http://louisgray.disqus.com/A Silicon Valley Blog for Early Adopters and Tech GeeksenTue, 05 Aug 2008 22:54:56 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/08/hey-bloggers-were-discussing-your-posts.html#comment-1108183<p>They gave me George Clooney. Regretting the change ever since.</p>toddmckTue, 05 Aug 2008 22:54:56 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/08/hey-bloggers-were-discussing-your-posts.html#comment-1107697<p>Yes, I realized it's the fastest I've ever changed my picture! It's an excellent idea ;) And amusing as well...</p>sentryroseTue, 05 Aug 2008 21:48:36 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/08/hey-bloggers-were-discussing-your-posts.html#comment-1107676<p>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.</p>Louis GrayTue, 05 Aug 2008 21:44:53 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/08/hey-bloggers-were-discussing-your-posts.html#comment-1107669<p>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...</p>sentryroseTue, 05 Aug 2008 21:43:06 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/08/hey-bloggers-were-discussing-your-posts.html#comment-1105917<p>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 <a href="http://StayNAlive.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="StayNAlive.com">StayNAlive.com</a>, 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.</p>Jesse StayTue, 05 Aug 2008 17:49:53 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/08/hey-bloggers-were-discussing-your-posts.html#comment-1104915<p>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?</p>Anthony FarriorTue, 05 Aug 2008 16:09:20 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/08/hey-bloggers-were-discussing-your-posts.html#comment-1102203<p>Sold... I've signed up. :)</p>Mark DykemanTue, 05 Aug 2008 11:53:24 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/08/hey-bloggers-were-discussing-your-posts.html#comment-1101913<p>I didn't define Blogging 2.0. I gave Duncan Riley credit in the first paragraph.</p>Louis GrayTue, 05 Aug 2008 11:26:53 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/08/hey-bloggers-were-discussing-your-posts.html#comment-1100237<p>wow didn't realize that you defined what blogging 2.0 is! was there a vote?</p>centernetworksTue, 05 Aug 2008 08:16:05 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/08/hey-bloggers-were-discussing-your-posts.html#comment-1099606<p>the conversation is the blog now ... the tech is behind the group mind</p>gregorylentTue, 05 Aug 2008 05:37:19 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/08/hey-bloggers-were-discussing-your-posts.html#comment-1099557<p>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.</p>gregorylentTue, 05 Aug 2008 05:22:15 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/08/hey-bloggers-were-discussing-your-posts.html#comment-1099420<p>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. <br>So that we would get all comments in just one place.<br></p>JoaoTue, 05 Aug 2008 04:45:47 -0000