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Re: A FriendFeed tipping point?

Andy DeSoto — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:36:23 -0000

A closet FriendFeed user, eh!? Ah, I see, I misread your Twitter tweet the other night-- I saw the 'jumping on the bandwagon' and it threw me! I guess that's one disadvantage of 140 characters-- make things TOO edible and some users gulp instead of chew!

You're absolutely right, though. I've seen and read a lot of great commentary out there that supports how Twitter and FriendFeed are symbiotic instead of mutually exclusive. After all, who wants to turn a regular screw with a Phillips head screwdriver?

Re: A FriendFeed tipping point?

Andy DeSoto — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:26:23 -0000

Thanks for sharing, Louis! I feel like I've seen that quote before (maybe even from you) but I had forgotten it when I wrote this post. It might be more correct to call this a "turning point" or, as Muhammad Saleem posted to ReadWriteWeb a while back, another 'feature' to the tipping point.

Your advocacy of the service, Louis, has gone a long way in encouraging users to integrate FriendFeed into their lives. As a matter of fact, if it weren't for your comment here a while back, I would have eschewed the site entirely. Your direction and forward thinking have truly provided a great foundation for analysis of FriendFeed's trending.

Re: A FriendFeed tipping point?

Louis Gray — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:18:58 -0000

This isn't the first time somebody called a "tipping point" for FriendFeed.

In March, Techmeme's Gabe Rivera said:
http://twitter.com/gaberive...

"It's apparent to Friendfeed users that the service tipped today. Yet the site is as responsive as ever. Well done, Friendfeed."

That was largely in part due to the response from a post I made about leading bloggers joining FriendFeed.

A lot of that was captured here (although the story is antiquated given Duncan Riley has done a 180 on the service): http://www.louisgray.com/li...

Re: A FriendFeed tipping point?

ijustine — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:01:09 -0000

I've been on friendfeed for a pretty long time.. just never advertised or promoted it. As far as a tipping point, I definitely wouldn't say it's that time for it yet, but for our tech crowd.. we're there :) I'm still a twitter fan -- FF requires too much time and searching to get the content that I want from my friends. Limit things to 140 characters and a lot more progress can be made.