Comments on: How Does Facebook Acquiring Friendfeed Affect Me? http://blog.marketnet.com/index.php/2009/08/12/how-does-facebook-acquiring-friendfeed-affect-me/ Web Design, Development, and Marketing Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Randy Jensen http://blog.marketnet.com/index.php/2009/08/12/how-does-facebook-acquiring-friendfeed-affect-me/comment-page-1/#comment-569 Randy Jensen Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:58:51 +0000 http://blog.marketnet.com/?p=768#comment-569 I don't think most people will be affected by this directly. This was more of a grab for talent than technology (after all one of the guys who wrote Gmail was working for FriendFeed, I want him on my team too). In regards to the technology, you're seeing Facebook try to kill Twitter and take on Google at the same time. Real time news/search is where the future is (see Google Caffeine) and with this purchase and the recently released search feature, they're right there. This is where you're going to see people affected. Instead of going to Google.com to get news, they're going to go to Facebook (just like they currently do with Twitter until Facebook ripped off every single feature like a filthy feature whore). So how am I going to be affected? I will somehow manage to use Facebook less...of course I've already rebranded the site to FaceTwitter for them. That ones on me Mark, the next one will cost you. I don’t think most people will be affected by this directly. This was more of a grab for talent than technology (after all one of the guys who wrote Gmail was working for FriendFeed, I want him on my team too).

In regards to the technology, you’re seeing Facebook try to kill Twitter and take on Google at the same time. Real time news/search is where the future is (see Google Caffeine) and with this purchase and the recently released search feature, they’re right there.

This is where you’re going to see people affected. Instead of going to Google.com to get news, they’re going to go to Facebook (just like they currently do with Twitter until Facebook ripped off every single feature like a filthy feature whore).

So how am I going to be affected? I will somehow manage to use Facebook less…of course I’ve already rebranded the site to FaceTwitter for them. That ones on me Mark, the next one will cost you.

]]> By: Guest http://blog.marketnet.com/index.php/2009/08/12/how-does-facebook-acquiring-friendfeed-affect-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1851 Guest Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:58:00 +0000 http://blog.marketnet.com/?p=768#comment-1851 I don't think most people will be affected by this directly. This was more of a grab for talent than technology (after all one of the guys who wrote Gmail was working for FriendFeed, I want him on my team too). In regards to the technology, you're seeing Facebook try to kill Twitter and take on Google at the same time. Real time news/search is where the future is (see Google Caffeine) and with this purchase and the recently released search feature, they're right there. This is where you're going to see people affected. Instead of going to Google.com to get news, they're going to go to Facebook (just like they currently do with Twitter until Facebook ripped off every single feature like a filthy feature whore). So how am I going to be affected? I will somehow manage to use Facebook less...of course I've already rebranded the site to FaceTwitter for them. That ones on me Mark, the next one will cost you. I don’t think most people will be affected by this directly. This was more of a grab for talent than technology (after all one of the guys who wrote Gmail was working for FriendFeed, I want him on my team too).

In regards to the technology, you’re seeing Facebook try to kill Twitter and take on Google at the same time. Real time news/search is where the future is (see Google Caffeine) and with this purchase and the recently released search feature, they’re right there.

This is where you’re going to see people affected. Instead of going to Google.com to get news, they’re going to go to Facebook (just like they currently do with Twitter until Facebook ripped off every single feature like a filthy feature whore).

So how am I going to be affected? I will somehow manage to use Facebook less…of course I’ve already rebranded the site to FaceTwitter for them. That ones on me Mark, the next one will cost you.

