One of the things that FriendFeed has implemented is the ability to change themes. While the themes are attractive and delicately made I fear one thing: Myspace.
One of the highlighting features of Myspace is the abiity to customize your page. This has been of the contributing factors to Myspace’s now steadily failing social platform. While people like the ability to customize, they also need direction whether they like it or not. That is one of the reasons why Facebook has been growing at such a rapid pace. There is uniform design but you can still your space your own.
I hope FriendFeed keeps these customizations in check and if they choose to expand them, do not make them public for people visiting FriendFeed profiles to see. This will degrade the overall community and uniform design that FriendFeed has created for themselves. Let’s hope that they learn from past failures of other companies and do not commit the same mistakes
