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Re: Social|Median was not a good experience

Matthias — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:57:54 -0000

Well, my experiences with socialmedian weren't that easy either (I blogged about it, too). Although I have to say that Jason Goldberg always was very responsive to messages via mail or on twitter (during closed beta at least). So I continue to follow my normal feedreader and watch out on FriendFeed.

Re: Facebook is Gunning for Twitter & FriendFeed - I Might be Converting

Matthias — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:03:53 -0000

Benedikt: You are absolutely right on this. But a normal user might not reflect much on walled gardens. He will care more on where his friends are.

Re: Tocaya, Louis Gray, and BeTwittered

ontarioemperor — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:43:55 -0000

Louis is taking a "wait and see" attitude with this issue. I hate these bugs that are difficult to duplicate.

Re: louisgray.com: The Hubris of the Twitterati and Twitterati Wannabes

louismg — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:45:51 -0000

Cyndy's comments, echoing mine, are that this issue is not about losing followers, but losing total connections, including those subscriptions whom I had found over the last six or so weeks, whenever the DB was rolled back to. My article from last night talked primarily about going from 1500 or 1600 I was following down to less than 700. The concerns she states is that a lot of people wear their number as a badge, and she suggests it's not that big a deal.

As for when Twitter fixes this... who knows? It's clear they're trying to fix it ASAP.

Re: louisgray.com: The Hubris of the Twitterati and Twitterati Wannabes

Matthias — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:13:03 -0000

Is it only about followers? When I look at Twitter I do not only miss some 30 persons who used to follow me, but also another 30 persons I was subscribed to. Will Twitter bring back my subscriptions? And when?

Re: Tocaya, Louis Gray, and BeTwittered

Matthias — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:38:22 -0000

Anyway. Something like that should not happen. How longer to trust the messages you get on Twitter with that bug?

Re: Where will life take this entrepreneur?

Matthias — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:21:34 -0000

I don't remember your career so far. So please don't mind any wrong propositions...

If you already have a university degree join a startup. This should be the best possible preparation for starting your own company (later). If you don't have a university degree yet - well don't hesitate and join the (best possible) faculty you can get.

Re: Dispensing with the trappings of technology.

colinwalker — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:54:21 -0000

Matthias, it's not even an issue of cloud computing or not - it's a case of simplifying things, cutting back and taking stock both from a core technology standpoint and how that technology is used. We have to achieve a balance in everything and set a good example so that those outside of the early adopter circle (as Julian says) can see a positive impact from whatever we are using.

Re: Dispensing with the trappings of technology.

Matthias — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:41:35 -0000

Interesting to see how you move on towards "cloudcomputing". But is it only about technology? I think there is quite a portion of experience and (growing) trust guiding people like you or me on that path.

Re: Escaping the echo chamber.

colinwalker — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:52:52 -0000

Matthias,

Yes things take time to develop but I'm not specifically talking about FriendFeed here - that was purely an example and it illustrates that people get hung up on the tools rather than what they can be used for.

Social media has been around for quite a while now with sites like Facebook and MySpace having some good traction - good enough that Vodafone are using Facebook as a pulling point in a national ad campaign in the UK. But herein lies the problem: people divide the concept up in to walled gardens (my Facebook community, my Twitter friends etc.) rather than embracing it as an entire online experience. Forget what service you are using and instead concentrate on the people, on the connections, on the potential.

The potential of social media is incredible and the range of discussions possible between the diverse people on the web should be almost infinite but our segregation in to distinct groups is holding us back, although it is unfortunately unavoidable.

As I have said before, though, just SAYING things will be different in 2 years does not make a difference, we need to be sowing the seeds now and giving a reason that social media should be adopted if we ever want to see it go truly mainstream.

Re: Escaping the echo chamber.

Matthias — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:53:35 -0000

Maybe we should give things a little bit more time to develop. I agree with you that there is quite a lot of senseless conversation on and about FriendFeed. But who know's how FriendFeed will be used in one or two years?

We have to remember, too, that conversations on FriendFeed easily start around topics that are shared by a lot of people. The more special a topic gets, the less likely is a conversation as there might be only a few people (1) understanding it, (2) being now on FriendFeed and (3) being willing to engage.

In the end it might be a question of math! And as people on the street very likely start a conversation about the weather they do it on FriendFeed about FriendFeed. What do you think of this explanation?