Social Aggregators: FriendFeed vs. Socialthing!


	Social Aggregators: FriendFeed vs. Socialthing!

AmandaGravel

4-20-2008 1:35 PM

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friendfeed, socialthing!, social aggregator, rss, social honeycomb, web 2.0, social media, lifestream

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c491be96-80ff-482e-a4cc-ff29275b03a9/23E9BC50-A4C9-4141-BE91-5B8B06371DBD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://socialhoneycomb.com/socialthing-friendfeed" href="http://socialhoneycomb.com/socialthing-friendfeed" style="font-size: 11px;">socialhoneycomb.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://socialhoneycomb.com/socialthing-friendfeed">I recently got a Socialthing! <A href="https://socialthing.com/#&lifestream:0:0:e30=&">invite</A> from modern journalist and friend <A href="http://www.themodernjournalist.com/">Brad King</A> and <A href="http://friendfeed.com/amandagravel">signed up</A> for FriendFeed at the same time.  I’ve been using these two services side by side to see what I think and get a flavor for what the buzz is about.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://socialhoneycomb.com/socialthing-friendfeed"><P>The thing is, I’m not sure that I even<EM> like </EM>mixing up all my networks in one place, even though social aggregators are <A href="http://web2.socialcomputingmagazine.com/social_aggregators_emerge_to_manage_digital_lifestyles.htm">so hot right now</A>.</p> <P>There’s something familiar and comfortable about going to each distinct site to find that separate content.  I know what to expect from <A href="http://profile.to/amandagravel">each</A> <A href="http://flickr.com/photos/amandagravel/">different</A> <A href="http://twitter.com/AmandaGravel/">network</A> and they’ve all become like favorite <A href="http://youtube.com/graveldragon">hangout</A> <A href="http://vimeo.com/user302686">spots</A> <A href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/180128/">for</A> <A href="http://del.icio.us/amandapgravel">me</A>.  These social communities are not just about contributing and absorbing the content my friends are creating, but about the experience of going to a comfy, cozy place I’ve come to enjoy.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/23E9BC50-A4C9-4141-BE91-5B8B06371DBD/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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