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FriendFeed Alternative Streamy Hammered By New Traffic

Mashable  Aug 11 09

Two years ago, we were the first to review Streamy, a social media service that has been reinvented once or twice. Back in 2007, it was considered a Digg competitor. Last year though, they reinvented themselves into a social media aggregator and online news reader. Sound familiar to a certain company that was acquired by Facebook yesterday?

After the FriendFeed acquisition was announced, users quickly expressed their shock and dismay. Many even stated that they were leaving FriendFeed. To where, though? It looks as if the answer is quickly becoming Streamy.

There is a lot of chatter about the online news service. Full story...

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