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Kamilah Gill

To Sean: THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU WHEN YOU JOKE ABOUT GOOGLE WAVE INVITES. What? You thought I was kidding????

September 30 - Comment - Like - Share

Iván Abrego, John (a.k.a. dendroica), Mladen Srdić and 78 other people liked this

YOU GET YOUR ASS ROASTED BY A GIANT ROBOT, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. - Kamilah Gill

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That is awesome Kamilah. The robot is Mo right? - Jimminy

Totally worth it. - s t e v e

Yes, Mo asked to participate in the Ass Roasting. I wasn't really serious about it until Mo asked. Then I had to make it exist. - Kamilah Gill

OH HELL YES. - Haggis (Sean Loyless) from Android

LMAO, Kamilah so awesome, but you missed Sean's half-stache and goatee. Those would have made it even more awesome. - Jimminy

aw, shoot. I checked, but I wasn't sure about the status of his facial hair. - Kamilah Gill

Yes but she included my Kangol hat! Bonus points! - Haggis (Sean Loyless) from Android

This is THE. BEST. THING. ON. THE. INTERNET. EVER. *weeps for joy* - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

I'm tempted to lie about it just to see what I'd look like in one of your illustrations - chrisofspades

That's awesome! - Christopher Harley from iPhone

Excellent! - Katy S

LOL! Get him, Mo! Mo never misses his target! :) - directeur

The 1st pic of Audrey sneezing is so great. And I love "Pew Pew Pew." Great stuff, Kamilah! - Ayşe E.

*dumbstruck by the awesome* - Mo Kargas

Kamilah...I think I love you :) - Mo Kargas

I see the happy sloth! Cool! - Anne Bouey

Excellent! - Kol Tregaskes

So what will Kamilah, Princess Wave, sell her sketchbook for? It should be in the FriendFeed museum. - Louis Gray

Unholy mother of God! That's bad @$$ - Adrian

GOT DAMN, YOU'RE TALENTED! - Spidra Webster

*bump* - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

oh, though sketch is good, ever had an exhibition? - testbeta

I always knew it. The first time I saw Mo Kargas on FF, I knew he could roast asses with his eyes. - Joshua

Thanks, everyone :) I don't know that I can sell the original sketchbook, it's really my personal journal. As I say from time to time, though, my goal is to do some larger drawings and paintings, and eventually I hope to sell those, I just need, like, 48 hours in a day to get everything done... it's going to happen somehow, soon. I have had some of my work exhibited at various times,... more... - Kamilah Gill

Kamilah, you're here! You should subscribe to me. :) - EricaJoy

What happens if I subscribe to you, Erica? Is something in particular happening over on your feed? - Kamilah Gill

Nothing interesting happening on my feed but I bet $100 I could make your day. :) - EricaJoy

Really, now? Alright then, I'll bite... - Kamilah Gill

What is it about giant robots? I dunno. But they are full of win. Case in point: http://tinyurl.com/ydzws8s - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

By the way Kamilah? I want the MoBot on a t-shirt.... Pleeeaaaasssseeee??? - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

Yes, giant robots are made of win. I dunno, Barry... last time I tried to make a t-shirt, people got all excited but no-one bought it (DYSP!). I might just make a design but not bother to try setting up a Spreadshirt (or whichever one it was that I used) for it. I'll have to see. - Kamilah Gill

Can you do pre-oders through paypal? - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

I could do that somehow, I guess. I've taken payments through PayPal before. I wonder what pose the MoBot should be in? Have some source material I could work from? - Kamilah Gill

Kamilah, you are truly Princess Wave! Awesome, totally awesome! - WorldofHiglet

http://ff.im/93prl - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

Kamilah - this very well might be the art post that makes best of day and becomes part of a meta-sketch project. :-) - Katy S

So if Kamilah gets famous for this drawing, does that mean I get paid likeness rights like Jay & Silent Bob in Chasing Amy? :D - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Ya, JUST for this drawing, Sean. :P And Mo. - Kamilah Gill

You could do a whole series! Mo lasering my butt in different locations like France, New York, etc. It could be your Andy Warhol "Soup Cans"! XD - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Robots are hot stuff right now - you should add this to the Spreadshirt marketplace! - spreadshirtcom

*another bump* because I love it so. - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

lol, that's great! - Carmen

this is great. i especially love the sloth! - edythe

Yay! Sneezy. :) - Rochelle

BUMPAGE - Mo Kargas

Russellreno

30 Lb. Loss! - Carmen - http://www.flickr.com/photos...

September 22, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"I have lost 30 lbs. (13.6 kg) and have shrunk 2 pants sizes so far in my weight loss this year. Woohoo! I'm almost at my college size!" - Russellreno from Bookmarklet

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Congrats Russell! You look great ;) Did you change your name too? - Mark Wilson

@Mark no, he just likes the girl ;) - A.T.

CONGRATULATIONS!! that's awesome!! you look GREAT! :) - Susan Beebe

eek... Does Carmen know about this? :\ - Mona Nomura

Silpol, it's pretty hard not to like Carmen! - Mark Wilson

o hai! :) thx for the fave and the post Russell! thanks Susan and Mark ;) Comments and such when I first published the photo: http://friendfeed.com/e... - Carmen

@Mona if Carmen had it put into public view, why on Earth she should bother about knowing? and probably she won't hear anything negative -- after all, she maid such a leap forward! - A.T.

+++++++++Carmen!!! - Anna Haro

GREAT JOB CARMEN! - CW™

congrats and now i think, 'gosh, i could have lost 30lbs since jan.'. instead i converted a lot of my muscle into fat. which was hard, but so not fulfilling. - Admiral Anika

Wow, great job. She even looks a little younger too! - Jeff P. Henderson

Congratulations! You look great! - Anna Lynn M.

congrats! hot! - cjmart

I've been doing plenty of gym work over the last couple of months, i'm fitter than i've been in a while, and i've dropped two trouser sizes - fitness FTW :) - Iain Baker

this is awesome! cute shoes, too :) - Bren, Not Grinchy

Awesome, well done. - Toby Graham

so carmen...umm.,,what are you doing this friday night? maybe you and i can...you know....exchange cooking recipes here on friendfeed or something. - Cee Bee

Congrats!! - Tamara J.

Awesome job Carmen! - Shey, Jamaican of FF

inspirational! - DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE

Cee Bee - If my plan works, I get to meet Carmen and her husband Friday night at the APR art stroll in ATL. - Russellreno

Way to go! - Steve Lowe

thanks so much for the wonderful comments, everyone! I'm getting closer to my goal and it's so exciting! my new lifestyle has made this a wonderful year. so, cee... exchanging recipes... is that what they're calling it these days? ;) delicious. russell - hubby may be in class that night, so it may be just me. I'll ask a friend of mine who is starting photography school if she can make it out too. - Carmen

drats, foiled again! - Cee Bee

don't worry, cee, i can fit two ff'ers in one night. wow, this is getting raunchier by the comment. lmao - Carmen

Fabulous! Well done, Carmen. How did you (and Russell) do it? - Sally Church

Congrats to Carmen and Russell! Now I feel like getting my butt out of my chair. :) - Ayşe E.

Awesome! :) - Shawn Farner

Sally, i explained how I lost the weight in the comments when you click on the link. Thanks everyone! - Carmen

Congratulations! Worth Celebrating! - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

Wow! Great stuff - Charlie Anzman

So Fine! - Valley

Admiral Anika

My family of 4 does not have health insurance because we can't afford it & 2 of us can't get covered: http://faboomama.com/2009... #myPremium

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I had no clue you'd seen so much trouble over healthcare issues. :( - Parth Awasthi from iPod

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i read this and commented. thanks, anika. everyone should read this. - edythe

Great post. I also have no insurance because the premiums are too expensive, and even when I did, the insurance company barely covered anything. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

One of the biggest jokes of my health coverage: I'm allergic to my sweat. The dermatologist gave me a prescription for something...it was about hair follicles. Anyway, I took it to the pharmacy and they told me that my insurance wouldn't cover it because they considered it a vanity product. I could pay the price of the medication which was $95 (per month). The pharmacist and the doctor... more... - Admiral Anika

I read this when you first wrote. It pissed me off then and it pisses me off now. - Derek Coward

Anika, your doctor needs to write a letter on your behalf about the medication *not* for vanity use. Same goes when we treat patients with OCP for something other than birth control. Doc I work for has no problem and even has form letters explaining the medical necessity. Also, check with your local hospital...they have programs for greatly reduced services to 100% free coverage based on your income. - Janet

This is a classic (and infuriating!) example of what is so so wrong with the private health insurance industry! They take your premiums up to the point that you most need the insurance you've been paying for, then when you're most vulnerable and least able to mount a legal challenge, they concoct a flimsy excuse to terminate your coverage. This is typical of related types of insurance... more... - Mark Jepsen

:-( I included a link to Anika's story when I blogged my own story: http://hedwyg.wordpress.com/2009... Tomorrow is the bankruptcy hearing, when I become no longer a homeowner, thanks to health-care costs. - Ladybug Heather

Yeah, and if HCR passes, you are going to be able to get whatever prescription you want; you'll be able to visit whatever doctor and/or specialist you want, and receive whatever treatment it is that you or your Doctor feel you need. This is almost as unreal as that woman who was proclaiming that Obama was going to make her mortgage and car payments once he won the election. - Stephen M. Otto

Stephen, if you can not make statements based on what I've actually written, you can kindly STFU. - Admiral Anika

Hey, Stephen. I don't need to get whatever prescription I want, I will be able to visit my current doctor, and I will follow whatever treatments he prescribes. You know what WON'T HAPPEN? I won't lose my house if #hcr passes. So like Anika, I'll invite you to STFU when you don't have the first fucking clue what you're talking about. - Karoli

Ladybug Heather, your story is both appalling and heartbreaking. I am so sorry you have to hand over the keys to your home. No one should be faced with the choice between their home and their health. - Karoli

Stephen when you realize that social medicine works, then the unreal, becomes the real. - anna sauce

Thank you Karoli, both for backing up Anika (though I know she's MORE than capable of taking care of herself!) and for your support of me. I just wish more of these real stories about real people were getting to those who fight reform. - Ladybug Heather

OMG, Stephen M. Otto is a "consumer advocate." O RLY? Anika and Heather and Karoli, thanks for your eloquence on the subject. It's only the power of our collective truths that can expose the shriveled lies of the least charitable among us. - Ayşe E.

Yes I am a consumer advocate. I believe that a government that bears so much debt that it destroys the currency if its citizens is the worst thing that can happen to consumers. You folks really need to wake up. By the way, I belong to the National Association of Consumer Advocates, and have proudly taken a pledge to refrain from representing ANY interests that are adverse to consumers. Therefore, I can speak boldly on behalf of the consumer without any biases. I am also fomer legal services. - Stephen M. Otto

Charity comes from the heart of the individual. Forcing the productive members of society to pay taxes to a wasteful government is not charitable. - Stephen M. Otto

By the way, the use of curse words, like "stfu", makes for an uncivil and unproductive discussion. This display of poor character is a great example of why our freedoms are in grave danger. - Stephen M. Otto

Stephen, you're right. I shouldn't have used that. However, telling people they can't get whatever they want when we're struggling to get what we *need* is insulting. For a consumer type dude as you say you are, you should be outraged -- OUTRAGED -- that reasonable health insurance is out of reach of people who are homeowners and taxpayers. $21K/yr for health insurance is not scalable.... more... - Karoli

I know way too many people who don't have insurance at all. I also know MORE people who think they have great insurance but don't know what will REALLY happen if, God forbid, they get cancer or Parkinsons or something EXPENSIVE. Bankruptcy is all too common in these cases. - sean808080

Stephen: That is a very nice greeting card--> "Charity comes from the heart of the individual." Except that health care is NOT charity. Everyone deserves to be treated when sick and not to go bankrupt in the process. This is a true consumer advocacy issue. - sean808080

Stephen, this is my thread. I can use whatever words I choose to. When someone comes into *my* thread making rude statements based on things I didn't say, I say they STFU. Uncivil? Don't like it? Leave. I'm not forcing you to comment here. I will not accept someone who doesn't know me making untrue statements about me. - Admiral Anika

Fine. On that note, I apologize. To be honest, I wouldn't have commented 'cept for the fact that I was very worked up about this issue last night, and failed to employ my usual practice of thinking just a little bit before posting. And then when I saw the reaction this AM, with a little too much caffeine in the system, had to respond. Again, I apologize. - Stephen M. Otto from iPhone

Stephen, +10. Classy response. Thank you. - Karoli

Anika, a commenter on your blog said that modern health insurance is run like car insurance, and I have to agree when I hear of accounts like yours and others. The critical difference is, we are taught how to drive and know the rules for keeping our car insurance -- but with health it's a crap shoot, with the same penalties for a low roll. - Phil G

Same thing here 4 in the family - No job - No Insurance - Want to work so bad put out 200 to 500 resumes a day. Still not getting there. Guess there is money out there to kill people but not care for people??? I Dun Know - I would vote for it - Would you??? - ThatDBD

nosotros tampoco tenemos ningún seguro, pero en Argentina los hospitales públicos te atienden...aún así no hay remedios, tenés días de espera, corrés el riesgo de que te diagnostiquen mal...en fín, parece que en todas partes es igual, Ajo y Agua. - Céu de Buarque

