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Re: The chat room/forum problem (& an apology to @Technosailor)

vlauria — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:14:03 -0000

I agree with Aaron, if when deleting an account, friendfeed deletes all the comments that are associated with it, your problem is with friendfeed.

One could approach the argument differently to say that you should ask friendfeed to provide a second copy of all your comments somewhere so that they still 'exist' for you.

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Scoble, to the larger point you make in your article, it is well put on the noise factor, though I think the flaws/problems on other mediums definitely have an opportunity for smart people to improve the experience.

Re: The chat room/forum problem (& an apology to @Technosailor)

Scobleizer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:33:42 -0000

YOU deleted your account, FriendFeed didn't. There was no reason you needed to delete it. But, whatever. I'm over it and I apologize for calling you names and blocking you over it.

Re: The chat room/forum problem (& an apology to @Technosailor)

technosailor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:11:01 -0000

Your fight is with FriendFeed then. Not me. As you indicated, it is my account and my content. If FriendFeed is built flawed, then that is outside of my control.

Re: The chat room/forum problem (& an apology to @Technosailor)

Scobleizer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:00 -0000

At least all I do is "TELL" my users what to do. You DELETED MY CONTENT AND YOURS OFF OF FRIENDFEED AND FORCED them to move to follow you. Which is worse?

Re: The chat room/forum problem (& an apology to @Technosailor)

technosailor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:06:25 -0000

I think you tend to make enemies when you tell people what to do and use. It's not very community-like, when participating in other communities anyway, when thats the tone you take. I think you have enough capital to command respect for your opinions, but when that respect is not mutually lent, then you get into sticky situations where you piss people like me or Mike off.

I left FriendFeed for very legitimate reasons and offered those very legitimate reasons. What happens after that is up to you and other people in the community. Agree or disagree but do so respectfully.

Like you said, onward.

Re: The chat room/forum problem (& an apology to @Technosailor)

Scobleizer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:15:43 -0000

Sorry, because of my building43 work I +am+ part of a community that is trying to learn how to help businesses deal with the new world of the 2010 web. One nice thing about Twitter is that you can't decide who is in your community and who isn't.

FriendFeed used to be a good Twitter client for me. That's why I was pissed at you. You took away an opportunity to use the Twitter client I wanted to use.

Now that is moot because I've seen that FriendFeed isn't the best Twitter client anymore. Anyway, onward.

Re: The chat room/forum problem (& an apology to @Technosailor)

technosailor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:33:35 -0000

Robert- you're not part of that community. That's not an insult. It's real life. You shouldn't want or need to be a part of every community. You said that in your post. Do you want to be a part of the Midnight Golfers community, or whatever the hell you called it? Of course not.... My community is a very specific community - NOT a general one.

I hope you get value out of stuff I do and write, but you're not the target nor should you be. You're in a different world than me and have a different set of people you cater to. Your community is very much a tech heavy community that is early adopter-ish. Mine is a very conservative (not-political) group that is trying to get up to speed with the lowest impact to their business. Simple. Not the same community. If you take that as offensive, then that's on you.

Re: The chat room/forum problem (& an apology to @Technosailor)

Scobleizer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:24:59 -0000

Aaron. One of the reasons I was a jerk to you is when you left FriendFeed you deleted your account. That deleted utility. For one, it deleted your content so it made the search feature there a little less useful. When you take utility away from me it pisses me off. That I could get over, though, cause, well, it's your content. But, on FriendFeed when you delete an account you ALSO delete every one else's comments that they made on your content. THAT was MAJOR infraction time. We warned you that would happen yet you still did it. Even though I'm probably going to leave FriendFeed soon I'm not going to delete my account because of these two issues.

You and I also have the same sin. Right now the FriendFeed community is just as pissed with me as I was with you back when you announced you were leaving. When we get tired with something we let everyone know. That makes people feel bad. I'm cool with that, it's part of the cost of being an evangelist. If you're spending your time doing X that defacto means you are NOT doing it on Y. That makes everyone on Y pissed because they see their community is dwindling (and their investment in such looks lame -- which is one reason I lashed out at you).

