Facebook Applications Part 2

I originally blogged about the new applications for Facebook and how they can be used for business here.

Now I want to step back and have some fun and talk about all the different applications I keep getting invited to use on my page. None of these are really business applicable, but I figured it would be fun to switch it up a little bit tonight. Some of these are pretty cool, others are pretty useless, in fact some are pretty damn lame. I think some of the novelty of this will wear off, which will only slow Facebook’s takeover the free world, dashing Aaron Brazell’s dreams.

Here are all the pending application requests I have:

Election 08- A way to track and follow a Presidential candidate with updated news alerts. You get the added bonus of seeing who your friends are voting for.

Verdict: Lame, the last thing I want to know is who my friends are voting for, it scares me to know their political affiliation.

My Questions- You can instantly find out what your friends think about whatever issue you can come up with using this friends polling application.

Verdict: I kind of like it, I think it is unobtrusive as it sits under your picture, kind of a fun thing.

Flixster- It allows you to see how your friends rated various movies along with adding your own movie ratings to your page.

Verdict: Great, I get to see who rented “Earnest Goes to Camp” last. I actually do like this plug in a lot, it is always nice to find a diamond in the rough to view.

Moods- Isn’t updating your status enough, we need emoticon moods now?

Verdict: Horrible.

Hot or Not- You can rate users using HotorNot.com, hmmm rating users on a social networking site… where have I heard that before? Maybe the will make one where you can create a top friends list too, oh wait…

Verdict: If you are as vain as I am you will love it, otherwise not so much. Kidding, this is the lamest plug in ever…

Wait I stand corrected, I didn’t know about X Me: A plug in that allows you to “hug” or do something else to another Facebook member instead of poking them.

Verdict: I wonder if I can install it and then stab the person that sent it to me?

Finally we come to my favorite application I am Hungry- You can announce it to the world that you are hungry and want to eat.

It posts the message announcing your hunger and you can arrange going out to eat with one of your friends. Forget picking up the phone and calling them to invite them to go eat, you can just wait for them to log into facebook while you waste away malnourished.

Outstanding.

So that was a fun little look at the different applications I have been invited to use on Facebook…

Tomorrow I will be back with a little more serious tone. :)

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