I got such a late start today I’ve felt like I’ve been trying to catch up the best I can. Hopefully I’ll be more on track tomorrow but in the meantime here’s some of the things that caught my eye in today’s FriendFeed pipeline.

The Social Networking Arms Race :: ReadWriteWeb - Josh Catone takes a look at the competing social network platforms from Google and Facebook and whether or not they really matter.

Twitter: Show Me Added Value if You Want Me to Pay :: Verge New Media - with all the talk about Twitter needing a business model and the idea of users paying for the service Jim Long takes a real good serious look at the idea.

Facebook: Yep, we’re doing the open-source thing :: Webware - one of the many reports out there about Facebook supposedly open sourcing its platform to developers.

Who Are The “Digitally Savvy?” :: ReadWriteWeb - Sarah Perez takes a look at a report that basically tells us that the richer segment of society are the most tech savvy. Like DUH! as if that couldn’t be figured out easily enough without an expensive report.

Techmeme vs. Hacker News :: Mathew Ingram - Mathew does a quick comparison between Techmeme and news aggregator newcomer Hacker News

Simplicity is the new flexible :: Coding Experiments - A look at how the new things like FriendFeed Rooms compared against old style forums and how this is a sign of simplicity  becoming the new new norm.