Jun
15
Some people dare to say that Facebook is turning into MySpace. I seriously think this is false. First of all, Facebook is nowhere near as “in-your-face” and obnoxious as MySpace is. MySpace pages have ugly layouts, music that plays as soon as you load the page, and loads of embedded content that all have the nerve to play at the same time. With Facebook, we’re starting to get the embedded content, but the developers have made a smart move by NOT making these things start playing until you actually go and click on them. That way, they’re there and you deal with them only if you want to.
The application system is great, but what really is annoying is the “invite your friends” thing. The good news is that if you go to your Inbox and click “Notifications”, there’s an eventual point where you can uncheck the application from “Show notifications from:” on the right side, and when you uncheck the notification, you can mark it as spam. Right now, I have the “X Me”, “Food Fight”, and “Free Gifts” applications marked as spam, so I will never see those invitations again. I’m pretty sure you can also block the applications so you don’t see them as well.
This is WAY better than MySpace did it, guys; at least we can choose what we want to see. At least I don’t have to deal with people’s disgusting layouts and music over my music and all of that other stuff. For now, anyway, Facebook is doing applications right. And the site is still as cool as it always was, and, dare I say, even better.
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