie. Yum! Got a pointer to the recipe for the chocolate peanut butter pie in question? :-) - Joanmarie

hair pie! - Noah David Simon

No way, I'm cake gal all the way. Frosting is my weakness...and if you factor in that chessecake is still cake, well...hands down cake wins! - Jennifer Van Grove from twhirl

finally, mr. class weighs in. shame on you! - Wilma Stoneflint

A good Red Velvet cake beats any pie! - Michael Thorp

Pie is definitely better than cake. And both are better than cookies. I despise cookies....they're just little fake cakes. - Angel Smith

now cupcakes are totally different than cake, cupcakes rock! - Jeff Woelker from twhirl

when i drove across the country, i ate pie at every available opportunity. it was like a little piece of americana at every stop! - Veronica

this statement is only valid if you don't include cheesecake. Cheesecake is, by definition, the best thing on earth - Erik Jonasson

red Velvet trumps any pie - Bob Blunk

All cake completely owns all pie. It's true. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

IMHO: Ice Cream > Cake > Cookie > Cheesecake > Doughnut > Pie > Cupcake > Pudding > Jello - Nathan Chase

cake >>>>> pie - Morgan

chocolate cake > pecan pie > carrot cake > cherry pie > vanilla cake - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Always prefer cake. But I guess that's why I need supplemental insulin. - Jeff

Really depends on the kind of pie... chocolate cake can top pretty much anything, unless it's chocolate pie. Or a delicious slice of apple pie. - Jessica

Definitely agree that it depends on the kind of pie/cake. A well made apple pie beats out pretty much everything & anything. - Robert DeBord

pretty sure tiramisu is considered "cake". so it's Cake FTW - tiramisu was put on this earth as an offering to women as consolation of having to endure childbirth :) - Dana Coffey

Check the Apple Caramel or Bruiseberry at http://www.doorcountypies.com. - marc britten

Depends. Do you believe cheesecake goes into the pie category, or cake? Cheesecake takes other desserts out behind the woodshed. - DGentry

I agree. But Fig is definitely in the right place. - Corie

I thought the same thing when i first saw it. - Geoff Schultz

um... Where's "Apple" in that chart? - Bassam Islam

Fig who? - Yuvi

And you don't think this has to do with MGS 4? And you really trust those Target salespeople? ;) I find that half of what they say is just wrong whenever I go. - Andru Edwards

Andru: oh, that might have something to do with it too. They had no reason to make THAT up. Yeah, they make up lots of other stuff, though. It matches what I heard from other salespeople in other stores, though. - Robert Scoble

Oh yeah, I agree that once Blu-ray won, the PS3 was a no-brainer for HD optical movies. But the recent sales spike has way more to do with games than it does movies. Just look at Blu-ray disc sales, and compare that to just a couple of the big recent PS3 releases and you will see what I mean :) - Andru Edwards

@robert I really dont think thats because of blu-ray. Blu-Ray will never become DVD. - Akshay Dodeja

This is just a blip. Probably were similar studies when DVD was young. Lots of 1080p FullHD displays being sold; broadcast caps out at 1080i; gotta use BR for the full experience. Plus lots of places to rent BR now. - Indio Apache from twhirl

PS3s have been flying off the shelves since January? the NPD numbers don't back that theory up. sales have spiked when the price dropped, but that's it. - Richard Lawler from twhirl

Ryo: I totally disagree. And for $400 you get a game console, a Blu-ray player, and a bunch of other stuff (photo server) as well. If you think people can't see the difference, well, those people aren't the ones buying 60-inch HDTVs. If you're gonna spend $3,000 on a screen you aren't going to complain about a couple of hundred bucks to get a better player. Plus now the neighborhood kids will think you're cool cause you have a Playstation. - Robert Scoble

Nope. No one thinks you are cool for having a PS3. Only Xbox 360 and Wii get that attention ;) - Andru Edwards

Richard: well, something is happening cause the stores here can't keep them in stock. But maybe we're just ahead of the world. ;-) - Robert Scoble

Andru: I have an Xbox and a Playstation and, sorry, you aren't in tune with the 14-year-olds anymore. Patrick says the Playstation is way better than the Xbox. And after playing games at EA on both systems side-by-side I gotta say I agree with him. Xbox is looking old and creaky side-by-side. - Robert Scoble

