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Pras Sarkar blogs about web technology, music, social networks, digital identities and other random things.

SocialThing is better than FriendFeed

There I said it. Is it true? You tell me. Comparing FriendFeed to SocialThing is not like comparing gelato to ice cream (regular, fatty kind). Rather, they are really two sides of the same coin. FriendFeed aggregates your activities. SocialThing aggregates your friends' activities. Why people get into flame wars over this is beyond me. But clearly, people feel strongly either way. Unfortunately, during this heated school yard brawl, I fear ...

New Actionstreams Wordpress Plugin released

Stephen Paul Weber released a new Actionstreams Wordpress Plugin today at the DiSo forums. You can see a live version powering the "My Lifestream" section to the right. Inspired largely by the MovableType Actionstreams plugin, this one is really fast, extensible and supports a wide range of services (I'm working with Stephen to add support for Tumblr, Google Reader and others that aren't supported just yet) Download: Download Actionstreams Wordpress ...

FriendFeed launches; where’s lifestreaming headed?

If you hadn't already heard, FriendFeed opened up to everyone a couple of days ago after securing $5 million in funding. FriendFeed competes in the highly crowded lifestream space with others like LinkRiver, ImInta, SocialThing, lifestrea.ms (and catchup attempts by Facebook too). But most would agree that FriendFeed is leading the pack in features, usability and stability. And now it would seem that their business model is ...

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