DISQUS

Jessica Doyle · 10 months ago

Where are you going to go if you move of feedburner? I limit the amount of people i follow on Twitter. It does limit the amount who follow me but it is manageable this way. Set up your facebook to update with your twitters automatically. there is an application to do this.

I stopped using a feedreader two years ago. Can't seem to get into it.

There is organization in chaos... have hope :)

Mark Dykeman · 10 months ago

I don't use Twitter to update my Facebook status because a lot of my messages are replies which wouldn't mean a lot to my Facebook friends.

Google is phasing out Feedburner but offers a Google service with the same stuff.

Jessica Doyle · 10 months ago

I thought about the fact that many of my updates are indeed answers to other people but thought about it again and decided people on facebook can click on over there easily from facebook to find out what is going on.

I already ransferred my feeds from feedburner to google feedburner as google bought feedburner yes? In essence Google is just offering feedburner. Unless there is another service they are setting up.

Happy Valnetine's Day Mark!

johnkoetsier · 10 months ago

Your comments resonate for me. The reality is, most of us have "day jobs," and that's what puts food on the table. It needs first priority.

Sometimes I wonder what people who are posting on Twitter every 20 seconds do for a job ... or if they actually do anything in their job.

Mark Dykeman · 10 months ago

If someone can and wants to use Twitter more frequently, then more power to them. A number of users have incorporated it into their work and depend on it. There's a big enough disconnect for me that I've had to limit myself and it's probably a good thing.

nicefishfilms · 10 months ago

Mark,

I dig your brain. My ordered responses from your "in no particular order" list:

1. I know there is a lot of power in the book. Seems to be the place most can understand. Triggers memories, keeps us informed regarding our friends. Not the place I seek large concepts. The pace, tone is comforting at times.

2. Twitter has become more important to me due to groupings in "TweetDeck" and "Just Signal" filters for the real-time info I'm interested in and discovering BIG thinkers.

3. See #2, want to hear the conversations happening now but adjustable to the topics I'm focused on at this moment. Like hearing an interesting conversation at the next table, becoming aware of a person that is interested in the same subjects as you.

4. FriendFeed still the place for real-time conversation break outs. Again, see JustSignal.

5. gReader + Feedly actually saves me time and continues the conversation. Multiple options that allows me to parse into channel(s) Will change your view on newsfeeds and sharing.

6. Agree, but still seeking ways to manage, get more out of existing networks in real-time. It would take a lot for me to change current habits- but always open to more efficient approaches. Actually finding smaller groups who are talking about similar interests- deeply connected is more intellectually rewarding. Kind of over mental grasshopper approach. Want to have longer conversations with fewer rather than short bursts with many.

7. Miss those from you, but you don't have to fill a page to spark the conversation.

8. Been trying to do same for awhile, another sign I must do this.

9. Smaller groups talking deeper is where it's at for me. Still want my antennas up though to discover more, not less people who are interested in BIG ideas and how to build stronger networks.

10. Many are in that fleeing boat. Let us know what you find.

Peace

Mark Dykeman · 10 months ago

Hey NFF:


Some counter thoughts:


1. Facebook Chat is providing a better opportunity for discussion than Groups, Walls, etc.

2. I get what you are saying and I could take better advantage of it, but I've needed a bit of a break from monitoring multiple subjects, discussions, individuals, etc.

3. See above, as much of anything it's been waning interest and the need for a break that's spurred me to cut back. Chris Brogan had an interesting post this week on Dunbar's number in which he's worked out ways to seem to overcome the limitations, but I think that what he's really done is to assign people to different roles and groups for the various weak ties he maintains but his true Dunbar number probably falls within the 150 number.

4. Time, priority, and focus.

5. Haven't tried Feedly, but I get your meaning.

6. Good approach.

7. I find that sparking conversation is a hit and miss proposition, subject to time of day and who's watching, plus the topic or bitchmeme du jour. In other words, it appears fickle, though not intentionally or maliciously so.

8. Ditto, but you knew that.

9. Good point, but I don't find that cropping up on Twitter where attention and focus can be measured in a handful of seconds. I'm sure it could happen more often with more effort on my part.

10. Google has a replacement service for Feedburner that you can migrate to fairly easily. There may be other third party alternatives.

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briantroy · 10 months ago

Just a couple of thoughts -

Twitter (or more broadly Social Media) fatigue is the real deal. I'm still convinced it is because of the insane notion that our cognitive abilities are the best way to discern the signal from the noise as we look a the stream of information.

What we need are tools that allow us to focus on a subject, event, topic, etc and leverage the power of social media/microupdates to discover more about that context. That is why I'm in violent agreement with #6 - we don't need more tools to add features to what Twitter does - we need tools that refine Twitter's scope to the context of what I want to do.

To check out what I mean (and what I'm doing to enable it) see http://furiousworld.com (not trying to plug, trying to offer new views on how this stuff adds value).

There are reasons to check in the the full follow stream - we may discover a new context (subject, topic, etc) that we didn't know we were looking for... but staring at it all day waiting for serendipity do occur is a waste of mental cycles better used elsewhere.

Mark Dykeman · 10 months ago

Thanks for stopping by, Brian - I'll have to have a look at your stuff.

Kathryn · 10 months ago

The updates on your social networking are really interesting. I think that a lot of online writers / bloggers are going through a period right now of really trying to figure out the best way to maximize use of Facebook/Twitter without spending excessive time on them. It's a tough new part of the job to figure out!

Mark Dykeman · 10 months ago

Not just for writers.