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Re: Where’s My Toluu Enthusiasm?

Hutch Carpenter — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:21:48 -0000

Sarah - I now regularly go through the "Add to Toluu" button on my browser when adding new blogs. They're added to Toluu, then I land on the add to Google Reader page. That's how I'm staying in sync.

Re: FriendFeed Noise Solutions

Hutch Carpenter — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:02:09 -0000

Franklin - I think you're right. I could see trying both person-centric and link-centric. Link-centric would be really interesting, with the one concern that it creates an echo chamber effect. Everyone focuses only on the link with the most action. But Techmeme shows there is interest in those kind of approaches. Perhaps link-centric could be in a separate tab.

Re: A Day in Life Without Twitter

Hutch Carpenter — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:02:00 -0000

My money says you'll have the shakes by 11 am.

Re: The danger of Social Media falling in on itself

Hutch Carpenter — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:01:29 -0000

Your point here Steven is a good one. FriendFeed could suffocate its source of updates. There's probably something to be argued about the logic and features of the source apps retaining users, with consumption, sharing and commenting becoming FriendFeed's mainstay. Putting that interaction back down to the originating apps would help keep the ecosystem in balance.

And one other thought. I've argued before that FriendFeed will make switching social media apps much easier. Don't like Twitter? Switch to Pownce and keep the updates flowing to your existing social network on FriendFeed. Tired of Flickr? Switch to SmugMug - and know that friends will still see your pictures. This is another way FriendFeed can be quite disruptive.

Re: My 24 Hour Twitter Hiatus Begins Now

Hutch Carpenter — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:53:24 -0000

I'll bet - I'm enjoying your journey over on FriendFeed. No peeking!

Re: My 24 Hour Twitter Hiatus Begins Now

Hutch Carpenter — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:53:55 -0000

I'll bet you got a rush when you lit up your Twitter today.

Re: Good traffic, bad traffic, silly traffic, traffic traffic

Hutch Carpenter — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:15:50 -0000

Eric - I just posted something with a similar sentiment. I'm suddenly seeing a rise in hits for an old post related to tips on writing a farewell email to co-workers. These are search-generated hits, on a topic that differs from the web 2.0 content that's on my blog.

My simple response is to post a message to these visitors on the blog, letting them know what the blog is about and inviting them to look around. It's something of an experiment right now. My home-grown visitor conversion experiment. Maybe I'll have to be a little more innovative.

Re: What I Learned Without Twitter and Friendfeed

Hutch Carpenter — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:54:16 -0000

Really nice post here Corvida. Cold turkey on Twitter let you get some focus on longer form information. Perhaps an occasional Twitter day is in order?

And reading this post inspired a possible post for me. If I write it, I'll be linking back here.

Re: Twitter as a blog promotion tool

Hutch Carpenter — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:26:46 -0000

Wow - 1/3? That is a hit. I see you're around 545 followers, so you do have a decent audience out there (btw - you'll see my follow notification in your email; much past due).

Good to understand the power of Twitter.

Re: Twitter as a blog promotion tool

Hutch Carpenter — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:39:26 -0000

I have the same experience. FriendFeed is just a lot more social for content discovery, what with everyone sharing, bookmarking, liking, commenting, etc.

Re: Self Inflicted Un-Friendly(feed)

Hutch Carpenter — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:16:27 -0000

Great counter point of view Corvida. There are two reasons I think bloggers should be fine with comments on FriendFeed as well as their own blog:

1. Shey hits on it - it's just easier to post things on FriendFeed. The "friction" is lowered to commenting, and even little gestures such as "like" have meaning over there. FWIW - here's a blog post I wrote on that http://tinyurl.com/3esdom

2. The comments on FriendFeed get you much wider exposure. The FriendFeed app has interesting ways of spreading your blog virally, and comments are an important part of that.

I do like seeing comments on my own blog. I wouldn't want to lose that. But personally, I'm not bothered with the comments that occur on FriendFeed as well. I actually enjoy them. Especially since wordpress.com doesn't support disqus!

Re: Three Reasons To Use Disqus

Hutch Carpenter — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:51:51 -0000

Disqus comments get nice play over on FriendFeed. I've seen new disqus comments come through as a feed, and I click them. Suddenly, I'm immersed in a good conversation occurring on the blog. Another way for the blog, and disqus, to spread virally.

Alas - no wordpress.com support for disqus. Maybe Scoble can make that happen.

Re: louisgray.com: Just Like High School: Your Blogging Clique Will Move

Hutch Carpenter — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:05:49 -0000

I liked D&D...

