In a perfect world I'll be able to import everyone here into a special group or list over on FB. We shall see, I suppose. In the meantime: YOU CANNOT PRY MY FRIENDFEED FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!!!! =D - FFing Enigma

Oh, and in related news: I guess this means I need to get up off my ass and actually get a Facebook vanity name. Dammit, I was hoping to avoid that.... - FFing Enigma

*fistbump* - Yolanda

I want to stick around for people like you Tina, but it's almost like staying in a bad marriage because of the kids. I'm so torn right now, I don't know what to do. - David Cook

Clucky is a good word, Tina. Clucky and clunky sums up FB. - Sally Church

*fistbump* - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart from iPhone

*sigh* Can't believe I had to do this, but I grabbed my FB username/URL. You can stalk me at facebook.com/tinapbeana (no, they get no link love from me). - FFing Enigma

Tomy that assumes that FB thinks they have a problem. We are the minority that thinks it is inferior. - Karma Martell

It'll be the end of an era, Tina. I have a much different use-case for FB; the user groups don't really overlap for me. There are very few folks here that I'd friend on FB; nothing personal, but I use it mainly for IRL friends. But I expect we'll find SOMEplace to hang out! - Ken Kennedy

Ken, I think that's the case for many of us =/ - FFing Enigma

I'll be here 'til they turn out the lights. I'd rather go out on a party than slink away in a funk. I look forward to seeing everyone around :) - Jennifer Dittrich

I'll stick around as long as the FF interface stays in place. After that, I'm not sure... probably back to the blog and Twitter. - John (bird whisperer)

I'm kinda hoping that there's something to fill the void so we all just don't go to FB. - Wirehead

In my ideal world, FF will stay around. I'd even take a subdomain of FB if I had to, but ideally I could FF without having to touch the ugly monstrosity that is FB (yes, FF staff, I keep bringing it up in hopes that down the road you might have the power to fix it!). - FFing Enigma

how do you know they're not going to make it better with these people ?? - Terry O'Fee

My read of the blog post is that FB essentially bought the FF staff, the talent. And that to me means they have a good shot of weighing in and fixing a lot of the problems FB has. That's a good thing. What it also means (by my read) is that the app known as FF will likely wither and fall off the vine from lack of dev talent. Again, that's just my read. If the FB UI turns into something usable I don't mind going there, as long as I have the people I have here (because it's the people that keep bringing me back). - FFing Enigma

I'm positive that FF will stay around almost the same. Even more: I´m optimistic, and believe that FF will increase its value as your FB friends hop along; I don´t see FB ripping FF and keeping only its great technology or talent. Facebook´s ultimate goal is to be the Great Internet Search Destination, and in buying FF it's achieving step 1: real-time, public content where searches can be seriously taken. - Darío Vasconcelos

how quickly will all of this wither? hopefully soon and we can have some normal discussions again.. - Terry O'Fee

They bought more than just the staff, they bought the tech too. I hope they let this site continue the way socialmedian did when it was acquired. - Michael Fidler

Dario, that's all well and good, but FB cannot ever be a great search destination if all of their content is walled in and requires an account, plus a friending connection, to view. - FFing Enigma

Same here - Hutch Carpenter

I'm sticking around till Wotan (to stretch the Wagnerian metaphor to the limit) burns down the house. - Dennis Jernberg