DISQUS

Joao · 1 year ago

Once again Louis - a great post from you - ; as I was reading your post something come to my mind; - we are clearly moving away from posting comments on the original blog post. A story that becomes popular in any or the news aggregators will get comments in Digg, Reddit, FriendFeed, SocialMedian…ect. Soon we will need a techmeme for blog comments as comment will become more and more disperse. News aggregators will soon realize that is OK to not only grab the news from the blogs but also grab a portion of the meals by allowing users to post comments directly on their sites – I assume Gabe is already working on this one at techmeme. What I would like to see and I am sure someone is already think about this is to aggregator comments around top stories from all possible news or social aggregators.
So that we would get all comments in just one place.

gregorylent · 1 year ago

the conversation is the blog now ... the tech is behind the group mind

gregorylent · 1 year ago

i don't like the digg setup, or the digg mind, and this is making it hard to deal with socialmedian ... it seems to guarantee a rapid slide into mediocrity, unless the rooms are really focused. the voting mechanism is a quick hit, not a thoughtful response, and encourages lack of focus, it seems to me.

centernetworks · 1 year ago

wow didn't realize that you defined what blogging 2.0 is! was there a vote?

Louis Gray · 1 year ago

I didn't define Blogging 2.0. I gave Duncan Riley credit in the first paragraph.

Mark Dykeman · 1 year ago

Sold... I've signed up. :)

Anthony Farrior · 1 year ago

Socialmedian is like a good friend. Sure they are taking comments away from my site by readers ONLY commenting here, but I can't be mad at my friend. They hopefully click on my blog too. Comments are comments as long as they appreciate the work...Right?

Jesse Stay · 1 year ago

Is there a good way for me to track what's being said about me or a particular topic on SocialMedian without going to SocialMedian itself? For instance, on FriendFeed I can do a search for my name, or StayNAlive.com, or other topics, and it all gets returned as RSS that I can add to my Reader so I know when someone is talking about the topics I like to hear. I'd rather not have to go to SocialMedian to find that. I should only have to go to SocialMedian to participate in the discussion - that's why I like FriendFeed. All my activity on FriendFeed can actually take place outside of the site itself, either via the API, RSS, or elsewhere.

RoseOfTexan · 1 year ago

I saw your post about this on FriendFeed and just signed up. So yes, I'm on *another* site, and it's all your fault! So, do they give everyone the default avatar of Oprah, or random celebrities? Now I need to figure out how to connect to you over there...

Louis Gray · 1 year ago

SocialMedian, by default, starts you with one of many celebrities. I think it's an amusing "push" to get you to post your own avatar rather than keeping a generic.

RoseOfTexan · 1 year ago

Yes, I realized it's the fastest I've ever changed my picture! It's an excellent idea ;) And amusing as well...

toddmck · 1 year ago

They gave me George Clooney. Regretting the change ever since.