Ginger's: — Look at Me! Don’t Look at Me.
Mark Trapp
· 7 months ago
Hooray, you're blogging again, too!
I think FriendFeed has been moving more and more towards chatty, mundane-type posts for a while, even before the switch to real-time; which might even lead into popularity. On average, people talking about themselves or daily ephemera seem to get more likes and comments than people sharing things from other people: it might be because it's more relatable.
It was interesting to see who didn't like the new real-time FriendFeed, and at least at first, it seemed to be people who liked using FriendFeed to just "chat:" I agree that one thing the new FriendFeed does is make it too hard to follow hundreds of people and keep tabs on all the conversations. One way to handle that is to just watch it flow, but I think what we'll probably see from the next crop of FriendFeedsters is, on a whole, everyone following less people.
I don't think that's a bad thing, but it'd be interesting to see, if it does happen, how it'll affect the rapid rise of new FriendFeed super stars. I wonder if the FriendFeed super star concept, that you can walk into FriendFeed an unknown and in a month be the most popular person on it, is slowly fading away as FriendFeed becomes more mature.
Daniel J. Pritchett
· 7 months ago
Good points, Mark. I have wondered why others don't share my enthusiasm for the new FF. I have always been a quick typer and quite happy communicating via one-liners and off the cuff notes. I suppose if you're partial to long-form writing and reading then the default pace of New FF is a problem.
I was always one of the chattiest people in any IRC room I frequented.
edythe
· 7 months ago
you and mark both make interesting points. for someone who uses Friendfeed like i do, the real-time is definitely a challenge.
kristasphere
· 7 months ago
Ginger: Great post, first of all! What's disappointing to me is I'm missing conversations. I just posted 2 comments on a post on ff, only to realize after the fact it was 24 hours old, which is now a decade in FriendFeed. What I like about FriendFeed compared to Twitter is the "message board" component - you get quick posts but also interactivity among a diverse group.
Praying for a stop button, Krista
geekandahalf
· 7 months ago
Hey, that's me! Excellent post and I have similar thoughts on the popularity of FriendFeed. I was really hesitant to get involved; I initially thought I wouldn't have anything in common with the techies, the coders, the IT types...and regarding those activities, I don't. But I made my peace with it and went with the stuff I loved: pop culture, music, film, entertainment, art, food, shirtless Australian rugby players in underwear. What I love about FF, is that is what you make of it. I loved going to SXSW this year and meeting people face to face. I love the meetups that we have over burgers and at each other's homes. I love using social media to be...y'know...social. It's one thing to talk ourselves silly about how to utilize the tech, but I love getting out and using to bring people together.
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I think FriendFeed has been moving more and more towards chatty, mundane-type posts for a while, even before the switch to real-time; which might even lead into popularity. On average, people talking about themselves or daily ephemera seem to get more likes and comments than people sharing things from other people: it might be because it's more relatable.
It was interesting to see who didn't like the new real-time FriendFeed, and at least at first, it seemed to be people who liked using FriendFeed to just "chat:" I agree that one thing the new FriendFeed does is make it too hard to follow hundreds of people and keep tabs on all the conversations. One way to handle that is to just watch it flow, but I think what we'll probably see from the next crop of FriendFeedsters is, on a whole, everyone following less people.
I don't think that's a bad thing, but it'd be interesting to see, if it does happen, how it'll affect the rapid rise of new FriendFeed super stars. I wonder if the FriendFeed super star concept, that you can walk into FriendFeed an unknown and in a month be the most popular person on it, is slowly fading away as FriendFeed becomes more mature.
I was always one of the chattiest people in any IRC room I frequented.
Praying for a stop button, Krista