Or, in trying to differentiate them. Please educate me! - Kasper Sorensen

On FF you can filter out whats coming from the ones you are following. As mentioned in this article http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2009... - Carsten

Most people use Twitter as a 2 way communication tool. If I see a Twitter user's stream is filled with mostly updates pushed through RSS, it implies to me that the user is more interested in broadcasting as opposed to communicating. - Sharon McPherson

I feel exactly the same way, but why is it different with friendfeed? - Kasper Sorensen from IM

I think it's name answers that question - FriendFEED. It's what the service was created for, and I joined it for the purpose of being able to read the RSS feeds my friends find interesting. As I said above, that's not what Twitter is supposed to be about, imho. - Sharon McPherson

I agree Andy. I must admit that until the recent changes to FF, I used it mostly as an RSS reader. However, the real-time conversation aspect of it now makes it more of a communication medium. - Sharon McPherson

Who doesn't like automatic RSS updates on Twitter? - Ken Sheppardson

Ken: I don't mind occasional RSS updates, but if that's all someone tweets I don't follow them. However; there are some exceptions to my rule, such as keeping updated on certain services that I'm interested in. - Sharon McPherson

Thanks for your thoughts, this is really helpful. You've got some great points on why friendfeed differ from twitter. @Ken see Sharon's comment about broadcasting, it's an opinion shared by many twitter users. I have collected some of your thoughts in this blog post on the subject if you are interested: http://friendfeed.com/kasperb... - Kasper Sorensen

The difference is the number of characters. On twitter with just 140 characters you get hundreds of links without an explanation. Here you get the same but with some justification. - Richard A.