TECHCRUNCH
DUNCAN RILEY
14 MARCH 2008
If you haven’t been keeping up with the noise, FriendFeed
is the hot startup of the minute. The service launched to the public February 25 and announced $5 million in funding at the same time.
The concept of FriendFeed is simple enough. You add disparate accounts across blogs and social networking services, and Friendfeed aggregates them so friends can follow what you’re doing. The interface is clean, not surprising given the company was founded by ex-Googlers, and using it is easy.
I asked for some feedback on FriendFeed via Twitter and Michael responded saying that Friendfeed was this year’s Twitter, complete with SXSW inflection point. Others, such as Steve Rubel and Louis Gray are talking about the service like it was the most amazing thing they’ve seen in years.