If you’re interested in setting up a Laconica 0.5.0 instance of your own, you can follow the directions I’ve outlined below. I got the general outline from decafbad.com but had to do some modifications of my own to get it running. This how-to requires you to be fairly knowledgeable with web systems and databases. If [...]

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This is the day many have been waiting for. While Ping.fm’s beta exclusivity was hardly exclusive (providing you know people), that’s all been wiped clean now. The announcement came this morning on the Ping.fm blog — anyone who wants to can now sign up at Ping.fm, invitation code free.
What does this mean for the service? [...]

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FriendFeed has launched a number of widgets available for use on other websites. It allows visitors to your site to check out what services you use, how many comments you make, view/subscribe to your feed, etc. This puts the FriendFeed brand out there in the “blogosphere”. What impact will this have on FriendFeed’s popularity and/or [...]

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