So Facebook now has a blogging network application.
I’ve added the application.. and added some familar names from blogs.. and some not so familar names – so those ones are now in my Rss reader.
Not sure as to the long livity to this particular feature of Facebook on my FB, but I like trying new things, and I figure if people who were my bestfriend in Year 3 or have not spoken or seen in over 10 years can be my ‘friends’ then why not add an application that actually has some current interest to me.
My FB profile is rather bare. I like it like that… I deleted alot of applications, I got tired of the sheep and beer and the ninja’s, and the what sort of cakes are you… and all sorts of weird things, which maybe fun to do once but whats the point of seeing if Bob is a chocolate cake with sprinkles while Mary is a Strawberry tart.
Hey – Someone do a “What star trek Captain” you are one.. and maybe I’ll do that one..
As a networking and connecting tool I think its great, It has a funny cross over of my circles, from Work, to highschool friends, Uni friends, Social friends, family, writing , ect ect .. Its conveniant in that most people who matter to me have signed up for that site, whereas before they were all over the place.. Had to have myspace and LJ just to keep track of them…..
but my Warcraft blogging is completely seperate to all of them again.
I like RSS because it allows the flexibility of my interests, I like Facebooks ability for the flexibility of my contacts. BUT… some things or people never should meet.. makes for interesting partys 🙂
WTB Mary’s number
Y’know, I think that I’m with you on this one. One of the features that makes Facebook so appealing — and so damning — is the relative ease that people have using the site. However it’s so easy because there isn’t really a lot of customization. You can’t change the appearance of the site beyond moving things around, you can’t install custom scripts, and you can’t tinker around with code to tweak the site (I’m excused from ridicule about wanting to learn how things work; I’m an engineer!).
Besides, I’m still in the closet about my World of Warcraft blogging!
However, I do like Facebook because of the ability to maintain communication with people. I don’t have MySpace (“You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.”). And I laugh when people in-game start bothering people for Facebook information; my old guild and one of my current raids both had groups on the site because we were that damned prolific!