Comments on: FriendFeed kill Twitter? Not going to happen

By: bloggersblog

bloggersblog — Sun, 25 May 2008 03:53:33 +0000

As usual Mathew makes some great points in his post. I think FriendFeed has some unique qualities but it is also endanger of being something people use primarily when Twitter is down. If Twitter totally drops the ball then maybe FriendFeed or another service will benefit but so far Twitter has managed to stay alive enough to continue growing. The biggest Twitter rival is probably Jaiku - if Google ever lets it compete.

By: Cat Laine

Cat Laine — Sun, 25 May 2008 00:44:40 +0000

Yeah, I personally think a more apt headline is “Twitter kills self, FriendFeed benefits”.

By: mathewi

mathewi — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:55:03 +0000

I think if FriendFeed added a chat-style feature, it might be able to
take a certain subsection of Twitter's user base away — but I still
think there are benefits to Twitter as a standalone app, and the
primary one is that it only does one thing. FriendFeed is about
comments on links and other content, but Twitter is just about short
messages and IM-style chat.

By: Jeremiah Hoyet

Jeremiah Hoyet — Sat, 24 May 2008 20:26:39 +0000

Do you think if FriendFeed had a simpler interface and added a “Twitter-like” feature, it could take a chunk of Twitter's audience?

By: Michael Camilleri

Michael Camilleri — Sat, 24 May 2008 19:12:36 +0000

Nooo! You fell for his link-bait!