As for new Robert, well, I see I was wrong to attack you when I am now following a similar path a few months later. That said, I'm still pissed you deleted your account because it deleted my comments too, which I spent a lot of time adding to your content. Even here you said that I was not a valuable member of your community. And I'm supposed to be happy with that? I accept you don't want me in your community and you don't like me. That's the risks of being online. If you are doing interesting stuff you'll piss SOMEONE off.

Anyway, onward.

What's funny is that you say you don't attack people personally. But when you say that I'm not part of THAT community (IE, yours) well, you just attacked me personally. It's certainly not an inclusive attitude. But I understand that, because I'm in a similar mood lately. Which is why I'm apologizing to you because I took it too personally and should have listened deeper.

Re: The chat room/forum problem (& an apology to @Technosailor)

technosailor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:13:19 -0000

Robert:

I feel like you deserve more than a simple acknowledgement of this post. It's only fair.

I do accept your apology on a professional level. I do believe you're sincere. However, this is more than just about FriendFeed, Facebook or Twitter. It's about a common respect for people and their right to choose.

When I left FriendFeed, you not only attacked my decision based on platform, you attacked me personally. And you continued to do so on Twitter and the other social networks. You were not content to let me make a decision for myself. You come from a world where people make decisions based on others wishes.

That's fine. I'm a small l libertarian though. Live and let live. You do your thing and I'll do mine. The only time I'm going to push back on anyone elses decisions is when they go to war with me. If you read my blog, you know I don't attack people. I can count a handful of times in the past 5 years of Technosailor.com where I went to war with someone personally. It's not my style. I'll go to war with ideas. I'll go to war with companies. I won't go to war with people. You chose to go to war with me. Whatever.

Also, if you read my blog or my Twitter or anywhere else where I have a presence online, you will see a very distinct pattern in my behavior. On the surface it may be erratic. I may be less than your corporate drone mixing personal and professional without thinking of it. Chaos theory. Out of chaos comes order. The pattern that exists and is distinct everywhere is that I am a filter for my audience. I use services, products or engage with people based on actual value to my community - a community that is largely made up of small business owners and, more recently, gov and journalism types.

I am not a SV boy nor do I cater to SV. I cater to a specific group of people who are looking for a voice to help them navigate the web and help them do business better. I am not just a geek who lives and breathes the Internet.

That voice that I bring is highly important and valuable to that community and as such, I make decisions like dropping FriendFeed because... it's just not valuable to them. That's my choice, not yours. You went to war with me. I did not go to war with you until you challenged my position and role in this matter.

I accept your apology, Robert. I'm glad to see that you are making a distinction between old Robert and new Robert though, to be fair, I don't see a difference yet. What is changed? You're moving around on services like a child with ADD. You're evangelizing products. It's all the same. Now, Arrington and I are namedropped to accent yet another move by you. No harm, no foul but... new Robert?

This is not about FriendFeed. This is about respect and until I see a pattern of that, I don't know if a new Robert exists yet. I accept your apology and you may not care what I have to say here. I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt on this level but it will take a lot more than a post to convince me long term.

Cheers.

Re: Twucked Up Twit in Social Media

technosailor — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:30:12 -0000

Priceless. :)

Re: When Will This White House Learn You Cannot Negotiate With Terrorists?

twitter-30899259 — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:05:43 -0000

These Republicans in Congress have every right to speak. But I agree with the orignial thrust of the column - that Obama should stop negotiating with them. Elected official ranting on TeeVee about "Death Panels"? Sorry, you've voluntarily given up your place at the negotiating table on health care reform.

That's not suppression of free speech. It's holding people ACCOUNTABLE for their speech.

It's that simple. Politics has always been hardball. It need not be disgustingly uncivil, as it has become courtesy of the right-wing in this nation of ours.

Re: When Will This White House Learn You Cannot Negotiate With Terrorists?

larakulpa — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:11:04 -0000

I have to agree with Aaron... It's ridiculous to think that anyone, Glenn Beck, Dick Cheney, or Joe Schmo should be silenced with an accusation of terrorism. That word has become so diluted over the past 8 years it's disgusting.

