Comments on: Reengaging in conversation: It is still there, you’ve just lost it

By: Loyan

Loyan — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:55:54 +0000

Yah. Pipes would be able to handle multiple feeds. It is reasonably live though.

I'm with you on Hootsuite. When Hootsuite allows us to import RSS into a column, I'm gonna be very happy.

By: Tim Sanchez

Tim Sanchez — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:42:50 +0000

Very cool Loyan, thanks for looking at this for me. Those are two tools I haven't seen before.

It's a good start, but far from the type of unicorn-tool I'm imagining in my head. The main issue is you can only add one channel for the feed. And I want to filter a stream live as I see it. And I want it in Hootsuite (the REAL issue). lol

By: John Bergquist

John Bergquist — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:27:21 +0000

I knew I could get @loyan to come up with some type of solution.

By: John Bergquist

John Bergquist — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:26:04 +0000

That's cool Scott. I spent some time on your site a week ago. It looks like a great group. I wonder how many organizers actually plan for time like that.

By: Scott Gould

Scott Gould — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:35:44 +0000

We need this time. When I plan Like Minds (http://www.wearelikeminds.com), I always make sure I factor this time in - it's essential.

By: John Bergquist

John Bergquist — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:55:28 +0000

That's a good point Ryan. I am just enjoying the many people that do add value on Twitter. For me this was a good solution. For the hard adopters I can see how that can be a challenge. Anyone else? I think Twitter will continue to grow and morph. Some are calling it one big rss. I still think it is a valuable community tool. Time will tell though.

By: Ryan Gardner

Ryan Gardner — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:44:04 +0000

Just to play devil's advocate for a minute… This is a huge problem for Twitter and why, as it is now, won't ever catch on for so many 'everyday' people. In my experience, most people are pretty lazy. They don't want to go learn a new system, much less go through and create lists of people, search through a Twitter search or even prune the list of people they madly began following in their first few hours of Twitter virginity. They want to pick up a tool and instantly be able to use and get exactly what they want out of it. Like it or not, that's the reality of (especially, I think) Americans today.

So what's the solution? Bottom line, I have no idea, but I sure wish I could figure it out because I think there are some great people out there with some great ideas and valuable information to share that just can't get past the barriers. I'm not a fan of 'we need to change XYZ because if we don't it won't become popular' but on the other hand what good is true social media if it's the same minority — in the grand scheme of things — group of people spouting the same things over and over?

By: Loyan

Loyan — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:42:15 +0000

Whats cool about John's model is that pruning isn't even needed. There is good value in private lists to avoid any feelings of “why am I not in the cool list”?

By: Loyan

Loyan — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:39:11 +0000

I like the concept Tim. Worth investigating...OK I'm done. Here you go (wink).

Its not seamless, but its fairly simple and free.

1. Convert a Twitter list into an RSS feed: http://twiterlist2rss.appspot.com/
2. Filter RSS by content: http://www.feedrinse.com
3. Example: Filter @deliverbliss/cscx for "twitter", "happy" and "money": http://www.feedrinse.com/services/rinse/?rinsed...

Yahoo Pipes is a possible tool too, but while powerful Pipes is not for the faint of heart.

By: John Bergquist

John Bergquist — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:35:44 +0000

Exactly Bill. Exactly.