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I also adore Willow; but it's fantasy and not sci-fi-ish at all. So I don't think it counts. Even though it's awesome. - James (@willia4)

What's that movie where the kid uses an RC car to steal plutonium for his DIY nuke science fair project? Not really sci-fi, or really that cool/good, but somehow I saw it a lot too. - Chad Norman

Because I think the comments issue is one of the make or break features of FF. The ability to discuss per item is a huge benefit, but I wonder if it hurts the content's origin in the end (whether that be a blog, flickr, youtube, or wherever.) II mean, I'd like if one of my blog posts gets chatted up here, but I'd like it even more if those comments could get pushed back and live on my blog. - Chad Norman

The point I made in my Friendfeed screencast 2 is that any comments here will be largely in addition rather than instead of those on original source, based on the idea that the audience is segmented. There will be some ways to push them back as well, eg there's a WordPress plugin I haven't tried. - Andy Roberts

Chad - it seems inevitable to me that conversation about a particular piece of content will be dispersed across forums, FriendFeed, Twitter, blogs, and god knows what else. Maybe the code ninjas will find a way to aggregate those threads and deliver the package alongside the originating content. Put another way, "trackbacks 2.0." - Ian Wilker

Ideally, you own the content - therefore it should follow you where you go. This is why I like the Disqus model - they are working to integrate FF with Disqus better so when you comment on a blog in Disqus, it follows you to Friendfeed, and vice-versa I believe. - Jesse Stay

Yep, I'm likin what Disqus is doing as well. - Ian Wilker

I agree that tools can help to make the conversation portable. I do think it'll change blog comments/etc. But maybe that's okay? Or maybe blogs are position statements but the conversation gets connected on friendfeed (since the convo is already distributed). - Marnie Webb

or the conversation get's summarized on blogs - Beth Kanter

I rarely post to Twitter, but when I do, it's typically from my iPhone. If I'm at a computer with a browser, it will always be FF. Then again, I'm someone who still doesn't "get" Twitter that much and have a difficult time following conversations. That's likely my own fault, though. - Vince DeGeorge

@J What s next one? ChatRoom twitter , forum ff, and....... FASTFOODR i think ; ) - Erhan Erdogan

Twitter is a god. FF will be, once all its minions arrive. There's not enough of my peeps on here to make this fun yet, but the potential is there. - Chad Norman

I agree, great video. - Aaron Myers

The main thing that I like about Twitter is the 140 character limit which forces people to provide a succinct and somewhat precise message which make for interesting and unusual information. I just started using Friend Feed and like it because it aggregates information. Twitter is just plain fun and Friend Feed is a way of organizing all of that fun and then some for info whores like @scobleizer and myself. - James

I've been saying friend feed is to twitter as ESPN is to Baseball. - Bastard Operator From FF from Alert Thingy

I use Twitter for broad discussion and new viewpoints. FriendFeed tends to be more intimate, but with people "like me" - Mike Reynolds

yeah I like that analogy too -- conversations between multiple ppl much easier to come by on FF than Twitter. - Shey, Jamaican of FF

I tend to use whatever is "closest", most times I do post to pownce, and some things just are better as a twit. FF does help bring everything together, I wish more of my contact used it. - Grant Bierman

FF is a mosaic painting that Twitter is a (big) part of. - Michael Dragone

@M.D. I think you are a mosaic painting too, what an aristocratic background you have : ) Nice comment ; ) - Erhan Erdogan

Similar dichotomies have existed before (in Microsoft Exchange, for example, you have email messages vs. threaded conversations in Public Folders), but there's usually some overlap... the interesting thing for me is that Twitter seems to be an acquired taste: at first you're all, "Huh? This is stupid" and then (maybe) you take a real liking to it. Whereas I "got" the idea of FriendFeed right away, I could see the utility, but I haven't taken a real liking to it at all. Twitter is CB Radio. - Karim

ha, info whore - Andrew Smith

I'm pretty new to twitter and ff so its interesting to see how ppl who have been on them for a while use the services. - Nelson de Witt

age on Twitter or wherever and it shows up on FF, ready for commentary. - Soulhuntre from twhirl

Apples and Oranges. FF has the broader net. Twitter is the river. I check Twitter more often. FF of course has the visuals. FF needs friend tagging like Pownce has. Actually, Twitter needs friend tagging too. - Jonathan Leavitt

Grr. Try #2 - I dont post to FF as a "first level" channel. I use twitter or whatever and then FF aggregates it for comment. - Soulhuntre from twhirl

Twitter is also *SIMPLE.* Twitter = iPhone, FriendFeed = Windows Mobile. Twitter is from Mars and FriendFeed is from Venus. Twitter is a hot dog and FriendFeed is escalopes de veau a l'estragon avec endives gratineed with cheese. - Karim

Ya know, I'm just jumping into the FF field, but it looks to me like you've nailed it. The most frustrating thing about Twitter for me is that it's like a chat room where you can't always see all the posts (if I'm not following the other half of a conversation); the FF layout solves some of that, as I don't need to be subscribed to everyone to see their comments. - Tim Glinatsis

friendfeed is the new irc...with a splash of rss - steveo

FriendFeed is from Mars, Twitter is from Venus. http://tinyurl.com/59rzyk - Hutch Carpenter

LOL Hutch, I stand corrected. A well-thought-out analysis you have there. It would be fascinating to compare male/female usage ratios of Twitter vs. FriendFeed. Are structured, threaded, hierarchical conversations from Mars, and free-form chats from Venus? Interesting question... - Karim

@Karim - thanks! There are differences between the two services, and I think the organization around content in FriendFeed creates some real differences with Twitter. Twitter is organized around the person you're talking to. - Hutch Carpenter

I share on Google Reader, update on Twitter, post on Blogger... FriendFeed catches it all as a nice archive (that I use to create a weekly/monthly newsletter for clients). I don't have the big community following so the commenting feature is not such a benefit. If/when I do get more conversations going, then I can see FriendFeed becoming more important. Twitter is more of an echo chamber when it comes to conversation. - Joining Dots

After watching this Post I will be using FriendFeed much more effectively and therefore Twitter less. - Brad Nix

I'm doing that already without being prompted, here provide's a very addictive source of information flow and discussion! - Joe Dawson

if it weren't for twitterfeed.com and the AIM option I'd never post to Twitter - Jon Gosier