FriendFeed to Shut Down April 9

Facebook acquired FriendFeed in August 2009, and the latter announced in a blog post Monday that it was shuttering April 9.

FriendFeedScreenshotFacebook acquired FriendFeed in August 2009, and the latter announced in a blog post Monday that it was shuttering April 9.

Facebook software engineer Benjamin Golub, who worked at FriendFeed prior to the acquisition, wrote in the blog post:

We wanted to let you know that FriendFeed will be shutting down soon. We’ve been maintaining the service since we joined Facebook five years ago, but the number of people using FriendFeed has been steadily declining, and the community is now just a fraction of what it once was.

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