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Louis Gray

Who knows when this thing is shutting down. But here's what I do know. FriendFeed was smartly designed and ahead of its time. It was run by smart people with brilliant ideas, great design and fast iteration. It set the standard. The community responded and took charge of the network with a sense of learning, first, followed by amusement.

Apr 10, 2015

Xin Li, Kevin Fox, Aquacultural, and 139 other people liked this

We are FriendFeed. FriendFeed brought people together. FriendFeed started families and broke some up. It helped people find jobs, and probably helped others lose some. - Louis Gray

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100% YEP - Akiva

Louis Gray

Friendfeed is still up because the network handling the cronjob to turn down the site is overrun by higher priority traffic of people refreshing the Apple store to get a new watch.

Apr 10, 2015

Osiride, mehmetkose, Tyson Key, and 59 other people liked this

So.... you're saying we all get a free apple watch? - Nicķ

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RISSA CASU MORLOI SEGA A DUE MANI SBORRah, no. - Alice in Disasterland

Louis Gray to Louis's feed, Stephen Mack

Wait. Tivo unfollowed me on Twitter the day that FriendFeed shuts down? Worst day ever!

Apr 10, 2015 from

manielse (Mark Nielsen), Luca Perencin (No_CQRT), Stephen Mack, and 16 other people liked this

Was it because of that comment about TiVo still not having a screensaver? Was that posted on Twitter? - Benny Bucko (Josh)

Nobody knows. :) - Louis Gray

:) - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

so DON'T SHUT DOWN! #teamtivo - GePs

Louis Gray

Tick tock.

Apr 9, 2015 from

ebru, یُـل, эш, and 17 other people liked this

plz someone explain what's going on.. we are totally confused. - جواد

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not facebook... that's offensive :-( - LuKe Quentin

Louis Gray

Pro tip: FriendFeed doesn't require refreshing, so if you never ever ever ever close this tab, the site will stay up forever.

Apr 9, 2015

Oliveee Feeee, K.D., Kevin Fox, and 144 other people liked this

After 4 hours you should seek medical assistance though - Johnny

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Louis, I wish your Google+ did that. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

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Oh captain, my captain. #mixedmemes

Apr 9, 2015

radiant, ^this, Dan York, and 56 other people liked this

Louis Gray

Gary said it first. But we say it last.

Apr 9, 2015

Dan York, chaz2b, Eren Bostan, and 6 other people liked this

And best. - Meg VMeg

Louis Gray

I can finally introduce the merger of FriendFeed and Google Reader.

Apr 9, 2015

Luca Perugini, Tyson Key, Larry Hosken, and 54 other people liked this

FINALLY! - Claudio Cicali

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ICQ 325098. I think. - Akiva

Louis Gray

Ha! Looks like we started a new FriendFeed meme on the very last day. http://kapranoff.ru/cgi... #Iconostasis

Apr 9, 2015

smallq, chaz2b, Cristo, and 29 other people liked this

Oh cool: http://kapranoff.ru/cgi... - Kol Tregaskes

#ff_screenshot :-) - Luca Perugini

see you on frenf.it - Vincio

that is so cool! - Susan Beebe

Louis Gray to Louis's feed, Akiva

The many (public) faces of Akiva. What a unique guy.

Apr 9, 2015

Halil, эш, CW, and 28 other people liked this

you asked how to do this, do you want to share? - We are Groot

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Hmm. Lambuel should have been there. - Louis Gray

Louis Gray to Louis's feed, Kevin Fox

Which Fox wore it best?

Apr 9, 2015

Kevin Fox, Rachel Lea Fox, Susan Beebe, and 19 other people liked this

To answer the "How"... right click (or equivalent) the profile photo in your browser (or see the Image path in View source). The number for your first image is 1000. Each other image is in ascending order until you didn't make changes. i.e. http://m.friendfeed-media.com/p-d0ae4... - Louis Gray

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Пожалуйста :) You're welcome. - [email protected]

Louis Gray

I almost regret not using more avatars. But I'm okay with the few I chose.

