Comments on: My beef with FriendFeed http://comments.deasil.com/2008/03/17/my-beef-with-friendfeed/ escape colon w q Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:43:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: FriendFeed has ceased fooling around http://comments.deasil.com/2008/03/17/my-beef-with-friendfeed/#comment-10476 FriendFeed has ceased fooling around Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:28:32 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2008/03/17/my-beef-with-friendfeed/#comment-10476 [...] starting reading and looking into FriendFeed I was pretty skeptical, not really of the service, but that I would be interested in it. Half of my problem with it was that I was trying to cram it into the same sort of category as [...] [...] starting reading and looking into FriendFeed I was pretty skeptical, not really of the service, but that I would be interested in it. Half of my problem with it was that I was trying to cram it into the same sort of category as [...]

]]> By: Little Webs - Google Reader and now FriendFeed! http://comments.deasil.com/2008/03/17/my-beef-with-friendfeed/#comment-10301 Little Webs - Google Reader and now FriendFeed! Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:33:07 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2008/03/17/my-beef-with-friendfeed/#comment-10301 [...] widen your search from a single person to just your friends to all of FriendFeed. While, I have my problems with FriendFeed this is a pretty compelling [...] [...] widen your search from a single person to just your friends to all of FriendFeed. While, I have my problems with FriendFeed this is a pretty compelling [...]

]]> By: Ryan http://comments.deasil.com/2008/03/17/my-beef-with-friendfeed/#comment-10289 Ryan Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:45:38 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2008/03/17/my-beef-with-friendfeed/#comment-10289 I checked it out too! I looked at 10 or more accounts and all 10 were populated by Twitter. Should be called Twitter feed! Its still is a cool thing and in time sure to grow more useful! Were working towards allowing our user data(awake/sleep status, etc) on FF soon! I checked it out too! I looked at 10 or more accounts and all 10 were populated by Twitter. Should be called Twitter feed!

Its still is a cool thing and in time sure to grow more useful! Were working towards allowing our user data(awake/sleep status, etc) on FF soon!

]]> By: felix http://comments.deasil.com/2008/03/17/my-beef-with-friendfeed/#comment-10228 felix Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:18:58 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2008/03/17/my-beef-with-friendfeed/#comment-10228 Todd, interesting point. It does definitely gain something from being itself a social network and a place where one can post things directly in addition to it's aggregation. In some ways I'm looking for something like that - a gripe of mine with Google Reader is that in "sharing" feed elements there's no opportunity to leave a brief note on it - I'd love to be able to annotate that stuff and for the post + my text to show up in my shared feed page. In some respects FriendFeed allows for that. But for me this fragmentation of my conversation is really a deal killer for me, I think. As with all things people are looking for different features and fixes and I am sure for many people it's exactly what they want. That's the beauty of the internet. There's something for everyone. :) Todd, interesting point. It does definitely gain something from being itself a social network and a place where one can post things directly in addition to it’s aggregation. In some ways I’m looking for something like that - a gripe of mine with Google Reader is that in “sharing” feed elements there’s no opportunity to leave a brief note on it - I’d love to be able to annotate that stuff and for the post + my text to show up in my shared feed page. In some respects FriendFeed allows for that. But for me this fragmentation of my conversation is really a deal killer for me, I think.

As with all things people are looking for different features and fixes and I am sure for many people it’s exactly what they want. That’s the beauty of the internet. There’s something for everyone. :)

]]> By: From the Pipeline - 3.17.08 | WinExtra http://comments.deasil.com/2008/03/17/my-beef-with-friendfeed/#comment-10223 From the Pipeline - 3.17.08 | WinExtra Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:32:21 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2008/03/17/my-beef-with-friendfeed/#comment-10223 [...] My beef with FriendFeed :: #comments - actually a well written level headed examination of why FriendFeed might not work for some folks. [...] [...] My beef with FriendFeed :: #comments - actually a well written level headed examination of why FriendFeed might not work for some folks. [...]

]]> By: Todd McKinney http://comments.deasil.com/2008/03/17/my-beef-with-friendfeed/#comment-10222 Todd McKinney Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:52:01 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2008/03/17/my-beef-with-friendfeed/#comment-10222 I hear what you're saying, and feel a bit of it myself. I had a bit of a "this is getting out of hand" moment a couple weeks ago when I'm sitting there with about five browser tabs open and trying to follow conversations around. We need an answer for that, and I don't know what it is but I hope it gets here soon. There is a bright side, however, or maybe even a couple of them. Participating in FriendFeed is a lot more direct communication about stuff that's interesting and what people are thinking about it. It's a whole lot easier to follow than Twitter. The other, probably more subtle thing is that in some cases the discussion there can drive people back to your blog that otherwise would never have found it, let alone comment. Like me for example. Nice post - a "calm, sensible analysis" as I saw it mentioned. I hear what you’re saying, and feel a bit of it myself. I had a bit of a “this is getting out of hand” moment a couple weeks ago when I’m sitting there with about five browser tabs open and trying to follow conversations around. We need an answer for that, and I don’t know what it is but I hope it gets here soon. There is a bright side, however, or maybe even a couple of them.

Participating in FriendFeed is a lot more direct communication about stuff that’s interesting and what people are thinking about it. It’s a whole lot easier to follow than Twitter. The other, probably more subtle thing is that in some cases the discussion there can drive people back to your blog that otherwise would never have found it, let alone comment. Like me for example. Nice post - a “calm, sensible analysis” as I saw it mentioned.

]]> By: felix http://comments.deasil.com/2008/03/17/my-beef-with-friendfeed/#comment-10208 felix Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:20:37 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2008/03/17/my-beef-with-friendfeed/#comment-10208 Piers, yeah - I heard some other folks complaining about that. They definitely need to address that timeliness. I did read somewhere else that they were refreshing faster than Google Reader - although that's a pretty nebulous claim since Reader refreshes differently for diff't feeds. Hopefully, though, the speed issue is solvable - they'll just need a bit more VC money to get it all working. :) Piers, yeah - I heard some other folks complaining about that. They definitely need to address that timeliness. I did read somewhere else that they were refreshing faster than Google Reader - although that’s a pretty nebulous claim since Reader refreshes differently for diff’t feeds. Hopefully, though, the speed issue is solvable - they’ll just need a bit more VC money to get it all working. :)

]]> By: Piers http://comments.deasil.com/2008/03/17/my-beef-with-friendfeed/#comment-10207 Piers Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:08:46 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2008/03/17/my-beef-with-friendfeed/#comment-10207 Also, it takes ages to update. I posted something to Twitter about 5 minutes ago and it hasn't updated yet. I'd want it to be (almost) instant and at most about 2 minutes between updates, let alone if I'm there manually refreshing the page. Also, it takes ages to update. I posted something to Twitter about 5 minutes ago and it hasn’t updated yet. I’d want it to be (almost) instant and at most about 2 minutes between updates, let alone if I’m there manually refreshing the page.

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