Comments on: Episode 8

By: kevinks

kevinks — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:01:44 +0000

I’m working my way through the back episodes, and was really glad I listened to this one! I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s not a chearleader for every service! I was starting to feel positively geriatric!

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:55:50 +0000

hi Brad,
first, sorry it took so long to approve your comment- (it was held up because of the links you included and I didn’t get a notification email, must check settings.) I don’t know if any of us use Pownce regularly! I know I don’t, not because it doesn’t work, but because everyone I know on Pownce I’m connected with on Twitter so it seemed redundant, but I agree, it’s worth another look for sure!

By: Brad P. from NJ

Brad P. from NJ — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:32:09 +0000

Long time listener… first time poster… I think…

Okay. I got in about 55 minutes and then my Treo died, but I’m guessing from the way the conversation was moving and Christine didn’t speak up, that nobody here brought up the network that seems to meet most of your criteria, Pownce : http://www.pownce.com

Self-created groups for posting and reading. Private messages. MORE than 140 characters. Auto-integration with Flickr & YouTube. Threaded conversations that show up as threaded conversations **and** in your feed. A mobile front-end. Admiral Akbar instead of the Fail Whale.

It’s the one network y’all didn’t bring up. I actually found myself shouting at my Treo… “POWNCE DOES THAT!!!” I don’t know if it’s better or worse… I have several friends who only use Pownce, just like I have several friends who only use Twitter… several who only use Plurk… several who only use Brightkite… it’s why I use Ping. I’m just not grokking FriendFeed yet.

Okay… getting off soapbox.

Pownce : http://www.pownce.com

By: Pishba

Pishba — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:33:10 +0000

This may sound daft but I want to hear PMF interview the founders/head folks at places like Twitter, Friendfeed, Qik, Brightkite, etc. You know, instead of tech or biz journos.

Pishba

PS Wonderful show – learned something new – never heard of chatterous. come to think of it, listening to pmf, I always learn. (must catch up on early episodes!)

By: fred2baro

fred2baro — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:53:23 +0000

Great show as usual, and i like how sincere you are about the way you are using this show to express some feelings about how private or not should be the social networks. It’s obvious indeed that this companies don’t value our privacy , sadly.

Also I liked the discussions about groups, especially when Christine regret that the service don’t value the grouping feature. I think the issue with the groups, is that individuality has more value then groups. So putting the groups would make disappear this individuality and the sens of freedom… allowing groups maybe means allowing peer pressure…

So thanks for this great show. ours will be online soon , ( only two yet .. )

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:29:41 +0000

Thanks that was great. First time listening though I downloaded some past episodes yesterday. Nice to hear your experiences as I navigate my way through this social media maze. Also, it’s great that I can clean my house, listen and ponder. Multi-tasking.

By: Otir

Otir — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:27:55 +0000

Do you think social media is a good way for fundraising too? I have never done it before, but was wondering if it would be worth giving it a try. What are the specialists’ thoughts on that? Would it be a discussed topic on a coming Push My Follow?

Link to my fundraiser:
http://feca.chipin.com/feca

By: p0ps

p0ps — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:02:32 +0000

This is the 3rd show I listened to. I think you guys have a good thing going here. you have the casual, newbie-friendly thing going, which is pretty good since you’re all rather advanced.

I’ve liked the idea of twitter groups since I joined long ago, but they’ve never materialized. I follow the public feed thru gChat anyway, so I guess I don’t use twitter that way.

My friends are mainly on Flickr. I’m a visual artist and I’m there all the time. I would like a way to group chat with my extended group, like to reach them all in any SM no matter what they’re using – you know, if they have no SM profiles, send them an email, if no email – phone, if no phone – have the message delivered by strippergram – I jest, of course.

But I liked what you said about Facebook being a good address book. I’ve not used it for that, but, then, I’ve not used FB for much of anything.

I want you to keep up with the howtos and whytos and wheretos, altho guest star, newmediajim was a lot of fun last time. He’s a hella nice guy. You could probably do that kinda thing once in a while. I see Tom Merritt is hang out on this page. I listen to him everyday on BOL, so I don’t need any more of him, but maybe others might enjoy him.

I like your conversations, you all have a lot to contribute. Rick, you have a really good “radio” voice and manner.

By: NicoleSpag

NicoleSpag — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:39:56 +0000

Hey guys!
Great show! I think I related most to what Christine said…I really don’t use everything I join, but for some reason I don’t want anyone to have my login either:) However I have resisted the urge to join Plurk, maybe I have reached my limit (at least for the moment)

As Mike said, I do play WoW. In fact both Marc and myself play. So you know I would love to hear a show about WoW social dynamics.

Keep up the great work!

By: Tink ~~*

Tink *~*~* — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:31:47 +0000

Hi everyone! Thanks for covering my question this week. I feel like a celebrity or maybe like a fringe member of the Push My Follow cool kids group now . Seriously, I learn a lot listening to you guys pontificate about social networking. Hearing of your experiences with each platform helps to sort the wheat from the chaff. Looking forward to future episodes.

Tink *~*~*