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Facebook shows its leadership. Combining public and private facing services is a big win. Facefeed is a winner.
Mohamed J, Darren Heydon, Denise Howell and 52 other people liked this
I agree with this 100%. This is one of the best purchases in a long time in silicon valley....good win
- Jason Stephens
What if they turn off FF.com though and integrate with FB :(
- Mark
Leo, I've respected you for years, but I see no evidence that anybody has a clue what they're doing with this merger. I like Facebook; I like Friendfeed, but I like Friendfeed more and I see way more potential for downside in this deal, as a user, than I do upside.
- Scott of Two Countries
still the begining, let see what wave will do
- abdellah
But will it become a combined service? I doubt it.
- jcunwired
Leo, the word 'Leadership' is exactly right. As Dave and Robert recently discussed, the most frustrating aspects of Twitter are the inconsistent business practices, seemingly arrogant attitude, and poor account management. I'm glad FriendBook stepped up.
- Dan Patterson
My worry is that the public facing service that made Friendfeed so great will disappear...
- Andrew Terry
Don't forget their also buying brains...there is some real talent at friendfeed
- Jason Stephens
I want only to carry on going to Friendfeed.com. Don't want it to be built into Facebook
- Mark
@jason remember tey qui Google, they will never stay at FB
- abdellah
If they keep FF.com then fine...if I have to go to FB to use FF forget it
- Randy Pollock
I am an instructor and just integrated Friendfeed into my classes for sharing, etc. The groups and privacy were the winner. I cannot see taking the same thing over to FB even if it had the functionality because of its rep. I liked having a professional social media, and a private one on FB for my friends. I am somewhat bummed.
- TonyatMATC
I want my data.
- Bwana ☠
I want me FF
- Randy Pollock
I want Bwana's data, too.
- Akiva Moskovitz
This could turn ugly if they close FF.com or make it a Facebook landing page
- Mark
proves that smart ideas have a market.
- michael sean wright
We go from an open community to a walled garden. This is supposed to be a good thing?
- jcunwired
First interview is up on techcrunch http://ff.im/6pQ88
- Mark
There is potential for a good Facefeed product, but I'm betting that FF will be no more a year from now.
- Jason Thompson
Only fact I have is Facebook's Terms of Service - Data export please
- Bwana ☠
I'm leery of this...
- Casey Petersen
GRRR!
- Josh Haley
Read Arrington's interview, he says they bought the people and not the service
- Mark
Me too. I thinking of writing a quick script to get everything out, quickly.
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
Arrington believes the service won't survive long term as it is
- Mark
Why not keep FF up as a testing ground for new services/ideas before taking them to FB
- TonyatMATC
hmmph
- Mark
I like FF better. Probably will buy Facefeed stock if they ever go public :)
- mahjongmi
Oh my, tell me you just made that name up and that it actually won't be called that. LOL
- David Lovekamp
I like that name, created by Leo, LOL
- mahjongmi
Anyone watch that British show "The IT Crowd"? The Friendface episode now has whole new meaning haha
- Mike
For this week's TWiT, can we please have Scoble to talk about this? I think he's one of the most appropriate people to talk to.
- Michel
from iPhone
If Scoble is there, invite Louis Gray too. We need a realistic perspective.
- jcunwired
Seconded for Louis Grey, Akiva Moskowitz, or Ken Sheppardson.
- Matthew DeVries
Leo, are you rolling live with anything today/tonight on this?
- Matthew DeVries
Guys, if you think FF is going to stick around read the press release and look at how many non-Facebook websites Facebook runs. They bought the people and maybe the tech, but FF as an independent app is toast.
- invariant - farewell FF
+invariant
- Kamilah Gill
best comment ever Leo
- Braden Douglass
This is facebooks chance to have a public facing component, and to not have to duplicate Friendfeed, it's a win. And what's this thing called Twitter?
- Christian Burns
from iPhone
Sounds more like FriendFace to me
- Tom Talbott, Jr
Wishful thinking ... Does Google split with TM owners? Twitter with UGC? No
- Scott Moskowitz
from iPhone
i just told someone how much better ff is than fb!! now this?
- Mike Pollock
Thank my lucky stars I listen to Leo...couldnt get the name I wanted on twitter so I got it on Friendfeed.......in two weeks we ll all be saying Ashton and twitter who?
- Flex Fitness
DO NOT WANT FF intergrated with Facebook....period
- Johann Diaz
from Nambu
Couldn't agree with you more Leo. :)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Isnt that what they said about the Titanic? ;)
- Rich White
@jcunwired Watch. This is a big step toward an open Facebook. This has been their goal all along: a distributed Facebook.
Eric Geller, Larry Schuff, mahjongmi and 8 other people liked this
what a crock of shite, Dave Winer is right about all this its bad for FF
- Mark
Nonsense. I can see nothing good coming from this. Facebook buying FriendFeed = the death of FriendFeed and no improvements for Facebook.
- Otto
Leo have you taken some Crazy pills?
- Mark
I dont buy the open facebook thing. big bad google is just waiting to index all of that content...
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
it's not in Facebook's interest to be open; they'll be slaves to Google if they go down that route...
