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Hmmm, maybe. Things are busy. I spent approximately 2.5 hrs on soc nets during the week, according to PageAddict. This includes Twitter, Friendfeed and Facebook. - Steve Rubel

i think people are just finding their way of balancing friendfeed along with their other "social responsibilities" shall we call them... :) Maybe even you! :) - Zee.

My usage has gone down as well and will go down even more starting next week. But, that is only b/c I will be working during the day starting Monday. - Mathew™ one of a kind

The busier I am the less I look at FF. - Michael Markman

i guess maybe it's like opening a new video game on your birthday - you play the heck out of it for a month, then only once in a while. as hodson would say, maybe ff is no longer a shiny new object. - Allen Stern

can't find any compelling reason to spend much time on FF. I check in every 2-3 days but that's about it. Becoming a burden and I'm considering giving up. - Chris Selland

My use had gone up dramatically since the introduction of lists. It's infinitely more useful now. - Kevin Gamble

My use of FF has increased. - Mike Reynolds

Mine is waning too... due to increased responsibilities at work. Enormous changes ahead for me so I have to gear down and get all serious. You'll see less of me... probably morning, evenings and weekends (sneak in for lunch too!) - Susan Beebe

Facebook feed does the same with higher quality and simple ways to manage it. I prefer it to Friendfeed. - Mikko Alasaarela from twhirl

So your measurement of a community's success is your own activity? I argue that's broken. And you were only online for 35 hours? Did you go on vacation? :-) - Louis Gray

I work for Yahoo! News - I get to see it before it happens.... - Glen, Bespectacled Elder

if wsj was smart, it would have known to marry you to its online platform - and you'd be getting it there instead :) - Patricia

Guy here at work got an SMS on his iphone today from Rogers - USB power adapter recall - quick search in FF showed that tidbit 10 days ago! - Capn' One Eye - adrift

For all those not in high-tech, Google Reader, Friendfeed, and Techneme isn't an option. Reading the news in the WSJ is the resource. - Randy Ksar from twhirl

ALL the news? or all the top headlines? - Michael Markman from twhirl

Robert, buy the WSJ. They cover and write the news. What would happen to aggregators like Google Reader, Friendfeed and others if there were longer anyone doing that? - Rod Bauer from twhirl

I glanced over the front page of the NYTimes today on a coffee break and thought to myself, "geez, that's all old news already". - Brian Ries

The definition of "News" is something that is "New" to the reader. Those not sitting online all day can get a handy filtered, noise free and considered opinion in a portable format. In-depth analysis is missing from "lifestream journalism" and a good newspaper will expand "yesterday's news" - Michael Rose

The thing that the WSJ can do for someone is add in depth analysis and opinion. Something the social media echo chamber is rapidly showing itself to be HORRIBLE about. We get lots of info on FF / Twitter / Techmeme but much of it is distorted and biased almost beyond use. Don't get me wrong, I think there is HUGE value in FF / Twitter and love them both - but it is becoming clear that more in depth outlets are also needed. - Soulhuntre

Did you inform the guy of this thing called the "Internet" - Michael McGimpsey from twhirl

Soulhuntre raises a valid point. - Mathew A. Koeneker

Agreed. It'd be tragic for all if we lost what newspapers bring to the table. People should want to be helping them make the transition, not gleefully clapping their demise. Those are huge entities who supply jobs. Web 2.0 is quick to want the death of all things 'old' but sadly, none ever talk about or create models to replace it. At best, one out of the million blogs will be grown enough to be able to employ 30 people. Conde Nast employs hundreds and thousands. It's just a loss all around. - Patricia

I love my elitist brethren. And imagine, some people don't get or can't get news AS IT HAPPENS WORLDWIDE.app.php like the rest of the upper class. So yeah, thanks for that. - Eric Rice

the same with every newspaper in Sweden. - Svartling

Internet = breaking news, newspaper = backstory - Alex Nesbitt

This is the same reason I'm letting all my magazine subscriptions lapse. There's nothing in them I hadn't already seen. - Joey Gibson

