Is Facebook going after FriendFeed? http://www.toddrjordan.com/thebroa... - Todd Jordan

Why so hard and rough? I would miss twitter, maybe I am not so involved in FF but I like the speed of twitter. I am missing so many followers here! - SteJules from twhirl

Now you've done it Twitter, Duncan is on the warpath. - Bwana

I hope FriendFeed isn't the one to kill Twitter, most FFers filter out tweets anyway. But if there can be a way to separate Twitter-type conversation from the other aggregated content in FF, then Twitter will be in trouble. - Shey

Not one to drop links in comments, and if FF had item permalinks I'd link directly to the FF item I found this at. You can easily import your twitter friends into FF with this little tool. It's rough but works like a charm. http://oxalon.com/product... sorry Duncan, it's PC only now, but if you still have one lying around it's worth it to fire it up just for that program. - Paul Short

FF items do have permalinks. Click "More" then "Link to this entry". - Shey

OOH! Thanks a million Shey. You da man! Still a noob to FF so I'll need some guidance while making the transition ;-) - Paul Short

The link Paul provided - I used that tool, it took four runs to get the entire twitter list imported (following 300). It kept dying at the same place, and I removed the next twitter friend on my list, I would start over, and it would proceed on past its failure point, and then crap out again. I then had to remove yet another person from my follow list until we got through it all. I'm sure that has nothing to do with twitter outages though! - Christopher Dickens

@shey and that's pretty much what I'm saying. The core twitter simplicity isn't in FF yet, but they have the talent and base to create it and offer it as a Twitter killer. - Duncan Riley from twhirl

We know that Twitter is screwed, but aside from FriendFeed who else could build a replacement that meets the criteria of competency, people, scale. The guys a FF know what they are doing, if we had a FF Room but it was a Twitter style message service for those who want it stand alone, and clients can use the API to tap into that... - Duncan Riley

Something needs to happen - twitter has uncovered previously unmet demand but cannot deliver technically. There is a clear gap for a competitor. One thing with friendfeed is you cannot import your twitter contacts easily yet. - Kate

@Christopher It worked perfectly for me and I have about 360 followers. I guess I must have hit the program, or twitter, at the right time. @Kate, give that tool a try. No guarantees (see @ to Christopher) but even if it craps out it's probablly still faster than crossreferencing by hand. - Paul Short

@Duncan That's a good point. Are you thinking they can base a new service off the existing FF architecture? That would speed up development instead of having to re-invent the wheel - Shey

I've moved from Twitter to FriendFeed with help from http://internetducttape.com/2008... - Thomas Ho

Christ, that titles a bit drastic. I'll remember to laugh when FriendFeed gets as many users as Twitter and starts crashing all the time. - CannonGod from twhirl

Did you even read the article? - Shey

Arrington once said "Demo needs to die," now we have "It's Time for FriendFeed to Kill Twitter." We can't just have "I prefer Brand X" anymore. "It's time for Peter Pan peanut butter to reach inside the ribcage of Jif, eviscerate its still-beating heart and raise it in triumphant exultation before sinking its fangs into the hot, bloody carcass to the stunned amazement and terror of all other brands of peanut butter." Allllllrighty then. - Karim

But what kind of linkbait would "I prefer Brand X" be? :P - Shey

@Jake I Tweeted a FriendFeed hork earlier this evening. ;) - Cyndy

@Shey Well I assume you're addressing me. And yes, I stand by my point for very good reasons. I'm not flaming for flaming sake here, nor am I some Twitter fanboy. I just think it's ridiculous that for a service which no-one pays for and is obviously very important to most internet user's lives, the online community respect is for it to die. Nice. If this is the reaction to a startup going through hard times due to it's own success, the Web2.0 bubble will burst sooner than expected. - CannonGod

The "you dont pay so you shouldn't complain" argument doesn't really fly with me anymore. I'm investing my time, my most important resource, in your service so you can build a business model around me in due time. I agree we owe them some patience. But don't they have to be held to an account also? Tell about another significant startup service that has this kind of downtime that's gonna pop this "web 2.0 bubble".... - Shey

Free is not an immune-from-criticism pass. Also, the "startup" excuse is getting old too. Twitter was established July, 2006, they're coming up on 2 years old. If you can't take criticism *when your system sucks*, then you shouldn't be in business. Period. If users didn't care about Twitter, they wouldn't complain. - Bwana

I agree. Two years is long enough to scale the service... Twitter may have missed its window of opportunity. - Bill Sodeman

Twitter been around since 2006? Boy, don't I feel all late and junk... - Outsanity

Great post. Like the FF comment system. - The Dude Abides

Got to agree with Shey, Twitter wants to be a utility provider but they can't even get that right, and in terms of payment it's their decision to offer it for free + without advertising. Twitter has only one purpose: provide a microblogging service, and it can't successfully do that. - Duncan Riley

This may be a little harsh, but think of it this way: if Twitter was a dog we would have put it down by now. - Duncan Riley

FF just isn't sticky to me. It's an adjunct to Twitter, seen 1-2 times a day, whereas I have Twitter on all day, dipping in frequently. Has anybody read this http://twurl.nl/aykym3 or this http://tinyurl.com/6j6bex Both address directly what is going on with Twitter, and how they'll handle it. No need to jump ship and bomb it while you leave! - Paul Smith

With IM turned off Twitter is noticeably quiet tonight, but is there also strike going on? - Larry Kless

Sigh. Link bait. - Jordan Brock

seems to me like duncan is working for friendfeed now - Olubi Ezra