FriendFeed Comments Rival Twitter @replies Power
One of the most powerful features of Twitter is the @name reply. With it, you can communicate with any Twitter user, whether that person is following you or not.
After having used FriendFeed for a little while, I’ve discovered that FriendFeed comments (and likes) wield nearly the same power, albeit not as direct as Twitter @name replies.
On FriendFeed, if you want to catch the attention of high-profile users like Robert Scoble or Louis Gray, assuming they’re not subscribed to you, here’s how to do it.
Step One: Post an entry that will be of interest to the person.
Step Two: Wait for someone they do subscribe to, to either like or comment on your entry.
When that happens, your entry is shown in their feeds as “So-and-so (friend of so-and-so)…”.
From your perspective it’s obviously less exact than the Twitter approach, but, it has the advantage that your entry is shown to them as having been endorsed by someone they subscribe to, which adds credibility to your entry.
From their perspective it’s actually a better solution because they only see entries that were endorsed by folks they trust and follow. So, for them the exposure to @name reply spam is virtually none.
