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I realize how much I have talked up Twitter in the past, but today I am going to discuss a (potentially) more interesting social service:

FriendFeed

I use Twitter mainly to receive information, news, links, and content that I am interested in (tech and online social media). I only know a few of the people I follow in real life. Most of my friends aren’t that social on the web or just plain refuse to sign up for things (ACOM - only Villager without a widget dedicated to him on the blog sidebar).

FriendFeed is basically a lifestreaming service that aggregates content that you create or share around the web (see the post below by Jeremiah Owyang for a better description). It currently has 35 services available. It also integrates community aspects by allowing people to “Like” other people’s content or comment. It is still in the early adopter stage, but if you like the content shared by those early adopters, it can be very entertaining and informative. Side note - I use Twhirl to monitor both Twitter and FF.

Information or discussion on FriendFeed:
About FriendFeed
LouisGray.com
Some Conversations Have Moved to FriendFeed - Jeremiah Owyang

A couple competitors:
SocialThing! - LetsProve

Using the “Imaginary Friend” feature, you can track any of the 35 services for people who aren’t signed up for FriendFeed. I realize that asking my friends to sign up for FriendFeed is a bit much, since I’ve seen basically zero action towards Twitter. So, I have been setting up my real-life-people-I-know-in-th e-flesh friends as imaginary FriendFeed friends.

For more information on the uses of the imaginary friend feature:
Micro Persuasion - Using Friendfeed’s Imaginary Friends as a Master Aggregator

Here’s an example of one of my imaginary friends, a co-worker: Depasta

I’ve also added the rest of the Villagers as imaginary friends (ACOM is the weakest social web person I know).

If you already are on FriendFeed, I can be found at: elroy

If you aren’t on FriendFeed and use any of the services in the screenshot in this post, feel free to post your username(s) for the service(s) in the comments or e-mail me so I can start stalking you on the web.