This is interesting. I think Facebook just killed Twitter by buying FriendFeed.
I use Facebook as a private outlet. No business contacts, just friends and family. I use Twitter (@jasonkolb) as my public outlet: professional contacts, people I meet via my blog, etc. It's nice having that separation, but I know that Facebook is trying to be Twitter Turbo, and I hope they don't kill the "private" side in the process.
I actually like FriendFeed, and I have an account that I never use except thru Twitter. FriendFeed is like Twitter but better, with threaded comments, no stupid 140 character limit, etc. The ONLY reason I use Twitter primarily instead of FriendFeed is the user base. That's the ONLY thing it has going for it over FriendFeed.
The only leg up Twitter has is the buzz. It sure seems like Facebook just neutralized that bit, we shall see. Facebook is FAR bigger in the non-techie crowd that *I* know. Most people hear what Twitter is and aren't very interested, most people aren't as prone to blab about stuff as I am.
I can't wait to see how this integration works: will Facebook cripple the Twitter to FriendFeed integration? Will my Facebook posts now flow into FriendFeed?
I don't see any way Facebook lets FriendFeed tear people away from its site (where it can place ads) in favor of fat clients. This can only mean that FriendFeed as it exists today will be neutered in some form to push people to the Web client, I'm dying to see how they maintain their eyeball count.
