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How to Use FriendFeed to Keep Up on Nonprofits' Use of Social Media
Twitter may be all the rage, but I find it unintuitive and therefore have not heavily adopted it.
With FriendFeed, however, I can keep up on the "tweets" of folks involved in the nonprofit tech/social media space, and get so much more to boot.
Friendfeed now has the ability to create "Lists" of the people you follow. You can also place a FriendFeed "room" inside a list. I have a list called Nonprofiteers and it includes luminaries such as Beth Kanter, Amy Sample Ward, Jonathan Colman, Marnie Webb, Laura Whitehead, Leslie Poston, Reed Stockman, and Steve Bridger. In that list I also include the nptech room, the nonprofits and web 2.0 room (not so active lately), and the nonprofit room.
Why is this so much better than twitter? Well, I get to see the titles of these people's blog posts, their delicious or StumbleUpon links, and any other "feeds" they have chosen to include on FriendFeed. I can click through to their blog post, or "Like" it based on the title and go back and check my "Likes" later when I have more time to read. Plus, some of them participate in conversations unique to FriendFeed that are not duplicated anywhere else.
Another great thing I can do when I have time is peruse the members of the nptech room to find out more about who is doing what in the nonprofit/social media sector. Each person's "feed" typically includes at least their blog and their bookmark service, which can lead to a wealth of information on pertinent topics.
If you are interested in nonprofit's use of technology in any way, shape, or form, give FriendFeed a try. And if this post was a little too jargony and has you scratching your head, post a question here and I will walk you through the FriendFeed experience.
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Great post on the benefits of Friendfeed! The fact it mixes media makes it really appealing.
It's interesting the way it dovetails with Twitter - as my Twitter account is hooked up to Friendfeed, I know that all my Tweets will appear on FF. For the time being I find myself spending more time on Twitter (for no apparent reason) but may switch back to FF in the near future. Personally, I like having the choice in the knowledge that people can follow me on either network!
BTW, for newbies, I put together this presentation explaining Friendfeed.
Thanks for sharing the presentation
Nice explanation of Friendfeed!
Another thing I love about it - the interface is simple (the ex-Googlers working on it remain true to the Gods of simple UI) and they are responsive to user feedback. Today they just launched a new view called "realtime" where you can see people's comments and posts instantaneously popping up - it will be great fun for watching the debate in the debate room tonight.