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An Open Letter To Whoever Controls The Fate Of FriendFeed

Submitted by Louisgray from Google Reader

Oct 21, 2009

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To Whom It May Concern,

If I was writing a movie based around the current scene at FriendFeed, I would cast you as the big, evil corporation and all of us FriendFeeders as the people at the community centre standing in the way of ‘progress’. But I don’t write movies and, frankly, Channel 7 News isn’t going to show up to our placard-filled rally.

So, I am simply writing you this letter.

I am FriendFeed. I have the shirts. I have the stickers. I co-host the FFundercats, a podcast dedicated to FriendFeed. I have skin in this game. I also want to assure you that I am not a Facebook hater. I was every one’s Facebook guy (still kinda’ am) and have held an account there for a long time. But still, my blood runs FriendFeed Blue…

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