@Spam: I saw your comment initially, and I had a brief moment of “Oh great, spam comments are getting through.”

I agree with you on the simplicity of Twitter–from the web, a client, or phone, it is pretty darn easy. The whole concept of calling it “microblogging” is just plain silliness, though. My problem with the drumbeat of “FriendFeed is awesome and my conversations are there” is that it is just plain wrong. You still need to create content on your FriendFeed, so, you need to Twitter, Blog, Flickr, etc. Calling it the new microblogging platform is just plain silliness.

Have you seen the hubbub around identi.ca. I created an account there, but I have to ask why. I just don’t see it as easy as Twitter.

@Spam: I saw your comment initially, and I had a brief moment of “Oh great, spam comments are getting through.”

I agree with you on the simplicity of Twitter–from the web, a client, or phone, it is pretty darn easy. The whole concept of calling it “microblogging” is just plain silliness, though. My problem with the drumbeat of “FriendFeed is awesome and my conversations are there” is that it is just plain wrong. You still need to create content on your FriendFeed, so, you need to Twitter, Blog, Flickr, etc. Calling it the new microblogging platform is just plain silliness.

Have you seen the hubbub around identi.ca. I created an account there, but I have to ask why. I just don’t see it as easy as Twitter.

I cannot for the life of me understand what makes the ubergeek community think that FriendFeed is the same kind of utility as Twitter is. Until reading your blog just now, I had heard no one but myself correctly label FriendFeed as an AGGREGATOR.

Beside that point, one of the biggest reasons (maybe THE biggest reason) why Twitter became so popular in the mainstream so quickly is because of its simplicity; the moment you see the site, you see how it works. FriendFeed isn’t tough to understand, but its design is certainly not nearly as inviting and intuitive as Twitter’s is.

This feels to me like an “Emporer’s New Clothes” kind of situation, where everyone refuses to acknowledge the obvious. Hats off to you, sir, for seeing what others won’t let themselves see.

I cannot for the life of me understand what makes the ubergeek community think that FriendFeed is the same kind of utility as Twitter is. Until reading your blog just now, I had heard no one but myself correctly label FriendFeed as an AGGREGATOR.

Beside that point, one of the biggest reasons (maybe THE biggest reason) why Twitter became so popular in the mainstream so quickly is because of its simplicity; the moment you see the site, you see how it works. FriendFeed isn’t tough to understand, but its design is certainly not nearly as inviting and intuitive as Twitter’s is.

This feels to me like an “Emporer’s New Clothes” kind of situation, where everyone refuses to acknowledge the obvious. Hats off to you, sir, for seeing what others won’t let themselves see.