Apr 9, 2015

Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart, Bruce Lewis, Nils Sandin, and 13 other people liked this

Louis Gray to Louis's feed, Cristo

The many faces of Cristo on FriendFeed.

Apr 9, 2015

Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart, Bruce Lewis, OCoG of FF, Jimminy, and 14 other people liked this

Maybe I should check out wearing the cafe avatar. The Breaking Bad theme holds together well though. - Cristo

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Cristo's Cafe was my favorite. - Stephen Mack

Louis Gray to Louis's feed, Stephen Mack

The many faces of Stephen Mack on FriendFeed.

Apr 9, 2015

EricaJoy, Jennifer Dittrich, MugeCerman, and 20 other people liked this

I don't remember using half of those. - Stephen Mack

FriendFeed never lies, Stephen! - Louis Gray

How do you find these? - Kevin Fox

^Same question! - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

Louis Gray to Louis's feed, Stephen Mack, Cristo

FriendFeed is getting shut down and TiVo still doesn't have a screensaver.

Apr 9, 2015

Kevin Fox, vicster., Yolanda, and 23 other people liked this

If by some weird turn I get hired, I'll lobby for a screen saver, Louis :) - Jonathan Disher

Yes! That's all they need. Internal advocacy! - Louis Gray

We can discuss this during the TiVo shutdown. - Cristo

Louis Gray

Well. Last day. Time to start posting Dick Pics.

Apr 9, 2015

Pluto in USA, Maqroll, Eivind, and 16 other people liked this

Schlong is a waste of time and unproductive. - Pete's Got To Go

that picture is oddly disturbing to me - Beti

It's not oddly disturbing. It's 100% disturbing. Also, Louis looks like Dick Cheney in that photo. - Cristo

how about Dick's Picks instead http://www.deaddisc.com/GDFD_Di... - Laura Norvig

Louis Gray to Louis's feed, Akiva, Cristo

Now is probably a good time for me to show you the photos I took of Akiva and Cristo. Just let me get my images off the USB stick.

Apr 9, 2015

Jenny H., Laura Norvig, Stephen Mack, and 12 other people liked this

The only thing that could make me tolerate photos of me and Cristo together on the Internet is if it somehow irritated Cristo even more. - Akiva

Akiva throws his mug around all willy nilly these days. - Kristin

I'm flamboyant. - Akiva

That's just the word I was thinking of when I met you, Akiva. Flamboyant. - LB's FF Hubby

Louis Gray

And here I am, just hoping they make some kind of 301 redirect mistake, and point all Facebook logins to FriendFeed instead.

Apr 9, 2015

Starmama, Необратимые изменения, kukutz, and 33 other people liked this

That would be cool. - Back to just Joe

That would definitely kill it - Glen Campbell

Louis Gray to Louis's feed, Kevin Fox, Stephen Mack

Since Facebook took over something I hold dear, and killed it... I claimed something they hold dear and took it for myself. #FriendFeedLastDay #Ingress

Apr 8, 2015

Kevin Fox, Alperian, JECO Photo, and 28 other people liked this

Zing! - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

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(the neverending lack of R4) - Eva

Louis Gray to Louis's feed, Cristo

Why not? #FriendFeedStressTest

Apr 8, 2015

^this, miki, Eric @ CS Techcast, and 20 other people liked this

:)) - alireza6211

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Why start being honest now? - Louis Gray

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I just realized that with FriendFeed closing soon, I can finally upload all my nude photos.

Mar 31, 2015

Mrs. Alix May, eugenio, Bülent Sakarya, and 32 other people liked this

The Gray Exposé - Micah

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j/k - Laura Norvig

Louis Gray

Confession: I never hit "Close" on the FriendFeed warning. I'm a little afraid it will actually close down the site.

