20 ways to being a bigger friendfeed monster than Guy Kawasaki

December 28, 2008 By

Guy Kawasaki is on friendfeed but you can be a lot better at it than he is.

Just watch this video where I show you the 20 key features of friendfeed and how to use them to be an aggregating social media monster!

Oh, and how do I know you can beat Guy? Because he has no likes and only has made four comments on friendfeed total. I know Guy and he will start using friendfeed by mid-year 2009 because he’ll start seeing the power then (he got on Twitter late, too, which he admitted to me in an interview we did with him). You have a chance to get into it before Guy learns all the tricks and becomes an unmatchable friendfeeding monster.

Sorry it’s a little blurry, I was using my flipcam. Maybe we’ll do this with our good cameras later in the week.

Here’s the list of 20 things we cover:

1. Why friendfeed?
2. Get inbound content with the aggregator.
3. Get inbound content via friends.
4. How friend-of-a-friend feature brings more inbound content.
5. Using the everyone tab to get more inbound content.
6. Using rooms to find inbound content.
7. Using “best of” feature to find more inbound content.
8. Using the “me” and “home” pages.
9. Using lists to do friend management.
10. Creating media in friendfeed.
11. Sharing media found on the web.
12. Creating media with email.
13. Deciding between Twitter and friendfeed.
14. Your outbound content, likes.
15. Your outbound content, comments.
16. Your outbound content, send to Twitter.
17. Your outbound content, your stuff.
18. Your outbound content, using rooms.
19. Using search.
20 Using real-time features.

Of course we’re talking about this video over on friendfeed. In two places, actually.

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  • http://twitter.com/mscopeland Michael S. Copeland

    This is a great post. I will definitely share this with my inner circle!

  • http://twitter.com/mscopeland Michael S. Copeland

    This is a great post. I will definitely share this with my inner circle!

  • http://www.gebalove.com/ Gebadia Smith

    Really cool video…it is ok I posted it on one of my blogs…I only have like 2 or 3 viewers on my urlpirates.com blog…I assume that is ok…if not let me know..

  • http://www.gebalove.com Gebadia Smith

    Really cool video…it is ok I posted it on one of my blogs…I only have like 2 or 3 viewers on my urlpirates.com blog…I assume that is ok…if not let me know..

  • http://friendfeed.com/frankdasilva Frank Da Silva

    Great stuff!
    I enjoyed watching + learned a lot! Thanks for sharing all the tips…
    Keep up the good work!

  • http://friendfeed.com/frankdasilva Frank Da Silva

    Great stuff!
    I enjoyed watching + learned a lot! Thanks for sharing all the tips…
    Keep up the good work!

  • http://freshypanda.blogspot.com/ Freshypanda

    Thanks Scobs! Very useful video to get started on FF. Definitely a bit complicated, but also seems logical and useful. Love the way you put a human voice to all the emerging technologies. Thx!

  • http://freshypanda.blogspot.com/ Freshypanda

    Thanks Scobs! Very useful video to get started on FF. Definitely a bit complicated, but also seems logical and useful. Love the way you put a human voice to all the emerging technologies. Thx!

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  • http://TheBigDesk.com/ Bruce > The BIG Desk

    Your timing is awesome. I made my first visit to friendfeed this weekend and was just wondering if it’s something I should add to my overcrowded sched. I have to be picky about where my time is spent so I don’t add sites/apps to my list to often.

    Thanks for the extra nudge

  • http://TheBigDesk.com Bruce > The BIG Desk

    Your timing is awesome. I made my first visit to friendfeed this weekend and was just wondering if it’s something I should add to my overcrowded sched. I have to be picky about where my time is spent so I don’t add sites/apps to my list to often.

    Thanks for the extra nudge

  • http://freshypanda.blogspot.com/ Freshypanda

    Oh, btw, Guy K. is the BEAST from the East! Even if most of us had a 10 year head start, he would catch up in an hour… Aggregation is his “thang”? Look at AllTop afterall. :)

  • http://freshypanda.blogspot.com/ Freshypanda

    Oh, btw, Guy K. is the BEAST from the East! Even if most of us had a 10 year head start, he would catch up in an hour… Aggregation is his “thang”? Look at AllTop afterall. :)

  • http://qeek.net/ qeek

    That’s a really informative video! Makes me want to use Friendfeed more ;-)

  • http://qeek.net qeek

    That’s a really informative video! Makes me want to use Friendfeed more ;-)

  • http://www.FreshClicks.net/ Lary Stucker

    Robert, The video was very informative but I am concerned, that with most complicated apps, people will choose simplicity over function.

    Friend Feed should choose one feature to separate itself from Twitter and then allow the other features to be discoverable in the user interface over time.

  • http://www.FreshClicks.net Lary Stucker

    Robert, The video was very informative but I am concerned, that with most complicated apps, people will choose simplicity over function.

    Friend Feed should choose one feature to separate itself from Twitter and then allow the other features to be discoverable in the user interface over time.

