?? - Anne Bouey

define "cribbing"? - sofarsoShawn <Oh HAI!>

I'm assuming using it as a reference for their own features. - Jimminy, CoG of FF

Isn't everyone doing it? FriendFeed will never get the credit it deserves. - Rahsheen the Dream from Android

Well, look at how Google implemented their new 'block sites' feature - it's essentially a watered down version of the Hide feature here, even down to the placement of messaging and interaction design. [edit] Screenshots of both make it pretty clear that they took the idea from FriendFeed. And that's just fine really, I like the feature. - AJ Kohn

OK I get it now, yup, everyone's doing it, most obvious of course is Face(Feed)Book & the Home Feed: Most Popular/Most Recent, then there's Twitter, Buzz, however this is the first I can recall hearing regarding search engine results, interesting, and yeah good feature - sofarsoShawn <Oh HAI!>

Yes, Facebook is trying to morph into FriendFeed but it's a sloooooow process. Buzz was almost a complete homage to FriendFeed. But ... seeing this in search was a bit surprising. A good surprise mind you. [edit] So perhaps I'll mention the cribbing in my blog post but not make it the central theme. - AJ Kohn

I want Google to love FriendFeed, if they couldn't just acquire it, be inspired by it is very cool to me.. I talked recently about the FriendFeedization on Facebook, and it is maybe around the corner. Not that they haven't tried in previous years with the bottom-left notification to replace a moving interactive wall, or tried 3-4 times with the post comments updating in real-time. People weren't ready, they backtracked, A/B tested some. Now that the users have experimented all those systems temporarily, getting them used to it was the final step before rolling it out in full. My friends over there have changed their habits dramatically, only thing they still miss is that when you share a URL, you can remove it from the Publisher, where 90% of them leaves it as the "Status". - Zu from AOD

Yes, I have the sense that Google may regret not scooping up FriendFeed. I agree that Facebook's A/B testing has seemed like a way to soften up a rather rigid user base. I think the recent Facebook EdgeRank update that only shows news feed items from those you interact with the most is a lazy way to create FriendFeed's curated home feed. Bret and the rest of the FriendFeed team have done a lot for Facebook, enough that I don't run screaming from it every time I visit. But it's still no FriendFeed. - AJ Kohn

So true on the EdgeRank! It was at that point of time I remember even in direct reverse chronological order, really obvious to the analyzing eye from day to day. Which creates issues when having a lot of people friended, that you will actually tend to think less about them because they won't appear, because you haven't made a move yet, which is essential for it to be the intended user experience for someone who would go in less steps. - Zu from AOD

Facebook has a long way to go if it's going to be like Friendfeed. The recent change to show photos/images in an overlay rather than on a click through to the photo's page (I don't know how I always end up invoke this, but it's kind of annoying, since I open up items on separate tabs and the click often opens it up in an overlay) is unlike Friendfeed. That there's specific UI to upload different media types isn't very friendfeedish either, Friendfeed just figures everything out. And Friendfeed encourages better data hygiene too--my wall isn't writable on Facebook, so a bunch of jerks wished me happy birthday on some random photo (I don't know why they didn't send me a direct message). - Andy Bakun

the overlay is easy to defeat. - Joe Silence