I've got a blog with an RSS feed hosted at FeedBurner. I have tried
entering my blog's URL and the RSS feed's URL but neither of them lead
to a blog that is imported.
So I'm wondering if anyone here might be of assistance.
I enjoy the overheard-nearby-conversation concept and there's definitely some benefit to glimpsing some of what my friends' friends' are saying/posting.
But right now my friendfeed experience is altogether too noisy and lacks prioritization. I'm seeing way more content there from people I don't know, about subjects I'm not fascinated with, than I am seeing from friends and about stuff that interests me.
We need smarter filters, and that's a problem everyone online (not just Friendfeed) is dealing with. But given FriendFeed's offering, this is even more important for FriendFeed.
At least let me dynamically turn on/off visibility of posts from non-friends.
I want a squelch dial, so that during busier times I can turn down the noise (and therefore reduce the chances of finding cool news/content/people from "weak links" outside my tight inner circles) and turn it up when I have more time/patience for serendipity and new connections. That's the way humans operate offline anyway. Why force people to live in Grand Central Station when sometimes they need a quiet dinner w/ a couple good friends?
Serious permission issue. Added FF through the FB app. Used it to consolidate Flickr, delicious, and Twitter. When adding Twitter, it asked if my Twitter updates are protected -- they are, very much so.
I checked the "protected" box when adding the Twitter feed. My assumption was that this kept my Twitter feed protected, visible only to those I share Twitter with. I believe that to be a reasonable assumption; there's certainly nothing to suggest otherwise.
I discovered today that FF took my protected Twitter updates and broadcast them across Facebook. That's the end of that. Going to "add/edit" the services also had an erroneous link, it took a while to find another way to do it.
FF is clearly beta, but combining public and private feeds is a dangerous business, and needs to be approached with a lot more respect and care.
The site requests my Gmail password despite the presence of the Gmail Contacts API. This is an instance of the password anti-pattern (Google it). There are a variety of ways not to do this - allow people to import their data using the API, as well as using hCard/XFN, FOAF and other importers that do not require me to give out my password. This teaches users to phish. Good functionality, bad implementation.
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