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- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+81Personally, I like Facebook. Nothing pissed me off more than going to some arb *****'s myspace page where 12 songs and 7 movie clips tried to start playing simultaneously, effectively melting my CPU. With Facebook, I can only see the full profiles of people who are my friends, and even those of them who are complete app-whores will only have a few extra boxes on their page, with no CSS that looks like it was lifted straight out of a sanitation-worker's manual; as opposed to 4 out of 5 myspace pages that take 38 hours to load, but not before crashing your browser and killing your mother.
- echeese, on 10/10/2007, -2/+45Facebook is like MySpace done right. I hated looking at your eyesore profiles, and listening to your stupid emo music. Sure, all these extra applications are annoying, but what can you do?
- HeatherH88, on 10/10/2007, -2/+38And you don't have 800 spam accounts trying to spam you every day on facebook...
Also, the 12 year old skank population is much lower. - horizontaleight, on 10/10/2007, -5/+24Hi, I'm Mark Zuckerberg. I wear Adidas sandals with a sport coat to "differentiate" myself as a hip, youthful executive.
- GawtMilk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19I tried posting on someone's wall the other day, but it was in fact a "superwall" application that sent my information out over an unsecured third party. Everyone's getting these stupid applications that have no value. It's like Bonzi Buddy 2.0
- ImTheManWhoRU, on 10/10/2007, -2/+18i wish i had a website worth 6 billion dollars
- NinjaBoy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15You can actually disable them
- NinjaBoy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14This is the main reason i use it. One day some really hot girl is going to move into my area and want to give me some free male enhancement pills and thanks to all the spam bots id just ignore her.
- bigteebo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13There's also another huge advantage Facebook has over myspace: Smug!
- Timmaay, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Facebook > Myspace
- Ninjao, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10I think Myspace is one of the worst websites on the internet. It is a ***** eye-sore. Facebook IS better... but with the overflow of new apps the "noob" users have huge amounts of app things to get through to actually see their wall... which can prove to be very annoying. But what can you do? Those "application" whores are people that have ***** myspace profiles as well... and are also the people who have so much spyware their spyware has spyware.
- hokie47, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Facebook's user database is a marketing firm's wet dream.
- IHaveIssues, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Article doesn't offer any new information or insight.
- NinjaBoy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8I think the third party ones will die out over time. I've already seen most of my friends take off the stupid ones. You basically get it, try it for a week, realize its lame, and unlike bonzi buddy remove it.
- solidus636, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Here is the text of the page:
Facebook: What's up with that?
Another entry in the Zolved series that keeps you up-to-date with all that Internet and technology stuff.
So Facebook is like MySpace but not as annoying. For anyone who has looked at a MySpace profile, that's huge. Facebook has been making a lot of news recently, so we thought we'd bring you up to speed.
Talking Points:
* Originally, you could only get a Facebook account if you had an ".edu" email address. So that kept it restricted to only college kids.
* In September 2006, registration was opened up to anyone with a valid email address. That led to two things:
1. Totally pissing off the college kids.
2. A mass migration of annoyed MySpace people registering at Facebook.
* Differs from MySpace by:
- not allowing users to overly customize their profiles (removing the "annoying" factor).
What Facebook did recently was to allow anyone to write software applications that can run in Facebook. So individual software writers can add functionality to Facebook profiles. More importantly, companies can create Facebook versions of their own software. That's a large audience to get your product in front of, and a great way to spread the word about what you're all about. Dwight Silverman pointed out that is also could be a bad thing:
"As the number of apps grow, the more Facebook can do. But also, the more cluttered individual pages become. Some users' pages now bear a frightening resemblance to those found on -- you guessed it -- MySpace."
I have yet to see a Facebook profile as bad as something on MySpace, but there are already over 1,000 applications available to Facebook users, so it is possible.
Update:
It was announced today that Facebook made their first acquisition, a company called Parakey. Parakey is what is called a Web OS (operating system). The idea behind Web OSes is that everything you can do on a computer when not connected to the Internet could be done through a web browser when on the Internet. It's not a far-fetched idea, but so far nobody has really nailed it down.
Parakey is the creation of Firefox co-founders Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt. I'm a big fan of Firefox, but I don't know too much about this Web OS stuff. So I turned to Ethan Kaplan's assessment, for no other reason than the fact that he has good taste in music (but he is a major tech guy):
"(with the purchase of Parakey) Facebook is moving out of the web. Pretty simple really. Centralizing your life around your profile, this software will let it extend into any device you have (potentially) to keep your information ecosystem and social ecosystem consistent."
Bottom Line
The monetary bottom line is that everyone agrees that Facebook is worth a lot of money. People were guessing that last year Yahoo! offered $1 billion for Facebook and that Microsoft recently offer $6 billion. It looks likely that they'll instead take it public, especially now that they're buying up other companies.
The other bottom line is this: If you didn't care about MySpace and aren't on the social-networking side of the web, then Facebook is just that all over again. If you want in on social-networking, then Facebook is a pretty good option and its functionality and future is sure to get interesting. - spawnfree, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6all you need are some friends developing one, apparently.
then you can rob it. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Well, done, you read the description.
