My Thoughts On Social Media

August 19, 2008

Getting social with bookmarking on FriendFeed.

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Filed under : Delicious.com, Diigo, Web, friendfeed, social bookmarking, social media

I posted a few days ago on FriendFeed about wanting to get more social with my bookmarking. I primarily was referring to using all the features of Diigo to their full extent. One of which is the ability to comment on bookmarks. Hutch Carpenter recently commented on some of my Diigo bookmarks. This is what partially spurred this experiment. I rarely take part in the social aspect of commenting on bookmarks on Diigo or any of the other bookmarking websites. With the advent of bookmarking toolbars and browser plugins, one never has to actually go to the services website to collaborate on there latest finds. For most of us, this is fine as we use these services as link repositories, and feel no need to converse about our bookmarks.

Having the ability to share bookmarks on FriendFeed has truly put the social back into social bookmarking. To some, the true definition of social bookmarking is not only the opportunity to contribute, but to have the opportunity to comment and converse.I say to to each their own. Use social bookmarking as you see fit, at least your using it to suit a purpose. This is what makes FriendFeed such an invaluable tool for social bookmarking.

The concept of this experiment into social bookmarking, discovery and conversation is similar to the one I did in June. This time, instead of sharing Google reader feeds, I created a room for the sharing of bookmarks only. This is a focus room, group open to anyone who wants to participate. This is a group where you and I can focus in on other members’ bookmarks. A random assortment of bookmarks where you never know what you will find. Bookmarks are often considered quality content, pertaining to whatever the subject matter may be. It should be interesting to see what is shared in this room. Bookmarks are very telling of a person’s mindset, education, and interests. Please feel free to contribute, converse, collaborate in this social bookmarking profiling experiment with me.

To contribute, add your your bookmarking rss feed to the comments on this blog, or on the FriendFeed thread. Bookmark link feeds can be from Delicious, Diggo or any bookmark service that gives you an rss feed of your links.

The Share your bookmarks FriendFeed room is located here.

I hope to collaborate with Yuvi at some point for an in depth statistical analysis of the data.

August 21, 2008 -- The bookmarking system on FriendFeed
September 10, 2008 -- What does your digital fingerprint say about you?
August 28, 2008 -- Fake following in social media: Yay or Nay?
August 8, 2008 -- Viral on FriendFeed
August 6, 2008 -- The last few days on FriendFeed

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Laura_N 3 months ago 1 point
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OK, I may be ignorant here, since I've never started a FF room before, but by joining that room, aren't you going to get ALL of the feeds I have asked FF to share (blog, twitter, flickr), not just my bookmarks? Or do you have the ability to tell the room, "just bring in this person's bookmarks"? My feed, btw, is http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/rss/lnorvig

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timhoeck 3 months ago 1 point
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Not at all Laura. Typically the rooms are an off place to share and comment, away from your standard feeds. However, FriendFeed recently allowed users to add RSS feeds to a room, so that all content from that feed will automatically be entered into the room. The feeds are added by the administrators of the room, hence why Mike has asked you to provide him with your URL.

So, if I was to track bookmarks for everyone entering this "experiment", I would need to subscribe to all of them (and I would see all of their other content as well). Now, I can join this room and see what bookmarks others have to offer (possibly leading me to other subscriptions).

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August 19, 2008 at 10:53 pm Laura Norvig

Hey, I've been immortalized in a screenshot - don't forget to send my royalty check!
August 19, 2008 at 10:59 pm Mike Fruchter

Check is in the mail.
August 19, 2008 at 11:10 pm Hutch Carpenter

"Bookmarks are very telling of a person’s mindset, education, and interests." Great observation there. You can tell what I think is interesting and valuable from my bookmarks.
August 19, 2008 at 11:32 pm Hutch Carpenter

Just realized I hadn't gotten you in my G Reader yet. Been lazily enjoying FriendFeed for your blog posts. Added (Toluu update to come through soon).
August 20, 2008 at 12:59 am Mike Fruchter

Thanks Hutch :)
August 20, 2008 at 1:01 am Mona N.

I really like Diigo, too :) You and LG share the most interesting things. Speaking of, where has he been the past few days? Weird.
August 20, 2008 at 1:03 am Tim Hoeck

I think this might be better than the google reader shared room
August 20, 2008 at 1:11 am Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

I find it interesting that you can tell what some people are getting ready to write about based on the sites they bookmark and screenshots they upload.
August 20, 2008 at 1:19 am Mike Fruchter

Thanks Mona. Though not as nearly interesting as the stuff you share. Your feed always takes me away from the social media/tech side of things. That's a good thing :) I think Louis has finally met the one thing that he swear would never have slowed him down, twins!
August 20, 2008 at 1:23 am Mike Fruchter

@Stupid Blogger, Yep like clockwork. I have noticed the same thing.
August 20, 2008 at 1:39 am Mike Fruchter

@Tim, I think you maybe right. This might be better then the Google reader room.
August 20, 2008 at 1:45 am Louis Gray

Hi Mona. What do you mean where have I been?
August 20, 2008 at 3:03 am Mike Fruchter

Everyone who has posted feeds, I am currently in the process of adding them to the room. http://friendfeed.com/rooms/share-your-bookmarks
August 20, 2008 at 3:18 am Charlie Anzman

Louis - Think Mona was referring to you not joining the 'Rejaw step-it-up party' (sort of) last night
August 20, 2008 at 3:27 am Laura Norvig

It'll be interesting to see what people find "bookmark worthy" (kind of like Elaine's sponge worthy from Seinfeld?). Now that I have incorporated friendfeed into my information management repertoire, I know that if I "like" a bookmark post and need to get back to it, I can check my recent "likes". So if it's something just kind of humorous or current newsy, I won't also bookmark it. But if it's something that relates to long-term knowledge building for my personal or professional life, it's worthy.
August 20, 2008 at 3:32 am Chris Loft

If you 'like' items in FriendFeed, I haven't found a way to recall them easily, except by going to MyBlogLog, which aggregates them for me. (Not too off topic I hope.)
August 20, 2008 at 3:36 am Laura Norvig

@Chris, just go to your "me" tab, and click on "Likes" and you'll see the history of your likes. The URL is simply friendfeed.com/yourname/likes
August 20, 2008 at 7:30 am ◄ Chris Nixon ►

I've just signed up for Diigo, and have yet to get into it. Any tips?
August 20, 2008 at 12:47 pm Mike Fruchter

Chris, have you installed the Diigo toolbar yet?
August 20, 2008 at 2:25 pm Mike Fruchter

@Chris, you can also import all your FriendFeed likes into your Google Reader, by using your likes rss url.
August 20, 2008 at 2:27 pm Mike Fruchter

It would look like this http://friendfeed.com/fruchter/likes?format=atom