The price dropped and they're not restocking ahead of the new 80GB sku, that's what happened. No one is ahead of anything - Richard Lawler from twhirl

Richard: hmm, well, the salespeople in the stores tell me that they've already had the 80GBs and they are sold as soon as they come in. I bought a 40GB model, which now has a 160GB drive in it. It was the last one we found. I'll keep watching the situation. - Robert Scoble

It's simple, interest goes up when the price goes down. blu-ray players should be quite a bit cheaper six months from now, but they're still not going to catch DVD. - Richard Lawler from twhirl

I just wonder if people are becoming disenchanted with media formats they know will become obselete. I used to own VHS taps - I sold them all in one go. I bought a lot of the same movies as DVD - and am not about to get rid of them too. The concept of "good enough" has become persuasive perhaps. - Jonathan Beckett

I never claimed that they would catch DVD. I bet that most consumers are going to just wait for an online movie distribution method. DirectTV, for instance, has HD movies already. So does Comcast. Most consumers just don't care enough to go beyond their cable/satellite systems. So that leaves Bluray to the weirdos who like the best picture and best audio. - Robert Scoble

They had the old 80gb ng out, but it isn't out yet. The one you bought has no PS2 backwards compatibility, which is the same asmodels. There is a new one that is more like the 40gb comi the new 80GB model. It xcomes out in september, the Target guy just wants to make a sale. - Richard Lawler from twhirl

Jonathan: interesting point. I have only bought three or four movies. I never understood why I'd want to watch things again. Yeah, there's exceptions to that rule, but they are pretty rare. Kids, on the other hand, love watching vids over and over again. But I can't stand that behavior so never encouraged it with Patrick and won't with Milan, either. I bet that if I hit that behavior, though, that the hard drive that's in my Playstation or Xbox or MacMini hooked up to TV will provide the answer to THAT. :-) - Robert Scoble

I don't know if people will move to DD that quickly, so far all the interfaces and systems are too hard to figure out. From the Apple TV, the cable STB, the xbox 360, the PS3, Netflix, no one has a system I think my mom wants to use consistently. - Richard Lawler from twhirl

Richard: the Target guy didn't want to make a sale. He had none of the above in stock and sent me to several other stores. But that explains what's going on, I didn't realize we were in between models. I don't care about old compatibility, so that's fine. I just needed a Blu-Ray player and this provided me with a way to get one. Now that I have it I see that the quality blows away the Xbox. - Robert Scoble

Pretty soon everything will be accessible from the Cloud. Right? I just need fatter pipe for HD content delivery. Who can provide it? I'm not sure.... - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Richard: my dad is still using a 25-year-old TV, so I get where you're coming from there. If my dad does get into this new stuff (he's smart enough to deal with it) he'll just have us set it up. - Robert Scoble

Brian: that is the big question, isn't it? How soon will big fat pipes hit everyone's door? And will the cable companies keep from limiting them to protect their business models (of selling movies to people like my dad)? - Robert Scoble

Well ... I think the point is everyone is pretty happy with regular DVD resolution ... Who wants to pay a bunch of money to get video that is a little better than great. - Todd Loren Sinclair

Robert, do You really need all that stuff? - Luca Conti

Luca: do we really need anything? Someday I'll end up in a cardboard box. It's partly my job to keep up on the industry, so, yes. And it does bring me some enjoyment (my son is a much bigger game player than I am). - Robert Scoble

@Robert - I'm more interested in checking out what China is doing with 5G, what Japan is doing with 4G+ *(iMode?), India seems to be just getting to 3G. Mobile delivery is most certainly the future, and I'm holding out on my iPhone purchase until I can get the 4G LTE(Long Term Evolution) version which will hopefully deliver 21-42 megabit throughput. Until then, our early adopter hacks will have to suffice (e.g. reason why you carry 3 mobiles on your person). Sad state of affairs if you ask me. Progress? Not - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Todd: I wonder of the people who buy a 50-inch-screen or bigger how do those people justify spending $1,500 or more on a screen and then not spending a couple of hundred bucks more to make it look really freaking awesome? - Robert Scoble

Brian: mobile in the United States will always be behind Japan and China because of the population density is a lot lower here. When you're over in Shanghai you'll totally understand why investing in new infrastructure makes sense. Small screens really don't need that much bandwidth, though. At least not until you have hyper-high-resolution screens and terabyte drives or memory that fit into iPhones (for HDTV). - Robert Scoble

