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Weekly links: July 20

by Andy DeSoto on July 26, 2008

Just because I’ve been quiet, though, doesn’t mean the internet has– without further ado, I present some of my favorite links from the last few weeks.

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A FriendFeed tipping point?

by Andy DeSoto on July 7, 2008

If anyone can draw thousands of users to a new web service, it’s a guy like Kevin Rose. Universally (and occasionally begrudgingly) liked, followed on a myriad of services, and an influential name in the business, Kevin’s vote counts for a metric ton. As you can probably guess, if Kevin joins a service, a crowd follows. That’s exactly what happened on FriendFeed this weekend as some big web celebrity names started up accounts on the service.

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Friend conversion ratios and opt-in aggregators

by Andy DeSoto on May 19, 2008

Services like FriendFeed that requires signing up for an additional account are not practical. The future lies in aggregators that already know who your friends are.

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