Comments on: Are You Really Using FriendFeed, or are You a Poser?

By: max191

max191 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:33:21 +0000

What a comprehensive and interesting blog. Really nice to read it. Please include more details if possible.
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By: Getting too social? » Walker Media

Getting too social? » Walker Media — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:38:04 +0000

[...] while back, Phil over at Scribkin called out Steve Gillmor among others for signing up to FriendFeed, importing their streams and not returning [...]

By: Posers are Sanctioned Spam » IRC Freak

Posers are Sanctioned Spam » IRC Freak — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:36:05 +0000

[...] is the advice given today to high powered users who sign up for services and then abandon it. This quote came from an article that scored quite a few friendfeed comments and shares today. This post goes along with another one [...]

By: Colin Walker » Getting too social?

Colin Walker » Getting too social? — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:34:26 +0000

[...] while back, Phil over at Scribkin called out Steve Gillmor among others for signing up to FriendFeed, importing their streams and not returning [...]

By: WinExtra » FriendFeed vs. Twitter & Why Twitter Isn’t Going Anywhere

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:57:53 +0000

[...] crew who pumped up Twitter; and decried FriendFeed when it first started, are now shifting from being absentee members to repeating the same old argument that FriendFeed is Twitter’s replacement nothing could be [...]

By: WinExtra » From the Pipeline – 6.27.08

WinExtra » From the Pipeline – 6.27.08 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:57:29 +0000

[...] Are You Really Using FriendFeed, or are You a Poser? :: scribkin – J. Phil does a good slap down of the big boys who sign up for social type stuff then basically ignore it but at the same time bad mouth the service. [...]

By: J. Phil

J. Phil — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:02:10 +0000

I re-read your original comment in the context of applying specifically to that one statement.. it makes more sense now.

Thanks for your input.

By: GeekMommy

GeekMommy — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:19:08 +0000

"They are essentially telling us, yeah well I don’t like FriendFeed, but I’m still going to use it for PR until my primary publicity vehicle stops working (in this case Twitter).

I believe this is wrong."

That last part? That's the opposite of right. I read what you wrote. I disagree with your judgment call.

By: Ryo

Ryo — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:30:59 +0000

Yeah, right. Twitter-Poser may be the right words
I use Twitter only to get my stuff out to the poor guys that don't use friendfeed. I send all my friendfeed-stuff to Twitter via twitterfeed.com, but i usually never check anything on Twitter for month.

So, yeah, you could say that.

By: J. Phil

J. Phil — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:55:49 +0000

If you are saying what I think, which is that FriendFeed should notify you somehow of new replies on old conversations, I'm right there with you!

By: chris peoples

chris peoples — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:46:21 +0000

That would be cool. Disqus just empowers my laziness. Whenever I leave a comment somewhere – which is rare – I always forget to check back for replies. I even forget where I've commented at. Disqus takes care of these things for me.

By: J. Phil

J. Phil — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:15:38 +0000

I do remember the Loic issue.

Hmm.. I will grudgingly accept that you have a good argument for a placeholder. However, as you said, that doesn't mean FriendFeed should put someone like Steve on their recommended list (because by all accounts he is not active).

By: J. Phil

J. Phil — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:13:03 +0000

I generally feel that using friendfeed to comment is easier than using Disqus.. not by much.. but yeah, using Disqus for friendfeed comments would introduce a level of complexity and load on an additional system.

However, there are rumors that Disqus is working with FriendFeed to bring the two services together in some way.. perhaps allowing two-way publishing on syndicated articles.

Now that would be very cool.

By: J. Phil

J. Phil — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:04:58 +0000

In a way, this is the same behavior Steve is exhibiting, but in reverse.. he uses Twitter exclusively.

So let me ask you: do you have a Twitter login that you ignore? If so, you could be described as a “twitter poser”..

By: J. Phil

J. Phil — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:02:30 +0000

Excellent. Even if you weren't, I wouldn't hold it against you.

By: J. Phil

J. Phil — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:01:32 +0000

Not to ego stroke too much, Mike, but this article for better or worse is now my third-most popular in terms of share and second-most in terms of FriendFeed discussion. It has drawn a lot of eyes to my site and has even gotten Steve Gillmore to take a minute out and comment, which he didn't have to do.

So you tell me, was it worth it?

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:35:16 +0000

Does it really matter enough to waste this much time and energy?

By: nikan

nikan — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:35:27 +0000

My two pennies: most of the web 2 addicts HAVE to sign up to various services and NOT use them simply because they have to maintain their online identity (or brand, or microbrand) intact.
Don't know if you followed the story about how someone pretended to be Loic Le Meur in plurk and posting things that turned insulting for Loic? Now, Loic does not use plurk, but he had to claim back his identity.
If there is something to be annoyed about, is the friendfeed recommendation. Maybe they need a more clever algorithm.

By: spuds

spuds — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:46:25 +0000

I am an active member at FriendFeed and Twitter. No posing here!

By: Ryo

Ryo — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:43:06 +0000

Yep. I comment on Friendfeed ususally. If one does not care about the comments there, it's lost. However, that is not my problem I don't care about. Read it on friendfeed, or not at all.