Today has been a really good day. I have been having an excellent discussion over my post earlier about comments. That is the great thing about blogging for me - I get to meet intelligent people who take the time to engage and make me possibly re-evaluate my position on stuff. This great because I am learning something new and nothing beats learning new things. For now though here’s a few things that I found of interest in today’s FriendFeed pipeline.

FriendFeed ‘Likes’ Compatibility Index :: I’m not actually a geek - Hutch takes a look at the “Like” feature on FriendFeed and why that is good way to find other folks you might like to follow.

The Death of Common Sense :: Michael Koby - just a plain old fun post to read. Thanks for the chuckle (even if it does ring pretty close to the truth)

Social Media Explained in Four Minutes. Or Less :: Converge - if you are still trying to figure out the reasoning behind social media take a moment to watch this excellent video. Me - I’m going to go make some ice cream.

How do bloggers hold onto the value they’ve created? :: Online Media Cultist - Eric has an excellent post that points out distributed conversations can work for the blog author. A good read.

7 People Fired For Blogging :: mental floss - the sad part of this is the proportion of women who are on the list. Man .. that sucks.

Semantic Search: The Myth and Reality :: ReadWriteWeb - Alex Iskold has a really good post on why the semantic search isn’t working for us and how we need to change our approach to using this type of search.

It’s a Conversation :: philcrissman.com - it only matters if the conversation that is going on is interesting to you in order to make a social media service exciting.