The fact is that it took years for people to take to DVD. The advantage DVD enjoys over BR is that DVDs are backwards compatible with any tv wit composite inputs. BR requires large HD tvs to show the differences. This it stands to reason that progress will be slower ad people slowly migrate to the new platform. And don't forget those people with large DVD libraries. - Roberto Bonini

I believe the target audience for Blu-Ray will be the exact same people who are just going to want the hi-def streamed from some service. Being a movie buff, I doubt I'll be replacing my DVDs with Blu-Ray versions. Goodfellas on DVD still looks great on my Hi-def television. While a little more sharpness and detail would be great, it's far from the most important part of the movie experience for me. Plus, I'm at the point now with media server and streamers that I've retired most of my physical media. - Todd

I'll start getting into Blu-ray as soon as an XBox 360 comes out that supports them. The XBox 360 serves as the media center extender in my home and I'm not interested in anything that doesn't integrate with it. - Thomas Hawk

I wonder what the interest in HD DVD is? - Brian Sullivan

I'm with Thomas. I need a device that acts as a media center extender, plays BluRay, and is a gaming machine. If only the 360 would add a BluRay drive... - Matt

I don't care about blu-ray or HD DVD (right now). I stick with my oldschool DVD collection and I'm pretty fine with the picture quality.. - Dan van Moll

I'd bet that most of the people queried wouldn't know an s-video cable from an HDMI if it bit them. If they can't tell the difference between 480 and 1080, they are either hooked up wrong or looking at a 24" LCD - ThePicMan

I'm definitely with Jonathan: I love watching my favourite movies over and over again, and I still haven't replaced my entire VHS-tape collection with DVDs; "good enough" is a big deal for me, and I say that knowing what HD content via HDMI looks and sounds like. However, I know Robert isn't alone with his see-once mindset, so it'll interesting to see if on-line movie dist. is the way things go. - John Jarvis

I've decided to skip Blu-ray and leave everything on the computer or DVDs. - Chris Luckhardt

I didn't ever realize it was here the first time - RAPatton

Man if slap bracelets are next, I'm totally down. Rad. - Mark Trapp

Oh no - Corie

What are those shoes Bilson is wearing? - RAPatton

God, please no. - B. Hatin

here comes the Members Only jackets! - Nathan Eckenrode

I am undecided, though I did like the "skinny jeans" phenomenon... - JoEllen

I'm investing in hairspray companies preemptively... - Jason Carreira

i protest. it's far too early to bring back the eighties. the wounds are too fresh. - idnan

Never! - Michelle Martinez

Members Only jackets have been around for a long time. I think I see at least 2 people wearing them every time I go out. - Corie

YES! My generation making its resurgence. Woohoo 80s! :P - ·[▪_▪]·

Oooh, I dunno. Only Katie Holmes' jeans look pegged. The others look like they're just rolled, sans 80s peg action. I'll need more convincing. ;) - Kevin Hessel

did pegging go out of style? next you'll tell me mullets aren't cool either. - grant fox

It... went away? - l0ckergn0me

In the immortal words of Darth Vader, NOOOOOOOOOOO! - Shawn McCollum

I'm apparently incredibly immature because my first thought was "heh heh heh.... pegging". I'll go put myself in the corner now. - Nine

Impressive, but will "pinning" them come back? - Jason Shellen

Since I am a little short I have been doing a "loose" peg/cuff for years. ;-) - Eric_T

yes, when you are quite short like me (and like Ginger -- 5' 2 3/4" FTW!), rolling up the pants can be a lifesaver... - edythe

Bad idea back then, even worse idea now. It's up there with legwarmers. - ::Kristen::

also, i must voice my love for those open-toe booties on the far right!! - edythe

No thanks. - Tad

Gah. Do not want. I do like the 80s shoes I saw at Target. Nothing says 80s like that fringe with little bow on a pump. - Cyndy

I used to have a cropped jean jacket with leather fringe all over it. Awful! - Michelle Martinez

@edythe - Toupee tape works really well to "hem" pants. ;-) - Corie

Hemming pants? Stitch witchery = WIN - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

...but that's permanent. I like something I can remove (so I can wear pants with different size heels). - Corie