Mar 29, 2015

mellow vibes, эш, Amit Patel, and 43 other people liked this

:))) - جواد

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espriler gülünçlükler falan - sosyalulas

Louis Gray

The following is a complete list of people who I met on FriendFeed whom I now despise and would like to never meet because they are horrible human beings:

Mar 28, 2015

JECO Photo, поток познания, Cristo, and 40 other people liked this

And that was two hours ago... - #cryptic

... - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Louis, have you met Eko Moon? - Back to just Joe

Oh, I get it. He's referring to the "liked this" list. - Bruce Lewis

Louis Gray to Louis's feed, WoH: Professor MOTHRA

SUWGOMH http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Mar 24, 2015

Josh Haley, جواد, Stephen Mack, and 6 other people liked this

Sweet lemonade - Marie

#horsepop - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Man, this totally earwormed me. I woke up this morning with the song in my head. - Marie

https://www.youtube.com/watch... - SimplySellularComplaints

Louis Gray

Status: Downloading my FriendFeed. (https://github.com/claudio...)

Mar 10, 2015

mellow vibes, Susan Beebe, bentley, and 48 other people liked this

Fetching page 1699.. - Louis Gray

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Does it work on Mac? - انجل

Louis Gray

louisgray.com: FriendFeed's Closure Another Painful Loss from a Vibrant Era of Social Media - http://blog.louisgray.com/2015...

Mar 9, 2015 from

Kevin Fox, Vezquex, Michael Fidler, and 72 other people liked this

"If you were part of the active community that made FriendFeed special in those wide-eyed years, you experienced something I've never seen with any community since (with occasional flashes on Google+ and Twitter being exceptions). If you missed it, then you missed out on seeing one of the most talented teams ever assembled working on something that was both fun and smart. And that story's final chapter is coming without us ever getting the happy ending we were hoping for. I'm not mad, just wistful at what might have been." - Louis Gray

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I'm grateful we got to be here... watch the real-time web be born. - michael sean wright

Louis Gray

Bret on the current state of FriendFeed. http://www.quora.com/Whats-t...

Feb 25, 2015

Kevin Fox, Iván Abrego, selimok, and 272 other people liked this

keep friendfeed alive! - mentegatto

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Sign to Save FF! http://www.standunited.org/petitio... - Farzaaneh

Louis Gray

YouTube Kids: Smart, Mobile First, and Child Sized. - http://blog.louisgray.com/2015...

Feb 23, 2015 from

Tamara J. B., ebru, Iván Abrego, and 2 other people liked this

"YouTube Kids is "the first Google product built from the ground up with little ones in mind." As a dad of three kids six and under, two of whom who read fairly well and a third just trying to keep up, it's exciting to see them become the focal point for an entirely new interface." - Louis Gray

Awesome. - Stephen Mack

This is a fantastic app. One thing not mentioned much in other reviews is the custom-trained speech model that will recognize my 2yr old saying "Elmo" which is just amazing. - Steve and 4 other people

Louis Gray

Who thinks I should click this .zip file to open my court documents? #phishing

Feb 12, 2015

Jenny H., ebru, Aloof Schipperke, and 2 other people liked this

IT'S A TRAP! - rønin

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Hi friend google! But looking at those results, I don't see any where they say the zip itself is malicious -- just the executable files contained therein. - Stephen Mack

Louis Gray to Louis's feed, Bruce Lewis, Stephen Mack

Take that, Bruce.

Feb 7, 2015

Bruce Lewis, bentley, Anne Bouey, and Stephen Mack liked this

Louis Gray

When Sarah designs a paper remote, she includes thumbs up and down buttons like on our TiVo.

Feb 2, 2015 from

Halil, RetiredTeacherD, Jenny H., and 16 other people liked this

Awesome. - Stephen Mack

Reminds me of something I'd actually see at Ikea. - Marie

Louis Gray

Stephen Mack DOMINATES my FriendFeed. I should call it Stephen Feed. #fftop20

Jan 15, 2015 from

Starmama, Jenny H., Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart, and 15 other people liked this

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I wish I knew why Beverly's name doesn't show up. - OCoG of FF, Jimminy

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