Comments on: Social event streams: are you drinking from the fire hydrant http://metarand.com/2007/08/24/social-event-streams-are-you-drinking-from-the-fire-hydrant/ meta musings on tech, innovation, gadgets, lifestyle and the media arena Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:35:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: michael pastor http://metarand.com/2007/08/24/social-event-streams-are-you-drinking-from-the-fire-hydrant/#comment-952 michael pastor Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:09:42 +0000 http://metarand.com/?p=62#comment-952 synchronous and asynchronous is not an either/or situation, it's a gradient. friend policies are the same - it's not an either/or, it's a 'what kind' - and until these glorified public profile sites like facebook understand that, it will always be asychronous yes/no distinctly *un*social social websites. synchronous and asynchronous is not an either/or situation, it’s a gradient. friend policies are the same - it’s not an either/or, it’s a ‘what kind’ - and until these glorified public profile sites like facebook understand that, it will always be asychronous yes/no distinctly *un*social social websites.

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]]> By: Ross Hill http://metarand.com/2007/08/24/social-event-streams-are-you-drinking-from-the-fire-hydrant/#comment-950 Ross Hill Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:19:27 +0000 http://metarand.com/?p=62#comment-950 I think that's a great point. I try to only friend (accept) people who I've had a previous connection with - either in person or by email or IM. And speaking of feeds, I'm about to go on a rampage with the delete button at Bloglines, wish me luck. I think that’s a great point. I try to only friend (accept) people who I’ve had a previous connection with - either in person or by email or IM. And speaking of feeds, I’m about to go on a rampage with the delete button at Bloglines, wish me luck.

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