Tenemos la misma cosa aquí en Estados Unidos. Así es como me tengo que ir al hospital. Sí, en algunos casos puede ser días antes de que usted está por ver si su situación no es tan grave. Incluso cuando no tenía seguro, he recibido un diagnóstico equivocado. Me gusta el 'Ajo y el Agua' diciendo. Es cómo mantenerse sano. - Admiral Anika

Which is exactly why we must have real reform. This makes no sense at ALL. - Michelle

Where I feel lost and helpless in this health care discussion is that I feel we're not confronting the core issue which is: there just isn't enough fucking money. We simply do not have the resources to give everyone all the care that they want and need and/or feel entitled to. That is the brutal fact of the matter. So we have to decide whether we want *some people* to get care with... more... - Anthony Citrano

I don't think anyone feels 'entitled' to healthcare. I just would like it to be affordable. I know that by paying cash at the doctor, while I get a discount, that just means those with insurance are covering *my* costs. I've had to skip out on tests because I know I couldn't afford them. I've been told that I need surgery several times, but I can not afford it. Not just the surgery though. I can't afford the hospital stay, I can't even afford to take the time off of work. - Admiral Anika

Anthony, I'm going to dispute that contention. Let's think this through carefully. We have insurance companies operating at about a 1/3 profit margin, most of it via Medicare subsidies that they should not be entitled to. We have employers deducting very large sums that they then pay very large insurance companies because if they do not, they will not offer competitive benefit packages.... more... - Karoli

Anthony, how can there be 'not enough money' when the US spends almost double (per capita) what many single-payer countries spend? - Andrew C from Android

Simply removing the tax incentive alone would result in revenue directly and indirectly. Directly, because corporations can remove those liabilities from their balance sheets and distribute additional profits. (Or pay their CEOs even more, I suppose, but either way it's taxable). They could pass along what they were paying as benefits as additional compensation to employees, which then... more... - Karoli

Assuming that some real reform happened in the form of how doctors are paid, how hospitals are compensated, how services are delivered alongside this, you have PLENTY of money. As I've said before, as a 51-year old laid-off worker, I would GLADLY contribute 200-300/month to Medicare until I reached 65 or my income dropped below a certain level in order to have peace of mind with regard to being able to get care when I needed it. - Karoli

Your contention about resources is certainly a real concern, but it's a real concern whether reform happens or not. Resources are an issue, will be an an issue, and should be addressed via higher utilization of Physicians' Assistants and RNPs in the primary care areas alongside Primary care physicians. PC MDs should receive incentives (for now). - Karoli

@Phil, there was a great dkos link shared around ff a week ago (?) recounting the sad story of a woman who got leukemia. First, the insurer slapped her husband's employer with a million dollar annual surcharge (complete with the veiled suggestion to fire the guy), and then things got worse after her COBRA ran out. (Too hard to find the link while I'm on a teensy smartphone.) - Andrew C from Android

@Anika: I totally get that - none of this seems just. I'm saying I don't know what the solution is. My “entitled” comment sprung from reading sean's remark - “everyone deserves to be treated when sick and not to go bankrupt in the process” - and Ladybug's blog where she draws parallels to the preamble of the Declaration. I am not sure if I believe that unlimited health care is a... more... - Anthony Citrano

here's the Kos story http://www.dailykos.com/storyon... - Karoli

@Karoli: $300 a month?!? That is totally inadequate to support the kinds of med-tech, drug-tech, and various other stuff that most Americans seem to feel they have a right to. MRI machines, PET scans, arthrograms and antivirals (to say nothing of medical educations) don't just fall out of the sky. I'm not trying to sound flip, but I don't see how anyone can think that $300 a month is a... more... - Anthony Citrano

Compare the cost of health care to the cost of supporting endless pointless wars. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

@Andrew C: I don't know; is there a nation on the planet you can show me that's doing it in a sustainable way without serious rationing? (Just asking.) - Anthony Citrano

It's not inadequate, Anthony. I pay $550 for me alone (not counting my family) right now. My husband (6yrs older than me) is $700. My two kids make up the balance of the $1750. I am one family among millions. MILLIONS. Add it up, the money is there. I am not saying $300 for the family. I'm saying $300 for me. Canadians pay $1200!/year!!! It is there, it's simply not allocated in an efficient or patient-centric fashion. YOu should read that Kos diary for an idea of how insurance companies operate right now. - Karoli

@Karoli: I know how insurance companies operate and I know many of them are evil and entirely motivated by profit. I am issuing a friendly challenge to you: imagine for a moment a world without the middlemen (government, insurance, whatever) and explain to me how you could make $300 a month per person provide the level of health care to which Americans feel entitled. I simply do not see a way. (Despite my desire to.) - Anthony Citrano

I take Femara as a post-breast cancer drug. I thought I'd take it for 5 years, until age 65; now they say it's better to take it for 10. I pay $30 for 90 pills with my work Rx plan. Full price is $1302. If I retire I will still be on that drug. Looks like I'll have to work until I'm 70. I also take 4 other prescriptions. And I'm lucky: I have a good health plan even if my pay and future pension are miserable. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

Anthony, I don't think Americans really value unfettered access to MRIs, CAT scans etc as much as just proper access, without recissions and (morally outrageous) claim denials. - Andrew C from Android

And seriously, every first world nation makes it work for about $3000 / person / year. That might not make for unlimited MRIs, but tough shit. Rich Americans can pay for those themselves, and everyone else, their current insurance won't pay for it either. (That said, if memory serves, Japan has done a first rate job of increasing access to advanced medical scanning techniques while driving prices down.) - Andrew C from Android

I think the majority of Americans want to be able to be treated when they're sick without worrying that they will lose everything. If I never have an MRI it's fine with me. I don't ever care to be in the hospital either. But watching my son suffer for 5 weeks with ulcerative colitis before finally going to the doctor was more than I could handle. We tried everything to NOT go to the doctor, because we were worried that it would impact our ability to get insurance later. - Karoli

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Mad Dog Palin--The scariest thing about John McCain's running mate isn't how unqualified she is - it's what her candidacy says about America : Rolling Stone - http://www.rollingstone.com/politic...

October 2, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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WOW...This is not just another article digging at palin - it is THE article digging at palin and her 'cultural' significance. - Anna Haro from Bookmarklet

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A <3 - Bren, Not Grinchy

"The great insight of the Palin VP choice is that huge chunks of American voters no longer even demand that their candidates actually have policy positions; they simply consume them as media entertainment, rooting for or against them according to the reflexive prejudices of their demographic, as they would for reality-show contestants or sitcom characters. Hicks root for hicks, moms for moms, born-agains for born-agains." - Anna Haro

The truly disgusting thing about Sarah Palin isn't that she's totally unqualified, or a religious zealot, or married to a secessionist, or unable to educate her own daughter about sex, or a fake conservative who raised taxes and horked up earmark millions every chance she got. No, the most disgusting thing about her is what she says about us: that you can ram us in the ass for eight... more... - Anna Haro

"Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside once in a while, and considering the bad news and what it might mean, and making the occasional tough choice, and soberly taking stock of what your real interests are." - Anna Haro

See, I believe that as a citizen you have the responsibility to pay attention to the people who will represent you and the laws they enact in your name. But with poor reporting and politicians doing so much behind closed doors, there's a dumbing down of American culture that's acceptable. How many people have you talked to who seem to have an opinion they want to spout on politics and in the same breath state proudly, "Politics bores me." or even worse, "All politicians are the same."? - Admiral Anika

"And none of it matters, so long as you remember a few months before Election Day to offer them a two-bit caricature culled from some cutting-room-floor episode of Roseanne as part of your presidential ticket. And if she's a good enough likeness of a loudmouthed Middle American archetype, as Sarah Palin is, John Q. Public will drop his giant-size bag of Doritos in gratitude, wipe the Sizzlin' Picante dust from his lips and rush to the booth to vote for her." - Trish R

And unfortunately, most of it is true (or at least I agree with it). - Trish R

Wow, that's a hell of a picture. After reading the first two paragraphs, all I could think was how badly Matt Taibbi wants to be Hunter S. Thompson. - Carla Thompson

Personally, I like Rolling Stone articles. But a word of caution.. they are always unapologetically extremely left-leaning. - Phil G

hahaha...Carla, I thought the same thing. - Anna Haro

The ironic thing is that the media is the primary cause of all this. Reducing politicians statements to sound bites where a few words from a larger speach can be spun one way or another. Politicians don't have to have grand ideas or positions, they just stick to hot button issues that play well on TV. Couple that with lobbyists and special interest groups to give them butt loads of... more... - Jason Shultz from twhirl

Of course J Phil. It's one perspective, one article, out of MANY. - Anna Haro

I honestly don't know what the terms "left" and "right" mean anymore in American politics. I try to figure out who has the best command of the facts and who is making the most sense. This article makes a great deal of sense. (If I must define myself politically with a label, it would be "progressive libertarian.") - Sean McBride

"Here's what Sarah Palin represents: being a fat fucking pig who pins "Country First" buttons on his man titties and chants "U-S-A! U-S-A!" at the top of his lungs while his kids live off credit cards and Saudis buy up all the mortgages in Kansas." - wow...harsh. - Chris Hollander

Very interesting read, though disturbing. I put my money on McCain/Palin winning the election. - Peter

@Sean McBride... right on. - LogEx

Damn. He really worked up a lather on that one. - Yolanda

hahaha @Yo - Anna Haro

I don't think I'd talk with him too much at a party. ;) - Yolanda

Classic: "After eight years of unprecedented corruption, incompetence, waste and greed, the party of Karl Rove understood that 50 million Americans would not demand solutions to any of these problems so long as they were given a new, new thing to beat their meat over." - Raoul Pop

i agree for the most part - Cee Bee

ps recession - adolfo foronda

Oh wow, a coworker informed me about this article a few days ago!! - Terence

Taibbi *nails it* w/ the consumption of candidates as media entertainment. Infotainment has utterly corrupted news such that they are largely indistinguishable now. A huge disservice to the populace. And, of course, it results in this insane Reality TV show in front of us. - Ayşe E.

wow..such poignant words. The article still resonating even after reading it through. - Alan Le

Why is the entire country not going, "WTF? You can't find a person more qualified in the entire Republican party? REALLY?!?!" Her selection was condescending to our entire citizenry, and everyone seems to be rolling with it. - Robert Fischer

Why aren't more Republican women outraged that the party thinks so little of women that when they feel the need to add a vagina to the ticket, they don't give a damn about whether she's actually qualified? - Trish R

why aren't they more outraged? because they're living vicariously via the pit bull. they see her and say, 'she's just like me'. but prettier and i bet you they aren't willing to admit that. so they over-identify with her and i'm left saying, 'yea, but i wouldn't vote you president of a committee of 2.' - Admiral Anika

Liked only because of the picture, not because I have any interest in US politics. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

"But watching Palin's speech, I had no doubt that I was witnessing a historic, iconic performance. The candidate sauntered to the lectern with the assurance of a sleepwalker — and immediately launched into a symphony of snorting and sneering remarks, taking time out in between the superior invective to present herself as just a humble gal with a beefcake husband and a brood of healthy,... more... - Roberto Bonini

"The rest of Palin's speech was the same dog-whistle crap Republicans have been railing about for decades. Palin's crack about a mayor being "like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities" testified to the Republicans' apparent belief that they can win elections till the end of time running against the Sixties. (They're probably right.)" - Roberto Bonini

dear god, if you exist and hear prayers, please please, let there be some notion of civility return to this country in my lifetime. a man. - Nathan Eckenrode

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"Google Chrome 4 has been released in the buildbot directory and is available for download for Windows, Linux and Max OS. After installing Google Chrome 4.0 from Buildbot’s snapshots, I checked Chromium’s about screen. Build 23181 is tagged as 4.0.202.0. No significant changes have been noticed except the ‘Get Themes’ Option, which is now available under Options -> Personal Stuff. Google Chrome is considered as one of the fastest browser and is gaining the market share quickly. Technical Program Manager Anthony Laforge says- “We’ve officially bumped Chromium to 4.0.x to reflect our code freeze point for 3.0. There is still a bit of work that needs to be done for 3.0 in terms of stability and fixes, and to that end we will be pulling changes into the 195 branch (what will become the stable release). Keep your eyes out for future updates on the beta channel.”" - Dan Smith from Bookmarklet

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When will it officially be released for mac? - Johnny

Don't know if it is just my imagination, but it seems really speedy! - Dan Smith

Anyone tried it? - Kol Tregaskes

Yeah, it seems speedy. I guess they will officially push it to the dev channel soon. - Dan Smith from IM

Dev channel for Mac Chrome (proper, not chromium) is 3.0.198.1 - And also, how does one get the dev channel changer to work in the Win7RC. Mine always says "NO UPDATE CHANNEL - you are not using GoogleUpdate etc etc) Off to look into the buildbot. - guruvan (Rob Nelson) from PeopleBrowsr

No script support that I can see, pass. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

It's blazin. I've moved to Chrome for personal browsing (I can live without Flash) - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

Ahsan, Mona was saying that youtube vids were working for her in Chrome/Mac. I don't know how she did it though. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

OMFG. I just installed this from the buildbot on the mac. It SMOKES. HUGE improvement over Chrome 3.0.198.1. I'm as impressed with the improvement over Chrome3 as I was with the first chrome install on my windows machine (comparing to Firefox3) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

has anyone tried anything higher than this one 4.0.202.0 (23181)? - metalerik

I'm trying out 23573, working nicely and very fast! - Ivan Zuzak

ok, i'll try 23577 from 14:30 today. Ivan, do you see any differences? - metalerik

differences? it seems a lot faster than the old dev build of Chrome. no quirks or instabilities so far. - Ivan Zuzak

