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Anyone Still Using Friendfeed?
centernetworks.com - 10/17/2009
Anyone Still Using Friendfeed?
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Remember Friendfeed ? The ultimate sharing service that was going to beat Twitter and reach the mainstream in a big way? Web trending service Compete shows Friendfeed down nearly 30% in September with 750,000 U.S. unique visitors. This is down from just over 1 million unique visitors in ...
LEAKED: Details of the Facebook Home Page Redesign [Screenshots]
mashable.com - 10/19/2009
LEAKED: Details of the Facebook Home Page Redesign [Screenshots]
— mashable.com — A few weeks ago, we caught wind that Facebook was testing a new homepage design . Screenshots... revealed a few interesting changes, such as a decrease in size for the Facebook Publisher box and a new, Friendfeed-like “Top News” filter for ... (more) LEAKED: Details of the Facebook Home Page Redesign ...

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This Used To Be My Playground
techcrunch.com - 10/18/2009
This Used To Be My Playground
— techcrunch.com — Maybe you’ve read some of the stories this past week about how FriendFeed’s traffic is way down... following their sale to Facebook . The stats don’t look good, as the site’s traffic may have plummeted as much as 30% following ... (more) This Used To Be My Playground

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Cliqset: FriendFeed Done Right
mashable.com - 10/14/2009
Cliqset: FriendFeed Done Right
— mashable.com — Last week in the Mashable Chat , Pete and Robert Scoble were discussing FriendFeed and some of... the reasons the service failed to take off with mainstream users. The influx of information, the inability to control what you see and the overall ... (more) Cliqset: FriendFeed Done Right

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Gary Burd Exits Facebook Two Months After FriendFeed Acquisition
louisgray.com — ... , the site's loyal users are still waiting for news about whether the social network and aggregator has a future, or barring that, when elements of the site will start populating Facebook. But for the most part, there has been little news, and some are pointing to reduced traffic and engagement there as signs the product will just fade away - even as I hear rumors that's not the case. But this week, we learned of the first high-profile defection from the FriendFeed ranks at Facebook, as highly-respected engineer ...

This Used To Be My Playground
TechCrunch — Maybe you’ve read some of the stories this past week about how FriendFeed’s traffic is way down following their sale to Facebook. The stats don’t look good, as the site’s traffic may have plummeted as much as 30% following its peak just prior to the sale. But to anyone who has meaningfully used the site since its inception, you probably didn’t needs stats to tell you what should be obvious: FriendFeed has turned into a ghost town. One of the most compelling things about FriendFeed has always been just how easy it ...

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