LooseSuits

Can you ever make a formal complaint without peppering the post with expletives? It doesn't make your point any more valid.

I do think that facebook apps are going a bit overboard but I do kind of like a couple of them.

You don't actually have to add the Honesty Box application to write in other people's, by the way.

I tried to use someone's and it tried to make me add the application.

Can you ever make a formal complaint without peppering the post with expletives? It doesn't make your point any more valid

Then it doesn't matter, does it?

Yea, there are some really good ones that enhance the social aspect of the site. Like the movies application, showing you what movies you've seen with so-and-so, and what movies they've seen with you. I like it a lot, but it's...really big.

The concept of Facebook Applicaitons is amazing, it allows users and developers alike to create applications that they find useful for others. Now in a bigger scope, it's a little bit out of hand right now because it's so new. Same thing happened when the general public discovered the ability to blog for free (or pretty cheap for that matter). Everyone is/was doing it, and it was the next best thing, but it didn't necessarily go anywhere with the blogosphere.

When you say it's turning into MySpace, wow that's completely wrong. Facebook wasn't initially created for marketing and it's still not being run on that basis. Over time it's evolved and changed, but _always_ in the interest of the users on the site. And now, people can contribute whatever it is they want to the community and allow others to use it (given their idea was only as popular as their bandwidth).

MySpace is pretty much a closed community right now, full of spam and unnecessary crap. It lost its touch for social networking when Rupert Murdoch bought it back in 2005, everyones realized that and they no longer care for the site. With the idea of Facebook Applications, it allows others to show and notice the huge amount of contribution to the community, it's still very social and there are a lot of apps out there that are allowing people to be more social throughout more communities than they are apart of.

In the end, if you're going to whine about Facebook Applications, don't blame Facebook for it, they just released a platform and an API for people to develop and use, the users/companies/organisations that have contributed an allotment of good, and bad, applications are the ones to blame if anyone is at all.

Please reread my note, then reply again telling me what the context of the note was.

I'm with you on this one dook and I feel your pain.

I just can't be bothered to install any applications. They just seem like fluff to an already cluttered profile page. I don't want to be forced to scroll many virtual "pages" down to see your wall. Now I realize I can collapse all the crap that doesn't interest me one bit (superpoking, wtf?), but honestly I don't want to spend any extra time on the site or worry about doing this for all of my friends. What a waste of time.

The whole facebook app idea has a ton of potential, but my use of the site has dropped since their introduction and all I've seen is stuff ported over or a lame integration attempt. Things like last.fm, flickr and other concepts that are already social could be a great addition to a networking site like this, but they just aren't implemented well enough to be usable.

As for the language thing, I don't think there are many words that could be used in their place that would carry the same connotation or emotion so I disagree with RightOn.

I think where Facebook is going is very interesting. I just question the walled garden mentality. Like the "Web 2.0 AOL" they're building up a nice little place for their members, which is no longer limited to any certain group.

And even within the student demographic, not all of them are web savvy. Far from it. They want to put little glittery pictures and crude pictures up to make their friends laugh.

We are a different breed my friend.

I won't repeat what has already been said about Facebook resembling AOL in practice.

Facebook is at least safe from the hideous unreadable backgrounds of Myspace so it's not a total eye sore. But when it comes right down to it, the site will reflect those who use it.

And some of those who use it scare me.

I guess I'm just one of those people that can seem to find a way to communicate distaste without cursing.

I agree that most of these apps are stupid, but one can express distaste and even anger without resorting to acting like a kid who just learned a new "potty word".

I'm pretty sure I understand what you're saying RightOn. There are lots of other words to express anger and distaste like your example, but the point I'm trying to push is that it takes more words to get the same point across.

I used to feel the same way and almost disregarded people who would colour up conversations seemingly with no purpose. Then I came across a few articles (wish I still knew where) discussing how some of the big swear words have many and varying meanings simply dependent on the context they are used in. It was expressed that they are becoming more useful and I sort of opened my eyes to something I was originally taking offense to and curiously without reason.

I guess maybe it's an issue of efficiency or carrying a certain tone that's universally understandable. I'm not sure.