Rob - did you figure out how to make Chromium autoupdate? - Ivan Zuzak

Bookmark sync, Get Themes button and import from Google Toolbar is all I see. - Hugh Isaacs II

The bookmark sync thing is not working for me on Chromium (works on Chrome). Anyone managed to get it working on Chromium? - Ivan Zuzak

Ivan, same here. I don't see any option to sync .. I've started chromium with the --enable-sync flag - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

I've got the option (PC version), just added "-enable-sync" to the shortcut. But I'm not using Chromium unless someone knows how to turn on scripts and extensions or knows where they sit on our local computers? - Kol Tregaskes

if you copy-pasted it from a blog Ahsan, you need to remove the space between the two hyphens. I did that and it works for me now -->- http://bit.ly/7Erc7 - vijay

I typed it out :) Still no luck. I'm running: "Chromium 4.0.202.0 (23528)" - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick from IM

I'm running regular chrome (4.0.201.1) so it's probably an issue with the particular build you're running. Next build will set things right. - vijay

What is the difference between Google Chrome and Chromium ? I just installed this Chromium 23181 and it didn't erase the Chrome 3 that I had installed. Now I can run both : the "About" screens are differents (one says Chromium, the other says Google Chrome), but both versions are now 4.0.202.0. I don't understand shit captain. - fwed

Aha: "Since the Chrome dev page is still pushing v 3.0.198.1 for Linux, you won't be able to use sync just yet" - from http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009... - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

Chromium 4 will not auto update AFAIK. I'm running the 4.0.202.0 (202.0) build on the Mac. I haven't looked for a new one yet. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Fwed: Not sure why the two names, but the main difference I've seen so far is javascript speed. Chromium4 is smoking fast. This build is a little crashy on my Mac. Not sure what's causing it, but I'm getting a fair amount of "aw snap" errors. I'm running PeopleBrowsr in it (which is all js) and it runs fine. If I view mostly plain html pages it seems to crash on me. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

i think 3 must be stable for themes and addons now. this can increase the user count. and sony deal is also here - Ahmet Soyata

OpenFF: Evan Prodromou

It would make a lot of sense to use Laconica as a base for this software and build the Friendfeed-like functionality as plugins. I think it could be pretty awesome.

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Hate Laconica. Build from the ground up. - Matthew DeVries

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Laconica has 85% of the needed functionality. Big additional code would be feed-scraping and clustering feeds for accounts. Building from the ground up is a big waste of time and effort. Also, as the Laconica creator and lead dev, I can commit to providing resources to make this project work. - Evan Prodromou

Oh, also: why do you hate Laconica? Good information to have! - Evan Prodromou

It's just Twitter - Matthew DeVries

Evan, how had you imagined building "plugins" for Laconia? Do you simply mean putting the "load" on the client? Indeed, a laconica and or Twitter client could add lots on top of the respective notification services to provide a FriendFeed-like experience. http://a.tinythread.com/ is a good example of this IMO. The threaded comments there look pretty friendfeed-ish imo. - Meryn Stol

Laconica has a server-side plugin architecture already. 3rd-party code can "hook" important events in the main code and enhance or replace the default processing for those events, firing either before or after the events occur. There are hookpoints in the code for UI events (showing the header, showing the sidebar, etc.) database and domain object events (saving a new status, saving a... more... - Evan Prodromou

@Matthew Devries, no, it's not! You need to look a little closer. - Evan Prodromou

Evan, I do not have any experience with Laconica. Does it already support threaded conversations? That would be a start. - Meryn Stol

@Meryn also, you may want to check out our threaded conversation pages like http://identi.ca/convers... . It's hierarchical, not flat like FF's, and it's based off the same @-reply mechanism that Twitter uses. But it could be customized to work more like Jaiku or Friendfeed (where comments are distinct from other notices.) - Evan Prodromou

Show me a threaded conversation with 10,000 characters of text. - Matthew DeVries

SMS as the core of the service? - Matthew DeVries

Laconica as a base need serious consideration, imho. - Micah Wittman

@evan, while I've got you 'on the line', I'd sure appreciate any feedback on my userscript for language translation - I'm close to finishing an adaptation for identi.ca, but at the moment you can test out the twitter port: http://translatorize.com/ Thanks! - http://identi.ca/micah - Micah Wittman

Matthew DeVries, no, SMS is not the core of the service. That would be crack-addled. - Evan Prodromou

Matthew DeVries: w/r/t 10K of text: not sure I understand what you mean. 10K for each notice? 10K total? What point are you trying to make? - Evan Prodromou

Can Laconica make a post like this? - Laconica is an open source microblogging server written in PHP that implements the OpenMicroBlogging standard for interoperation between installations. While offering functionality similar to Twitter, Laconica seeks to provide the potential for open, inter-service and distributed communications between microblogging communities. Enterprises and... more... - Matthew DeVries

Sure seems like there is overlap between laconica and openff goals. Plugins could be a great way to fill any laconica gaps towards a Friendfeed like feature set - Jason Wehmhoener from iPhone

The Twitter ecosystem is showing sure signs of producing equal capabilities as FriendFeed (except for update speed - that's limited by the speed of the Twitter API), so I think that will eventually happen to Laconica too. If not, then I see not much future for Laconia anyway. Social media will not stop at 140 char microblogging. The future for Twitter - if any - is being a hub in something much bigger, something even more advanced than FriendFeed. - Meryn Stol

At the moment, I have big doubts though if even Twitter will survive. Other ways to do push notification (e.g. pubsubhubbub) pose a big threat. I'm talking long-term of course. But that doesn't make either Laconica or Twitter seem attractive for me as a developer to put time in. I'd rather invest in technologies which seem to have a bright future ahead. - Meryn Stol

@Matthew Devries, 0.8.x versions and below limited to 140 chars/notice. 0.9.x and above will support variable-length notices, from 1 to unlimited. We'll use truncation to deal with channels (like Twitter or SMS) that are space-constrained. - Evan Prodromou

Interesting idea, Evan Prodromou. Does Laconi.ca support real time through the web interface? - Vezquex: God of FF

@Raphael yes it does. We support three different real-time update servers: Cometd (using Bayeux), Orbited, and Meteor. We'll probably have a Strophe-based XMPP update at some point in the near future. BTW, that's all implemented with plugins. - Evan Prodromou

@Meryn Laconica supports a distributed protocol, OpenMicroBlogging, for a federated approach. We also have plugins in progress for RSSCloud, PubSubHubBub, XMPP PubSub, and FETHR. - Evan Prodromou

Great info. Thanks for dropping by, Evan! - Kevin L

You may have something here. I'll take a look at the documentation. - Vezquex: God of FF

I think comments as separate from notices is a big difference. Does Laconica do groups or lists? - Kevin L

Evan: What I mean is that anything evolved out of microblogging probably won't matter much for the future of the web and social media. I think the future belongs to completely standardized hubs, using the pubsubhubbub protocol or a protocol yet to be invented. I simply don't think microblogging will survive as a core technology. I think it will prove too limited by its past. - Meryn Stol

yes, Laconica does groups. It also has lists. - Evan Prodromou

Meryn, the "micro" part is a gimmick. Once you lift the character limit, there should be no problem. - Vezquex: God of FF

I don't see much reasons to have laconia hubs when there are "standardized" hubs, willing to route around anything inside an Atom feed. Why register for a particular when people can get push updates from across the web? All a user has to do in the future is produce an atom feed. The hubs will be invisible to the user. They only see their app, a kind of Wordpress or something. - Meryn Stol

BTW This is one of the reasons why I also probably won't be contributing to the OpenFF server clone. I don't think it has much future. I think we can already see the end of the road for centralized services. I still am interested in writing a client which can talk to all different (either centralized or federated) services out there... From a user's standpoint, broad compatibility with existing networks is a big plus. - Meryn Stol

Last I saw the OpenFF was building toward a decentralized setup, sending content not to the server, but to your friends, who connects to their friends, etc. - Matthew DeVries

Matthew, huh? I think the first goal is to build something very much technological the same as FriendFeed. Federation is the next step. But peer to peer is not even on the agenda (at least for the openff project as I know it). And as I said, I don't particularly like that roadmap. It does not really excite me. - Meryn Stol

I kindly invite everyone who want to think on more broad terms about "feed technology" to join http://friendfeed.com/feedtech :) - Meryn Stol

The very first thread I saw about the project, the consensus was to finally just push ahead with federation. If they've drifted from that goal, then yeah. boring. - Matthew DeVries

Laconi.ca is a natural choice to build a project of this type on top of, IMHO. - Earle Martin

Evan, I learned some interesting things about laconica from this thread and will be taking a closer look - Jason Wehmhoener

As this is a community open federated project I suggest to use open source Jaikuengine with pubsubhubbub running on Google Appengine. Reasons: Dealing with scalability(twitter has Big DDOS issues) Google infrastructure is the best, Real time push and pull based on pubsubhubbub (community hub is available). Jaiku threaded conversation is cool.It has Channels too. Regarding Macro (not... more... - Srini Vemula

You don't need to adapt laconica to that when NoseRub is so much close to what Friendfeed is. Actually, there are only a couple of features left in NoseRub to be a friendfeed clone (feature-wise, not presentation-wise). A running service using NoseRub is Identoo.com (Identoo is to NoseRub what identica is to laconica) - Marcos Marado

Marcos, does Noserub have some kind of plugin and/or theme architecture so that changes to Noserub can be made without coordinating those changes with the core Noserub development team? I ask because when I look at indentoo.com it doesn't look/work much like Friendfeed, so it's possible the Noserub team has different goals. However, if Noserub supports plugins and/or themes it's possible that different goals can be supported without any issue. - Jason Wehmhoener

If somebody wants to build plug-ins for Laconi.ca that make it more FriendFeed-like, or join the NoseRub project and add more FriendFeed-like functionality to that system, or just work on other projects that connect FriendFeed proper with Laconi.ca with NoseRub instances, I say more power to them. My impression to date has been that all that's distinct from the OpenFF effort, the intent of which is to build an OSS "clone" of FriendFeed as a new and separate project and code base. - Ken Sheppardson

BTW, I've spun this off into the Feed Tech group as http://friendfeed.com/feedtec... - Ken Sheppardson

AJ Batac to AJ's feed, Funny Pics and Videos

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friday night, corvin, я был в лесу and 105 other people liked this

Brilliant. - abacab

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Tee-hee! - Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕

:D - AJ Batac

WIN - vijay

WIN x 2 :) - 'Like' robot (frɐnc)

ftw! - TheBuzzMachine

i don't get it...you don't like facebook?? how can you hate facebook?? - Ann Okafor

He probably hates it the same way the rest of us do. - Scratch5150

;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-P - Jeff P. Henderson

lame - Burak Gürsoy

its accurate - Scratch5150

ziiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnggggggg - sofarsoShawn

nice! - Me fallit ஐ

I wanna post that on my wallllllllllll - sofarsoShawn

Roberto Bonini

Backing up Friendfeed: Code - http://robertobonini.posterous.com/backing...

August 12 from Roberto's posterous - Comment - Like - Share

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I need to write against API v2 now....... - Roberto Bonini

For that i got WCF REST..... - Roberto Bonini

Ken Sheppardson to Ken's feed, OpenFF

How 'bout an app that will take all the feeds from all the people I subscribe to on FriendFeed and create an OPML file I can import into Google Reader?

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That's actually a really good idea. Hmmm.... - Jason Wehmhoener

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directeur is working on an export routine, but he's piping into SQLite. You might want to check with him. - Jason Huebel

And when I say "feeds", I mean the direct feeds from the services they import into their account, not their composite feed. The idea would be to move the aggregation function out of FriendFeed into Reader. - Ken Sheppardson

That would be a pretty potent app. I wonder if Google's PubSubHubbub wouldn't be a key part of an alternative to the FriendFeed stream in Google Reader itself? I am probably mashing up tools which don't really fit together but I did read that there is a beta version of Google Reader in the wings which takes advantage of tools like PubSubHubbub to collect content in almost realtime. - Paul Jacobson

That would be a great thing for getting content from your friends (sign me up!), but they'd have to use GReader's (currently limited) tools to continue the conversation there. - LogEx

Or we'd have to revert to the "old" model where we actually had conversations on the site where the content was originally posted. - Ken Sheppardson

I like that one. :) - Brett Slatkin

people need to publish their own OPML feeds that we can all subscribe to. That way if they add a new service it will get updated automatically. Then with an open comment protocol and we have a lot more distributed system. - John Cooper from fftogo

I already did import FF to Google Reader. http://friendfeed.opml.org/ via http://friendfeed.com/clonefe... - Willem (@wim66) ☠

I'd also like a WXL file of my activity that I could import into a Wordpress P2 installation. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Rizzn = genius :) - Roberto Bonini from iPhone

Mark beat me to it. I'd really enjoy such an option. - abacab

@Roberto: Not something I'm accused of often, but I appreciate it. :-p - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

#cfwiki - Jason Huebel

Wait, what's WXL? - Jason Wehmhoener

Franklin Pettit

The Rise and Fall of FriendFeed - http://www.fpettit.com/2009...

