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Facebook acquires FriendFeed and aims for Twitter
by Alicia Franks on Aug.12, 2009, under Personal, Social Media, Twitter
With the recent acquisition of Friendfeed by Facbook (wonder if they’ll blend the names…maybe FaceFeed?), and the announcement that Facebook is creating a real-time search that rivals the one Twitter has, one can only wonder what changes the social sphere has in store.
Many have reprimanded Facebook for its issues with terms of service, and although they revoked the changes and asked the public for their help in re-writing them, the wounds stayed open. Because of the frustration, many users left Facebook, or at least cut back on their usage. Now, those same problems are being brought to FriendFeed, and leaving people wondering what will happen to its service and whether it will stay the same site.
I can’t help but wonder, will Facebook become better/more powerful or will they attempt to spread themselves too thin, and branch out into arenas they should leave alone? Will Twitter suffer from the new Facebook search and lose its footing as a social media powerhouse? Is Friendfeed going to continue as its own site or will Facebook take their API and combine it into Facebook, removing Friendfeed from existence? And more importantly, will people change the way that they use all three sites?
What do you think about the recent changes? Will those changes affect how you use Facebook and FriendFeed?

