Reading on FriendFeed instead of Google Reader
Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Andy
This morning I transferred my regularly scheduled jaunt through the content-sphere from Google Reader to FriendFeed. My FriendFeed community remains significantly smaller than two years of amassed feeds, but the experiment provided a few interesting benefits not readily available through Google Reader. Thanks to Robert Scoble for the inspiration.
- Discovery. Google Reader features a “Discover” function, but only prompts titles of blogs with content similar to my aggregate feeds. On FriendFeed, the entire experience is rooted in discovery…quickly located a book on the transportation infrastructure of the U.S., simply by sifting through discussions in my community (further reading showed this user also loves Jambalaya).
- Comments. Many FriendFeed discussions on the Web have mentioned the ability to comment on various media outlets (Tweets, shared…
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