Look, let me start of by saying congratulations boys and girls. Seriously, you lived the startup dream. You built an epic product, gained a loyal following and then got bought out. I do not fault or hold a grudge againt any of you for that. I truely hope you can bring some FriendFeedly goodness to Facebook, like the parmasen cheese on top of a bowl of spagetti. I fear you will just be incorporated into a massive soup and form the part that coats the back of the spoon. See, I think that's my problem. Last night I spent 3 hours trying to edit a podcast about FriendFeed. I have the shirts. I have the stickers. I have the fanboy love. I have a great group of friends who love and trust each other. I woke this morning to find that not only have you been bought by a company I despise for thier product, but you can't tell me what is happeneing, when, how or even if the name FriendFeed will exist tomorrow or next week. We are in shock. You've broken our hearts. We have no closure. I love you guys, and will continue to play on the deck as it goes down but all we have is "We need to talk". - Johnny

:( - Yolanda

[Picture: http://thatsexybigdude.wordpress.com/] - Johnny

Love you, Johnny!! Great post!! - JA Castillo

sorry you had to wake up to this Johnny. Well said. - Vicarbott

That's about what i was thinking you would say. The unknown part is what blows so much. - Josh Haley from iPhone

Look, I always knew someone would buy FriendFeed. I had no illusions that this would continue unchanged. I am truly happy for the guys, some I have spoken to... Just the whole Facebook part stings... - Johnny

Josh, not ranty enough? :P - Johnny

You have had stronger rants. I know it's just the shock. let's have a pow wow soon. - Josh Haley from iPhone

:( - Anne Bouey

well said johnny - (jeff)isageek

Do we have a time frame yet? I know an exact date isn't possible but are we talking days, weeks, months? Will I have a FriendFeed Christmas? - Johnny

Johnny, there will be a FF Christmas even if there is no FriendFeed. Rest assured =) - FFing Enigma

Well said, Johnny - Sally Church

well said Johnny. I love FriendFeed ... Facebook - not so much. If you all move on somewhere else, please let me know so I can follow :( I too am happy for the FF team, just sad to think there may not be a FF any more ... - Penny

Penny... http://www.facebook.com/johnnyw... - Johnny

FriendFeed was a company designed to be bought out. The fact that it has happened shouldn't surprise anyone. - Ryan Massie

I'm happy they were bought, Ryan. I am dismayed beyond words that it was Facebook. - FFing Enigma

Who did you expect to buy it? Google? no. Microsoft? no. That leaves who? Yahoo? - Ryan Massie

Yes, I expected Google. Specifically, I expected Google to assimilate FF in with Wave, seeing so many comparisons were being made between the two. - FFing Enigma

Google already tried to buy a twitter clone and then left it to rot. - Ryan Massie

That's because Twitter out Jaiku'd them. There was no point in taking it further (unless they bought Twitter, in which case Twitter might have some better uptime numbers). There's a difference in stopping dev on a project that's no longer competitive and buying/absorbing a competing/complimentary service. - FFing Enigma

There is no reason we should accept our sale... They didn't get bought Johnny... we did. We were the asset. And we can stop being that arse-et anytime we choose... - constantinos alexacos

constantinos, I think you are wrong there. I can make a bet that FB bought only the talent. They don't care about the tech or the community. The tech will be easily rebuilt by the talent. The community is so small compared to what already exists on FB (which includes a significant chunk of FF users) that they don't need to care. This is why each and every employee of FF have been moved into positions at FB... to recreate the tech for FB. If the entire FF community left today or tomorrow, there will not be a single bit of concern because it will actual make their job easier... not having to worry about a transition. - travispuk

Travis> why pay 50m$ for the talent? Surely they could get that for less. I really believe that the ff is a niche that the FB really needs, and I am talking about you guys (I am new here and completely non-tech). The challenge lies with you folks to come up with an open non-sellable ff, possibly through blogs or any other way you can think. Enough with the silicon-boys... (totally my 2cents). - constantinos alexacos

Constantinos, 50$m is peanuts to pay for a competing company that you think will steal your userbase. Making that company your own and siphoning off their talent is the only surefire way to make sure they're not a competitor. - FFing Enigma

Tina, I don't know the price tag, but I totally agree that it is us that they were after, those that made it here, and those that would eventually come. So the argument still stands, and so does the challenge for an open source type social network - constantinos alexacos

Don't know why I'm not seeing the Hitler parody of Facebook acquiring FF. But here it is.... http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Bill Bittner