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I'm 23 today. Old enough to start conquering the world!! :) UPDATE: It's 2010 and I'm 24 - surprised how much have changed in my life since then. Time to stop for a while and think over what has been accomplished during 23rd year of presence on Earth. All in all, everyone have a great Friday! :D

February 12, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Happy Birthday!!!!!! - Shevonne

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Thanks a lot :) - Sasha Kovaliov

Happy Birthday Sasha :) - Mo Kargas

Happy Birthday Sasha!! - Emma

С днем рождения! ^_^ - «Weird & Sons»

Happy Birthday!!! - Amit Morson

С днем рождения! :)) - Shapelez

Thanks a lot guys!!! :) Will celebrate till Monday I guess ;) - Sasha Kovaliov

С Днем Рождения Sasha !!! - vijay

AAAA, it's already a great busy day :) Presents just don't stop pouring in :) - Sasha Kovaliov

Tack, Baard :) - Sasha Kovaliov

Happy birthday! - Håkan Dahlström

Happy birthday! - A. T.

Happy Birthday Sasha :) - Maryam Ardakani

Thanks to everyone!!! :) I'm so happy today! - Sasha Kovaliov

С днем рождения! Всего ;) - Drama Queen

поздравляю :) - ur argument is invalid

happy birthday:) - hoda

Спасибо-спасибо :) - Sasha Kovaliov

That's my most successful post here ;) - Sasha Kovaliov

happy birthday! - Dobromir Hadzhiev

happy birthday - Cee Bee

Best of days to you, Sasha! Hope you get into lots of trouble. :) - Derrick

Happy birthday! - Morton Fox

Happy birthday Sasha! - Carmen wBabby

Happy Birthday! - Shey

Happy Birthday!!!!! - Just Katie

Happy Birthday, Sasha! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Sasha, Happy Birthday! - AJ Batac :)

*start* conquering?!? - Kevin Johnson

Sasha: As the future conquerer of the world, I want to wish you a happy birthday, and to pledge my eternal loyalty to your crown. May you rule for many happy and healthy generations! - Morgan

Happy B'day! - Manuela

Guys, thanks a lot for all the kind words :) you are a part of my fiesta! Would like to invite everyone to the party. coming to Belarus in the near future? ;) - Sasha Kovaliov from fftogo

Happy Birthday! Have fun! - Trish Haley

23, when the world is at your feet, congrats! party hard! - Bart

Happy Birthday!!! - David Cook

Sretan Rodgendan! - Morgan

Happy birthday! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

As they used to say, "the world is your oyster" at 23. Make it count. - Scott Maentz

Happy Birthday! - Michael Fidler

Omg, Happy Birthday!!!!! <3 *hugs* - Neya

Bump :) 24 today! - Sasha Kovaliov

Happy B'day. :) - Müjdat Korkmaz

HB2U! - A. Khmelevsky™

*huggle huggle joy joy!* birthday hugs! - Neya

Happy Birthday! - Michael Fidler

Best wishes, Sasha, and Many Happy Returns of the day! - Andrew Terry

Paul Buchheit

39325

January 26, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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ha nice! - Wesley Barrow

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from '95 - Paul Buchheit

Summer intern? - Mike Doeff

Yeah, Sanjeev was also there that same summer as it turns out. - Paul Buchheit

Crazy. - Eric

oooh look at how young and cute Paul is! :) very cool that you saved this! What was your job title then (intern for ______)? What location did you work at? Does that # mean you were the 39,325 employee hired by M$? - Susan Beebe

I bet I could find mine if I tried, too. - Gabe

I wish I still had my Apple badge. They made me give it back when I left. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Do I sense a meme coming? - Chris Lamprecht

Yeah, unfortunately I don't seem to have any pics of my Sun badge, so I can't collect the whole set :( - Paul Buchheit

bummer! collection is busted - Susan Beebe

my work badges are boring white - no logo..nothing - designed for max security I guess - Susan Beebe

Gary, Paul and I both worked in Redmond. Paul worked on Plus! Setup. - Gabe

Oooh I remember Plus! that was really cool and made Win95 rock! - Susan Beebe

Ex-PM in Developer Tools here. Visual J++ for the um, ... - DeWitt Clinton

Maybe it would be more efficient for everyone who didn't work at Microsoft to raise their hand. - DeWitt Clinton

How cute ;) - Bindu Reddy

I worked on Win NT, debugging OLE. It was pretty bad because the NT OLE code was fine; all the bugs were in 16-bit OLE apps. There are few things worse than debugging interactions between two 16-bit apps you don't have the source to! - Gabe

Wow, 16 bit OLE. Why didn't you force everyone to use 32bit Word and Excel? It would've been very Apple of you. - Eric

Yup, Redmond. I think I worked in building 4, which may not exist anymore, and lived across the street at "Timberlawn". I worked on the installer for "Plus Pack for Windows 95". - Paul Buchheit

Eric, it gets worse: one of the first apps I had to look at was Ichitaro, Japan's #1 word processor at the time. It sure would have made things easier if I could have forced everybody to only use 32-bit English apps! - Gabe

Awesome, Paul. - Christopher Sacca

I tried, and I can't remember my ORCL employee number any more! Does that mean I've finally put it all out behind me? - Tudor Bosman

My Intel WWID was 10599476, but I get the feeling that they added at least 10,000,000 to the employee number to generate that value. - Paul Buchheit

I've already forgotten my Google employee number. I think my Yahoo! number was right around 9000... - Kevin Fox

Ok here's a picture of my current ones I mentioned - sorta boring white plan ID badges http://friendfeed.com/e... - Susan Beebe

haha, cool... And I didnt even know that I´m apparently the only person on friendfeed who hasn´t been a summer intern at Microsoft - Peter Efland

At least they gave you a top-30 number at Google :) - Charlie Anzman

Once again proving that you're "kind of a big deal". Nice badge! - Randy Holloway from twhirl

*swoon* - Yuvi

I wonder if it was some kind of foresight to hang on to your old Microsoft badges, but not your diplomas. - Clare Dibble

Nice, a blue badge. I consult for Microsoft and have an Orange badge. - Alan Le

Wow! I was there that same summer interning for "Office Team Manager" I must have started a week or 2 before you as my employee number was 39207. - Joe Beda

I think I returned my badge, so I can't remember what my employee number was. I worked on porting the standard ms installer from windows to the mac. - Private Sanjeev

Sanjeev - a worthy cause for sure! :P - Susan Beebe

It was a piece of code that Ben Slivka wrote to produce cab files :) - Private Sanjeev

#39325 @ Microsoft. #23 @ Google. Do you have an ID at Google? ;) - AJ Batac :)

My MS ID was #38440 @ Microsoft... There were around 17k employees when I joined in 1995. - Steve Lacey

Microsoft badge #36419, joined 6/94 - peter

You seem very happy in this picture. There's still so much hope and optimism in that face. - April Buchheit

Old school. - "Joey"

Bubbling entry to make the Microsoft people (http://friendfeed.com/paul...) feel better (or worse) :) - Paul Buchheit

Bubbling? Is that what the kids are calling it these days? - Gabe

those are nice glasses :) - bob

They are nice glasses, aren't they? Maybe I should switch back. - Paul Buchheit

:D - Susan Beebe

cute Paul :D - Nimaa

You look not unlike Bill in that photo. - Kevin Fox

Kol Tregaskes

Best shop front, ever - http://flickr.com/photos...

February 13, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"Guitar Store" - in Southampton. Cool! :-) - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

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they are probably open until 11! - Morgan

+1 Morgan... and they close at 6 to "get ready" for tonight's gig. - Anthony K. Valley ©

Heavy. Duty. HEAVYDUTY! - Morgan

aweaweaweawesome :) - Alihan ÇETİN

Great idea for a shop front. - jjprojects

Bumping some old good posts. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

that's great! lol! - Be Cookie Industries

Startup Ideas: Keith

Ideas for Startups - http://www.paulgraham.com/ideas...

December 31, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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put your idea here ..it can be worth $25000 - http://bit.ly/4BE1V4 - ideas4all

Mark Krynsky

Group shot from the LA FriendFeed Meetup

January 21, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Top left to right: Amani http://friendfeed.com/mirthna..., Mark VandenBerg http://friendfeed.com/mvanden..., Shevonne http://friendfeed.com/dcfemel..., Me http://friendfeed.com/krynsky . Chillin on the sofa: Anika http://friendfeed.com/fabooma..., Derrick http://friendfeed.com/geekand... & don't forget Anika's beautiful kids. - Mark Krynsky

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+++++ very kool! whos the hottie in the purple?? - Carlos Ayala

yeah i said it!?!?! what! - Carlos Ayala

I was thinking the same thing, Los - Bren

Sweet! - Rodfather

That's "Shevonne" - Outsanity

OMG Amani! And Shevonne (HOTTIE)!! And Mark! And Mark!! And DERRICK!! And your GORGEOUS kids!!!!! Thanks for sharing!! *edit: Should I be scared I named you guys w/out looking at the caption? I think I have a problem... - Mona Nomura

Now I'm jealous :P - Bee

[envy] - The Fat Oracle

Success! - Ⓒⓗⓡⓘⓢ Ⓟⓘⓡⓘⓛⓛⓞ

Thanks to Anika and her husband for hosting. We had a great time. And for the record...Derrick is everything you think he is AND a bag of chips. - Mark Krynsky

Depends on what you think he is tho... - Outsanity

Derrick's ok. Mark K. tried to get me drunk on some South African booze that was discovered by monkeys. No joke. Everyone was the bee's knees, and if you aren't following them, you should. They will enrich your FF experience. - Derrick

I was a little bummed we didn't have Mo & Morgan though but we're already talking about a 3rd meetup and I already volunteered to host it. - Mark Krynsky

This pic turned out nice. It was that camera of yours Mark. That was fun and the traffic getting there didn't even aggravate me. Derrick's ok too! LOL... ;-) - Amani

Wow! That's great! - Randy

Great, great pic! - Josh Haley

Way to go!! - tony

Oh yea and we missed Pea too! - Mark Krynsky

Thanks Anika for hosting!!! You all are super cute! - Shevonne

Oh puhleeze Shevonne. You're the one with the million dollar smile :) - Mark Krynsky

Great photo! What the hell is my boy doing? Freak! It's great to have met you all. - Anika

Superb! If only someone could sponsor a flight ticket to LA ;) - ◄ani625Ξ ಠ_ಠ

Awesome! More meetups like this please. Also, what ani625 said :-) - vijay

Love this. - felicious

Love this too - equrick from Nambu

*morning after bump* - Josh Haley

YAY!!! - FFing Enigma

that's chill. adrian didn't kick you all out? lol - Cee Bee

Shevonne and Anika look great! It sounds like you had a great time, and your home looks lovely, Anika. - RAPatton

Love it, good to see FF's meeting up irl! - Sally Church

Awwww...thanks RAP. Her home is very eclectic. I loved it! - Shevonne

Beautiful people! Great pic!!!!! I'm glad y'all had a fun night! <3 FF - Carmen wBabby

Awesome pic. Wish I was there with you all. But damn, you are all sexy peeps! What's up with that? - Morgan

Morgan! We missed you but Anika's re-enactment of you ice skating at the first meetup was classic. - Mark Krynsky

Hopefully she made me look better than I actually did! - Morgan

JEALOUS!!! - Shey

Morgan, we missed you! - Anika

I'll be there at the next one fo' sho'! - Morgan

Bump for the good times. - Mark Krynsky

:) - edythe

the picture i saw is beautiful. iam new to friendfeed and wants to make friends. i have a blog on jolamps.blogspot.com - KINGSLEY OSEVWE

Shey

25 Things You May Not Know About Me - http://www.sheysmith.com/2009...

January 17, 2009 from introspective snapshots - Comment - Like - Share

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Nice work. I'd vote for #23 ... - Patrick Jordan

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@Patrick I got my fingers crossed! - Shey

#14 made me giggle. - Nakachi

nice - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

you forgot to add, "I love to cuddle with the wife... especially during football." - Jasmin Smith

OMG lies, all lies - Shey

don't be embarrassed. - Jasmin Smith

outed! - MiniMage, enterRUPPted

#23 is awesome. I want to see a closeup of #19! - Carmen wBabby

Video of #1 please ;) - Rodfather

you rock dude. I read encyclopedias too as a child. Read a set one summer after we moved. - RAPatton

Hey Shey if you get that #23 super power working, then I want one that is like krytonite to my dog's breath :) - Patrick Jordan

Anyone read those ChildLife books? I loved them as a kid. I'd read encyclopedias, too, but not back-to-back. When I ran out of my books, I'd find my mother's, no matter where she hid them. Seems she didn't think Sidney Sheldon, Erica Jong and Danielle Steel were appropriate for a preteen. Ok, I'm exaggerating; I actually found Jong boring. Zipless? WTF? - MiniMage, enterRUPPted

@Rodfather Maybe sometime in the future, distant future - Shey

Thanks for not being too freaked out y'all -- FFers are teh awesomest! - Shey

Freaked out? You so silly, Shey. Your list made me smile almost as much as the picture on your site of you and your wife. You cool peeps. Even if you do cuddle during football. HA! - Nakachi

Thanks Nakachi :) Spidra, wow you win! - Shey

lol! - Shey

...very nice. Thanks for sharing Shey! - JA Castillo

Damn homeboy that is TMI for real..lol (too much information) - bcultral

Nice! I adore thunderstorms, too! (And I can crack all of my joints, but not always intentionally... :-) ) - Ladyepiphanybug

#3 I crack my shoulders by reaching over my head to the other shoulder. - Neil Bernhart

Yes, seinfeld is right - andy brudtkuhl

Nice one Shey...Amen to #25...can't get enough of those! - Live4Emma (L4S)

::bumps:: - David Cook

did not know what? - Shey

no apologies necessary :) - Shey

FriendFeed Feedback: dgw

I just imported a bunch of my latest Google Reader shares and they were all marked as "yesterday". This has happened before with other services. What's up with this bug?

January 13, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Just had it again, and it's been persistent for at least a couple of weeks. Why no attention from the FriendFeed staff? - dgw

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Did you force the GReader refresh in FF? When did you share the items in GReader? When were the items posted in GReader? The staff might need more info and I wouldn't complain, I'm sure they are very busy chaps. :-) Generally things coming into FF slowly is down to that particular service, e.g. Digg is slow and sometime Twitter is. I find my GReader stuff comes into FF hours. even a day after I share them, so I've started forcing the refresh manually. - Kol Tregaskes

I haven't had any slow imports with Reader, but Flickr is always about a day or two slow for me. There are probably way too many factors to be able to "blame" someone. - Mitch

@Kol: I forced the refresh, and the items were posted in Reader minutes before the import. - dgw

Same problem again a minute or so ago. - dgw

This seems to be happening on manual refreshes only. But it's still happening. - dgw

It just happened to me with an auto-refresh. Guess it's not constrained. How is this not even acknowledged by the devs? - dgw

And again this evening. Seems to happen on the first import, manual or automatic, of a given period of n hours where 2<n<20. - dgw from fftogo

Bump. Again. This is still happening, six months later, with no acknowledgement whatsoever from FriendFeed's employees. Am I the only one experiencing this or something? - dgw

Is it dependent on the published date/time of the item rather than the shared date/time? - Mitch

No, items from GReader are usually imported with the timestamp set to when FriendFeed picked them up. Items from as long ago as a month still should show up as the date they were picked up. - dgw from email

"Joey"

Modern life for the active computer user.

February 1, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Yeah, that's about right, except we need a Commute panel showing dude playing on his iPhone in the bus/train/plane. - iTad

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I write software in my sleep during the busiest facets of my project; and they work in the morning - RAPatton

RAP- done that myself once or twice :) Creepy. - Roberto Bonini

Me too, but the software I write in my sleep usually just does stupid stuff that we don't really need. :) - iTad

I don't know what's freakier, the fact that you write code in your sleep or the fact that you remember it when you wake up. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I dreamed last night that I had to organize a meet up, based on #hashtags, and everyone had the wrong tags. Everyone ranting at me woke me up at 5am. - Ian May

Sad but it's true! - Dru Kelly

i was dreaming about new features in feedly last night...but they aren't there this morning. - Trent Olson

Trent: if you share with us some of those dreams, we will try to look into making them reality :-) Have a great sunday! - Edwin Khodabakchian

thanks Edwin! to be honest, they weren't very good anyway! you've already implemented my "exclude websites from using mini bar" idea, for which i'm hugely thankful... - Trent Olson

Great Joefy, that is ME! - John Stringfellow

sort of me, except my workouts 5 days a week for my chiseled body ;o) - The Real sofarsoShawn

that is definitely me..... - cris

yup thats my life, how depressing - sean percival

Haha it's my boyfriend and his friends! - Brandy Lea

I admit, I have FF'ed in my dreams. - Carmen wBabby

seen this before.... years ago... made me laugh then and still does..gotta admit it almost rings true! - Rob Sellen :o)

maybe that's why I wake up at 3 am. - @CrystalinaB

Searching for something has led me past this post. Was going to press the "like" button and realized I already did. So this is my second "like". - Sarah Peterman

This is definitely true for me. I sometimes think about programs I'm working on in my sleep too. - Mike Child

Cee Bee

"Morning Glory" Cloud - http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/mg1...

February 21, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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THE REMOTE SETTLEMENT of Burketown, in Australia’s northern Queensland, is not the sort of place you’d expect people to travel thousands of miles to visit. With a population of just 178, Burketown sits in one of Australia’s most remote shires. But every September and October, a small group of individuals journey from all corners of the country for the appearance of a remarkable and dramatic cloud called the Morning Glory. Clouds don’t usually have names, nor are they normally linked to a particular location, but then the Morning Glory is no normal cloud. - Cee Bee

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Looking like a huge white roll of meringue, it stretches up to 600 miles (about the length of Britain) and sweeps over Burketown at speeds of up to 35mph. The visitors who come to marvel at this beautiful and awe-inspiring meteorological phenomenon are an intrepid group of glider pilots, for whom the cloud promises the most unique and thrilling flying conditions of anywhere in the... more... - Cee Bee

WOW fantastic - Mahdi Ebrahimi

Amazing - Anna Haro

Pretty freaking cool - Jim Goldstein

Wow!! - Kol Tregaskes

Woeoeoewwweooowwew!!! - Susan Beebe

Great jobs on the photos - Patrick from twhirl

Neat !!! - Susan Beebe

love it - Manuela

OMG How did I miss this? Thanks. These are outstanding! - Anika

Appetite: Zee.

DomainTyper - Fast Domain Search #web - http://domaintyper.com/

February 3, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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really awesome domain search - Zee. from Bookmarklet

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Thats great! - Simon Wicks

bump due to duplicate - Zee.

Wow ! - Parham

Lindsay

25 things you may or may not know about me - http://lindsayd.tumblr.com/post...