]]> By: Clay Harrison http://blog.marketnet.com/index.php/2009/08/12/how-does-facebook-acquiring-friendfeed-affect-me/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Clay Harrison Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:46:54 +0000 http://blog.marketnet.com/?p=768#comment-564 I have FF plugged into FB already but on another page. I dont want to bombard people with my tweets and diggs. It's there so if they want to read it then they can. Do I want to read someone's tweets and diggs? Depends. I see a cpl of people that post their tweets to FB and update 6 times an hour. Do I want to see their other activity too? No. Odds are if they are posting that much they are posting a lot of other activity to FF as well. Finally the worst of all is TMI. FB has already has people posting their political opinion, then quizzes about politics and finally religious material. When has this information done us any good? Do I need to drop friends cause they feel the need to post their opinions about religion? Drop friends over Digg stories about who's right and wrong in the political world? It could happen. I have had friends drop me because of my politics and because of my religious choices. All this info might just not be worth it. Then again we could just decide there are topics that are best not discussed and post what we had for lunch. I have FF plugged into FB already but on another page. I dont want to bombard people with my tweets and diggs. It’s there so if they want to read it then they can.
Do I want to read someone’s tweets and diggs? Depends.
I see a cpl of people that post their tweets to FB and update 6 times an hour.
Do I want to see their other activity too? No.
Odds are if they are posting that much they are posting a lot of other activity to FF as well.
Finally the worst of all is TMI. FB has already has people posting their political opinion, then quizzes about politics and finally religious material.
When has this information done us any good?
Do I need to drop friends cause they feel the need to post their opinions about religion?
Drop friends over Digg stories about who’s right and wrong in the political world? It could happen.
I have had friends drop me because of my politics and because of my religious choices.
All this info might just not be worth it.
Then again we could just decide there are topics that are best not discussed and post what we had for lunch.

]]> By: Clay Harrison http://blog.marketnet.com/index.php/2009/08/12/how-does-facebook-acquiring-friendfeed-affect-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1850 Clay Harrison Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:46:00 +0000 http://blog.marketnet.com/?p=768#comment-1850 I have FF plugged into FB already but on another page. I dont want to bombard people with my tweets and diggs. It's there so if they want to read it then they can. Do I want to read someone's tweets and diggs? Depends. I see a cpl of people that post their tweets to FB and update 6 times an hour. Do I want to see their other activity too? No. Odds are if they are posting that much they are posting a lot of other activity to FF as well. Finally the worst of all is TMI. FB has already has people posting their political opinion, then quizzes about politics and finally religious material. When has this information done us any good? Do I need to drop friends cause they feel the need to post their opinions about religion? Drop friends over Digg stories about who's right and wrong in the political world? It could happen. I have had friends drop me because of my politics and because of my religious choices. All this info might just not be worth it. Then again we could just decide there are topics that are best not discussed and post what we had for lunch. I have FF plugged into FB already but on another page. I dont want to bombard people with my tweets and diggs. It’s there so if they want to read it then they can.
Do I want to read someone’s tweets and diggs? Depends.
I see a cpl of people that post their tweets to FB and update 6 times an hour.
Do I want to see their other activity too? No.
Odds are if they are posting that much they are posting a lot of other activity to FF as well.
Finally the worst of all is TMI. FB has already has people posting their political opinion, then quizzes about politics and finally religious material.
When has this information done us any good?
Do I need to drop friends cause they feel the need to post their opinions about religion?
Drop friends over Digg stories about who’s right and wrong in the political world? It could happen.
I have had friends drop me because of my politics and because of my religious choices.
All this info might just not be worth it.
Then again we could just decide there are topics that are best not discussed and post what we had for lunch.

]]> By: Jim @smashadv http://blog.marketnet.com/index.php/2009/08/12/how-does-facebook-acquiring-friendfeed-affect-me/comment-page-1/#comment-561 Jim @smashadv Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:49:41 +0000 http://blog.marketnet.com/?p=768#comment-561 I used FF for a while, and still maintain an account there, but I don't visit it and turned off all of my aggregation settings. Why? I don't feel like I know the people there. I know people on FB and Twitter, and for the most part the people I follow via these platforms are the same people as on FF. I don't have a lot of time to mess around - and am too vested in Twitter and FB (to a lesser degree) to consider FF a sincere option to gaining more industry insight (which is my primary function of Twitter) or to keep in touch with people on a more personal level (ie FB). This merger doesn't mean as much to me as it does say, Robert Scoble. If it works out and seems to make FB more relevant, great. If not, I'm ok with that. We'll see. .-= Jim @smashadv´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObsessedWithConformity/~3/IdAW4p3naYs/knowing-your-target-audience.html" rel="nofollow">Knowing Your Target Audience</a> =-. I used FF for a while, and still maintain an account there, but I don’t visit it and turned off all of my aggregation settings. Why? I don’t feel like I know the people there. I know people on FB and Twitter, and for the most part the people I follow via these platforms are the same people as on FF. I don’t have a lot of time to mess around – and am too vested in Twitter and FB (to a lesser degree) to consider FF a sincere option to gaining more industry insight (which is my primary function of Twitter) or to keep in touch with people on a more personal level (ie FB). This merger doesn’t mean as much to me as it does say, Robert Scoble. If it works out and seems to make FB more relevant, great. If not, I’m ok with that. We’ll see.
.-= Jim @smashadv´s last blog ..Knowing Your Target Audience =-.

