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Twitter vs. FriendFeed vs. Jaiku

Started by Michael Koby · 1 year ago

Lets start with the basics, because many people might now know what Jaiku is. Jaiku is a combination microblog and life streaming service that was purchased by Google and is currently invite only. The thing is, Jaiku’s lifestreaming feature was similar to FriendFeed but was around before FriendFeed. I will say that FriendFeed definitely implemented ... Continue reading »

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  • I used Twitter and got fed up with the downtime. I'm no technical wizard and don't sleep with the CEO of Google but even I somehow managed to secure a Jaiku invite. Within 5 mins.

    Jaiku has it pros and cons but the 'invite only' excuse is pretty weak.
  • The average folk aren't going to go out of their way to LOOK for invites. That's a task that early-adopters usually perform.
  • The 'average folk' are my mum and dad. Surprisingly, they don't do FriendFeed, Twitter or Jaiku but they simply lurve Facebook.

    People who are dissatisified with Twitter and conversant with FriendFeed are well capable of securing an invite for Jaiku.

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