http://mathewingram.disqus.com/enFri, 15 Aug 2008 17:35:29 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/08/15/aol-buys-socialthing-but-why/#comment-1480565I'm confused why they bought it as well. I don't really see where this fits into their "strategy" - although maybe I just don't get it ;)sidsavaraFri, 15 Aug 2008 17:35:29 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/08/15/aol-buys-socialthing-but-why/#comment-1480209That's a fair point, mrshl -- but FriendFeed's imaginary friend feature serves the same purpose.mathewiFri, 15 Aug 2008 16:57:05 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/08/15/aol-buys-socialthing-but-why/#comment-1480129I love SocialThing!, but it serves a completely different purpose than FriendFeed. It's genius is the ability to collect all your friends from the multitude of services you use without having to bug people to join up with ANOTHER social media site. Since most of my friends are NOT on FF, SocialThing works as a kind of social Google Reader for pals who use Flickr and Twitter, but are unlikely to join FF.mrshlFri, 15 Aug 2008 16:46:38 -0000