@Igor – Sorry, but you called this one wrong, and you really do have a handle that says, “Ban Me Now”. Rethink that, And get your facts straight.

Rob

That is an Elitist and in my book FAIL.

And of course, they let me delete someone else’s content – with out my knowledge, or the content creator’s permission.

However, as Robert discovered, his analysis of FriendFeed is a little bit flawed, particularly when he suggests it as a replacement for Twitter. (Though today, a gaping black hole might just be a Twitter replacement, it’s so unstable).

It’s unfortunate that it took a public volley of accusation and denunciation full of absolutes to arrive at the conclusion that yes, FriendFeed has a flaw and no, Rob did NOT intentionally delete Robert’s content, and finally, that there is a real issue about who controls content on some sites, with FriendFeed leading the way when it comes to elements of conversation.

Truthfully, I usually try everything the way Robert does, but I can’t fit a lot of things in my life, so I leave them. If they are useful, I don’t leave them. Isn’t that the way technology should be seen? You try it. If you see the use case, you stay there. If not, you move on. Most things have a use case and weaknesses. The next company rectifies the weaknesses, so you move on. I mean, I’ve been communicating with readers since bCentral, but I sure don’t stay with it. However, I do still use YahooGroups. Why, because it does some things very well. That doesn’t mean I won’t try Twitter, Friendfeed, or whatever.

And I’m not a geek. Just a person. And pretty soon I will be a grandma.

There is PLENTY of analysis done. You need to do a search on things like Facebook. Even if in some instances, there was not, who cares. I can sample features and services for myself. I don’t need someone to spend every hour they have breaking every technology they find interesting down.

Robert do you think that the quick growth of your followers on FF might be influenced by the fact that you already have 20K+ followers on Twitter? You have a larger base on Twitter to promote FF on, so I could easily see how you could quickly get Twitter followers to subscribe to you on FF.

For the record, I’m not a tech geek or even an early adopter – I’m a scientist interested in new things and figuring out for myself what works for me and what doesn’t. I like what Robert does, pointing out new tools and technologies; I can go play with them myself. We shouldn’t suppose that what works for one person works for another, and nor do I like being told what to do by someone else. I do like hearing about things and figuring them out for myself.

Everybody’s busy, whether it be Rob, Robert, the bankers, the readership here or me. Surely we all owe it to ourselves to test things out and see what’s useful in the context of our own situation and environment? Facebook, for example, works for some and not for others. Same with Twitter and Friendfeed.

Each to themselves and their own lives. Take ownership of your own experiences, try new things and experiment but don’t expect others to tell you what’s best for you.

BTW I had several of my comments moderated. Rob and I were actually discussing this on Twitter, and he explained that he was getting so many comments so quickly, that they were being flagged as potential spam.

I can see how you could have jumped to the wrong conclusion, but then again the situation was clearly explained by Rob on Twitter.