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I just wonder how nervous Twitter is right now. A few months ago a few said Twitter didn’t have a structural problem, they clearly do - people are leaving.
For what? First FreindFeed, now identi.ca. Both have their upsides: freindfeed has true conversation and identi.ca has the potential to replace twitter’s functionality.

FriendFeed is not a “communication service” but it is a great conversation service. Their issue is integration; Twitter replies was a great start but it shouldn’t stop.

Identi.ca, running the open source tool laconica is clearly gunned at replacing twitter. It’s creating buzz, probably because of the open platform. However, I wish the buzz was about its ability to federate, of course we would then would have to explain federation (federation allows you to run the software yourself and be tied to all the others running the the same software. Think of a thousand independent twitter servers all connected).

Which leads me to my hopes that FriendFeed would WAKE UP!!…

FriendFeed should run its own federated laconica service, making it a one stop shop for conversation and communication. What about Identica? Identi.ca wins because freetards groping identi.ca right now will refuse the “walled garden” and more importantly the federation would automatically give identi.ca a large majority of FreindFeed’s base.

So twitter looses right? They could, then again “I wonder how nervous twitter is right now”. They may not be nervous at all. Because they see the numbers behind people leaving vs. talking about leaving.
Regardless: Twitter should fix their current situation; FriendFeed needs to partner and integrate more; Identi.ca needs a user base.

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