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'''FriendFeed''' was a real-time [[feed aggregator]] that consolidated updates from [[social media]] and [[social networking]] websites, [[social bookmarking]] websites, blogs and [[microblogging]] updates, as well as any type of [[RSS]]/[[Atom (Web standard)|Atom]] feed. It was created in 2007 by [[Bret Taylor]], Jim Norris, [[Paul Buchheit]] and Sanjeev Singh.<ref name=faq>{{cite web|title=FriendFeed FAQ|url=http://friendfeed.com/about/help|access-date=3 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705022541/http://friendfeed.com/about/help|archive-date=5 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> It was possible to use this stream of information to create customized feeds to share, as well as originate new posts-discussions, (and comment) with friends.<ref>[http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/att-and-verizon-wireless-offer-new-services-for-friends/ "AT&T and Verizon Wireless Offer New Services for Friends"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913032002/http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/att-and-verizon-wireless-offer-new-services-for-friends/ |date=2008-09-13 }} September 9th, 2008 New York Times, retrieved September 11th, 2008</ref> Friendfeed was built on top of [[Tornado (web server)|Tornado]]. The service was shut down at about 21:00 GMT on April 10, 2015, though the service blog announced it a month before.<ref name="FriendBlog">{{cite web|url=http://blog.friendfeed.com/2015/03/dear-friendfeed-community-were.html|title=Dear FriendFeed community, We wanted to let you know that FriendFeed will be shutting down soon]]|access-date=2015-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310033509/http://blog.friendfeed.com/2015/03/dear-friendfeed-community-were.html|archive-date=2015-03-10|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''FriendFeed''' was a real-time [[feed aggregator]] that consolidated updates from [[social media]] and [[social networking]] websites, [[social bookmarking]] websites, blogs and [[microblogging]] updates, as well as any type of [[RSS]]/[[Atom (Web standard)|Atom]] feed. It was created in 2007 by [[Bret Taylor]], Jim Norris, [[Paul Buchheit]] and Sanjeev Singh.<ref name=faq>{{cite web|title=FriendFeed FAQ|url=http://friendfeed.com/about/help|access-date=3 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705022541/http://friendfeed.com/about/help|archive-date=5 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> It was possible to use this stream of information to create customized feeds to share, as well as originate new posts-discussions, (and comment) with friends.<ref>[http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/att-and-verizon-wireless-offer-new-services-for-friends/ "AT&T and Verizon Wireless Offer New Services for Friends"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913032002/http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/att-and-verizon-wireless-offer-new-services-for-friends/ |date=2008-09-13 }} September 9th, 2008 New York Times, retrieved September 11th, 2008</ref> Friendfeed was built on top of [[Tornado (web server)|Tornado]]. The service was shut down at about 21:00 GMT on April 10, 2015, though the service blog announced it a month before.<ref name="FriendBlog">{{cite web|url=http://blog.friendfeed.com/2015/03/dear-friendfeed-community-were.html|title=Dear FriendFeed community, We wanted to let you know that FriendFeed will be shutting down soon]]|access-date=2015-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310033509/http://blog.friendfeed.com/2015/03/dear-friendfeed-community-were.html|archive-date=2015-03-10|url-status=live}}</ref


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On August 10, 2009, [[Facebook, Inc.|Facebook]] agreed to acquire FriendFeed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.facebook.com/press/releases.php?p=116581 |title=Facebook|publisher=Facebook.com |access-date=2013-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601041322/https://www.facebook.com/press/releases.php?p=116581 |archive-date=2011-06-01 |url-status=live }}</ref> FriendFeed was bought for $15 million in cash, and $32.5 million in Facebook stock.<ref>{{cite web |author=MG Siegler (@parislemon) |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203074343/http://techcrunch.com/2009/08/10/the-cost-offriendfeed-roughly-50-million-in-cash-and-stock/ |archive-date=2013-12-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> Facebook, along with a small but active community of users, kept the service going until its pre-announcedon April 9, 2015
The goal of FriendFeed according to their website was to make content on the Web more relevant and useful by using existing social networks as a tool for discovering interesting information. Users could be an individual, business or organization. Bloggers writing about FriendFeed said that this service addresses the shortcomings of social media services which exclusively facilitate tracking of their own members' social media activities on that particular social media service, whereas FriendFeed provided the facility to track these activities (such as posting on [[blogs]], [[Twitter]], and [[Flickr]]) across a broad range of different social networks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://venturebeat.com/2007/10/01/friendfeed-a-company-lets-you-see-all-your-friends-feeds/ |title=FriendFeed launch cover on VentureBeat, October 1, 2007 |publisher=Venturebeat.com |access-date=2013-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011933/http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/01/friendfeed-a-company-lets-you-see-all-your-friends-feeds/ |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Some bloggers had concerns about readers commenting on their posts on FriendFeed instead of on their blogs, resulting in fewer page views for the blogger.<ref>[http://www.centernetworks.com/conversation-monetization "Just How Much is the Conversation Worth?"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908204342/http://www.centernetworks.com/conversation-monetization |date=2008-09-08 }} CenterNetworks.com, July 3, 2008</ref>

