The blog world seems to thrive on rhetorical flourishes (like Paul said to mainly to get attention and page views). Using Compete/Quantcast stats as the only m

The blog world seems to thrive on rhetorical flourishes (like Paul said to mainly to get attention and page views). Using Compete/Quantcast stats as the only measure of success of a startup does not seem fair. Friendfeed has fewer users, but I notice that the users active on Friendfeed seem to be a lot more engaged (conversations, likes etc) than a typical Facebook/ Twitter user. I'd rather grow slowly by adding engaged users which is what Friendfeed is doing. They seem to be in for the long haul, which is a refreshing attitude (different from a lot of other companies who are looking to add as many new users as possible quickly and then sell at the first given opportunity). Either way, Twitter and Facebook are not direct competitors to Friendfeed, atleast not right now (Facebook might be some day).