Pull your Facebook friends’ status RSS feed!!

Special thanks to Something Creative, Inc. for this information!!

Here’s how to pull (and filter) your Facebook friends’ status RSS feed:

1. Log in to Facebook, type “notes” into the search box (upper right) and click the Notes drop down button.
2. On the Notes page, look at the bottom of the right column for “Subscribe to these Notes”. Click the “My Friends’ Notes” link with the little blue RSS icon.
3. Your screen should change into a standard RSS subscription page with “(YOUR NAME)’s Friends’ Facebook Notes” as the title.
4. In the address bar, you should see a URL that looks like this:http://www.facebook.com/feeds/friends_notes.php?id=XXXXXXXXX&key=XXXXXXXXXX&format=rss20
5. In the URL, change “friends_notes.php” to “friends_status.php” and hit enter.
6. You now should see the RSS subscription page titled “(YOUR NAME)’s Friends’ Facebook Status Updates”.
7. Go back up to the address bar and copy the URL.

THAT'S IT!! YOU'RE DONE!!! But if you want to filter the feed based on keywords, continue with the steps below:

1. Now go to www.feedrinse.com, create an account, then start the process by importing (pasting) your RSS feed in the designated field.
2. Once imported, create a few filters by typing in your money words/phrases.
3. With your filters set, export your “rinsed” RSS feed and plug it into your favorite RSS reader (like Google Reader).

You now should see only your Facebook friends’ status updates that include your money terms. Quick Tip: If you have an iGoogle customized homepage, you can add a Google Reader “gadget” to your page, which will give you a quick reference to the RSS feeds to which you’ve subscribed.