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I don't think FriendFeed has a user base of 45 million. Thats roughly twitter's user base. - DGentry

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Ok. That number was not solid. I pulled that from another source. I should have linked it and stated that the number was not verified. - Franklin Pettit from email

It is estimated that FriendFeed's user base is between 170,000 and 200,000. - Louis Gray

I'd wager no more than 200K "registered users", and no more than 15K "active users". The most popular users have no higher than 50K followers, and considering the similarity of user profiles (Scoble, Leo, Mashable, Kevin Rose, etc) it's likely that they shared many (most) users. This is substantiated by casual browsing the most popular and most active users subscriber base. I could be wrong, but I see no evidence to point to higher numbers than that... - Jeremy Toeman

366,112 users being tracked via FFHolic.com - AJ Batac

ouch, so much for my math! - Jeremy Toeman

Baard @ Pixum

Historical day today. My father is 79 years old, and sent his first email to me today :) The future has arrived!

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:) - Derrick

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And Norway beat Scotland 4-0! - Eivind

awesome! - Anna Lynn M.

You wait til he gets his first jetpack :-) - Slippy "WildBeard" Lane

:-D - Anna Haro

He lives 3.000 km away from me, so this is important for me :) - Baard @ Pixum

Congratulations! I really envy you, Baard. I tried to teach my parents the basics of computers last winter (on given them by me laptop!) for 10 days - no success :( They still prefer paying for the phone calls... And they are just 75, 74... - Hanna Wiszniewska

Mark Trapp to Mark's feed, FriendFeed API

How do we get a full feed of our posts via the API? (RE: http://friendfeed.com/dewitt...)

August 11 - Comment - Like - Share

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To summarize, people are asking for a way to get their data out of FriendFeed, and the solution seems to be to use the API. However, when using http://friendfeed-api.com/v2... you can only get a subset of that data using the num parameter. Benjamin Golub said the limit should be 20,000, but at least using this feed, it's closer to 100 (or about a few days for my feed). - Mark Trapp

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Hiroshi Nakamura says to use paging, using the start parameter. That's what I'm trying to avoid: for a non-developer, to try and get an entire corpus of FriendFeed activity only 100 entries at a time is non-trivial. If we could get a far larger set (or everything) in one request, it'd be easy for regular Joes to utilize the API to export their data without relying on a developer to help them. - Mark Trapp

It could be I'm just using the API incorrectly or misunderstanding the FriendFeed team, though. Is there a way to get more posts per request? If so, how? - Mark Trapp

Thanks Mark. It must be helpful to all. As you stated above there's no way to get all entries in a chunk as far as I know. Number 20000 Benjamin said is about a start index I think. I'm afraid I cannot help. - NaHi from f2p

Attempting to get everything in one request might be bad for the servers. I got a year's worth of stuff in my feed, and thousands of people with feeds my size or bigger might attempt this. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

I don't doubt it'd be intensive: I just want to make sure that this is the only way, given the comments from Paul and others that have been made about using the API to export data. Non-developers are looking for a way to export their data, and it doesn't look like they can use the API to do that on their own. - Mark Trapp

Also, this is hardly an actual dump of your data. What about the pictures and the files you uploaded? - alieb

Agreed to all. I'll create export tool on FF API when the last day really comes. The tool should dump RSSs with referencing data. - NaHi from f2p

Hiroshi: I'm confused. Shouldn't the tool dump HTML? - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

RSS is better at capturing differential changes to a feed, I would think. I was working on a tool that dumped a full JSON or XML feed: it'd be relatively easy to transform between structured formats, regardless. Good call on the files and images, alieb: I didn't even think of those. A full export tool would have to go into each entry and download all the file references. That seems like a real hassle. - Mark Trapp

Mark: http://friendfeed-api.com/v2... for example is different from http://friendfeed-api.com/v2.... It should continue paging until 20000 (more than most users have actual entries) - Benjamin Golub

I think I'll need RSSs + jpg, png, mp3 and pdfs for importing those to other services. - NaHi from f2p

I actually tried with Ben's 20000 limit and I'm getting only 100 entries. As for the files and the pictures, I guess that one could write a script to parse the json and wget all these files, but phew! That's a LOT. - directeur

Benjamin: thanks for clarifying, that's what I thought. Using the start parameter, you can go back really far, but I think people were hoping for a way to get their entire feed in one go without development. I'm not the most active, but it would take several dozen requests to piece together my entire feed for the past year and a half. - Mark Trapp

would definitely nice to get all there.. - Nia from fftogo

Any luck??? - Roberto Bonini

Anthony Citrano

Everyone's whining about FaceFeed. But, the best time to sell a company is when you're the hot up-and-comer. Facebook made a smart (buzz & talent) buy, and FriendFeed probably made a smart business decision. But most people are not pissed that it was sold, but to whom. The crux of it is: most FFers don't like Facebook.

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Let's clarify, a lot of FFers don't like FB for some *very specific* reasons: it's slow, it's clunky, the UI is horrible, the apps are nightmares to deal with, the privacy settings are a crock and more convoluted than my house's mortgages documents, plus the ever questionable use of your copyrighted materials in their ads. But other than all those things, FB is great =/ - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

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for my self I think that they miss the opportunity to get a better deal :) that all:) - abdellah

You hit the nail on the head. Hopefully what we see of this mashup is something more like FriendFace and less like FaceFeed. - Rob McNair-Huff

I will add to Tina's list by mentioning, once again, that Facebook censors content. No thanks. - jcunwired

LMAO @ Tina :D that comment is win. - vijay

Preach it Tina! - Alex Scrivener

I always forget that one jcunwired, mainly because I don't actually participate on FB. I don't participate there because it's ugly as homemade sin and slower than running in a stream of molasses. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

I can't argue with anything you said! - Jeff P. Henderson

BTW: I am one of the whiners. I don't like Facebook either. I, too, want to take my marbles and go home. But I'm also saying: if I were FriendFeed, I probably would have done this deal. And if I were Facebook, I *surely* would have done this deal. We have to see all sides. - Anthony Citrano

Well, I guess out best hope is the FriendFeedization of Facebook, versus the Facebookification of FriendFeed. - phil baumann

I am on FriendFeed because I don't like Facebook (or Twitter). If I wanted to be active on Facebook, I'd already be active on Facebook... But I'm not... I prefer FriendFeed... and the idea of being "forced" to use Facebook instead makes me sick. I will just quit if that's the only option. :( - Lindsay

I think we do, Anthony. At least, most of us do. I'm proud and happy for the FF staff for the sale, I just dislike where the check came from. And I kinda wish the announcement had been handled differently, but that's a whole 'nother can of worms. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

But Lindsay, was it that you never expected the company to be sold or you expected them to stay independent forever and try to find a profit model (about which I can almost hear the alternate-reality whining.) This word "betrayal" is being thrown around. I'm wondering what you betrayees would have had them do (or what your expectations were.) - Anthony Citrano

I saw FriendFeed as becoming it's own platform... it was well on it's way and had lots of potential for growth and expansion. There are innovations in its search, many people had already expressed interest in paying for "Pro features" if they were offered, and they had already received enough funding to keep them afloat for several years... I know the money was too tempting, and I don't... more... - Lindsay

I have a preconception that it's hard to find new people on Facebook - after all, it was built for old people, as in: relatives, old school chums et al. My daughter pointed out that if you spend time on Group and fan pages, you can have FF-like discussions and meet new people that way, although I really like hovering over people to get a sense of who they are while i'm reading their... more... - MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF

I hear you Lindsay and am off to read your article now. I share your assessment that it could probably have done reasonably well within that model. Although it (the product or the codebase) never would have seen mass acceptance, I don't think. - Anthony Citrano

what Lindsay said - vijay from email

FriendFeedization of Facebook will probably help. It needs some work, though! - Tim Tyler

@Tina and jcunwired: Just to clarify, Facebook censors *some* content. Evidently breastfeeding mothers are *bad, bad, bad*, but Holocaust deniers are A-OK. As for me, I'm taking a wait-and-see approach for now. I'm not happy about the merge, but done is done. - vicster

@jcunwired: I don't use FB so I can't comment of their censoring of content over and above what's already publicly known. But current FF is not without censorship either, and of almost worse –self-administered– kind. Giving every Tim, Jane and Harry ability to delete and block access to others' comments in their threads inevitably leads to abuse. At least moderators of large fora (or... more... - ianf ⌘

So delighted to see so many saying FB is slow and clunky! I see so many "social media mavens" raving about it & how useful it is. It takes me forever to do 2 things on there! Useful? I am always left with a sense of tremendous time wasted. No useful... Who knows what the merger will bring? A whole new yet to exist option might show up. Zuckerberg wants to grow FB to really be the... more... - Amy Flynn

Amy, that's because anybody calling herself (or allowing to be called) "a social media maven," expert, or, worse, "a pundit," by definition isn't. It's like wearing a badge of a "Wannabe Professional." - ianf ⌘

Along with what Tina mentioned, FB is where I have to hangout (work) and FF is my neighborhood pub. - Robert Miller

for me, FriendFeed is all about data and content, and FB is all about people. I don't foresee FB changing its model at this point, so I see the end of FF as the most likely result. - tim

@tim: sadly I agree with you. I'm still trying to get my head around what a "good" integration/merge will look like. - Anthony Citrano

Louis Gray

My Thoughts on the Current State of FriendFeed - http://lifestreamblog.com/my-thou...

August 12 from Google Reader - Comment - Like - Share

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April Russo (app103)

Coding Horror: Are You a Digital Sharecropper? - http://www.codinghorror.com/blog...

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"MySpace, Facebook, and many other businesses have realized that they can give away the tools of production but maintain ownership over the resulting products. One of the fundamental economic characteristics of Web 2.0 is the distribution of production into the hands of the many and the concentration of the economic rewards into the hands of the few. It's a sharecropping system, but the sharecroppers are generally happy because their interest lies in self-expression or socializing, not in making money, and, besides, the economic value of each of their individual contributions is trivial." - April Russo (app103) from Bookmarklet

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"This is a topic that I've spent a great deal of time thinking about, because we happen to run a site chock full of user generated questions and answers. The last thing I want to do is exploit Stack Overflow users for corporate gain, even accidentally. That's horrible. So if you spend a lot of time creating content on someone else's website -- whether it's Stack Overflow, or anywhere... more... - April Russo (app103)

He talks a lot about Wikipedia but I can't help but wonder if this article was really inspired by recent friendfeed events. - April Russo (app103)

Lots of food for thought here. Thanks, for sharing your thoughts and this post. - Eric Logan

It might have been inspired by FF + FB, but it is also a topic he talks about a lot. stackoverflow is another user-contributed content site, he has to stay out in front of ownership issues. - DGentry

I began to have some funny feelings when I happened to look up one day and noticed that my google toolbar was showing that both my friendfeed and twitter profiles were a PR5. I started to wonder if investing so much into someone else's website that I couldn't monetize like I could with my own website was truly beneficial to me. I mean exactly how much is a PR5 profile full of nofollow... more... - April Russo (app103)

Tsali, The Native of FF

What happens when friendfeed and facebook hook up? Friendfeed becomes websensed/blocked at work.

August 12 from IM - Comment - Like - Share

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NEW GROUP!!! "FriendFeed Petition" http://friendfeed.com/friendf... What's gonna happen to our community, data and favorite features now that Facebook has acquired FriendFeed? Sign this petition to get FriendFeed management to speak up, NOW!

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http://friendfeed.com/friendf... Sign it, party people!!! Subscribe to the group, leave your own INDIVIDUAL post about why this has upset you and why you want answers NOW! - Brad Williamson

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Signed. But will it be delivered? - jcunwired

signed. - Dusty Edenfield

signed.. data and friends?? - Gtp19

signed - Pedram

signed - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

No. Sorry. Oddly enough, I'm pretty sure that FF is perfectly aware of the issues already, given the 18,000 posts from FriendFeed users which basically say the same thing. Anything they can say has already been said. - Ian Betteridge

signed. What will happen with all of the pushing / pulling of the multiple other social networks and sites that friendfeed currently supports? - Vinny

Plus, not a chance in the world that I would sign this as you've spammed it to many completely irrelevant groups. - Ian Betteridge

@Ian Yup, I did. It needed to happen. - Brad Williamson

My question will not get an answer but signed anyway - M F

Well, sorry Brad, but I block spammers. Just because you think it's important enough to spam every group you can think of doesn't mean you're right. It's a completely selfish attitude, and I resent it. Sorry, but bye. - Ian Betteridge

money talks and bs walks. - Bill Kinney

Signed - JSLeFanu

^^^ too true, only the social community here is no bs. - jcunwired

Ian. you're funny. - Brad Williamson from BuddyFeed

signed - Manantsoa

Right now, I have this song on repeat... http://friendfeed.com/friendf... - Brad Williamson

Maybe I'm just not very informed.. but what's the validity of a petition? As in, does a certain number of signatures entitle the people to their view? Or is it just sorta saying "Yea, we all agree.. see?" and hoping people listen? - Angelo Rodrigues

It's just a stupid reason to start a new group ;-) Nah... It's really a place where we can all gather in common agreement about something that really sucks hard. And maybe it'll get the FF management to stop partying for a minute and tend to the people who really want some answers. - Brad Williamson

Do Friendfeed users stand at risk of losing all the bookmarks, notes and other data they have collected and stored on Friendfeed over a year and longer? - Sean McBride

I'd imagine so. - Brad Williamson

Losing all of one's Friendfeed data would be disturbing. Facebook and Friendfeed should issue an official statement on this question as soon as possible. - Sean McBride