January 18, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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#8 - I can bend the top of my thumb back at an almost 90 degree angle to the rest of it. I call it “Hitchhiker’s Thumb” and it totally freaks Tad out. - Lindsay from Bookmarklet

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I don't know if it's officially called that... that's just what I've always called it! - Lindsay

Oh god - why did you post that pic? HIDE!!! - iTad

Put me down for font junkie/typography aficionado as well. - teleken

@Spidra, I'm flat footed because of it. My ankles (especially my right ankle which I sprained as a teenager) look like they stick way too far out unless I make a conscious effort to stand on the edge of my foot. My son has inherited this from me too, I believe... unfortunate for him, but maybe good protection if the draft is reinstated! - Lindsay

Is this a meme thing? LMAO - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

@Igor - Mona did on on Friday... Then she tagged some people in Facebook to do theirs... She didn't tag me (:P Mona!!!!), but I did it anyway... - Lindsay

Lindsay - can I have some Girl Scout Cookies, please? ;) - Mona Nomura

Enjoyed reading yours. I liked 25 I find small dogs dressed up in clothes/costumes very entertaining. I do not think I will do mine. It will be X-rated! LMAO - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

There's a tag limit! So I keep removing and adding, removing and adding people. :( - Mona Nomura

Funny! I'm flat footed too and can twist my thumb backwards. - jho

I can do the thumb thing too http://tr.im/9xrl (post-processed just to freak Tad out a little more, and because the quality was crap) - xero

@Spidra - Yeah, I read your list before I did mine... gave me inspiration for a few of mine. :) - Lindsay

@Mona - I figured you'd get around to me eventually. Just giving you a hard time. You're still my bud! :) - Lindsay

I have hitchhikers thumbs also - RAPatton

My left thumb goes way back (I'm talking 45 degrees), but my right one not so much--one hitchhikers thumb here.... - Kelly W.

I can do that too, except fully 90 degrees, and probably a bit more! I have a similar thing if I apply a little pressure to any of my fingers, the outer joint just bends backwards. =p - Daniel Bruce

Here's my thumb: http://friendfeed.com/e... - Daniel Bruce

Nice, Daniel! :) - Lindsay

How am I just now seeing this? Awesome, Lindsay. I love fonts too. It's the writer in me. Gah, I freakin' love you and Tad. :) - Derrick

Thanks, Derrick!! I enjoyed your list too. :) Are you in the Typography room yet? http://friendfeed.com/rooms... - Lindsay

Sweet, pea!! :) - Lindsay

Ditto on Mona, this list sounds a lot like me, too. I'm actually *working* on mine, found a White Castle receipt in my car and started writing it :-) - mandyvan

LOL @ mandyvan! You should just scan in the receipt when you're done. Then you'd cover the handwriting meme too! - Lindsay

Huh. I could have sworn I commented on this. Oh well. - Phil Glockner

::bumps:: - David Cook

Awww... makes me a little sad to see this again... had some good convos with Spidra in here that are gone now that she left FF. I miss her. - Lindsay

Sarah Perez

What companies should have an iPhone app, but don't? I'm thinking Soutwest, MyCokeRewards...?

January 15, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Funny you should say that. My wife and I discussed Southwest's lack of presence on iPhone just this morning. The weather in much of the country right now is perfect for a "Want to Get Away?" iPhone Campaign. - David J. Hinson

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it looks like someone made an iphone app for Southwest, but they had to take it down :( - Sarah Perez

Friendfeed - but theirs is in the queue apparently :) - Patrick Jordan

heh, spelled southwest wrong - Sarah Perez

@Patrick fftogo.com is pretty hot...but I hear a native app is coming, too....can't freakin' wait for that! - Sarah Perez

How about every fast food restaurant. Order your food before hand and get notified when ready. - Robert Chute

I tried fftogo a while back and ended up going back to the main FF site - I've also tried the Nambu native app - but I also can't wait to see the genuine FF native app :) - Patrick Jordan

Definitely Southwest. - Kevin Bondelli

Starbucks...the iTunes thing doesn't count because it's not available for most of us - Bwana ☠

the iphone interface for FF seems great to me, what more could an app offer? - Marshall Kirkpatrick

Marshall: subscribe/unsubscribe, block, reshare, realtime - Mark Trapp

ok, makes sense. and maybe easier media sharing? - Marshall Kirkpatrick from IM

I often wonder... When people say "iPhone app" do they really mean "something that works well on my iPhone" or do they really _always_ want to go to the app store and download something? - Ben Hedrington

Marshall: that, too. I'd like to see more usability improvements, as well. To access specific rooms and lists requires a lot of refreshes of pages. It'd be nice if I could access my rooms and lists using an App tab rather than a link on a web page. - Mark Trapp

the upcoming app will make use of the camera for faster sharing - Sarah Perez

can we get back to the question about companies (beside friendfeed!) in need of an iPhone app? I really want to hear your suggestions. =) - Sarah Perez

I wonder if FF is developing a bookmarklet for mobile safari. Added: Sorry, Sarah. :( Because of the phone's limitations my app space is filled with utility tools. The iPhone interface for mobile safari is sufficient for me... For example, I would never purchase or install the Chipotle app (that disappeared) - Mona Nomura

LOL, leave it to friendfeeders to turn every discussion into one about friendfeed...ha ha - Sarah Perez

Sorry Sarah - my bad on FF mention. How 'bout Geico - the iPhone is easy enough for a caveman and all that ... - Patrick Jordan

Target, Gamestop, Best Buy, Nike, XM Radio/Sirrus, Coca Cola, Soccer.com, Marriott, Expedia.com (and all foreign partner companies), Amazon, Amtrak, Virgin America/Atlantic, Jiffy Lube, Kodak - Amani

@Patrick no worries! :) Geico, hmmm...yeah... - Sarah Perez

@Amani Whoa. big list! Except Nike and Amazon have apps already...have to check those other ones though... - Sarah Perez

@Sarah - you asked! :) Yes, I wasn't sure about all of them, but some of those would be easy IMO. Are you working on a special project? My mind is racing with ideas. - Amani

The car companies maybe? I remember Jaguar doing something in early iPhone days. They could possibly do something cool with multimedia, letting you try out different colors / add-ons etc. via an iPhone app before having to go in person ... - Patrick Jordan

A "New Apple Products" app? ;) - Tyson Key

@Amani No, it's a great list :) thank you! Yes, I'm writing this up. - Sarah Perez

ING - Devon Campbell from NoiseRiver

Newspaper Deathwatch app? - Tyson Key

@Tysen I love the NYT and AP news apps - Sarah Perez

Like Jason, I'd vote for some more good newspapers / print publications ... - Patrick Jordan

thx all, writing it up! - Sarah Perez

Ben, I wonder the same thing because Southwest has a mobile presence which has served me well the past 4 years. And no, I don't have an iPhone. - Anika

Sarah - bit late now obviously, but one more ripe category I think = more fast food chains (Chipotle borught out an app that lets you order on the iPhone last week) - also, I linked to your post, at: http://tinyurl.com/9jlhkz - Patrick Jordan

more companies don't have iphone apps because apple has made the process onerous and expensive. Even after you jump through all the hoops to make one, you are not able to distribute it because it is "waiting in line" for them to review it. These companies don't have them because they are being fiscally responsible in a down economy. A mobile web interface is a much cheaper and more flexible choice. But since the iphone browser is pretty good with regular websites, there's not so much pressure to do that. - jacob robbins

I don't see all this 'approval' crap with my Blackberry. I can run pretty much anything that is JRE based. I don't need to ask my provider's permission either. - Ian May

This approval stuff (or lack of it) is why I like Symbian OS, for what it's worth. At least I know there isn't a Big Gatekeeper(TM) preventing me from installing what I want, where I want and how I want... - Tyson Key

I would like to know, whiche companies actually have apps already. Can you help me here? - http://ff.im/3746S - Martin Seibert

Kol Tregaskes

Do we have any artists on FriendFeed? Not photographers but people who can paint, draw, sculpture, etc? #shareit - http://www.flickr.com/photos...

February 15, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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One of my poor attempts is above. It was something I drew when I was young (many years ago). I used to draw all the time but I've not drawn anything for ages now. I'd like to start again and combine drawing with photography in the future. My palette is limited to pencil and black/white drawings. Painting, for me, is a struggle and colouring always comes out a little wrong. :-) - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

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This looks great! I don't draw very well but I've got artists at my office who do a good job *goes to get link* edit: here you go: http://www.flickr.com/photos... and http://www.flickr.com/photos... and http://www.flickr.com/photos... - vijay

@Kol - I can assure you that you're still better at drawing than I am, for what it's worth. - Tyson Key

vijay, thanks for the links. I did forget to say please share you works of art here please? :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Glad to share Kol. My colleagues are pretty damn good IMO and I use every chance I get to show off their work :D - vijay

The question should be: Do Artists still "paint, draw, sculpt..." ? I guess so, because Painting can mean creating images with Processing, and Sculpting can mean making physical computing constructs with Arduino and drawing can be fabbing with a 3D printer from 3D generative algorithms... Of course there are artists here. Just a thought. - Brad Kligerman

I still draw stick people and houses with big windows and a chimney with a plume of smoke, anything else is beyond my capabilities. - M F

I typically paint (acrylics, oils, watercolors), but I also do a bit of hand sculpting, pottery wheel, and if you forced me to, I will also draw, though I prefer charcoals and pastels for that. - Hookuh Tinypants

Brad, yes true. This question is asking if there are any 'traditional' artists out there? - Kol Tregaskes

Amanda, any examples of your work that we could see? :-) - Kol Tregaskes

I don't attempt anything that's supposed to look like anything real... http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Tinfoil 2.0

@Kol: I'll have to hunt around for something. I've tended to give away whatever I create, but I know I've kept some stuff. It's been a while since I've actually done anything, because I've been so damn busy with school and work. - Hookuh Tinypants

Nice thread, Kol. I used to draw all the time as a youngster but lost touch until I had some free time and took a drawing class at a local nonprofit art school about 5 years ago. Just like you, I cannot paint, either, and have no eye for color, so I stick with B&W. Here are a couple of charcoal sketches from that class: http://huffstuff.com/images... and http://huffstuff.com/images... . I loved that class so much and would love to go back. - rowlikeagirl

Amanda, if you find anything I'll look forward to seeing it. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Spidra, pretty good, Like this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Kol Tregaskes

Yes. I can. My college degree is in fine arts. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

Ah, I suppose it's cool to pimp my stuff in this thread? ;) - karchesky

I used to draw constantly until I went to college. Then it just stopped. I've been trying recently to sate the creative urges with photography. But I kinda suck at it. - The original Kevin

yes. me, I do it for a living and I went to school for it and all that. - JoEllen

That's beautiful, Kol! - Ladyepiphanybug

I have a morning and afternoon off from FF and look what happens. Thanks Heather and everyone. An old post resurrected. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Thanks, Heather. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

I am a potter, and it seems not too many potters are on here. www.revolutionpottery.com - Holly

I do all kinds of art - mostly drawing with a brush and ink these days, but also collage and digital painting with a Wacom tablet... http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Paula W

I used to be able to draw with media on paper... I am out of practice, though. I exercise my creative skills in other ways (mostly through Photoshop). If I had more free time I'd like to get back into drawing and painting. - Lindsay

Yes I paint! But I mainly use just hand drawing for work, since there is not a software program that does concept design as quickly and well. My Painting Portfolios are here: http://bit.ly/dxqiD - Kay Designer

All Things Google: Jansen Lu

Who is using Chrome as your default web browser?

December 25, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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Switched back to Chrome as default when it came out of beta. - Mohamed J

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w00t! - Adam Lasnik

Was about the ask the same question - Varun Mahajan

Waiting stable mac version - Icekahlua

Still on Firefox. I would love to switch to Chrome, but I need my extensions and toolbars. - Ray Metzen

They don't care for the Mac, I don't care for Chrome. - Dimitrios Diamantaras

waiting native linux version - deerstep

I'm a Google Chrome user by default (on my home laptop). - Mike Reynolds

I am. Since the day it came out. Ad-block using windows HOSTS file. :-) - vijay

Chrome is default on my work laptop, but waiting for Linux version for home PC. To be honest, I don't miss extensions that much, except for Mozilla Weave. I have (re)discovered bookmarklets. I would prefer to have "/" to start a search instead of ctrl-f. - Warren Butler

this guy does -> - Chris Hofmann

I'm on Chrome but I miss Firefox often. - Mitch

I'm Chrome all the way! - Tyler (Chacha)

Been using Chrome (as my default) since day one. =) - deepikaur

I haven't even used it ever. This is mostly because i'm on Linux though... - Tom Ribbens from IM

I have never used it because I'm on a Mac. I do use Windows but this is the bigger issue: why do I need another new browser? What's wrong with Firefox? I have tons of add ons that I love and can't see browsing the net without them. Flock is a good one with its unique features. Even Orca has something unique about it. It doesn't seem like Chrome offers enough of a new dimension to browsing that I should really care. Why bother? If they're gonna make a browser, why wouldn't they give us a reason to switch? - Nathan Mylott

Nathan: I disagree to a point. As noted before, I haven't tried it, but supposedly javascript performance is way better than anything that was out when they first released Chrome. This is major in today's world I believe. I'm an avid user of Meebo, and it often is very noticable that Meebo is a javascript application that actually is too heavy for many browsers. - Tom Ribbens

I also read Firefox is taking on the battle with Chrome and is working on optimizing its javascript engine too. For this, I thank Chrome for making my browser of choice faster, and therefor making my IM client of choice also faster. - Tom Ribbens

Nathan, you raise good points there. What attracts me to Chrome are its speed, particularly re javascript as Tom pointed out too, the clean UI and the option to create desktop shortcuts for frequently used websites. What keeps me using Firefox is mostly the extensions and toolbars I don't want to do without. However, there are also things that bug me in Firefox (most notably the huge memory footprint), and that's why I'm on the lookout for another default browser. - Ray Metzen

I switched from Firefox to Chrome as well. Speed, thanks to the optimization for javascript, is the major issue, especially when I'm using my Vista-powered HP 2133. I'm not sure how long Google can keep me on Chrome, but I must say thank you to them, 'coz they push the browser war to another level. - Jansen Lu

I would like to but no addon support yet. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

I've been on-and-off the chrome, but decided to switch fulltime when it came out of beta. - Sung W. Lim

firefox is better to me. - 拓 | wavesand

Chrome is default for all things not SEO-related. For SEO i need plugins and toolbars, which leaves Firefox/Flock as the only option. - Egor Kunovsky

Chromium nightly builds for me! Chrome is great. It loads up everything so much faster then FF, and I love the all-in-one search/address bar and inbuilt memory manager. - Will Higgins™

For me, it can't be default without addon support. So for now FF is still my default but I do use Chrome for few things. - Dee @ Holycool.net

Waiting for Mac version - Raman Ng

bingo！ - /sg

yes, when on windows. - Victor Zhou

I'm a Mac user. A no for me right now. - Lin

I've been on and off Chrome for about a month. I'd say I use it ~70% of the time. Most days I'm impressed with its speed - but some days (like today) I get tired of having to hunt down rss feeds and being unable to use add-ons (especially adblock plus). - Ayo

I decided today to change form FF to Chrome! - psioniks

+1 - Arawak

Me. - AJ Batac :)

me too - metalerik

i use firefox only..... at least, till now :) - yagami

Using Chrome as default but also have a screen with Firefox because I like Feedly, Google Bookmarks, Extensions. Tabs can be dragged and dropped Chrome to Firefox and back quite easily (just URL) - Julian Edward

Yep, I do. - Chris Gardner

No extensions, No use for it. That's the way I see it. Sure is fast though - Brandon Hall

I do. The only thing i miss is mouse guestures and xmarks. - Mario

i do. Faster, harder, faster, better, faster, stronger :) - stanjourdan

I did til today. The new dev build make mine crashes every two minutes. I'm back on Fx 3 til the next update. Good to keep up with Fx improvements! - Jérôme

I also noticed that some websites make chrome beta version crash (facebook particularly). that's quite annoying but it doesn't happen so often to me. - stanjourdan

a larger screen is also appreciable :). As Patrik said, many extensions are not so important. The most important thing is the content in the middle ;) - stanjourdan

I was using Chrome, now I'm using Firefox B4, might switch back, but a clean install made Firefox so nice and snappy, which was why I was using Chrome.... - Canageek

fast, bookmark bar, clear, more space for web page...i love chrome. - Tumutanzi

FriendFeed News

Get FriendFeed notifications on your desktop - http://blog.friendfeed.com/2009...

March 13, 2009 from FriendFeed Blog - Comment - Like - Share

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Try it here: http://friendfeed.com/setting... - Casey Muller

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Cool. Any way for it to appear in the Mac OS X menu bar instead of the dock? Or is that not possible with Air? - Mark Trapp

We looked pretty hard Mark, but couldn't find a way. I'd love to know if there's some way to do it in Air. - Casey Muller

Not bad, if you're into that kind of thing. - Ron Bailey

I wonder why it asks for password instead of remote key. Aren't remote keys designed for third party usage patterns such as notifiers etc? I mean, Fftogo works with remote key, why shouldn't notifier do so as well? - Playing Well with Others

Wonderwool, the notifier is first party usage :-) - Casey Muller

No problem Casey, I figured it was something you guys had looked at. One other thing as I've got it running for a few hours: it notifies me of people's comments that I'm not subscribed to (presumably because they are commenting on a post that someone I am subscribed to posted). It's one thing to see those comments at FriendFeed.com, but it's unwanted to have to be notified of them in real time. - Mark Trapp

Casey, technically — yes (being built and offered by friendfeed and all), but everything that's not under friendfeed.com domain (be it a service or an app) is "outside service", which should be treated as a point of possible attack and thus sandboxed or made safe otherwise. If you take a look at flickr uploader, it uses the same model as any service that's not flickr.com — log into... more... - Playing Well with Others

Good points Wonderwool, and we thought about both options. One thing to keep in mind about Air though, is that it's a browser technology, and even shares cookies with your web browser. So logging in to the notifier app is exactly the same level of security risk as logging in to friendfeed.com with Safari or IE. - Casey Muller

Thanks for the suggestion Mark, those kind of preferences are definitely on our to-do list. - Casey Muller

ERROR: When I run the AIR app, nothing happens. I see the "ff" icon in the system tray. If I right-click and choose "Settings", the notification window pops-up for a half-second, and then disappears. If I right-click and choose "Settings" again, nothing happens. I've uninstalled the app, reinstalled the app, restarted the computer. Always the same result. Other AIR apps work fine (Tweetdeck for example). I'm running Windows XP, Firefox 3.0.7 and IE 8. - Nathan Chase

Sorry about the trouble Nathan, can you try again now? - Casey Muller

Casey - Yes! It works now. Was there something broken on my profile on your end to interface with the app? It started working as soon as you posted. - Nathan Chase

Yes, I reset your notifier settings to the defaults, thanks for bearing with us. - Casey Muller

@Casey - no problem - just wanted to help so that you knew of any bugs. Thanks! - Nathan Chase

IDEA: This notifier would be the perfect vehicle to work out showing direct responses to posts I've made. Showing responses to posts that I've commented on would also be a big help - as the current process of going to my http://friendfeed.com/nathanc... page and combing through the posts to see what's been updated is not ideal. So some thoughts for you - to have that functionality as toggles in addition to selecting from one's Lists. Thanks! - Nathan Chase

tehKenny

Back by popular demand: last post in this thread wins.

