Google goes Facebook, AIM goes Twitter

[cos]

AIM has added a new "lifestream" that publicizes your status changes, twitter-style, and is public by default. Apparently, according to antimony, they also make it visible to other people when you "friend" them, which I think means add to your buddy list. If you want to make your "lifestream" not public, go to http://lifestream.aim.com/settings and log in and change your settings. I don't know if there's a way to restore the former ability to add people to your buddy list privately.

Comments

[hawver.livejournal.com]

Anyone using the standard AIM client needs to get their head examined.

[cos]

Lifestream does not require that someone use the standard client.

[ron_newman]

iUse iChat, but what's so bad about the standard client?

[hawver.livejournal.com]

It's a complete piece of crap. Ads, they install "weather bug" and other crapola by default, no multi protocol support, and it says "AOL" on it. I rest my case.

[antimony.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I use Adium -- this is logging on AIM's side, not on the client.