I think this is more a "commoditize the complement" thing. Chris Dixon had a good post on this recently: http://cdixon.org/2009/12/30/whats-strategic-for-googl

I think this is more a "commoditize the complement" thing. Chris Dixon had a good post on this recently: http://cdixon.org/2009/12/30/whats-strategic-for-google/ http://cdixon.org/2009/12/30/whats-strategic-for-google/ Friendfeeds are complements to doing things online - it's better for Google to have a whole lot of competitors in that space then just Facebook and Twitter.