February 9, 2009 - Comments disabled - Like - Share

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LAST - Nine

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You seriously starting another of these? We already have the mammoth one that won't die. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I win! wait, oh....nevermind.... - Morgan

I already called last, Alex >:( - Nine

STOP! - Steven Perez

lalalala.. I'm still last - Nine

BOO! - Steven Perez

YADA YADA YADA. - Steven Perez

THIS SPACE FOR RENT. - Steven Perez

NARF! - Steven Perez

DAMN YOU, STEVEN PEREZ - Nine

YA! - Steven Perez

what's that? - AJ Batac :)

is this still going? - Morgan

IT NEVER ENDS! - Steven Perez

Ha ha, everyone is going to comment on this thread now, it's genius! :) - Danielle Closs

CTRL-ALT-DEL. - Steven Perez

hello? is this thing on? - Morgan

SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH. - Steven Perez

I LIKE PIE. - Steven Perez

42 - Tinfoil 2.0

WASH YOUR HANDS. - Steven Perez

NIN - Outsanity

KILL DA WABBIT. - Steven Perez

I like Steven Perez because he likes pie. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

THAT'S MY RED STAPLER. - Steven Perez

Hahah this thread cannot end well - Roberto Bonini

(Why, yes, I would like another Red Bull, please.) - Steven Perez

ROSE BUD - JA Castillo

I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? - Steven Perez

I AM SPARTACUS. - Steven Perez

WHERE'S YOUR HEAD AT. - Steven Perez

MY GOD IT'S FULL OF STARS. - Steven Perez

MY HOUND HATH NO NOSE. - Steven Perez

I AM THE WAY AND THE LIGHT. - Steven Perez

What's a SLUB?! - Rah-PM 2012

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US - JA Castillo

TIME FOR LUNCH. - Steven Perez

I'm not wearing any pants. - Ben Jackson from twhirl

hey! look over there! it's a hairless dog! *sits down at the end of the post* - Morgan

DON'T TASE ME, BRO! - JA Castillo

If it's tread does that mean we're all in a rut? - Anika

there's still time to edit: "tread" - AJ Batac :)

Hmmm do I get a cookie if I'm last? :) - Danielle Closs

Can I come back in a year and trump? - Craig Eddy

*stands in the doorway of the thread* 'buh-bye. bye now. bye! goodbye. bye-bye. toodles. no, thank YOU! buhbye! - Morgan

no time limit? - Kenton

Yay Me! - Morgan

No he doesn't...I contest the result to the supreme court which I, of course, have in my pocket. They declared me the winner! Take that Al Gore! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

What have I done? :::commits seppaku::: - tehKenny

I'm sorry sir, you are going to have to exit the thread now...Sir? SIR!!! - Morgan

Nothing to see here, ya lookieloos! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I officially declare this the final comment. - Joey Gibson

look over there! --> - Simon Wicks

Excuse me sir? Did you drop this? - Morgan

FALCON PUNCH!!! - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

I win - Craig Eddy

No you don't. - Nine

Duck Season! - tehKenny

A copy of the home game "Pointless FriendFeed Thread tehKenny just made up!" - tehKenny

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... <- last comment sorted alphabetically. I win! - ·[▪_▪]·

I called "last" all the way back at the start, y'all. Keep going all you like. Because, if you take it literally "The LAST comment in this thread wins". My comment was "Last". - Nine

Me, me, me! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

You know, Nine has a point there. - Jason Wehmhoener

*waves hand like a Jedi* This is not the thread you want to comment on. - Phoenix

This thread is going to go on FOR-EV-ER! - Danielle Closs

Tread? - Jordan Hofker

Alex is eating lunch. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

It's dead, Jim. - ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! - tehKenny

-------------------------------------------------- cut here -------------------------------------------------- >8 - LouCypher

last - Nine

NUTELLA RULEZ! PEANUT BUTTER DROOLZ! - Steven Perez

It appears that someone is eating my comments. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

DAMN THE TORPEDOES. FULL SPEED AHEAD. - Steven Perez

AND SHE'S BUYING A STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN. - Steven Perez

Picture comments in Friendfeed = 4Chan. - tehKenny

MAMMA MIA MAMMA MIA!!! - AJ Batac :)

CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? - ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)

MUST ... HAVE ... THE PRECIOUS! - Steven Perez

First! - AJ Batac :)

Not even close. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Pizang! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

fully expect this thread to still be going on in the morning - Iphigenie

If it's not still going in 5 days, it's a massive friendfeed FAIL - Scoble, Alex Scoble

HA! I'm gonna crash friendfeed right now! - Meryn Stol

Oh no I know, I'm just gonna hide the thread. Got you now! - Meryn Stol

Crash? What be that? - tehKenny

I just ate a chocolate eclair - Matt Frog

Sorry but your hide button has been hidden. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I predict someone will need to gas up this thread at around 115 Comms., based on past mileage. - Micah

Huh?? What crash? I can't bother expanding the comments. - Roberto Bonini

This thread is already the most commented thread for the day. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

The next person to comment after me is a complete failure and will never amount to anything (still wanna post, ey?) - Matt Frog

Not even close, Matt. I have my failure shields up. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Matt: May you live in interesting times. :) - Roberto Bonini

Bahhhh! Worth a try I guess. Reminds me of when school kids used to say "Twats Say What" really quick, of course... you could do nothing but say What?! ;) - Matt Frog

:) - Danielle Closs

i win! - Cardeen winedrunk

iWould Die4 U - Josh Haley

there was cayke?! - Simon Wicks

*Fillup* ... *Windshield Wash* ... *Fresh Tires* ... *GO! GO! GO!* - Micah

The end. (Hey, it's worth a try.) - Ontario Emperor

Not yet. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I like dollar cost averaging. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Who doesn't like puppies? - Jason Wehmhoener

Something non-sequitor - Josh Haley

I like puppies, but I like kittens the most. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Why do like dollar costs averageing, Alex? - Roberto Bonini

It's a good way to minimize risk buying in to a down market or selling in to an up market. Since you never know where the bottom or top is. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

That makes no sense, Chris. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

ARE YOU READY FOR THIS? I googled "Who will win this thread" - Lo and behold an automotive forum thread was started March 2, 2006, has 3 comments just today (Feb 9, 2009), and has 975 comment pages totaling over ==> 14,600 COMMENTS <=== (and counting) http://forums.motortrend.com/70... - Micah

so im last ? - Simon Wicks

ME! - Brandy Lea

wasnt me then, my bad - Simon Wicks

anybody else hear that dripping sound? - Morgan

Bookmarking now and putting a reminder to check in a few weeks. - Rob H.

is this a race? - Live4Emma (L4S)

It's a race with no end. - Joey Gibson

I have a bad feeling about this ... - timepilot

*singing* 'always and forever...' - Morgan

Let's get this party started for real this time. American Football, Baseball, AND Basketball are all complete rubbish. You may create your mosh pit now - Matt Frog

no mosh pit, circle pit!! - Simon Wicks

I agree, Matt. Formula 1 FTW! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Ok folks! That's it! Drink up and get out! You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here! Everybody out! Thanks for coming! See you tomorrow. Don't worry, I'll lock up.... - Morgan

Hrm...it's possible this thread will never die - Rah-PM 2012

Matthew: wow, really? - Morgan

Morgan, you can take a break now - AJ Batac :)

Oh noes, an 'h' snuck into the title. =P - Anika

Somthing like that Mark. - Roberto Bonini

somebody call me? no? huh...that's weird... - Morgan

ROFL - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I concur - Morgan

cue the fat lady - Morgan

Worst. Thread. Ever. (in the voice of comic book guy from Simpsons) - David Bisset (sn)

And that's the news for tonight. Good night America. - Morgan

oh i go this! - Live4Emma (L4S)

YOU'VE GOT TO GET MAD. - Steven Perez

*drops pants* - Johnny

Wake me up before you go go. - Morgan

this thread is awesome - andy brudtkuhl

I'M MAD AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANY MORE!!!!!!!!!!! - Matt Frog

Who? - Steven Perez

*Picks up his ball* 'Screw you guys! I'm going home!' - Morgan

seriously guys, I GOT THIS - Live4Emma (L4S)

CAN YOU DIG IT? - Steven Perez

"Tatsumaki-Senpuu-Kyaku"... YOU WIN!.... Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding... Da-Na-Da... Vrooom... - Johnny

ROFL - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Seriously Flippity....UNDER CONTROL - Live4Emma (L4S)

Thank you Fans!! We love you!!! Good night! - Morgan

Is this thing on... *tap tap* - Far

No...it isn't. Stop talking in to it. It's a banana anyhow. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Will this thread ever finish? I - Johnny

Bam! - Holger Eilhard

Will this thread ever end? I'll discuss it here: - Johnny

look it, y'all...IT'S SECURE...I GOT IT - Live4Emma (L4S)

1. No - Johnny

But L4S, are you sure? If not, more than willing to step in and take charge of this - Matt Frog

Humbuckers! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

i went away for a while, has anyone won yet ? - Simon Wicks

tehKenny “The last comment in this t*h*read wins. GO!” 4 hours ago - Comment - Like - Hide - More Josh Haley, ·[▪_▪]·, Haggis (Sean), Rahsheen ™, AJ Batac, Steven Perez, Alex Scoble, Far, andy brudtkuhl, Ontario Emperor, Ethan Baker, LouCypher, Kol Tregaskes, VC Freak, Alfredo, Simon Wicks, Just Katie, Ben Jackson, Morton Fox and Morgan Haley liked this - Johnny

Johnny won! Congrats! - Live4Emma (L4S)

I am clear to take the shot! I'm taking the shot! Fox 1! - Morgan

It's just another Manic Monday.... OHHOOOOOOHHH - AJ Batac :)

Boobs - Johnny

SHE'S A SUPER FREAK, SUPER FREAK - Matt Frog

A LONG TIME AGO, IN A FF THREAD FAR, FAR TOO LONG...... - Morgan

i give up - Live4Emma (L4S)

im watching xmen, what are you doing? - Simon Wicks

I admire the sticktoittiveness that you are all showing... but i must warn you...i have no life and winning this is the only thing I got keeping hope alive....come on man, please! just please let me have this one tiny little victory....please!!! - Morgan

pish - Nathan Rein

I 'pish' on your grave Nathan! :-) - Morgan

The day, the MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSIC DIED - Matt Frog

ok, i guess i'll just let you guys have this one...i'm gonna leave now...good luck...bye....*footsteps get fainter*.... - Morgan

Oh no, not this again. - Carmen wBabby

i know...it's almost sad now...the pathetic little attempts to post *anything!* sheesh... - Morgan

*runs after Morgan to give worldly advice in a Morgan Freeman voice - Matt Frog

*sits down to listen to the advice offered by Matt "Morgan Freeman voice" Harwood - Morgan

Oh my God. My Internet went down. Came back up.... AND THE TREAD IS STILL ON! - tehKenny

Well now, I remember when I was a boy, and I came to a crossroad in my life, similar to you. You see Morgan, there's no greater destiny, no greater accomplishment in life, than writing the last comment. Now my thread, my thread died. But yours, yours will succeed. Now fetch me a sandwich. - Matt Frog

*Rises up with a renewed sense of purpose. Fetches a sandwich for Mr. Freeman. Realizes that there can be only one. One final comment. One victor. **begin training montage to 'Jukebox Hero' by Foreigner...** - Morgan

*Enjoys sandwich* Thank you, partner - Matt Frog

you are welcome. but please don't comment after me on this thread. i'm trying to win a free trip to Japan with my band class. - Morgan

Japan is awesomesauce! I want some miso negi ramen! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

b-cuz - Morgan

Wind? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

whats this doing all the way down here ? - Simon Wicks

That's what she said... - Johnny

and DEEP too! - Morgan

hahaha brilliant idea :) - Zee.

Danged if I know. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

No, Mark, no one is getting it on with their video...oh wait, what? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

game on! - Dobromir Hadzhiev

FIRST! EDIT: LAST! - Rah-PM 2012

Everyone comments after John. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I'm usually a thread killer... maybe i'll win! - Jason

I am bowing out of this thread. Good luck all you peeps. - Morgan

John who? - Jeremy Brooks

Which John? - Anika

Me? - Johnny

I'll believe that when I see it, Morgan. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

im scared to hit the 242 more comments button - Simon Wicks

Which thread? This thread? - Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™

No, your other thread, Lisa. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Oh. Thanks, Alex. - Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™

You guys are sooooooo immature, I'm going to end this right now with my comment (hehehheee) - The Real sofarsoShawn

Candygram. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

WAAAASSSAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUP! - Steven Perez

WAAASSSSAAAABBBIIIIII! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Hut 1, Hut 2, Hut 3, HUT! Old Dirty Bastard, Live and Uncut! - Rah-PM 2012

Stop. I win. - Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™

Nuh-uh, I do. - Anika

DAMN YOU, JILL & ANIKA! *shakes fist* Edit: and Mark. *cough* - Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™

I just realized why Friendfeed comments don't allow white space: ASCII art. - Jason Wehmhoener

Don't try to change the subject Jason. And Lisa, :P - Anika

Not in this lifetime, Glen. :) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

There was a subject? - Jason Wehmhoener

Glen, you're not the boss of me! >.< - Anika

Hahaha, omg, 269 comments now? It's the neverending thread... - Danielle Closs

The only way to win is not to play. - Andrew C (✓)

Still has a ways to go. It will never get to 560. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

It will eventually stall out like this thread http://friendfeed.com/e... - Scoble, Alex Scoble

pish - Nathan Rein

is there a time limit? - Simon Wicks

When it stops showing up on the front page. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

what do i win? - Trent Olson

Carolanne! Go to the light! All Welcome! - Morgan

You actually have to have the last post, ever...to win....welcome to the Thunderdome. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Are we there yet? - Morton Fox

i'm going to bed. i hope this is still here when i get back. I trust you my overseas friendfeeders. - Simon Wicks

Just around the corner, Morton. Put your seatbelt back on. - Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™

it lingers like the smell of wet dog - Morgan

Is this a secret way to get us all to test hide? - Robert Scoble

You mean you haven't hidden this post yet, Robert? Isn't this type of thing the very definition of noise to you? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Let them eat thread! - Morgan

I feel victorious. - Andru Edwards

Andru: yeah, you and everyone else! - Morgan

I win!! :) - Susan Beebe

Nope, sorry. :-D - Jordan Hofker

BOOOOOYAAAAA! GIMME DA LOOT! - Rah-PM 2012

I'm the winnnna!!!! - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

uh. HAI! what did I win? - Trish Haley

If post after me, I WILL CUT YOU! - Eric

I think I need to win this thread war. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

position claiming comment - Morgan

Great! Now all suckers line up after this one ;) - Ashish Rangole

Oh my.. 315 comments! - Zu from AOD

damnit i didn't win - Cardeen winedrunk

tehKenny wins? - Rah-PM 2012

NUTELLA! - Steven Perez

Yes, I declare Gabe the winner. - Anika

comment - JA Castillo

I don't think this thread will ever end, here's why. - coldbrew

I DON'T WANNA WIN!!!!! - vijay

Don't worry Vijay, I already declared Gabe the winner. - Anika

What thread? - Amit Nangare

What do I win? I don't want to participate till I read all the terms and conditions (no purchase necessary, void where prohibited except on Tuesdays and Thursdays, etc..). - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

I'm down with a mango. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

WINNER! - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

A winner is me! - iTad

Tad loses! I win! - Jeremy Brooks

I warn you. I won a previous thread-killing thread (http://friendfeed.com/e...). I'll keep commenting, and commenting, and commenting. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

I just posted another comment to demonstrate that I'll keep commenting. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

It's like a staring contest, and my eyes do not dry out. Well they do, but I just suck it up. - Jeremy Brooks

Is this over yet? - Jason

No...it's not. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Not yet. - Vince DeGeorge

Is there a limit to comments in FF? What's the highest you've seen? - David Bisset (sn)

We have no idea, Bisset...and like 555 is the most we've seen. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

O HAI - Chris Charabaruk

The next comment will be the one directly after mine. Seriously. - Derrick Burns

Word. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Anyone win yet? - Jordan Hofker

Nope. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

oh - Tamar Weinberg

This is the thread that never ends, and it goes on and on my friends - Chris Charabaruk

It will probably last well beyond just the nighttime, Jill. - Tamar Weinberg

IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK? - ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)

comment comment comment - Jeremy Brooks

Whatevsies. - felicious

44,000+ comments (going since Aug 2001), named " This thread now has its own gravitational field " http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums... - Micah

what do I win? - Bryan Clark

tentacle pron? does that involve cthulu? - Trent Olson

>YAWN< - ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)

Whoa. A forum dedicated to Rush (yes, that one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... ) has a thread starting with "I'm Bored" which is up to 412,374 posts http://www.rushmessageboard.com/cpmb... Back-story here: http://www.urch.com/forums... - Micah

Rush rules!! - Josh Haley

morning you suckers, still trying to win? - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Throw out your hands. Stick out your tush. Hands on your hips. Give 'em a push. You'll be surprised, you're doing the French mistake....Voila! - .LAG liked that

*p00p* - Rah-PM 2012

this is madness! - Mladen Srdić

Heh. - Roshni

We're gunning for a new record in # of comments, a record that this post has (550): http://friendfeed.com/e... - Hutch Carpenter

i hear jerusalem bells a' ringing, roman cavalry choirs a' singing... - .LAG liked that

*THIS THREAD HAS BEEN LOCKED/UNDER MODERATION.* Please "Hide" - Andrew Smith

Josh with his "Rush Rules", and then -crickets- for 45 minutes. I was staring at it and simple couldn't comment further. It had its own force shield. - Micah

Sir, Yes Sir! No problem! Will HIDE immediately. - Rah-PM 2012

Bacoonnn!!!! - Alemsah Ozturk

Somebody's trying to break Friendfeed - bad! :P - Susan Beebe

What... Huh... Where am I? - Brian Roy

393 comments? That's it? :p - Josh Haley

i kissed a girl. and i liked it! - .LAG liked that

*I'm* not gonna break friendfeed. - Trent Olson

Serious? I need to find a chick to kiss...lol - Rah-PM 2012

http://friendfeed.com/e... - Johnny

Damn straight Christopher - Threepwood

I'm not budging - The Real sofarsoShawn

you're no stranger to love. you know the rules...and so, do, i!!!! - .LAG liked that

bwaaahhha ha ha!!! ... oh sh!t... no wait - "last" - I win... - "'SNAZ'" from twhirl

the secret to everlasting FF posts....:) - WoH: Minding her Steves

A NEW CAR! dat dat dunnuuuh! dat dat dunnuuuh! dat dat da diiih dadiiih dadiiih dat dat dat daaaah - Josh Haley

you guys stink, like poo, I almost clinched it w/ flippity - The Real sofarsoShawn

Andrew edges into the lead.... - Andrew Terry

And alemsah reaches for the stars!!! - Alemsah Ozturk

:) - Heidi Jeffers Thibodeau

Holy crap that was a good idea! - Ciaoenrico

I wonder how many comments will end up here...? :) - Andrew Terry

Its still alive! - Simon Wicks

*Bump* - Tyson Key

rats..! I thought I had this in the bag... please stop adding comments!!! :-) - Andrew Terry

