Webomatica - Latest Comments in Quitting FriendFeed

Re: Quitting FriendFeed

webomatica — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:56:15 -0000

Thanks. Definitely following on Twitter.

Re: Quitting FriendFeed

Hutch Carpenter — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:03:37 -0000

Bummer Jason - I've liked our interactions on FriendFeed. Is your account now completely pulled? Well, I'll catch you on Twitter (* goes to see if we're following each other *) and your blog.

Re: Quitting FriendFeed

webomatica — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:03:15 -0000

"don't let the door hit you on the way out..." Anyhow - both aspects
you mention of FF are pretty cool. At one point last year, I was using
SimplePie to pull FriendFeed into this blog. But I seem to be pulling
back from social websites in general, to where all I really care to
pull in is Twitter and Netflix, and possibly Google Reader and the
Apple iTunes Store.

One of my early notes about FriendFeed is that its value as an
aggregator depends on how many social sites one uses - That's
certainly true for me now... my list of sites I've quit in the past
year is longer than the ones I keep using, so the value there, has
gone down.

And about multimedia attachments - this will sound quaint, but what's
wrong with email?

Re: Quitting FriendFeed

spragued — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:24:32 -0000

What a surprise - this post gets more comments than most others (sometimes I think I should just open a shop that sells nothing but references to FriendFeed...) ;-) I appreciate your frustrations but FF is still a good aggregator for feeding blog widgets etc. and you can post multi-media there. Aren't those reasons to continue using?

Re: Quitting FriendFeed

Shevonne — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:13:59 -0000

You have to do what is right for you.

Re: Quitting FriendFeed

webomatica — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:41:17 -0000

As soon as you wrote "http/xmpp" my eyes rolled over.

Re: Quitting FriendFeed

webomatica — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:37:32 -0000

Certainly. Just taking a break. Meanwhile, pretty much everyone I care
to follow on FF has a blog, Twitter, etc., where notable things
happening on FF will filter up.

Re: Quitting FriendFeed

webomatica — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:35:33 -0000

Thanks. More tools, less conversation, hype and hyperbole.

Re: Quitting FriendFeed

alfredwesterveld — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:44:36 -0000

Leaving friendfeed? Lately I am only using friendfeed to get my information. I really like the realtime feed via http / xmpp integration. I like all the new friendfeed features .

Re: Quitting FriendFeed

Jesse Stay — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:28:09 -0000

Jason, sorry to see you go - as Louis said, we'll be here when you get back.

Re: Quitting FriendFeed

Aaron Brazell — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:19:37 -0000

Hey Jason-

Follow your heart on this one. The best conversation is going to be where you're passionate to be, rather than where a bunch of people tell you be. I've made my reasons for leaving pretty clear and I think it closely matches your reasons.

Whatever works for you at the end of the day.