The founders were all former [[Google]] employees who were involved in the launch of services such as [[Gmail]] and [[Google Maps]]. They included Bret Taylor, Jim Norris, Sanjeev Singh and Paul Buchheit. Along with the latter two founders, [[venture capital]] agency [[Benchmark Capital]] was involved with the investment funding.

FriendFeed was based in [[Mountain View, California]], and had on average one million monthly visitors. Employees of FriendFeed created the [[Simple Update Protocol]] to reduce the load put on sites by aggregators such as theirs.

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On August 10, 2009, [[Facebook, Inc.|Facebook]] agreed to acquire FriendFeed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.facebook.com/press/releases.php?p=116581 |title=Facebook Press Release |publisher=Facebook.com |access-date=2013-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601041322/https://www.facebook.com/press/releases.php?p=116581 |archive-date=2011-06-01 |url-status=live }}</ref> FriendFeed was bought for $15 million in cash, and $32.5 million in Facebook stock.<ref>{{cite web |author=MG Siegler (@parislemon) |url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/08/10/the-cost-of-friendfeed-roughly-50-million-in-cash-and-stock/ |title=Techcrunch Sale Price |publisher=Techcrunch.com |date=2009-08-10 |access-date=2013-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203074343/http://techcrunch.com/2009/08/10/the-cost-of-friendfeed-roughly-50-million-in-cash-and-stock/ |archive-date=2013-12-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> Facebook, along with a small but active community of users, kept the service going until its pre-announced closure on April 9, 2015.<ref name="FriendBlog"/>


==Supported services==
==Supported services==

Revision as of 17:02, 24 February 2023

FriendFeed
Type of site
Social aggregator
Available inChinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
DissolvedApril 9, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-04-09)
OwnerMeta Platforms
LaunchedOctober 2, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-10-02)
Current statusOffline

FriendFeed was a real-time feed aggregator that consolidated updates from social media and social networking websites, social bookmarking websites, blogs and microblogging updates, as well as any type of RSS/Atom feed. It was created in 2007 by Bret Taylor, Jim Norris, Paul Buchheit and Sanjeev Singh.[1] It was possible to use this stream of information to create customized feeds to share, as well as originate new posts-discussions, (and comment) with friends.[2] Friendfeed was built on top of Tornado. The service was shut down at about 21:00 GMT on April 10, 2015, though the service blog announced it a month before.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). FriendFeed was bought for $15 million in cash, and $32.5 million in Facebook stock.[3] Facebook, along with a small but active community of users, kept the service going until its pre-announcedon April 9, 2015

Supported services

A user could configure their FriendFeed account to aggregate content from the following services:

Blogging

Bookmarking

Books

News

Photos

Status

Music

Video

Comments

Miscellaneous

References

  1. ^ "FriendFeed FAQ". Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  2. ^ "AT&T and Verizon Wireless Offer New Services for Friends" Archived 2008-09-13 at the Wayback Machine September 9th, 2008 New York Times, retrieved September 11th, 2008
  3. ^ MG Siegler (@parislemon). https://web.archive.org/web/20131203074343/http://techcrunch.com/2009/08/10/the-cost-offriendfeed-roughly-50-million-in-cash-and-stock/. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Feeds, Tweet (2009-02-10). "Adding an RSS/Atom feed to FriendFeed". Friendfeedhelp.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
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