I don't know how useful it will be, but I am here too - Flavio

Included in that data is our subscribers and friends we might lose. If there's one thing that carries over, our network of connections absolutely must remain. - Brad Williamson

"We absolutely wouldn't shut (FriendFeed) down." - Quote from FriendFeed management member on zdnet.com blog http://friendfeed.com/media-n... - Brad Williamson

wouldn't is not won't, and they always speak about the short term. what'll be in the long term? - Flavio

New Friendfeed group: Facebook/Friendfeed News https://friendfeed.com/faceboo... - Sean McBride

viva la resistance!! - Onur Gündüz

Signed. - Steven Perez

They'll speak up in time, give them a chance. ;-) Paul has said he'll post more soon - I think they all deserve some sleep. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

davidangel - David Angel from twhirl

VancouveRealtor - David Angel from twhirl

still not sure about all this but that picture is amazing! - james gray king

Speaking of FF feedback, this ridiculous cross-post should be exhibit #1 about why we need to be able to hide individual posts when browsing groups/rooms. - Andrew C

Thanks for the bump, Andrew ;-) - Brad Williamson

+1 Ian. We don't need no user drama... - Bill Sodeman

signed. - Valley

+1 to Brad. I like large crossposting. Brad is announcing possible new groups you can visit. It is good. Nobody is forced to go there. As to petition issue, Im sure FF team already reads it and is aware. http://friendfeed.com/petrnews - Petr Buben

See Paul's statement here: http://ff.im/6qQYJ - and have some patience, friends. - Bill Sodeman

And here is the response I left to Paul's statement... There are a few promises and guarantees that you SHOULD be able to provide. Like, that our network of friends will remain intact and that the features that make this site great will remain. If you can't make those promises, then you shouldn't have done the deal. I sure do hope that the real-time search engine wasn't the centerpiece... more... - Brad Williamson

Such a horrifying picture... Why am I getting Service Unavailable on this?? - Kamilah Gill

I may have missed it but who drew that picture? - Benjamin Taylor

Keep this the hell out of the twitter room, thanks. Not commenting in any way on the cause, just your spammy blasting of it around. - Brad McCrorey

Ha! Don't you know that "Brad's" aren't supposed to hate on other "Brad's?" - Brad Williamson

Not hating on you, just your methods. I'm not an Apple Room admin, but I'd delete it out of here too if I were. - Brad McCrorey

Turning yourself into a spammer isn't going to help your cause, or any other. Quite the opposite. - Brad McCrorey

Brad McCrorey++ - Andrew C

Thanks Andrew :) - Brad McCrorey

Signed, not that I'm particularly worried about what they'll do, but to show solidarity. - Ron Bailey

also what happens to our stuff which we have posted on here if the close the site? - Chris Bellinger

I think what we all need is a statement from 'someone' at FF or FB to give a commitment as to (if or when) they plan to pull the plug. - Jim Connolly

I'm in. Thank you. - Niki Costantini

sign all the petitions you want it will not change a mulit-million dollar deal no matter how many you get. Don't get me wrong but these guys are living the American dream. It sucks to us because we all loved the idea of a community of like minded people, but at the end of the day no one owned this site but the owners. We may bitch but get real, there decision is signed. Move forward and... more... - Lokei Atikus™®

nice graphic! - Mike Chelen

signed. but i don't think this petition or any others (including facebook pages/causes) that crop up in the ensuing days are going to make an iota of difference to what has already happened. - Vijay

vijay: I agree but we can only try - outofmyarse

My guess is that FB will keep FF the way it is due to the fact that FB and FF operate in completely different realms...with FB adopting some of the FF technology to enhance the FB realm. That said, what FB now needs to make very clear is a commitment to keep FF the way it is. Although probably unintended, the acquisition announcement is having a chilling effect upon third party FF developers, most notably Seesmic, due to the uncertainty of the whole thing. - Stephen M. Otto

Per this there are no immediate FF changes but no guarantees http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL... - Carey Lumeng

Pros on the "Facefeed": actually may keep friend feed alive. Anyone know how they make money. May improve Facebook integration (<1% of my facebook friends are on friendfeed...no I don't live under a rock...just in the MIdwest). May actually improve FF function. I found a learning curve that I had to get over to make it effective. Took me 2-3 goes at trying to commit to the platform.... more... - Carey Lumeng

My biggest concern is that the deal was established in an effort to not bring our community sharing features over to Facebook, but to simply give them access to FriendFeed's real-time search engine. - Brad Williamson

Can't you simply import your Friendfeeds data via RSS? Just a thought... - darnell from BuddyFeed

We now have a hundred Likes on this entry and 94 subscribers to the FriendFeed Petition group http://friendfeed.com/friendf... . I think if we break the 150 mark on each of these, FriendFeed will DEFINITELY void Facebook's acquisition of them. Yup, I couldn't be more confident that that's what will happen. Done deal, dudes... done deal ;-) - Brad Williamson

Yes... Santa Claus, Batman and Spider-Man will tear up the deal documents themselves! ;) - Bill Sodeman

Mark Trapp

Because it was needed: FriendFeed gets the Downfall treatment. - http://www.youtube.com/watch...

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Hitler, holed up in his bunker, just found out about FriendFeed's acquisition by Facebook. He's not very happy about it. (Thanks to Matt Mastracci for the idea!) - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

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Wonderful! Great work!! - Peter

awesome job... - Gus

Thanks, guys. I couldn't have done it without feeling, at a base level, what's lampooned in the video. :-P - Mark Trapp

I could see that coming... - Dobromir Hadzhiev

"we still got Plurk" *COL* great stuff Mark - Dobromir Hadzhiev

BRILLIANT. - abacab

It's hilarious because right at the end when the text is about him going back to Twitter, he's actually talking about putting a bullet in his head. - abacab

Oh man, that was entirely unintentional, too. I don't think I've ever seen the original subtitles. - Mark Trapp

Haven't laughed this hard in a looooong time. - Ginger Makela Riker

epic mark "i even remember what it was like before scoble got here" - me too, good times :) - mike "glemak" dunn

That was better than I could have imagined. - Matt Mastracci

OMG I laughed so hard I cried. Well done sir! - Mark Krynsky

Well done. and all this time I figured you had no idea who the FFundercats were. Well done! I made all the parallels easily. - Josh Haley from iPhone

"That is bullshit. I've been a member since the site went public!" - Hilarious! :D - Meryn Stol

"Don't worry, we still have Plurk." - too funny. - Meryn Stol

That is f'ing fabulous. Thanks for making me laugh instead of cry. - Larry Hawes

Too funny! I did wonder if I was going to cry but I managed to make it to the end without losing it. Too bad I can't share this with anyone IRL. - Daniel J. Pritchett

funny and sad at the same time. only peeps who have been here for the last 2+ years can totally relate. :( - AJ Batac

WHY DOES THAT FAT KID KEEP SHOWING UP IN MY FEED?!#~ - Akiva Moskovitz

What's so funny is I've seen this hitler remix so many times, but I've never seen the real movie it's based on, it will be interesting to see how I'll perceive it. - Ray Cromwell

the real movie is good - mike "glemak" dunn

I just saw this on TechCrunch, neat. My favorite comment: "not original - stolen from this: http://www.youtube.com/watch... this was posted a few months back after the Blue Bulls won the S14 Rugby championship (Southern hemispheres champions league (soccer equivalent) rugby" http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - Daniel J. Pritchett

Thanks for putting that together--that was really cool. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Daniel: the TechCrunch comments are great; a community of Buzz Killingtons. Everyone's a historian! - Mark Trapp

Great work Mark! So many great references. - Mike Doeff

that was awesome. FFundercats MOW hilarious - Alfredo

Mark, this is great... Unfortunately after seeing this I am beginning to feel a bit bummed - Bindu Reddy

Very funny! I think I got most of it, but *alas* I don't know who/what the "Fat Kid" deal was. I must've missed that phase of FF. - Mark Jepsen

Mark: consider yourself lucky. If you really want to know, it's this: http://friendfeed.com/akiva... People have been bumping it for months. - Mark Trapp

Oh...THAT fat kid. Yes, I'm sorry I asked! - Mark Jepsen

I had to go immediately to the pic of Phoebe Cates... I just had to! http://friendfeed.com/mvanden... - Mark Jepsen

Mark has actually found the silver lining: NONE of us will ever have to see that fat kid again. ;) - John Craft

AWESOME! Truly awesome. - Alex Scoble

That's what you think, John. Sean Haggis has already posted it to Facebook. - Akiva Moskovitz

well done, sir - Caroline

I love this so much- great job - anna sauce

Really well written, and the timing is great. - anna sauce

This is awesome! Very well written. :-D - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

Mark, you did this? Very creative and funny. - Myrna

..especially the plurk comment but only people who used plurk and left would get that one. - Myrna

Myrna: yes I did. Thanks guys for all the great comments: had no idea this would blow up this big. - Mark Trapp

Almost 16k views already! Nice! :) - Michael McKean

Clearly an ironic MOW on your behalf. - Pete Delucchi

Classic! - Jeff P. Henderson

Really well done. Good work. - Jordan Brock

I'll wait for the Techno Viking remix. - Andrew Leyden

Thank you for expressing our global angst. - Robert Miller

Mark let me also say that this is the best thing I've seen in ages. Very well done! - Andre P. Siregar

Great work Mark - Mitch

Never thought I'd say this, but... I agree with Hitler. Well done. - Thursday Lo :)

like like like like like - anna sauce

I just realized that you were the assembler of this video. VERY good! - John E. Bredehoft

Paul Buchheit

Obviously I can't provide a lot of detailed plans and guarantees, but I can tell you that I'll do my personal best to ensure that the FriendFeed users and community are treated right. I love this product too, and don't want to see it disappear.

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That's great to read! - Diego Barros 

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Thank you, Paul. - joey

:) - Internet's Tad

I hope so. - Mathew™ one of a kind

Good of you to recognize. - Bill Kinney

Thank you, Paul. Hearing something is always better than hearing nothing =) - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

I think this was a smart move fore FF and FB - Joe Hall

What about the service? - Amit Morson

Ok - Matthew DeVries

That's a start. Thanks for reaching out. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Thanks Paul. - sean percival

Thanks Paul - Mike Doeff

We don't want it to go either. - Yolanda

I would not expect any less from such a cool guy like you, thanks! :) - Susan Beebe from iPhone

Please keep it going for as long as you can or until you can make Facebook actually work. - AJ Kohn

That's heartening, Paul. Thanks. - Admiral Anika

Thanks Paul! - Darren Heydon

We love you guys and FriendFeed.. we are just a little hurt and worried.. just please give us details as soon as possible. - Tim Hoeck

FriendFeed lets me use people as filters to turn data into information. Facebook doesn't. Until it does, please, Please, PLEASE keep FriendFeed as a destination alive. - AJ Kohn

congrats guys! facebook needs what you got! - Lorna Herf

I'm sorry that I haven't said more about this. As you can imagine, it has been an extraordinarily busy day (and I've barely slept in the past week). - Paul Buchheit

I'll add my plea to the chorus: Please don't take FriendFeed away from us. And don't make us go to Facebook (because we won't). FriendFeed means a lot to a lot of people and the thought that it will dry up and blow away shortly is very disturbing. - Lindsay

It's still great to hear from you Paul. Congrats on that new swimming pool full of cash. :D - Internet's Tad

Simply glad you're here now. You've always been a very responsive and transparent team. As much as I cringe at the thought of FF going away, I *am* happy for you and the team. - AJ Kohn

Thanks Paul. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

Thank you kind sir. - Andrew Smith

I request you make it to the next scheduled FFundercats podcast to talk to the community. This announcement deserves a live appearance to the community. - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

Have been dealing unsucessfully with Twitter for two days, trying to get logged in...Their password reset page says"Snap we can't find you." I keep writing to Tech Support at Twitter and get their helpful auto-generated Twitter Trouble shooting email. My problem is not there. =( Hope FriendFeed does not get that blaise about helping users. @EV - SashaKane

If FB can't keep the service running, would you consider open-sourcing the thing, so we can? - Christopher Galtenberg from iPhone

Hi Paul, thanks for the assurances. In the future, I would highly suggest that you make this sort of statement shortly after the initial merger release. Thanks again. - Alex Scoble

Thanks for keeping the passion! - Shane

Nice to hear Paul. Thanks. - Mark Krynsky

I would like to give you a hug right now Paul. However, that would be awkward and April might beat me up so I will just say thank you and press the like button. - EricaJoy

Best news I have heard today. - Angus Burton

Thank you for affirming that. Much appreciated. - Karoli

A few more points that would be nice to have addressed soon. Ability to export data, tool to import friends to Facebook, and will ff.im urls continue to function? - Mark Krynsky

Amelioration?? - heretic_twit

Those that like friendfeed as is should be most pleased with this statement, as it probably means maintenance to keep the current system as is, without as much attention to new features. It's also good news for all those who like both friendfeed and facebook, as facebook will likely adopt the better features from friendfeed - Ivan Kirigin

That means an awful lot to me. - James (!?)

