There is finally a feature in social networking that mirrors the half-attention of real life. You know when someone is gabbing away at you at some party (cocktail, family gathering, what have you), and you’re just nodding your head or maybe adding in an “uh huh”? You can now do that on the internet.

FriendFeed, a twitter like application that is in beta has implemented a “fake following” feature where users are told they are being followed by certain people, when in fact they really aren’t. The notice will show up in their browsers, but updates won’t show up on the followers feed.

With this new feature being implemented, gone will be the days where users expect you to follow their move. This just saves a whole lot of egos from being bruised.