A New Level to FriendFeed: Confessions Room

September 7th, 2008 Posted in Social Media Community, Social Strategy, blogging, friendfeed, relationship, social media, social networking

Currently on the Confessions Room: 360 posts, 2815 comments today

I have been preaching about a new level of relationship building on social media. There needs to be a deeper connection between individuals on social platforms. Enter the Confessions Rooms.

Friendfeeder Shawn Farner started the confessions room as a way to share some deeper things in Friendfeed and post it anonymously. At first I was hesitant, shrugging the room off as just another way to spread myself farther across the wide expanse of FriendFeed. I decided to join the room after hearing a couple of excellent comments crossing the feeds.

I have not been disappointed. Other than the random meanderings of some complete idiots, the FriendFeed confessions room has been an excellent way to really get deeper with friends on an online platform.

Some Examples of the feeds in the Confessions Room:

“Honestly, I wouldn’t mind not having kids. It would really not be a big loss to me…”

“I was drunk the night I asked my wife to marry me. She was as well…and also on the other side of the country at the time. That was 10 years ago October :-)”

“I just had a terrible fight with my girlfriend. And now i feel like shit.”

“I want to make a big difference in this world, but my career goals and the fact that I’m lazy means I never will.”

The Confessions room is an excellent way to get to know your FriendFeeder’s in a more intimate way. Join the group. Start a conversation. If you want to do it anonymously you can sign in to the Confessions account and post.

I encourage everyone to check in and see what is going on. What a great way to make social media have deeper meaning!

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  • December 31, 1969 at 5:33 pm Mona N.
    Nice write up, Kyle. :) ...oh wait, I forgot. I don't like you anymore. Now I need to go confess why. HA
  • December 31, 1969 at 5:33 pm Candace Holly
    Nicely done. I'd also like to mention one anonymous poster who made me teary eyed. They posted how they are disabled and contemplate ending their life. A lengthy thread followed. The anonymous poster replied to us letting us know they would pursue some type of help and thanked us for it..promising to keep the thread when they feel down.
  • December 31, 1969 at 5:33 pm Candace Holly
    Others have found some interesting support for other issues like; eating disorders, relationship problems, things they thought they were the only one on etc. I'll admit I don't find an internet friendship real until it goes to an off line level (meeting in person, phone calls etc) but this room is hard to think of on a superficial level.
  • December 31, 1969 at 5:33 pm Robin Barooah
    It's going to be interesting to see how this develops. One of the great things about FF in general is that if I don't like the things I'm seeing I can virtually 'move away' from people by unsubscribing from the source. It's worked like magic so far I have not yet understood how this will work for public rooms.
  • December 31, 1969 at 5:33 pm Robin Barooah
    (please don't take that as in any way critical of the posting - I am genuinely curious to see how this all works out and don't like the idea of a closed clique)
  • December 31, 1969 at 5:33 pm Niki Costantini
    A good post. I was there as well but I had to unjoin the room because of tech problems with FF. The strenght of socialmedia is that is made by (real) people, for (real) people and your post is an excellent answer to those who think FF is only noise

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