Never! - Vince DeGeorge

allo! - The Real sofarsoShawn

46 mins and no new comments. do i win? - Simon Wicks

pish - Nathan Rein

If you love stupid and mean people that eat kittens and park in your spot, comment anything below this comment. - Jemm

FTW - Joe Dawson

Comments are now closed. - Phil Boiarski

Ok... move along. Nothing here to see. - AJ Batac :)

The masked commenter strikes again! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

you know what? - Simon Wicks

We're going for broke! - Tyson Key

this thread sucks! - Tamar Weinberg

wow! that's a lot of comments - Bryan Clark

What? - tehKenny

Only 1,000,945,323 to go! - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

Whee! Lalalala - Tyson Key

Could this thread eventually suck FriendFeed into a wormhole and break the space-time continuum? - Tyson Key

I'm not giving up - Hutch Carpenter

What's the prize? Oh wait, don't anyone answer that.... - Kevin C. Tofel

The next person who comments is a big poo poo head. - iTad

The next person to post is a poopy-head. (Pass the loot!) - david beckwith

Gabe already won! >.< - Anika

*Castle Thunder* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Micah

I thought it was a rule that only Scoble could have threads this long. - Lindsay

Have you ever seen tehKenny and scobleizer together in the same room? Exactly. - Micah

I have just been compared with a Scoble... AND it's not the "Alex" one? What have I done? - tehKenny

do i win? - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

JD - No. - Russellreno

@tehKenny/scobleizer I'm afraid you spawned a FriendFeed -inside- a single thread. That's right, a "µFF" service. For better or for worse (*danger* ...http://www.fborfw.com/strip_f... ) - Micah

No one wins. We all win. It's the same thing. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yo dawg, I heard you like to Friendfeed, so I put a Friendfeed in your Friendfeed so you can Friendfeed while you Friendfeed. - Jason Wehmhoener

Zero-sum or infinity-sum? You decide. As long as Tyson has time to burn, we all win by virtue of his "likes". - Scoble, Alex Scoble

One day, the world will click on the link to open the rest of the comments, while pleading "Save us!", and FriendFeed will simply answer "No." - Josh Haley

I only have 425 comments! Look like blocking changes out what numbers you see. - Anika

@Josh while black ink spreads across the FF logo. - vijay

This thing is still goin? - andy brudtkuhl

never gonna give you up. never gonna set you down. never gonna run around. and. hurt. you! - .LAG liked that

<('-'<) ^('-')^ (>'-')> KIRBY DANCE!!!!! - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

We're a competitive bunch, eh? - Jordan Hofker

FALCON PUNCH!!! yes we are - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

then get the heck outta here ;) - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

SHORYUKEN!!!!! how bout now? - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

I concur with Flippity. - vijay

I agree with Flippity and vijay. - Anika

Hi Jilly! Much better. I'm healing up pretty fast. :) - vijay

483 - Simon Wicks

What does one win? - Ian May

Absolutely Jilly :) I think I've had enough extreme sports action to last a long time =P - vijay

Mark, thanks for reminding me to *like* this myself. - vijay

WHAT! - Steven Perez

DAMN YOU STEVEN PEREZ!!!! - vijay

she's alright. she's alright. that girl's alright...with me... yeah! - .LAG liked that

But way better! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

This challenge is like a puffer train in the game of Life (as in cellular automata). It is structured to go on forever. Does FF have the server capacity to handle an infinite thread? - Tim Ostler

Somewhere soon a database table is going to cry. - David Bisset (sn)

This thread is still going???????? I think they do, but don't blame me for a buffer overflow. - Roberto Bonini

This thread is pretty close to catching up to the other never-ending thread. http://friendfeed.com/e... - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Comment #501. - Joey Gibson

I WAZ HERE - Shey

NO YOU WUZN'T! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

IZ HERE - Canada's Web Shop

No way Mark! -

Stabbity! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

The last comment. - Phil Boiarski

This is the thread that never ends. It just goes on and on my friend. Some people started writing it not knowing what it was, and they'll continue writing it forever just because this is the thread that never ends... - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

I SEE LONDON, ... - Steven Perez

"The last comment in this thread" - Phil Boiarski

I SEE FRANCE. - Anika

Hey i see france every day. They are a lot closer. ;) - Roberto Bonini

MY EYES MY EYES..... - Roberto Bonini

[ogles Alan's love sac] - Anika

Wow Anika, just wow :) - Mattb4rd

Mark and Anika, I'm IN FRANCE. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)

You better watch out Matt, or I'll start ogling yours too. ;P - Anika

:p - cjmart

DAMN YOU TIM GEITHNER! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

pssst, I'm getting my hair did - The Real sofarsoShawn

It's done, not did you dolt. - Roberto Bonini

I come from the hood man, watch it! - The Real sofarsoShawn

This is still going on? Wow. Keep up the good work all! - Chris Charabaruk

I just can't read 523 posts! - Kelly W.

Just kidding. :) - Roberto Bonini

chupacabra - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

I have chicken in my teeth. - Anika

"OOOOOOHHHH YEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!" ~ Cool-Aid Man - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

My cat's breath smells like cat food. - iTad

pish - Nathan Rein

It's "Kool-Aid". LOL - Anika

"OOOOOOHHHH YEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!" ~ Kool-Aid Man (fixed ^_^ ) - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

Never quit! Never surrender! - Chris Charabaruk

sorry, that won't do - The Real sofarsoShawn

Me? Why thank you. I'll use my powers for evil...er...I mean good. - Anika

YOU CAN'T STOP A MOVING TRAIN. - Nine

What about the kool-aid? - Roberto Bonini

You must be joking. This thread is far from over. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I won't accept that. -

"OOOOOOHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" ~ Kool-Aid Man - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

I demand a recount. - ronin

when did the new title come around? - Simon Wicks

I'm sorry, but as the king of England I do not recognize this victory. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

When I frickin' FELT like it, Simon. :P :) - tehKenny

“The following thread will go on. But just so you know Anika won.” ~ BLASPHEMY - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

tehKenny has had his power to determine the winner of this thread stripped by the authority vested in the friendfeedosphere. Sorry man, but it's the last person who comments on this thread, ever. Not who you determine is the winner. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Why did Anika win?? - Roberto Bonini

I CALL SECOND!!!! SHORYUKEN!!!!! - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

*crickets* - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

Second? You have no authority to make these rules! I proclaim your rules to be weaksauce! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

aOh good Lord, I finally opened up this thread AND read it. My scroll finger hurts and y'all are crazy. - Anika

and what's the prize anyways? - WoH: Minding her Steves

I don't even bother opening the thread. Don't want RSI. - Roberto Bonini

Bloop bloop bloop bloop bloop! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

HEY! You can't take away my title. I WUZ ROBBED!! - Anika

Click here http://friendfeed.com/e... and you won't go further, thus this comment is really the last one :) - directeur

This thread brought to you by Mathew Ballard's photography on Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

Nice try, directeur...I'm too clever to fall for your schemes. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

http://friendfeed.com/e... - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

I want my title back. QQ - Anika

27 hours and it's at #3 best of month .... - tehKenny

Nyah nyeah nyean yeah! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I believe that this is now the most commeented thread of all time!!!! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

We're only at #3? Come on, we can do better than that! Let's be #1 of all time! - Chris Charabaruk

last, last , laaast! - Alemsah Ozturk

pish - Nathan Rein

Not last. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I'm a little scared to load the 569 more comments. O.O - Kevykev

We are at #1 of all time. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

It's okay Kevykev. It's painful. *less* I mean painless. - Anika

Bleem bleem bleem bleem bleem! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

<('-'<) ^('-')^ (>'-')> KIRBY DANCE!!!! - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

Alfredo: You sir just made my day. Kirby FTW! - Chris Charabaruk

Okay, I'm willing to *share* my stolen title with Alfredo for the Kirby dance. AWESOME. - Anika

Yay! - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

*zoink* - Scoble, Alex Scoble

this is evil. pure evil. - Chieze Okoye

which post? - Jesse Stay

pish - Nathan Rein

damn, I thought I had that. - Chieze Okoye

someone say something? - Simon Wicks

*chirp* *chirp* - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Wow, I think this sucker is up to or passed 600 comments now. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

pish - Nathan Rein

Bloody hell. - Joey Gibson

OMGWTFBBQ - Steven Perez

wow this is close to 600 comments now :) - Susan Beebe

According to FFHolic this will be the 607th comment. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

when you were mine, i gave you all of my money. you were so fine. you did me wrong! - .LAG liked that

Your comment was actually 609, Mark. This is 611. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

You frown a lot, Mark. Your cat is not amused. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

gonna go for it again. - Chieze Okoye

Nice try. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

It is now 11:22 AM PST. If no one comments on this thread by 11:30 AM PST (you have 8 minutes) I declare myself the winner of this thread. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

It is now 11:31 AM PST. You did not post anything. I did. So I win. Thanks for playing. This contest is now over! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I love being king of the internets. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I must get my PRECIOUS from the fat one! - Morgan

I'm not liking where this is headed. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

*streaks* - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Mine! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Don't challenge me. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

Mine! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Hrmm - Rob H.

What's the prize? - Anthony K. Valley ©

Oh, OK. Internet fame. Is that good? - Anthony K. Valley ©

Mine! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Not any more! BOOYAH! - Chieze Okoye

Mine, again. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Mine! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Kol's - Anthony K. Valley ©

Nope... Alex's - Anthony K. Valley ©

This is never going to end. - Chieze Okoye

I believe that you are right, Chieze. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

uh... - Josh Haley

Win - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

sweet - Josh Haley

Oh no you don't Haley! - Johnny

*belch* - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Oh noes! It's teh Bec Rowe and her power belching from down under! Somebody save us! - Anthony K. Valley ©

600 comments! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

and then some - Josh Haley

still going, huh? - Chieze Okoye

Yup. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

80085 - Josh Haley

No. Way. - Tinfoil 2.0

Nup - Mo Kargas

Never will die. - Mike Nayyar

Losers :oP - Just Katie

ICE CUBE RAWKS. - Steven Perez

*dances* - Mo Kargas

DAMN ME STEVEN PEREZ! - Steven Perez

Kilroy was here. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

pish - Nathan Rein

posh - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I win! :) - Susan Beebe

no - Nathan Rein

No one wins...not today. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Considering that I'm the last person to comment in this thread for over 24 hours, I hereby, once again, declare myself the winner. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

But by doing so of course, you have re-ignited the contest. Catch-22. - Tinfoil 2.0

Well it's obvious which of us is OCD. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I like macaroni. - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Lets get to 666 - Josh Haley

NOT AGAIN!!!! - Steven Perez

Bork bork bork bork! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

666!!!!! This Thread is now offically EEEEEEEEEEVIL! No! The power of Scoble COMPELS YOU! The power of SCOBLE COMPELS YOU! - tehKenny

gib it up, folks - Nathan Rein

Aww, Nathan...I didn't get a chance to post to this yet! - S of 2C

bam! - Chieze Okoye

This thread isn't evil. This thread is full of WIN! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

pish posh - Nathan Rein

Gak. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

non - Josh Haley

la derriere, c'est moi - Nathan Rein

I got your derriere right here - Josh Haley

i meant dernière, i think - Nathan Rein

Still mine, I'm afraid. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

pish - Nathan Rein

Mine! Get off! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

non - Josh Haley

DAMN YOU STEVEN PEREZ! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Nope. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

:p - Josh Haley

Heh, Josh. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

684. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

win - Josh Haley

these guys are smoking this thread anyway http://friendfeed.com/e... - Josh Haley

Yeah, this thread is weaksauce now. :( - Scoble, Alex Scoble

BEEP - Aaron Baer

oops, just BUMPed into this thread. I cant believe this is still floating around - Threepwood

shouldn't feed this. this is madness. I think you set a record, tehKenny. I'm probably the 50th person to say so... a bit scared to open & see, but I will..... ok, no, amended per what Micah said. 14,600????? good luck touching that one. you set an FF record though, for sure - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

I'm still here. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I win - Tyler (Chacha)

try again Chacha! - embee

You woke me up! - Simon Wicks

Watchmen - AJ Batac :)

why not - Keith - @tsudo

first! - Josh Haley

*cough* - Bec Rowe @d0tski

I won :) - Alp

nope - Josh Haley

oh god no. - vijay

WIN - Mike Nayyar

LOSE - Josh Haley

someone say something? - Simon Wicks

unicorn poop glitter! - vijay

Yay! I win! - iTad

think again. - vijay

I don't remember every demanding this returns. Have to check back through my memos... - Mark Traphagen

first! - Josh Haley

Wow. - tehKenny

So I can be a winner?!??!! I guess that is right up until the next person posts. - Christian (Simply X)

yes. - vijay

Whut? - Steven Perez

I refuse to give up. - Christian (Simply X)

no - Nathan Rein

not gonna stop there either - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down... YOU=ME... - Dobromir Hadzhiev

what constitutes as "popular demand'? - MicahBear78

Where? - Steven Perez

not here - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

STOP the INSANITY! - Christian (Simply X)

Ping! - Tyson Key

Pong! - Russellreno

mine - Josh Haley

NOT. - Steven Perez

Just passing through. - Carmen wBabby

Who started this one again? ;-) Oh, we need more likes for this one: http://beta.friendfeed.com/funny-p... ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

looks like i am staying up then lol still - Tatty Gibson

no - Nathan Rein

Claiming victory! - LB shining

I' will never day die. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

I kill all threads! - caj needs a haircut

no - Nathan Rein

uh huh - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

I WIN. - Chris Charabaruk

No, you don't - LouCypher

I'm so going to be the last ^^ - Toni @ NavinoT

wewt - Josh Haley

WOOOO - mjc

nope - Nathan Rein

nice - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

When's it end? - The original Kevin

Is it over yet? Oh. - Morton Fox

Las Post. - Michael R. Bernstein

Ppp-pick up a Post! - Tyson Key

o hai - Josh Haley

meep meep - Kevin Johnson

this should be renamed to FriendFeed boundary testing - dpurrington

what? - Steven Perez

huh - Simon Wicks

sweet - Josh Haley

I am glad I won - Mike Nayyar

So..... who won? :) - Kevin C. Tofel

me! - Simon Wicks

gee - Josh Haley

tomatoes - Josh Haley

wrinked ping skin! - Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart

What? - Jordan Hofker

No. I did. - Steve Lowe

Joey Gibson

Should I be worried that 9 times out of 10 when I comment on a FF thread, there are no further comments? Am I that offensive? Or am I just that late to the party? :-)

February 6, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

Iván Abrego, Anton, Micah and 69 other people liked this

It happens a lot to me, too. - Nine

462 more comments

Thread killer!! *points and throws LOLcats* - Yolanda

We are a rare breed. We say things that just can't be followed for some reason. Thread killers unite! - Josh Haley

Are you the Ted McGinley of friendfeed perhaps? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Joey, I thought it was my breath or something. Glad to find I am not alone. Tic Tac anyone? - Janet-The Bottley Crue

Oh, Alex. That's just downright mean! - Nine

There are no further comments bacause your comment was so perfect no one could bear to top it. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

We are the thread killers. Kill 1k more, and we'll let you in the room =D - FFing Enigma

Do you ever use the word dookie in your posts? - Oldengrey (Jay)

I notice the same phenomenon when I join a queue, 20 km long and no one seems to come behind me, obviously I was born to be last and I suspect this is the end of this thread. - M F

Should I have ended it with "Just sayin'!"? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

exactly the same here :( - ♥ Stephiepooos ♥

The Thread Reaper(TM)? ;) - Tyson Key

Joey, please comment so we can close this one out. ;-) - Sprague D

No biggie, go with m9m's theory and don't judge on comments or likes, you did your part throwing it out there. Everyone else can do with it as they wish. Additionally if a girl dumps you assume she is a lesbian. - SteVe C

lol i am often a thread killer as well - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Sorry you guys, I'm the OG Threadkiller. In fact that name, is on my profile in several places. Because it's true. :) - Anika

If I do it, it's usually on a day when I forget my deodorant. - Just Katie

Married With Children, AKA the guy who gets shows canceled. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

No, Brian, you have failed at killing this thread. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Hey, I didn't say that he's actually killed every show that he's been on, but that's what they call him. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Just pay people to respond to your comments. If you respond to my comments I will give you a DOLLAR! LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

$1 please, Igor. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Alex, send the bill to my accountant at the end of the month! ;-) I hope I do not declare Social Media bankruptcy by that time. LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Another $1 please Igor. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Seven killed MWC (and I don't meant that abomination, 7/9). - MiniMage, enterRUPPted

Seven killed what? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

But who ate one too? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I specialize in killing threads. :) - Morton Fox

Isn't it ironic that none of you have killed this thread and yet you are all supposed to be skilled at it? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Now I'm curious to see who's going to kill this thread - Manuela

Or maybe the kid on Married was named Six... - MiniMage, enterRUPPted

I don't think this thread is killable. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I mean the only non-frungible rule on friendfeed is that the residents here do the opposite of what the poster expects. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Whaaaa? - Holger Eilhard

You're not the only one, Josh. And I wouldn't be shocked if I kill this one. *watching and waiting* - Carmen wBabby

You got to do better than that! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Dammit Brian and Alex! This one is MINE! - Carmen wBabby

Not even close! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Damn, I think I killed the thread! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

... - WoH: Minding her Steves

Hah, you keep dreaming. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Just passing through again. Nothing to see, people. Move along. - Carmen wBabby

Peanut butter jelly time? http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Late? - Shevonne

No, it's peanut butter kitteh time! http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Carmen wBabby

Never. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Not too. - Todd Hoff

You're never gonna get it...not this time. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Thanks for all the comments, folks. Let's now see if my record of thread carnage stands. :-) - Joey Gibson

Same thing happens to me. Watch this one die. :) - JCunwired

This is going to be the longest thread of Friendfeed's history - Manuela

oops - M F

I'm good at thread-killing. Let me give it a try. - Jandy

Damn it, Brian! :) - Jandy

You are all amateurs at killing threads as evidenced by this thread. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Who will be the last one with the hot potato? - Shawn Farner

Nice try Chris, but you can't kill this thread either. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

@pea ♥ fierce as a woozle Done: http://friendfeed.com/rooms... - Rui Pereira

Yeah, I gotta say something...something. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yes, I have to say something else... - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Something else. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Thumbganglings! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Anything? - Tyson Key

Happens to me ALL the time. - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Not yet. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Don't even start with me, Mark...I'm feeling stabbity after dealing with Leather Donut. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Gee, now I have to create a room for FF room killers ... sheshh ... :) - Rui Pereira

Stabbity! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I just created a Thread Killa' t-shirt for all of us on Zazzle but I don't feel like creating a marketplace or whatever the hell it is to show it to everyone - just close your eyes and picture a shirt that says Thread Killa' in an edgy font - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

@Alex, I've liked "stabbity" since the other day when Tad used/coined it. :-) - Joey Gibson

