My Facebook Profile, ever since the API has been released, has become bloated with all sort of wierd and wonderful applications. No, I’m not going to be either a Pirate or a Ninja (Pirates are cooler though), nor do I want to “bite” my friends (well, some of them anyway). So, after seeing a list on Kyle’s Cove of the top facebook applications, I thought I’d check out a few, and post a few favourites.
1. Compare People
Definitely my favourite app on my profile. Compare People allows you - quite simply - to compare your in relation to one another. You compare across a number of different categories (including the quite cruel “No Mercy” category), and are ranked at the end. Unsurprisingly, I’m considered to be more creative, organised, sense of humour than most of my friends, but less athletic and attractive (woe!). Although, for some reason I was voted “less trustworthy”, which has made me paranoid. Can I really not be trusted?
2. Fantasy Football
Those of you who joined my fantasy football league who have no interest in The Beautiful Game will now be delighted know you can be harrassed through facebook too! It’s slightly different rules, prices and setup to the one I’m running it on, but what the hey, it’s football, and it was fun to setup. I’m not sure if I’ve got a league on that, so if anybody has, please let me know!
3. Nintendo Emulator
Not sure of the legality of this, but what the hey. Quite simply, it’s a NES emulator from within facebook. The fact it’s still a bit dodgy and doesn’t always work does prevent this from being in the top two, the fact is that it’s pretty much every Nintendo NES game ever released is something special, and will probably get me fired for timewasting at some point in the not to distant future. I wonder if anybody has completed Metroid on the Facebook version, all the way through. Bonus points if you are in an office environment (please don’t do this, it’s stupid and you could end up in the shit).
Right, those are my picks, what about yous?
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Rhys Wynne, the author of this blog, is a 20 something web designer from Colwyn Bay.
Don’t forget the Aquarium and LOLcats
The Aquarium gives you fish credits so you can buy fish to add to your friends’ tanks, or to your own. Sounds lame? Yes it does. But it surprisingly isn’t.
LOLcats - what more needs to be said? Hours of mirth.
I like the world IQ traveller challenge!
Happy Hours not bad…. i’ll be honest i dont get the aquarium attraction or that of comparing your m8s!
Others i think are pretty good are the Family Guy quotes and Scrubs quotes!
You’ve compared me, but i can’t view the results, i’ve added the application to my account but don’t wanna go through and compare every1.
Although I too have a fair few apps, the main reason I love Facebook as opposed to Myspace was its clean simplicity. All this new app bollocks has ruined it, along with all the emo-teen crowd that can join.
Having said that, I am partial to playing Facebook games (pool in particular), the ilike music game, and most of all IQ traveller, that is awesome
I have the family guy quotes because it makes me laugh every time I log into Facebook, I heard there is an app now where you can pee all over your friends as a sort of greeting, and then you can start piss wars..I am a bit squicked out about that because really..I don’t want even my closest friend coming anywhere near me with virtual piss thanks.
I think I might need the LOLcats too because I spend many a wasted hour there.
I did the compare people one, annas top on EVERY list! haha it gave me some HORRIBLE choices.
how is the fantasy football!?
my x me was ‘grope han’ but I got rid of that!
That bastard La Resistance has joined again. I’m sure he waits until the DAY BEFORE the teams are finalised to join **grumbles**
Like another commentator above, I prefer to keep my profile fairly clean. I think I use 3-4 applications and moved them around to be where I want.
My favorites are definitely the various games!
I’m waaaaay too paranoid to add anything that compares me to anything else! And really, what would my head do to pass the time if a Facebook app took over?!
I have been hearing about facebook a lot on the Net these days . I guess its time i join it .
Gosh, I’m getting sick of all those applications. Especially those who fill their whole profile with nonsense apps. Like “Whats my whore name” etc…