It's interesting that there's so much noise about friendfeed. It is growing much faster than Twitter did in its first year and is much more important to the new web. The problem is that not very many people know they need an aggregator. At least not yet. But, the truth is that friendfeed has always needed features that I've just started to call "track" in honor of Steve Gillmor. I asked for those features back in February and still haven't gotten them. Until we get those kinds of features then the real time web will not go to the next level. - Robert Scoble

I'm confused about the real-time web (there's no Wikipedia entry!). I thought all of the ping services that emerged years ago were in the business of capturing updates from blog posters. Wasn't that what Dave's weblogs.com, among others, did? - Scott Loftesness

I'd love to give Bret or even the loyal power users who help ff, some feedback. They're too close to see some things. Some NON technical things. - Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct

yes scott as you would have seen if Feedburner worked, because it's all about ping servers. Check back in another hour or so. - Steve Gillmor

Twitter is an input to FriendFeed; that's why the comparisons don't really work. Comparing Twitter to FriendFeed is like comparing pasta to lasagna. - Daniel Miessler

I message people who follow me on Twitter to follow me on FriendFeed. Most all of them are not familiar with FriendFeed, but are willing to give it a try. This means there is room to grow. However, many people who have used FriendFeed in the past say they prefer Twitter. But it is not an either/or. Twitter and FriendFeed are not competitive. They serve different functions and people *don't* understand this. I think once they understand this they will adopt it in greater numbers. - Bill Romanos

Scott: ping servers are centralized. The real-time web that's evolving now is decentralized. Getting it all to work together is what TRACK is all about. - Robert Scoble

I use Twitter, FF and FB. Not everyone I know is on all three sites. I like Twitter for rapid-fire snapshots, but am coming to appreciate FF more and more for its texture and the ability for people to engage on a deeper level. - Sue Radd

I have Friend Feed, Plurk, Twitter, and Facebook running all at once. For some reason FF doesn't catch it all. - MarkCarras

I'm all for decentralization, but it seems to me that FriendFeed and Twitter are pretty centralized! - Scott Loftesness

I have no desire at all for FF to go mainstream. The slines can keep FaceBook and MySpace. - iTad

I use FriendFeed to post to Twitter. I learned this from Scoble. Thanks - Bill Romanos

@Robert Hehe, I wrote a post this afternoon claiming that the real time web isn't important at all. Am I in trouble now? http://vanelsas.wordpress.com/2009... - Alexander van Elsas

I have no idea what I would do without FF right now, it is my gateway to the world, much more so than any other system I have ever used. - Dan owns Comicsforge.com

Real-time isn't nearly as important as getting the right information at the right time. Big difference imo. - Alexander van Elsas

Friendfeed is miles better than Twitter but too complicated for the masses to go mainstream. Twitter is a training course for Friendfeed. Once Twitter is swamped in noise FF will rise 2011+. - Thomas Power

Friend feed will become more relevant and important as Twitter fills up with auto dms and spam and more - Richard Binhammer

sidenote: Don't understand why Friendfeed would be better than Twitter. They serve a different purpose. And they both get filled with crap at times - Alexander van Elsas

FriendFeed is alive and well. - ka3drr

using FF is a diversion from my normal work right now, but I have high hopes that soon enough it will become integrated with my workflow. once it gains critical mass (read: popular beyond you 1st adopter web-types, sorry to typecast) FF will be a useful communication tool for business as well as fun. - grant fox

Alexander, it's easier to add delays to a real-time system than it is to add real-time to a delayed system. My response to your blog post is here: http://friendfeed.com/e... I also want to answer the people who commented two months ago. Scott Loftesness, are you still reading this? - Bruce Lewis from fftogo