Not in this lifetime, Brian. :) I wonder what thread in friendfeed has had the most comments...I'm sensing that this one will beat it - Scoble, Alex Scoble

yea so how does this work when the thread is stacked with people who all claim to kill threads with their comments? this has the potential to become the longest running thread in history - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

I've trained for this my whole life. - Todd Hoff

No, my brother is never rude to me. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I seem to be the death of discussion, too, so hopefully this won't end at #113 - Just Joe

I have no idea, Brian...but I'm thinking we are going to find out - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I do it all the time, Chris! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

who is your brother alex? - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Just some guy with a blog...and a HUGE melon. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I shut down threads all the time. I'm the thread stopper. - DB Botts - Just DB Botts

So I'm guessing you blocked him then? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I think the point of this thread is to keep it going so that no one gets to be the ultimate thread blocker. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

True, but Ben, however, doesn't blog...although his bar does have a myspace page http://www.myspace.com/bennyst... Which by the way owns Google if you search for Benny's Tavern. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I am Thor, Killer of Threads, Despeaker of the Saxons, Soverign of ALL England! - Joey Gibson

alex this guy is your brother? http://melongrowinghelp.blogspot.com/ - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

No, you are just Joey. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

You confused the metaphorical large melon of Robert's brain pan, with an actual melon that can be grown in the garden. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

+1 Alex - Tyson Key

Great googly moogly! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

OHHHHH my bad - glad you pointed that out because the photo or website accompanying my next guess would have been much weirder - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

I know some FriendFeeders who comments and the thread stops. But I don't think it's you or them. - AJ Batac :)

It isn't AJ either. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Kudos to you Joey, for coming up with the most awesome method ever to generate comments. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

or you alex - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Nope. It's not Alex either. Hmmm... - AJ Batac :)

You mean yet. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

this is why FF rules over Twitter in my book - you could never do this to the same effect with Retweets - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Indeed, Marco, Indeed! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

You guys will have to try killing this thread without me for a while. Time for me to head out for dinner - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Glad I'm not the only one who feels that way sometimes. :-) -

Without proof, who would know? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

It would just make me start my own similar thread. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

is this conversation over? - NoahDavidSimon

It should stop right here - AJ Batac :)

@Alex, thanks. I never expected this many comments. @Marco, maybe this thread can serve as an example of FF's superiority over Twitter for generations to come. ;-) - Joey Gibson

@Chris, delete the thread? Are you kidding? This thread is my ticket to becoming an FF GOD!!! I fully expect an invitation to next week's FFUndercats because of it (and my)) awesomeness. ;-) - Joey Gibson

Really? - AJ Batac :)

@Chris, No way, baby. Because of this thread, I'm Da Man, Dawg. - Joey Gibson

I've never been a very good negotiator. OK, let's try this again. How much you wanna pay me? - Joey Gibson

u know it just occurred to me that we are looking at this all wrong - the glass half full approach would lead us to believe that many of our comments are crafted so beautifully that no one else could add anything else no matter how badly they wanted - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

*burp* - Bec Rowe @d0tski

(_|_) - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Are those boobs, Bec? - Joey Gibson

Bored now. Hide. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

Joey: Nah, it's a bum :D - Bec Rowe @d0tski

No. No it isn't. - WoH: Minding her Steves

My goodness... This should be the end of it. ;) - AJ Batac :)

Not quite, AJ. :-) - Kevykev

almost - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Oh look, I already killed one thread tonight. Let's make this #2. I prefer even numbers, anyway. - Carmen wBabby

I thought it was this: (_(_) (_|_) (_)_) - Carmen wBabby

Thread killer, checking in. Will this be the last comment? - Mike Doeff

Nope - Carmen wBabby

No, I hardly ever get a comment either - Ginger Kenney

This thread is obviously not dead yet *hits it over the head with a cudgel* - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Good. Went to Applebee's and had the quesadilla burger...was good. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Just ain't dying huh? - Just Katie

I've fallen! And I can't get back up! - imabonehead

Downtown is too much of a pain in the ass, Chris...plus a lot more expensive. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

you are not offensive enough. trust me - NoahDavidSimon

First I was afraid. I was petrified. Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side. But I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong. I grew strong. I learned how to carry on... - Anthony K. Valley ©

I am the ultimate thread killer - George Smith

I'm pretty sure this isn't the random lyrics room, Anthony, hehe. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Nope. It just means you are succinct. - Steven Perez

I just wanted a burger, Chris. :) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Alex: Sorry... this thread reminded me of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive". It's a resilient little booger. - Anthony K. Valley ©

Obviously Chris, dollar cost averaging has worked better for you than for me. :) No, Mark, I haven't seen any Mom n' Pops out here. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Low blow, Brian, bringing up a burger that I cannot have in this area. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

lol - Geoff Schultz {TF}

My dad's getting a DVR, sweet! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I'm watching Flashpoint right now. Amy Jo Johnson is still cute after all these years since her Power Ranger days. - imabonehead

DirecTV DVR...she was on Power Rangers? Yeah, she's pretty cute and that's a good show. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Cuz this is thread killer, thread killer night....wooo yeah! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Woo yeah! Shamon! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yeah, she was a former pink Power Ranger. http://www.imdb.com/name... - imabonehead

Give me the $100! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Hehe, no, I just wanted the $100. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

*gets out the eucalyptus leaves* - Scoble, Alex Scoble

What do koalas eat? Eucalyptus leaves. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Not even, Steven? Damn you Steven Perez! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

*twiddles thumbs and toes* - imabonehead

Well, I gotta go to bed now, but just know that I will not let this thread die tomorrow when I wake up. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

wow still going? - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Then it doesn't count. English FTW! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Flashpoint is now over. Now watching Numb3rs. - imabonehead

Temp is dropping! 6c in thirty minutes! woot! - Bec Rowe @d0tski

*clears throat* - Bec Rowe @d0tski

EVERYTIME I have commented EVER the thread has stopped dead. This could be the first when it hasnt! (It would not be funny if you now all agreed to stop posting) - laprensa66

Actually, I have just checked that. Not quite accurate, but it was certainly like that at the beginning. - laprensa66

</thread> - Alan Cheslow

<thread> - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Depends on who you're following. timezones and such... maybe - Richard A.

Dead - Nicola Quinn

I thought I was the thread killer. The temperature has cooled down to a nice cool 24 degrees C. here in up town Adelaide. - Chris Loft

Can I join in? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Sure, Kol :-) - Carmen wBabby

Wouldn't it be nice if FF timestamped each comment in a thread? Then I could see how long ago Carmen welcomed Kol to the party. - Joey Gibson

Joey, hover your cursor over each quote bubble. Tells you how long ago each comment was. - Carmen wBabby

Thanks Mohomed and Carmen. I did not know that. Now, it would also be nice if FF put the Comment and Like links at both the top AND bottom of long threads... - Joey Gibson

It will probably be the thread that never ends. Or has that been said 10 times already? - Ontario Emperor from fftogo

Probably said more than 10 times. - Just Katie

Pfffttt...as if. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

will anyone ever get the last post? - MicahBear78

no - Dan Glass

There's always the possibility that you are so profound that nobody can top you, and they don't even try. - Louis Gray

wow still going - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

LOL, it totally happens to me, too! I can shut a conversation down with a comment. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

the irony of the original post. - MicahBear78

We certainly can't let Mark get the last post. He already drives a 7 series BMW. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I shot a thread in Reno, just to watch it die. - Josh Haley

alex are you implying the final poster gets a car? Genius my boy, Genius - this thread will go on for years now - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

No, I'm implying that Mark doesn't need to own this bright shiny thread. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

fight!fight!fight! Tell him how to use FriendFeed! - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

this thread has a hell of a lot of comments. - Thomas Hawk

one more LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Who says I don't own this thread? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Oh, my, god. 269 more comments??? How on earth did this happen?? I guess you guys are trying to break the record... Do the search by # of comments and you'll see if you've won. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

Alex 1 $ please! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

mark said alex - and he makes the rules, have you seen his scowl? - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Gosh this thread is still running - Manuela

happens to me most of the time too.. you do wonder if the internet is on at times ;) - alphaxion

o hai, morning folks! :) - imabonehead

OHAI! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yes - George Smith

I mean with the 3 showing + 284 + this one = that's not too many needed. I'd say it will pick up straggling comments. - George Smith

The more you interact htte better - Roberto Bonini

Agreed, Roberto, indeed. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

so, this thing is still going strong, eh? ;) - Holger Eilhard

No, it is indeed dead. We are just awaiting the results of the autopsy to see who killed it. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

ping - Todd Hoff

Pong! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

What does it say about the person that comments last? Are they the true comment thread killer? (Now I'm nervous it might be me....that would be an interesting plot twist. You never expect that you're the killer) - George Smith

In this thread? It probably says they are suffering from severe OCD. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Wow...did I finally kill it? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

No - it was the dramatic pause like in horror movies. Everyone thinks it's dead and relax for a moment, only to have the killer come back to life.... - George Smith

and comment 300 FTW - George Smith

um no.... - kartik vaithyanathan

Hehe no one wants to not comment on this thread. - Roberto Bonini

Everybody (including me) wants to have the last word. - Brian Sullivan

Word. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

BTW http://friendfeed.com/e... seems to be the post with the most comments. - Brian Sullivan

We're not going to take it, NO! We ain't going to take it. We're not going to take it...anymooooooore! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

But this one is in the top 10. - Brian Sullivan

Knee kick to Mark! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

You kneed Mark in the hacky-sack? Ouchy.... - WoH: Minding her Steves

On my tombstone: Made the final post on the longest thread in the history of the world. Most satisfying. - Todd Hoff

Oooooooo FIGHT - Roberto Bonini

up up down down left right left right B A - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Fireball! Fireball! Dragon Punch! Fireball! Fireball! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

"309 more comments".. do I read them all to make sure I don't repeat something, or damn the cannons and comment anyway? The latter! - Phil Glockner

+1! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I killed it! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Good grief. I can't believe this is still going... - Joey Gibson

A (figured it was time to resurrect a FriendFeed classic http://friendfeed.com/e...) - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

If you are in North Dakota during the winter, don't wear a kilt. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

Cobblersauce! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I've killed it again! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

or so you wish - kartik vaithyanathan

Nope you didn't - AJ Batac :)

Haha. This is one of those epic threads Robert does, but without Robert. This has gotta be a first, then. - Roberto Bonini

I'm sure he hid this thread a long time ago...it probably fits his definition of noise 100% - Scoble, Alex Scoble

ok - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Strangely enough most of the high comment threads do not involve Robert -- in fact most of them are not even in English. - Brian Sullivan

go - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Everything I say is a lie. I'm lying. - Alan Cheslow

We believe you, Alan. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Once again, I've killed this thread! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Hehe. No. This is turning into a general thread for everything. - Roberto Bonini

So who read the Famous Five as kids???!! - Roberto Bonini

Who here has read The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I'm killing this thread with my inanity, yay! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I ♥ bananas - AJ Batac :)

You are bananas for posting to this thread still! What does that say about me, though? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Who reads Tom Clancy??? - Roberto Bonini

Alex, stop Spamming Friend Feed! UR Fixated with this thread! LMAO - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

I used to read Tom Clancy until he stopped spell/grammar checking his works. Now he's just weaksauce. And Igor...NO! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

What's the FF record for longest comment thread ever??? - Roberto Bonini

Anyone interested in placing bets on a number of comments this thread gets? There is always a way to hijack the thread and kill it! LMAO - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

555 last I looked -- a long way to go - Brian Sullivan

Joey, we just want to make sure you do not feel lonely anymore. Next time someone does not comment after you, just remember this thread! LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Give up already? - Todd Hoff

the ultimate thread killer! - dave

And the beast lives on.... - Just Katie

Mrs. Krabappel and Principal Skinner were in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies and then the baby looked at me. - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Took me 5mins to scroll down to the bottom of this thread, let's get it to 500 comments. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

What? - Rochelle

556 if you want the record - Brian Sullivan

Is there a limit to the number of comments on one FF entry? - Morton Fox

LOL um...the same thing happens to me all the time. Kinda makes it less likely that I'll comment on something for fear of killing the conversation... - Phoenix

I can't believe this is still going on! - Michelle M

Maybe you just said all that needs to be said. Summed it up in one post. - Paula W

363+ posts and I still don't know the answer to the original post! :) Ps: hate to be the party spoiler, but, how much CO2 has these comments produced? - Rui Pereira from fftogo

More like how much methane has been produced as a result of this thread. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

And I've officially killed this thread, once again. Yay me! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I just finished watching two episodes of House MD back-to-back. - imabonehead

same here ima - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

So it's looking like I'm the anti-thread killer then? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yes, it's definitely you, Alex. - WoH: Minding her Steves

Nope, it's gotta be me. - Bec Rowe @d0tski

bump - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

I have buttermilk chocolate and beer. - Bec Rowe @d0tski

You're not dieing on me yet, Thread. Breath damn you, breath! - Jason Shultz from twhirl

Resurrection! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

It's obvious which of us friendfeeders are either a) competitive, b) OCD or c) just plain crazy. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I've killed it once more! Let's hope I remembered to use the right implement this time. Can't remember if it requires A) a wooden stake through the heart B) a silver bullet C) sunlight D) cutting off the head E) dropping in to a pool of molten metal or F) all of the above. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Drop it in to a vat of boiling acid? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Hardly stalling. Just waiting to pounce... - Todd Hoff

This is like an eBay auction with an hour left to go. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

More like: exit(-1) - Todd Hoff

More like: exit(-n) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Love this really long thread... the longest one yet on Friendfeed? - Susan Beebe

Good morning, FF! Watching Globe Trekker now. - imabonehead

ERROR, INVALID COMMAND - Scoble, Alex Scoble

error: out of memory. rebooting... - imabonehead

REBOOT HALTED, INVALID COMMAND IN QUEUE - Scoble, Alex Scoble

ERROR, INVALID COMMAND - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Professor Green, with the pipe, in the study! - Jason Shultz from twhirl

Sundays are for watching cool shows on PBS-HD - imabonehead

I love doing my taxes! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

And you still haven't killed the thread, Brian. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

We are now up to 402 comments (including this one)! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I'm gonna have to dollar cost average it and call it at 410. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Don't stop, I said to 500 comments. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Logout and check the thread, I suppose? I have no clue...oh what about ffholic.com? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Up to 422 according to ffholic. And it's uber lame that it's not on most commented entries for last 24 hours. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Back atcha, Chris. :) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

All I wanna do is zoom a zoom zoom zoom around the room room... YO SHAKE YA RUMP! - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Comment Orgy! LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

I was going to kill this thread, but then I got high. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

And by high, I, of course mean, got drunk...not going to jeopardize my job and my CISSP standing for a little doobage. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

And now I need a new xbox. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Cool...Microsoft is sending me a box. I think I'm going to get an arcade model from either Target or Best Buy tomorrow though. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

@Chris Give me yours and I'll stop posting on this thread. :) I could always use two. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

I still feel a pulse...better hit it over the head with the cudgel again *whack* *whack* - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I think it's feeling better. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

*whack* *whack* *whack* - Scoble, Alex Scoble

It's not quite dead! - Jason Shultz from twhirl

Clear as glass, Chris. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

This isn't even the most commented thread in the last 30 days yet according to ffholic...My brother's post on how to get followers in Twitter and friendfeed is #1...we still have 20 comments to go. And yes, I'm only counting English posts, since I don't speak another language...interesting that we only have visibility in to last 30 days. We have no idea what the most commented entry EVER is. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I don't think you'd like him, Chris. He doesn't believe in dollar cost averaging. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

ping - Todd Hoff

No, Todd...use Nike clubs. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

i hate haters - AJ Batac :)

I hate haters who hate haters. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I thought what we needed was glove. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

The glove didn't fit anyway. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

So we must a quit! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

But only if it's Odwalla. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I'm o'Cato to have some OJ, too, thanks. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

That's no good, Chris. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yeah, I used to get that stuff from Costco and it was pretty good. That's lame that they changed it. Wonder why. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I have a complete lack of fruit trees in my yard. Just trees that dump leaves everywhere. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I don't rake the leaves. I prefer to leave them so that they create a nice mulch. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

LOL, Jason. If you did that in my yard you would come back in 10 years to leaves piled 30 feet high on top of 20 feet of fresh dirt. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yeah, I feel you Chris, but you still aren't going to be last on this thread. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I can't even remember the last time I had a shamrock shake. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Woo this is now the most commented English thread of the last 30 days. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Damn, Chris...that would be whack! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Hehe - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Only one there can be - Yoda the Highlander - Todd Hoff

What if there are two that post simultaneously? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I try to get out, but they keep bringing me back in. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

Yeah, Chris, but not for you. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

for whom does the bell toll? - Jason Shultz from twhirl

Such nice threads. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Speech! Speech! - Jason Shultz from twhirl

Sorry, but no joy on Chris winning this thread. I clearly had a comment after Chris's. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Encore! Encore! - Jason Shultz from twhirl

Still not dead. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Somebody will have to keep it going. I'm about ready to eat dinner and watch the rest of season 3 of the office (and maybe start season 4) so don't let me down! - Jason Shultz from twhirl

OK, we won't. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Come on people, at this rate this thing will never be #1. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Wheeze. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Wooo...we finally passed 500 comments. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Are you part of the thread, or is the thread part of you? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I officially declare this thread dead. Dead, I tell you! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Damn you, Chris! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

ping - Todd Hoff

My gin and bitter lemon consumption is quite high of late. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I'm on pace to drink a bottle of gin every 2 weeks. Ironic that my wine fridge is full of wine. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

sweet alex won! oh wait... - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Ho ho ho, now I have a machine gun! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Did I ever get in on this? - Shey

Don't you have something better to do besides torment me? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

wayyyyy too many other things - that's what makes tormenting you enjoyable ; ) - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Stabbity! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

what no machine gun? shouldnt it be stabity-abity-abiity-abbity-abbity? - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

DAMN YOU TIM GEITHNER! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I win! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Nope, I did the post where I said I won...so I win. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Don't you have some property tax to pay, Chris? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I think you missed some. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

What's the solution? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Well he obviously couldn't kill this one. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yeah, it still wouldn't count, because although I wouldn't see the comments they'd still be there. Chris is definitely an evil, evil man. :) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

This is all getting very exciting. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

Yeah, this thread fizzled compared to the other one. I guess it was the competitive nature of the other one vs this one which has already proved the initial premise wrong. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

611 vs 555. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

No, you can't kill this thread either. Brian is just too sneaky. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

It is now 11:22 AM PST. If no one comments on this thread by 11:30 AM PST (you have 8 minutes) I declare myself the winner of this thread. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

It is now 11:31 AM PST. You did not post anything. I did. So I win. Thanks for playing. This contest is now over! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Suck it Alex - Josh Haley

Thanks for playing! Game is over. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Only way to end it is for the thread to be deleted - Josh Haley

Do what? I can't delete someone else's thread - Josh Haley

Go home...I won. You guys didn't comment for like 30 minutes. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I instituted it and declared myself the winner. This junta has now been completed. You are on foreign soil ruled by me...so bugger off! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

you're not the boss of me now - Josh Haley

No, but I am the boss of the thread! Take a hike, ya hoser! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I got yer hose right here - Josh Haley

