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  Louis Gray

  3 months ago

  I think we need to understand that our social circles aren't the same. Those who follow you don't necessarily follow me. And while I can rely on Friend of a Friend to bring somebody who follows me your story, there may at times be different reasons to post it directly. Also, much of the activity is done outside of FriendFeed, and imported in. You and I might both see the same post and share it in Google Reader. We might Digg the same item. That in itself will promise duplication. Even if you "solve for" duplication, that likely will only affect direct postings.
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  Shey

  3 months ago

  I don't really have a problem with folks letting people know about small preferences and suggestions -- but how do you prevent them from becoming hard and fast rules? At which point does etiquette start to infringe on freedom to use the service however you want to.
  
  In the end I would agree with you Franklin, etiquette sucks. I say use the service however you want to, but if you're a jerk about it, you'll suffer the social consequences one way or another.
  
  I feel the same way about Twitter: http://www.sheysmith.com/2008/04/18/its-your-tw...
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  Franklin

  3 months ago

  Shey, thanks for the comment. You are exactly right on and that is my point put simply,
  "use the service however you want to, but if you're a jerk about it, you'll
  suffer the social consequences one way or another." That is exactly what I
  mean.
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  Mark Krynsky

  3 months ago

  To help clarify, the intention from my post was mainly to help highlight and garner the largest visibility to the content originator on FF. That makes it easier for others to discover and subscribe to them as well as involve them in the conversation.
  
  Etiquette was probably not the best word choice and I was by no means trying to force others to adopt this. I still stand by my method and reasoning and will continue to follow it as best I can.
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  Franklin

  3 months ago

  Mark, just wanted to reiterate that you were trying to solve the problem of the content originator getting credit for the content. Perhaps the FF devs will help with this in the future.
  
  I suggest some way of linking to the original posting by the author. All the re-shares would point (link) at the original.
  
  Hutch Carpenter suggested the Link centric versus Person centric approaches way back in April. http://bhc3.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/proposal-t...
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  gregorylent

  3 months ago

  i follow ideas, not people. i notice in doing so i skip from head to head on many blogs and internet writers. the ones that show up frequently i bookmark in my mind.
  
  friendfeed is great for this, a lot of the minds i like are in one place. it will deteriorate, 2nd law of thermodynamics. enjoy it now.
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  Franklin

  3 months ago

  I hope it does not deteriorate. We shall see.
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