Toupee tape sounds kind of scary. Not as creepy as toupee magnet though... - Mark Forman

Hehe, it's just really strong double-sided tape. :-) I've been using it since I was in high school to fix my jeans. - Corie

lmao, me and some friends were just talking aboug pegging jeans, over dim sum! - Louie

Tad: Do you photobomb? Just asking ;) - Mona Nomura

I sooo bet Tad does. - Geoff Schultz

Ahahaha! - Louie

When I lived in Vegas, this was one of my favorite things to do on the strip. - Tac Anderson

Dude, you left out the BEST one!!! - l0ckergn0me

i love this stuff - classic. - Morgan

No, THIS is NSFW http://is.gd/412 - Wes Hoogenboom

Oh Mona this is so precious, thank you!! - anna sauce

=O - Mona Nomura

My family has a bad habit of offering to take pictures of other people so that we can bomb them like this. Classic - Corey Smith from twhirl

Tad is busy "Kindling". - Tim Hoeck

I SO photobomb... Tim: wouldn't that be more reason why Tad'll pop up more frequently? - Mona Nomura

Hilarious! - Sergio Cruz

Ha! - Mitchell Tsai

the wedding picture. the guy on the horse statue in the water fountain. omg. hilarious. - Christine Lu

Sorry - Tad's been busy CODING. I only photobomb any photos lindsay's trying to take... and i do that all the time until she punches me... and then a couple times more. - Tad

Dude, so what'll happen if photobombers take a group picture? Imagine me, you, Chris P in a picture together? Wow. Terrible. - Mona Nomura

Full of AWESOME. - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

a buddy of mine (http://friendfeed.com/drs650) writes a blog 1 to 10 reviews (http://1to10reviews.com) and covered this site awhile back (http://1to10reviews.com/2008...). Absolutely hilarious. - Justin Korn

Ahh this is one of my favorite things to do! - andy brudtkuhl

its a brilliant idea ! - Alemsah Ozturk

so wrong... But I can't stop laughing. - ha3rvey (wants confit)

the most hilarious ones i couldn't put up here ;) - Mona Nomura

My favs were the pantless guy in the fountain and the three guys on the beach. XD - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

This is the best thing I've seen all day - Kate

my favourite is the one with the toilet paper in the foreground -- if you've already got a roll of tp in the frame, why not photobomb it? - Trent Olson

The first one is probably my favorite (SFW). http://bp1.blogger.com/_bkFIPL... - Ontario Emperor

photobombing is pure fun;) - Marcel van der Laan

There was a guy in my H.S. that was on the Yearbook Committee that did this to about 80% of the Yearbook photos. He was everywhere! - David Cook - 2010!!!

Give it up Mona. I know which one is you :) - Charlie Anzman

It's called boneheading over here. - Andrew Trinh

(David Cook) that reminded me - I did that in my high school yearbook - I was in every club!! - nate pagel

Thanks for the NSFW heads-up, Mona. I'll know to check this when I get home. - Pete Delucchi

lol... one of the photos gave me an idea. - Outsanity

I frankly take the most boring pictures. I wouldn't mind a photobomb now and then. - Helen Sventitsky

Those were great. Thanks for the laugh Mona. gonna Reshare for my friends. hope you don't mind ;) - Greg

Holy...something. Wow. That's...uh...wow. - XDpaul

Someone has a little too much free time on his hands, but it's really impressive! He built almost all the parts from scratch. - Corie

Amazing piece of hardware! - Alexandru Savu

nice, he could take it to car shows - Chris Harris

Car shows? Heck, he could take it to a small country and overthrow the government! - XDpaul

I want to see it in action. "He's flying on rooftops!" - Michael

One of the best parts is the comments on the page, like this: "So much for the security of anonymity whilst fighting crimes in his small Texas town now that we know his true identity." - Corie

Or this one: "Not that it isn't cool, it is. This is what happens when you get married. Out in the shop just building shit because you don't dare go inside and mess something up or touch anything. Like your wife frinstance." - Corie

I didn't realize you could be that old and still be a virgin? Hmph. - l0ckergn0me

