Comments on: “Chow Down: How to Use Friendfeed for Better PR”

By: shannonpaul

shannonpaul — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:18:17 +0000

I really like FriendFeed for the reasons you list for following bloggers and journalists, but I also like that I can share items directly from my Google Reader when I don’t necessarily have time to leave a comment or tweet the post.

Right now, I still tend to get on FriendFeed in spurts, but I can definitely see myself growing into it, especially as it becomes more popular.

Thanks!

By: Jeff Widman

Jeff Widman — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:26:46 +0000

Chris–thought-provoking stuff, especially given the Web 3.0 = filters talk. Seems like you’re advocating info overload in order to fit yourself through the target person’s screen (good thought). Perhaps the next breakthrough will be the ability to fit yourself into someone else’s community w/o overloading on information yourself–filters both ways.

Hard.

By: Kyra Reed

Kyra Reed — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:58:54 +0000

This is a great post Chris! I don’t often find tips on how to do the job of Social Media PR – better, but this has opened a door for me that I hadn’t thought of. Thanks!

By: davidmullen

davidmullen — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:08:43 +0000

I agree that this is a useful idea for friendfeed. I’m on FF at http://friendfeed.com/davidmullen and my struggle with it so far has not only been figuring out what to do with it, but also:

-information overload. there’s so much info for each person in my network that it’s hard to wrap my arms around it without feeling overwhelmed.
-finding relevant rooms, since you have to know the url to even find them. if FF has a directory of rooms, I haven’t found it yet.

Thanks for sharing this use, though. Again, I think it’s a really good idea. Wish I had thought of it first.

By: Chris Lynn

Chris Lynn — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:11:45 +0000

Hi Nikki:

Thanks! I was struggling with the same problem–one reason I held off so long on a Friendfeed post. Glad it helped!

By: Nikki

Nikki — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:00:41 +0000

Thanks for this post, Chris. The explanation and links are extremely helpful for people like me and my colleague who haven’t quite grasped the usefulness of Friendfeed.