Misanthropic Geek - Latest Comments in Rest in Peace, FriendFeed

Re: Rest in Peace, FriendFeed

Akiva — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:24:42 -0000

[silent fist of solidarity in the air]

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Akiva — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:24:26 -0000

Thanks. I'm hoping you took something positive away from it.

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geekandahalf — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:02:34 -0000

PREACH, BRUTHA 'KIVA!

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Akiva — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:56:17 -0000

I appreciate that and I hope you won't hesitate to let me know when you don't like what I've got to say because that day is rapidly approaching.

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Akiva — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:54:41 -0000

Thank you, madam!

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Akiva — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:54:23 -0000

Thank you, sir!

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Akiva — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:53:52 -0000

If it wasn't for Twitter's popularity and the fact that it's such aone-dimensional service, it wouldn't figure into this discussion at all.

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Akiva — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:52:37 -0000

I hear ya, Jim. And I mentioned it briefly above that one of the problems with decentralization is the amount of work one has to commit to initially. But, once your network is propped up, it cruises along on its own except for having to actively reach out and find new subscribers.

On the other hand, for a lot of people on FriendFeed, getting new subscriptions doesn't matter as much as finding new interesting people to follow. Going in that direction, it's a little easier because most sites have a list of links of people that they like.

And I'm still not convinced that Google isn't working to integrate all of their emergent social networking components. It'd be nice to see them all be tied to one's Google Profile.

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Willem — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:36:54 -0000

Well written, I like what you've got to say too.

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Chris Charabaruk — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:18:36 -0000

Twitter isn't really an option either; like Facebook, they take a dim view of people who use the service in ways that the Twitter team doesn't care for. They completely remove real people from search without any reason other than some contrived BS about "quality". In my books, Twitter's pretty much just as bad as Facebook.

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edythe — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:02:16 -0000

good post, akiva.

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Mark Bean — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:45:19 -0000

Here's my more succinct blog post - http://pflix.com/post/16082... - I already deleted my FriendFeed account.

I look forward to following your blog posts. I am sure they will all be as good as this one - and slightly less painful to write.

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micahwittman — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:19:36 -0000

~~First!~~ Second! Good to see you putting your stake in the ground, Akiva.

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Jim Jannotti — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:06:53 -0000

Yep. Totally.

The only thing.. and this is what really ticks me off, cause I think you're right about the decentralized bit... I simply do not have the time to construct an ad-hoc social stream. That's why friendfeed was the shiznit! I didn't have to do anything but sign up. No maintaining, no worrying, and best of all no coding!

So now what? It's a serious question. Facebook just is not an option for me. Twitter is but... gah! I don't know.

Google Wave, of course... but who knows if that'll work. Fifteen years from now when it comes out of beta maybe, but right out of the box? Friendfeed worked from day one and with very, very little exception, has worked ever since.

So, yeah.