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Last week FriendFeed was acquired by Facebook. Rumors that it was merely a talent grab (FF founders are ex-Googlers) and of course the scoffs that FB has been stealing features from FF for a while now anyways (like button, stacked comments…its totally true). Then there were rumors about Twitter being acquired by Google, a variety of crazy conspiracy theories and the announcement of the “next FriendFeed”.

Mashable declared the that Streamy would take over as the FF loyalists announced their dissappointment and retreat back to Twitter (ugh social media folks are soooo dramatic).

I’ve tested out Streamy and I totally agree; Streamy will be a new and improved version of FF if enough people adopt.

Why is it so great? Well, they’ve integrated a reader into the service to start. Twitter and FF is all about sharing links, and discussing what’s going on. In Streamy’s reader I can sort my subscriptions, browse what my friends are reading and instantly share the articles along with my comments across a variety of social networks. There is a built in URL shortner and a place for comments. Sharing is easier in Streamy then in any other platform.

They’ve also integrated more than just other micro-blogging networks. Through Streamy I post to Facebook, Twitter, FriendFeed, Digg and I can email it other contacts.

Plus their reader is super slick. I’m a bloglines loyalist, but Streamy doesn’t erase old stories in my reader when I read them – they’re all still there. Through the categories I’ve set up for everything I subscribe too I can read my news by specific website or through categories allowing me to quickly scan for the top news stories and then drill deeper into individual sites for more information.

I love Streamy!

Once you create an account, be my Streamy friend