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No, I think its a fair critique. I'm a friendfeed member, but I dont find it all that useful. And yet I do find it well designed, so it isnt a usability issue.

No, I think its a fair critique. I'm a friendfeed member, but I dont find it all that useful. And yet I do find it well designed, so it isnt a usability issue. I use facebook, and I use twitter. For me, these are separate bases of people. I like to send more updates to twitter than I do facebook, and I dont want to link to pictures etc via twitter, etc. In addition, while I use many of the other connection services friendfeed offers, not in any real way that makes sense to connect them together. In the end, I think friendfeed is useful for those who use a large number of the services and want to get it all together -- but trying to explain friendfeed to people who are just starting to use twitter is very difficult, and its going to be a long time before they see any usefulness out of it. Twitter and Facebook do not have this problem, at all.

nreece 18y ago
Well, I don't use FriendFeed either, but looking at their reach/growth (http://www.quantcast.com/friendfeed.com http://www.quantcast.com/friendfeed.com for example), it's fair to say that people are increasingly using it.
Silentio 18y ago
I feel the same way as you do. I am friends with some of the same people I follow on Twitter, and I follow people on Twitter (and am followed) by people whom I am not friends with on Twitter. I fiddled with FF a little and didn't feel the functionality it offered was that useful to me. If I was a part of a large number of services and I didn't want to check them all the time, I suppose I might use FF. Facebook and Twitter, though, are too distinct to be paired the way FF offers, however.
omouse 18y ago
I think the key thing that will help clarify the point of FriendFeed will be the search and filters. It would be nice to see Yelp reviews only from a list of people you trust with them, or to be able to see who recently went to a concert by checking blog titles, twitter statuses, etc.

nreece 18y ago

Well, I don't use FriendFeed either, but looking at their reach/growth (http://www.quantcast.com/friendfeed.com http://www.quantcast.com/friendfeed.com for example), it's fair to say that people are increasingly using it.

Silentio 18y ago

I feel the same way as you do. I am friends with some of the same people I follow on Twitter, and I follow people on Twitter (and am followed) by people whom I am not friends with on Twitter. I fiddled with FF a little and didn't feel the functionality it offered was that useful to me. If I was a part of a large number of services and I didn't want to check them all the time, I suppose I might use FF. Facebook and Twitter, though, are too distinct to be paired the way FF offers, however.

omouse 18y ago

I think the key thing that will help clarify the point of FriendFeed will be the search and filters. It would be nice to see Yelp reviews only from a list of people you trust with them, or to be able to see who recently went to a concert by checking blog titles, twitter statuses, etc.