[1] It was possible to use this stream of information to create customized feeds to share, as well as originate new posts-discussions, (and comment) with friends.

[3] The goal of FriendFeed according to their website was to make content on the Web more relevant and useful by using existing social networks as a tool for discovering interesting information.

FriendFeed was based in Mountain View, California, and had on average one million monthly visitors.

Employees of FriendFeed created the Simple Update Protocol to reduce the load put on sites by aggregators such as theirs.

[3] A user could configure their FriendFeed account to aggregate content from the following services: Blogging Bookmarking Books News Photos Status Music Video Comments Miscellaneous