Exactly. - EricaJoy

Very sad day I think. - travispuk

Congrats! - Daniel Brusilovsky

+100 Matt - Jorge Escobar

congrats indeed, but damn, this seems like it's going to be bad :( - acedanger

exactly - mike "glemak" dunn

NO Congrats or whatsoever "to Paul, Bret, and the whole FriendFeed gang. But I hope you bring a big shot of openness into the Facebook ecosystem, because it doesn't feel that way right now." Matt, dear! You Stole My Words! ROFL :)))) Just curious - is there anything more important than money? It seems NOT ROFLMAO - Lora Lufark

lots of truthiness in that statement. - Sushubh

I am sad. No congratulation at all. - bellegarde-webb

Besides being closed, Facebook has never adequately addressed serious privacy issues in its past. I strongly distrust them as a company and I'm sad to hear that they're gobbling up a service and a group of people I do trust. But if both services end up being elevated to FriendFeed's high standard then this will be a great day in hindsight. - Doug Beeferman

Well put doug, I feel same way: I trust FF, I dont trust FB. I'm skeptical this acquisition will change FB enough for me to trust it, but we'll see. - Evan Parker from Android

Facebook is a cult - Joe Dawson

Has anyone got an idea for a friendfeed alternative? - Ru Viljoen

Ru, I think Hellotxt.com might be a decent alternative to Friendfeed (it can also post to Friendfeed for you so you can keep your feed if you wish). I may start using it instead. Not sure. There's also identi.ca which claims to be adding more features for cross-posting. They use the Opensource Laconi.ca platform - PurpleZoe

thx for suggestions but looks like those are both exclusively microblogging platforms. - Ru Viljoen

no congrats, but I agree with the rest. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

Identi.ca is mostly a microblog (I hear cross-posting networks should be enabled soon), but Hellotxt.com is a lifestream (you can cross-post and etc across networks) I believe. Unfortunately it's slow at times. I'll miss Friendfeed if it gets sucked into the Facebook network, instead of remaining a stand-alone app. Not at all happy about the acquisition. - PurpleZoe

3 other possibilities: lifestream.fm, Socialthing.com and possibly Streamy.com - PurpleZoe

Now might be a good time for socialthing to exit private beta and enter public - Ru Viljoen

Agreed. - PurpleZoe