]]> By: Jim @smashadv http://blog.marketnet.com/index.php/2009/08/12/how-does-facebook-acquiring-friendfeed-affect-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1848 Jim @smashadv Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:49:00 +0000 http://blog.marketnet.com/?p=768#comment-1848 I used FF for a while, and still maintain an account there, but I don't visit it and turned off all of my aggregation settings. Why? I don't feel like I know the people there. I know people on FB and Twitter, and for the most part the people I follow via these platforms are the same people as on FF. I don't have a lot of time to mess around - and am too vested in Twitter and FB (to a lesser degree) to consider FF a sincere option to gaining more industry insight (which is my primary function of Twitter) or to keep in touch with people on a more personal level (ie FB). This merger doesn't mean as much to me as it does say, Robert Scoble. If it works out and seems to make FB more relevant, great. If not, I'm ok with that. We'll see. .-= Jim @smashadv´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObsessedWithConformity/~3/IdAW4p3naYs/knowing-your-target-audience.html" rel="nofollow">Knowing Your Target Audience</a> =-. I used FF for a while, and still maintain an account there, but I don’t visit it and turned off all of my aggregation settings. Why? I don’t feel like I know the people there. I know people on FB and Twitter, and for the most part the people I follow via these platforms are the same people as on FF. I don’t have a lot of time to mess around – and am too vested in Twitter and FB (to a lesser degree) to consider FF a sincere option to gaining more industry insight (which is my primary function of Twitter) or to keep in touch with people on a more personal level (ie FB). This merger doesn’t mean as much to me as it does say, Robert Scoble. If it works out and seems to make FB more relevant, great. If not, I’m ok with that. We’ll see.
.-= Jim @smashadv´s last blog ..Knowing Your Target Audience =-.

]]> By: Daniel Dessinger http://blog.marketnet.com/index.php/2009/08/12/how-does-facebook-acquiring-friendfeed-affect-me/comment-page-1/#comment-558 Daniel Dessinger Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:16:00 +0000 http://blog.marketnet.com/?p=768#comment-558 @Jane Copland, 50 Cent and finals? LOL. Good times. So you like a clear distinction between Twitter and Facebook. I can see that. But I have to admit: I never used Facebook until they made the status updates the focal point of the site. @Jane Copland, 50 Cent and finals? LOL. Good times. So you like a clear distinction between Twitter and Facebook. I can see that. But I have to admit: I never used Facebook until they made the status updates the focal point of the site.

]]> By: Daniel Dessinger http://blog.marketnet.com/index.php/2009/08/12/how-does-facebook-acquiring-friendfeed-affect-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1846 Daniel Dessinger Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:16:00 +0000 http://blog.marketnet.com/?p=768#comment-1846 @Jane Copland, 50 Cent and finals? LOL. Good times. So you like a clear distinction between Twitter and Facebook. I can see that. But I have to admit: I never used Facebook until they made the status updates the focal point of the site. @Jane Copland, 50 Cent and finals? LOL. Good times. So you like a clear distinction between Twitter and Facebook. I can see that. But I have to admit: I never used Facebook until they made the status updates the focal point of the site.

]]> By: Daniel Dessinger http://blog.marketnet.com/index.php/2009/08/12/how-does-facebook-acquiring-friendfeed-affect-me/comment-page-1/#comment-557 Daniel Dessinger Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:10:35 +0000 http://blog.marketnet.com/?p=768#comment-557 @pratt, I've seen a ton of people joining Friendfeed lately. I agree that the hype will likely blow over UNLESS Facebook has some super secret strategies up their sleeve. @pratt, I’ve seen a ton of people joining Friendfeed lately. I agree that the hype will likely blow over UNLESS Facebook has some super secret strategies up their sleeve.

]]> By: Daniel Dessinger http://blog.marketnet.com/index.php/2009/08/12/how-does-facebook-acquiring-friendfeed-affect-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1845 Daniel Dessinger Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:10:00 +0000 http://blog.marketnet.com/?p=768#comment-1845 @pratt, I've seen a ton of people joining Friendfeed lately. I agree that the hype will likely blow over UNLESS Facebook has some super secret strategies up their sleeve. @pratt, I’ve seen a ton of people joining Friendfeed lately. I agree that the hype will likely blow over UNLESS Facebook has some super secret strategies up their sleeve.

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