Google Friend Connect is still up in the air for usefulness, but you can signup and add it to your site/s by logging into your Google account and heading over to http://www.google.com/FriendC.... - FFing Enigma

Ill be your friend! - Shevonne

YAY! Gratuitous and obvious begging WORKS! =D - FFing Enigma

I'm setting it up now - Shevonne

I use DIsqus for commenting (well, theoretically; no one comments so it's a tree-falling-in-the-forest situation). If they ever build in Friend Connect, then I guess I'll get it for free. - James (@willia4)

I'll have to try when I get home. - Yolanda

I use Disqus for actual comments too, but I figured this was along the lines of a MyBlogLog situation (that's what it reminds me of, at least). - FFing Enigma

Is it wrong, or just close to lunch that on first glance, I saw Google Fried Chicken? - Derrick

So what does it...do? - James Ferguson

Okay, can someone tell me what this actually does? I know that sounds stupid but ... sometimes ya just gotta ask the stupid questions. - AJ Kohn

I never actually looked into what MyBlogLog did. Reading it makes me think of Bob Loblaw's Law Blog and I wander off to watch Arrested Development clips on YouTube... - James (@willia4)

Ok, I put it on my blog. Can you believe your blog is blocked at work?! I'll have to go when I get home. - Shevonne

:) Did I mention how much I love you recently, Tina? You do all the stuff I think about and then get distracted...where was I? Oh yes - pleased to be providing links/instructions for the setting up of the Google Fried Chicken :) - WoH: Minding her Steves

By the way, Google: If you're going to do this, you HAVE TO LINK MY EXISTING OPENID TO MY GOOGLE PROFILE!! It's like they don't understand the point of OpenID. It's just an extra button they put on their log in forms, but past that, they don't get it at all. - James (@willia4)

Haggis, of course you're special! =D For both the James's and AJ: I always saw MyBlogLog (and by extension G's FriendConnect) as just another way to build an audience. For whatever reason, people like putting faces to names, and names to readers. From a users perspective it's kinda cool to get to 'see' who's been reading the same sites as you. - FFing Enigma

I think FriendConnect will allow you to build a community around your site, that's what MyBloglog and Blogcatalog seem to wanna do, but I think Google could probably do it better. What if they integrated google talk, for instance? That could be pretty awesome. I think they have the pieces, they just need to be put together. - Rahsheen the Dream

Shevonne, Websense blocks my blog and I have no idea why. Might be the post about the wanker wacker... WoH, to setup your very own GFC (haaaaaahahhahaaa!) just log into your existing account and head over to http://www.google.com/FriendC... and follow the instructions to add the widget to your blog. And Rah, I agree that Google could make something very useful out of these, it just remains to be seen if they will do so. - FFing Enigma

Just joined you on Google Friend Connect! - Tyson Key

i read your blog, tina =) - Adam Singer

I have a few questions Tina. (1) did google just pay u to say that?? (2) if they did then I'm ok with that (3) wtf is it? - NoahDavidSimon

Adam, in that case I appreciate you putting up with my rambling =D Noah, no I didn't get paid (heck, I don't even have ads on my blog!). As for WTF it is, it's kinda like Google's answer to the MyBlogLog widget. I'm pondering what I might want to do with it, I'm thinking I might put up a wall widget on it's own page... - FFing Enigma

You have 13 friends now! :) - Julio F ~ @SocialJulio

hmmm may have to try and set up friendconnect myself. Still not sure exactly how it works or what it is supposed to do. - Thomas Hawk

hmmmm.. it says I have to upload these two files to my server for this to work. I'm not sure how to do that. Can I set up friendconnect through Blogger? - Thomas Hawk

I'm trying out this thing now for my blog. Interesting. - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

Thomas, my understanding is that if you have a Google hosted Blogger blog, you should be able to skip the part about uploading the two HTML files to the server. Patrik, I'm still playing around with it, but I think I'm going to go with a 'retro' guest book thing for now. - FFing Enigma

I joined! - Shevonne

Hmmm...not really sure this is something that will really catch on. Maybe if more is done with it, but I'm not really feeling it right now. - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

meh i'll join the thing later... i've been reading your blog tho - The Amber

Mathew, see my next post http://friendfeed.com/e... - FFing Enigma

grrrrr.. it seems that you can only add it on blogger as a "widget" sort of thing which means I'd have to change my blog from bloggers old templating thingy. I tried to do this once before and it screwed my blog all up so I guess I'm out on Friend Connect for now. It seems lame that I use blogger (read: Google) and can't even add it. - Thomas Hawk

ok... I installed it and now I look like I have no friends. great. another network that makes me look bad http://simonstudio.com/ark ...truth is if I could centralize all the shit I'm involved with I'd be so much better off. - NoahDavidSimon

Nice, I came by and joined...apparently you're doing great with 43 friends now. I just set it up over at Lifestream Blog too so come on by peeps http://lifestreamblog.com/ - Mark Krynsky