As per CNet’s news.com post, Slide Inc, purveyor of useless Facebook fluff applications, has had a security breach and the “Top Friends” application has had its API key and listing pulled from the site. With one fell swoop, the MySpacization of Scary Stalkerbook was paused.
This is just a reminder that the developers of any [...]
Facebook’s finally heard the hue and cry from all of those kids whose parents insist on “friending” them. You’re now able to restrict access to profile features and content based on specific users and groups of people, which I’ve promptly employed to sequester elementary and high school acquaintances away from viewing specific adventures.
I’d suggest you [...]
Dramatic Whitespace. Bring some Zen to your profile.
I’ve actually added this one.
Update: Apparently the New York Times has profiled this one.
As Borat would say, very nice. Two bugs I’ve been keeping my eye on at the Facebook developer Bugzilla have received official attention.
Bug 724: Give users the option to control which app’s newsfeeds they want to see
and of course, my own submission:
Bug 721: Templatized actions should require link back to application page
I’m not sure how [...]
Whoever designed the “templatized feed push” action at Facebook for developers should be put on notice. My wall today is cluttered with ridiculously inane application pushes, and most of them link back to Slide or RockYou home pages – enabling them to track people’s referrers from the links. What’s worse in the matter is that [...]
Also tagged angry, application, idiot, news feedI’ve made a few statements in the past – both in real life and online – about how certain Web sites seem to attract certain types of users and commenters. There’s a very clear relationship between the audience a site attracts and the comments contributed by users. One can clearly go from quality, interesting comments [...]
Also tagged commenting, idiot, myspace, raid5, something awful, youtubeObserve:
It burns. Taylor Phelps of Charleston High School, you are hereby banned from any social networking sites other than MyCesspool.
Also tagged angry, application, glitter textOver the past few days I’ve seen a plethora of really inane applications on my Facebook news feed. At this point, I primarily use the site for stalking other people, since I get any relevant status updates and private messages sent over to my cell phone.
Seriously, though, “Glitter Text”? “X Me”? These sorts of items [...]