Mathew's comments - Latest Comments in FriendFeed: aggregation vs. fragmentation

Re: FriendFeed: aggregation vs. fragmentation

mathewi — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:03:03 -0000

That's a good point, Felix.

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Disqus

Re: FriendFeed: aggregation vs. fragmentation

felix — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:56:54 -0000

I think he has an interesting point - but for most sites the problem isn't a discussion involving millions. If you have a huge site and an abundance of conversation well then perhaps fragmentation is good or at least not bad. On the other hand if you are like most sites and struggle to get a converstation started the analogy would be, wouldn't you rather have conversation be you in a forum with a few people wandering in or you talking to one guy and another guy off in some cul de sac talking to himself unless you remember to head over there. Conversation begets conversation, so in a low talk situation, you want to make sure that as much of it is in one place as possible. At least how I see it. :)

Re: FriendFeed: aggregation vs. fragmentation

mathewi — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:48:04 -0000

Thanks, Corvida -- meant to mention your post.

Re: FriendFeed: aggregation vs. fragmentation

Corvida — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:55:43 -0000

Well in that case I definitely can and have complained about the fragmentation too!

http://corvida.ilumine.net/social-aggregators-g...

Re: FriendFeed: aggregation vs. fragmentation

dirk Petersen — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:10:04 -0000

as a reader, i don't have access to these guys. i wish you had actually interviewed the people at friendfeed rather than reprint what these blowhards have to say. i can't speak for other readers but i prfer gettingthe straight scoop, not the derivative stuff. they're just being lazy, talking about people talking about other people talking. ad infinitum

Re: FriendFeed: aggregation vs. fragmentation

mathewi — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:03:02 -0000

That's a good point, Corvida -- although I think the criticism some
have is that those comments and the ones on FriendFeed are separate
from each other, where it might be better to unite them.

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 1:11 AM, Disqus

Re: FriendFeed: aggregation vs. fragmentation

Corvida — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:10:25 -0000

At the same time, half of the sites that FriendFeed aggregates are sites that are open to the public to some extent (ie Twitter). These items are still available for discussion on all the services that FF aggregates.