socialmedian: Google Reader’s “shared with note” + FriendFeed = whole new way to microblog

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Google Reader’s “shared with note” + FriendFeed = whole new way to microblog

Submitted by Kenmat from Google Reader

Oct 30, 2008

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Steve Rubel of Micropersuasion fame and Robert Scoble are two of the most “bleeding edge” power users of Google Reader around. Rubel writes mini-treatises on extracting and managing data out of Google Reader that will make your head spin, while Scoble – among other things – has been a leading user of a feature called “shared with note.”

For a long time I didn’t pay much attention to either “shared” or “shared with note.” But over the past six months or so, I’ve become increasingly addicted to the “shared” feature. Not only is it addictive in a digg/reddit “vote it up” kind of way, but it’s a rather nice way to collect the stories that you like.

I love browsing through the stories that my Gmail contacts have shared, and even better, my shared items also appear on my FriendFeed stream, so that other people can “like” it and comment and so on.

I’ve been a fan of Robert Scoble’s shared items for some time, actually added it as a standalone RSS feed some time ago before entering my new shared-crazed fame. Over time I noticed that little notes were being inserted i

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Comments (11)

Hutch,

Oct 30, 2008

"Pretty cool, I thought. But it wasn’t until very recently that I put it all together (sometimes I’m a little slow on these things, perhaps!) that adding a note to a shared item actually tacks that note directly onto your FriendFeed thread."

Robdiana,

Oct 30, 2008

For FriendFeed users, sharing with a not from Google Reader is like priming the conversation. It is an excellent way to add your thoughts and kick off the conversation.

Jasongoldberg,

Oct 30, 2008

@robdiana @hutch can do same on socialmedian

Robdiana,

Oct 30, 2008

@jasongoldberg Sorry about that I totally forgot that SM does it too.

Bwana,

Oct 30, 2008

@jasongoldberg Socialmedian imports GR notes? I didn't know that. I haven't seen my notes on my shared items.

Ebrage,

Oct 30, 2008

Wow... I just wrote a several hundred word response and series of questions, which were erased after I submitted and went through a login path. Sigh.

Ebrage,

Oct 30, 2008

Basically my lengthy response boils down to: what's socialmedian's thinking behind grabbing full text of publisher articles. I don't see the value for publishers in doing that. Why not excerpt and tease back to the original story, in essence ?

Frankxr,

Oct 31, 2008

unfortunatly data ownership has become a very subjective issue

Jasongoldberg,

Oct 31, 2008

@ebrage we are publisher friendly. We strive to work with publishers to promote their content, brands, and authors, and to drive engagement around their stories, while sending traffic back to the publishers. We also have created a "reverse widget" which enables publishers to put a widget of their site next to their content on socialmedian.

Ebrage,

Oct 31, 2008

I get all that... I do. But I still am very uncomfortable with social media sites that publish full text articles without permission. What's the thinking behind doing that ?