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FriendFeed Stats: May 30, 2008

May 31, 2008
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The Case For Distributed Conversations

May 29, 2008
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Distributed conversations A lot is still being made of the discussions happening in FriendFeed that some feel should belong on the actual post.  Recently, the discussion over "fragmented comments" has been revived in posts from Fred Wilson, Matthew Ingram, and Allen Stern.  Allen suggests that when FriendFeeders see the content, they should go back to the original post, comment there, and then have their comment pulled back into FriendFeed. I still don’t agree with centralizing comments on the blog post or any one place, and here’s why:

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Tags: blog, Blogging, conversation, disqus, friendfeed, intense debate, Social Media, yacktrack
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FriendFeed Is The Signal

May 26, 2008
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FriendFeed Marshall McLuhan (a Canadian) coined the phrase "the medium is the message" to describe that the profound impact of television and other media on society was more important than the impact of the content itself.  Recently, a lot of discussion has been taking place about FriendFeed‘s noise versus its signal.  I contend that the impact that FriendFeed has on the Social Web is greater than that of the content it aggregates.  Excuse me as I coyly coin the phrase: “FriendFeed is the signal.”

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Tags: advertising, Business, community, conversation, friendfeed, Social Media
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Mixx and Digg: Community Makes the Difference

May 23, 2008
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Community Mixx has been gaining considerable momentum since it’s debut, including being recently adopted by CNN, LA Times and the New York Times. Even though they have great features for the user, and no ads (as of yet), what’s holding Mixx from gaining competitive advantage in the social news industry?

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Tags: branding, community, digg, mixx, Social Media
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Twit-Out: Lessons Learned

May 21, 2008
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Overall the experience was a positive one; despite a lot of the negative feedback of what we participated in.

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Isn’t Web 2.0 About US Taking Control?

May 17, 2008
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Isn't Web 2.0 About US Taking Control?

Since Twit-Out was announced there has been a lot of feedback via FriendFeed, Twitter, and several other places. The reaction has been mixed, but a lot of people don’t seem to get it.

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Twit-Out: 24-Hour Twitter Boycott

May 15, 2008
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Twit-Out Twitter users are becoming more and more frustrated with outages and blips in service and look more and more willing to turn their words into action.  This has never been more evident as of recently when discussions on FriendFeed have created a unified effort to get the attention of the Twitter community. As a result, Twit-Out was created.  Twit-Out is (for a lack of a better term) a boycott of Twitter on Wednesday, May 21st.  Read more about this on posts by Andrew Dobrow and Bwana McCall, even picked up on the Buzz Out Loud podcast.

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