Why I Like Friendfeed

FriendFeed has reached a “tipping point” according to Louis Gray and many others.  Today many higher profile users were swamped with hundreds of subscription invites as a chain reaction spread across the internet. This may have been due to exposure during the course of the SXSW event.  Many high profile users have been using FriendFeed for a little while now as have I and the reaction has been very positive.  So once the word got out that Friendfeed was the new Twitter everyone started jumping in.

FriendFeed is an aggregator but what makes it standout is how easy it is to see what your friends are doing and then comment on that activity or simply say you “Like” it.  This can get good conversations going because you can also see what friends of your friends are doing if it relates to something your friend did.  That last bit sounds confusing but once you see how it works it’s very intuitive.

Another thing that makes it great is that it aggregates so many web 2.0 sites that I use a lot.  Twitter is a big one obviously but you can also get your Netflix queue, delicious, last.fm, Digg, Google Reader, Flickr, StumbleUpon, Youtube, Amazon wishlist, Picasa and pretty much any other rss feed you want.  You select only what you want others to see and you have the ability to mute people if they’re too active.  You can also just stick something totally random - like a message right into the stream that everyone can see and comment on.

This ability to really respond, interact and communicate around the feed is what makes FriendFeed unique and so appealing.  Once you try it and get involved in the conversations your hooked.  And now that everyone is joining in it’s going to be huge.  This is an incredible start for a site that launched just a couple months ago.  It will be interesting to see how they plan to monetize it.  You can add me here.

See also: Louic Le Meur  TechCrunch

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