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FriendFeed

Social networking service for sharing and discussing links.

FriendFeed (the product)
3 Mentions9 Facts14 Sources6 verified friendfeed.com

Key facts

Founded by
Ed Baker
Bret Taylor, Co-founder and CEO
Sanjeev Singh
Paul Buchheit
Jim Norris
Built
Simple Update Protocol
Acquired by
Meta

Timeline 10

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20181 event
  1. reported 2018-03Founded
    Paul Buchheit founded FriendFeed
    “that leads me to FriendFeed” 14:39
    Verified2 sources· Talk, Web· archived
20151 event
  1. Mar 10, 2015Shutdown
    FriendFeed announced it was shutting down
    “FriendFeed is shutting down”
    Unverified1 source· Hacker News· archived
20141 event
  1. reported 2014-07Acquisition
    FriendFeed (product)FriendFeed acquired Meta
    “which was acquired by Facebook” 0:03
    Verified2 sources· Talk
20091 event
  1. Aug 10, 2009Acquired
    Meta acquired FriendFeed
    “Facebook has acquired FriendFeed”
    “your company got acquired by Facebook” 6:04
    Verified4 sources· Talk, Web, Hacker News· archived
20082 events
February
  1. Feb 2008Funding
    Series A $5M led by Paul Buchheit, Sanjeev Singh, Benchmark Capital
    Unverified1 source· Web· archived
  1. 2008Founded
    Ed Baker founded FriendFeed
    “Ed started a company in 2008 called FriendFeed” 0:54
    Unverified1 source· Talk
20071 event
  1. 2007Founded
    Bret Taylor founded FriendFeed
    Co-founder and CEO
    Verified2 sources· Web· archived
Undated1 event
  1. undatedBuilt
    FriendFeed built Simple Update Protocol
    Verified1 source· Web· archived
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