Re: Just Add Enterprise

Hutch Carpenter — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:38:44 -0000

Jake - I agree with you and Bob Rhubart on this. Social media is really beneficial out in the consumer world, and there are some very compelling use cases inside the enterprise. But two things need to happen. One, the corporate culture needs to be open to employee participation and responsive when something emerges that doesn't fit what senior management was thinking.

And two, social media participation is still somewhat small out there right now. Asking employees who may not be on social networks or Twitter to suddenly start to participate is a big deal. You can't just drop a load of software on them and say, "have at it!". Employees will need some help getting there.

I did write a blog post on exactly this subject, "Do Companies Need Social Media Managers?" It's here, if you want to check it out: http://tinyurl.com/5aglkw

BTW - I like that you've got disqus enabled.

Re: Just Add Enterprise

Hutch Carpenter — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:27:41 -0000

Re: disqus. As a commenter, I like seeing where I've left comments and having an easy reference page for follow-up. I like the 'follow' feature, where I can see what others are saying. I also like that your comments can stream into FriendFeed, where the conversation can also extend. When you're on my blog, check out today's post, "Could WordPress.com Create a Disqus Killer?". It's got a good description of what I like about disqus, both from a commenter and blogger perspective.

Things I've heard that people don't like:
- No trackback/pingback feature. Trackbacks cannot display as comments.
- Lack of blogger admin features

Techmeme had a few posts about disqus today. Check it out, worth a read: http://www.techmeme.com/080...

Re: Online Media Cultist honored by The Industry Standard

Hutch Carpenter — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:00:41 -0000

I've 'Liked' it over on FriendFeed, but let me post directly here. Congrats Eric! That's awesome!

Re: One failing of FriendFeed

Hutch Carpenter — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:35:44 -0000

FriendFeed co-founder Bret Taylor has a post up about exactly this issue. See what the community said about it here:
http://friendfeed.com/e/f08...

Re: One failing of FriendFeed

Hutch Carpenter — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:25:15 -0000

I wonder if that is what they're looking to do? That'd be interesting. Haven't seen the big launch yet.

Re: The Blogosphere’s Changing Opinions on FriendFeed

Hutch Carpenter — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:44:31 -0000

You're hitting on something with the observation about "noise". For a lot of folks, the stream of content and comments allows you to build out your own world view. You get a sense of the pulse of your community. Perhaps inspecting a specific item might make one say, "that's noise". But in aggregate, there's plenty to learn.

And one other thought. What's the difference between discovery and noise?

Re: The changing face of FriendFeed.

Hutch Carpenter — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:58:44 -0000

Love this post Colin. Lifestreaming is fundamentally a personal expression of your interests. Your stream of content from various social media defines "you". Blogs have a central role here, and why not insert your thoughts directly into your stream?

I think you're on to something about blogging via FriendFeed. It becomes a lightweight platform for mainstream users to express their thoughts quickly. This is the premise of Twitter, but I think FriendFeed does it better as part of an aggregation of "you", and with all the interaction hooks it includes.

Re: Evolution of the social web.

Hutch Carpenter — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:04:02 -0000

Nice synthesizing of Alexander and Julian. I think you hit on something important there. The next generations start with where we are today. I really think they'll supersize their connections, not downsize.

My own personal experience informs my opinion. I'm out here in San Francisco, and I've now got a connection to you over in the UK. To Alexander in the Netherlands (right Alexander?). These are connections I would never have made but for social media. I expect my kids to take that even further, not close the walls back in.

Re: FriendFeed gets rooms, so does Scripting News (Scripting News)

Hutch Carpenter — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:11:04 -0000

Just invited you to the newly created Obama 2008 room.

Re: The social media time crisis

Hutch Carpenter — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:39:53 -0000

Great post Colin. At the risk of being glib, here are a few things I try to do in my blog posts. (1) Break it up into smaller sections. Each section covers a different point, but I try to avoid going too long on any section. Not an absolute requirement, but I strive to do it. (2) Graphics. Yup, it's true. A picture is worth a thousand words. My graphics are kind of hacked together, but they seem serviceable. (3) Call-out quotes. I LOVE when someone else's observations can be used as part of a blog post. It makes the blog post part of a running conversation, a wider dialogue.

God, I sound like Chris Brogan or something.

Re: The #1 Reason FriendFeed Will Not "Dethrone" Twitter

Hutch Carpenter — Sun, 25 May 2008 01:54:14 -0000

My two cents. FriendFeed direct posts feel like Twitters, only you can see the whole conversation, not just part of it. FriendFeed lacks the @reply and DM, so if those are important use cases, yeah it's not replacing Twitter. But for putting something out there and having your subscribers weigh in...well, it feels like Twitter.

Re: Twitter!

Hutch Carpenter — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:09:45 -0000

Man, the pros know how to play Techmeme like a fiddle.