Yeah, the poor guy... hehe - Corie

pure comedy! - Morgan

"NEVAHR plug 120V gadget into 220V pover zocket. Eet took even our bezt doctorrz three hourrz to vipe the zmile from her face". (whoever gets the quote wins a complete - ehm - kit) - dario

o_O - Louie

My innocent eyes!!!! LOL classic - Jim Goldstein

You have to be kidding me?!?!!? That is classic! - Jose Perez

Talk about a viral campaign - Brian Sullivan

talk of 'passion pants' :)_ - Peter Dawson

"suffered no long-lasting ill-effects." What would they have been if she had I wonder? - Vicky

You can't make that stuff up. - Zach Underwood

Fark worthy - mjc

definelty fark material - johnpiercy

umm...not a bad way to go down. ;-) - Anna Haro

Funniest thing I have read all day. - pcnerd37

Well that just made my day! - Jeff P. Henderson

That's hilarious. I never understood how people could use those things in public, now I know I was right - they shouldn't. You need to be in a sae place, ha ha! - Morgaine Swann

OK, I officially like it! - Orli Yakuel

comsi comsa, the left panel is hard to read, still prefer the primitive ctrl+click and a new tab - Naor Mark

This is a nice one - Rutger Blom

this is great! - Kerem Ozkan

Orli, very cool service + idea - Duncan Riley

Yep, making friendfeed much more usable. I'm tired of managing hunderds of tabs =) - Hakan Deryal from StumbleRead

what is "Recent Readers" on the main page? does that regard stumbleread site? - Majento

It's cute, but not sure if I like it yet. - Mitchell Tsai

Well, still lacks some functions like " hide ", but worth to try - Hakan Deryal from StumbleRead

This is fantastic ... very handy ... - Todd Loren Sinclair

Recommended - http://tinyurl.com/5pwjbu - Todd Loren Sinclair from StumbleRead

@majento - yes "Recent Readers" are the most recent people to use StumbleRead - Adam Loving

XKCD is a great comic. Consistently funny and intelligent. - Jeremy Brooks

that's when you have to bust it old school: {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{HUG}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

mmmm... - Mitchell Tsai

Aha! I'm not the only one who still uses asterisks around emotes. *flails arms* - l0ckergn0me

I never even used emotes like that, but I *do* use asterisks and _underlines_ in place of text decoration (bold, italics). Plain text good. - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

*hugs* this post - Geoff Schultz

Know the feeling. My pillow is all hugged out. - Kamath (नमः)

I love xkcd!! I've been using asterisks ever since my old irc chatting days. - Louie

WHAT?! An actual POSITIVE comment from you, Louie?!???? WOW =P - Mona Nomura

I, too, hug this entry. Just don't like that I can't read the title text on my iPhone. ((((hug)))) - Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕ from fftogo

@Mick: I'm able to use Stumbleread on FF3. Did you give it the correct code? - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

it's a bit odd, I get it working on the right hand side but the left hand side (the useful bit...) just comes up with a URL/Home error. - Mick Adams

ahh, seems to have been caused by adblock plus - which recently killed a number of sites for me. - Mick Adams

It works great for me on firefox 3 - Todd Loren Sinclair from StumbleRead

Works nicely. i like it - John Ford from StumbleRead

I need to try it. - Bibi

@Mick: thanks for the investigation. I'll add this to my issue list as a "known issue" (I'm the developer for stumble read). - Adam Loving

lol - Alexander Oelling

I always laugh at their sarcastic, smart humour sense - Alemsah Ozturk

xkcd i just the best internet comic. - k00pa

Alemsah: "their"? Incidentally, there's a great video of Randal Munroe (xkcd's creator) giving an author talk at Google: http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Brent Newhall

Brent : I used "their" because in my perspective, Randall's project become a webbrand, so thats why. Thanks for the video! - Alemsah Ozturk

http://pixelbits.wordpress.com/2008... - Andy DeSoto

Would this be the mythical Scobelizers noiseless feed? - Mathew A. Koeneker

I've been playing around with it, and it's definitely based off who you're subscribing and who they like. So, after a few subscriptions, it's going to nail your immediate social group pretty quickly. If you choose the less tech oriented people, the list starts to shift towards people like Mona, Edythe, Czar D. Peterman, etc. Currently, my recommended list is full of people outside the A-list. - Mark Trapp

Nope, but I setup a second FriendFeed account today just to see what a new user's experience looks like. Very bizarre, to say the least. Of the first 100 people recommended on FF I've personally met every single one of them. Not good if we want FF to get outside of the tech world. Where's the teachers? The plumbers? The auto makers? The actors? The real celebrities? - Robert Scoble

