Went onto facebook this lunchtime as I usually do for a break and noticed something revolutionary… (well kinda :p) People have been complaining that the introduction of facebook applications has ruined the simplicity of facebook (Kieron has also talked about this here). And I agree.
The simplicity is what made facebook so appealing and IMO what ’stole’ users from the top social networking site at the time: yes MySpace.
Some applications are beneficial and fun to use, and as these applications can be developed by all, this makes facebook a true web 2.0 experience, so i see why Mark didn’t want to get rid of them! What they have done to keep the users happy is have the option to put unused or irrelevant ‘profile boxes’ belonging to third party facebook applications within an extended profile which can be accessed via a link at the bottom of what i am labelling the ‘primary’ profile. What a wonderful idea! It keeps all happy, as the application profile boxes are still accessible without scrolling to the bottom of the page via the ‘quick links’ below a users profile picture.
Bravo Facebook, Bravo! For listening to your users wants. impressive.
Ah perhaps I should lift my blocking code in Firefox and check out this new feature. To facebook’s credit it seems they have been doing a lot of positive things lately.
hahahahahaha i already knew about this before it came out. Ner ner ner xx