This has been quite a day! Can't wait to hear what is next! - Robert Scoble from iPhone

Thank you, Paul. Thank you for coming out from behind the curtain and finally giving us some communication, some semblance of hope. - Akiva Moskovitz

Thanks, Paul. - Glen Mistletoe

So we can expect a Facebook adaption of this? I like this technology over everyone else! - Shaggy Jenkins

Eric, my schedule is still a little uncertain at the moment, but I'd be glad to appear on a future FFundercats. - Paul Buchheit

That would be a good thing Paul. Thanks. - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

Cool :) - Susan Beebe from iPhone

I like this. - ashish from iPhone

Thanks for making FriendFeed what it is, and lets hope it stays that way, though there's slim chance of that - Aaman (Clone of FF)

Now that I think about it: are you kidding me? They've already stated that FriendFeed's going to be absorbed into Facebook. What kind of sleight-of-hand are you trying to pull now, Paul? - Akiva Moskovitz

@EricaJoy: I have nothing against hugs. :) - April Buchheit

Thanks! - Vincenzo Piromalli

Thanks, Paul. I've been getting more and more depressed thinking about the bad ways this could go. The reassurances help a bit, at least. In fact, just hearing you speak on the point is encouraging - the open lines of communication between the FriendFeed team and its users has always been one of the great things about FriendFeed that I'm afraid will be lost with the Facebook buyout. And yes, a FFundercats appearance would be a great idea. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

I don't want to read too much into this reassurance but the "personal best" remark made me think like there is not a united FF anymore and that it's up to your personal efforts to prevent it from being eaten by FB :) - Turker Keskinpala

you can sell the tech but the community can not be bought sold transferred or merged - Robert Higgins from f2p

Turker, I do believe that this deal was the right decision -- I'll write a bit more about that when I get a chance. I say that I'll do my "personal best" because I will -- it would be misleading to make promises on other's behalf :) - Paul Buchheit

Hoping so... practicing patience - Majento

Paul: I'm hopeful that this will be the best for both Facebook and Friendfeed. What you and the staff at FF have done is amazing, with only 12 people! I love the service here. I also enjoy Facebook (one I ignore all quizzes and stupid apps), but in a different way. Hoping some coolness can be brought to both. Good luck to you and your team! - Travis B. Hartwell

this echoes star wars galaxies, incredible unique community. but they upgraded it to be like world of warcraft. this is a replay of the devs soothing messages. the forums were livid the community evaporated. - Robert Higgins from f2p

When socialmedian was acquired by Xing they left it alone. I hope the same happens here. I'm sure you will do your best though! - Michael Fidler

http://friendfeed.com/akiva... - Akiva Moskovitz

On behalf of the Dutch citizens our Queen wants to let you know: Thx Paul. - Ton Zijp

Don't know what to say, so lets start with big congrats! from one hand, as an early member of Friendfeed I think we've created here a very cool, collaborative and tech-savvy/passionate community of great people that all probably wish to stick around as much as possible. From the other hand, I know how corporates work and it takes one small decision of share holders to close Friendfeed... more... - Nir Ben Yona

My first reaction is disappointment. I don't believe big corporations do better than small ones. Facebook is inferior to FriendFeed, although it's user base is much larger. Clearly FriendFeed won't survive in the long term, unless it is open sourced. Why not open up and embrace the wonders of the GPL instead of joining forces with the Walled Garden no #1? Facebook don't even operate with permalinks,. - Morten Blaabjerg

Thanks for the explanation Paul. Of course, I congratulate you guys. I think anyone would do the same thing if they were in your shoes :) - Turker Keskinpala

Very bittersweet clicking [Like] on this one. - Nicholas Kreidberg

A big congrats for you guys.. However, I feel kind of sorrow :) - Ozkan Altuner

good to hear - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Thank you - but I would very much like our content to stay intact. :) - Mona Nomura

Of course it is, Ryo. - Christopher A Carr

Ryo: if you delete your account everything goes away. I totally disagree with you about Facebook, but that's OK. - Robert Scoble

Good to hear. Unfortunately I think Facebook are going to download the brains of all FriendFeed staff then kill FF. - Michael McGimpsey

but Paul it is going to disappear - Facebook bought FF not for the site but for you guys. So obviously once its integrated into Facebook, development on FF will stop - Anthony Feint

If FriendFeed and all of it's functionality get integrated into Facebook I'm all for it. - Hugh Isaacs II

Thank you Paul! Congrats on the deal! - Garin Kilpatrick

Paul - that's great news. It surely can't cost a lot to keep this place running and it's a good place to try out ideas before they move to FB. - Martin Bryant

what about improving the product and making sure it gets more users, not only supports those who stay? - Ihar Mahaniok

Ihar - unlikely. Facebook bought FF for the developer talent, not for FriendFeed itself. - Martin Bryant from iPhone

Why should we believe this? I'm not going to hold my breath. - Mark Wilson

Martin - I also think so, and it is most likely. But I could still have a hope - Ihar Mahaniok

Paul, please - underpromise & overdeliver...they say it works. - A.T.

Nice to hear. Too bad you don't call the shots anymore. - jcunwired

FriendFeed is Dead! Long Live FriendFeed! (nice name for Facebook skunkworks) I'm sure everyone would love to see FriendFeed itself stay around, even if the innovations that happen are geared towards implementation at Facebook. Thanks for this note Paul! :) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

There are a few promises and guarantees that you SHOULD be able to provide. Like, that our network of friends will remain intact and that the features that make this site great will remain. If you can't make those promises, then you shouldn't have done the deal. I sure do hope that the real-time search engine wasn't the centerpiece of this deal (it probably was), because that certainly... more... - Brad Williamson

Paul you did such a nice job with friendfeed, and I so want to believe you, but I'm not sure I can. Not because of you, but because of your new employer. Because your new employer is no longer you, and while I have kind of come to trust you, I do not trust your new boss. Not at all. Please prove me wrong, if they'll let you. - Jim Hearts FF

Paul - thanks for that reassurance. PLEASE stick to that! I was in the middle of reading and participating in a lengthy discussion off of a Robert Scoble post yesterday ... then I came up for air and saw your news. Congratulations - I have no idea what that feels like or how pumped you must be. There are so many things FF does that I LOVE...I know you know that. Please Please PLease dont' go away! Thanks! - Tobin Truog

Thank you, I think everyone here loves Friendfeed. :) - Hunt from BuddyFeed

Thanks for the personal note Paul. - Mike Reynolds

Phewww..relief ;-) - Ritu

This is nice to hear, and I really hope that FriendFeed will keep on living. I still have some pain in my stomach because of this :/ - Patrik Johansson

First zombie/mafia request and we're all outta here.... - Fossil Huntress

+1 Fossil Huntress The partitioning of the networks between friendfeed and facebook was a major feature that many people made use of, lacking appropriate controls for who sees what. Merging the two groups of friends isn't going to work, at all. - Mr. Gunn

It doesn't sound like you understand what has people worried. I wrote this to help: http://friendfeed.com/brlewis... - Bruce Lewis

And we'll appreciate this man! Try to do your best to help FF :( - FFTornado

Maybe Bruce analysis is too imaginary, but the question is THE question nobody answered: why did you do it, Paul? - Luca Sofri

I left a response on Bruce's entry (http://friendfeed.com/brlewis...). I'll write more about this on my blog when I get some free time. - Paul Buchheit

Thanks. - Bonnie Foster

we all know what needs to happen. the question is, where? ... FB needs, - apart from being/it is, a large, general, open application platform, - 1. Smart keyboard shortkatze - and Im a kbsCzar to go to, 2. Aggregating facilities, smart /RSS/ .. 3. Full blogging facilities, capabilities, not 140 chars. 4. Full real time comments facilities, capabilities. 5. Real time, live, but ALSO... more... - Petr Buben

I hope you're being open and honest with us. This time. :( - Kamilah Gill

Good to know , we´ll see :) - Yahya

Thank you! I am sure you will do great things at FB. I just hope that the great app you built here isn't destroyed. I don't know of any other aggregation app that I can embed into my site like this one! - beersage

Congratulations on your successes, best wishes for more. And thanks for continuing to look out for us loyal, addicted FFanatics! - Rob Schieber

I hope it continues, i'm a new user and absolutely love it (wish i knew the value of it before)! Congrats! - Luis D. Santos

As nice as it sounds I'm sorry to say that as a, now, Facebook's employee I'm afraid you'll have to comply to whatever your new boss tells you. Didn't MZ make it clear? - lelapin

and let me add second, obvious, "Facebook needs" - Friendfeed bookmarklet, and Friendfeed tools - widgets, embedding - real time and not - of posts, and groups ...to embedd, to inject oneself into this thing called Internet ..... so, if FB listens to FF engineering long enough, they are going to get it .. right - Petr Buben

Paul, what I am worried is not that you're brainwashed, but that there's simply no business need for Facebook to improve FriendFeed from now on, period. - Ihar Mahaniok

I have confidence Paul. While some of the comments were probably uncalled for, covering an investment (of time and money) in these times to move on and hopefully provide even 'better stuff' makes sense to me. It's pretty obvious there are a LOT of people that don't want to 'lose' Friendfeed. (I wouldn't hold a town hall for a few weeks though :) - Charlie Anzman

Congrats, Paul. It's sad that people have to make these uncalled for hatred comments about Facebook though. Why can't both sites work together. I think Facebook will do better with FF and vise versa. Take the good features of both services. Don't boycott FB, enjoy it. I'm sick of the negative comments going on, that's all. :( - Mol, Santa Claws

Molly: What makes you think there's going to be a "vise versa?" - Christopher A Carr

Because I don't think Paul and the other FF developers would allow FB to do anything. I'm sorry, I am not going to think negative here like some here are. I guess I'm a fangirl for FB. - Mol, Santa Claws

Finally something about the changes on the horizon that isn't all d0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0om and whining. Thank you, Paul! :D - Christian (Simply X)

The time to think about how you could do your 'personal best' to ensure FriendFeed continues to exist was prior to the discussions with Facebook. Not after. - Andy C

Paul, what about the content scam that FB T&C is, does it apply to Friendfeed now? Should we all start writing scripts to retroactively delete all content ever uploaded to Friendfeed? Elaborated a bit here - http://friendfeed.com/mbravo... - Michael Bravo

We know you'll try your best, Paul. But sometimes, you just can't win the dark side... - Winston Teo

Thanks Paul for all your efforts. Founders often want the best, but acquiring companies often have people with political/power issues or different/limited visions. - Mitchell Tsai

*throws a sheep at Paul* is that a good thing? - joe is... from iPod

Yeahhhhhhh BOoooiiiiiiiii!!!!!!! - sofarsoShawn

yes, thank you, Sergeant Paul ... well, good to hear we go on ... because if not, how about starting www.anotherFeed.com ... or, www.Letsgofeed.com ...... anyway, lets boost blogging capabilities, post more than current amount of chars, lets have TOP POSTS / clicks count list at the head of each group, some stats, lets index group headers, lets have MORE keyboard shortcuts .. - now ...... more... - Petr Buben

ianf ⌘ to ianf's feed, OpenFF

[CloneFeed] I don't know why, but this is what comes to mind (in regard to: http://friendfeed.com/logical...)

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Picture credit: http://lh3.ggpht.com/_vy3UL7... - ianf ⌘

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"You maniacs, you blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!" - Mo Kargas

Tsk, tsk, Mo, we get it via our pictorial genes ;-)) - ianf ⌘

Hehe :D - Mo Kargas

By way of social commentary of this social brohahua(?), this takes Da Prize: "Friendfeed - The Downfall" http://www.youtube.com/watch... - ianf ⌘

Mark Trapp

Just a little Downfall remix I threw together: Hitler finds out about Facebook buying FriendFeed. - http://itafroma.tumblr.com/post...

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I haven't laughed so hard in quite a while :) - Bret Taylor

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You know you've made it when they make a Downfall parody about you. :-) - Kevin Fox

So great. - Chris Duffy

Wow, that's great. - Brian Johns

If even fake Hitler's angry about it, you know you did something great. Glad you guys liked it. :-) - Mark Trapp

"There's a hitler remix for that" - Matt Mastracci

That's hilarious. - Ken Gidley

Very well done. - Darren

Awesome, Mark! - Stephen Mack

This was great, Mark. - Louis Gray

awesome! love it, Mark! :) - holly

my thoughts exactly, mark! even with all the fucking bacon posts, i'm still gonna miss this place. - Ňicķ

So brilliant. - anna sauce

This was pretty much the most awesome video I've ever seen on the internet :) - Ana

Great work, Mark :) - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

Absolutely awesome! - Shannon Jiménez

*mwah* - MegvMeg

Eric @ CSTechcast.com

I'm pretty sure once FriendFeed closes down, I will not be all that engaging on the socials.

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I got on Facebook, Twitter, and FriendFeed all at the same time. The only reason I update the others is because I know it will feed here, where the people who's opinion I care about are located. I never get much from Twitter or Facebook. I'll update them because I have to for the podcast and to keep up with a few people, but not because I'm excited to share and see what people say. Sorry social networking, this was my home, and now it's scheduled for demolition. - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

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Why assume FF is closing down? - Gus

"the deal is largely a talent acquisition by Facebook, and less about the Friendfeed product." - invariant - farewell FF

"the Friendfeed team is not being kept whole." - invariant - farewell FF

You don't care about my opinion on FB? I am deeply saddened by this :( But I still miss you, especially since I haven't heard from you today - Elena

Of course I care about you, but not many others on FB. - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

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Drinking Your Lunch – The BLT Cocktail - http://bacontoday.com/drinkin...

