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FriendFeed Stats: May 30, 2008

May 31, 2008

in General, Me

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Tags: friendfeed, statistics

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The Case For Distributed Conversations

May 29, 2008

in Blogging, Social Media

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

in Blogging, Social Media

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

in Social Media

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?