That's not a hose, that's a little straw you got off your can of air. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

brian: doesn't that involve a large trout? - Jason Shultz from twhirl

I'm sure the fish doesn't care as it's already dead. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Can of air, like the fire extinguisher? Maybe. - Josh Haley

Yes! We have no, bananas. - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Can't touch this! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

2 legit! 2 legit to quit! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

We're the monkees! - Jason Shultz from twhirl

Still mine! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

congrats Alex! oops - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

No, mine. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

*steals the internet* - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Here comes the hammer! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

hey you're the last comment again alex yayyyyyy!!!! - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

We say what we wanna say, do what we wanna do, the Addams Fa-mi-ly! Go! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

yeah - Josh Haley

Pumps and a bump, pumps and a bump! (at least I think that's what he says and I'm too lazy to check) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Beep-beep! - Tyson Key

Turn this mutha out! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

w00t - Josh Haley

Citizens Against Alex Owning This Thread - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Hammer!!!! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

:p - Josh Haley

Time! - Mo Kargas

Looks like I'm late to the party. - Tinfoil 2.0

SNIPE - Mike Nayyar

You don't have to go home but you can't sleep here - Johnny

DAMN YOU WORTHINGTON - Mike Nayyar

This is the part where we dance. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

hey look everyone Alex is last on the thread again! - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Woot! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

nice work alex - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Fin! Finito! Ende! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

You aren't gonna get it, Chris. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

. - Tinfoil 2.0

Still not. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

boogers - Josh Haley

What's interesting is that ffholic is no longer properly counting the number of comments in this thread. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

yeaaaa Alex is last again! - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Marcooooooooooooo! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Alex wins again!!!!! - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

OY VEY! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

thread killa'! - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

OU812 - Marco(aureliusmaximus) from fftogo

OIC - Josh Haley

Still mine. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

never - Josh Haley

Wow this thing is still going? - Just Katie

Unfortunately, yes. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Nice try Chris. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

hey look Alex has the last comment again! - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

And again. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

HA - Richard Lawler

Nice try, Richard. You still won't win the grand prize of CoD 5. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

*yawn* - Josh Haley

Josh! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Go eat a burger, Chris... - Scoble, Alex Scoble

620. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

meh - Josh Haley

Meh indeed, Josh, meh indeed. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

*cough* - Josh Haley

Gesundheit. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

LOL - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Wow was expecting to see Alex's name here - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

uh, no - Josh Haley

I WILL END THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL - Mike Nayyar

wtf? HALEY! - vijay

last! - Josh Haley

Eff you, Haley. - Mike Nayyar

Woo hoo! My thread LIVES!!! - Joey Gibson

Yay! - Tyson Key

@Joey - Don't worry, I have the same effect too, sometimes. ;) - Tyson Key

Funny, I was actually worrying about the same thing. Oh yeah, sorry in advance for killing the thread. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

no prob - Josh Haley

Segmentation fault - Tyson Key

Are we there yet? - Tyson Key

nope - WoH: Minding her Steves

nope - Josh Haley

Ping! - Tyson Key

Trundle, trundle wheel... La la la... Still... not... dead... La la la... - Tyson Key

I hear dogs - Tyson Key

/me throws a Zune and sees if anyone catches it - Tyson Key

woohoo - Josh Haley

FriendFeed News

New features and services courtesy of Fix-it Friday - http://blog.friendfeed.com/2008...

December 5, 2008 from FriendFeed Blog - Comment - Like - Share

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The new “Custom RSS/Atom feed service” rocks! :) - Klaus Alexander Seistrup

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I really would like the new Custom RSS/Atom to work. It doesn't. I tick the "Include entry description as a comment" check box, and it doesn't. I get titles only, just like with ordinary blog feeds. http://friendfeed.com/pebbe... - ˈpɛbə

Peter: I wonder if it's because you're using Atom and using the <content> tag for content. I believe it picks up the RSS tag <description>. This page (http://www.scriptol.com/rss...) seems to indicate the Atom equivalent of <description> is <summary>, but I wonder if FriendFeed's implementation only recognizes <description>. - Mark Trapp

I have a use case/feature request for you to consider. http://friendfeed.com/e... - B2B Specialist

Searching by certain services only is a great tool, ie: service:twitter - Garin Kilpatrick

Christian Anderson

Are friendfeed super users slowly killing friendfeed by only commenting and liking things that originate on friendfeed?

March 4, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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nope. - Thomas Hawk

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No...I'd hope that we are slowly killing other services by doing so. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

no - AJ Kohn

Isn't at least part of the value in the aggregation? - Christian Anderson

Isn't that annoying? "Oh, I have all Twitters turned off." And some of them even import their Twitters in here. Idiots. Bonus is that those people tend to be obnoxious, so if they're filtering by *only* responding to FF stuff, then that leaves the rest of us to have conversations without their input, and that's fine with me. - Anika

I don't really notice (or care) where it comes from. Content is king. Can you give examples of this happening? What users in particular? If you are talking about not replying or liking things generated by Twitter, that is because most of us hide all Tweets. - Johnny

Sure, for the individual to aggregate their own stuff, but it doesn't help anyone else to see 100s of @<name> posts from Twitter on friendfeed. They have no context associated with them, thus rarely can promote conversations so have no value for most of us. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I'm not a super user, but I comment and like on any service. I try hard not to hide people's services (not even Twitter like a lot of people do - I use FF as my primary Twitter app), and only do it in cases where the volume is very high and my interest is low. - Tinfoil 2.0

Alex, Twitter posts have no context on Twitter. It's no different here. I Like and Comment on people's random tweets all the time. - Tinfoil 2.0

I was about to reply "no," but looking down my front page feed, only two posts from non-FF sources have any likes or replies. All of the other posts where people have been actively engaging have originated on FF. - Jennifer Dittrich

Johnny: I think you gave example of it happening. You hide Tweets. That's at least in part what i'm talking about. By the super users doing that consciously -- like you do -- or unconsciously like Jennifer does. Aren't you doing friendfeed a disservice? - Christian Anderson

The original post is always (relatively) contextless, though. That's why I exclusively post through Twitter. (That, and the fact that FF-centric apps are non-existent on Palm OS) If you don't want to see my content, that's fine by me. - Victor Ganata

Alex: I agree that there are a large number of @replies have no context, but a large proportion of tweets (betting a plurality) have just as much context as a friendfeed post so that argument is a little tough to buy. - Christian Anderson

how does that kill friendfeed? - Josh Haley

Sorry, Christian, but if someone mostly posts @replies then I hide that stuff unless it gets comments or likes. Otherwise my main feed gets too noisy. I wish I could only filter out @replies, but friendfeed doesn't have that feature yet. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Be definition, I am an "Idiot". - Johnny

I'm one too. :) - Anika

Alex: are you saying you only filter out people's Twitter streams that have lots of @replies or are you saying you filter out all tweets in an effort to "slowly kill other services"? - Christian Anderson

Christian, do you have a problem with FriendFeeders auto-posting their stuff to Twitter? - Johnny

the only service I hide entirely is brightkite. The rest I hide on an item by item or user by user basis. - Thomas Hawk

I tend to only filter out people's Twitter streams if they have lots of @replies. I do it to decrease noise. Would be fine with me though, if Twitter went poof tomorrow. :) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I'm not a fan of FF tweeting likes. That's probably just as annoying as @replies. - Victor Ganata

There's a DYSP in here somewhere. - Mike Nayyar

What Thomas said, although the other day I liked a Britekite entry because it was a restaurant and the poster included a pic of their meal. What I hate is the Wakoopa? Or whatever that service is that posts when people use Microsoft Office, apparently. - Derrick

I filter out a number of services totally -- including twitter and brightkite -- my experience is that they include content that for me is just noise (this has nothing to do with FF -- I find twitter noise in general). As always though this is a YMMV situation. The beauty of FF is that you can adjust it to your definition of noise and noise tolerance level. - Brian Sullivan

BTW... If you think that 'super users' are they only ones that can 'get conversations' going on here, you're missing the power that is avaiable here. There is a whole other world that exists outside your current 'selected' FF stream. Unlike Twitter, FF can exist on many different layers and flavours. Try a different scoop now and then. - Johnny

Johnny: i like people auto-posting stuff from friendfeed to twitter -- likes included. If someone saw something interesting and flags it, i'm interested in seeing what that is. - Christian Anderson

Johnny: not disagreeing with you. I used to like to post something on Twitter and then engage in conversations around those items on ff. One of the huge powers of ff is the discovery, which is why it is interesting to me that so many are filtering out a huge source of interesting content. - Christian Anderson

In regards to Twitter, you can understand our frustrations. 10 'I just scratched my ass' tweats for every good one is just too high a ratio for me. That's the ratio I see, and I take responsibility for that. I said this last night on a Scoble thread. Twitter is a Post-It-Note, FriendFeed is the inter-office memo envelope. You may pass me something really important on a little sticky yellow piece of paper, but I'm more likely to read the memo and collaborate, a memo that others think I would be intrested in. - Johnny

I like my friendfeed is a Ferrari and Twitter is a unicycle comparison better, Johnny. :) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

The thing is, you're not following services. You're following people. I have serious doubts that someone who twitters "I'm scratching my ass" on a regular basis is simultaneously posting the utmost of profundity directly onto Friendfeed. - Victor Ganata

Be careful, Victor or you'll start a new meme. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Victor, you presume that everyone uses all these services the same. I have seen it happen. I filter out a lot of Last.fm, not cuase I don't like the service but cuase the flood of songs, while relevant to the person listening, means little to me in the large scale of things. Plus, where is the context? I wouldn't mind getting @replies if I knew what the bloody hell they're on about. And... more... - Johnny

Johnny, I agree, everyone uses FF the way they see fit, I do find floods of automated posts from services that don't add a lot of content irritating, but I see Christian's point, in that people might miss out on a lot of content that could very well be interesting, but you can't read everything going through here anyway. - Victor Ganata

Johnny: you should use the service however you want -- within the TOS :) When the group decides to effectively filter out twitter or any other service with millions of users, that contributes to the death of ff because it slows growth. *The assumption being that if a service isn't growing, it's dying. **Disregard for the sake of argument that ff is growing very rapidly. - Christian Anderson

When a Twitter user decides to try ff and starts feeding tweets into ff and she sees smart and engaging people like you and others commenting on and liking her tweets, she'll be more likely to come back to ff and even comment and like other people's stuff then poof, new ff user. When you block her stuff, she doesn't see value. she doesn't come back. - Christian Anderson

Twitter is in many ways a ff gateway drug. By blocking tweeters, ff users are minimizing the the impact of that drug and slowing the growth of ff - Christian Anderson

That assumes that the success of FriendFeed hinges on Twitter, which I don't think is 100% true. And to take Victor's point regarding missing something. Twitter rarely creates, it shares. And the thing about sharing is a lot of people do it many times. I will see it eventually, it may not nessecarliy trace back to the original Twitter poster, but I will see the content. If the issue is... more... - Johnny

"Twitter is in many ways a ff gateway drug". So if Pot (Twitter) is a gateway drug to Crack (FF), once taking crack, if I don't still smoke pot I am someway slowing the rate at which other people get are addicted? (Not a gateway debate-starter here, just an analogy folks) - Johnny

If someone gives you the choice between a free Ferrari and a free unicycle and you choose the unicycle, you are seriously whacked. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yesterday, in my own feed, I found out in an interesting way, that most people on FF respond to FF posted stuff only. I on the other hand, don't care where you content comes from if I find it interesting (even coming from Twitter) I may follow the @s to see what the convo was about. - Lynne d Johnson

Johnny: in that analogy, you are cutting off the pot so no one can smoke it. - Christian Anderson

No, I don't think so. Why would that kill Friendfeed?? - Meryn Stol

Alex, but it's not an either/or choice. If I can have both the Ferrari and the unicycle, I'm not necessarily going to throw away the unicycle. - Victor Ganata

You wear clown shoes, don't you, Victor. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I'm hardly ever twitter now, so all my "I'm scratching my ass" posts are directly to FF. On the other hand, I'm still not hiding all tweets, which reflects on my stats. Most of my likes are comments are on tweets. Overall, I'm hoping my likes & comments on tweets will move those people to use FF more. - Rodfather

While I'm certainly no super user, I tend to view FF posts as first class citizens and tend to gloss over the rest... unless there are FF comments. - Ted Roden

Johnny, I agree that FF doesn't really need Twitter, and that if something is interesting enough, it'll make its way to FF eventually. But a lot of FF users talk about the FF community as being one of FF's strengths (although I realize not everyone cares about that) and some feel that growing that community is what keeps FF alive. And I feel that responding to tweets is a good way to entice Twitterers to use FF. It certainly enticed me. - Victor Ganata

Alex, I do realize that clown shoes are not for everyone :) - Victor Ganata

Not entirely true. Anything with pics gets attention as can be expected. Now even tweets with a tinyurl or twitpic get comments 'cause of FF autodetecting and showing thumbnails. - vijay

True, Victor, but no self respecting unicycle rider does so without clown shoes. ;) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I mean, I don't think ignoring Twitter (or any of the other services) is *actively* killing FF, but if you're a crack dealer, don't you want the potheads to hang out with the crackheads, even if you don't sell pot anymore? - Victor Ganata

I think piping FF items into Twitter grows the FF community more than responding to Twitter items. - Rah-PM 2012

Agree Rasheen the piping ff into Twitter is helpful, but ignoring people who tweet first and ff second is detrimental to ff - Christian Anderson

Christian, I noticed that let your comments here go out on twitter. I used to do it, but I felt it added to much noise on twitter. Also, some people wouldn't understand what my tweets were in reference to originally. I find the services work well together for some things. There's content I share here that doesn't seem relevant on twitter.On the flip side everything on twitter is relevant here. Lately, I find myself using twitter less frequently. Are superusers killing ff?, I don't think so. - Michael Fidler

Michael: I just started piping comments from ff to Twitter today. Don't think it works. I think 'likes' translate better. - Christian Anderson

When ff users disregard tweets simply because they originate from Twitter, they are cutting off their nose to spite their face. Twitter has a huge number of smart people posting interesting things. They'd like to engage in conversations here. It's a shame so many of us are turning up our nose at that. - Christian Anderson

I view all tweets - except for the big name guy who tweets about his bulldogs. You're right Christian - there's plenty of good stuff shared in tweets. - Hutch Carpenter

Christian... Again, you are saying that a major part of FriendFeed is twitter content, and I'm sorry, it's just not the case. I agree there is some good stuff on Twitter, but the piles of crap I have to wade through to get to it makes it frustrating and time wasting. I will eventually see those things, but life without Twitter is ok. I am not missing out. 99.9999% of the world population aren't on Twitter and they are ok. Chill. Again, from my first comment. Content is king... - Johnny

If an RSS feed from a blog shoveled half the crap down that Twitter does, this wouldn't be an issue. Because people are now emotionally tied into the service, suddenly it's an issue? FriendFeed is a content aggregation and community space. It is greater than the sum of it's parts. And twitter is still just a part... - Johnny

I don't care where it comes from if it is interesting. I don't pay attention to the little icon on the left of a post, most of the time. - April

What April said. Although I *do* hide un-commented twitters. - Bec Rowe @d0tski

I don't even see a reason to hide them, since if they have no comments they will just get pushed down and off my screen permanently. I save hide for those things that I don't want to see that keep coming back over & over. - April

Interesting. Beta.friendfeed.com does not show where a post originated from. Think they wanted cleaner design, or was it in response to this thread? - Christian Anderson

It's more people-centric. - Hutch Carpenter

Interesting observation, Christian. - Micah

http://friendfeed.com/e... - Shey

Ozer Wrzl (EN)

Megan Fox - http://www.seyvet.com/foto...

March 19, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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It's hard to look at her face... She could be a total butter face as far as I can tell... - iTad

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With a pretty good concentration and focus you can make it Tad. - Ozer Wrzl (EN)

Definitely not a butta face. That's actually the worst pictures I've seen of her... face. ;o) - Paul Reynolds

Face? - Outsanity

nice curves - deerstep

Where's the guy (with a hat) in the left pic? I don't see him in the two other ones :/ - directeur

I personally think it's sad when girls and young women use their tits to get noticed in order to prop up their poor self esteem. "Look! I'm a sexual object!" Okay, you and a b'zillion others, Sweetie. But if you think that's going to bring you happiness in this short life, you're going to be tragically disappointed. - Dawn

Öte tarafta döndüydü muhabbeti, bidaha bidaha niye yolluyoruz :-) - Ahmet Alp Balkan

directeur: who cares dude? please :) - Levent Yalçın

Levent, I do! I'm sure there's a trick or something... Duh! that's too (bo)obvious!! :p - directeur

Ok, ok. We know you love only Begüm :) - Levent Yalçın

:) No, I like her a lot, not love her, but she's way way beautiful and prettier than this Megan what? (ah yes, Fox) - directeur

She is hot!! - Palak Mathur

Shwew! I worried this was about to drop to page 2 for me. - Paul Reynolds

I think shes hot. - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

Yeah, I'm completely ambivalent about this woman but I'm not horrified that this thread keeps hanging about my front page. - Akiva

So what's with all the Meagan Fox pics in a low cut shirt? You guys are such...what's the word I'm looking for...Oh yeah BOOBS <;o - The Real sofarsoShawn

The gift that keeps on giving - Craig Eddy

(o)(o) - sean percival

I for one like her for her brains...and how they jiggle. :D - MarkCarras

I'll have two. - Mike Lewis

So what if she has a boyfriend, in a dog eat dog world, I'd go straight for those jug-ulars. - The Real sofarsoShawn

She has gotten a little thick and I really really like it :) - ZOD

She was easy on the eyes in Transformers, and clearly staying that way. - Pete D

Very tidy :p - ralphsaunders

tad... she has a face??? ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

Keith Coleman

Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Undo Send - http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009...

March 19, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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Undo send. We're going to add some longer time options. - Keith Coleman from Bookmarklet

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haha i just did that mistake. accidentally send an email. ah i wish i had that feature 1 hour ago! - Eren Emre Kanal

That's a BIG Feature! - directeur

Sanjeev will finally be happy! - Bay Chang

Yes I am! - Private Sanjeev

I could have used this a few times when I was working at the G!;-) - John Piscitello

this is awesome ... at this point everyone should be using gmail! - Jay

@Paul Thanks for your original blog post on undo -- It came at a time I was trying to convince some that a 5 second delay would bring way more value than it would harm. It was nice to be able to say, "Well, Paul thinks so." - Michael Leggett

i just used this for the first time a little bit ago. it was awesome! - Dustin

It's very cool. I just used undo on a message I sent in 2002 and now I have my old job back. Thanks gmail! :-) - Kelly Norton

@Kelly Undo Send only let's you undo for 5-10 sec after you send the message. What you want is our Custom Time feature - http://mail.google.com/mail... :) - Michael Leggett

@Michael :) - minus-one

You could always use http://www.deferredsender.com if you want a time window of more than 5-10s - Deepak Jois

I've been waiting for this for a long time. - Benjamin Golub

@Michael Leggett Unfortunately, that won't work either. It will only undo as far back as April 1, 2004! - Anne Bouey

For use this function, I changed my Gmail from Japanese to English version. - @Renchin@

Johnny

Vomiting Coca-Cola is one of the single worst experiences ever...

