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25 Different Uses For FriendFeed

Submitted by Magitam from Google Reader

Nov 25, 2008

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By Mike Fruchter of MichaelFruchter.com (Twitter/FriendFeed)

FriendFeed can be used for many different purposes.

The service's brilliance and simplicity leads people using and interacting on the site in a variety of ways, and each person's feed is different, based on who they follow, how they use lists, and what services they view. This post touches upon 25 different uses forFriendFeed, and displays how FriendFeed can be used, by anyone, for many different purposes.

1) Use it for its core function only, which is to aggregate all of your web activity into one central location.

2) Follow existing friends and make new ones. There is a good chance most of your social contacts already have FriendFeed accounts. If they are not on FriendFeed, your job is to recruit them. FriendFeed has an active and growing member base, finding new people to subscribe to is never a problem. I often spotlight unique members to follow on FriendFeed, you can locate the recommendation lists here, along with a short bio on each member.

3) Just feel like chatting? Use FriendFeed as a real-tim ...Read the full article

Comments (4)

Hutch,

Nov 25, 2008

"The service's brilliance and simplicity leads people using and interacting on the site in a variety of ways, and each person's feed is different, based on who they follow, how they use lists, and what services they view. This post touches upon 25 different uses forFriendFeed, and displays how FriendFeed can be used, by anyone, for many different purposes."

Joedawson,

Nov 26, 2008

Excellent list detailing the different uses for Friendfeed!

Twitizen,

Nov 26, 2008

After scanning this article I may give friendfeed a chance. I'd been avoiding it as just another facebook/myspace/younameanothersocsite that I belong to but don't use much. These all seem to take much time and offer so little real payback for that wasted time. Just my impression. I'm no social butterfly.

Jasongoldberg,

Nov 28, 2008

@twitizen @joedawson @hutch I still haven't really gotten into it. I do vanity searches on it every now and again but don't participate much. I guess I have enough to curate on here.