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Re: Consuming my friends

Eric Friedman — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:51:59 -0000

I have stayed away from the IM widgets as I feel they deter people from reaching out. Since the time I spend "reachable" on IM networks has increased I may give it another shot. The problem is that most people I know can already reach me via IM - so the hope is that a stranger reaching out will leave a comment (stored for others to see) vs. IM'ing me and no one else benefiting from the conversation.

Re: Consuming my friends

candice — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:38:42 -0000

human filters are the best kind.

if I may add about twitter, having a lot of my nola friends on twitter while we were all evacuated (some stayed, too) was really, really great. great way to stay sane.

Re: Consuming my friends

Carrie — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:11:52 -0000

I like lurking on blogs. To me they are like "Author Previews" I rarely comment but I browse many different blogs regularly and when I find someone whoes writing I appreciate, I become a regular reader.

I'm a fan of design blogs in particular, (Design Sponge) and really I enjoy browsing the beautiful pictures.

Re: Consuming my friends

ceonyc — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:59:13 -0000

Or... I will... but just from a couple of people who really care about
me. :)

Re: Consuming my friends

ceonyc — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:55:26 -0000

We'll tackle that Monday!

Re: Consuming my friends

Kevin — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:51:02 -0000

very true.

in the same sense that there are many, many, more LJers or Tumblrs than Scobles out there, I think that by and large most web services have missed the mark entirely by not harnessing that sense of small but meaningful community built around real connections. it may sound reductive but, by and large, most people only want to hear from the people who matter to them, and only want to share as far as a meaningful context will carry.

someone will get this right soon, and you probably won't hear about it on Twitter...

Re: Consuming my friends

kortina — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:43:50 -0000

Twitter headline was a great elevator pitch: "I eat friends" -- ended up here before my Google Reader break.

I'd say I'm about 50/50 with subscriptions to friends vs people I don't know, but I find myself reading more from people I know and less from others lately. Just gotta get more friends writing...

Re: Consuming my friends

Adam Quirk — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:45:20 -0000

Why haven't those two things been macro'd yet?

Re: Consuming my friends

ceonyc — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:33:16 -0000

Yes, especially when you don't do something silly like subscribe to 6000
people.

Re: Consuming my friends

greenskeptic — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:27:40 -0000

"relevance, and a sense of authentic community" - that about sums it up. Great piece.

Re: Consuming my friends

aweissman — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:27:05 -0000

nice writing. btw this reasoning to me is what makes twitter so special as a social place

Re: Consuming my friends

ceonyc — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:10:13 -0000

I don't get much out of Seth talking at me w/o giving anyone a chance to
respond... I don't subscribe to his blog anymore. I'd rather read the
book. At least I know it's not supposed to be interactive.

Re: Consuming my friends

bijan — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:04:31 -0000

You bring up so many great points in this post.

but the one part I'm still mulling over is the notion that you don't get anything out of it if you don't comment.

so few people actually comment so what does that mean in the end?

e.g. I get a lot out of seth godin's blog but he doesn't have comments turned on?
but in the end for me, I love comments. giving & getting.

jamie from phonetag said it best to me yesterday in a comment :)

he said every time he gets an email from Disqus it makes him smile.

me2

Re: Consuming my friends

ceonyc — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:00:19 -0000

Plus, it's not like your friends don't reblog important stuff
either.... so you do get NYT and WSJ... just screened.

Re: Consuming my friends

Melissa Pierce — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:51:34 -0000

It's shameful yes, but I no longer spend hours reading the New York Times or Wall Street Journal most days. I too read blogs of friends or collegues to find out what IS important to my life, my circle of loved ones. With all of the different ways in which we can get our information now, it only makes sense that we would begin to filter it as close to "home" as possible.

Re: Consuming my friends

ceonyc — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:22:13 -0000

Once in a while, I write ok stuff. The rest of the time, it's kayaking
and lolcats.

Re: Consuming my friends

fredwilson — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:19:27 -0000

well said charlie. i reblogged this on tumblr.