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"Brent Jones, a molecular mixologist at the famed Hotel Jerome, A RockResort in Aspen, CO, has taken his love of bacon to a whole new level with his innovative BLT cocktail." ~~~ o_O - Live4Emma (L4S) from Bookmarklet

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not the first time I have heard of bacon being used in a cocktail. - Karma Martell

Me either but considering how much I love a good blt, might have to whip this up one day....when I'm feeling brave enough! :-) - Live4Emma (L4S) from iPhone

let me know when you do. :-) - Karma Martell

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Georgia - High Bar - http://www.youtube.com/watch...

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Bump cause my daughter rocks - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

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Let's Have Some Fun With This: Facebook Buying FriendFeed Is Like ____ Buying _____.

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GM Buying BMW - Louis Gray

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Paris Hilton buying Thomas Pynchon. - Akiva Moskovitz

Wal*Mart Buying Macy's? - Louis Gray

God Buying Buddha? - Jon, the Beartato of FF

Louis Gray buying the Giants. - Mark Krynsky

McDonald's Buying Ruth's Chris? - Louis Gray

Mark - exactly the route I want to go. - Louis Gray

Louis Gray buying sleeping tablets - WorldofHiglet

like Lyndon LaRouche buying Barack Obama. - Spidra Webster

The Yankees Buying the Green Bay Packers - Louis Gray

Dell Buying Apple - Louis Gray

Ford buying Ferrari - Ken Sheppardson

tr.im buying bit.ly - Jon, the Beartato of FF

QVC Buying Ebay - Louis Gray

Boeing buying Airbus - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

China buying the Internet - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

China Buying the USA - Bastard Operator From FF

like Microsoft buying Adobe - Marco

Canada Buying Puerto Rico - Louis Gray

MySpace buying Twitter - Ken Sheppardson

like Juicy Couture buying Christian Dior. - Spidra Webster

Some big company buying some little company - Glen Mistletoe

+1 Spidra! LOL! - Michael Forian

Facebook Buying FriendFeed Is Like POP Buying CORN - chaz2b

McDonald's buying In-N-Out - http://ff.im/6q8Qp - chrisofspades

CBS buying CNET. Oh... no... wait - Ken Sheppardson

Some big GOOFY company buying some little KICK ASS company - Marco

Techcrunch buying Engadget. /me hides behind his desk. - Matthew Horton

The Catholics Buying the Mormons. :) - Louis Gray

"Dell Buying Apple" - Louis Gray -- I think makes a great deal of since in this context. - Nicholas Kreidberg

AOL Buying Microsoft - Jon, the Beartato of FF

Swatch Buying Movado - Louis Gray

A teenager buying condoms. Awkward. - Andrew Smith

Microsoft buying Yahoo. Wait... shoot. That's not right. - Ken Sheppardson

Time Warner Buying AOL - Cathleen Rittereiser

Microsoft buying Canonical - vrjbln

Entrepreneurs buying futures - Josh Haley

Internet Explorer buying Opera - Marco

Yahoo buying Broadcast.com - Cathleen Rittereiser

GoDaddy buying InterNIC - Ken Sheppardson

Everybody Loves Raymond buying Arrested Development. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Ford buying Volvo. Oh...wait. - wyclif

Wall Street Journal Buying Seeking Alpha? - Louis Gray

Fox buying Revision3 - Matthew Horton

Looney Tunes Buying The Simpsons? - Louis Gray

Techcrunch buying Mashable. Or is it the other way around? - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Rupert Murdoch buying The Huffington Post - Ken Sheppardson

Drudge Report Buying the Daily Kos? - Louis Gray

Yahoo buying Google....in 1999 - Onur Cengiz

National Enquirer Buying the New York Times - Louis Gray

Michael Jackson buying the Beatles. - teh Dork Knight aka Kenny

Batman buying the x-men! - Wayne Sutton from iPhone

Comcast buying TiVo - Ken Sheppardson

Beige Buying The Color Spectrum (think about it) - Louis Gray

G4 Buying TechTV - Jon, the Beartato of FF

Ouch +1 Jonathan - Matthew Horton

CNN buying TWiT - Ken Sheppardson

Experts Exchange buying Stack Overflow - Brian Sloane

Google buying YouTube. ( YouTube and FF are my favorites) - Renchin(Reina)Wang

Microsoft Buying Quicken - Louis Gray

Hey now, LG, Looney Tunes is frakking awesome. How about Disney buying Pixar? Oh, wait..... (and actually, that one hasn't worked out badly, so is there yet hope?) - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

++ Jandy -> How about Dreamworks buying Studio Ghibli? - LogEx

elephant buying wings - K.D.

+1 Jandy - Guess that means there can be light at the end of the tunnel - Matthew Horton

Microsoft Outlook Buying Google Reader - Louis Gray

Google buyingTwitter - Bob Morris (polizeros) from iPhone

Polyester Buying Silk - Louis Gray

Larry Flynt buying Vogue - Ken Sheppardson

Fox News buying The Onion - Brian Sloane

+ ken - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

Warner Music buying Labrador or Barsuk - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Budweiser buying Guiness - Matthew Horton

Microsoft buying (then eating) Linus Torvald's offspring - Slippy "WildBeard" Lane

LE, that one works. :) - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Sam's Club buying Neiman Marcus - LogEx

LOL @ Brian- Fox News buying The Onion - zephyrlily

Utah Buying Las Vegas - Louis Gray

Jimi Hendrix buying the farm. - Adrian

Geocities buying WordPress - AJ Kohn

USA buying Australia :) - Matt G

Ticketmaster buying The Fillmore - Ken Sheppardson

Polaroid buying Flickr - AJ Kohn

lol Holden I think that sums it up - 'Like' robot (frɐnc)

Like Scoble buying decaf - Eric Rice

Oops I think Eric just killed the thread - Gilbert Harding

The Atlantic Ocean Buying the Carribean Sea - Louis Gray

Casio buying Steinway - Richard ¿digame? Walker

like trees buying flowers - Marco

Baskin Robbins Buying Coldstone Creamery - Louis Gray

The Pirates of The Caribbean (film) buying The Secret of Monkey Island - Jon, the Beartato of FF

Britney Spears buying Billie Holiday - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Bill Gates buying Steve Jobs dinner? - Gilbert Harding

Payless buying Zappos. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

TWiT Buying FFundercats - Louis Gray

Walmart buying Barney's - AJ Kohn

@Jandy, or how about Amazon buying Zappos? - Jon, the Beartato of FF

Like Bud buying Cuervo - jacky

LOL: TWiT Buying FFundercats - Marco

Amazon's cool, though. :) - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

USPS buying FedEx - Ken Sheppardson

Bee's buying Honey - Mac Sharp

@Jandy, they insulted my grandma. :P - Jon, the Beartato of FF

+1 Mac - Gilbert Harding

UGO buying 1up - Matthew Horton

The IRS Buying H&R Block - Louis Gray

New York Yankees buying ... oh, well, that doesn't work. - AJ Kohn

India Buying Pakistan? :) - Louis Gray

Michael Bay buying Joss Whedon - Jon, the Beartato of FF

+1 Jonathan - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

+1 Jonathan Definitely - Matthew Horton

NASA Buying Star Wars? - Louis Gray

Rails 'buying' merb - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

Microsoft Buying Linux - Louis Gray

Microsoft buys Toys R Us - Gilbert Harding

Sears buying HBC - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

Valve buying Playstations - Eric Rice

Like your grandma buying a nose ring http://www.youtube.com/watch... - BairdWilliamson

Wikipedia buying TVTropes - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

Activision (Instrument Controller Division) buying Gibson - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Apple buying Xerox Parc - Richard ¿digame? Walker

Encarta Buying Wikipedia - Louis Gray

Huffy buying Cervélo (for you cycling fanatics) - AJ Kohn

Richard: Waitaminute... - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

Swarovski buying DeBeers - Spidra Webster

Thompson Guides buying GoogleMaps - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Microsoft buying Digital Research - Richard ¿digame? Walker

AJ: Or Trek buying Gary Fisher? - Ken Sheppardson

Chevron buying the Sun - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Lucifer buying heaven - LouCypher

Vanilla buying chocolate - LogEx

You can tell you're still an LA n00b, Jandy. It's Thomas Guides. :)) - Spidra Webster

George Lucas buying Star Trek - Jon, the Beartato of FF

+1 Ken - Mainly because I actually got that one ;-) - Matthew Horton

Spidra, lol. I even started to look it up! I have a Thomas Guide somewhere, but haven't used it since I got an iPhone. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Digg buying reddit - invariant - farewell FF

Forrester Buying Gartner - Aaman (Clone of FF)

Me buying a Mars Bar - easy, relatively cheap, good for me and ultimately the end of the Mars Bar. - Martin Bryant from iPhone

Mike Nayyar buying his Dumpster - Jon, the Beartato of FF

Night Train buying Chateau Neuf du Pape. - Spidra Webster

Nokia buying iPhone - LouCypher

Starbucks buying Pete's - Richard ¿digame? Walker

@Ken: Yup. - AJ Kohn

Exxon Mobil buying Greenpeace - Ken Sheppardson

The News of The World buying Twitter - Zackatoustra

Microsoft buying Firefox. - Jason Huebel from iPhone

Australia buying Bali - LouCypher

is like, well, there's nothing truly like it, but it might be like Myspace buying Fox.... - Mike Shields

That would possibly /improve/ Myspace - Matthew Horton

McDonalds buying Arby's? - Matthew Horton

Louis Gray buying China. - imabonehead

Boeing buying NASA - LouCypher

Coca Cola buying Starbucks ! - Nir Ben Yona

Coke buying water - Chris Nixon

Australia Buying New Zealand - Louis Gray

National Enquirer buying Louis Grey? - Matthew Horton

Simon Cowell buying Radiohead - Mark Evans

Japan buying Hawaii - LouCypher

U2 Buying Nine Inch Nails - Louis Gray

Mark... blasphemy! :) - LogEx

Warner Bros buying Lucas Film - LouCypher

Radiohead buying Muse /me runs for his life! - Matthew Horton

Hilton buying Paris - LouCypher

Dracula buying the Blood Bank - Matt G

Marriott buying W hotels ... - Amani

I think the sentence should end like so: Like ______ _____ing ______. I would have SEVERAL suggestions then. ;) - abacab

"The Most Boring Man in the World" buying Dos Equiis - .LAG liked that

Steve Ballmer buying The Cluetrain Manifesto - Richard ¿digame? Walker

Mike Arrington buying Leo Laporte - Larry Roth

Like a fat old guy buying a mail order bride. - Willem (@wim66) ☠

Fail whale buying the skater snail - Matthew Horton

Oil buying water - Mark Evans

Premiere Radio buying FFundercats - Richard ¿digame? Walker

Bono buying Pirate Bay - LouCypher

LA Galaxy buying Manchester United - Larry Roth

Like Ask buying Google - Keith - @tsudo

Pirate Bay users buying anything - Larry Roth

Night buying day - Mark Evans

Lars Ulrich buying Megadeth - LouCypher

Russia Buying Europe - Louis Gray

Flash Buying AJAX - Louis Gray

Lars Ulrich buying Napster - Larry Roth

I would say you're drunk with that Flash / Ajax one but I know it's not possible unless your milk is spiked. - Mark Krynsky

The Queen (HRH Elizabeth Windsor) buying France - WorldofHiglet

Yahoo buying Flickr. - Gus

Safeway buying Whole Foods - Matt Weeks

Louis: Aussie buying NZ! that will never happen - Geer

Jon Bon Jovi buying Van Halen - LouCypher

Timmies buying Starbucks - WorldofHiglet

Nike buying Converse... oh wait.. - Richard ¿digame? Walker

The Earth buying the Moon - WorldofHiglet

U.S. buying the moon - LouCypher

WalMart buying Whole Foods - Dominic Jones

Italy buying Mediteranian Sea - LouCypher

Myspace buying Facebook - Aaman (Clone of FF)

England Buying Wales - Louis Gray

The Yankees buying a World Series...oh wait... - Larry Roth

Silvio Berlusconi buying English Premier League - LouCypher

Shopper buying his necessities, (it's a business decision) - Wins Fern

Mark Cuban buying NBA - LouCypher

Berlusconi & Murdoch buying NPR - Richard ¿digame? Walker

Edward Lewis buying Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman - Andrew Smith

"India buying Pakistan" rofl - Rishabh Mishra (p248) from Android

LOL @ Rishabh - Aaman (Clone of FF)

Oracle buying Sun Microsystems. - imabonehead

Scientology buying Anonymous - Aaman (Clone of FF)

Vanhalen buying Sammy Hagar - Mac Sharp

Robert Scoble buying Louis Gray. - Wins Fern

The Vatican buying Hubble Telescope - LouCypher

lol you guys :-D - Richard ¿digame? Walker

Christmas Buying Hanukkah - Louis Gray

Swine Flu buying Tamiflu - Aaman (Clone of FF)

Monkeys buying footballs for the expressed purpose of fornicating with them. - abacab

Nerf buying the NFL - Keith - @tsudo

Bing buying the Google search engine - Ian

Java buying C# - Ian

Chris Pirillo Buying Mona - Louis Gray

HAHAHAHAHA, LG! - Spidra Webster

Dodi Al-Fayed buying a Mercedes - LouCypher

Amazon buying Zappos - Ian

AT&T buying T-mobile - Richard ¿digame? Walker

Mattel buying LEGO - LouCypher

Philip Morris buying Club Penguin - Dominic Jones

My school buying me, and I kick it off. - Lizunlong

Mickey Mouse Club buying Porn. oh wait. my bad. they had us at Spears. - TheMacMommy