There's still something about enjoying a relaxing Sunday morning with the paper, though. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

My wife's allergic to legumes; since most papers are printed with soy-based ink these days, I haven't subscribed to a newspaper since the mid-1980's. - Glen, Bespectacled Elder

that might be true for the news and headlines, but lengthier and more explanatory stuff often requires a bit of digging and some time to weigh and reflect -- there's much more to news than what's on the envelope. - Adrian Chan

Ha I wrote about this not long ago.. http://is.gd/3avk - Joe Dawson

I doubt that everything in the WSJ was in FriendFeed . There are only a few papers in America because most are really part of a homogeneous blob due to all the syndicated stories they pick up. The WSJ does not rely on syndication, and instead produces its own material; it is by far the best newspaper in the states and is interesting all the way through. If you said the NYT or LAT, yes they are all over FriendFeed and have little depth unless they are articles dealing with culture or their local domain - RAPatton

same here although I still read the WSJ (online only) - Chris Selland

Nothing new. I have stopped reading newspapers. I have my Google Reader in my mobile to take care of the news. Newspapers are yesterdays story. - Sidharth Dassani

More than likely, print media will be hybrid models or go digital entirely. expect it in TV as well (already has happened, etc.). the next project i'm considering is a hybrid model in hopes to create an example that can work for both. Don't kill print media!! Just help it become more modern :) - Patricia

Makes sense. Its not like there's anything interesting going on in finance at the moment. - john conroy

Had to be on Twitter too, if not first! - Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct

it's not available outside of the US, so doesn't get a like from me - Ben

I have been using amazon since launch. DRM free, AAC-free, compatible & reasonable quality. and the catalog is up to snuff as well. - Doug Haslam from twhirl

I'll never be a fan of any of these sites until they start offering lossless files. - Akiva Moskovitz

This is available on emusic now (in Canada too!). I subscribe for 30 downloads/month at $11.99 so this 15 track album is effectively $6 there for DRM free MP3s. On Amazon it's $9. [Shameless mode: ON] If you're thinking of signing up their 'Tell A Friend' (Tell a FriendFeed?) program could score 50 free tracks for both of us. Let me know... :-) [Shameless mode: OFF] - Andrew Codrington

I also <3 Amazon's MP3 store - Alex Scoble

If you can tell the difference between a 240kb MP3 and lossless, Akiva, then that's OK. I cannot, even on my home theater system. - Alex Scoble

I've been using the Amazon MP3 store from the first day it opened. The only time I used the iTunes store since was when I got a giftcard for it for Christmas. - Mathew™ one of a kind

I hope that's not the official Forrester recommendation. :-) - Louis Gray

I haven't even searched iTunes for new music since Amazon opened their store. I see no advantage to iTunes right now. The Amazon catalog may be smaller, but I'm finding more than enough to buy. - Kevin C. Tofel

Amazon is my backup if I can't find it on eMusic.com. - mrshl

Welcome. We've been waiting for you. =) - Mike Smith

I love Amazon Mp3, but they don't have everything. I'm using Linux now, so if what I want is only on ITunes, I'm SOL (I think - someone PLEASE prove me wrong). - Helen Sventitsky

One of the advantages of iTunes is that i can buy straight from my iPhone. Thats a tough advantage to beat. - Roberto Bonini

big fan of Amazon too - Chris Selland

@jstorerj has been espousing the virtues of Amazon's music store for the same reasons your list. I may have to make the switch soon. - Aaron Strout from twhirl

I have been using it more and more, their selection is still a bit bare. - Spencer

I love Thievery Corporation, been to two concerts, getting the "Radio Retaliation" album right now, thanks for the tip. My first buy on Amazon MP3 and I hope it will work well with my iTunes, we'll see :-) - Frederik Hermann

independent - Bryan R. Adams

Despite my sobriquet, I readily recognize the folly of going too far down any one axis... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - LogEx