March 19, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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blccch, burns on the way up. - Janet-The Bottley Crue

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It's not so much the act of vomiting itself, just the vision of all the 'coke grit' that comes up - Johnny

it can't possibly be as bad as a bunch of shots of tequila & pizza. nooo way. get better - Cee Bee

Funny -- when I was a kid, my mom would buy pure Coca Cola syrup from the drugstore, as a remedy for nausea! It really worked, too. - Sprague D

Ugh. Hope you feel better soon! - LB shining

done eating now - Eric

Yeah, sorry, but none of that is worse that spaghetti and Pepto Bismol. - FFing Enigma

My old Indian grandmother made up some concotion for upset stomachs for me to drink once. I downed it, and threw up 10 seconds later. I yelled why she gave me that if all it did was make me throw up. She replied to me in Hindi, "Well, you don't have to throw up anymore, now, do you?" - Mike Nayyar

Tina wins, pepto and tomato sauce is puke art. Pepto and coconut cream pie is actually somewhat pretty, I know this. - Janet-The Bottley Crue

It's not just the visuals, Janet. Let's just say spaghetti doesn't always come up in the same places it went down *shudder* - FFing Enigma

WHOA! - Mike Nayyar

Tina, ewwww, but I still had to giggle just a little. - Janet-The Bottley Crue

Having it come out your nose is no treat either. Lesson learned: never try to drink Coca-Cola while laughing uncontrollably. - Kevin C. Tofel

Ewwww. - Penny

Yeah rapid-fire thunder chunder spaghetti out the nose ain't fun, esp if it's got Harissa and Tabasco in it - Mo Kargas

that made me vomit - Shevonne

Chicken soup FAIL. Dude, what's up with that? Hope you're feeling better in time for the show. :( - Josh Haley

Vomiting Mac & Cheese is actually worse. The burn is 10x worse than Coke's. Trust. - Anika

I have to agree with you there. Although, one time peanut butter was involved and I didn't eat peanut butter for years afterwards. I don't really wanna talk about it. - Bill from twhirl

LOL @Tina...some with the Mac & Cheese. Do I need that coming out my nose? Nope. - Anika

Oh ew ew ew! - Just Katie

Damn, I knew I'd recently seen discussion of Mac & Cheese coming out of someone's nose... just got to experience it myself for the first time last night. >.< - Penguin

No, Indian food is the worst. - Richard A.

Agreed Johnny, but I think reading this thread might come close... - Vicarbott

Bwana ☠

Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. Yes, I'm 35 years old today. :)

March 20, 2009 from Ping.fm - Comment - Like - Share

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! - Shevonne

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HAPPY BWANADAY! - vijay

Happy birthday! - Shawn Farner

Hey, happy birthday to you Bwana. More to come! :) - AJ Batac :)

Happy Birthday! - Ladyepiphanybug

Happy Birthday! - James Ferguson

Happy birthday Bwana! - Mike Nayyar

Have a great birthday! - LB shining

Happy Birthday! - Emma

Happy Birthday! - Bryan R. Adams

Happy Birthday! And it's Friday, too - double win :-)! - asiriusgeek

Happy Budday Bwana =) - Praveen Vasudev

Haasppppy birthday. - Thomas Hawk

Happy birthday, Bwana! - LouCypher

Happy Birthday! - Just Katie

Happy Birthday!!! FF is eat up with March babbies! - FFing Enigma

Happy Birthday - Thomas Power

Have a great day :) - WoH: Minding her Steves

congrats... now, beer! ;) - alphaxion

Happy Birthday! - Tyson Key

Happy birthday Bwana! - timedalkat from twhirl

Bwananniversaire!! :) - directeur

Happy birthday!! - Yolanda

It's time for a the Big Bwana Birthday Bash! Have a great one! - Josh Haley

No problem baby cakes - The Real sofarsoShawn

Happy Birthday! :-D - Anna Haro

Happy Birthday :) - Rodfather

Happy birthday Bwana! - Mike Reynolds

happy born day. - Amani

Happy Birthday Bwana! - Shey

Half way to 70 :-) Congrats! - Andy Roth

happy birthday, today is the beginning of Persian new year! you born at a very nice day - خیزران

Happy friggin b-day big guy!!!! I hope the misses planed a pleasant day for you - Ferwin from Nambu

Happy B-d, Bwana! - Micah

happy birthday :) - Alejandro

Happy birthday! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Happy Birthday, Bwana! - ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)

Happy Bwana-Day! - Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™

All around nice birthday to you. :) - Daniel Schildt

Happy B-Day Bwana! - Andrew Smith

happy bday bwanna! - anna sauce

Best wishes, Bwana! - Andrew Terry

Bwana, happy birthday! - Zee.

Happy B-Day - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

Happy Birthday Bwana! I hope your having a wonderful day. - Michael Fidler

Happy Birthday! - Phil Glockner

Happy birthday. Welcome to 35. I've been there for 11 days myself! - Mike Lewis

All these happy birthday comments look like they were written by bots. Where's the originality? - Louis Gray

Bwana birthday haiku: "Bwana Thirty-Five / The man celebrates again. / We look up to him" - Louis Gray

Many Happy Returns of the day Bwana! Hope you have a great year ahead. :) - Parth Awasthi

Hope you had a good one - Anika

Happy birthday! - Michael Hocter

Happy birthday you big lug :) - Mark Krynsky

A day late, but Happy Birthday Bwana! - JCunwired

Happy Birthday,Bwana! - Igor Poltavskiy

Happy birthday. And that should be "35 years _young_" ;) - Jemm

Happy Belated to you! :) - JA Castillo

happy birthday :) - chaz2b

No problemo toots - The Real sofarsoShawn

happy birthday...a day late! - .LAG liked that

Happy belated birthday Bwana! I still have a few years of "experience" on you though. - Rob Diana

