How to Add Your Facebook Status Updates to FriendFeed

As much as I love using Friendfeed for my Twitter and blog updates on Facebook, there's no way to import your Facebook status updates to FriendFeed. For whatever reason, FriendFeed doesn't offer a Facebook option. I started digging around the web and found that Facebook does provide an RSS feed for your status updates. I found that feed, plugged into FriendFeed and, wow, I now have my Facebook status automatically updated in FriendFeed. The only thing missing is the Facebook icon, but it's clearly labeled as such in FriendFeed. Here's how I did it.
  1. Login to Facebook and go to your profile.
  2. If you're using the new Facebook, look in the upper right corner and select "Back to the old Facebook. You'll get a warning message, so it's up to you if you want to go any farther. If you're still using the old Facebook, skip down to step 4.
  3. If you're ready to dig deeper, click OK.
  4. You'll see your mini-feed. Click "See All" on your mini-feed header.
  5. Now your entire mini-feed is listed and there another list to the right, "View" with many different stories
  6. Go down the View list and click "Status Stories".
  7. Now, below the "View" list, you'll see "Subscribe to These Stories" and "My Status." The "My Status" is a link to your Status Update RSS feed. That's the nugget you're looking for.
  8. Right click on "My Status" and then "Copy Link Location" (for Firefox). You now have a link to your Facebook Status RSS feed on your clipboard. You're done with Facebook, so you can revert back to the new Facebook if you like.
  9. Now log in to FriendFeed.
  10. In the upper right of your FriendFeed page, next to your user name, click "Account". You're now looking at your Account Settings page.
  11. Below your name, at the left, you'll see Services and, at the end of that line "Edit/Add". Click "Edit/Add".
  12. The "Share Something" box appears. Click "Blog".
  13. You'll have a field labeled "Blog URL." Paste the Facebook Status RSS feed url that you copied earlier into the field and click "Import Blog". Wait a few seconds and your you'll see your Facebook Status updates appear in your FriendFeed stream.
There may be easier or simpler ways to do this, but this somewhat lengthy process works for me, at least until FriendFeed adds a Facebook option.
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