I just joined Friendfeed. At first glance, it seems to be quite an interesting application. It supports 28 services about news (digg, reddit), social bookmarking (del.icio.us, su), music (last.fm), videos (yotube), etc.
Unlike other social sites, friendfeed is not about having a massive amount of friends. You just choose a few, which you know pretty well and you share the same interests.
It’s not about expanding your network, it’s about getting information you are really interested in.
Anyway, I think friendfeed is worth it. My profile is public, say hi anytime.
Paul M. Banas responded on 20 Mar 2008 at 3:19 am #
I’m checking this one out as well. There seems to be some interesting capabilities underneath the hood of what seems to be a fairly simple social app.
The “imaginary friends” tool that Steve Rubel writes about is just one of those capabilities:
http://www.micropersuasion.com/2008/03/friendfeeds-ima.html
Bill responded on 20 Mar 2008 at 9:42 pm #
I am joining it as soon as I get home. I shouldn’t get excited about new social network site seeing how I usually use them once and never again.
robojiannis responded on 21 Mar 2008 at 9:44 pm #
@Bill
indeed the social networks out there are way too much and “using them once and never again” is a very common tactic.
It happens to me all the time…
@Paul
What I mostly like in the imaginary friends tool, is that it proves the effort of opening the social web.