Happy Belated Birthday!!! - David Cook

hope you had a happy one - MiniMage, enterRUPPted

~~~ HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY BWANA!!! ~~~ *HUG* - Susan Beebe

Robert Scoble

I was just thinking about the contest I held earlier this week. Only about 1,500 comments came in, while I have 30,000+ followers on friendfeed and 70,000+ on Twitter. Why such low numbers of participants? What do you think about these low rates of engagement?

March 19, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Stale followers? People who join sites like Twitter, FF, and other socnets and then drop off in usage, yet remain subscribed to you? Would be neat to be able to sort your follower list by last posted date and then trim off the inactive users. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

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Scoble you're just another billboard on the freeway. - rob friedman

Well...I only happened to catch the contest due to the live streaming FF sidebar. If not for that, and seeing lots of people comment about it, I might have missed it altogether! lol - Carlton Hackett

I think most people don't hang out here all the time, and it just gets lost in the noise. - Christian Burns

contest? what contest? - americanm

Sounds about right to me, if you read the studies on engagement. 80% lurk. Also, after reading through about half the comments on that thread, part of me felt guilty about leaving one myself. I wanted to start handing out my own money to people in need. - Karoli

What was the entry mode? Was it 'x words or less'? That can knock down the numbers sometimes. - TechStyles.com.au

they have yet to discover FF? - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど from fftogo

americanm: I gave away $5,500 on Monday to friendfeeders. - Robert Scoble

Contest, meh.... - Rah-PM 2012

Also, it probably flew by on Twitter...and retweets get annoying enough that folks ignore them, too. That comment strand was so long it crashed my phone every time I'd try to load the page. - Karoli

What! $5.500! too bad I was working :S - americanm

everyone is marketing and no one is "following" and Twitter is peaking and getting filled with crap and crap users. When freakin David Gregory is giggling like a schoolgirl (this morning) on the Today show..."I'm twittering! It's so addictive!" the floodgates have opened and the game has changed. - Steve Averill

i follow you on both twitter and friendfeed, but i didn't comment about the contest. - Varun Shenoy

The contest was here: http://friendfeed.com/e... - Robert Scoble

It's the lurk factor. Very few of those followers will be reading you on a regular basis, they're likely to just catch up everynow and then. A 5% participation from your FF followers is actually pretty good. - Rachel Clarke

I can't remember the last time I had an engaging conversation on twitter. Here on FF is a lot different (and more interesting). I get crickets when I post over on Twitter these days. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

May be not everyone has such a good reason for the USD1400.00 as I do. As they think you will award me with the money so they just plain given up participating. - Vinko

Actually with the new FF notifier I seem to engage in more discusions - americanm

Pavel, I already did, but here it is again: http://friendfeed.com/e... - Robert Scoble

who won? and btw, that's 1,499 more comments than i've gotten this week ;-) - Andy Sternberg

You gave it worthy people. Obama is going to give me a check for $8000 next year because we just bought a house. - Christian Burns

Andy: the winners were announced here: http://friendfeed.com/e... -- by the way, if you won and I haven't heard from you yet, send me email to scobleizer@gmail.com -- I'm taking care of that stuff next week. - Robert Scoble

I saw it, read it and thought it was great. The sheer numbers of comments was a disincentive to add further comments - why repeat what has already been said many times already? - WoH: Minding her Steves

I almost didn't participate. I thought the chances of winning would be too low as you have a lot of followers and so would get tens of thousands of comments. I ended up doing it as you never know when luck may favor you but the fact that there were only 3 (i think) prizes to be won amongst so many potential contestants may have put off a lot of people from trying. - kunal jain

WorldofHiglet: because I gave away $1000 to just a random person chosen from the comments. - Robert Scoble

Seems an easy enough entry mode - perhaps the casual nature of the competition made it seem 'less authentic'? Other than that, would you classify the reaction as your regular level of engagement via this channel? - TechStyles.com.au

kunal: why do so many play the lottery or go to casinos then? ;-) - Robert Scoble

Yes, but the chances of it being me were v small, and why would I deserve it more than others? - WoH: Minding her Steves

I'm tryin to Give away $100,000/Year for 4 EZ $20 Sales + Folks seem to be asleep at the switch!! Good News is we're Bumping dat UP to $500,000/month on just 2 EZ $20 Sales!! ;)) - Billy Warhol

GadgetGuy: it's the #2 most commented on post ever here on friendfeed, so for friendfeed it was actually pretty cool. I just wonder about how many people are actually using these services vs. just registered. - Robert Scoble

Robert. if the contest had some kind of polling, some kind of question, something more than just leave a comment for the sake of winning, I would have participated. - Kiran Patchigolla

I couldn't take money from you. If the contest was by a faceless corporation, then maybe. - Morton Fox

They didn't need the money? :) - Grant Bierman

Well, I definitely want to participate in your next contest. Hope I catch it. - Ted Beam

@Robert Scoble - I should have paid attention... saw your link and removed my unnecessary now question - Pavel Senko

And yes, I realised it was random but I was vaguely discomforted by the idea of getting money for nothing from a man who friended me over the Internet. - WoH: Minding her Steves

Sounds about right - I did a poll today on twitter that just said: Reply if you see this - got 4 out of 730. thats .5%. You had a contest which likely got RT to a larger group but still had 2%. I think 1% would be a fair assessment of the penetration of any given random tweet. If that 1% RT it, it can climb. Do you read even 1% of the traffic on your timeline?I don't think I do. I can't read 1% of the stuff in google reader anymore. I barely read 1% of my email (thanks to spam and other filters). - Ben Shoemate

Robert, I think that part of the problem is that twitter and friendfeed end up fragmenting people attention so you get larger numbers but the connection is much thinner. As a reader I really miss the Robert Scoble with the long posts. I like how Fred Wilson has incrementally evolved his blog into something like blog+forum...that seems to be the best of both world and help really create a great sense of community. Same thing with Seth Godin (although he is more of a one way street). Good luck with Building43 - Edwin Khodabakchian

Ben: good point! - Robert Scoble

I don't do lottery but wish I did because it's only a $1 to dream. With your competition I didn't realise for ages that I had to comment to be eligible somehow. (I know that sounds .. err.. dumb) and then it had the feel of a marketing survey or something. What was I letting myself in for ? Finally it clicked. Oh ! I see and then I happily commented and checked on tuesday's results to see if had won. Nice selection of winners I thought ! - Julian Edward

This whole thing demonstrates how hard it is to get people to comment or like or take action. - Robert Scoble

how about doing a contest where you randomly choose a person who "liked" something of your's? - rob friedman from IM

Karoli's on to it re. the demographic that was aware but didn't jump in. I think there was a feeling of incongruance between the "DSLR camera upgrade" and "purely altruistic cause" all jumbling together (of course there were mixed bag ones like mine too). This issue doesn't come into play in most traditional contests/raffles b/c they are depersonalized in nature. - Micah

I missed it. Must not have been online at the time. :-( - ursi

I just saw this post by pure chance. But with so many people participating, its enough to only catch 1% - you still get a pretty diverse group. - Ben Shoemate

I dunno....this post has got 45 comments in 13 mins - WoH: Minding her Steves

disagree with whoever suggested less of a connection. I've gotten more attention on Twitter and FF from Scoble than I ever got leaving a comment on his blog...and by the way, Robert...I'm offering to serve as your personal tweet valet for any upcoming conferences you might be attending...especially in the Bay Area...hmmmm? - Karoli

I think there's something in that Robert, plus I of all these 'socnet' things, FriendFeed can seem a little Byzantine. Wonder how it would compare putting the same thing on just your blog/website? - TechStyles.com.au

I follow you on twitter and ff, saw the comp, just didn't enter. Maybe as I get to know you better I'll be more open to taking your free cash. - Justin

Karoli: that might be fun! :-) - Robert Scoble

GadgetGuy: I would get far fewer comments if I tried this on my blog. It's too hard to comment on a blog anymore when compared to friendfeed. - Robert Scoble

People comment only when the topic is relevant to them. But even if a person finds a topic relevant, he may not comment. There can be multiple reasons. May be he doesn't want to associate himself to the topic or do not like to reveal his identity - John Samuel

About 5 months ago we have been giving away $10,000 every week to individual who submitted best post to our site. We've also spent a lot to advrtise - you would be surprised to know the ratio... people, basically were thinking it's a scam. - Pavel Senko

People may think to not bother because they think they may not win anything - Outsanity

Robert: Have iPhone, will travel. Trying to get to the Web 2.0 Expo...trying to sweet-talk Rob into letting me be your personal Tweeter. :) - Karoli

Fewer comments - yes, definitely. But I'm suggesting if was dressed up as a 'normal' website competition that people would perhaps be more amenable to entry. - TechStyles.com.au

too much info going by too fast maybe? Hard to keep up. Another issue is so many ppl that have done these contests get a bunch of spam after they tend to avoid them. Mine was the first case as during the day (when you probably sent the first word about it) I am sooo slammed at work i barely have 10 minutes at lunch to check out twitter and fb. I'm trying to do more but right now my time is late eves. I'll check it out now Robert. ...................ok, nm. I see it's over. I would have done for money - Robb Lewis

I just had a larger response on Facebook to a question I posed than I did on Twitter and FriendFeed. I do think there is some fatigue setting in. - Jesse Stay

Jesse, but isn't your focus and entrepreneur/developer/author status re. Facebook make Facebook expectantly dominant for you? - Micah

In your situation, you were giving away MONEY! Who wouldn't take 5 seconds to participate in it? My thoughts: a combination of too little time for people to participate (I know you had it open for a few days, but a whole week and constant RT's by you would have made a big difference), people knowing that the chances of winning were quite slim, and most importantly: why RT something if the chances of you winning would go down? You would make people comment on it and make the chances of you winning decrease! - Michael Forian

Does that "90-9-1 UGC" ratio apply here? 90% read or lurk, 9% comment and participate, 1% (i.e. you) create? - .LAG liked that

ya those metrics are stuck until ppl figure out how to use the information the best for them - rob friedman from IM

Robert: with all due respect. I think that you are wrong about comments/blog. Here is the proof http://www.avc.com/a_vc... - Edwin Khodabakchian

Jason, one could argue that Robert (or anyone in his scenario) changing his MO _only_ because the wind changes direction, that that would amount to a devalued Robert Scoble the public figure (value as it relates to his partners, financial supporters and to his friends/audience at large). - Micah

... MO meaning: He experiments. Talks about the process. Shares what he learned. Iterates (and the latency has lowered over time, the impact of which is anyone's guess). Some conclusions are drawn from aggregating information in threads like the very one we're all reading and/or participating in here. - Micah

I think the time frame was to small. If the contest lasted for a week I think the results would've been different. - Andy Gongea

Micah: It's a rough economy and Robert was able to acquire a new employer. Good for him. Robert's new employer recruited him to promote their brand. Makes sense. They leveraged SXSW and the crowds for the announcement. That's smart. What value did the giveaway add? With FriendFeed as the mothership, Facebook and Twitter users around the world received: "You've won two free iPods!" - Jason Nelson

Edwin: Just read through the comments on the post you linked. Two thoughts raced through at the same time: 1) only one commenter was a woman, yet there are many women qualified to comment on this topic; and 2) the discussion there seems to have engaged members of a long-standing community. What doesn't appear to happen? People joining the conversation or giving that post attention who are not already following Fred Wilson's blog. This is what Twitter/FF do. Also.. (cont) - Karoli

Stale accounts. How many people hold memberships at a gym or tickets for symphony vs how many of those people actually work-out regularly or attend the concerts? BTW--did I win..? :-) - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Edwin, continued...Robert's observation that even with the high ratio of followers on FF and Twitter, the number actively participating was less raises the question of how to measure lurkers in an attention economy. The metric cannot simply be the number of comments, or number of clicks. - Karoli

If 25% saw your post and 10% of that responded, it seems reasonable. ~ 100,000*(0.25)*(0.10) = 2,500 - Bruck Sewnet

What about self-selection? I knew about it, but didn't participate because a) I had little hope statistically of winning b) I found all the wheedling comments (Friendfeeding frenzy?) unedifying and didn't want to be part of them c) I knew there were many people who deserved to win much more than me anyway - Tim Ostler

Robert: I saw you post when you just posted it but I choose not to enter the two sections for this reason: 1) The Random Choice: I am very hesitant to enter these things because of the stigmatism around greed and cash grabs. I'm all for free money, but the second I put my name on the list, I participated, in public (just my stigmatism). 2) The Reason: I am relatively secure with few pressures. I know of many more people more deserving than me who would use it to benefit others. - Johnny

Your contest was great, but just not for me :D - Johnny

@Karoli The point I was trying to raise is that both robert and fred are building communities. Fred does it with Blog+Disqus+Twitter, Robert does increasingly with Friendfeed + video + fewer blog posts. Each community have different scale, depth and engagement characteristics to them. - Edwin Khodabakchian

Jason: Value: 1) We're talking about it (70+ comments later). 2) He made a point about giving this particular chunk of $4500 away as a symbol of the personal enrichment he received in doing the video piece. 3) The winners or their beneficiaries were tangibly helped. 4) Like I said before,(technologically mediated) social experimentation that reasonably retained Scoble's own stamp on it. ~~~ I'm not a big fan of contests in general, but this had tie-ins to the world in which I am interested. - Micah

Edwin, agreed...but the broadcast factor to the greater Friendfeed/Twitter community is a way to increase engagement. Then there is the mashup of a blog with a twitter posting/filter focus, like we've got on our Health crisis blog (ushealthcrisis.com) with the JustSignal tool, and what could also be done with the Friendfeed widget. Blog, Twitter, FF dialogues in one place...the possibilities boggle the mind. - Karoli

Robert, Sometimes even free money is too expensive for some folk ... perhaps if you offered to pay them to take your money it may work! Seriously though, besides the likely 80% lurk factor, your experiment also illustrates that a lot of people are lazy (i.e. they "Follow the Path of Least Resistance" and move on with one more click) and just can't be bothered. The exception to this fact would be if you were to market to a more motivated audience, say in Nigeria! - no offense to Dare - who simply rocks! - Alexander Ainslie

I saw the original announcement on friendfeed. I have had problems finding a way to work twitter and friendfeed back in my life and haven't for a while. Tweetdeck seems to be solving some of the problem. But the days where I had a constant stream running down a sidebar on googlechat are over. At that point twitter seemed like a vital force. I have a much smaller stream on Friendfeed but ignored it for a long time and just hung out on Facebook. I seem to be heading back to twitter and friendfeed now. - Aidan Mann

Some of us didn't want to win and didn't participate. I saw it and let it go. - Louis Gray

re:the filtering by recently active followers, TweepSearch.com mostly has all the pieces in place to do something like that, main problem for @dacort currently seems to be the server loads that come with staying on top of the massive indexing tasks (for a small outfit). In other news, 5% "conversion" (1,500 of 30,000) ain't half bad. IM "industry" average conversion assumption is ~1% (granted for paid-for items, not contests, but even entering costs time/attention). - Alex Schleber

..If I were you Robert I'd introduce a bit more of a challenge element into it, people tend to love a (not too hard) challenge. Otherwise it may just be too blah... - Alex Schleber

i think like because with blog feedburner counters, it does not mean eveyone is actually following you + there is a time shift thing. the sense of real time does not apply everywhere in the world - Ouriel Ohayon

I am presuming you are referring to your giving away money competition. I didn't participate on principle. There are needy people out there who deserve it more than me. - Parth Awasthi

Well, people are different... Some of us do not participate in contests of different reasons. We have different value systems despite of increasing globalization. One cannot draw any valid conclusions and categorize people on the basis of single experiment. - Hanna Wiszniewska

Dear Robert. That low engagement is the reason I've deleted my twitter account. Massive growth, but engagement is at an all time low across the board. Summer's coming, and the recession is making sure people are more workaholic in nature. - Richard A.

1. could be that many of your readers are from overseas (like me) and did not think we would be eligible... 2. not everyone reads every post in detail... some are just glimpsed over... (like i did for this post) 3. not all members are active followers... 4. not all members are active participants (even though they are active followers) - simran

I don't claim to know how all the different disincentives factor in to the final engagement percentage, but I do have a guess as to why people shy away from the random chance. They can see the stack of comments. If the store had a stack of lottery tickets showing your chance of winning few would play. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo

I don't play lotteries, and I also didn't feel this was aimed at me. I imagine many felt the same way. In addition, people are really NOT rollowing each other's every word on these services. "following" is a euphemism for checking in every now and then. - Francine Hardaway from twhirl

It was the #2 commented post? Which post got more comments than free money? - DGentry

hi richard, "the taking it so personal" is what can make trouble in social network, we have just to keep in mind that it is a tool, no more and as a tool the engagement isn't required, the more people will see as a narssisic tool the more the tool will be useful. - abdellah

That's why I gave up on twitter. If it's a tool then it's worthless. - Richard A.

what "beyond a tool" is your twitter vision? - abdellah

The more people think of websites as a tool the less will they are to spend hours on it. I thought of twitter as a lifestyle and it showed in the way I used it. After too many people used it as a tool it become unpersonal, hence worthless. Why expect an answer that will come 6hrs later for example. - Richard A.

even blog are tools, every mechanism that human use to communicaye ideas is a tool, making it personal is just a way to express a hidden affection to that too with encapsulate the easiness of that tool in a other words the usability of the tool. - abdellah

Of course they're tools, but the difference is that the experience from blogs and friendfeed is much richer. You get pictures, you get links, you get real depth to every single post. With twitter it's just 140 characters, very vague. As a result of it's vagueness you want to engage with people more, to understand - Richard A.

@Robert because we overestimate "engagement". There is little engagement on Friendfeed or Twitter. They are mainly channels for publication and status messages. Engagement comes from the 1% that engages anywhere. That is why Jason Calacanis's post about the value of Twitter suggested users makes no sense to me. It is old-school eyeballs thinking. The value of having many followers is probably 1-1 comparable to traffic and display ads on the web. - Alexander van Elsas

I will go with Alexander on this one. - Prakash

Most people are not as hyper-engaged. They sign up, drop off, maybe come back a month later, maybe not. Do crazy things like go out of town and not check in on the web while their gone, except for their myspace page. Plus some people are allergic to money. - Thomas Hawk

I get offers for free money in my email box all the time and totally ignore at least half of those. - Thomas Hawk

Matthew's point is critical --- the single biggest limitation of these powerful new channels (e.g. FF & Twitter) is the ephemeral nature of the post. The most inane along with the most salient both float away with equal speed on the tide of fresh fed content. - Thom Kennon

@Brian: "Would be neat to be able to sort your follower list by last posted date and then trim off the inactive users." - I'm working on a service that does exactly that... - Holger Eilhard

Say your giving away $100,000. If I were a betting man I'd say you'd get few more comments... - Francois

I follow a lot of people and join a lot of social networking sites at someone's recommendation (like I heard about FriendFeed and I signed up), but I don't always go back and check regularly. Stuff like Twitter and I'm new to FriendFeed so I don't quite know how it works, but so much stuff comes in from all the followers, and I don't try to scroll down and page back to read everything. I guess this stuff would be more effective if you just used it among a few friends who you really care about. - Auriette Lindsey

I'm probably not the only one conditioned to ignore posts like your contest thread. I scanned it in passing, but thought it was primarily intended for people who "deserved" the money. IIRC, there were half a dozen different threads from you about the contenst, when you were giving the money away, the fact that it was going to be live on ustream, the fact it was really Ciscos money... honestly it started to seem like spam to me. - Ken Sheppardson

...It was also right after that guy with the Tesla and the two dogs who doesn't blog anymore (yeah, I know his name) was offering to give away money to Twitter and getting a bunch of free advertising from it, and maybe it was all just too closely related in my mind for some reason. - Ken Sheppardson

Also, 1500 comments from 30,000 followers strikes me pretty consistent with a power law distribution (long tail) on participation, which seems to apply to just about everything online. - Ken Sheppardson

Think I'm in with @cogarch. Just skimming existing comments made my head spin. And while I'm surely not wiping my a** with USDs, someone else needs that money more than I. - Keith McCammon

my reason? you're a bit too prolific, Robert. I've had to start mentally filtering you out as noise (sometimes). no offense meant, not trying to pick a fight. :) I filter lots of people. I only follow 230 people on twitter and *2* on friendfeed. I'm too busy at work every day to keep up with even those numbers. Of course, with friendfeed's model, i get *plenty* of updates by just following Scoble. - Rob Shields from twhirl

oops. my last sentence was meant to say i get updates from Scobles friends, too, which is a great source of info. wasn't a final parting shot at Scoble's number of updates. - Rob Shields from twhirl

I think that is an amazing number of participants. That is over 1% of your total followers (there is a lot of crossover between your FF and twitter followers) and you are lucky to get 1% to be active in your communities. Most users are incredibly passive. - Daniel Zarick

I'd guess that A LOT of users aren't 'every day' or even 'every week' and just missed it. - Charlie Anzman

1% engagement, that's not so good, not when you consider the ease of interaction f the medium. It shows go for a small audience, but an active one. Go for the niche, it's no longer about broadcasting. - Richard A.

there was a contest? - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

followers, you know, are not a correct attention metric :D - g.g.

You are just a person that doesn't want a lot of distractions, I get it, but why do you have to tell (Robert Scoble)? Why not just filter and keep it to yourself?? Just wondering. - T.S. Elliott

@Robert, Jason's post and you starting this discussions give me the feeling that Friendfeed and Twitter do not provide more engagement, they provide eyeballs. That is very web 1.0 ;-) : http://vanelsas.wordpress.com/2009... - Alexander van Elsas

The majority of people on these networks are passive users. It's like seeing a stat that you may only get comments from 2% of people for a blog... Lots of people like to read, very few like to interact. - Michael

All $$ talk aside, this is great example of why #'s of followers in either service don't necessarily mean what most think it means. It also demonstrates the relative real-time factor of FF, in which followers would need to be using the service at the same time the post is made (+- a few days depending on the size of interactivity) or those other people never see it. - Josh Haley

Statistically, your reach sounds okay. Perhaps you thought you'd have more comments because it was a contest - hmm - no, it wasn't really like a casino - I think if you had indicated that it would really be "random" and not only for the most "deserved" you'd have had more comments. It does take up more time to make up something to sound like I deserve something - not too many would gamble if the luck factor wasn't so strong there - Maya

Because I didn't find it all that interesting? *grin* Nothing personal, Robert? I knew it was going on, but it was pretty gimmicky. I tend not to do gimmicky. - Ken Kennedy

Not everyone uses FFholic, Robert... ;) - Jordi Soler from twhirl

Knowing how large your following is, I'm reluctant to join the noise. (most of the time.) - Michael Markman

WHO has time to be on here 24/7? I don't. Bread on the table before playtime. ;-) What was the contest?? - David Slater from twhirl

David S. :-), that's why friendfeed is a million times better than twitter. Here you have pictures, video, long replies to read and more. Perfect :-). - Richard A.

Richard A I still can't sit here all day waiting for the ULTIMATE QUESTION, ready with my answer of 42! ;-0 Wish I could make a living blogging, but I can't! Now if I had a 4K laser in my house, I could make some money! - David Slater from twhirl

Robert, actually that 1500+ is quite great result as many wouldn't get close to that amount of real replies to competitions without large amount of advertising/etc. - Daniel Schildt

well, robert, was waiting for something @ ;) - bob phillips

For me it was just time, i saw the post and then like 30 minutes later there were winners announced. Maybe a bigger delay between begining or end? Or maybe I just missed the post initially. Still great job. - SteVe C

I didn't even see it for some reason. - Hans Eisenman

so many possible reasons. a) no one cared. b) no one saw it. just because your follower count is X does not mean X people saw your update and actively decided against "engaging." start with the assumption that the vast majority of your network misses the vast majority of what you say - @baratunde from twhirl

pride? - Kevin Fox

Well maybe they follow you, but they don't trust you so much to engage in a contest with real money, even if they have nothing to do but commenting :) - Napolux from twhirl

I'm going with Kevin's comment....pride. - Hutch Carpenter

i didnt see it, until later - Deb

Deb's comment is very telling - You have a fantastic management system for dealing with all the data. Most users on twitter don't. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Recently I helped start #iestories on Twitter. We managed to get it to catch on and it trended into the top 5 according to search.twitter.com Even though it was a humorous meme (humor FTW) and a technical topic to a relatively technical crowd, it took A LOT of work to get it to trend. I posted once every few minutes for a few hours with the hashtag. My conclusion is it takes that much fanning to get the flame to start. - Paul Reynolds

The paradox is you blow out people's timelines that are cautious followers and accept you as a few people they follow. So getting something to trend across all of your followers requires you to be annoying enough to where you will lose some quality followers. [unrelated: FF's comment link doesn't scale well with 100+ comment posts!!] - Paul Reynolds

Maybe next time you ask people to nominate charities to give the money to? - Paul Bainbridge

@Scobleizer I saw the announcement retweeted it and then left a comment so that others may participate – I agree with the first part of what Louis Gray had to say, but I did participate. - Kevin Tunis

People seem to me to be skeptical of contests, in general - I think. The idea that Paul Bainbridge has - to nominate charities to give contest money to is a really good one to consider. Here's something else ... consider the idea of giving away a trip to SXSW next year, with the opportunity to meet you, and possibly spend a little bit of time talking with you, personally. Your wife will LOVE that one ... NOT! Being from an entirely different industry (catering & special events), for me, it would be a blast! - Carlo At Your Service

Ted Roden

I don't know about you... but I really like friendfeed. I don't know anyone on friendfeed in real life or anything, but something about it just clicked with me.

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I'm exactly the same, Ted. So far I've stuck around here longer than anywhere else... - FFing Enigma

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That brings up a good point: what OTHER sites do you guys use? (seeing the links in your profile doesn't help, because it's not clear how much you use them). I've got upcoming in mine, but i don't think I've ever actually used it. - Ted Roden

It took a little while to get it, but now I do. - Mike Nayyar

Love the FF. And I love that I've been fortunate enough to meet people in real life as a result of being a total dork online. - Derrick

Same here, Ted. I arrived a couple of weeks ago and felt completely at home. - Rebecca Lasley

takes a bit of tweaking at first to get the desired "fit," but it's pretty cool overall. i wish more people would get involved because there's a lot of really good content that often gets lost or ignored in the shuffle, as the medium can often make the exchange of information very fleeting and/or temporary - Cee Bee

It's pretty cool...I figure it will hold me over until they integrate LOLcats with WoW. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

FriendFeed is dangit cool. I use it mainly to aggregate my other feeds into this. - imabonehead

Friendfeed is the BOMB... um, Bro. - Thomas Hawk

Ditto. - Chris Charabaruk

agree Ted FF is by far the cleverest thing on the Net right now for following the best minds, unless anyone knows better. FF took me however 18 months to learn and I didn't just click into it. - Thomas Power

FF is teh awesomesauce. - Bec Rowe @d0tski

mmm. delicious awesomesauce - Ted Roden

Totally agree with Mark V, like most tech stuff i have no idea what 95% of the things you can do with this are, but the simple parts i do use keep me entertained. - SteVe C

I love FriendFeed. I used to be a person who would put all his social networks on here (Twitter, Plurk,Identi.ca,BrightKite.) But then I realized that's stupid and no one will follow me back or look at my FF page. so I just deleted all of them but Twitter. I used to never "Like" anything or even comment on anything at all. I used to let FF post everything for me as an RSS aggerator. But... more... - Patrick from twhirl

Ted, that well describes my experience. Glad you're around. - Micah

FFing Enigma

My new glasses. This post will double as my belated entry in the MySpace profile photo meme.

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nice - RAPatton

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...girls in glasses...HAWT... - JA Castillo

^^ speaks my mind. - vijay

pretty! :) - AJ Batac :)

snazzy - Yolanda

How YOU doin'? :) - Steven Perez

Boom chicka wah wah... ;) - Derrick

Great frames! Also, what JA Castillo said. - Chris Charabaruk

love your choice. Looks super awesome! - embee

Those are the hawtness. - Jandy

This was as MySpace-y as I could get without resorting to the bathroom mirror. - FFing Enigma from fftogo

I love them! And I didn't think you could look any more brilliant. - Josh Haley

I like them. - Jonathan Hardesty

Classy. Not at all hipster/MySpace -ish as it could possibly be. You look studious, well read, and ready to party. - Mike Nayyar

I like them. They suit you well. - Chieze Okoye

Yes, this is my "I'm in the back stairwell at work plotting to take over the world" look. The glasses help with said plotting... - FFing Enigma

Don't get me wrong, this is a compliment: http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/images... :) - Ozer Wrzl (EN)

Just reminded me I need to get back in for an eye checkup. - Eric

Eric, me too. I'm on my last set of contacts. Now I'm thinking about glasses again, though......... - Jandy

Jandy, these frames are from Lens Crafters and are available at a couple of places online. There's a link to 'em in my feed from last week... - FFing Enigma

damn! - Vicarbott

FUCK YEAH! - The Real sofarsoShawn

I love it... nice - Bindu Reddy

Looks great on you ;) - Neya

Oh, very much like, Tina! - Carmen wBabby

Nice, Tina! :-) - Jordan Hofker

Looks nice on you Tina! Pretty! =) - Randy

I think my husband might take offense to that =D - FFing Enigma

اوایل بهتر می‌خندید :دی - کاغذ رنگی

I think I just heard the sound of quite a few hearts breaking, and a worrying few taking on fresh challenge ;) - alphaxion

Ozer, I missed the Kidman link earlier. No offense taken; I was told I looked like her a lot when I was in Argentina. Her and Jody Foster, which is just a weird combo IMO.... - FFing Enigma

Hey, they make you look smarter (as if that was possible) ;-) - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

Your hair is growing out nicely, Tina! You look lovely :) - Mona Nomura from fftogo

they look great! - Tim Hoeck

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So I'm working on convincing my boss to convert over to Google for email, etc. So far things are looking good.

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Eeek - I'm still a little paranoid. - Mona Nomura

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You don't use gmail for your email Mona? - Yolanda

@Lindsey Google has a "for business" Gmail. So you can use it with your domain, etc. - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

Is it secure for business? That would be only my only concern. Good job though! I wish I had a chance to work somebody that took my ideas as well, you are making great progress. Also show him ways the company can save money. - orionstarr

I think it could be a great thing to use. - orionstarr

Remember how Gmail was down a couple of weeks ago and everyone lost their shit? Just remember that you are using a free service on the cloud and if it goes down for a while, it's your ass. Great idea, just know that - Johnny

Good to know, thanks Jason :) - Johnny

just want to add my 1 cent: cloud based gmail has been the most reliable email I've used (hotmail, yahoo, a few other web based, plus comcast, verizon, and outlook, going all the way back to eudora at one time). Nothing's perfect, but gmail's record is much closer than the others. - Vicarbott

I was considering this for my company, but decided against it (for now) because there isn't any good way to have Shared Mailboxes (or folders) like you do in Outlook. If anyone has an idea around that, I'm all ears. - Justin Korn

Right now the company I work for is using the default GoDaddy. And I started talking about Gmail when they were complaining about me sending them a 4MB PDF of proofs because of the lack of storage space. - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

And it is very easy to sync with iPhones and Blackberrys. I had to sync an email account with someones iPhone and it was a bit of a pain to set it up with GoDaddy. - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

We actually don't use a desktop client we just use the online. And I'm a fan too. My boss asked me, "You really like Google don't you?" I said, "Why yes I do, I have a I heart Google tattoo on my chest right under the I heart Apple one." :P - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

We use Google Apps for Domains at GigaOm. I personally love it, but I understand concerns about downtime and privacy. They're valid concerns to consider, but all in all, I think it's worth money. It's actually cheaper than the hosted Exchange account I used to use. - Kevin C. Tofel

As opposed to? [edit] ah I see... yes that would be a step up from GoDaddy. I haven't been as fond of it as Exchange, but Exchange can be a bear to manage and optimize. - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

Used with Gears should solve the offline issue. I've used Gmail for Domains for about 2 years now (very early on) and it's been rock solid. Don't forget you get Exchange ActiveSync with Gmail now too. - Ryan

I'm not sure about privacy aspects of using Google's email services but at the User Interface aspect they are awesome. - Daniel Schildt

Matthew, please let me know how it works out. We're in process for Google UC now. - Melanie Reed

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