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There has been much discussion lately about how easy Twitter is and FriendFeed is harder to get into. I completely understand this, but I have also noticed that people mentioned they want to know how “power users” use FriendFeed. First, let me state that FriendFeed is a tool, and you can use it however you want. I wrote recently that the early adopters should be guides for when the mainstream starts to use these tools. Daniel Pritchett wrote about some “secrets” of FriendFeed power users with the idea of helping people tap into the power of FriendFeed. Since the question has been asked and I have stated that we should be guides, here are some of the tips that I have used or come across for using FriendFeed effectively.

You will miss stuff. You have to acknowledge the fact that you will miss comments and posts along the way. If you worry about missing a post from one of your favorite bloggers, then subscribe to them in your favorite RSS reader. Don’t forget, you can always search in FriendFeed as well.

Break your subscriptions into lists. I