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This made my day. And it's only 9:50AM

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Agreed. They are in need of a big time tech pow-wow. Do on to others is key to they success. I really cannot see this company being valued at what it is. Yes, I understand the amount of users but you would have to have each user react and spend hundreds (if not Thousands) of dollars in advertised driven sales to recoup the expense of the sale. Finally, I actually can see a revolution against the Facebook creators if they keep on doing things that are more Big Brother than what our Government is currently applying.I would actually call them Flopbook.

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The value of one’s Facebook User ID definitely goes up with this announcement. If the web as a whole begins to tailor content to unique users using this technique Facebook is in a very enviable position. They have positioned themselves to be both the operating system and directory of the social Internet.It is true that before the Facebook JavaScript announcement it was still possible to show the contents and interact with a Facebook application without having to go to facebook.com. In the past this could have been accomplished by writing code on the server that was somehow tied to the application. For example, CNN could have had code on their website that forced a Facebook login and told you who your Top Friends are and what Free Gifts you have.This new JavaScript platform makes the process much easier. No server side code is required at all. The press release is also an indication that Facebook wants developers to create applications that function from outside facebook.com. Note: You must still login in to both Facebook and the application in order for this to function. Facebook is still in control of their data.This JavaScript library also makes it possible now for any number of website to use a Facebook application as a widget on their site without the application creator’s permission. If you see the Free Gift widget on display at CNN.com it doesn’t take much work to ‘borrow‘ the JavaScript and put it on your own website. This can, obviously, be controlled but will require consideration by the application designer.The restriction of “IFrame only” will likely require that applications are redesigned to take advantage of this new feature of the Facebook platform. Many popular applications are not built as “IFrame” apps. It is my opinion, though, that any application that wishes to be portable across the Facebook platform and OpenSocial will have to go IFrame eventually.I think what most of us really are waiting to see is a Facebook application that actually has real utility. Maybe this new feature will make that possible... ?I will put together a more interactive example of this new Facebook Platform feature today. I will let you know what I find at <a class="user" href="http://www.thoughtlabs.com.&quot;&gt;http://www.thoughtlabs.com.&lt;/a&gt;

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Damn. The most I had was around 60.

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In Facebook, friends spam you!

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I guess you never heard of the security holes in JavaScript, eh?

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I do. And I still see those users commenting on Digg.

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You might say, "there will be blood"? ;-)

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