Do you see that blue rectangle on the sidebar of this blog? That’s a real-time stream of people around the world talking about Healthcare Reform. Healthcare Reform is a hot topic these days (of course “Healthcare Reform” is a misnomer, since there is not Healthcare System – but that’s an entirely different discussion).
One of the ways more people are using the micro-sharing service Twitter are joining what are called Twitter Chats or tweet chats. For those of you who have been participating in tweet chats, you know that they can become rather noisy and unwieldy when it comes to sorting through the conversations. Add to that, Twitter’s search isn’t the most reliable.
FriendFeed offers a way to help focus conversations around a specific topic and can be used to help organize tweet chats without disturbing their normal flow. Many people who use Twitter don’t use FriendFeed – the most frequent claim is that it’s too cumbersome or they just “don’t get it.” Fair enough. Perhaps that an educational opportunity for the FriendFeed team.
So, to help illustrate the value of using FriendFeed in conjunction with Twitter, I’ve put together this quick-and-dirty demo (expand screen at lower right corner) [link if not viewable].
There are many nuances and features that aren’t necessarily obvious to newcomers to FriendFeed. Twitter’s appeal is its brutal simplicity. FriendFeed takes a bit more getting used to and some time to fully appreciate what it has to offer. Dovetailing FriendFeed and Twitter can produce a synergy that combines the social rapidity of Twitter with the conversational expansiveness of FriendFeed.
If you moderate tweet chats, try it out and let me know what you think.
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