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Re: Discuss: Would You Buy More DVDs If Rentals Were Delayed Four Weeks?

faithx5 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:44:46 -0000

I never rent things when they come out anyway. Just throw it in my Netflix queue and when it gets to me, it gets to me. If I'm in a hurry to see something, I'll see it in theatres. This idea seems more likely to encourage piracy than anything else.

Re: The biggest difference between Twitter and Facebook

slatteryz — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:32:33 -0000

Yes, if you work at it hard enough you can build up a following on twitter - and after weeding out all of the spam accounts and people following you that have nothing in common, you might even get some satisfying interaction. But most newcomers just fail at it. Look at the statistics. The overwhelming majority of Twitter subscribers have less than 10 followers and almost never tweet.

Re: The biggest difference between Twitter and Facebook

manielse — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:41:58 -0000

I know you're replying to slatteryz but I didn't mean to make it sound like you can't interact on Twitter because that's far from the truth. My point was the structure of flow is very much like a RSS reader where I can see "All Items" or "a single feed" but all interaction is simply tied to references of other feeds and no easy cohesive way to follow a flow beyond two parties. Just look at Scoble's blog on Disqus here, I can follow a flow and engage with multiple parties in a structured conversation. I can pretty much do that on Facebook and Friendfeed but Twitter it's almost impossible. I won't even get into the 140 character issue that forces URL shorteners and cryptic creativity.

Re: The biggest difference between Twitter and Facebook

faithx5 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:30:35 -0000

That's not true. I'm far from a celebrity, and while I get more interaction on Friendfeed (because I'm more active there), it's not that difficult to get good interaction on Twitter. Maybe if you didn't change your account so often and made it easier for people to find and follow you (and followed more people yourself), you wouldn't find it useless. If you'd prefer to use it like an RSS reader, that's fine, but don't make it sound like Twitter's fault that you don't find interaction there.

Re: The biggest difference between Twitter and Facebook

manielse — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:50:18 -0000

I agree 100% Jandy. Though I understand where Scoble is coming from, social media is really about engagement and interaction. What's ironic is Robert is suggesting that he doesn't want to see everyones voices any more yet he feels Twitter (which is much more public) to be a better filter for that. Facebook has a horrible home feed unlike Friendfeed which you can define who goes where and I hope FB fixes this issue some day.

But Twitter is horrible for engaging a conversation beyond two people and I'll argue that without that engagement, you'll not expand your circle by meating friends or friends. Twitter is truly just a microblog with a weak comment feature; one big RSS feed where each voice is a feed, no real integration between those feeds beside references to each other every once in a while with an @ sign instead of a hyperlink. Now that said, it clearly has strengths: a huge audience is clearly it's the biggest strength but unless you are followed or listed, that audience is not listening. Lists are a welcome addition but I don't follow any yet because one person's signal is another person's noise. They are great sources to know who you should consider to follow though.

That all said, no system is perfect for everyone. FriendFeed is the model that has worked best for me though and I hope that means that either FriendFeed lives or somehow Facebook can figure out how to use the public features of FF without disrupting the personal friend culture that Facebook grew from. Keeping those two cultures separate is essential from both a noise standpoint but also each of their purposes.

Re: The biggest difference between Twitter and Facebook

faithx5 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:05:55 -0000

Wait, hold on - I've been able to see other people's comments on my friends' FB items since comments came out. That's not new is it? Also, what would the alternative be? Hide their comments and show just my friends' comments? But that would lead to lots of out-of-context comments as friends respond to non-friends in the comment stream (kind of like when you have someone blocked on FF, I guess)...how would that be better?

The thing that would finally make Facebook more useful for me is enabling discovery. It's very difficult to find new people or content on Facebook - showing other people's comments on my friends' items seems obvious to me. When are they going to show me items from non-friends that friends comment on? It seems that everyone's concerned about getting less content. I want more content, or at least the option to get more content when I want it. Things that are more limited (and limited by people who are not me) are not more valuable to me.

Re: Hippie Hippie Shake (preview screening)

Name — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:30:26 -0000

thats good to hear as well! I have followed the process of the filming and post-production of this film very closely and it is just ridiculous how long it is taking to premiere. I mean I would have hoped a film festival may have picked up, but so far all there is on the internet about it is your review and some other two positive ones that I found. Now I read it will get released May 21st? I do not know, I liked the february release, because it's oscar season? Though it does not seem like an Oscar-worthy type of movie. I am a big fan of sienna miller. How was she in Hippie?

