shawn farner [dot com]

Why am I so high on FriendFeed? It lets you keep tabs on the web activities of your friends and/or those you find interesting.  It also spurs discussion for nearly everything.  Depending on what is shared, you can comment on blog posts, Twitter updates, Digg submissions/diggs, Flickr uploads, shared items from Google Reader, liked songs on Last.FM, job changes on LinkedIn, bookmarked tunes on Pandora, stumbled sites from StumbleUpon - yes, the list is huge, and I could go on longer if I wanted.  If it has a feed, it can probably be shared and commented on through FriendFeed.

This could change the way news is shared with the world.  If you take a look at this room I created for Central Pennsylvania, news items can be automatically pulled in via an RSS feed.  Items can be liked and commented on inside the room, which can make others more aware of a good story.  And, unlike PennLive, items can also be added by FriendFeed users themselves.  This makes news and the discussion of it more interactive than picking up a newspaper or reading an article on PennLive.  These sources push information out and don’t allow for contributions.

I seriously recommend that everyone give FriendFeed a shot, at least for a few days.  While I was at first highly skeptical of its usefulness, i find myself using it more with each passing day.  If you’re part of the Central PA Twitterati or are a local blogger, I recommend joining the Central PA room as well.  I really think that, with enough people, it could far surpass the quality found on the PennLive forums.