- clocky, on 10/10/2007, -1/+598 Digg's and they've buckled under the weight:
http://duggmirror.com/design/Facebook_What_s_up_with_that/ - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5***** facebook.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I see your point, but as for the automobile analogy: In my country you have to pass a driving test and possess a license before you're allowed to drive :) Sadly, on Myspace we have drunk 13-year-olds getting behind the wheel of a modded Pinto during rush-hour. Besides, if you're a web-developer you ought to have your own website where you can show off your l33t CSS sk1llz.
About your idea to have movies and other flash-***** 1 page deep, that I can totally agree with. - belv, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I've really only kept my MySpace account for the sake of family members that haven't transferred over to Facebook.
- ArmchairAthlete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4The apps have gone halfway to turning many facebook profiles into the horror that are myspace profiles =(
- paradigm1220, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5I get one spam friend request on Facebook about once every two weeks. It's becoming more and more frequent, and looking more like MySpace everyday. Only with Facebook, I take the time to report the spam because I respect Facebook's dedication to their beautiful service. The day Facebook is MySpace is the day I say adios to Facebook!
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6I never understood the point of these sites. My friends keep asking me why I am not on facebook. If I want to contact them I will just give them a call or send them a text.
- Flashman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I'll sell you one that's worth $6 billion for 95% off. I've got it right over here...
- DevinOlsen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3It's happening slowly but surely, some of my less 'tech savy' friends pages are getting cluttered with third party apps.. It's honestly ridiculous.
What needs to happen is a complete stop the third part apps; or the option to enable/disable third party applications completely...
Here is a picture from one of my friends profiles, as you can see she has gone a bit overboard with her third party applications...
http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a159/DevinOlsen/?action=view¤t=Why.jpg - AUChizad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3It's always been better. I don't get why people are just now realizing this.
I guess a combination of the new apps feature and the fact that MySpace has only gotten worse, not better over time.
I was on facebook about 3 years ago (summer of 04) and only bothered signing up for MySpace a year later to keep in touch with some friends from San Diego who used it. I hated it from the get-go.
Facebook has always been the more popular alternative in the southeast for some reason, I've noted. - NoahK, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I'd drop some stock on FB.
- hokie47, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Aww I miss the spyware infested Bonzi Buddy. I would make the little guy read dirty penthouse articles.
- nhassan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3people who have so much spyware their spyware has spyware.
+1 just for that - Groovel76, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3And I know people who don't understand the point of cell phones and text messaging. Their friends keep asking them why they don't have cell phones. They tell their friends that they will just call them when they get home.
Not understanding the point of something does not make that thing pointless. - terrab0t, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The name of the site refers to the paper facebooks depicting members of the campus community that colleges and preparatory schools give to incoming students, faculty, and staff.
According to the Facebook representative that visited my company, the creator of Facebook's original idea was to create an online version of his university's (Harvard's) facebook. - ziptnf, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Guy just got out of college, and while he was in college, he made the one of the most popular and widespread social networking sites of all time. And he made it right. He can wear this suit for all I care: http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_93/question.jpg
- joegibes, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I switched from Myspace to Facebook a week or two ago (mainly because most of my friends did) and it's MUCH better than Myspace. Heck I even found a Flickr app... That wins in my book...
- Flashman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I think the *stupid* third party ones will die out. Keeping track of what movies your friends have seen is actually pretty cool.
- koabel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Every time I log in to Facebook I have 400 applications for crap
- constantskeptic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2+1 for pointing that poignant point out
- Flashman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yeah, random people keep starting games of Scrabble with me. How about NO?
- iamjohnellis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Why is this news?
- AUChizad, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I've honestly never seen spam on facebook.
How did you get it? By spam do you mean lameass messages sent out by moderators of groups you're in? That's the only way I know of that this is even possible. - Username222, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Sadly in my country, people sometimes drive without a license...=( And unfortunately, there are plenty of crappy sites online that take hours to load besides someone's myspace page, it is not just myspace addicts that are responsible for the Internet's worst designed sites... But there are A LOT of contributions there. In the end, a web page is only as good as the programmer who made it (or as terrible). I agree that there should be some way to restrict the videos on myspace to another page or only have like one, because honestly... Nobody wants to see "the top 15 funniest skits from SNL" every time they go to your annoying, and horrible web page!
- paradigm1220, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I get friend requests and I go scout out their profile to see if there's a chance that I might know them only to see text ads posted on the profile
- Snuff99, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Meh. They're both so similar does it really matter which one you prefer. I'd wager my left testicle that most folks have both.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1and the federal gov't intelligence agencies' brainchild and reality
- jfsimard79, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"Another entry in the Zolved series that keeps you up-to-date with all that Internet and technology stuff. So Facebook is like MySpace but not as annoying. For anyone who has looked at a MySpace profile, that's huge. Facebook has been making a lot of news recently, so we thought we'd bring you up to speed."
Uh, buddy, you're like 2 ***** years late. - s1mph0ny, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1When the sheep were switching from Myspace to Facebook, my intelligent friends and my self were switching from facebook to myspace.
- lokoluis15, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1you can block them, individually. You can go to the app's page where its reviews and stuff are and select "Block this application". You never see it again.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Have they ever used a cell phone? I have used facebook for a bit and the difference is that contacting via a cell is faster and more immediate.
- peterredding, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You can turn that off in the privacy settings
- Aslan72, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It isn't it's a PR firm trying to bury facebook.
The market penetration of facebook is insane; it isn't going anwhere anytime soon and will most likely become the google of the social networking world. -
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