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Re: Dear Facebook Friends…

Ricky Mondello — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:55:26 -0000

95% or more of the Facebook apps are pure garbage, and I cannot stand them. I'm sick of being spammed by my 'friend's' requests. It's quite annoying, and I want a way to "Block All Application Requests." That'd be swell. Right now I only use three third-party applications:

What I'm Listening To - Scrapes Last.fm info.
Digg - Scrapes digg.com.
Connection Cloud - Interesting display of networking.

I've gone to profiles where there are literally (really) an excess of 30 applications. It's quite a long scroll down to the wall, I tell you.

Re: Dear Facebook Friends…

EbanC — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:31:13 -0000

Cool, I thought I was the only person that turns down requests to join apps on Facebook. I did at first join everything that came down, including Zombies, but now I just don't have the time or patience to keep up with it all.

Actually, this whole world of Web 2.0, New Media, and Social Networking is getting a bit much to handle. I need to scale back a bit. Last time I checked there were still only 24 hours in the day.

Re: Dear Facebook Friends…

Donna Papacosta — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:06:32 -0000

I'm with you on this one, Chris. Who has time? I also don't like the idea that in order to even find out what an app IS, I have to install it. Nope.

I do like FB, but I am not willing to spend the time on its purely social aspects.