FriendFeed is too Easy, and maybe Facebook should follow suit

Though I haven't been a HUGE follower of twitter, or friendfeed, in the past week I've started to slowly come around to what FriendFeed is offering.

So, I decided to give the FriendFeed api a try, and see what it was like.

WOW! that is just FAR too easy. The api set-up is simple, beyond words. I had the api sending data from HearWhere to FriendFeed within maybe 20 minutes of downloading the api pack.

Whether or not people actually share HearWhere shows using FriendFeed is an entirely different matter, but you can try it out on the HearWhere site.

The simplicity of the FriendFeed api, combined with the lack of interest in the HearWhere facebook app, and the upcoming changes to Facebook have also lead to changes sharing HearWhere shows on Facebook.

Now, rather than adding the application, HearWhere will just post a link to Facebook, and that link will be shared with your friends.
Unfortunately, that means that for the time being the capability of seeing what shows your friends are going to with a list of friends going to that show is no longer available.
Though with the low volume of users who signed-up for the Facebook app, it appears that functionality was limited anyway - can't see who's going if nobody has installed the app.

The FriendFeed team deserve a huge congratulations for making their api so simple.