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Facebook apps have always seemed pretty pointless to us, but they never really bothered us until they started taking over our newsfeeds. We absolutely do not need to know if someone we barely know got a high score on 'Brain Buster.' This is the how app developers get publicity for their creations, so we realize this is probably never going away. Still, here's hoping that, as apps become more sophisticated, they will rely on word of mouth to propagate instead of spamming our (already crowded) newsfeeds.
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsjinglemallApr 16th 2009 6:05PM
oh please. just block all those apps. it's not hard...
KattyApr 16th 2009 8:39PM
Give me a break.. if you DONT like the Apps, IGNORE them.. its not rocket science, YOU control YOUR facebook, accept what you want, reject what you dont.... seems like a no brainer to me
KristinApr 16th 2009 9:09PM
I totally agree with this guy.
fanofSallyApr 19th 2009 11:55PM
there should be a list of reasons about why you shouldnt read this note
KellyMay 27th 2009 3:48PM
O, please.
He's a writer, it's humorous.
And FB is very, very busy.
AndreaMay 28th 2009 9:00PM
Seriously, if you don't like Facebook, then delete it. No one is MAKING you use the site. Same with Myspace, if you're sick of it, then delete it. Quit bitching about how "oh the design has changed, i hate the stupid invitations." You get invitations from your friends, if you don't want them to invite you delete them or tell them to stop. Easy as that. All the time you wasted on making this list, you could've deleted your Facebook by now.
miasaour324Jul 6th 2009 3:29AM
okay im pretty sure that im NOT the only person who despises facebook notifications. i mean how about we pick a time to get a notification. one that isnt filled with "application" notifications like "so and so joined your sorority! see which of your friends are already on Sorority Life!" BAHHH!
and i for one do hate the design. i loved it so much before it got all "socialized" if that makes any sense. i know youre thinking "well why DONT you delete it already and stop complaining" well...i for one keep my facebook so that i can keep in touch with the people that i have moved away from and cant call or see every day. i think facebook should care about what its users think. not what the CEOs like.
GenDec 17th 2009 12:34PM
Lol. Thank you for this! I agree with just about everything you've said. And I got an extra laugh out of these people who actually took time to DEFEND Facebook in the comments. They act like you personally insulted them. Too funny.
What you guys are missing is this: Facebook actually used to be a fun, useful communication tool, a way to share your life in some way with people you may or may not talk to or see all the time. However, it's now so clogged up with the rest of this garbage that it's almost no fun at all. I don't need to see every aspect of everything everyone else is doing. And if you want to just remove their notifications regarding their apps, you can't. It removes the person from your news feed entirely. I want to see what my sister who lives over an hour away is doing. I just don't want or need to see EVERYTHING. I don't need over 99 requests every day from apps I don't want to use, events I will not go to and so on. Sure you can block them, but you have to weed through them all to do it and that is a pain in the ass.
It would be much easier if people thought it through, as the writer of this article suggests, and just refrain from sending them to everybody. Especially if I've ignored the first 50 you sent. That should be a clue not to send more.