Comments on: Facebook Applications in the Daily Evergreen

By: blush_response

blush_response — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:38:54 +0000

Hey, thanks for stopping by here.

I think its strange how some sites which are more popular outside of Facebook, got the shaft and are barely used on Facebook, while websites that are not as popular have very popular application counterparts.

By: ext_50893

ext_50893 — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:29:29 +0000

Thanks for the mention in this article. Facebook is absolutely trying to being the “ultimate” and “universal” social networking service (and beyond), but sometimes at the price of the users in terms of bugs?

Steven Bao
steve[at]stevenbao.com

By: blush_response

blush_response — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:34:14 +0000

A lot of them are just half-baked ideas. Because Facebook doesn’t allow some aspects to be edited, that inhibits what the developers can work with. Most of the time that means, they can’t change it to work in an ideal situation.

What’s interesting is that the top used applications are similar features that you can find on MySpace.

I’ve found 3 applications I like so far: Last.fm, Twitter and Digg. All of those applications though, are ones I frequently use outside of Facebook and are tied to actual websites and are somewhat useful. Who knows how long the bugs will exist though

By: moinkers

moinkers — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:49:05 +0000

I really like your article! I have mixed feelings about the Facebook applications. I’ve been trying a lot of them out. Some I’ve kept, others I’ve removed. Some are useful, work well, and look good. Others are pretty pointless, full of bugs, and/or are sloppily designed so they look bad on your profile. I wish there was some sort of quality assurance, just so that Facebook doesn’t slip down to the realms of MySpace. Overall though, I’m inclined to think the applications are a good thing, so long as the bugs are worked out.