So I logged into my identi.ca account this morning only to find out that they pushed out a new version.

In addition to the snazzy new theme and interface, we also finally got groups. Groups are similar to what Jaiku had going, and what I was emulating by using the track feature.

When I first looked into it, there were only a handful of groups created. Checking back a few hours later shows that that number has exploded. Perhaps the barrier for creating a group is too low, who knows. I kinda fear that the vast majority of these groups are going to languish.

My only problem is, this has just pumped up the amount of messages i am now receiving from various micro-blogging sources. I subscribe to my identi.ca feed, my twitter feed, my friendfeed feed, and my laconi.ca track feed.

1 message from a “friend” could potentially produce up to 4 messages to be sent to me. I really wish all of the micro-blogging platforms would do a better job of linking all the copies and only sending me the first instance. (This would probably require a special XMPP client to do this)

Oh well, as long as I can continue reading all my messages in emacs, I’ll find a way to keep up.

Edit: Writing this post reminded me of jaiku, so I turned that feed back on as well.