Comments on: Losing Content Confidence in Friendfeed? What A Load.

By: Mark Krynsky

Mark Krynsky — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:33:05 +0000

FriendFeed is an amazing eco-system and trying to pigeonhole the content created there or its users is a waste of time. Furthermore trying to dictate or complain about it is even worse.

It’s the diverse nature of the community that has made it my favorite online networking destination. If I want to feel silly and blow off steam, I can do it there with others.

If I want to find amazingly fresh tech content or share it with others, I can do that too.

If I want to converse with users in a way almost impossible elsewhere, yep…it happens there too.

There are great tools on the site to help fine tune your experience, so complaining about it seems pretty pointless to me.

FriendFeed come one, come all and have a great time.

By: Rahsheen

Rahsheen — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:57:41 +0000

Lorraine hits the nail on the head here. Nobody is in a position to control the content on FriendFeed. It’s silly to assume you should find only a certain type of discussion there. It’s like assuming Google Search is only going to return the most useful and truthful results. You, as the user, will always have to know exactly which bits are useful to you specifically.

Robert seems to think we are his audience/information filters. Some in the community are good at that, but most of us have no interest in separating one type of information from any other. I will not be categorized or put into a box.

By: Lorraine Ball

Lorraine Ball — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:51:23 +0000

Good assessment of the current state of friend feed. I definitely agree with Mona, there are some terrific information resources if you ask the right questions.

Trying to control the content of FriendFeed is like trying t control the conversation at a cocktail party the more interesting the people, the more diverse the conversation, and the later in the evening, the funnier we all think we are.

By: pjatloop

pjatloop — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:26:05 +0000

I’m with you here and I’m with Mona. Something that also troubles me is Scoble’s use of the word ‘audience’ … he isn’t a one man broadcaster.

The whole idea of social media is that it breaks down those boundaries between broadcaster and audience. I was looking at lots of feeds regarding the economic crisis and believe me, I didn’t regard what Scoble was saying as anything other that ‘his view’ and at times, to be honest, his view was a little facile himself. At one point he said, “they voted against the bail out, what should WE do” …

By: Mona N.

Mona N. — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:15:09 +0000

Crap, I didn’t read it thoroughly and now I’m spamming your comments. The one part I disagree with is this: “If you are looking for a place to share ideas and collaborate in a knowledge capital heavy environment, I wouldn’t recommend FriendFeed.”

Since FriendFeed has a constant stream of activity, mountains of information, and people from all walks of life with an abundance of interests sharing, the meaningful or in-depth, knowledge capital dialogue you’re looking for is hidden. You just have to know where to look.

By: Mona N.

Mona N. — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:09:35 +0000

people would* stop trying to cater FriendFeed to fit* their needs

Jeez, you need an edit option for people like me who often make grammatical errors! Oh and tahnks for the mention. You know I luuuuh you too, Kyle!

By: Mona N.

Mona N. — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:01:51 +0000

A-men Kyle. I just wish people will stop trying to cater FriendFeed to their needs NOT by influencing those utilizing the site but by comprehending WHAT FriendFeed is about and HOW to work with the features FriendFeed offers.

Great post. And I’m with you 220%
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