15 Secrets of FriendFeed's Power Users - Moopz

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Shared by Mike Fruchter "The FriendFeed social network is a powerful resource. With it you can connect to some brilliant people and learn new things as they learn them. Converse with interesting people around the world around similar interests. Stream together separate news sources into a single place and then kick off some great discussions about them. Read on for fifteen ways that other users are making FriendFeed a more valuable tool for all of us." By Daniel J. Pritchett of SharingAtWork.com (FriendFeed/Twitter)The FriendFeed social network is a powerful resource. With it you can connect to some brilliant people and... [Tags: blog, blurbs, brilliant people, carpenter, cross link]

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Post By Daniel Pritchett http://www.friendfeed.com/dpritchett - Louis Gray

When I first saw this headline I thought to myself I hope this isn't like Valleywag. :-) Although, I guess you all have seen my shower pictures so not too many more secrets than that. Other than I do sneak into the peanut butter occassionally. Seriously, good tips. I couldn't see any holes to fill in, so that's good! - Robert Scoble

Daniel, you nailed it. Excellent spot on post! - Mike Fruchter

I am a pretty new ff user...this was great information for me...thank you. - John-David Lusan

I saw this heading and though of DIGG. Don't get me wrong Digg became what it is today due to the fact that people did most of this stuff to there community. I find that you need to have several Sources of sharing your content, for example: Google, FF, DIG, Stumbleupon. Here is a good discussion on that http://friendfeed.com/e/93692823-4b07-e7d9-281d-51c4b68da1d3/How-To-Get-People-To-Link-To-and-Talk-About-Stuff/ - Paul

It's nice to finally see a Daniel Pritchett post, on Louisgray.com - Mike Fruchter

Congrats to Daniel on your post! One thing I like to do is hide aggressively and partition users into lists. This allows me to focus on the content that I find helpful and can contribute to the conversation. Sorry, I realized that is two things, not one. - Rob Diana

I just added a few more tips to the comment section on Daniel's post on Louis' blog. - Robert Scoble

Thanks everyone for your support, especially Louis for giving me this chance to share my ideas with a wider audience. - Daniel J. Pritchett

awesome post! Pritchett is to be lauded. - genieyclo

@Paul: There is certainly an element of marketing to promoting content on FriendFeed, whether it's your own or someone else's. I don't think there's anything wrong with that though. Paying close attention to metrics and the "success rate" of posts (as judged by likes and comments) helps each of us to understand what makes posts really useful to the community. I'd never suggest that anyone abandon their favorite site in favor of FriendFeed - you can have more than one favorite! - Daniel J. Pritchett

15 Secrets of FriendFeed's Power Users - Sarah Perez

Congratulations, Daniel!! You're a great addition to LG's site. :) - Mona N

Great post Daniel...congrats. - Mark Krynsky

Funny, everyone who clicked like on this post BUT Jesper Lind subscribes to me (and me to them). What's up Jesper? :-) - Robert Scoble

This is a very good post, kudos Daniel. And I'm not just saying that because I got a mention. LOL. It's hard for new people to figure out exactly what to do with FriendFeed. THere are also not enough posts like this one to help them along the way. - Rahsheen Porter

Robert, not everyone wants to listen to you :) - Rob Diana

AND he's only SUBd to males, Robert. What's up with that?! - Mona N

Rahsheen, I agree - Shevonne Polastre

15 Secrets of FriendFeed's Power Users - Steve Rubel

Offended, Mona? - Andrew Trinh

Observation, Andrew. - Mona N

lmao, Robert, there's more than 45 people who've liked this...did you take the time to check if each was sub'd to you and back? :) - genieyclo

Rob, I know that. I just wanted to hear the reasoning. But, still, one out of 40 ain't bad and I'm still following him, so if he posts anything interesting the rest of you will see it too. - Robert Scoble

genieyclo: yup. I manually checked each one. I was looking mostly to make sure I was subscribed to everyone here. - Robert Scoble

louisgray.com: 15 Secrets of FriendFeed's Power Users - Marshall Kirkpatrick

Thanks for the mention! - JMS

Excellent post Daniel! The tips are definitely spot on. My sentiments about FF are summed up well, it's definitely about conversation, sharing and promoting things not just from your feed but in others too, especially if you like it and it interests you! Together with Zee's 'unofficial guide' posts, this constitutes a great resource for those who are new to FF! - mokargas

Oooppsss, Jill, Superhero Librarian isn't following me either. Sob. Heheh. - Robert Scoble

Great stuff!!! Congratulations!!!!!! :) - Susan Beebe

How can someone using FriendFeed not subscribe to at least one female? Just off the top of my head, you have to subscribe to Sarah Perez, Corvida, Cynda, Mona and Tina. Those are just the "active" people, not to mention the various people who tweet or write for big blogs like Veronica B, Kristen Nicole and several more. And I apologize to any of the women I have missed in this quick list. - Rob Diana

No I'm not Robert. No really need to because I follow so many people who follow you. The naked shower pictures freaked me out too much. :-P - JMS

very good, great information and gets you thinking about optimization thanks for sharing. - Ray Marr

This was great. When I clicked I was skeptical but I was won over quickly. - Andrew Burd

i don't subscribe to robert, i just go there directly - gregory lent

Jill: they freaked me out too. Remind me never to get drunk with Valleywag reporters again. :-) - Robert Scoble

Gregory, you might not subscribe to me, but I got a photo of you: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scobleizer/3044998104/ - Robert Scoble

So is this likebait, instead of linkbait? :-) - Louis Gray

Good stuff but as a FF newbie, I would have loved to seen a few tips about friend discovery. I get your point that the idea is to help people find you, but I wonder if there are search capabilities like a Twellow for Twitter. Thanks - Brian Schwartz

What i like is the way your personal page can somehow "recommend" users to help you know who to subscribe to. - tony

Brian, the best way to "find" friends, is to look at the posts people share and the comments they contribute. If you like those parts, you probably found someone worth subscribing to. - Rob Diana

15 Secrets of FriendFeed's Power Users - Louis Gray

Good find Steve, similar principles that are applied in all Social Media, but its good to hear the specifics of FF - Ed Richardson

louisgray.com: 15 Secrets of FriendFeed's Power Users - Matteo

15 Secrets of FriendFeed's Power Users - Rob Diana

You're exactly right, Ed. Most of those tips can be repurposed for other services but I found that focusing on FriendFeed helped direct my writing. - Daniel J. Pritchett

louisgray.com: 15 Secrets of FriendFeed's Power Users - Daniel J. Pritchett

I am now slightly embarrassed... - Daniel J. Pritchett

15 Secrets of FriendFeed's Power Users - Michael Hocter

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