“You can have relationships and discussions with people on FriendFeed without them actually being a part of your network”
I finally decided to check out this friendvenn app and was actually surprised at some of the names I saw that don’t follow me. There is no reason I should have made the assumption they cared about my content, but I did. What I realized is that you can have relationships and discussions with people on FriendFeed without them actually being a part of your network. I hadn’t really thought about this before. Not directly, anyway.
As for those people that don’t follow me, there was some discussion on
FriendFeed here and there where some FriendFeeders say it’s just not possible to keep up with that many subscriptions.
Not being part of the popular clique myself, I wouldn’t know anything about dealing with a huge number of followers. What I do know is this:
- Stuff that is probably boring, not interesting, or blatant crap won’t stick on the first few pages of FF
- The Hide feature is quite useful in trimming the fat
- FriendFeed users (FriendFeeders?) may very well need better ways to figure out who to subscribe to. I mean, how do you deal with hundreds of Follows? View each person’s feed? *shudder*
“I would like a personal message from all A-Listers explaining why they don’t follow me”
I am a bit curious as to why some people haven’t followed me back:
- Did I say something wrong?
- Is it because I’m black?
- Is it the missing LinkedIn Profile?
- Does my breath stink?
In the end, it really is just curiosity. If I was to ever post something interesting, it would probably get Liked by someone they do follow. What I wonder is, have people made a conscious decision to ignore me? If so, I would probably be a better person for knowing why.
So, I would like a personal message from everyone on my list explaining why they don’t follow me. Oh…wait…they won’t see this anyway. Nevermind.