Mark: yes, but I'm talking about the experience of someone who has NO friends. So, chances are you'll click on a few and subscribe to a few on the first page or two. That'll keep the recommended list from noticeably changing because all I saw on that first page or two were tech types. I don't even think Mona, Edythe, or Czar were there. In fact I'm sure they weren't. - Robert Scoble

Makes it a lot harder for the rest of the world to get integrated... - Andy DeSoto

We are among you at this very moment. Bwahaaahhah. :-) Although, I dare say that I am not a celebrity. I do see your point but that is why I think folks should be less hasty on the hide feature as well. - Mathew A. Koeneker

Mark, this is very true. For example, I am relatively new on FF and number of my friends is not high. Also as you said, most of recommended people go into lengthy discussions on iPhone applications or other very tech subjects and there is a geniune lack of a more balanced presence and participation including other FFrs whose interests span further than tech. - Hayk H.

As long as the cult doesn't start a religion, I'm OK with it - Charlie Anzman

Robert: the algorithm is based off of who is the most connected (in your group of friends if you have them, globally if you don't), which is probably correct, given a diverse user base. I guess you gotta think, if not most connections, how do you recommend, in an objective manner, who are the best people to follow? Force people to come up with an attention profile? That's tedious. Or do... more... - Mark Trapp

Robert, the point is that due to its relative novelty, FF is mostly realm of tech-savy and IT people who pass much time on web2.0 sites. That is why by the virtue of their interests many well-connected people on FF happen to be from tech. Not many teachers, actors and other relatively less web2.0 people have gotten on the wagon of FF or Twitter yet. But this will eventually happen, just like SecondLife is now attracting American politicians for their campaigns. - Hayk H.

I'd love to be able to tag each person I'm following, which then would let people see sets of people, based on user categorization. One other problem is you don't know a thing about who these people are, until you click on them and start following them (or, unless you've heard about them somewhere else). - Robert Scoble

Hayk, there is definitely a wide group of people, but they aren't as well connected as Robert Scoble or Michael Arrington or Kevin Rose. The 9 people Friendfeed initially recommends are the people who have the most amount of followers for whatever reason. And if the recommended list is a big basis for subscriptions, how do you get new people on that list without arbitrarily deciding? - Mark Trapp

Hayk: actually, looking at the everyone tab, I see more people who aren't geeks. But they don't have many followers so won't be suggested. It will be interesting to watch how this changes. - Robert Scoble

Robert, so something like delicious for subscriptions? - Mark Trapp

Mark: yeah. Wouldn't that be cool? - Robert Scoble

I think so! - Andy DeSoto

Marc, you are right. However, if there were a possibility of having a recommended list defined in addition to a number of connections by interests, say, max three from tech, max three for politics, etc to have total number of recommended up to 9 or 12 or whatever, covering not only what happens to be very tech-savvy but other domains as well, it would be better. What do you think? - Hayk H.

Robert: that'd be pretty neat, as long as it was quick for new people. Friendfeed definitely gets it right in getting you into the system quickly. I could envision being asked "What are you interested in?" and as you type in keywords, people are automatically recommended to you. Couple downsides: you could run into the same lopsidedness of participation/connectivity for tagging, as... more... - Mark Trapp

Hayk, there has to be a means for determining who's "politics" or "tech." And what do you do with tech people who talk politics a lot, or other such things? Robert's tags idea probably works towards that, though. - Mark Trapp

Tagging has been a big request here for some time. I'd love to add myself to a FF database with tags I generate to define myself as well as ones from others users describing how they view my contributions. - Jim Stanger

Marc, Robert, what about delicious for following and stumbleupon for finding new FFrs for following. That would be cool as well, I think. - Hayk H.

Marc, yes, determining contents such as "politics" wouldnt be easy. Again, what Robert suggests (tagging) could be a solution. But then, many FFrs can define tags but still contents must be somehow verified to correspond to tags. In any case I believe that in order to keep the quality, some kind of contents verification is unavoidable. - Hayk H.

What would be really cool is if FriendFeed could figure out how to accurately analyze a feed's content and tag it automatically, but I don't think the state of the art is there, yet. - Mark Trapp

Marc, that would be the ideal :) - Hayk H.

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