SFMUNI buying the Concorde - Spidra Webster

Bono buying into "sunglasses are not cool". - Gilbert Harding

Delta buying NASA. - Frankie Warren

UGLY.COM buying BEAUTY.COM - David Newman

Tom buying Jerry :) - Serkan Unsal

Oracle buying ... oh wait ... - Julio F ~ @SocialJulio

Twitter buying Facebook - Tyson Key

Facebook buying whole web - Jacque

Apple buying Fisher Price. - Jemm

Mark Zuckerberg buying Bill Gates - Jacque

McDonald's buys Telco - Tyson

A large social media company buying a small social media company. - Big K

Facebook Buying FriendFeed Is Like Google Buying Lazyfeed. - sean808080

Walmart buying Zappos - phil baumann

Apple buying Facebook (and believe me it's coming) - Thomas Power

Oracle buying salesforce.com - Dave Food

Tinker-toys buying Lego? - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

*smacks MVB* How DARE you besmirch tinker toys!!! Oh, and what's up with fiddling with your name, you trying to make me get MDV and MVB confused? - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Lenovo Buying IBM (PC Group).. Ops! - Jacque

Microsoft buying Apple..... - Roberto Bonini from iPhone

A big fish buying a little fish - Angelo John Lewis

Amazon buying Zappos - Mark Essel

A man buying a sweet pretty dress, guess he pay and will never wear it himself. (some spend money just to impress others). - abdellah

Real Madrid buying Cristiano Ronaldo? - Faraz Mullick

Sony buying Apple? - Tyson Key

Eric buying Sookie - Andrew Terry

Volkswagen buying Skoda? - Tyson Key

GM buying Ferrari - Ladybug Heather

MySpace buying Twitter - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

Macy's buying Gimble's - Thom Kennon

The Sun buying The Guardian - Patrick Jordan

Twitter buying the corpse of Pownce - Tyson Key

Bacon buying Memes. - imabonehead

IBM buying Seagate - Tyson Key

Me buying a FriendFeed t-shirt. It will soon become a dust rag. - jcunwired

Xzibit buying Chuck Norris (edit) - AJ Batac

Real Madrid buying Manchester City - Jan Mulder

Satan buying Heaven? - Tyson Key

I liked MySpace buying Twitter. - Aram Zucker-Scharff from twhirl

Samsung buying Motorola - Tyson Key

Microsoft buying Mozilla - Pete Delucchi from iPhone

The RIAA buying The Pirate Bay - Tyson Key

Home Depot buying Bob Villa - Pete Delucchi from iPhone

HomeBase buying B&Q - Tyson Key

Bed, Bath & Beyond buying Ethan Allen - Pete Delucchi from iPhone

BILLY MAYS buying cocaine. - jcunwired

Axe body spray buying Old Spice - Pete Delucchi from iPhone

Rupert Murdoch buying Huffington Post - Pete Delucchi from iPhone

Best Buy buying Amoeba's Records - Pete Delucchi from iPhone

WoW buying LOTRO - Pete Delucchi from iPhone

Huntingdon Life Sciences buying PETA - Tyson Key

Warez-pirate buying DRM'd music - Jemm from fftogo

McDonald's buying StarBucks - Tyson Key

Colleague here suggested "First blank FriendFeed, second blank...change that to Selling, and last blank...Out." Ouch? - abacab

Hugh Grant buying Divine Brown's services. - Jordi Soler

ITV buying the BBC - Tyson Key

Yahoo! buying Google - Tyson Key

Lycos buying Yahoo! - Tyson Key

Dogpile buying Google - Ladybug Heather

Me buying the kid who copied my work at school [edit] oops, I mean the kid who's work I copied at school, lol - Slippy "WildBeard" Lane

Google buying Jaiku / Dodgeball - Sidharth Dassani

Dolly Parton buying breast implants - April Russo (app103)

VW buying Porsche? - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

lol except didnt porsche end up cornering the market on VW shares? That would be like friendfeed buying facebook ;) - Frankie Warren

a Hyundai owner buying a Ferrari for parts. - Kevin Pedraja

U of Mich Flint buying Kettering University... sorry, no one else will get that - Kevin L

Xing buying socialmedian - let's face it, they bought the talent! I've only heard good things about Xing though:) - Michael Fidler

Yahoo buying Delicious.... oh wait - Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF)

Mephistopheles buying Dr Faust... - Laurent

Jon Gosselin buying Ed Hardy...Eew - Denise

Ted Turner buying Times-Warmer - Houseofmax

Dumb buying Ass - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

like a cheerleader buying a software engineering book .. WHY ?! .. who will read it on facebook! - fouad

AOL buying Facebook - Tyson Key

N. Korea buying the US :P - mjc

a nerd buying a condom. They'll never use it - Jim Goldstein

China buying Taiwan - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

lol yours was the best. - Tinu Abayomi-Paul

Ball Park buying Redondos - Ron Hagenhoff

I used a "Kia bought Cadillac." analogy yesterday. - Robert Miller

Hersheys buying Scharffen-Berger - Spidra Webster

A bigass mofo kicking the shit out of you and then buying out the cops so he won't go to jail!!!! - sofarsoShawn

Google buying Jaiku - Bryan Lee

Adam Helweh

How does everybody feel about all the time invested in Friendfeed now? Especially since it sounds like it will be "assimilated" into Facbook eventually to not exist.

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Betrayed. - Alex Scoble

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yep - andy brudtkuhl

I'm probably in the minority here. I spend most of my time on FF and FB so I'm hoping it will be a plus. FB is where most of my interactions take place. FF is where I get most of my business info. It would be nice to combine them into one app somehow. I wold like to see FF's influence on FB more. - Katy Barrilleaux

I don't mind. The time invested made me a part of this community and made this community a part of my life. What I've lived here, what I've learned, the people I've met, Facebook can't take that from me. - Brome

I don't mind about the time invested but I think I will find it difficult to invest the same amount of time in the coming months, weeks or whatever we have left. I will have to find something else just as stimulating, it won't be easy but I know it won't be Facebook. - M F

It's not necessarily the time invested, its the connections to other PEOPLE and the possibility of losing those connections that I'm concerned about. Sure content is nice and all, but its the daily interaction with FRIENDS that matter to me the most on my FEED. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

betrayal - Joe Silence is not dead

It was fun while it lasted. - Victor Ganata

It's all good so far - Rodfather

I think I have already been amply rewarded for my "investment". Problem is I am greedy -- I would like to continue to invest and reap rewards and I don't think that scenario will play out so well. - Brian Sullivan

I have RLFs on Facebook and virtual Friends on FriendFeed. Facebook is my private life (pics of kids, woke up with a hang over etc.) Friendfeed is where I get lots of cool info, and hopefully share info that others may like with a broad audience. Now being the paranoid parent that I am, I do not want to be forced to un-friend the many people on FriendFeed because of my over protectiveness for my kids. That is my main concern with any possible integration. - Steve Sill

Facebook's much wider adoption has always made it the more useful community for me. But man is FF's search useful. I actually think that's one of the huge reasons Facebook purchased FF. - mrshl

lost, finding another place like this one will be hard... - Dobromir Hadzhiev

It is pretty pretty amazing how much of a surprise this acquasition is and just how sour FF users are about it all. I think the primary reason is because the absorbtion of FF is inevitable. this essentially means no more FF. If a company like Yahoo or Microsoft had purchased FF then the reaction would be different, no? - Adam Helweh from BuddyFeed

It doesn't matter where we connected - it's the connections that matter, you guys. - Mona Nomura

Empty - Peter

Mona: Except I can't use connections on FB to filter information for me in the same way I can here, so the "where" does matter. - Christopher A Carr

a little sad but inevitable I really thought twitter would buy FF - Thomas Power

I liked the fact that business and personal stuff were relatively separate... now I'm confused... - Nigel Walsh

I agree with Christopher. depending on how much Facebook adopts from FF the method from which we make and foster these connections is considerably different. Facebook is much more closed to "discovery" at the moment in comparison to FF or even Twitter. maybe this acquisition is meant to change that? - Adam Helweh from BuddyFeed

Facebook is Closed Selective Controlling (CSC). Friendfeed is Open Random Supportive (ORS). CSC has no future on the Internet and Zuckerberg knows it http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Thomas Power

I don't feel like I've lost anything; even if all of this ends up ceasing to exist (which I highly doubt), it's still been valuable to me while it lasted. - Tristan Seligmann

One thing is for certain, this "event" has helped prove that Friendfeed has some of the most passionate users on any social network. - Adam Helweh

+100 Adam! - jcunwired

I personally don't care about my content other then how it is perceived outside the realm of FF. Other then that when I put information or share things its out in the either for the world to do with as they wish. What is sad is that if I had to delete my account here, all my content goes with me. - CW™

I agree with CW. I actually don't really care about the content that I have posted in Friendfeed. Much of it exists elsewhere obviously. However, I am curious to know how people feel about investing so much of their "heart" into a community and seeing the platform in which it formed get sucked into another platform as "tech". Not sure if I am articulating it correctly. - Adam Helweh

What Alex said. And worried, and seriously annoyed. And angrier than ever with Facebook. - Kamilah Gill

Like I wasted a lot of time. Yet at the same time it was all worth it. - Mathew™ one of a kind

Worried about what will happen to FriendFeed, and sad to see the service get bought out just as I was starting to get the hang of it. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

AJ Batac

I am seriously pondering about creating a mini-clone of FriendFeed. #lordgivemethestrength

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Do it! - Alex Scoble

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would you need some help from a modest coder? :) - directeur

I'll bring the lulz - Josh Haley from iPhone

I have a feeling that this thread will be historical - directeur

doooooooooooooo eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet - acedanger

I could open up enjoysthin.gs to things other than likes... it's already got a realtime feed. Anyone have any interest in that? - Ted Roden

@Ted: if needed, I'd be willing to offer up some time to do some javascript coding... - Harold

I can code and design database backends (been teaching this in Univ.) and I'll happily help with the frontend too! Just make an announcement AJ, and I'm your man :) - directeur

I also posted a bit about it here if anyone is interested: http://bit.ly/k4BHc - Ted Roden

Wow... we can already build a team here. I can design the UI and code the frontend. I'm also good in testing and user experience. There seems to be a huge vacuum left by FriendFeed. - AJ Batac

I am bookmarking this thread. Just in case... - Ethan

Ted, open it up. It will definitely be a good move. ;) - AJ Batac

DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT!!! - Mathew™ one of a kind

Meanwhile, I'll try to write an opensource import/export app for people to use? :) - directeur

OMG - Charlie Anzman

Need another coder? - Glenn Slaven

I was already working on a FriendFeeed clone that was focused on the gaming community.... but with today's news, I am tempted to make it more generic - Daniel Sims

Great stuff guys and an export app would be super, directeur! - Sally Church

Daniel, I'd like to test the app when it's ready or better yet open it to us so we can help you out. Speed up the development. - AJ Batac

wowwowwow, wow! - browneyes from iPhone

Before you guys go down this path take a look at all the resources I have over at Lifestream Blog here: http://lifestreamblog.com/create there are plenty of scripts / projects that could provide a starting point. - Mark Krynsky

Mark, that is a great list! Wow. - AJ Batac

in - Mattb4rd

Yea, the section under Open Source community apps would probably be the most interesting. - Mark Krynsky

It also depends on what part of FriendFeed you want to clone... as Mark's list shows, the lifestream and importing features are easily reproduced. FriendFeed's real magic IMO is the ease of discussion & discovery, which is what I am more interested in. - Daniel Sims

Totally agree with you Daniel. - AJ Batac

Clone it goooo - Will Higgins™

I'm in. This post should have a thousand likes by now. People must be in such serious shock they forgot how to click a mouse button. - Jason Huebel

I'm in. - Barak B

I've got a Wave account to donate to the cause... and my crufty old coding skills. Maybe an EC2 instance or two. Count me in. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

I wouldn't mind helping if i can - Change that to i WILL help :) - Bhowmik Shah

I created a group for FF clone discussion... ;-) http://friendfeed.com/clonefe... - Jason Huebel

Shhhhhhh. Don't tell anyone. - Jason Huebel

There was actually a great article posted a few months ago about the FF database structure and how it's designed for high speed access and whatnot. What would be neat would be to create an open source friendfeed clone. Of course this whole thread will probably be used in a lawsuit eventually. - Andrew Leyden

Hells yeah. - Yolanda

remember me AJ...lol - Bill Heslin

I was just considering this, too. - Kevin L

Kevin, over here: http://friendfeed.com/clonefe... - AJ Batac

Is there any chance when the FF gang make off like bandits they leave the keys in the API running? With a possible service level agreement? - Andrew Smith

AJ, please do and use the Google Wave protocol. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Yay! - James Myatt

I'm with you AJ! If you want some coders, you can find them [PHPUGPH]. hehe! - Randy

I can help with backend/DB/scalability. Dev on MS platforms (Azure, anyone?), too. - Jemm

I have 10G of space, 50G of monthly bandwidth on a friend's SoftLayer dedicated server. Lots of perks, permission to install anything I want or need. Somehow I don't think that is enough for a project like this, but I am willing to contribute some of it if it can be of any help.(I am only using a small portion of it to host a few sites. I own the domain name wtfcat.com. might be good for a cute url shortener. It ain't doing anything else useful at the moment. - April Russo (app103)

unless you find social magician, you fail on taking user base of any significance to justify infra maintenance - A.T.

Please please please make it open source. - Dennis Jernberg

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