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FriendFeed Still Reigns As Conversation King
In: web2.0
14 Jun 2009
Today, I found yet another reason why I prefer discussing tech topics on FriendFeed over another popular social site, Twitter.
FriendFeed’s search is a big reason why you should move your Twitter conversations there. The above example shows the value in retaining search data. Twitter search only goes back a few days (I don’t know how many exactly, but it’s not that much) while FriendFeed retains much more data.
If you find yourself in need of data retrieval, I hope your data resides on FriendFeed. So how do you take advantage of this? It’s actually quite simple. You simply post a new FriendFeed entry and “CC Twitter”.
This will broadcast your your new topic to all your Twitter followers, and invite them to join the conversation on FriendFeed with a link. Some people hate this because they have to click through and go to yet another web page. Part of me understands this frustration in this “right now, do it yesterday” atmosphere, but the payoff is tremendous. Not only do you get a rich, single threaded conversation out of the deal, but the contents will be searchable a year from now. You can’t say the same about Twitter.
Robert Scoble has championed this technique for quite some time and is getting a lot of ridicule from his massive Twitter follower list. I believe he has a valid point. Your data is lost on Twitter, it isn’t on FriendFeed. It’s that simple.
What do you think? Comment here or on FriendFeed and it’ll all show up 
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38 Responses to FriendFeed Still Reigns As Conversation King
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Charlie Anzman
June 16th, 2009 at 12:34 am
Really dig the inline Friendfeed integration in the post!
chowjackie
June 14th, 2009 at 9:15 am
FriendFeed Still Reigns As Conversation King – Bwana.org http://tinyurl.com/kvpdeb #socialmedia #friendfeed #twitter
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allmacallmike
June 14th, 2009 at 9:18 am
RT @Bwana FriendFeed Still Reigns As Conversation King | Bwana.org http://bit.ly/ysN17 (via @tweetmeme)
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rbonini
June 14th, 2009 at 10:47 am
See http://bit.ly/yI0Yc and http://bit.ly/QTmiB . Twitter is not a Conversational Platform.
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Madhav Tripathi
June 14th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Yep because it hac a great platform for conversation.
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MikeSaliban
June 14th, 2009 at 11:25 am
FriendFeed Still Reigns As Conversation King | Bwana.org: You can’t say the same about Twitter. Robert Scobl.. http://bit.ly/Ul0D8
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Nick Wade
June 14th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Madhav is right. See Scobleiser’s feed for a list of conversations beginning last night about Twitter, on FF. Twitter has the brand caché and the mojo. FF has the filters and conversations. Let’s see Twitter bring those together.
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Nick Wade
June 14th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Madhav is right. See Scobleiser’s feed for a list of conversations beginning last night about Twitter, on FF. Twitter has the brand caché and the mojo. FF has the filters and conversations. Let’s see Twitter bring those together.
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Nick Wade
June 14th, 2009 at 11:27 am
BTW, Facebook is more than capable of holding these conversations. It just seems nobody cares to over there (if you’re too busy playing Mafia Wars or looking at college party photos, then it’s not really a surprise)
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jeffisageek
June 14th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
FriendFeed Still Reigns As Conversation King http://ff.im/-3Yay4
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June 14th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
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June 14th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
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June 14th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
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June 14th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
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June 14th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
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kolfriendfeed
June 14th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
FriendFeed Still Reigns As Conversation King http://bit.ly/10cbFT
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June 14th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
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June 14th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
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June 14th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
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June 14th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
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piercedavid
June 15th, 2009 at 12:18 am
Interesting stuff: “FriendFeed Still Reigns As Conversation King” http://bit.ly/yI0Yc
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Anders_Lundin
June 15th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Friendfeed still reigns as conversation King http://bit.ly/yI0Yc Better search than Twitter one big reason (via @piercedavid )
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vijay
June 15th, 2009 at 12:54 am
without a doubt.
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vijay
June 15th, 2009 at 12:56 am
embedding that thread was a nice touch! I know you said it yourself on the other thread but seeing it right on that post… very nice.
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fpettit
June 15th, 2009 at 10:52 am
FriendFeed Still Reigns As Conversation King [via feedly] http://ff.im/-40j93
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naro
June 15th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
FriendFeed Still Reigns As Conversation King http://bit.ly/12RHEB
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tacanderson
June 18th, 2009 at 4:14 am
FriendFeed Still Reigns As Conversation King http://ff.im/-47JL6
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steverubel
June 18th, 2009 at 4:19 am
Via @tacanderson: FriendFeed Still Reigns As Conversation King. (I still find the threaded conversations easy to follow) http://ff.im/-47JL6
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GeoffPeterson
June 18th, 2009 at 10:45 am
FriendFeed Still Reigns as Conversation King http://bit.ly/yI0Yc
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bcultral
July 8th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Liked “FriendFeed Still Reigns As Conversation King” http://ff.im/-4Z5TY
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J. D. Ebberly
July 10th, 2009 at 1:16 am
On Twitter you can drop off of searches and you’re royally screwed. On FF you don’t have to worry about all the Twitter glitches. The Twitter search glitch has really been the source of MUCH heartbreak, for me and for many others. I loved those Twitter hashtag chats so much. Without them, my life will never be whole again. Too bad Twitter’s a free service.
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mahesh1959
July 10th, 2009 at 1:41 am
Liked “FriendFeed Still Reigns As Conversation King” http://ff.im/-52cXJ
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Thomas Power
July 10th, 2009 at 1:47 am
hear hear Friendfeed is the best online right now
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David Bausola
July 10th, 2009 at 2:21 am
A good desktop client maybe all it needs to be really used by more people.
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msuster
July 10th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
I still don’t get why I’d use FriendFeed over Twitter. Here’s one argument but I bet Twitter will fix this over time http://bit.ly/psPdo
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