This is a really good idea. There is a similarity between Gnip and FriendFeed service. They both are one stop shop for all your social networking updates. If G

This is a really good idea. There is a similarity between Gnip and FriendFeed service. They both are one stop shop for all your social networking updates. If Gnip start publishing users' data on their website, then I think they will become a competitor to FriendFeed, but they will probably stay with just an infrastructure provider.