  • http://cuthrell.com/ qthrul

    Good job!

  • http://cuthrell.com qthrul

    Good job!

  • http://www.bitsandbuzz.com/ Jeremy Chone

    Thanks, great post. I learned a lot. But I wanted to get your opinion on when to use Friendfeed vs Twitter (#13), but I could not find it in your video?

  • http://www.bitsandbuzz.com Jeremy Chone

    Thanks, great post. I learned a lot. But I wanted to get your opinion on when to use Friendfeed vs Twitter (#13), but I could not find it in your video?

  • http://chrisloft.com/ Chris Loft

    Great points, feed the beast. Friendfeed is not a complicated application; some users look at FFand don’t see anything in it at all. FriendFeed already has intuitive features that users can use over time – as their adoption/adaption of this 20-way path to monsterdom becomes assimilated into their everyday life.

  • http://chrisloft.com Chris Loft

    Great points, feed the beast. Friendfeed is not a complicated application; some users look at FFand don’t see anything in it at all. FriendFeed already has intuitive features that users can use over time – as their adoption/adaption of this 20-way path to monsterdom becomes assimilated into their everyday life.

  • http://SourcesOfInsight.com/ J.D. Meier

    So the key distinction between FriendFeed and Twitter is that FriendFeed is Twitter + lifestream?

  • http://SourcesOfInsight.com J.D. Meier

    So the key distinction between FriendFeed and Twitter is that FriendFeed is Twitter + lifestream?

  • http://polnor.net/minds/ Hanna W:

    Very useful and well-made presentation of an interesting tool. I have a modest suggestion (from my experience as a teacher): it could be useful for many to have a kind of summarizing this interesting material – think of slide show for example. It’s much easier to follow and exercise while using new application. But it is just a suggestion – thank you for investing your time in spreading useful knowledge!

  • http://polnor.net/minds/ Hanna W:

    Very useful and well-made presentation of an interesting tool. I have a modest suggestion (from my experience as a teacher): it could be useful for many to have a kind of summarizing this interesting material – think of slide show for example. It’s much easier to follow and exercise while using new application. But it is just a suggestion – thank you for investing your time in spreading useful knowledge!

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  • http://twitter.com/migger migger

    Great video. Will point all my non-friendfeeding friends this way. Really hope FriendFeed appreciates your input on their service.

  • http://twitter.com/migger migger

    Great video. Will point all my non-friendfeeding friends this way. Really hope FriendFeed appreciates your input on their service.

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  • http://lowjib7.blogspot.com/ Philip Ferris

    Thank you for putting this out there.

  • http://lowjib7.blogspot.com Philip Ferris

    Thank you for putting this out there.

  • http://sankt-georg.info/ Markus Merz

    The video is not for social media beginners but it is very valuable by explaining 20 features in 26 minutes. Good job Robert!

  • http://sankt-georg.info/ Markus Merz

    The video is not for social media beginners but it is very valuable by explaining 20 features in 26 minutes. Good job Robert!

  • http://www.danmassicottespositiveliving.com/ Dan Massicotte

    I like the friendly competition that goes around between bloggers (Chow and Cuts), as well as you two. Makes for great personality on your blogs!

  • http://www.danmassicottespositiveliving.com/ Dan Massicotte

    I like the friendly competition that goes around between bloggers (Chow and Cuts), as well as you two. Makes for great personality on your blogs!

  • Nate

    I used to read this blog for insight into new technologies and trends in tech. Now all I see are ads for twitter, friendfeed and self affirmation. Enjoy

  • Nate

    I used to read this blog for insight into new technologies and trends in tech. Now all I see are ads for twitter, friendfeed and self affirmation. Enjoy

  • http://thomashawk.com/ Thomas Hawk

    Excellent!

  • http://thomashawk.com Thomas Hawk

    Excellent!

  • http://cellecast.com/ Andrew Deal

    Good video, but FF is still pretty much a way to save time amidst the larger category of generally wasting time.

  • http://cellecast.com Andrew Deal

    Good video, but FF is still pretty much a way to save time amidst the larger category of generally wasting time.

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  • http://twitter.com/loveurmindnsoul Thao Ly

    Thanks for the tips

  • http://twitter.com/loveurmindnsoul Thao Ly

    Thanks for the tips

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  • http://cdevroe.com/ Colin Devroe

    I really like FriendFeed, particularly because of how well it is built, but I simply haven’t found a way to “keep up” with it. Watching your video has been enlightening. Thanks for sharing!

    Oh, and doesn’t FF remind you of Facebook’s activity stream? Obviously Facebook is a “walled garden” but – API access aside – it is very similar.

  • http://cdevroe.com/ Colin Devroe

    I really like FriendFeed, particularly because of how well it is built, but I simply haven’t found a way to “keep up” with it. Watching your video has been enlightening. Thanks for sharing!

    Oh, and doesn’t FF remind you of Facebook’s activity stream? Obviously Facebook is a “walled garden” but – API access aside – it is very similar.

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