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Don't Reverse FriendFeed. Ditch it. (unalone.net)
9 points by unalone on Sept 2, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments


I agree, there just isn't a need for a reverse friendfeed. I think, on average, people have 2-3 services listed on FF, and they usually don't overlap. It sometimes makes sense (post a tweet after a blog post), but do we need a whole service for that?


While simplfying makes things easier, to simply say "don't use these services" doesn't solve the problem. You still have to interact with people on other services. "Oh I'm sorry. I look down on my friend's social network" just isn't always a solution. As soon as someone in your real-world socialnet posts something on some site you don't use, and you'll be forced to start using it.


No I'm not. I usually hold fast to the sites I like using, and refuse to move. It forces other people to stick to my game - IF they care about my seeing what they do. Often they don't, and when that's the case neither of us really cares.


hey hey, what's with the hey hey hey onomatopoeia hey hey obsession?

I'm all for informal writing styles, but those hey hey hey's really got on my nerves.


I've seen a LOT of pro-FriendFeed anti-Facebook writing recently, the idea being that if you stalk people you don't KNOW that it makes it better or something. And I think that Facebook in many ways is the solution to what people use FriendFeed for.

I also, um, like getting on people's nerves. I'm sorry. :-(




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