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Facebook Prepares To Launch FriendFeed “Like” Feature
- AndrewWarner 18y agoFacebook has a history to incorporating other sites' features. When Twitter got big, they created added "status". We should all do that with our companies.
- peter123 18y agoNot just facebook... every other company in silicon valley is doing that. Even google's adwords was first invented by overture. Latest eg. Palm Pre (and 15 other smartphones) incorporating iPhone UI elements.
- froo 18y ago"Good artists copy, Great artists steal" - Pablo Picasso
- DaniFong 18y agoIn overture, you could buy the search results, though. Apparently, the founders looked at that and said "don't be evil."
- catch23 18y agoyou can do that in yahoo if you're in the know... yahoo owns the famous overture patent so that may be why.
- kwamenum86 18y agoFacebook had a status feature before Twitter was founded. They made it more prominent after Twitter became popular but I think that was just a coincidence.
- kwamenum86 18y agoPlease forgive my ignorance...but what does the FriendFeed "Like" feature do?
- chris24 18y agoEssentially it allows you to favorite an item to refer back to later. It's like Twitter favorites, but beside each item, it also shows who 'liked' it.
- thwarted 18y agoTwitter favorites are pretty much hidden and have almost zero social component. On twitter, favorites are tantamount to me printing out my browser's bookmarks list and posting it on my front door. FF likes communicates that you are interested in an item to the FF system, the poster, and other people who come across it. Activity on things you like reset their freshness (for you) so you don't need to go hunting for things that have had activity. The poster can immediately see if people are tracking activity on something, and get a feel for other's responses to their entries. And as for other people seeing who has liked what, I've found other interesting people to follow more closely based on their name showing up in the like list. When start seeing someone's name pop up often, it's a way to learn what they are interested in (other than from their own posts, of course).
- senthil_rajasek 18y agomy guess would be "rooms", they badly need it...