first of many TC posts, no doubt. - MG Siegler

Looking forward to them MG! Congrats again... - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

The moment FriendFeed wants to pull all of my friends, my apps, my shared content, etc. every time I make a comment I'm outta here! - JCunwired

Congrats MG! - Phil Glockner

Excellent article. Glad to see an analysis about FF written by someone who uses FF. - Jérôme

thanks jerome - MG Siegler

You're right - people will love this or hate this post. I don't think that Facebook can change its interface THAT much to be as simple as FriendFeed. But now I'm wondering about a related question - will Twitter reduce its simplicity and add functionality to be more like Facebook? - John E. Bredehoft from fftogo

Great first post! - Daniel Brusilovsky

Fantastic! A refreshing voice in TC! - Mark Philpot

Thanks for the heart attack. That headline is scary. - Chris Charabaruk

Thanks for this stimulating post. Here's why I think it's a mistake for FB to try to emulate FF: My 78 yr old mother is on Facebook, and she would never "get" FF. FB's demographic is getting older, and those folks are joining it not to aggregate the web, but to find old friends and see pictures of their grandkids. Start moving real time and FF's power search and filters front and center and you'll lose those folks. - Mark Traphagen from Nambu

brilliant! - Alfonso Pace

Commented on this post and identified critical FB problem : http://bit.ly/4zDED - Ghodmode from twhirl

Will friendfeed move beyond it's cult status? And if it does, won't it be just as noisy as Twitter? Right now it's interesting to dip into because it's a relatively quiet channel, like Twitter used to be. But if it goes big, not so sure the beauty of FF will translate to the large scale. What works for Twitter is the egalitarian nature of all tweets -- not the popularity of them which FF emphacizes. For trend spotters, the firehose stream has it's advantages. Bottom line, if you want to be on the "next" thing early, hop on over to FriendFeed and start dabbling -- just in case it takes off - Peggy Dolane

130 comments on this article over at TC already. Way to earn your stripes, MG! - Daniel J. Pritchett

Peggy: The reason I think FF is more scalable than Twitter is FFs powerful filters (which I'm sure will become even more powerful in the future). By building filters, I can slice through my FF feed in ways that are digestible and meaningful to me. If FF every hits a growth spurt comparable to FB or Twitter, the filters will keep it managable, whereas Twitter, once you start following several hundred people, becomes less and less manageable, and there is little (aside from the limited number of groups you can create in apps like TweetDeck) to help you manage the flood. - Mark Traphagen

Mark: Facebook has already announced and demonstrated filters that will be coming soon on Facebook. - Robert Scoble

MG - Hey Congrats again on TC job!! woo hooo! This article makes me sad though... cuz you're prophesying the continued plagiarism of Facebook to copy as much of FriendFeed as they can ... Grrrr! I am annoyed by FB's sheer ripoff of FF augh! - Susan Beebe

Robert: As I said in an earlier comment, I'm not sure that Facebook's increasingly older demographic is going to want too many more techno geek bells and whistles added to FB. It's those same bells and whistles here on FF that I think will keep FF from ever being FB size (though I hope FF will grow enough to remain sustainable). I'm here because I love every tinkling bell and hooting whistle FF throws at me, but I think you're average FB user would be bewildered by FF. - Mark Traphagen

FriendFeed rocks! !.. and well, facebook just drools for this level of quality - Susan Beebe