- Andrew Terry
If I'm Google right now, I move in and buy twitter
- Ankush Narula
What happens for those of us that use FF but not FB?
- Simon Bodger
Does Twitter need Google though? Twitter revels in it's simplicity... for better or worse they are the evolutionary cockroach of the social media world.
- Adrian
FF connected me with new friends that I would never have known. FB connects me with old friends I could have done without. :(
- jcunwired
Hah! jc - that's a great comment
- Bwana ☠
I don't think this is a good thing - I totally agree with jcunwired.
- Zphotogal
Google needs twitter's real-time pulse ... but more so they need the FB/FF/twitter status updates that will all eventually be landing on twitter
- Ankush Narula
I was an avid Jaiku user from the start and long until after Google bought them right up to the day that Google killed it (made it "Open Source"). The painful reality is that Facebook can either take the high road and make Friendfeed even better while integrating it, or kill it slowly. Let's hope that they avoid the killing!
- Kelley G. Tedd
The Dangers of Pac-Man Joining Twitter http://laughingsquid.com/the-dan... [via @mashable]
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never realized that the *entire* vaccination/autism scare is due to one jerk who faked data in a research report: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol...
Ross Young, Olympia Scott, Shawn McCollum and 17 other people liked this
And yet, people are still pushing it, and children are dying.
- Mistletoe Glen
wow.
- anna sauce
Like the way DDT was maligned and the needless deaths of thousands ensued from malaria.
- Dave Roth
Attending E3? Stop by the Xbox booth and get the very first prop for you Avatar: http://majornelson.com/archive... #xboxe3
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Building an empire | PressDemocrat.com | The Press Democrat | Santa Rosa, CA - http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article...
Chris Luckhardt, Chuck Kahn, Ron R. and 62 other people liked this
""Live streaming takes the Internet to the next level," said Jake Gold, chief technology officer at Stickam.com. "Leo is a great example of the replacement of TV.""
- Leo Laporte
from Bookmarklet
Mmm, ego stroking. :D
- Mike Nayyar
Leo is a pioneer and I'm sure he's watched closely by the big networks.
- Donald Townsend
from twhirl
"Million dollar business"??? Hope it is true Leo - you certainly deserve it.
- Euan
Nice article indeed. Great business. Listen to you almost every day
- Robert
Been following Leo for years. I loved Screensavers and Call for Help. I am so glad he decided to break the paradigm and show the big boys what a geek with motivation can do. GET SOME LEO!!!!!!!!!!!
- Robert C
I love Leo and have always been a huge fan. Sadly I haven't been able to listen to TWiT in a long time (just haven't has the time) but from what I have heard from numerous sources the show has really taken an awful turn for the worse. I saw tweets from people today saying they couldn't even make it through the current episode of Macbreak weekly because it was so bad. Like I said I haven't been able to tune in for a while, anyone else find that the network has given up on quality content?
- Nicholas Kreidberg
The TWiT podcast is better than ever recently.
- Phillip Stewart
Great exposure Leo! FWIW, Brian Brushwood has been an awesome contributor to TWiT. Revision3 is letting him go to waste just doing Scam School.
- Paul Reynolds
I agree, Brian was fun
- JimmyDee
Leo is the man! He's a leader and I hope he gets lots of appreciation for his trail blazing!!
- Susan Beebe
Glad to see Leo getting more coverage :)
- Steven Cains
This inspires me - I'm starting a stickam show! Thanks Leo!
- Joe Mescher
"has his sights set on online video streaming"? I think you're just a tad beyond that.
- jcunwired
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How dare you
- Akiva Moskovitz
break the line on friendfeed
- terababy
Don't mind him. He says that all the time.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
We just figured out that this breaks Alert Thingy's UI.
- Akiva Moskovitz
from Alert Thingy
i don't speak german, can someone translate?
- Chris Harris
That's easy for you to say.
- Mitch Wagner
Heh yup it breaks the UI.
- Daniel Spradau
from Alert Thingy
Zoho is going to announce, tomorrow, yet another scratch in Microsoft Office. I'll wait for @techcrunch to spill the beans.
Dennis, Mike Reynolds, Kevin Shannon and 4 other people liked this
Zoho Clippy! Yes!!!
- Alvin Ashcraft
I hate to be a naysayer, but I've yet to find an online office suite that can come close to "business use." Little league rosters, yes. Production metrics for analysis, no.
- Vince DeGeorge
Google Docs is the first app I think of when I need to dump thoughts into a file. Congrats to Zoho though.
- Mike Reynolds
Microsoft cancelled my Xbox Live account while my 360 was in for RROD repairs. Now I can't reactivate - it gets stuck in a loop. Epic Fail.
Ian Rathbone, terry radford, Andrew Badera and 3 other people liked this
Atrocious fail
- Frank Martin
Mine is on its way back from the repair center, they were quick
- Thomas Hunsaker
Didn't you try going online to reactivate your account? Thats what I had to do.
- Simon Kingston
from Alert Thingy
its nice that you get immediate attention from majornelson on twitter though leo :)
- Ian Rathbone
MUNI makes Narnia poster cool - http://www.docpop.org/2008...
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MacBreak Weekly 86: The Freak Squad - http://twit.tv/mbw86
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