Phew! I shouldn't, but I'm laughing. I'm really laughing of the whole brouhaha! I mean, people are speaking about "reports" that something, you know, happened... like if it was big news, a scoop... come on! This is just one guy leaving. A pissed off guy (someone you know by his nickname). That's it.
First things first. Let me clear one thing: NoiseRiver won't close just because someone leaves Friendfeed (be it the NoiseRiver's Developer -insert sarcastic drum rolls here- ) Don't you see that it would be so childish to be true? I mean... come on!
Second, and that's a regretable thing. Louis and Duncan should have put updates to their blog posts to mention what I told in the comments. Actually they should have sent me an email at the first place. But you know what? If it wasn't that stupid coincidence about the DNS issue, I wouldn't commented at all. But yet, that's thier blogs, and as long as there isn't insults -which is something that Louis and Duncan will never make- it's all fine for me.
I won't justify my leaving again, I hate goodbyes that last forever and I DO NOT care if some people think that I'm crying or asking for attention. The people I do care about, those who know me, know that "selfish attention" would be the last thing I'd be asking for, and I'm not asking for it. I choosed to publish my rant on google doc to make it public without letting people know that "I" wrote it. Not that I worry about the reactions, but the best goodbyes are the more silent ones. The piece was wrote just to, humbly, make people think about some issues in Friendfeed and the social web in general. Robert Scoble whith whom I was chatting when this was published just spread the news. I do not blame him, he's a friendly and humble chap'. And to be true, I still don't care about the silly comments this whole thing recieved.
See? I am NOBODY, and always claimed to be a nobody. That's why I choosed a nick. I'm not promoting something about myself, and do not have a personal brand to defend. The folks who know me, just know that I love Jazz (especially Coltrane), that I love python, smart and simple ideas, and I happened to be the NoiseRiver's Developer.
Now I'm hesitating to push the "publish" button for this post, because if it brings again the fuss my leaving generated that wouldn't be fair. The main reason and goal of this post is to let people know that NoiseRiver is NOT shut down. And to thank people for thier emails and kind words. Thank you folks! I'm really moved by your words!
