Why have I been neglecting Friendfeed!?
August 17th, 2008 Posted in Social Media Community, social networkingI started using FriendFeed around 2 months ago. For around a month it turned into an all out obsession! I remember spending four hours constantly updating my feed until 3am. I would like to think I was discovered by Louis Gray through FriendFeed and I started making some great connections in the social media fanatics circle.
Recently I have dropped off using FriendFeed. I though about it tonight while working in Starbucks. I ask myself, “why have I not been posting on the feed?”
There are a couple of reasons that could be playing into my lack of FriendFeed usage,
1. I was burned out on the information overload of constant use for a month. This doesn’t say much for someone who calls themselves a social media fanatic.
2. Business has really picked up in the last few months. Bringing on employees in two locations and trying to learn how to manage people has taken my time down to nil.
3. I don’t receive updates via email other than a feed recount. I am inundated daily from other networks on updated and friend additions.
All of the above could be contributing to my lack of use but I haven’t quite put my finger on it. I need to make a more conscious effort to spend more time on FriendFeed. I love the platform and find it extremely useful when it comes to information and blogging content.
This is my apology to FriendFeed. I will use you more. I will. I swear. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, please tell me how you overcame your lack of use.
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8 Responses to “Why have I been neglecting Friendfeed!?”
By Nichole on Aug 17, 2008
I just recently discovered FriendFeed. I think it’s pretty swank because it filters all my stuff into my Twitter: my blogs, YouTube, de.licio.us, vi.sualize.us and other such things. Pretty much the only thing I use it for though, and that in itself is pretty handy.
By Anthony on Aug 17, 2008
I think the issue is noise. I am confident that more options will be deployed in the way of filtering (noiseriver is already working on this, and I am sure the FF guys are too.) - and flexible filtering will really make a difference. The key is to enable discovery while also managing a signal:noise:discovery ratio that feels right to you.
By Pazzer1 on Aug 18, 2008
Agree about the lack of true chronological view and have already posted the need to FFeed.
By Lorraine Ball on Aug 18, 2008
I use the hide function to elminate some of the noise, and tend to go to individual pages of people I am following.
The challenge, many of the people I want to touch are not on Friend Feed, so I have to go back to Twitter, and other sites to connect with them.
By Kevin Makice on Aug 20, 2008
Congrats on the mention in Read/Write/Web!
My running joke is that, whenever a system crashes unexpectedly, to threaten to move those functions to FriendFeed. That was the May-June frenzy from a number of active users of Twitter. I already had my account, but I just don’t have a call to use it. The great Duct Tape tool to import Twitter users only got me about 10% of the people I follow there, so network is a big obstacle to any switch.
More importantly, FriendFeed is an inherently different beast than Twitter. I like the ability (now mimicked by Facebook and Kwippy, another interesting tool) to carry on a conversation thread on a particular item. Too much conversation can drown a Twitter stream, so I was happy to see the heavy conversationalists head to FriendFeed for their back-and-forth. Twitter is mostly about simplicity and low barriers. It is much easier to talk someone into trying Twitter than FriendFeed, particularly those not used to blogging or a Facebook culture. FF is overwhelming, even with the filters.
I get my daily email and respond to friend requests, and that’s about all I do with FriendFeed.