For starters, I'm on a Mac, and I do believe macbook pro's are still by far the most beautiful laptops, and OS X beats Windows any time. The only thing that I'd consider better than a mac, is Ubuntu on anything, because it's completely free (as in speech).
To me Friendfeed indeeds feels like a mac, compared to other services. I think and hope the same amount of people as the mac have done. I feel sorry for all the people still using Windows.

That said, I believe that IF Friendfeed would be replaced in the future, it won't be by a company, but by something totally distributed. http://code.google.com/p/diso/ gives a hint at things to come. This will be the post-VC era for web technology. But, this is still some time away, Until then, Friendfeed will rock just like the Mac is doing now.

It's a bit tedious to practice, but it's the only solution that I could personally think of. Even though I have the Friendfeed widget on my pages, I don't always check it because I don't always check my comments from my site. For people that go about it in different ways, but still want the conversation, I just post my comments on the article first and maybe post back to Friendfeed, just for courtesy because initially it's something I had a problem with also.

Eventually you just have to get over it because everyone isn't going to try to be courteous nor does everyone think it's courteous. Some might think it's tedious, which to some extent, I do too.

I use Twitter and Friendfeed differently also and generally have the same views as you as to who I add on both services. So, my noise ration on Friendfeed is extremely low. However for others, the least we can do is help out where we can. For example, I took my Twitter stream OFF of Friendfeed. If you want it, you have to add me. It's way too much noise for Friendfeed and isn't directed or catering to the friendfeed audience one bit. Hmms…that gives me an idea for a post. :D

Oh, and I have you to thank for introducing me both to friendfeed & Disqus. “Awesomesauce,” indeed. :)

Bottom line: I use friendfeed as a catch-all for the can't-miss people in my life, which may be IRL friends or select strangers (say, oh I dunno, a certain tech goddess named Corvida…) Consequently, I'm not suffering as much from the high-noise issue (I do, OTOH, feel that a great deal on Twitter for obvious reasons).

For starters, I'm on a Mac, and I do believe macbook pro's are still by far the most beautiful laptops, and OS X beats Windows any time. The only thing that I'd consider better than a mac, is Ubuntu on anything, because it's completely free (as in speech).
To me Friendfeed indeeds feels like a mac, compared to other services. I think and hope the same amount of people as the mac have done. I feel sorry for all the people still using Windows.

That said, I believe that IF Friendfeed would be replaced in the future, it won't be by a company, but by something totally distributed. http://code.google.com/p/diso/ gives a hint at things to come. This will be the post-VC era for web technology. But, this is still some time away, Until then, Friendfeed will rock just like the Mac is doing now.