Tag Archives: Friendfeed

How These Six Words Could Energize Friendfeed on the Mainstream Media

Well, who knows if it really would — but I think one of the biggest inflections in Twitter’s popularity over the past 6-12 months has been the mainstream media’s push, and obvious love affair with socia media.  Of course, CNN is one of the biggest culprits / lovers so far, with almost every one of [...]

Is Blogging Dead? (Wait: Is It That Time Of Year Again?)

The “is blogging dead” meme (although no one has the chutzpah to call it what it is) rears its interesting head today over at the FastForward Blog — and much like other memes about blogging (there is / is not an A-list, your blog really is / is not a blog if you have / [...]

Does Not Leaving Comments Matter?

Louis Gray spent a lot of time crafting a satirical post on the alleged “exchange rate” between comments and other means of interacting with a post — launched in part due to Allen Stern’s public bemoaning of a lack of comments thereof, and who is not alone in voicing there support for comments-on-blogs.
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Just How Vulnerable Is FriendFeed To Spam?

So, in a threaded comment-ango on Friendfeed today, I noticed an odd comment by a Friendfeedster that seemed out of place.  So out of place, it almost smelled … blog spammy.  Sure enough, someone (Hutch Carpenter) mentioned that this comment was popping up in all kinds of places by the same person, and perhaps this [...]