It's sleek right now, but some background on architecture would be nice, so we know it won't be Twitter reloaded. And it should shake twitter guys a bit, so they try harder! Andraz Tori, Zemanta - Andraž Tori via FriendFeed MT Plugin

Great news! And...this type of federation has been done before, and we use it everyday: email. Ever wondered why it's so damn easy for @gmail.com to send emails to @whatever? That's federation working it's magic Federation does wonders to universal interoperability, and ultimately utility to the users. But sadly, it also destroys the possibly for anyone to directly monetize the technology (unless you're a badass like Google, who still manages to squeeze some juice out of Gmail) - Q dub via FriendFeed MT Plugin

my question about Identica: Say Paul manages an instance "A" of laconica and Bob manages instance "B" of the same software. Does Sally who manages instance "D" of laconica have the same view of the subscriptions/messages that Bob and Paul have at any given instant "t" ? - directeur via FriendFeed MT Plugin

I just don't see this as a viable replacement unless it is given a remarkable overhaul. Considering it just went live today, I find that hard to believe. Why switch from one better microblogging service to another that is not as good. Move to the aggregator that hosts the lifestream ... FriendFeed. - David Weiner via FriendFeed MT Plugin