No, FriendFeed is fading because Facebook bought them and then Google Buzz copied what they did best. Many left there as soon as Facebook took over so it isn’t what it used to be and I am not there daily as I once was.

There are some die-hard fans still there and I feed what I’m doing elsewhere there and pop in off and on. FriendFeed still has some great uses like sharing comments I leave elsewhere in case they don’t get approved or aren’t live yet and having group discussions.

It is sad but true that so many favorite sites and solutions get bought up by the big sites that don’t want to compete with them and just let them die over time. The only solution to that is for developers to NOT sell out so that people like me will champion them and they CAN compete.

Only the sites that are backed (and probably controlled in the background) by the wealthy elite like Twitter, Facebook and so many others I could name get really large really fast.

Independent sites must be happy with slow, steady growth and loyal users who intentionally seek them out. It is much more difficult for them because as you grow you need more money – unlike the sites backed by the wealthy who support them for years before they have to make enough money to support themselves.
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