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Oct 10, 2008
Been using this today, but just got overwhelmed immediately with all the updates, just from following 5 people. Each update seems to take up a huge amount of space, just a waste really. The updates can be much smaller, easier to scan and navigate.
But, it's only a few hours on and off and i love the general feel and look of it. Certainly feel more at home with this than i ever have done with Friend Feed. Certainly has potential. And the support when I emailed them, John Rogers was SUPER fast in getting back when I was asking about how to integrate SocialMedian into the stream, which I now have done. Woop. Worth watching. 
Oct 11, 2008
@imjustcreative what's it like integrating socialmedian into strands? can you post a screenshot?
Oct 11, 2008
I signed up last night, but the service was down. If it's possible to import @socialmedian there, it would be another reason to go back and check it out
Oct 11, 2008
@jasongoldberg at the moment it's just adding the socialmedian rrs feed rather than a built in option. So at the moment I have pure rss updates in strands with no frills. Although not sure on the image issue. Least this way my activity is being fed.
Oct 11, 2008
another aggregator? do we really need another? agree in part with @imjustcreative too many updates to do anything useful with strands time has come to focus your efforts on a few streams / social bookmarking sites!
Oct 11, 2008
I really really enjoy Strands. The filtering options are great. The community is really fun and they customer support is amazing. @imjustcreative John Rogers is AMAZING when it comes to feedback. He's probably the main reason I stuck w/ Strands when I first started using it because he was so committed to helping me get all my feeds integrated.
Oct 11, 2008
I just spent a couple of hours setting up my account and checking it out! There are a few things that I like about it. I really need to spend more time using it. It does have that just another aggregator with some polish feel, but its definitely worth a look.
Oct 11, 2008
@kathleenld The filtering options are really nice! It's one of the things I first noticed!
Oct 13, 2008
@bushmanbill @cityrat59 @kathleenld @dvsdave @michaelfidler someone please give us 5 good reasons to try Strands. I hear the are spending a ton of money there on building that platform.
Oct 13, 2008
@jasongoldberg There's nothing wrong with it, but there's nothing wrong with FF either. Other then the ability to filter content which FF will likely add, it's just a knock off of FF. I think they are targeting a mainstream audience, which is one thing FF might consider doing soon.
Oct 13, 2008
@jasongoldberg Well Jason, I can't give you good reasons for trying it. What I can say to you is that I'm always interested to try out new services and build my own opinion on my own experience.
Oct 13, 2008
@Kathleenld thanks for the invite
@jasongoldberg It's free, it's fun and it might help me manage information better. If I can't manage and consume all the information well, it kind of defeats the purpose of consuming it in the first place so this just might be the one that does the trick (unless of course, something better comes along) @Michaelfidler I wouldn't necessarily call it an FF knock-off. FF is a browser that adds the capability of managing information because that makes the browsing experience better. Services like strands focus mainly on managing information and are not necessarily restricted to browsers. True it's a slight difference, but it's something that could tip things either way. My humble opinion. 
Oct 13, 2008
@jasongoldberg , I am a beta testing addict. I haven't had much chance to play with it, but the wizard to start using strands.com is very impressive. I'd like to see starting a new account in FF be that easy.
Oct 13, 2008
@jasongoldberg Five reasons: Drew, Kalong, John Rogers, Gabi, and Louis Gray :) Ok, I'm kidding, but my favorite part of Strands is the community. Strands is completely committed to providing the best user experience possible and as a result they are involved with their community in a way that I haven't seen on any other site (though to be fair I'm really impressed w/ how much you interact w/ socialmaedian users). Strands takes all feedback very seriously. They are quick to help when problems show up and I always feel like my feedback is a top priority (to the point that I feel bad that people are working on my strands on a friday night!). The team often discusses possible new features on the site itself so that users can explain what they would like to see and that always holds a lot of weight.
Oct 13, 2008
@dvsdavw I'm a beta testing addict too... basically whatever @ijustine tells me to try I will :P In this case I really loved the service and have become a major Strands evangelist. Here was my initial reaction: http://tinyurl.com/6f9c8k
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