“interesting to watch certain person use ff - they post a link to their goods with a "discuss" link but they never participate in the discussion - interesting!”
Allen notices people have less-than-noble intentions. Discuss. - Phil (scribkin)
Allen thinks it not hard to know exactly who he is talking about! - sean percival
Allen knows Sean knows but knows not to say who knows because those who knows shouldn't talk about what they know or who they know but let the discussion dictate who knows. - Allen Stern
what's interesting is that by doing it the way this person is, it makes them appear active even though they aren't really active... would you call this type of use spam? - Allen Stern
It's all about the famewhoring, Allen. And brand-building. I hope to someday get to the point where I can ignore everyone and bask in my awesomeness. ;) - Cyndy
Allen, you're describing a fair few A-listers here :-) - Duncan Riley
a search of the word "discuss" reveals who allen is talking about... - MG Siegler
And they're always links to a certain product of a certain someone... Friendfeed should just put nofollow on said links to fuck with aforementioned certain someone. - Mark Trapp
oh duncan - i need to do more investigating - im not talking about pulling in feeds, all of the defaults do that :) - im talking about something a bit different - in an attempt to keep the story on top and keep moving to the top - its interesting marketing technique i guess - Allen Stern
traffic = value, this stuff = traffic, rinse and repeat across various platforms. its not enough traffic compared to SE traffic, but it keeps the stats looking good/fresh - sean percival
it wouldn't surprise me if some people were trying to manipulate things, re-adding content etc to keep it fresh + on top. They will eventually get caught though - Duncan Riley
allen, ff is totally great for what they call "bumping" on message boards. :) - sean percival
one of the people I blocked has a handfull of friends that likes everything he does. No biggie. I just blocked all of them. - Robert Scoble
Ya you blocked me Scoble! (for other liking related reasons). I have noticed I get a few people who will go through and like everything I do over a few hours. One reason could be to get exposure/presence with my friends and in turn more subscriptions. These wonky social media marketing techniques are both strange and interesting. - sean percival
Interesting. I went to the "Everyone" tab, searched on "discuss" and found Calacanis. Funny, I don't subscribe to him. I don't find the constant marketing interesting enough. - Robert Scoble
See, this is why what Jason suggested makes sense. If every add or bookmark of the same URL were to be aggregated into one conversation, you'd see a hell of a lot less of this type of manipulation. FF seems designed to do exactly what we're talking about here. - Cyndy
Sean - I know all about the bump - remember that FF is just a messageboard so bumping is what it is - except this is web 2.0 bumping :) - Allen Stern
Allen - Exception rather than the rule on FF from my experience. Interesting to see Robert not subscribing to Calacanis (for the same reason many others don't). I used to block Robert (before FF on Twitter) until I realized that in every 5th post or so, he really does bring something interesting and thought provoking to the table. 2) Cyndy ... you're already a rock star. 3) Jason - Shouldn't you guys be in the same room? - Charlie Anzman
Charlie, we are at opposite ends of the same couch. The couple that meets online stays online. ;) - Cyndy
Yeah, we are in the same room... Vive La Social Networking! - Jason Carreira
next week jason will be on seesmic with cyndy telling him what to say HAHA - Allen Stern
Not sure which I like better. Cyndy's articles or Jason's comments here. Allen - Need 3 stickers for my cats before Charlie 'and his staff' appear on Seesmic later this week ... Matt Cutts syndrome at the moment. Cat on keyboard ... funny ... at little difficult to type ... but funny. - Charlie Anzman
dude i can totally send you stickers for your cats - just email me your addy - Allen Stern
If it wasn't for Twitter and FF, I don't think Jason and I would converse at all. ;) - Cyndy
Noiseriver just added the link-aggregation cindy is talking about. That might be the functionality that gets me to be a regular user of noiseriver. Tired of certain people adding links that are clearly being discussed in other strings not started by them. Puling all of those conversations together might eliminate the incentive to link spam - Christian Anderson via fftogo
It's not about public perception: it's about pagerank. Using noiseriver does nothing to solve the problem. - Mark Trapp
Geesh ... I have the 'noise' turned up and couldn't find the thread .... Allen - anzman @ gmail Cyndy - another few years. Barb's already in the other room out cold. She'll probably ping me in an hour or so. 27 years. Whatever works :) Passing FYI since I think this is still Allen's thread ... I'll be in NY mid-next mo (LI - east) for anyone that wants to meet-up. Planning to spend a few days. Thinkin' North Fork. Not sure yet - Charlie Anzman
I feel guilty when a tweet provokes conversation then I can't follow up. - Eric Schlissel via twhirl
Was just there (Phantom with family) last week. Was way overdue. Was GREAT to see to the 'New York comeback'. Tourists all over and .... The 'waterfalls' were pretty neat too. http://www.nycwaterfalls.org/ - Charlie Anzman
i dont know charlie - i dont see the big deal about these waterfalls - use the money to fix something instead :) - Allen Stern
It made a hit outside the city with the 'artsy' set ... My daughter among them. Checked calendar Aug 17, 18. Definitely LI east end this time. Only 3 hrs from the city .. we'll 'connect' someday. (Your videos are 2 funny :) - Charlie Anzman