Re: Hippie Hippie Shake (preview screening)

faithx5 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:32:14 -0000

Thanks for the comment! That's good to know; there's a lot to like about the film.

Re: Film on TV: September 28-October 4

faithx5 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:42:11 -0000

That would be awesome, but I'd rather you link to the version on Row Three (www.rowthree.com - the most recent Film on TV is here: http://www.rowthree.com/2009/09/27/film-on-tv-s...). I crosspost here so friends and family don't miss it, but I'd prefer any links to go to Row Three. I usually post them late Sunday night.

Re: Jandy's Clippings

faithx5 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:52:43 -0000

I guess I saw it more as the author's perspective on writing - if they don't have that kind of emotional connection to their writing, whether or not it means the writing itself is that emotional, then don't do it. I'm not sure I wholly agree anyway, because a lot of writing that's still worthwhile is kind of mundane during the writing process itself. But I liked the quote.

Re: Fall TV is Upon Us Again

faithx5 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:00:31 -0000

Oh, no worries! I told everyone I know they have to watch it. :) How about if I watch it, DVR it, play it again, and then play it on hulu as well?

Re: Joffi's Stuff - Lauren Bacall (via truity1967)

faithx5 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:25:25 -0000

Now this is classic, right here.

Re: Jandy's Clippings

movieguyjon — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:54:06 -0000

It only makes my crush on these two deepen. *dreamy sigh*

Re: Jandy's Clippings

faithx5 — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:09:54 -0000

It's pretty freaking adorable, isn't it?

Re: Jandy's Clippings

faithx5 — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:47:47 -0000

Thanks, it might be jennylewis.tumblr.com. Wish the emilyhaines one had comments installed so I could just ask the mod there. :/

Re: On Crossovers (Hint: They’re Bad)

movieguyjon — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:11:51 -0000

Hell, I'd write the fanfic, which is indicator enough that this is bad news! :P

Re: On Crossovers (Hint: They’re Bad)

faithx5 — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:54:11 -0000

Exactly. Crossovers work for spinoffs because they allow characters who used to be on the same show to reconnect. With unconnected shows, it seems so much like fanfic to me. I haven't watched Lie to Me at all, though, so I can't comment on whether it would work with Bones. It might work with some shows that are similar in tone, but I think it would still seem gimmicky.

Re: On Crossovers (Hint: They’re Bad)

movieguyjon — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:38:08 -0000

Oh yeah, the whole Buffy/Angel crossover thingy. I remember not minding those as much because they at least made some sense given that the two characters lived in the same universe. But with these two properties, it seems like crossing the characters over would be difficult. Maybe I've read into it too much, but the two shows seem to have slightly different "worlds."

Re: On Crossovers (Hint: They’re Bad)

faithx5 — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:14:51 -0000

Buffy/Angel crossovers worked decently. Though, okay, yeah, they still seemed contrived most of the time. (Aside from the Faith redemption arc, which was awesome, but basically only Faith crossed over.) Crossovers for unrelated shows? I gotta think that's a bad idea.

Re: Yeah Yeah Yeahs Replace B-Boys at Lolla

faithx5 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:25:48 -0000

I was very excited to hear this. :) I'm not a fan of the Beastie Boys, and I'm becoming a big fan of the YYYs. I was bummed to miss them at Coachella, so I'm gonna do my damnedest not to miss them again.

And this short is whacked out. Just gotta say.

Re: Jandy's Clippings

faithx5 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:09:24 -0000

Yep! Or, I think, a FuckYeahAmyMillan image, if there is such a thing. Must be from the recent fully-staffed Broken Social Scene concert. Actually, I think it was originally reblogged from a Feist tumblr. :)

Re: The Cleveland Show Looks Beyond Ridiculous

dcfemella — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:37:20 -0000

He/she is? Well then I hope it is better than it looks. =D

Re: TONIGHT on Cinemax

faithx5 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:29:23 -0000

Three tracks from Horehound are also coming out for Rock Band next Tuesday. Still deciding whether to get them. I can't figure out if I really like them, or if I just think they're interesting.

Re: The Cleveland Show Looks Beyond Ridiculous

faithx5 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:13:54 -0000

I hope it ends up being better than this looks. :/ One of my friends is an animator on it.

Re: 975 (107). The Far Country (1955, Anthony Mann)

faithx5 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:47:56 -0000

I recently watched the Mann/Stewart collaboration The Man from Laramie, and enjoyed it a lot. It's been a long time since I've seen the others, including The Far Country. Might be time to revisit. Thanks, as always, for the great collection of criticism.