Self-proclaimed "technologist"-journos, especially those focusing on social networking and "Web 2.x" coverage, don't seem to have any sort of expectation towards the quality of their own reporting.

So this InformationWeek dude initially tries out friendfeed for a very short time and does not like it. He does so again a second time, investing "more time" and all of a sudden sees more of a light. The time he invested the second time around turns out to be a day. Even though he writes it is "too early to pass judgement", the one day experience seems to be enough to serve as foundation for an article.

Doesn't anybody strive a little more for something more conclusive?

Btw, I like and use friendfeed (http://friendfeed.com/codesurgeon) a lot. I just wonder what kind of deep insights some reporters get from a day's usage and interaction.

Aggregators are going to be huge. The social networking sphere is going to become increasingly fractured over then next couple years and we'll need services like this to get us through the chaos till the dust settles .