Comments on: Friendfeed for Research? First impressions of ScienceFeed http://cameronneylon.net/blog/friendfeed-for-research-first-impressions-of-sciencefeed/ The online home of Cameron Neylon Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anna http://cameronneylon.net/blog/friendfeed-for-research-first-impressions-of-sciencefeed/comment-page-2/#comment-4083 Anna Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:12:27 +0000 http://cameronneylon.net/?p=815#comment-4083 Florian, <br>Where I find a big difference from facebook, and use in scientific discussion, is that highly discussed topics float to the top of the feed and repeat, even when you are not directly involved (unlike facebook where you need to interact with a comment first). In addition, the 'like' mechanism acts more like a 'save for later' mechanism as you can search a list of your likes (so I use it to bookmark stuff, rather than necessarily 'liking' it per se). These are both things I find have an advantage when discussing science, and that I sometimes miss when interacting socially on FB. Florian,
Where I find a big difference from facebook, and use in scientific discussion, is that highly discussed topics float to the top of the feed and repeat, even when you are not directly involved (unlike facebook where you need to interact with a comment first). In addition, the 'like' mechanism acts more like a 'save for later' mechanism as you can search a list of your likes (so I use it to bookmark stuff, rather than necessarily 'liking' it per se). These are both things I find have an advantage when discussing science, and that I sometimes miss when interacting socially on FB.

]]> By: Florian http://cameronneylon.net/blog/friendfeed-for-research-first-impressions-of-sciencefeed/comment-page-2/#comment-4081 Florian Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:06:38 +0000 http://cameronneylon.net/?p=815#comment-4081 See also <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2008/03/14/friendfeed-is-this-years-twitter-but-why/" rel="nofollow">http://techcrunch.com/2008/03/14/friendfeed-is-...</a> See also http://techcrunch.com/2008/03/14/friendfeed-is-…

]]> By: Florian http://cameronneylon.net/blog/friendfeed-for-research-first-impressions-of-sciencefeed/comment-page-2/#comment-4082 Florian Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:48:59 +0000 http://cameronneylon.net/?p=815#comment-4082 OK, I missed out on the aggregation a litte. But still I can discuss "objects" on Facebook just as well. OK, I missed out on the aggregation a litte. But still I can discuss “objects” on Facebook just as well.

]]> By: Florian http://cameronneylon.net/blog/friendfeed-for-research-first-impressions-of-sciencefeed/comment-page-2/#comment-4080 Florian Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:35:26 +0000 http://cameronneylon.net/?p=815#comment-4080 I seriously do not get the point of FriendFeed (and ScienceFeed neither). I've had a glance over it now and I wonder what it can do that Facebook can't...?<br><br>Answers will be appreciated. I seriously do not get the point of FriendFeed (and ScienceFeed neither). I've had a glance over it now and I wonder what it can do that Facebook can't…?

Answers will be appreciated.

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