Here I am! - Mattie Kenny

Moderate!! need to go look up what the heck an Independent really is *laughs* - Susan Beebe

I'm registered as an independent. - Bryan Person

You didn't ask about Libertarians? ;) - Cheryl Allin from twhirl

Libertarian - Chris Selland

I think i'm moderately independent - imabonehead

Let me tell you, being from a country where we have more than 15 different parties, seeing only two in your country feels really bizarre. However, if I was an American, I'd be a Democrat. - Rodrigo Jaroszewski

Sorry, I'm hopelessly dependent on other people voting on issues and not emotions ... - LPH™ and his dog P™

Raising a moderate hand over here. - Great Scott!

@Jeremiah Owyang (jowyang): Fasco-Anarcho-Libertarian - Alexander Williams from NoiseRiver

I'm an extreme centrist, but only in moderation. - Kevin Johnson

** Raises hand ** - Hutch Carpenter

Was an Independent, but changed so I could vote in the primary election. - ::Kristen::

ME! 1000% - Live4Emma (L4S)

How about a conseva-lible? - Tabz

@Susan Apparently you have no idea what an independent is. You're not funny. You're just ignorant about politics outside a terrible two party system. - Mattie Kenny from fftogo

only a Moderate Owyangster, but truly Independent of 9/11 truthers. - Richard pancakhaus Walker

I'm an evangelical Christian, pro-gay-marriage, pro-free-trade moderate who thing its ok China is not 100% democratic. So there. - Elliott Ng

Maybe Elliot should run for Office :P - imabonehead

Elliott ftw! - Mona Nomura

Free Human (maybe):) - Igor Poltavskiy

Libertarian! - Corie

I don't know what any of those words mean. - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

neo libertarian - Duncan Riley

"Very liberal", like it says on my Facebook page. If I lived in the US I'd be a registered Democrat. - Alexander Carlill

not a fan of the "Tweedledum / Tweedledee" two party system and worried that the "monstrous crow" is going to do a whole hell of a lot more than scare 'em - Bill Sanders

"I'm an extreme centrist, but only in moderation. - Kevin Johnson" oh good. glad we cleared that up! - Jeremiah Owyang

Was a registered as an Independent, but in FL that means you can't vote in the primaries. I got tired of that and finally registered as a democrat. I still see myself as an Independent. - Jen (SquirrelGirl)

I use browser bookmarks for permanent bookmarks, things I want to keep bookmarked forever, like my Google Apps For Your Domain account, the InformationWeek home page, our intranet apps, and so forth. I also use browser bookmarks for "disposable" bookmarks (so to speak); blog conversations I'm following where I'll delete the bookmark when the conversation dies down. I use delicious for the middle ground, stuff I'll want to hang onto for a while, but which will one day expire. (continued) - Mitch Wagner

I mainly use delicious to bookmark articles that I think I'll want to reference in an article or blog post sometime soon, one I'm thinking about writing or actively planning to write. And I use it a lot more now that I'm on FriendFeed; I feel a tangible sense of community here because of the comments/likes system; on delicious I never got any feedback on my bookmarks so I had no idea if anyone ever saw them. - Mitch Wagner

I commute 40 miles from west of Des Moines to the east side of the city. It takes me about 35-40 minutes during "rush hour". Gotta love Iowa "traffic". ;) - Nathaniel Payne

Boston traffic isn't fun, but anyone who says it is 'the worst' hasn't spent any significant time in NYC or LA - Chris Selland

I really don't count NYC, since there are so many options to driving yourself there. But LA is horrible -- and have you ever had to deal with Dallas?? Lordy. Depending on the time of day, you have to allow yourself HOURS to get to the airport. - Cheryl Rice

i drive in Dallas/Fort Worth traffic every damned day. :-| <-- failed smile Houston is worse! - John Neese