Terrorists are NOT people who voice opinions.
Terrorists are people who ACT upon their opinions.

Let's get literal here... Glenn Beck did not murder Van Jones. He didn't threaten him with bodily harm. He didn't kidnap him and hold him for ransom. He didn't hold a gun to his head and force him to sign resignation documents. He voiced his opinions. That's it. And it's something he's Constitutionally supported to do.

Besides - let's talk about how throughout the entire time Bush was in office, all we heard was accusations from the left about war mongering and 9/11 conspiracies and so on. Now the tables are turned, and it's not okay for conservatives to flip the table on you?

Don't dish it out if you can't take it, kid. Sorry.

Re: When Will This White House Learn You Cannot Negotiate With Terrorists?

Town — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:01:49 -0000

Actually it is terrorism. It's one thing for people to say "Obama's a socialist." That's fine. It's quite another to perform actions to get the people to do what you want. Example: this Obama school speech. The wingnuts have a very organized terror campaign against the schools to get them to not show Obama's speech. They squawked on TV and radio and threatened the school systems with bad publicity. The school systems are now not showing the address. There might have been 20 loud parents out of 20,000 parents in the school system, but those 20 loud parents have gotten the OK to hold the school system hostages. Whats next? Demanding teachers not teach about the 2008 election? Demanding schools not teach about the events that lead up to the Civil Rights movement?

Re: When Will This White House Learn You Cannot Negotiate With Terrorists?

technosailor — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:46:18 -0000

Like it or not, it's a Constitutional right guaranteed. Any one of these so called terrorists have a right to say or do whatever the hell they want to say or do. This right was also exercised prolifically, though in different forms, during the last administration as it has been used prolifically throughout our history. You don't have to like it, but it's not an act of terrorism and equating it as such is sensationalist.

Welcome back.

Re: Verizon unlocks Samsung Omnia GPS

technosailor — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:42:18 -0000

GPS is unlocked on the BlackBerry Tour for VZW as well.

Re: Facebook? Up 10%. Twitter? Up 16%. FriendFeed? Flat

technosailor — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:46:30 -0000

Funny to see you echoing many of my exact sentiments despite mocking me for them less than three weeks ago. At least you're listening to me, even if you childishly took your ball and went home (blocked me). Keep it up, Robert.

Re: Quitting FriendFeed

webomatica — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:35:33 -0000

Thanks. More tools, less conversation, hype and hyperbole.

Re: Quitting FriendFeed

technosailor — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:19:37 -0000

Hey Jason-

Follow your heart on this one. The best conversation is going to be where you're passionate to be, rather than where a bunch of people tell you be. I've made my reasons for leaving pretty clear and I think it closely matches your reasons.

Whatever works for you at the end of the day.

Re: Quitting FriendFeed

technosailor — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:19:25 -0000

Re: Design An Elegant Featured Content Slider for Wordpress

technosailor — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:03:17 -0000

You should just turn this into a plugin and make it easy. A template tag or two. :)

Also, since FBT is using Thesis, did you have to modify the Thesis core?

Re: New Tricks: Does a re-tweet on Twitter equal an endorsement?

dan360man — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:14:10 -0000

I like that #unverified tag. I think I may start using that.

Re: New Tricks: Does a re-tweet on Twitter equal an endorsement?

technosailor — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:26:30 -0000

I use retweet as a "Here's something to think about" measure. I retweet many things that I agree and disagree with and, sometimes, I retweet things that I have no idea about.

Professional journalists probably have to be a little more careful but, if there's room, a comment or hashtag could be added to disseminate position.

Example:

RT: @xyztwitterer Steve Jobs back at Apple soon http://examp.le/short (#unverified #rumor)

Re: Welcome to VentureBeat’s new design

technosailor — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:16:53 -0000

Well done design. Nclud is an amazing shop and did great work. Let's talk this week about the Product Mgr stuff. Might have ideas.

Re: That's not what I ordered...

twitter-10221 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:06:15 -0000

That's NOT what she said.

;) Thanks bro.

Re: That's not what I ordered...

technosailor — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:15:31 -0000

Dude. So sorry. You're gonna beat this though... you're a fighter, not a lover.